Season 24
11 episodes · Sep 22, 1985
Season 24 of Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
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- S24E1
Polar Bears of the Pack Ice
Sep 22, 198524mJim Fowler joins Dr. Steve Amstrup to observe the impact on polar bears on the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska by the recent exploration of oil in that area.
- S24E2
Operation Alligator
Oct 13, 198524mJim Fowler and Peter Gros enter the bayous of Louisiana in the dark of night to capture alligators using a spotlight and their loop nooses to subdue the huge reptiles, some of which measure up to 15-feet long. These dangerous alligator captures are made so the animals can be translocated to the bayous of Arkansas where hunting and poaching have all but eliminated the ancient reptile.
- S24E3
Bears of Sugarloaf Mountain
Nov 17, 198524mToward the end of autumn, in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, a pair of two-year-old black bears are in their final activities prior to entering hibernation for the winter. The show is about the exploring, playing with and encounters with other animals of their habitat.
- S24E4
A Day with the Spotted Dolphins
Dec 8, 198524mTom Allen joins marine scientist Julia Whitty to study a school of wild spotted dolphins in the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the west end of the Grand Bahama Island.
- S24E5
Land of the Lynx
Dec 15, 198524mIn a delightful species story, a young lynx who has been moving through the Canadian Rockies, is looking for a territory to claim as its own. He roams peaks and valleys and finally locates a high valley in the mountains that has a multitude of rabbits -- his favorite prey. This is a wonderful scenic and active show.
- S24E6
In Search of the Great White Shark
Feb 2, 198624mTom Allen and Jeremiah Sullivan go in search of great white sharks 300 miles off Baja Ca near the island of Guadalupe. They also conduct two research experiments. The first attempts to determine if sharks are more attracted to light or dark colors. The second in a "food preference" test. Sharks are offered the flesh of ocean fish as well as red mammal meat to see which is preferred.
- S24E7
Day of the Big Cats
Mar 2, 198624mA species show about the three principal cats of Africa -- the cheetah, the lion and the leopard. All three of these cats, who are predators living in the same area, but who also compete for the same food are able to co-exist in the same area because of they way the cats live and hunt. It also shows glimpses at fish eagles, martial eagles and wading birds. A rather remarkable flight and chase between two Thompson gazelles is also a highlight.
- S24E8
The River Apes of Sumatra
Mar 16, 198624mJim Fowler and primatologist Ann Pierce visit Sumatra to look over a government field station in the tropical rainforest where once-captive orangutans are being reintroduced to the wild.
- S24E9
A Girl Scout on Safari
Mar 23, 198624mLaura Grove, a girl scout from Milford, Nebraska, goes to Kenya with Jim Fowler to observe how women are instrumental in wildlife conservation in that country. Here she also observes wildlife at Amboseli National Park at the base of the spectacular Mount Kilimanjaro.
- S24E10
Chimpanzees of Gombe Stream
Mar 30, 198624mWild Kingdom goes to the country of Tanzania in east Africa to observe the amazing research being done among chimps and baboons in the Gombe Stream National Park by a famous primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall.
- S24E11
The Wild Waters of Clarion
Apr 13, 198624mEvery year for two weeks in November, Jim following the hurricane season, a huge migration of marine animals occurs in the Pacific Ocean. Hordes of large sharks and giant manta rays migrate southward past Clarion Island. To learn the answer to this secret of the Pacific, Tom Allen and marine biologist Bob Johnson board the research vessel, Ambar III to reach the area and tag the large sharks and giant rays.