Natural World

Season 1 Episode 6: Birds of Paradox

39 Seasons Dec 04, 1983 TV-PG 50m 8.6

Known to be aggressive and dangerous, hippos are also fiercely protective of their young. Watch as mother hippos in Africa risk everything to keep their newly born calves away from predators, both in and out of the water.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Save the Panda

1. Save the Panda

Aired: Oct 30, 1983

Follows the great land migration in Africa, one of the seven wonders of the n...

Episode 3 Programmed for Flight

3. Programmed for Flight

Aired: Nov 13, 1983

On an African river in the Serengeti, a mother crocodile defends her babies a...

Episode 4 Jungle

4. Jungle

Aired: Nov 20, 1983

The animal kingdom in the Serengeti is in constant competition for resources....

Episode 5 Secret Weapons

5. Secret Weapons

Aired: Nov 27, 1983

Two mother cheetahs, able to reach top speeds of nearly 70 miles per hour, ar...

Episode 6 Birds of Paradox

6. Birds of Paradox

Aired: Dec 4, 1983

Known to be aggressive and dangerous, hippos are also fiercely protective of ...

Episode 7 Jet Set Wildlife

7. Jet Set Wildlife

Aired: Dec 11, 1983

A newborn wildebeest befriends a fierce lioness, and a rare meeting between t...

Episode 8 Pelican Delta

8. Pelican Delta

Aired: Dec 18, 1983

The wildlife of the Danube delta in the Black Sea, especially the white pelic...

Episode 9 Winter Days

9. Winter Days

Aired: Dec 25, 1983

There are only two seasons in the Serengeti, dry and wet. As the long dry sea...

Episode 10 God's Acre

10. God's Acre

Aired: Jan 2, 1984

The wildebeest path on their endless migration is impeded several times by ri...


Info about Natural World

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Countries: United Kingdom, France

Genres:Documentary