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Totally Wild: Ground Level

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Ground Level

Season 23 | Episode 151 | ELEVEN | July 4, 2016

Science

Health and PE

Geography

Sustainability

Classification: General

We're laying low on the land today. Nat meets a girl who trekked across the arctic and Emma hangs with some adorable Bassett Hound puppies.

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We're laying low on the land today. Nat meets a girl who trekked across the arctic and Emma hangs with some adorable Bassett Hound puppies.

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