Natural Born Rebels: A Nature Miniseries

NATURAL born REBELS

A THREE-PART NATURE MINISERIES WEDNESDAYS, AUG 25-SEPT 8, 8 PM

From a promiscuous prairie dog to an alpha chimpanzee who reigns with an iron fist, the three-part miniseries Natural Born Rebels explores the most rebellious animals in the natural world. But are these creatures really breaking bad? Across the world, new studies are uncovering an astonishing variety of insubordinate animal behaviors, and despite how it appears on the surface, researchers are discovering the complex and fascinating science behind why these animals behave the way they do. In fact, being a rebel could be the key to success in the wild.

“Hunger Wars” Wild Bengal Tiger © BBC

DID YOU KNOW?

• Hummingbirds must eat more than twice their body weight in food each day.

• Coconut crabs weigh up to nine pounds and may be the world’s largest land crab.

• Deer are dichromats, which means their color vision comes from just two color receptors – they can only see greens and blues.

• Spotted hyenas are often born as twins, and the siblings fight to establish a hierarchy in their clan, which can include more than 100 hyenas.

“Hunger Wars” – Coconut Crab

Courtesy of © Avalon/Photoshot License/Alamy Stock Photo

Episode 1, “Hunger Wars”

Wednesday, August 25, 8 p.m. Meet the animals who will steal, cheat and fight to get food, including kleptomaniac crabs, thieving macaques, con artist spiders, tricky tigers and cannibalistic lizards.

Episode 2, “Survival”

Wednesday, September 1, 8 p.m. Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive. Cockatoos turn to vandalism, boxer crabs hold anemones hostage, sloths become filthy, puff adders have an “invisibility cloak” to hide themselves, and chimps use violence to stay in power.

Episode 3, “The Mating Game”

Wednesday, September 8, 8 p.m. Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior–from promiscuous prairie dogs to manakin pick-up artists, kidnapping macaques and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry to cannibalistic lizards. ”Survival” - Three-toed sloth Courtesy © Stuart Dunn

”The Mating Game” - Giant rainforest praying mantis

Courtesy © BBC

GPB EXTRA

GPB EDUCATION SERVES A VITAL ROLE FOR GEORGIA STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

by GPB CEO Teya Ryan

Iknow you love that GPB is the place that brings you MASTERPIECE and Nature, as well as news from NPR, and so do I. BUT, what I really love about GPB is what we do for teachers and students in Georgia. Please stay with me here because the numbers tell an amazing story.

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