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Jonathan: THERE'S SOMETHING
TRULY EXTRAORDINARY
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ABOUT LIVING A LIFE
ALONGSIDE THE BIG CATS.
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WE'RE JONATHAN AND ANGELA SCOTT
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AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
THE LIONS, LEOPARDS,
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AND CHEETAHS OF THE MASAI MARA
FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
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THEY'RE NOT JUST BIG CATS TO US,
WE KNOW THEM AS INDIVIDUALS.
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ALONGSIDE US IS OUR GOOD
FRIEND JACKSON OLE LOOSEYIA.
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HE'S SPENT HIS LIFE IN THE MARA
AND THESE CHARACTERS
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ARE AS SPECIAL TO HIM
AS THEY ARE TO US.
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JOIN US AS WE DRAW BACK
THE CURTAIN
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ON THE INTIMATE STORY
OF THEIR LIVES.
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Jonathan: IN THE MASAI LANGUAGE,
MARA MEANS SPOTTED --
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A LAND SPOTTED WITH WILD
ANIMALS, SPOTTED WITH BUSH,
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AND OF COURSE,
DOMINATED BY ITS BIG CATS.
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BUT FOR ME AS A FIRST-TIME
VISITOR IN 1974,
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IT WAS ALSO VERY MUCH
ABOUT THE MASAI
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AND THEIR COLORFUL REGALIA.
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AND PARTICULARLY, THE WARRIORS
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WITH THEIR SPEARS
AND SHORT SWORDS.
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IT STIRRED MY BLOOD.
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IT MADE ME TAKE A STEP BACK
IN TIME.
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[ CONVERSING IN MAA ]
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THE MASAI MARA IS MY HOME,
AND THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE.
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WE LIVE WITH OUR FAMILIES HERE
ON DAILY BASIS.
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THIS IS ALSO WHAT MAKES US
SPECIAL AS MASAI PEOPLE
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BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF
THE RICHEST PLACES IN KENYA
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WITH BIG CATS.
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WE'RE PASTORALISTS.
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BECAUSE WE DON'T KILL WILDLIFE
FOR FOOD,
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THEY ARE ABUNDANT
IN EVERY SINGLE MASAI COUNTY.
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IF WE ARE TO HUNT THESE WILD
ANIMALS FOR FOOD,
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THERE WOULD BE
NOTHING EXISTING HERE,
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BUT WE HAVE LEARNED TO COEXIST.
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THAT IS VERY SPECIAL,
AND IT MAKES MY TRIBE,
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MY CULTURE,
A VERY UNIQUE CULTURE IN KENYA.
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[ SINGING IN MAA ]
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Angela: I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
WONDERFUL THINGS
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ABOUT KNOWING A PLACE
AS JONATHAN AND I KNOW THE MARA,
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IT GOES BEYOND
JUST UNDERSTANDING
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FROM GOING TO "A" TO "B."
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IT'S THAT PEELING OFF THE LAYERS
OF AN ONION,
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IT BECOMES RICHER AND RICHER
THE MORE YOU KNOW IT.
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Jonathan:
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
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THAT I REALLY VALUE
IS HAVING HAD THE GIFT
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OF SPENDING
SO MANY YEARS IN ONE PLACE
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BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE
ALL THE NUANCES,
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YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT SEASONS,
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YOU SEE GENERATIONS OF LIONS
MOVING THROUGH THIS AREA,
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AND LOOKING IN
MY REARVIEW MIRROR...
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I WAS JUST GONNA SAY.
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LOOKING IN
MY REARVIEW MIRROR...
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I KNOW THAT --
I KNOW THAT SIGHT.
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AND SEEING THAT BECAUSE, LET'S
FACE IT, I WAS A BACHELOR BOY.
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I WAS JUST WANTING TO BE
ON MY OWN.
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I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD
FIND SOMEBODY
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WHO I COULD SPEND 14 HOURS
A DAY IN A VEHICLE,
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AND I GOT IT RIGHT.
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SHE'S IN THE BACK THERE.
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COULD YOU IMAGINE
A MORE IDYLLIC SCENE?
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I MEAN,
THIS IS THE VERY ESSENCE
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OF WHAT ANGIE AND I LOVE.
