Profiles of Nature
Profiles of Nature is a long-running Canadian nature documentary television show. It is produced by Ellis Entertainment of Ontario, Canada. This show has won multiple awards and has been broadcast in over 100 countries, including being shown on the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet cable television channels. According to Ellis Entertainment, this television series is the longest running primetime program on the Discovery Channel in the United States.
Episodes
Profiles of Nature consists of 104 half-hour and 84 one-hour episodes, and has been in production since 1986.Individual episodes have profiled various wildlife, including the gorilla, red-tailed hawk, the great gray owl profiled tarantulas, the grizzly bear, the American black bear, the bobcat, and other species.
Some episodes in this series focus upon nature survival, including one episode
entitled "Man of the Wilderness", which portrayed the survival skills of Canadian survival expert and professor emeritus at the Universite [du Quebec a Chicoutimi], Andre-Francois Bourbeau. Bourbeau holds the Guinness [World Records|Guinness World Record] for longest voluntary wilderness survival of 31 days, a record he has held for nearly 30 years since 1986. This episode won a bronze medal at the Houston International Film Festival.