Baby Planet
Maternal instinct is one of nature's strongest, it ensures that mothers bond with, care for and protect their babies. Without it, the world's breeding programmes for threatened species would face a very different future. In this captivating series, we discover how these breeding programmes are helping nature to ensure that endangered species are kept alive
StarringJames Nesbitt
Directed byBarry HeckerSue McGregorBen Wallis
Season 1
S01:E01 - Maternal Instinct
Female rhino protects her baby; kangaroo baby rejected by its mother.
S01:E02 - Human Intervention
Humans step in to save a mother flying fox and her babies.
S01:E03 - Saving Species
Birth of a baby giant panda; abandoned baby manatee; three big-cat cubs who can never be released.
S01:E04 - Diverting the Course of Nature
On Baby Planet, the best care in the world won't stop nature taking its course - whatever the outcome. However even the darkest cloud can have a silver lining.In this programme keepers struggle to save sixteen hunting dog puppies after their mother dies; sadly only six make it, but they have a bright future as part of a new pack. We go home with a rejected Barbary lion cub where she finds a new canine companion, and see how a baby White-cheeked gibbon keeps staff guessing about its gender. In South Africa abandoned Wattled crane eggs are put in an incubator - very few hatch out, but the efforts to save this threatened species must go on.
S01:E05 - On Nature's Maternity Ward
Amanda, a lowland gorilla, becomes pregnant at a late age; an aardvark is examined.
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