Baby Planet

— Apr 2010 1 Season 5 Episodes

Returning Series

Overview

From the cute to the curious, we capture the vital first days of baby animals all over the globe. Traveling from wildlife sanctuaries to zoos to animal parks, we follow a team of vets and caretakers who work on the frontline of animal conservation. These dedicated men and women labor around the clock, playing the roles of doctor, therapist, friend, and foster parent to the planet's rarest species-white rhinos, red pandas, black bears, and Siberian tigers.

English

Survival Skills

What happens when, at a zoo, bonobo babies are rejected by their mothers? Or wild baby seals are found starving on the UK coastline? Every day, countless newborn animals are orphaned or abandoned and left to fend for themselves. Meet the dedicated men and women who aid them in their fight for survival.

Apr 2, 2010

Human Intervention

Humans step in to save a mother flying fox and her babies; an umbilical cord is removed from a baby zebra.

Apr 9, 2010 50m

Deliverance

Birth of a baby giant panda; abandoned baby manatee; three big cat cubs who can never be released.

Apr 16, 2010 50m

Intensive Care

Baby animals on the brink of death are nursed back to health.

Apr 23, 2010 50m

Saving Species

An older lowland gorilla attempts to get pregnant again.

Apr 30, 2010 50m

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