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What Do Mice Eat for Christmas?

Season 45 Episode 5 | 1m 55s

Inside a snowy Alpine barn, hungry house mice search for a Christmas feast. But forget the milk and cheese — what these mice really crave might surprise you!

Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Norma C. Warner and Paul D. Warner, PhD, Paul L. Tilley and Family, Colin S. Edwards, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Seton J. Melvin, Madeline and Stephen Anbinder, Yung and Ming Hsien Wang, Kitty Hawks and Lederman, Sandra Atlas Bass, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by Viewers Like You. Additional funding is provided by Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, Sandra Lyu and Rusty Foreaker, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, Perpetual Kindness Foundation and Sun Hill Renewal Fund, Claire and Meyer W. Frank and Leanne Frank Charitable Foundation, and Elise, Lynette and Richard Jaffe.
Extras
Experience an Alpine winter wonderland, from snowy spruce forests to marching reindeer.
Trapped in a snowstorm, a herd of red deer faces a deadly threat as a pack of wolves closes in.
The chimpanzees in Fongoli have adapted humanlike behaviors to survive their environment.
When a baby wild chimpanzee is found in captivity, researchers race to reunite her with her family.
Wild chimpanzees are doing something once thought to be uniquely human: making weapons to hunt.
Go behind the scenes with filmmaker Benjamin Sadd as he captures the Fongoli troop of chimpanzees.
Jordon King leads a nighttime hunt for lizards in the Everglades with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant.
Following tigers after dark reveals surprise encounters and a hidden world of family life.
Tigers are known to be solitary animals, with males rarely observed interacting with cubs.
These clumsy tiger cubs put their hunting skills to the test, with some surprising results.