Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina — Season 1
About this season
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
Episodes (8)
1. Chimp Off the Old Block
Aired 31 October 2020 • 45 min
Zoo 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.
2. Dr. Zoo-little
Aired 7 November 2020 • 45 min
A gorilla has emergency dental surgery, vets examine a deadly rattlesnake and zoo keepers try to take blood from a lion’s tail.
3. Hiss and Hers
Aired 14 November 2020 • 45 min
Zookeepers 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.
4. Polar Bear Opposites
Aired 21 November 2020 • 45 min
The zoo hopes for a polar-bear pregnancy; two endangered red wolves go on a blind date; and a young elephant gets some unusual treatment.
5. Giraffic Park
Aired 28 November 2020 • 45 min
The 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.
6. Much Ado About Puffin
Aired 5 December 2020 • 45 min
The 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.
7. Puffin But Trouble
Aired 12 December 2020 • 45 min
Keepers hope for a long-awaited sand cat kitten, while a nervous puffin learns to swim.
8. Running Otter Time
Aired 19 December 2020 • 45 min
Zoo vets treat seven pythons; orphaned otter pups go to fish school; and keepers rush to help Arctic foxes with mysterious injuries.