Season 6

A series studying animal kingdom, and man's place in it, through comparisons of anatomy, function, and behavior.

How animals get from place to place, including burrowing, crawling, climbing trees, running,.

"Animals In The Water" studies fish, crocodiles, seals and whales.

A look at how animals have developed special means of coping with environments - long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.

A look at process of natural selection by which animals have developed special means of coping with their environments: long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.

How animals locate, obtain, process and eat food using "anatomical tools": beaks, claws etc.

Animals modify their environments in many ways: by building nests, damming streams.

Program shows how animals modify their environments in many ways; by building nests.

Man is known as "toolmaker", although certain other animals do use tools.

Different combinations of senses are dominant in activities of different animals: vision and smell in insects, smell and hearing in most mammals, vision and touch in higher primates.

A look at various ways animals and man defend their homes and their young.

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How much of animal behavior is inherent, and how much is learned?

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Man, animal species, as he might be described by an objective zoologist from another planet: what is he.