Episode
Nature: Okavango: River of Dreams: Limbo
Overview
Limbo presents the landscape and wildlife of the "Middle World," the delta of the Okavango River. A hyena and a warthog family share neighboring dens, helping each other by keeping an eye on threatening predators such as lions and leopards.
Details
- Series
- Nature
- Season
- Season 38
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2019-10-30
- Runtime
- 53 min
Episode context
Okavango: River of Dreams: Limbo is Episode 5 in Season 38 of Nature. It aired on 2019-10-30. The runtime is 53 min.
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Episode 4: Okavango: River of Dreams: Paradise
Paradise presents the landscape and wildlife of the Upper Okavango River. A lioness severely injured by a buffalo is left for dead by her pride. Now handicapped, she has to survive in the swamp alone, hunting to feed her little cubs.
Episode 6: Okavango: River of Dreams: Inferno
Inferno presents the landscape and wildlife of the Lower Okavango River. The landscape is baked dry by the scorching sun, and large herds of zebra and wildebeest migrate to the dry plains in search of precious salt that these animals need.
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