The Nature of Things(1960)

Name: The Nature of Things
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1960-11-06
Rating: 7.2

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Documentary

The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.

First aired:: 1960-11-06
Country:: CA
Network:: CBC Television

Episodes

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1. Animals And Man
1965-10-03
A series studying animal kingdom, and man's place in it, through comparisons of anatomy, function, and behavior.
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2. Animals On Land
1965-10-10
How animals get from place to place, including burrowing, crawling, climbing trees, running,.
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3. Animals In The Water
1965-10-17
"Animals In The Water" studies fish, crocodiles, seals and whales.
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4. Animal Adaptation
1965-10-24
A look at how animals have developed special means of coping with environments - long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.
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5. Animal Adaptation
1965-10-31
A look at process of natural selection by which animals have developed special means of coping with their environments: long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.
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6. Animals And Food
1965-11-07
How animals locate, obtain, process and eat food using "anatomical tools": beaks, claws etc.
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7. Animals As Engineers
1965-11-14
Animals modify their environments in many ways: by building nests, damming streams.
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8. Animals As Engineers
1965-11-21
Program shows how animals modify their environments in many ways; by building nests.
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9. Animal Hands And Tools
1965-11-28
Man is known as "toolmaker", although certain other animals do use tools.
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10. Animal Vision And Smell
1965-12-05
Different combinations of senses are dominant in activities of different animals: vision and smell in insects, smell and hearing in most mammals, vision and touch in higher primates.
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11. Animal Territory And Aggression
1965-12-12
A look at various ways animals and man defend their homes and their young.
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12. Animal Social Behavior
1965-12-19
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13. Episode 13
1965-12-26
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14. Animal Learning
1966-01-02
How much of animal behavior is inherent, and how much is learned?
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15. Episode 15
1966-01-09
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16. Episode 16
1966-01-16
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17. Man And Animals
1966-01-23
Man, animal species, as he might be described by an objective zoologist from another planet: what is he.