Season 1

Season 1

1963-01-04
12 Episodes

Overview

Series premiere of Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

Episodes

Myths and Superstitions

1. Myths and Superstitions

1963-01-06

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Marlin debunks many of the baseless belief about living creatures from the fish to the gorilla with his firsthand knowledge.

Designs for Survival

2. Designs for Survival

1963-01-13

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The survival value of a wide range of protective devices used by wild creatures is demonstrated and investigated.

Capturing Wild Animals

3. Capturing Wild Animals

1963-01-20

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Marlin and Jim Fowler investigate trapping and capturing techniques both primitive and modern.

Sonar in the Wild

4. Sonar in the Wild

1963-01-27

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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.

Strange Ways of the Wild

5. Strange Ways of the Wild

1963-02-03

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Marlin and Jim set out to separate the truth from the myths and unfold many strange but true tales from the wild kingdom.

Cats of the World

6. Cats of the World

1963-02-10

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The great cats of the world, lions, tigers and jaguars are placed in an observation room and tested for their reactions to various objects.

Hunters of the Sky

7. Hunters of the Sky

1963-02-17

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Story of how birds of prey zig-zag after their terrified, intended victims.

The Amazon River

8. The Amazon River

1963-02-24

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Mysteries of animal and native life in the Amazon River Valley.

Attack and Defense

9. Attack and Defense

1963-03-03

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Close-up look at the aggressive and defensive postures assumed by all animals in their natural habitat.

Call of the Pribilofs

10. Call of the Pribilofs

1963-03-10

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The fur seal answer the call of the Pribilofs and migrate to a group of small islands in the Bering Sea.

Defense Against Extinction

11. Defense Against Extinction

1963-03-17

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Marlin and Jim investigate unusual conservation techniques by which man is challenging the extinction of the wild kingdom.

Exploring the Reef

12. Exploring the Reef

1963-03-24

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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.