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America's favorite episodes from public television's landmark series NATURE
Nature has been America's premiere showcase for natural history programming since 1982.One of the most acclaimed series in the history of PBS, enthralled viewers have been traveling to every corner of the globe while discovering the drama and beauty at the heart of the natural world.In the company of host George Page, viewer's eyes and minds have been opened to the astonishing array of wildlife that shape and share our planet.The Nature archive series presents many of the best shows in the award winning series' history.
All across Japan, stone foxes stand guard in front of temples and shrines.Japanese legend has it that the tiger once challenged the fox to a race to decide who was to be lord over all the animals.The fox agreed, but slyly held on to the tiger's tail through the race until the last minute, when he jumped off and sprinted past to win.That is why the Japanese say there are no tigers in Hokkaido and the foxes are lords.Lords Of Hokkaido spends a year with a family of red foxes and their wildlife neighbors: sika deer, red squirrels and red crowned cranes, as all struggle to survive the harsh Siberia-like winter on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido.While the father hunts for food, the mother nurses and warms her seven cubs.When spring arrives, whooper swans are seen "displaying" to each other and the regal, red-crowned crane begins it's call and mating dance ritual.As the year ends, the fox family separates and the cubs begin to face the world on their own.
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