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00:00But leopards are the most versatile of all the big cats,
00:05adept at finding cover in the most unpromising places.
00:26The steep walls of the gully are now her cover.
00:30For an ambush.
00:36The male puku is close enough, but he's too big to tackle.
00:42She needs to slip past him without being seen.
00:46If he spots her, he'll blow her cover.
00:59Slowly does it.
01:15Slowly does it.
01:18To succeed here, she needs to find prey grazing close to the edge.
01:21Or better still, in the gully itself.
01:35Or better still, in the gully itself.
01:38Huh.
01:40The gully itself.
01:42And the gully itself.
01:44I don't know.
02:14I don't know.
02:25Frustration.
02:29Success would have staved off hunger for a week.
02:36But while there's prey around, there's hope.
02:39Peeking over the top is a risk,
02:44but it's the quickest way to find a new target.
02:48It's the easiest way to find a new target.
02:53The last step achievement makes that good.
02:57The goal is to find a way to find a new target
03:02to find a new target.
03:03It's the best way to find a new target.
03:05The ability to find a new target,
03:07the full target,
03:08the full target,
03:09the full target,
03:11the full target,
03:12A burst of speed of 65 kilometers an hour, and it's all over in less than six seconds.
03:30Except, it isn't.
03:51Dazed and disorientated, the Impala makes a miraculous escape.
03:58Somewhere along this seemingly barren stretch of sand, there is food in great quantity.
04:18Cape fur seals.
04:23There are around 10,000 of them here.
04:35Adult seals are large and strong.
04:45But their pups are neither.
04:59The youngsters are closely guarded by their mothers.
05:02A hyena, however, knows to be patient.
05:13Sooner or later, seal mothers must return to the ocean to cool off.
05:22A single-sealed pup could feed a hyena and her family for days.
05:37But finding food is only half the battle.
05:44It now has to be carried back.
05:49A jackal is here too.
05:58And it's not alone.
06:01If a hyena loses her kill, she'll have nothing with which to feed her cubs.
06:15The jackals won't follow her very far from the coast.
06:31It's too hot for them in the desert interior.
06:35Only by making these long journeys can brown hyenas manage to survive in the middle of the Namib.
06:51In just three weeks, half a million calves are born on these ash-rich plains.
07:01That's 24,000 a day, a thousand an hour.
07:11Calfs stand up within a few minutes of being born.
07:18Though some need a little more time to find their feet.
07:22But a mother won't let her calf suckle until it's mastered a few physical skills.
07:43Walking.
07:44Trotting.
07:46Trotting.
07:49And running.
08:01Wildebeest calves must run if they're to stay alive.
08:04For these plains also support the greatest assembly of hunters on the planet.
08:26Each species has its own special hunting technique.
08:33But all have the same aim.
08:36To make the most of this brief superabundance of life.
08:41To make the most of this brief superabundance of life.
08:44To make the most of this brief superabundance of life.
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08:50bears presumably on both stages of region.
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08:55And he would like to be rescued through another building again.
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09:12I don't know.
09:42Only one in ten wildebeest calves will survive to adulthood.
09:51But that is enough to maintain the million-strong herd of wildebeest and the planet's highest
09:58density of predators.
10:05And many animals here choose the simplest option of all.
10:11Staying hidden all day and only venturing out in the cool of the night.
10:25As darkness falls, animals appear from seemingly nowhere.
10:37And among them, inevitably, are hunters.
10:44One of the most voracious nocturnal predators is also one of the hardest to see.
11:06This mysterious creature hardly ever appears on the surface of the dunes.
11:13But there are signs on the sand that can give it away.
11:22It lives only here, where the sand grains are so perfectly dry and polished that they flow
11:40almost like water.
11:45It's no bigger than a ping-pong ball, a golden mole.
11:53It's totally blind.
11:54But there's nothing to see underground anyway.
12:06Instead, it has superb hearing.
12:11Its entire head acts as an amplifier that picks up vibrations through the sand.
12:16So, to locate prey on the surface of the dune, it has, paradoxically, to thrust its face into
12:24the dune.
12:24Termites.
12:25Termites.
12:26Not easy to catch when you're blind.
12:41Far better to go into stealth mode.
12:45Once below the sand, it can detect the slightest movement.
12:53Allowing it to strike with pinpoint accuracy.
13:06Well, most of the time.
13:12It can travel a kilometre a night in search of its dune.
13:27And right now, it has just detected its main course.
13:33Little wonder it's sometimes called the shark of the dunes.
13:40The lions are surrounded by wildebeest on their annual migration.
13:55A quarter-ton bull would make a good meal for all ten of the pride.
14:09But even though Charm is an experienced hunter, most attempts end in failure.
14:16Charm is an excellent man.
