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12 episodes

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom - Season 1

First aired Jan 4, 1963Season 1

Series premiere of Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Episodes

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Episode 1

Myths and Superstitions

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Jan 6, 196324 min

Marlin debunks many of the baseless belief about living creatures from the fish to the gorilla with his firsthand knowledge.

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Episode 2

Designs for Survival

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Jan 13, 196324 min

The survival value of a wide range of protective devices used by wild creatures is demonstrated and investigated.

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Episode 3

Capturing Wild Animals

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Jan 20, 196324 min

Marlin and Jim Fowler investigate trapping and capturing techniques both primitive and modern.

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Episode 4

Sonar in the Wild

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Jan 27, 196324 min

Marlin and Jim perform experiments in a bat cave to reveal how bats maneuver in the dark without colliding. They demonstrate how the intelligent porpoise use inaudible signals to find their way about.

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Episode 5

Strange Ways of the Wild

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Feb 3, 196324 min

Marlin and Jim set out to separate the truth from the myths and unfold many strange but true tales from the wild kingdom.

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Episode 6

Cats of the World

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Feb 10, 196324 min

The great cats of the world, lions, tigers and jaguars are placed in an observation room and tested for their reactions to various objects.

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Episode 7

Hunters of the Sky

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Feb 17, 196324 min

Story of how birds of prey zig-zag after their terrified, intended victims.

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Episode 8

The Amazon River

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Feb 24, 196324 min

Mysteries of animal and native life in the Amazon River Valley.

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Episode 9

Attack and Defense

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Mar 3, 196324 min

Close-up look at the aggressive and defensive postures assumed by all animals in their natural habitat.

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Episode 10

Call of the Pribilofs

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Mar 10, 196324 min

The fur seal answer the call of the Pribilofs and migrate to a group of small islands in the Bering Sea.

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Episode 11

Defense Against Extinction

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Mar 17, 196324 min

Marlin and Jim investigate unusual conservation techniques by which man is challenging the extinction of the wild kingdom.

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Episode 12

Exploring the Reef

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Mar 24, 196324 min

A journey to the coral reefs off Bimini to take a deep-sea look at the myriad of underwater inhabitants that flourish in these warm blue waters and the deadly shark.