Episode
Nature: Supersense: Making Sense
Overview
Internal clocks guide life rhythms of eating, sleeping, mating, hibernation, birth and death.
Details
- Series
- Nature
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1990-12-02
- Runtime
- 53 min
Episode context
Supersense: Making Sense is Episode 8 in Season 9 of Nature. It aired on 1990-12-02. The runtime is 53 min.
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