14:17It's not a good idea.
14:18It's not a good idea.
14:19It's not a good idea.
14:20Charm uses her hind legs to knock the wildebeest off balance.
14:21Charm uses her hind legs to knock the wildebeest off balance.
14:25Charm uses her hind legs to knock the wildebeest off balance.
14:44Charm uses her hind legs to knock the wildebeest off balance.
14:51Charm uses her hind legs to knock the wildebeest off balance.
14:55Charm uses her hind legs to knock the wildebeest off balance.
15:06.
15:14Let's go.
15:44The smallest cubs won't be able to catch food for themselves for another 12 months.
15:53Their ever-growing appetites mean that Charm and Sienna have to hunt around the clock.
16:07The females are often forced to head out alone.
16:12Tonight, it's Sienna's turn.
16:21Sunrise.
16:30Sienna is seriously injured.
16:33She's too weak to move.
16:39A lone lion is always at risk of attack by buffalo, hyenas, even other lion prides.
16:51Sunrise.
17:00Sunrise.
17:03Sunrise.
17:06Sunrise.
17:10Sunrise.
17:11It's evening, and Siona hasn't returned to her family.
17:31Now, everything depends on charm.
17:41Stringing, trying to inform her mother's helps her to help her grow.
17:48She does not say her sin.
17:51I can inform her of her family with her mother-in-law.
17:54She does not say her father-in-law either.
17:58She does not say her son.
18:02She does not say her son.
18:05She does not say at all.
23:10Blacktip's pack outnumbers her mothers by more than two to one.
23:40An ambush.
23:52An ambush.
23:54Against these odds, Kate is powerless.
24:10Retreat is the only option.
24:12This has now become Blacktip's territory.
24:20This has now become Blacktip's territory.
24:23This has now become Blacktip's territory.
24:25This has now become Blacktip's territory.
24:27This has now become Blacktip's territory.
24:33This has now become Blacktip's territory.
24:37Blacktip's territory.
24:39A brief but bloody battle.
24:47A brief but bloody battle.
24:49Tate and her pack are now homeless.
24:52Tate and her pack are now homeless.
24:56She retreats.
24:57She retreats eastwards.
24:58She retreats eastwards.
25:03She retreats eastwards.
25:07But this is dangerous country.
25:11The Namib Desert.
25:13One of the most exposed places on Earth.
25:23As the sun climbs high,
25:25everybody takes cover from the extreme heat.
25:32Everybody except the hot rod ant.
25:41As others take refuge,
25:44their day is just beginning.
25:50Cleaning out the nest.
25:58The sand can reach a scorching 70 centigrade.
26:03The ants' long legs raise their bodies above the surface
26:07where it's 10 degrees cooler.
26:11But if they stand still,
26:14they will fry.
26:19They must keep moving
26:20or risk the same fate as their quarry,
26:22the creatures that have collapsed from heat stroke.
26:27Too deeply buried,
26:28but a good place to cool off.
26:34Foraging decisions must be fast.
26:36Too big.
26:37Too big.
26:41Perfect.
26:45Back to the nest before they also die.
26:48But they've strayed into a minefield.
27:04Each of these strange, cone-shaped pits is a death trap.
27:08With a brutal predator at its center.
27:18Here lie antlion larvae.
27:21Tiny ambush predators with venom-filled pincers.
27:25Some ants manage to escape.
27:38But the antlion has other tricks.
27:39Flinging sand into the air, it creates an avalanche.
27:40In this cone of death, the walls are so angled
27:42that the sand slips beneath the ants' feet.
27:43the sand slips beneath the ants' feet.
27:47Some ants manage to escape.
27:49Some ants manage to escape.
27:50But the antlion has other tricks.
27:52Flinging sand into the air, it creates an avalanche.
27:56As boulders rain from the sky, escape seems almost impossible.
27:59As boulders rain from the sky, escape seems almost impossible.
28:03The sand slips beneath the ants' feet.
28:09As boulders rain from the sky, escape seems almost impossible.
28:14Phew!
28:35Somewhere along this seemingly barren stretch of sand,
28:41there is food in great quantity.
28:59Cape fur seals.
29:04There are around 10,000 of them here.
29:11Ummm!
29:22Adult seals are large and strong.
29:27guaranteed kill each other's feet.
29:30But their pups are neither.
29:33Neither.
29:39The youngsters are closely guarded by their mothers.
29:44A hyena, however, knows to be patient.
29:53Sooner or later, seal mothers must return to the ocean to cool off.
30:03The single-sealed pup could feed a hyena and her family for days.
30:17But finding food is only half the battle.
30:24It now has to be carried back.
30:26A jackal is here, too.
30:38And it's not alone.
