Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina
Overview
North Carolina is home to the world's largest zoo, with 2,600 acres, large natural habitats and more than 1,800 animals in its care. The show features several Zoo staff, including keepers and veterinarians, and highlight stories, including routine animal husbandry, emergency procedures and the Zoo’s work in conservation and rescue and release of injured wildlife
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Seasons
Season 1 (2020)
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8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Chimp Off the Old Block
2020-10-31Zoo keepers prepare for a chimp birth, vets investigate a bear’s mystery illness and a dangerous antelope is darted on the zoo’s grasslands habitat.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: Dr. Zoo-little
2020-11-07A gorilla has emergency dental surgery, vets examine a deadly rattlesnake and zoo keepers try to take blood from a lion’s tail.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: Hiss and Hers
2020-11-14Zookeepers prepare for the birth of a white rhino; two young lions leave the pride; and a pair of cannibalistic snakes go on some risky dates.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Polar Bear Opposites
2020-11-21The zoo hopes for a polar-bear pregnancy; two endangered red wolves go on a blind date; and a young elephant gets some unusual treatment.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: Giraffic Park
2020-11-28The zoo welcomes a timid, new giraffe to the herd; a pregnant bat prepares to give birth; and devoted keepers give an epileptic chimp a better life.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: Much Ado About Puffin
2020-12-05The doctors at the North Carolina Zoo are swamped! A huge alligator, with a history of illness, needs blood drawn, and a ferocious lioness goes under the knife to remove a cracked tooth.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: Puffin But Trouble
2020-12-12Keepers hope for a long-awaited sand cat kitten, while a nervous puffin learns to swim.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 8: Running Otter Time
2020-12-19Zoo vets treat seven pythons; orphaned otter pups go to fish school; and keepers rush to help Arctic foxes with mysterious injuries.
Runtime: 45 min
