World's Greatest Animal Encounters

2020 · Documentary · Family

There can be few better ways to reconnect to nature than coming nose to beak or cheek to jowl with wildlife. This extraordinary 6-part series reveals the best places on the planet to encounter the world's wildest animals. Discover where killer whales cruise the coastlines and grizzlies catch fish in the wild; trek deep into the jungle to meet silver-backed gorillas and embark on an African safari. From anacondas to zebras this is the ultimate guide to wildlife encounters the world over.

Episodes

▶1. Jungle AnimalsIn Jungle Animals, viewers encounter gorillas and orangutans, killer pythons, delightful monkeys from three continents, awe-inspiring tigers and millions of land-dwelling red crabs. This episode explores Australia, the islands of Southeast Asia, Africa and the Amazon.▶2. Wetland AnimalsWetland Animals dives into the swamps, rivers and flood plains of Florida's Everglades, Botswana's Okavango Delta, Kakadu National Park in Australia, the Amazon and more. Meet deadly crocodiles, alligators and piranhas, wading elephants, hippopotamus and flamingo, and unlikely swimmers such as the manatee and platypus.▶3. Forest AnimalsForest Animals gets up close with bears, koalas, moose, wolves, weaver ants and Tasmanian Devils. This episode roves across dark forest floors and soars above vast canopies of green in America, China, Laos and Australia.▶4. Marine AnimalsMarine Animals features charismatic animals that inhabit a realm humans can only fleetingly enter. From the surprises of colourful reef characters to playful penguins, killer sharks and regal whales, this episode dives into the places where nature reveals itself in some of its most marvellous and bizarre forms.▶5. Grassland AnimalsGrasslands are the great stages of the natural world, where large animals play out spectacular lives in clear view of people. From the African grasslands the series showcases lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros, cheetahs and impalas. Australian kangaroos, wallaby and the wonderfully odd potoroo join American bison and wolves in a grand tour of iconic animals.▶6. Extreme AnimalsExtreme Animals features environments that may be hostile to humans, but are havens to many animals. Encounters with gorgeous glow-worms, high-flying condors, parched thorny devils, emperor penguins and polar bears feature in this journey through life on the edge.

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