Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Season 1

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Season 1

Series premiere of Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Air date: 1963-01-04

Episodes: 12

Episodes

E1: Myths and Superstitions

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

Air date: 1963-01-06

E2: Designs for Survival

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

Air date: 1963-01-13

E3: Capturing Wild Animals

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

Air date: 1963-01-20

E4: Sonar in the Wild

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.

Air date: 1963-01-27

E5: Strange Ways of the Wild

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

Air date: 1963-02-03

E6: Cats of the World

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

Air date: 1963-02-10

E7: Hunters of the Sky

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

Air date: 1963-02-17

E8: The Amazon River

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

Air date: 1963-02-24

E9: Attack and Defense

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

Air date: 1963-03-03

E10: Call of the Pribilofs

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

Air date: 1963-03-10

E11: Defense Against Extinction

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

Air date: 1963-03-17

E12: Exploring the Reef

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.

Air date: 1963-03-24