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Cardiologists are working to identify the cause of a life‑threatening heart condition that has afflicted the gelada monkeys, examining all possible medical explanations. After an initially uncertain period, the elephant shrews have begun to breed successfully, marking a positive turn in their reproductive activity.

Taming of the Shrew is a television programme that is presented in the form of a single episode, falling squarely within the episode genre. The title itself is the only identifier provided, and the listing classifies it simply as a programme without any additional categorisation such as series, season or year. Within this episode, a group of cardiologists sets about trying to determine the underlying reason for a severe, life‑threatening heart condition that has been observed in geladas. Their investigation is driven by the urgency of the situation, as the cardiac problem poses a serious risk to the animals’ survival, prompting the medical team to search for the cause behind the alarming symptoms. The narrative then turns to the elephant shrews, whose storyline begins with a period of instability that can be described as a shaky start. Following this initial turbulence, the small mammals move into a breeding phase, indicating that after the early difficulties they are now successfully reproducing. This transition from uncertainty to reproductive activity forms a distinct segment of the episode. Together, these two threads run side by side in Taming of the Shrew, juxtaposing a scientific effort to solve the geladas’ cardiac crisis with the natural progression of the elephant shrews’ breeding after their shaky beginning. The episode therefore presents parallel accounts that remain confined to the information provided.