Nature's Biggest Beasts
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Discover the ingenious strategies that nature's biggest beasts employ to conquer their environments, from the Komodo dragon with a deadly bite to the tallest giraffe to the bird-eating armored ground cricket. These are their epic survival stories.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 3707

About Nature:

NATURE, television's longest-running weekly natural history series, has won more than 200 honors from the television industry, parent groups, the international wildlife film community and environmental organizations, including the only award ever given to a television program by the Sierra Club.


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Wed, Aug 6 8:00 P.M. The Hummingbird Effect     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Aug 7 12:00 A.M. The Hummingbird Effect     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 8 4:00 A.M. The Hummingbird Effect     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 8 2:00 P.M. The Hummingbird Effect     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 10 8:00 P.M. The Hummingbird Effect     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Aug 11 12:00 A.M. The Hummingbird Effect     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Aug 20 8:00 P.M. The Platypus Guardian     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Aug 21 12:00 A.M. The Platypus Guardian     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 22 4:00 A.M. The Platypus Guardian     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 22 2:00 P.M. The Platypus Guardian     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Aug 23 12:00 P.M. The Platypus Guardian     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Aug 24 1:00 A.M. The Platypus Guardian     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Aug 24 3:00 A.M. The Platypus Guardian     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Aug 24 7:00 P.M. The Platypus Guardian     NH Explore (11.2)
Wed, Aug 27 8:00 P.M. Gorilla     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Aug 28 12:00 A.M. Gorilla     NHPBS (11.1)


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