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The Nature of Things Season 24 Episodes

11 Episodes 1983 - 1984

Episode 1

Swimming/Diabetes: Beating The Needle/Glass Eyes

Wed, Oct 5, 1983

Season Premiere: Dr David Suzuki profiles veteran Canadian swimmer Dan Thompson, lifestyles of diabetics and manufacturing of glass eyes.

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Episode 2

Cobra: India'S Good Snake/Blue Babies/High Flight

Wed, Oct 12, 1983

Cobra: India's Good Snake: Ignorance and superstition surround cobra, threatening members of this species.

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Episode 3

Animal Imposters

Wed, Oct 19, 1983

The clever methods of various creatures either to hunt or to avoid being hunted are examined in locations including Central America and Australia.

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Episode 4

Spas: Magic Or Medicine?

Wed, Oct 26, 1983

The host David Suzuki visit some of these stations in Japan and elsewhere in world.

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Episode 5

The Cathedral Engineers/Neem: A Natural Insecticide/Bluebird Trails

Wed, Nov 2, 1983

The Cathedral Engineers: Shot on location in France and New York City, program looks at history and philosophy of European gothic cathedrals.

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Episode 6

Salmon On The Line

Wed, Nov 9, 1983

This hour-long program documents reasons for decline of some species of pacific salmon.

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Episode 7

Bishnois And The Antelope/Cyclosporin/Freezing Water

Wed, Nov 16, 1983

Bishnois and Antelope: a Hindu sect known as Bishnois live on edge of Rajasthan desert in northwestern India.

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Episode 8

Footsteps On The Moon/Salamanders/Iron Age Village

Wed, Nov 23, 1983

The moon's role in man's history, anatomy of salamanders, and discovery of an iron-age village are highlighted.

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Episode 9

Snappers/Inside Out/Samurai Armour

Wed, Dec 7, 1983

Featured: snapping turtle is profiled; a look at technology which enables doctors to examine interior of body without surgical intervention, and a visit to a Japanese craftsman's workshop.

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Episode 10

Flight Simulators/Beating The Blues

Wed, Dec 21, 1983

Tonight's topics: Flight Simulators - A visit to Montreal where a Canadian company produces sophisticated devices to train pilots for normal flight and for a number of situations can occur in air.

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Episode 11

Maps: From Quill To Computer/Mountain Gophers/Japanese Silk Weaving

Wed, Jan 4, 1984

Maps: From Quill to Computer: The history of mapmaking, from early clay tablets to state-of-the-art renditions.

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