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Jaguars of the Jungle (1/34)

The world's third-largest cat - after the lion and tiger - has struggled for survival on the South American continent for years. Too precious is the fearless animal's pelt. Conditions for the feline predator only improved in Brazil after ratification of the Endangered Species Convention. Today, there are thought to be at least 8000 Jaguars in the Pantanal, a huge wetland of rivers, jungles and s..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany, Brazil
Language Versions	German [OV],English [DUB],French [DUB]

Golden Wachovia - Treasure on the Danube (2/34)

It is one of the world's most beautiful river valleys: Wachovia in Austria. This monumental documentary depicts the Danube landscape in its changing seasons, showing off the UNESCO World Heritage Site where King Richard the Lionheart was held captive upon returning from the Crusades. For 20 miles, the Danube is left to seek its own course unhindered by man, one of the few stretches on its long j..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany, Austria
Language Versions	German [OV]

Maleo - The Bird That Comes Out Of The Ground (3/34)

The maleo, also known as Gray's brush-turkey, lays one single egg - but this egg is really enormous. It is buried in a way that is hitherto only familiar from the world of reptiles. On its head the maleo has a strange casque that resembles a helmet. Scientists assume that this helps the bird to cope with the scorching heat in its nesting places. For the hot sands of the Indonesian island of Sula..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany, France
Language Versions	German [OV], French [DUB]

Winter Magic in the Land of the Rising Sun (4/34)

Vast mountain ranges, fascinating animals and an unspoiled wilderness - such natural landscapes are rare in Japan and virtually unknown here in Europe. From December to March, nature in the north of Japan is frozen in an icy spell of bone-chilling cold, for four months a magical winter landscape of breathtaking beauty emerges. For numerous animal species this snow paradise is not merely a refuge -..

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany, Japan
Language Versions	German [OV]

In the Mountains of the Himalayas: Yaks! (5/34)

They have to cross three passes, each one over 5,000 metres high, brave snow and ice and overcome torrential rivers: Lamba, the alpha bull, and Lamjung, his adversary. They are both yaks, the large, semi-wild, shaggy bovines of the Himalayan mountains. There, in one of the most remote regions of the world, Lamba and Lamjung have to traverse the border area between Nepal and Tibet for their caravan..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany, Brazil
Language Versions	German [OV]

The First Horse - Creature of Cold and Desert (6/34)

For a long time, the ancestor of our domestic horse was held to be lost. But perhaps it survives, in some forgotten corner of the globe. A film team sets out in search of the missing link of all domestic equestrian breeds. Temperatures on the Mongolian steppes reach -30° C (-22° F) at night. Under these extreme circumstances, a breed of horse survives that is one of the most hopeful prosp..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The First Horse - Creature of Wood and Steppe (7/34)

For a long time, the ancestor of our domestic horse was held to be lost. But perhaps it survives, in some forgotten corner of the globe. A film team sets out in search of the missing link of all domestic equestrian breeds. Temperatures on the Mongolian steppes reach -30° C (-22° F) at night. Under these extreme circumstances, a breed of horse survives that is one of the most hopeful prospects..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Jungles of Vietnam (8/34)

In the villages at the foot of the steep mountains of Cuc Phuong, on the edges of Vietnam's foremost National Park, when the farmers unharness their water buffalo after a long day's work, the idyllic scene easily makes you forget the terrible strife that plagued this region for many years - and still does to this day. Up until 1975, it was the U.S. Air Force bombers. that regularly targeted the ca..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],English [DUB],French [DUB]

Wild Sardinia (9/34)

Who knew that the Mouflon was introduced to Sardinia 6,000 years before Christ? According to the theory, neolithic nomads took the shy little mountain sheep with them all the way from Asia Minor to the Iberian Peninsula. Until this day, mouflons show no sign of domestication and have no direct relatives among the domestic sheep. These wild sheep with their curlicue horns were probably prized m..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV], French [DUB]

The Mystery of the Birds (10/34)

Europe's bird population may look very different soon. Species that have always been migratory suddenly stay for the winter, others return from their winter habitat early, while other species take different routes or even fly in the opposite direction. What is going on? Why are the birds behaving so strangely? Is the appearance of exotic strangers like the Bee-Eater in Europe a result of dramatic..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Groundhogs in Berchtesgaden National Park (11/34)

The marmot was safe for many years in Germany's Berchtesgaden National Park. Their greatest enemy, the Golden Eagle, was virtually extinct. But now a large-scale program to reattract the rare birds is making life hard for the little rodents again. Wildlife experts keep an eye on the resettled eagle couples around the clock. As soon as a pair has taken up a nest in Spring, the military and hobby f..

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Year Of Production	2004
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Monkey Business (12/34)

They don't have many friends, the baboons of South Africa. Since their habitat is constantly shrinking, these monkeys, who are so similar to humans in many respects, are coming into the cities and villages with increasing frequency. The gangs are much feared for they pilfer and plunder everything that is not nailed down. They steal schoolchildren's sandwiches, damage tourists' cars, devastate fron..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],English [DUB]

The Race of the stubborn Creatures (13/34)

Donkeys and oxen have the same reputation: they are said to be obstinate and headstrong. Hence it seems rather curious to be holding races with such stubborn creatures. Yet this very tradition has been cultivated for 30 years in two small German towns and has proved a great public attraction. The races with oxen and donkeys are a huge spectacle attended by more than 15,000 visitors. This documen..

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Year Of Production	2009
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Four Seasons in the Peaks (14/34)

Concealed between Bavaria and Tyrol lies an unspoilt region, the Inner Karwendel. There, over a period of 12 months, film-maker Christian Herrmann captured all the seasons on film, portraying the pristine and untouched flora and fauna in hitherto unknown dimensions. He was the first to film the protected zone in the mountains in the winter months.   The film shows the common sandpiper as it..

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Year Of Production	2007
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV], English [DUB]

The Fjord in the Mountains - A year at Lake Vilsalp (15/34)

This lake is shrouded in numerous legends. Poets describe it as one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in Tyrol. Nestling between high mountain slopes, its deep blue water reminiscent of a fjord, the Vilsalpsee is located at the end of a glacial valley. The border of the surrounding nature reserve runs across the jagged peak of the Schochenspitze (2069 m) all the way to the Bavarian Rauhorn (224..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Wolves at Gran Paradiso (16/34)

For over a hundred years there were no wolves at Gran Paradiso. The ancestor of the dogs was extinct in most parts of Europe, but now it is daring to return. Inexorably, wolves are now reconquering the Alps, passing over mountains, skirting cities, crossing motorways. They are seldom seen, but they leave traces. At the foot of the Gran Paradiso, one of the many four-thousanders in the remote Aosta..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB],English [DUB]

The Magical World of Venezuela (17/34)

The high mountain area of the Andes in the west of Venezuela is one of the most beautiful mountainous regions in South America. At a height of over 4,000 metres only a few animals are able to survive. One of these is the chivito, a species of humming bird. The condor also soars through the sky here and shows the film team the way to a particularly hot and humid habitat at the foot of the Andes, th..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Grzimek's Trail in Africa (18/34)

March 13th 2007 was the twentieth anniversary of the death of Professor Bernhard Grzimek, and Bavarian Television has dedicated three films to the popular animal and nature conservationist. They will report on the development of projects initiated by him throughout the world - in Africa, South America and Asia. The Swiss biologist Dr. Markus Borner is one of the nature conservationists who still w..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV], English [DUB]

Grzimek's Trail in Asia (19/34)

When Professor Bernhard Grzimek engaged in his first projects in Africa in aid of its threatened species, he already constantly emphasised that the aim was also to support an impoverished population. The Frankfurt Zoological Society, founded by Grzimek, extended its activities to Asia, where the protection of the species also stands and falls with the living standard of the indigenous population...

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV], English [DUB]

Grzimek's Trail in South America (20/34)

In his 37th television programme, when Professor Grzimek let a fully-grown South American marine iguana run over his desk, he knew that people in Germany had never seen such a creature. Grzimek, director of Frankfurt Zoo, was the man who brought the animals of this world into German living-rooms with his TV series "A Place For Animals". With this Grzimek was able not only to fascinate people, he a..

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Year Of Production	2008
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV], English [DUB]

Thundering Smoke - The Victoria Falls (21/34)

Even from the distance something extraordinary can be sensed: despite of a clear blue sky there is a bank of clouds just a little bit above the grounds - the drizzle of the Victoria Falls which go up to an altitude of up to 300 metres and which can be seen for miles: Mosi oa Tunya - "thundering smoke" as the Victoria Falls are referred to here. They are Africa's largest waterfalls which form the w..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Basking Sharks - Gentle Giants (22/34)

Their looks are so frightening that even just one hundred years ago they were taken for sea monsters. Actually, however, the basking sharks which can be more than twelve meters long are harmless plankton-eaters and threatened with extinction. Only an estimated 8,000 animals are still roaming the oceans. This film accompanies the marine biologists Jackie and Graham Hall to the last places where th..

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Year Of Production	2010
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB]

About Apples, Wild Geese and Reed Warblers (23/34)

What do apples, geese and reed warblers have in common? In actual fact nothing - and yet there is an area in Germany where they directly encounter each other. Germany's most intensely exploited fruit-growing regions are located in the South of Germany, at the Lake Constance. Densely populated cultivated landscapes as far as the eye can see. Right in the middle of them, however, nature all of a s..

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Year Of Production	2011
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Saving of the Penguins' Island (24/34)

It is not a research project for which the New Zealand Antarctic specialist Tony Martin has come to South Georgia, but, for a change, with the intention to fight off a disaster. The island in the Antarctic Sea which is characterized by high mountains and glaciers is a very unique habitat: it is known as the most important mating place for seals, sea elephants, leopard seals and sea bears and, apar..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

House-Hunting Birds (25/34)

Birds are entirely delivered to thunderstorms and are not in a position to just find a safe place. A storm leaves destructive traces behind: creeks are flooding from tributary valleys, deluging gravel banks and thereby endanger e.g. the little ringed plover's and the coal tit's breed which live between the roots of large conifers. Many bird species are now using their ability to fly and have reloc..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Swifts of Bernried (26/34)

Every year, at around April 28th, the swifts arrive in Bavaria - at first the vanguard and then the rest of the colony. Despite the long journey from South Africa, the birds find their way to the same place at the same time and come to the monastery of Bernried by Lake Starnberg. Ever since the Benedictine nuns are living here, they have been watching the nimble aerialists. During the convent's re..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Meerkat (27/34)

Meerkat - How They Sleep, Dream and CuddleOne meerkat after the other slips from the den. They stand on their hind legs and squint into the sun. Each one in turn takes a stand, searching the horizon and the sky for possible enemies. The air is clear: on a signal the youngsters scrabble out of the den. In high spirits, they frolic and tumble around. This (or a variation on it) is pretty much how ev..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV], English [DUB]

The New Elephant House in Munich (28/34)

Elephants don't like change but for this herd, the past four years have been a time of constant change. Hopefully, though, their new home with its natural flooring, waterfall and swimming pools will have been worth all the upheaval.A lot has happened since the old elephant house was deemed no longer habitable. Now while the building is still recognizable from the outside, inside everything is diff..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Papuan Treasures (30/34)

There are few uncharted regions left on this planet, but on the remote Bird's Head Peninsula in West Papua there are still some difficult-to-access areas waiting to be discovered. A BR expedition team, led by a local hunter, set out into the wild. Together they find a spectacular whale shark meeting point, discover in the surrounding forests the hut-like structures of the Vogelkop Bowerbird and wi..

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Year Of Production	2013
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Transpantaneira - Brazil's Wild Highway (31/34)

The Pantanal is the largest seasonal wetland area on earth. For this documentary, the film crew undertakes a journey on water and land to discover this region's unique fauna and flora. This incredibly biologically-diverse wetland was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. It is characterized by an accumulation of broad plains with hills that are no higher than 200 meters. One road cro..

