There is a remarkable zoo in Nebraska that has enclosed its entire grounds and flipped night for day, allowing visitors to experience nocturnal animals in their natural habitat, when the animals are awake. In California, a zoo allows cheetahs to engage in free-roaming hunts. Another encourages rare, nearly extinct species to breed. This documentary is a close-up, behind-the-scenes look inside the world’s most fascinating and animal-friendly zoos.
Season 1
13 episodes
- 1. Episode 1Architects, zoo keepers and vets re-create animal habitats.TV-GCC30minJan 7, 2005
- 2. Episode 2Hippos thrive in Missouri; a panda is born in Atlanta; an African savannah springs to life in Canada.TV-GCC30minJan 14, 2005
- 3. Episode 3A Sumatran tiger may start a family; macaque sees a dentist.TV-GCC30minFeb 4, 2005
- 4. Episode 4Helping a barn owl; researching seahorses for preservation.TV-GCC30minFeb 11, 2005
- 5. Episode 5Tigers in an archeological exhibit, growing a live coral reef in an aquarium, and containing gators without many barriers.TV-GCC30minFeb 25, 2005
- 6. Episode 6Elephants get a revolutionary new exhibit, a massive desert within a dome, and an underwater cove for Steller's sea lions.TV-GCC30minMar 4, 2005
- 7. Episode 7How an aquarium in the Mall of America made it possible for visitors to actually swim with sharks; steps Nashville zoo took with house gibbons.TV-GCC30minMar 11, 2005
- 8. Episode 8Rebuilding an aviary after a hurricane; cheetah exhibit in which the cats can hunt their prey; containing a group of meerkats.TV-GCC30minMar 18, 2005
- 9. Episode 9In-habitat birth of a rare Sumatran rhino; rain forests in an Ohio zoo; gorilla exhibit without barriers.TV-GCC30minMar 25, 2005
- 10. Episode 10Learning about how highly intelligent chimpanzees are actually teaching the researchers at Chicago's Lincoln Park zoo; how penguins and puffins chill out at the zoo in St. Louis.TV-GCC30minApr 1, 2005
- 11. Episode 11Ferocious lions; sun bears in California; vultures in France.TV-GCC30minApr 8, 2005
- 12. Episode 12Three rhino species in one giant habitat; abandoned jaguar; endangered red pandas.TV-GCC30minApr 22, 2005
- 13. Episode 13Spectacled bears in Zurich; the Congo comes alive at the Bronx Zoo; aquarium at the Mall of America breeds sharks.TV-GCC30minApr 29, 2005
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There is a remarkable zoo in Nebraska that has enclosed its entire grounds and flipped night for day, allowing visitors to experience nocturnal animals in their natural habitat, when the animals are awake. In California, a zoo allows cheetahs to engage in free-roaming hunts. Another encourages rare, nearly extinct species to breed. This documentary is a close-up, behind-the-scenes look inside the world’s most fascinating and animal-friendly zoos.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Mike Mathis
- Studio
- Mike Mathis Productions
Maturity rating
TV-GCheck the rating before watching with younger viewers.
Audio languages
English
Where to watch
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