Episode
Nature's Great Events: The Great Salmon Run
Overview
Every year, the survival of grizzly bears in North America depends on a spectacular natural event: the return of hundreds of millions of salmon from the Pacific Ocean to the mountain streams where they were born. This great return provides food not only for bears, but for killer whales, wolves, bald eagles and the very forest itself. Will the salmon return in time to keep the hungry bears alive?
Details
- Series
- Nature's Great Events
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2009-02-18
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Great Salmon Run is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Nature's Great Events. It aired on 2009-02-18. The runtime is 50 min.
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