Secrets of the Zoo
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is one of the largest and most popular zoos in the country, boasting none other than “Jungle Jack” Hanna. It takes hours to see it all, but now for the first time, Nat Geo WILD is taking viewers behind the scenes to meet the animals and the army of people who work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to create one of the best zoo experiences in the country.
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The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is one of the largest and most popular zoos in the country, boasting none other than “Jungle Jack” Hanna. It takes hours to see it all, but now for the first time, Nat Geo WILD is taking viewers behind the scenes to meet the animals and the army of people who work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to create one of the best zoo experiences in the country.
Season 4 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
A Cheetah's Greatest Race
Mon, Sep 7, 2020 43 mins
A beloved cheetah fights for its life against a mysterious and debilitating illness. Meanwhile, an elephant undergoes artificial insemination, and the vets hope to bring another Asian elephant into the world. Lastly, two baby deer must prove that they have what it takes to be a part of the herd.
Episode 2
Snaky, Breaky Heart
Sat, Oct 17, 2020 44 mins
Get ready for some flamingo annual exam chaos, two adorable manatee orphans, some very glitzy polar bear poop, and a blind date with two rattlesnakes.
Episode 3
Babies on Board
Sat, Oct 24, 2020
Babies at the zoo. Meet adorable bouncy baby goats, a trio of fluffy flamingo chicks, a sweet baby gazelle, and a feisty eland calf at the Wilds.
Episode 4
Polar Delivery
Sat, Oct 31, 2020
This week at the Columbus Zoo, we meet an adorable baby Rhino, witness an amazing polar bear birth, and comfort a rare bird named Marla.
Episode 5
Wolf Pup Watch
Sat, Nov 7, 2020
A hidden camera captures the birth of a litter of wolves, and a tortoise baffles the vets with a mysterious illness.
Episode 6
Tiger Queen
Sat, Nov 14, 2020 44 mins
This week at the Columbus Zoo: daredevil flying goats, adorable cheetah cubs, a cranky female tiger, a lethal king cobra, and a rhino that paints.
Episode 7
The Hissing Lynx
Sat, Nov 21, 2020 43 mins
Two baby white rhinos join the herd at The Wilds; a pair of red pandas have a blind date in a tree; and a super-cute tortoise baffles its doctors.
Episode 8
Waking the Dragon
Sat, Nov 28, 2020 43 mins
Sapo the Komodo is a pretty nice dragon; he just doesn't like to be poked with a needle. Meanwhile, the zoo's whole colony of feisty, deafening penguins get its annual exams. Plus, an adorable adolescent camel is reunited with its parents for some "how-to-be-a-camel" training, and the staff holds its collective breath as an extremely rare pangolin pregnancy unfolds at the Columbus Zoo.
