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Meet the largest carnivore on Earth: the great Kodiak bear. Travel to Alaska's Kodiak Island where 4,000-foot mountains rise up along hundreds of miles of jagged coastline. Hike these ancient feeding trails where bears as big as 1,500 pounds gorge on berries and roll down salmon-rich rivers past cubs learning to fish. Renowned wildlife filmmaker Wolfgang Bayer even takes you inside a den. Plus, witness dramatic home videos of dangerous tourist encounters with these amazing animals in Giant Bears of Kodiak Island.
Join renowned wildlife filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert as they capture the drama of Africa's largest free-roaming elephant herds on their timeless journey across the bush country of northern Botswana. Two years in the making, this remarkable documentary reveals extraordinary elephant behavior never before filmed. View the rare adoption of an abandoned infant, the organized rescue of a calf in danger of drowning, and the haunting way bull elephants mourn the death of an aged companion.
The Caribbean. Examined: aquatic life, from the spawning process to survival. Among the diverse creatures: groupers, manta rays, turtles, dolphins, jellyfish. squids and humpback whales. Also: activities around coral reefs.
A look at the disaster that shocked the world on May 7, 1915 when the state-of-the-art ocean liner sunk to a watery grave after being struck by a German U-Boat torpedo that killed over 1100 passengers.
This National Geographic documentary explores the causes and effects of nature's more destructive forces; hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and tornadoes. Through actual footage of storms and disasters, from both media and the National Geographic cameras, the viewer is shown how powerful and unpredictable nature can be. As with most National Geographic films, science and fact take precedence over sensationalism; thus, National Geographic: Nature's Fury also contains commentary and graphics that explain what causes an earthquake, a flood or other natural disasters, as well as what scientists are doing to help protect people from harm
