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Documentaries on TV - PBS' 'Nature' Series Encores, Summer 2008

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Check your local listings for exact broadcast times for PBS' encore presentations of animal documentaries from previous seasons of the Nature series. The list of docs being given repeat broadcasts was selected by viewers who voted for their favorite films online. If you miss these replays, arranged in order of their broadcast date, you can purchase several of them on DVD and VHS.

'Crime Scene Creatures' (2006) - Airs June 1, 2008

In what is becoming a very specialized branch of forensics, scientists and law enforcement agents utilize the natural abilities and/or behavior of a wide range of animals and plant life to investigate what happened at a crime scene and help to determine who was responsible.

'Snowflake: The White Gorilla' (2005) - Airs June 8, 2008

The story of Snowflake, the world's only known albino gorilla. He was a much adored resident at the Barcelona Zoo for almost 40 years until he died from a type of cancer associated with the unusual coloration that made him such a beloved celebrity.

'Silence of the Bees' (2007) - Airs June 15, 2008

Scientists investigate the strange and shocking decrease in the populations of honeybees living in hives across the USA during the winter of 2006, when millions of bees disappeared without a trace, thereby threating the destruction of our nation's fruit and vegetable crops.

'Underdogs' (2006) - Airs June 22, 2008

Abandoned pure-breds are selected from animal shelters, cleaned up and trained as working dogs, then given to loving homes.

'The Vanishing Lions' (2006) - Airs June 29, 2008

Lions and humans don't make good neighbors, especially in East Africa's Masai Mara, where the kind beasts and Masai cattle herders are a threat to each other. Conservationists are trying to find solutions to save the lions and appease herdsmen whose cattle are endangered.

'Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies' (2001) - Airs July 6, 2008

Emmy-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens has documented the life Cloud, a wild white stallion, since it was born among a herd of some 150 wild mustangs roaming free in the mountains of Montana.
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'Encountering Sea Monsters' (2005) - Airs July 13, 2008

There are no stranger inhabitants of the deep than the fascinating cephalopods, the boneless creatures that have three hearts and blue blood, that eat each other and mate violently. Their amazing behavior is capture in brilliant underwater footage.

'The Good, The Bad, and The Grizzly' (2004) - Airs July 20, 2008

That grizzlies are no longer an endangered species is a major success story for conservationists, but the bears are now so numerous they're coming into close contact with humans when they enter urban areas searching for food. Conservationists and bear experts are trying to figure out what to do about that.

'Oceans In Glass: The Monterey Aquarium' (2006) - Airs July 27, 2008

Its full title is Oceans In Glass: Behind the Scenes At The Monterey Aquarium, and it is the story of how one of the world's most advanced and important aquariums builds very varied underwater habitats to accommodate some 30,000 marine animals and plants.

'Horse and Rider' (2002) - Airs August 3, 2008

All about the various steps and components that go into creating a good working relationship between horses and their riders.

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