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Mammas

TV·2013–2013·1 season, 10 episodes·ARTE·Comedy, Documentary·3m·Created by Isabella Rossellini

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Isabella Rossellini is convinced that, in the maternal animal world, anything goes. 'Mammas,' a series of short videos, has Rossellini playing the role of nine different animals to show the viewer that some mothers lie, are polygamous, and walk out on their animal children all the time.

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Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes2013AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Mammas S01E01Maternal InstinctFebruary 6, 2013Mothers – all mothers – cannot help being maternal. What is this trait, this characteristic common to all mothers?
  2. S01E02Mammas S01E02WaspFebruary 7, 2013Wasp Mammas don’t need fancy bottle warmers or breastfeeding pillows. They make sure their babies have all the nourishment they’ll need ahea
  3. S01E03Mammas S01E03CuckooFebruary 8, 2013Good babysitters are hard to find, so Mamma Cuckoos use some slight-of-wing to trick other birds into hatching and raising their young. They
  4. S01E04Mammas S01E04SpiderFebruary 9, 2013Being a Mamma requires some sacrifice, especially if you are a Spider, Diaea egrandros. The number one priority for almost all Mammas is to
  5. S01E05Mammas S01E05Cichlid FishFebruary 9, 2013Cichlid Fish Mammas store their eggs in their mouths, so that’s where Cichlid fathers have to fertilize them. Naughty! Soon after that, lots
  6. S01E06Mammas S01E06ToadFebruary 9, 2013Toad mammas don't carry one big baby in their bellies, but many littles babies on their backs.
  7. S01E07Mammas S01E07HamsterFebruary 9, 2013Hamster Mammas have a lot of babies. Up to 10 at a time! Sometimes that is too many mouths for one Mamma to feed, so she eats a couple up so
  8. S01E08Mammas S01E08DunnockFebruary 9, 2013Raising babies can be expensive! That’s why Dunnock bird Mammas practice polyandry and have more than one male mate. More men means more dad
  9. S01E09Mammas S01E09Oil BeetleFebruary 10, 2013Oil beetle larvae can trick themselves onto a bee mamma and eat all that she provides for her babies, and the babies too!
  10. S01E10Mammas S01E10Piping PloverFebruary 11, 2013The Piping Plover is an actress! Charadrius melodius pretends to be wounded in order to protect its eggs from predators.

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