Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom - Season 1
1 - Myths and Superstitions
Air Date: January 6, 1963
Marlin debunks many of the baseless belief about living creatures from the fish to the gorilla with his firsthand knowledge.
2 - Designs for Survival
Air Date: January 13, 1963
The survival value of a wide range of protective devices used by wild creatures is demonstrated and investigated.
3 - Capturing Wild Animals
Air Date: January 20, 1963
Marlin and Jim Fowler investigate trapping and capturing techniques both primitive and modern.
4 - Sonar in the Wild
Air Date: January 27, 1963
Marlin and Jim perform experiments in a bat cave to reveal how bats maneuver in the dark without colliding. They demonstrate how the intelligent porpoise use inaudible signals to find their way about.
5 - Strange Ways of the Wild
Air Date: February 3, 1963
Marlin and Jim set out to separate the truth from the myths and unfold many strange but true tales from the wild kingdom.
6 - Cats of the World
Air Date: February 10, 1963
The great cats of the world, lions, tigers and jaguars are placed in an observation room and tested for their reactions to various objects.
7 - Hunters of the Sky
Air Date: February 17, 1963
Story of how birds of prey zig-zag after their terrified, intended victims.
8 - The Amazon River
Air Date: February 24, 1963
Mysteries of animal and native life in the Amazon River Valley.
9 - Attack and Defense
Air Date: March 3, 1963
Close-up look at the aggressive and defensive postures assumed by all animals in their natural habitat.
10 - Call of the Pribilofs
Air Date: March 10, 1963
The fur seal answer the call of the Pribilofs and migrate to a group of small islands in the Bering Sea.
11 - Defense Against Extinction
Air Date: March 17, 1963
Marlin and Jim investigate unusual conservation techniques by which man is challenging the extinction of the wild kingdom.
12 - Exploring the Reef
Air Date: March 24, 1963
A journey to the coral reefs off Bimini to take a deep-sea look at the myriad of underwater inhabitants that flourish in these warm blue waters and the deadly shark.