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Dolphins - Joy and Mark investigate the reproductive secrets of marine mammals to learn how animals that breathe air manage to mate, give birth and raise their young underwater. Witness a dolphin birth, explore the difficulties of breastfeeding underwater and learn how dolphin and whale young avoid predatory killer whales.

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Dolphins

Learn how animals that breathe air mate, give birth and raise their young underwater.

Kangaroos

Joy and Mark uncover the reproductive secrets of the pouch-wearing marsupials.

Orangutans

Joy and Mark to explore the reproduction challenges of our orangutan cousins.

Elephants

Travel to Africa to explore the unique reproduction challenges of the largest land animal.

About Sex in the Wild

This four-part series, presented by anatomist Joy Reidenberg and veterinarian Mark Evans, examines the reproductive behaviors and biology of four species, elephants, orangutans, kangaroos and dolphins, and takes an in-depth look at how these animals find and woo the opposite sex. It also explores how they mate, give birth and raise their young in extreme environments.

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