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Follows a female skunk as she looks for food, scares off predators, and rears her young.

An alligator feels different things from time to time, but they are all okay.

When a farmer and his wife discover that something is stealing the eggs laid by their ten red hens, they set up elaborate traps to catch the thief.

Up close look at diamondback rattlesnakes, and how they can grow to be a 8 feet long and weigh up to 10 pounds.

When he finds an egg, Daniel and his friends try to guess what is inside.

Scaredy Squirrel is afraid to leave his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there", but when a bee forces him to leave he realizes that it's not as scary as he thought.

Examines the life of the physicist Albert Einstein, whose work revolutionized scientific thinking, with an emphasis on his early years.

Provides trivia about soccer, discussing such aspects of the game as its origins, the best-paid contemporary soccer player, and the strangest injuries to occur in a game.

Describes the different types of octopuses and how they search for food and defend themselves against predators.

A boy who does not want to go to bed has a series of imaginary encounters with a tiger, soldiers, the moon, and others, all of whom convince him to change his mind.