Season 18 (1979)

Galana Experiment
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September 23, 1979 • 24m

Marlin travels to Africa, Galana Ranch, to observe the roundup of wild herd animals: eland, oryx, buffalo.

Desert Bighorns of Gypsum Canyon
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September 30, 1979 • 24m

Marlin helps dart Bighorn Sheep from a helicopter along the Colorado River in the effort to transfer the sheep to the Henry Mounta...Read more

Desert Spring
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October 14, 1979 • 24m

Only once in 10 years does America's southwest Sonora Desert bloom spectacularly. The desert bursts into radiant color and the ani...Read more

Woodland Caribou of Newfoundland
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November 18, 1979 • 24m

Perkins takes part in a research project in Newfoundland engaged in placing radio telemetry collars on the large male Woodland Car...Read more

Monkeys of Sri Lanka
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November 25, 1979 • 24m

Marlin Perkins travels for the first time to Sri Lanka to study the behavior of rare and unusual monkeys

Vervets of Amboseli
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December 30, 1979 • 24m

Marlin introduces Phyllis Lee who has been researching the behavior of one of the primates of Kenya, the Vervet monkey.

Return of the Puffin
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January 6, 1980 • 24m

On Great Island, St. Johns Newfoundland, Marlin and researchers will collect 100 puffin chicks from their burrow to be flown to Ma...Read more

Chimps of Gambia - Part 1
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February 3, 1980 • 24m

Story of a chimp named Lucy who was the first of her species to communicate with human through use of sign language raised here in...Read more

Chimps of Gambia - Part 2
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February 10, 1980 • 24m

Part II continues the story of a chimp named Lucy who was the first of her species to communicate with human through use of sign l...Read more

Wonderful Ways of the Wild
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February 17, 1980 • 24m

Marlin highlights close calls and high adventure throughout his career.

Hunters of the Miti Miwili
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March 2, 1980 • 24m

"Miti Miwili" means "Two Trees" in Swahili language. This episode is a penetrating look at the balance of nature on the African pl...Read more

Nuclear Research in the Wild Kingdom
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March 23, 1980 • 24m

Perkins visits the first National Environmental Research Park near Akin, South Carolina to observe studies being conducted to help...Read more

Land of the Birds of Paradise
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March 30, 1980 • 24m

Perkins joins a research team from the New York Zoological Society for a journey to the Baiyer River Sanctuary in New Guinea to ph...Read more

The Secret Lives Of Puffins
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April 6, 1980 • 24m

Puffins are full of character and are loved by people across the globe. But many aspects of their lives remain unknown and they ha...Read more