30:40If a hyena loses her kill, she'll have nothing with which to feed her cubs.
30:51The jackals won't follow her very far from the coast.
30:57It's too hot for them in the desert interior.
31:01Only by making these long journeys can brown hyenas manage to survive in the middle of the Namib.
31:14A giant tortoise.
31:15A giant tortoise.
31:16These creatures can float and live without food or fresh water for long periods of time.
31:28A giant tortoise.
31:29These creatures can float and live without food or fresh water for long periods of time.
31:35This isolated atoll is the perfect refuge.
31:50Their only enemy is the sun.
31:53Without shade, a tortoise risks being boiled in his shell.
32:08So after feeding in the cool of the morning,
32:11and before the sun becomes too crushingly hot,
32:14they have to find cover.
32:18All of them.
32:23There is very little vegetation,
32:27but caves in the coral rock can provide the shade they so badly need.
32:40He's nearly there.
32:43All that is left is a white knuckle ride to the bottom.
32:47And he's in.
32:57Thousands of others are still out in the sun.
33:02This tree could shade a couple of hundred if they pack tight.
33:17It's bumper-to-bumper parking.
33:29Within an hour or so,
33:31all must find shade of some sort if they're to survive.
33:47aid of some sort.
33:50This tree can grow.
33:55You have to leave the water.
33:56I have to be saved here.
33:57How is it, though?
33:58I have to go to the water.
34:00I have to be ready for fire.
34:01I have to go.
34:03Toilet is a cold,
34:04you will want to get out of here.
34:06You will want to get out of here.
34:07You will want to take it.
34:08Ah!
34:09I will arrive here.
34:10There is a cold.
34:11I have to be found dead.
34:13I have to be found dead.
34:14The future for Aldabra's tortoises is far from certain.
34:19The climate is changing, sea levels are rising,
34:24and Aldabra's tortoises may soon have to find a new refuge or drown.
34:31Lions will normally avoid hunting in such heat.
34:38But they're also opportunists.
34:44The lions will need to bring him down quickly, before they overheat.
35:02The lions will need to bring him down quickly before they overheat.
35:14The lion's faggot will be picked up quickly.
35:16The lion's faggot will have to bring him down quickly,
35:19and he's also brought up quickly until the lion's faggot will need to move forward.
35:21The lion's faggot will be found sometimes in the adjacent town of the lion's faggot,
35:24the lion's faggot will be found quickly after a tiger's faggot.
35:36Even away from the herd, a bull is a formidable creature.
35:40Even away from the herd, a bull is a formidable opponent.
35:46He could gore and kill a lion.
36:09To be continued...
36:39Closed to overheating, they finally succeed in bringing him to the ground.
37:01But the massive bull is not giving up.
37:09Against the odds and the full weight of the lions, he regains his feet.
37:27And it is now that the tables turn.
37:31The lions are exhausted.
37:39After a 20-minute struggle, only the bull has the energy to finish the fight.
37:45Ah!
37:55In such exposed and extreme conditions, the challenge for predators and their prey is at its most intense.
38:17The temperature has reached 50 degrees.
38:27Still, Blacktip pushes her pack on in pursuit.
38:31They're closing in, just a kilometer behind Tate.
38:39Blacktip is so weak.
38:40Blacktip is so weak, too.
38:41The
39:04But, finally, the heat is just too much.
39:20Blacktip is forced to call a halt.
39:34Blacktip is locked.
39:54But danger is approaching.
39:58Blacktip is locked.
40:02I don't know.
40:32I don't know.
41:02I don't know.
41:06And now the lions will try to pick off the puppies.
41:10There's only one adult with the pups.
41:26That won't be enough to save them.
41:30But this might.
41:42But this might.
41:44I don't know.
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42:44well,
42:45better.
42:46And plundered straight into the middle of
42:48the hyena clam.
43:05He's trapped by over 20 of them.
43:35The pack tries to wear him down.
43:48This number of hyenas could kill him.
44:01It's impossible to fight them all at once.
44:30He can't keep them at bay for much longer.
44:38He's towering fast.
44:50His ally Tartu has heard the commotion.
45:00Now the odds have changed.
45:10Even for 20 hyenas, a pair of male lions is too much to take on.
45:20Red is lucky.
45:30Tartu has saved his cousin's life.
45:40Every lake and river has a resident population of hippos.
45:50They too are social creatures, but they are also territorial.
46:00Spy Hippo is going where few others dare to go.
46:10He needs to be cautious.
46:20His subjects are notoriously bad tempered.
46:30And they could be anywhere.
46:40It's never a good idea to get on their wrong side.
46:50Spy Hippo has been given a warning.
47:04He must avoid sudden movements.
47:18As he gets closer, ear wiggling shows confidence.
