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A Sloth Named Velcro
Season 33
Episode 5
In 2000 in the jungles of Panama, a young journalist, named Ana, has a chance encounter with a tiny orphaned sloth, which she names Velcro. For nearly two years, the pair is inseparable until finally Ana travels up a remote river to reintroduce Velcro back to the wild. This is the story Ana’s return to Central and South America to see how much has changed since Velcro came into her life.

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52:55
The first in a three-part series about how animals build their remarkable homes.

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53:10
Ecologist Chris Morgan visits endangered orangutans in Northern Sumatra.

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52:58
A biologist crosses the species divide and becomes part of a wild mule deer family.

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52:58
Meet inspiring disabled animals and individuals who help them persevere and thrive.

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53:10
Parrots and the bittersweet world they share with humans.

52:58
Zebras embark on a mass migration from the saltpans of Botswana in search of water.

52:59
The mysterious eel is found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike.

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Take a fascinating look at one of our most familiar birds.

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53:20
Love apparently knows no boundaries in the animal kingdom.

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53:10
Ecologist Chris Morgan embarks on a challenge to find and film a wild Siberian tiger.

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50:09
Enter a world shaped by bears, trees, and salmon.

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58:51
One man's remarkable experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood.