Episode

Nature: The Nature of Sex: a Miracle in the Making

Name: Nature: The Nature of Sex: a Miracle in the Making
Released: 1993-11-24
Duration: 53 min
Cast: George Page, F. Murray Abraham, Donald C. Johanson, David Attenborough, Jay O. Sanders

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Overview

A look at the reproduction process from conception to birth of a wide variety of animals.

Details

Series: Nature
Season: Season 12
Episode: Episode 8
Air date: 1993-11-24
Runtime: 53 min

Episode context

The Nature of Sex: a Miracle in the Making is Episode 8 in Season 12 of Nature. It aired on 1993-11-24. The runtime is 53 min.

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Episode 7: The Nature of Sex: Sex and the Human Animal 1993-11-23 | 53 min An investigation into the origins of human sexuality and sexual roles.

Episode 9: The Nature of Sex: Young Ones 1993-11-24 | 53 min A look at the parental process of all sorts of earth’s creatures.

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Episode 5: The Nature of Sex: a Time and a Place 1993-11-22 | 53 min Explores the various influences on mating and courtship, from the sun, the moon and the change of seasons, to the specific behaviors within species.

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Episode 4: The Nature of Sex: the Primal Instinct 1993-11-22 | 53 min This program looks at the varied ways in which life reproduces. Whether a species has one sex, two sexes, both at once or none at all, the urge to procreate is there.

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Episode 3: Echoes from the Ice 1993-11-07 | 53 min The two-hundred-foot walls of ice in Glacier Bay overwhelm the senses, but they also surround the most beautiful sights Alaska has to offer — the Northern Lights, the roaming grizzly bears, and the humpback whales. The glacier itself is also creating new life — it has retreated some 70 miles up the bay, wiping the ecological slate clean, allowing new plants and animals to start again from scratch.

Episode 13: Sea Otter Story: Warm Hearts & Cold Water 1994-03-13 | 53 min "A Sea Otter Story---Warm Hearts & Cold Water" examines a California aquarium's efforts to raise an otter and teach it necessary survival skills. Also: the impact of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill on Alaskan otters.

Episode 2: Treasure of the Andes 1993-10-10 | 53 min The history of llamas, alpacas, vicunas and guanacos in South America.

Episode 14: Toadskin Spell 1994-05-15 | 53 min "Toadskin Spell" examines frogs and toads and how the qualities of their skin help them survive extreme climates. Included: toad-derived poisons, medicines and hallucinogens.