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The Best Episodes of Nature Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Nature Season 1 Episode 1 - The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #1 - The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire

    S1:E1

    Following the path of the condor, whose ten-foot wingspan enables it to soar effortlessly over the peaks of the Andes mountains, this film starts at the storm beaten rocks of Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America and journeys north to the highest peak in the Americas - Aconcagua. Along the way, we see exotic animals and birds such as the penguin, hummingbird, sea otter, guanaco, ostrich-like rhea, and puma.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Nature Season 1 Episode 2 - The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #2 - The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air

    S1:E2

    While the cold waters of the Pacific Coast of South America are among the richest in the world, the shore is the driest desert in the world. Yet it is not at all devoid of life. Lizards snatch morsels from the waves, and seagulls fly 40 miles into the desert to nest. The condor searches for carrion and vampire bats feed on the blood of sleeping sea lions. This is a beautiful portrait of a giant land.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Nature Season 1 Episode 3 - The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #3 - The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon

    S1:E3

    The third part of the series is a spectacular visual trip down the fabled river. From the snow-clad summit of the volcano Cotopaxi and others comes the greatest river in the world as melting ice creates a torrent that drops three miles in its first short distance. The river is fed by magnificent waterfalls and is channeled through gorges out into the tropical rain forest where there are more species of birds than anywhere.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Nature Season 1 Episode 4 - Amate: The Great Fig Tree
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Amate: The Great Fig Tree

    S1:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Nature Season 1 Episode 5 - Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons

    S1:E5

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  6. Nature Season 1 Episode 6 - On the Edge of Paradise
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #6 - On the Edge of Paradise

    S1:E6

    Examines the fragile ecology of the Caribbean area in a unique and vivid look at the forces affecting this area's ecological balance, such as hurricanes, volcanoes, the continuing evolution of different wildlife and man's influence. International agreements and commissions created to protect the Caribbean area are also covered.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Nature Season 1 Episode 7 - Forest in the Clouds
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Forest in the Clouds

    S1:E7

    Surveying Costa Rica's Monte Verde preserve, which contains some 200 varieties of trees, including 300-ft. oaks. Animal life includes deadly scorpions; army ants; and plumed quetzals, sacred bird of the Maya civilization.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Nature Season 1 Episode 8 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries

    S1:E8

    The first of the series takes us back to the 13th Century to explore medieval superstitions of ancient "naturalists." Frederick II of Hohenstaufen had a passion for falconry that resulted in his immense illustrated book De Arte Venandi Cum Artibus (On the Art of Hunting With Birds.) Series host is Dr. Donald Johanson, noted paleoanthropologist and director of the Institute of Human Origins in Berkeley, California.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Nature Season 1 Episode 9 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God

    S1:E9

    Theologians and clerics in the 17th and 18th centuries were among the first to study animal behavior. John Ray began in the 1600's to catalog "the work of the Creation," starting with plants and later including birds. Sir Francis Willoughby continued this work. Rev. Gilbert White studied bird songs, Charlie LeRoy experimented with wolves and deer, and Charles Waterton wrote about jungle animals.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Nature Season 1 Episode 10 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind

    S1:E10

    In 1848, Charles Darwin began the quest to understand the mysteries of the animal mind. Following Darwin's achievement - suggesting a plausible process for evolution: natural selection - Lewis Henry Morgan discovered evidence of cogitation in beavers. George Romanes experimented with fish, cats, and dogs, Douglas Spalding with newborn chicks, all finding apparent mental activity. Meanwhile Jacques Loeb attempted to prove animals "mindless."

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Nature Season 1 Episode 11 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

    S1:E11

    First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever Hans) a horse whose apparent knowledge of arithmetic was actually response to subtle signals from his trainer. We also see dramatizations of Thomdike's experiments with chicks, Watson's with terns, and B. F. Skinner's famed work at Harvard in the thirties.

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  12. Nature Season 1 Episode 12 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals

    S1:E12

    Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, who discovered a possible language in the ritual movements of great-crested grebes, Konrad Lorenz who recorded the visual language of geese, and Niko Tinbergen, who studied the habits of hunting wasps and together with Esther Cullen recorded the relationship of temperament in birds to their habitat.

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  13. Nature Season 1 Episode 13 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together

    S1:E13

    Scientists have long attempted to discover why animals rarely live alone. Animal society seems to be based on despotic rule by the strongest, tempered by the powerful attractive forces of sex. Portrayals of Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe, Solly Zuckerman, Clarence Ray Carpenter, Frank Fraser Darling, William Hamilton, and Amotz Zahavi, show the contributions of each of these men towards understanding the puzzle.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire" is the best rated episode of "Nature" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/10/1982. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air".