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