47:26Facing one of Africa's most dangerous animals, Spy Hippo must hold his ground.
47:35The pod is made up of females looked over by a single male.
47:40Fortunately, females are less aggressive.
47:46Spy Hippo is already capturing some of the closest views that have ever been seen.
47:58But hippos spend much of their time below the surface.
48:01As the hippos dive, so must Spy Hippo.
48:10He mimics their movements.
48:14Rather than swim, hippos walk underwater.
48:25Through the murk, Spy Hippo glimpses an extraordinary sight.
48:34Fish are shadowing the hippos every move.
48:37These are barbs.
48:40They usually feed on the riverbed.
48:42But when the hippos appear, they shoal around them.
48:52As Spy Hippo moves closer, it's clear that their skin is a maze of cuts and scratches.
48:58These fight marks easily become infected, and parasites can also invade.
49:09This is where the fish come in.
49:13Together, they set up an underwater clinic, with the hippos as willing patients.
49:18The barbs may be skin specialists, but they'll try a bit of dental hygiene too.
49:30After having a full body treatment, the hippos seem to enter a trance.
49:49She's the biggest meerkat they've ever seen, and requires serious examination.
50:08She's been made to smell like the colony, so this reassures them.
50:17Each day, different volunteers set up a creche, giving all the child support a mother could wish for.
50:31They share roles, including sentry duty.
50:37It demands concentration, and it's easy to lose focus.
50:41And sometimes it's good to have someone watching your back.
50:55Being a sentry is a risky business, as they are easy targets for predators.
51:01But with young pups to protect, they take greater risks by climbing higher.
51:05Here, they can see predators earlier, but are vulnerable to birds of prey.
51:12Their self-sacrifice is about to be tested.
51:22But this is no ordinary cobra.
51:25It's a spy cobra.
51:27With no regard for her own safety, she prepares to face the snake.
51:32She reacts as she would to the real thing, bravely protecting the colony with no thought for herself.
51:58Her aim is to harass the snake into leaving.
52:08But with spy snake holding its ground, the meerkat calls for reinforcements.
52:17This is where fraternity comes into its own.
52:19An intimidating wall of meerkats face up to spy cobra.
52:39They push their luck as far as they dare, goading the snake to strike.
52:54Real snakes tire easily, so it's a matter of wearing it down.
53:11But one meerkat senses there's something different about this serpent.
53:15It may look and move like a real snake, but it shows no sign of leaving.
53:32Spy snake has been well and truly rumbled.
53:34Satisfied he's harmless, the meerkats go back to what they enjoy best.
53:47Relaxing among friends.
53:49To help with the filming, Spy Egret has backup.
53:55This is Dung Cam, a camera based on a pile of elephant poo.
54:02It even smells the part.
54:05It's designed to film on the move.
54:07Its zoom lens can capture the elephant's every move.
54:17That's not all.
54:19It can release a team of spy dung balls to litter the savannah with yet more cameras.
54:30One dung ball is radio controlled and can travel without any visible moving parts.
54:35With the action covered from every angle, it's time to see what this elephant family gets up to.
54:53The babies must learn the rules of behaviour at an early age.
54:58Wrestling older siblings is a favourite pastime.
55:08They learn their own strength and, crucially, how to play nicely with each other.
55:16It's the older elephants who make sure they don't cross the line.
55:28It takes a few years before they're big enough to do real damage.
55:31But as they get older, they need to be reined in.
55:39Those who overstep the mark soon know it.
55:42The rules are strict for everyone when the family is on the move.
55:47To follow them, Spy Egret and Dung Cam join forces.
55:52For their own safety, the babies must stay next to their mothers in the centre of the herd.
56:02The elephants are heading to the swamp.
56:10A place to cool off as the day heats up.
56:13But the mud can be treacherous and babies must only enter with their mums.
56:23But this little one seems to have forgotten the rules.
56:27Chasing egrets is irresistible.
56:30But as the herd enter the swamp, the baby is being left behind.
56:37Realising his predicament, he looks for his mother and thinks he's found her.
56:52He tags along as the group head into the swamp.
56:56But he's following the wrong elephant.
56:58With his mother nowhere to be seen, he's lost in a confusion of trunks and legs.
57:17The elephants head into the swamp without him.
57:21The baby is now alone and afraid.
57:29While his herd appear to have forgotten him.
57:41He can smell that his mother is out there.
57:44Somewhere.
57:45Somewhere.
57:56But entering the swamp alone could be deadly for one so small.
58:07He's really starting to panic now.
58:09His mother is inexperienced.
58:19She's only just realised her mistake.
58:30Both will have learnt from what happened.
58:31He won't misbehave while the family are travelling again.
58:32He won't misbehave while the family are travelling again.
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