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Year Of Production	2013
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Ant Wars (32/34)

Entlang der europäischen Mittelmeerküste haben winzige, nur 2mm-große Argentinische Ameisen eine Kolonie mit biblischen Ausmaßen erschaffen. Sie erstreckt sich über fast 6000km von Norditalien über Frankreich und Spanien bis nach Portugal. Milliarden von Arbeiterinnen bekämpfen ihre Rivalen mit unglaublicher Aggressivität und vernichten innerhalb kürz..

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Year Of Production	2012
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB]

After the Long Night - Winter in Svalbard (33/34)

There is a very special side to the High Arctic. When the sun returns to light up the sky, if only for bare minutes initially, it looks both bizarre and graceful; when Svalbard is held in the icy grip of winter cold and storms, it is wild and irrepressible and when the last of the Northern Lights haunt the skies overhead, it is nothing short of wondrous. But it is also at precisely this moment tha..

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Like One Long Day - Summer in Svalbard (34/34)

The High Arctic is an extreme habitat - at any time of year. Snow and ice, storm and cold determine everything; they are responsible for conditions which at first glance seem completely incompatible with life. And yet, just a few lines of latitude to the south of the North Pole, there is fauna and flora which has adapted perfectly to precisely these harsh conditions. Svalbard, an archipelago that..

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

A Tale of Two Buzzards (35/34)

The common buzzard and the honey buzzard are two birds of prey which look very alike. But their diet and their behavior could not be more different. We track down these fascinating birds.

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Year Of Production	2014
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Best of Friends/Worst of Enemies - People and Pigeons

Domesticated long before chickens or geese, the wild rock dove or pigeon was once incredibly useful to humans but is now considered a hated pest, causing untold damage to our towns and cities. This documentary examines what can be done to control this clever but very prolific bird. The pigeon has gone from being an incredibly useful animal to a hated pest. But those who think only of street pigeo..

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Year Of Production	2016
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB]

The Albatrosses of Bird Island

The documentary follows a young British ornithologist as she studies the albatross species who return every year to the remote Bird Island in the Antarctic Ocean to breed. No other creature travels as quickly or as far as an albatross; these amazing birds have been known to circumnavigate the globe in just a few weeks. But when they do need to seek out solid ground to breed, then often that groun..

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Year Of Production	2018
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],English [DUB]

Wild Yaks - Wild China: On the Trail of the Last Wild Yaks - A Journey into China's Wild West

There are still around 20,000 wild yaks living way out in China’s huge and inaccessible western steppe region. These impressive animals can weigh up to a ton and, according to the latest scientific research, could contribute to the recovery and further development of China. There are still around 20,000 wild yaks living far out in the huge and inaccessible steppe of China's Wild West. For t..

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Year Of Production	2017
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB],English [DUB]

Black Bears in Tiger Country

Concerned by the ever-dwindling numbers of Asiatic black bears in Siberia, Alex Sedow embarks on a dangerous and difficult undertaking that will lead him deep into the dense, near impassable forests of the Ussuri region. But what will he find there? The population of Asiatic black bears in southeastern Siberia is dwindling inexorably. Both a lack of forage and their arch-enemy, the Amur tiger, co..

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Year Of Production	2017
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],English [DUB]

The Clever Corvids

Moving animal stories, amazing nature photography and exciting expeditions are the varied themes of Nature Exclusive. This doc series introduces us to the whole plethora of flora and fauna, landscapes and environments, imparting important info on the planet we inhabit. Recent Episodes include: Fish Thief or Scapegoat? Cormorants Wilderness at Lago Maggiore The Clever Corvids The Albatrosses..

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Year Of Production	2018
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB]

Fish Thief or Scapegoat? Cormorants

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Year Of Production	2018
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB]

Wildnis am Lago Maggiore

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Year Of Production	2018
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV],French [DUB]

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