S1 E1: This Restaurant Called Earth
We animals eat to survive, it's the most basic, the most fundamental instinct.
30 minutes
Wild Menu
This nature documentary follows wild animals as they engage in one of the most important activities—eating—in the gigantic buffet that is Earth.
S1 E2: Crunchy Insects
Insects... their number and diversity make them Earth's true masters.
30 minutes
S1 E3: The Fruit of Temptation
The fruit of desire, forbidden fruit, passion fruit. Fruit is apparently something very desirable... and very appetizing.
30 minutes
S1 E4: Rotting Meat
Anyone, animal or man, can be on the menu.
30 minutes
S1 E5: Pasta Per Tutti
The great grassy plains are like a giant restaurant.
30 minutes
S1 E6: A Big Buffet
Some cities are like an enormous buffet that's totally on the house.
30 minutes
S1 E7: Fresh Salad
Jungles and the forests are like a big salad bar.
30 minutes
S1 E8: Beach Bar
Beautiful golden sands washed over by glassy, placid... or furious seas.
30 minutes
S1 E9: Kids' Menu
Young ones have their own tastes and needs.
30 minutes
S1 E10: Fresh Meat
A carnivore is, literally, a devourer of flesh.
30 minutes
S1 E11: Sushi Mix
Fish is commonly known as a light, very delicate and tasty food source.
30 minutes
S1 E12: Unique Utensils
Out in the wild there are lots of different utensils.
30 minutes
S1 E13: Delicatessen
The world is like a giant delicatessen.
27 minutes
S1 E14: Eating With Your Hands
Depending where you are in the world, eating with your hands can be sign of either good or bad manners.
30 minutes
S1 E15: Cheers!
Animals' diets are very varied, but what they drink is always the same: water.
27 minutes
S1 E16: Autumn Fruit
At some latitudes, before winter arrives, it seems that nature is in a kind of nutritional frenzy as plants, trees and shrubs show their best fruits.
30 minutes
S1 E17: Soup and Dips
Aquatic ecosystems are the most productive on the planet: they teem with life and energy.
30 minutes
S1 E18: Frog Kitchen
Amphibians almost always live in wet or humid conditions.
30 minutes
S1 E19: Fresh Sea Food
Seafood is a delicious dish, highly valued by the most demanding palates.
30 minutes
S1 E20: Tapas and Entrees
Having a great banquet is a very different thing from snacking on tapas.
30 minutes
S1 E21: Lovers Menu
Almost everywhere we look there is something we can eat, and some foods take on a special value during the mating season, the time of loving and reproduction.
30 minutes
S1 E22: Sweet Flowers
Flowers are among the most beautiful gifts that nature has to offer.
30 minutes
S1 E23: Gluttons and Ascetics
There are two types of client at this restaurant called Earth: the gluttons and the ascetics.
30 minutes
S1 E24: Dining Companions
At mealtime, many animals prefer company. And their eating companions don't even need to be of the same species.
30 minutes
S1 E25: Table Manners
Sitting down to eat at the table always requires some degree of order and civility, of good manners and courtesy.
30 minutes
S1 E26: Waste Not Want Not
Eating is a major part of the lives of all animals. Their diets may vary greatly - meat, fruit, grass, fish - but they all have one thing in common.
30 minutes