Nature » poison http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature The premier natural history series Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:24:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Wolf That Changed America: Video: Lobo Takes the Bait http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/video-lobo-takes-the-bait/4316/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/video-lobo-takes-the-bait/4316/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:33:35 +0000 tanner vea http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/?p=4316 Ernest Thompson Seton ventures out to check his baits, slabs of meat laced with poison. He follows Lobo’s tracks and discovers that Lobo has taken several of the baits. Expecting to find Lobo’s dead body, Seton continues on. At the fourth bait, however, he realizes that Lobo may be smarter than he’d thought.


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]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-wolf-that-changed-america/video-lobo-takes-the-bait/4316/feed/ 12 The Reptiles: Snakes: Introduction http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-reptiles-snakes/introduction/2908/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-reptiles-snakes/introduction/2908/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:08:23 +0000 admin http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/09/25/overview-57/

NATURE’s The Reptiles: Snakes reveals the secrets, surprises, and strangeness of two-headed snakes and other amazing reptiles.

The Reptiles continues with a look at the reptiles that humans may fear most: Snakes. But the film does not portray snakes as evil creatures. Rather, it takes us into their secret and very strange world to try to understand them better.

Even though most snakes are not lethal to humans, many people are still terrified of these slithering reptiles. The program illustrates how venomous snakes bite humans only in self-defense and would much rather not confront us. Snakes also provide a valuable service by controlling the rodent population.

To order a copy of The Reptiles: Snakes, please visit the NATURE Shop.

Online content for The Reptiles: Snakes was originally posted February 2003.

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