Episode
Nature: Spy in The Wild 2: The Islands
Overview
Explore the islands of the South Pacific with creatures like the spy koala, who captures breeding behavior in Australia, or the spy crab, who joins an army of red crabs on their march to the sea to deposit their eggs.
Details
- Series
- Nature
- Season
- Season 38
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2020-05-13
- Runtime
- 53 min
Episode context
Spy in The Wild 2: The Islands is Episode 17 in Season 38 of Nature. It aired on 2020-05-13. The runtime is 53 min.
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Episode 16: Spy in The Wild 2: The North
Travel to the Northern Hemisphere, where the spy creatures learn how animals move, feed and fight. A spy hummingbird films millions of butterflies, and a spy squirrel winds up in a battle. A spy beaver observes other beavers building dams.
Episode 18: Spy in The Wild 2: The Poles
From penguin chicks to elephant seals and wolf cubs to polar bears, the spy creatures meet and observe the hardiest and most charismatic animals in the Arctic and Antarctic circles.
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