Episode
Nature: Tall Blondes
Overview
Lynn Sherr, the award-winning correspondent for ABC TV’s 20/20 newsmagazine, went to Africa for the first time in 1973 and fell in love — with giraffes. “They were a dazzling, unexpected revelation: gawky, graceful anomalies; cool, gentle giants dressed in golden, stained-glass coats. And when they ran, they seemed to float. I was hooked.” Journey to Kenya and South Africa, and to an American zoo that is the giraffe breeding capital of the Western Hemisphere, for a revealing look at this powerful, captivating creature when Ms. Sherr hosts Tall Blondes.
Details
- Series
- Nature
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2002-10-13
- Runtime
- 53 min
Episode context
Tall Blondes is Episode 1 in Season 21 of Nature. It aired on 2002-10-13. The runtime is 53 min.
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