Jambo (TV Series)
''Jambo'' is a wildlife anthology television series broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1971. Intended for children, the show was hosted and narrated by actor Marshall Thompson. Spots were filmed on location in Africa. The series was intended to be a companion of sorts to Thompson's series ''Daktari.'' Ivan Tors Ivan Tors (born Iván Törzs; June 12, 1916 – June 4, 1983) was a Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater sequences, and stori ... was creator and executive producer of both. The title " Jambo" is a greeting in Swahili, a language used throughout East Africa.Terrace, p.766, neglects to mention which language. Notes {{reflist Sources *Terrace, Vincent. ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008. External links "Jambo"at imdb.com 1969 American television series debuts 1971 American t ...
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Wildlife
Wildlife refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous to game: those birds and mammals that were hunted for sport. Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, plains, grasslands, woodlands, forests, and other areas, including the most developed urban areas, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities. Some wildlife threaten human safety, health, property, and quality of life. However, many wild animals, even the dangerous ones, have value to human beings. This value might be economic, educational, or emotional in nature. Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways, including the legal, social, and moral senses. Some animals, h ...
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