Secrets Of The Zoo: North Carolina

Saturday 09.00am

Secrets Of The Zoo: North Carolina

Saturday 09.00am

©National Geographic
Secrets Of The Zoo: North Carolina

WHEN TO WATCH

  1. Saturday 14 December 09.00am

    Dr. Zoo-Little (Season 1)

  2. Saturday 14 December 10.00am

    Polar Bear Opposites (Season 1)

  3. Saturday 21 December 09.00am

    Hiss and Hers (Season 1)

Synopsis

Join the largest zoo in the world, covering more than 2,500 acres. With over 300 staff, zookeepers, and vets taking care of more the 1,800 animals, this is much more than a typical zoo.

Episodes

Season 1

  • Chimp Off the Old Block

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    Zoo keepers prepare for a chimp birth, vets investigate a bear’s mystery illness and a dangerous antelope is darted on the zoo’s grasslands habitat.

    Next Showing
    Tuesday 31 December 03.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Dr. Zoo-Little

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    At the North Carolina Zoo a gorilla has emergency dental surgery , vets examine a deadly rattlesnake and zoo keepers try to take blood from a lion’s tail.

    Next Showing
    Saturday 14 December 09.00am
    On NatGeo Wild
    Next Showing
    Wednesday 1 January 03.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Polar Bear Opposites

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    The zoo hopes for a polar-bear pregnancy; two endangered red wolves go on a blind date; and a young elephant gets some unusual treatment.

    Next Showing
    Saturday 14 December 10.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Hiss and Hers

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    Zookeepers prepare for the birth of a white rhino; two young lions leave the pride; and a pair of cannibalistic snakes go on some risky dates.

    Next Showing
    Saturday 21 December 09.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Giraffic Park

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    The zoo welcomes a timid, new giraffe to the herd; a pregnant bat prepares to give birth; and devoted keepers give an epileptic chimp a better life.

    Next Showing
    Saturday 21 December 10.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Much Ado About Puffin

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    The zoo vets are swamped! A big gator needs blood drawn; a fiery lioness needs its tooth extracted; and puffin parents wait for their eggs to hatch.

    Next Showing
    Saturday 28 December 09.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Running Otter Time

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    Zoo vets treat seven pythons; orphaned otter pups go to fish school; and keepers rush to help Arctic foxes with mysterious injuries.

    Next Showing
    Saturday 28 December 10.00am
    On NatGeo Wild

  • Puffin but Trouble

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    Keepers hope for a long-awaited sand cat kitten; a nervous puffin chick learns to swim; and rescued black bear cubs prepare for life outside the zoo.