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PEACE AND QUIET,
CLOSE TO THE BIG CATS --
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CATS THAT WE'VE WATCHED FOR YEAR
AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
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Angela:
ASKARI IS SUCH A WONDERFUL MALE.
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HE IS ACTUALLY QUITE DIFFERENT
TO MOST OF THE MALES
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THAT WE'VE HAD
IN THE MARSH PRIDE.
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HE REALLY ENJOYS BEING
WITH THE FEMALES AND THE CUBS
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BECAUSE THE CUBS ABSOLUTELY
ADORE THIS INTERACTION.
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YOU CAN SEE ASKARI ACTUALLY
ENJOYING IT AS MUCH AS THEY ARE.
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YOU CAN SEE THAT SORT OF LOOK
IN HIS EYES
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WHEN HE'S LOOKING
AT THE CUBS, OF CONNECTION.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE.
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Jonathan: THIS IS AN AGE WHERE
THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO BE PLAYFUL
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BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE TINY --
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FIRST SIX WEEKS, THEY'RE
TUCKED AWAY IN THE BUSHES,
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YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE CUBS.
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SO THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO BE
WATCHING CUBS
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AND PHOTOGRAPHING THEM
BECAUSE THEY'RE PLAYFUL
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AND THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED
ON EACH OTHER
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AND FOCUSED ON THE MOTHERS.
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BUT AS THEY GET OLDER,
THEY BECOME MORE SORT OF,
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YOU KNOW,
SEPARATED IN THEIR AGENDA
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AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
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Angela:
MOJA, HE'S SUCH A STRONG,
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MISCHIEVOUS, FUN LITTLE CUB.
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HE'S MUCH BIGGER
THAN THE OTHER TWO.
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HE'S ALWAYS THE ONE
LEADING THE PACK.
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HE'S ALWAYS THE ONE TAKING THEM
OFF TO A BIT OF MISCHIEF.
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I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER ANIMAL
THAT IS SO POWERFUL.
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IN OUR MYTHOLOGY, THEY ARE
THE EMBLEM OF STRENGTH
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AND COURAGE AND FIERCENESS.
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THERE'S NO OTHER ANIMAL
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THAT I WOULD RATHER BE
WITH THAN THE LION.
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MANDELA, ONE OF OUR GUIDES,
HAS JUST FOUND MALAIKA,
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SOUTH OF WHERE
SHE WAS LAST NIGHT.
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SHE HASN'T FED YET,
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SO WE'VE STILL GOT A CHANCE
OF GETTING THAT HIT.
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IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO AGE
THE CATS,
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YOU LOOK AT THEIR TEETH.
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SO ON THE TIPS OF THE CANINES,
THEY GET WORN DOWN IN TIME.
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AND WE THINK THAT SHE'S PROBABLY
MINIMUM EIGHT YEARS OLD.
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ALSO LOOK AT THE TIPS
OF HER EARS.
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THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT WORN,
A LITTLE BIT GREY,
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A LITTLE BIT GRIZZLED.
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AND SEE THE WAY SHE USES
THE LANDSCAPE -- SHE'S LIKE US,
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SHE MAYBE GETS
TO A HIGH POINT.
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WE LOOK FOR PREDATORS WITH OUR
GLASSES, SHE LOOKS FOR PREY.
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OH, SHE'S ALL FOCUS.
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LOOK AT THE INTENSITIES.
WATCH THE EARS.
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THE EARS TELL A STORY --
ALERTNESS.
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AND THIS CHEETAH CAN SPOT
SOMETHING FROM 100 METERS
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AS SMALL AS A BEETLE.
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OKAY, WE'VE GOT A HERD OF
IMPALAS RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN.
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THERE'S ONE THOMSON'S GAZELLE,
AS WELL.
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NOW GENERALLY, SHE LIKES
A SOLITARY ANIMAL --
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LESS EYES AND EARS TO PICK HER
OUT AS SHE MOVES TOWARDS THEM.
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AND THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY EATING.
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YOU SEE THERE'S ONE FEMALE THERE
JUST WATCHING, JUST LOOKING.
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OKAY, SHE'S COMING
THROUGH THE BUSHES.
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AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS
A CHEETAH THERE,
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YOU'D NEVER SEE IT.
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IF YOU WERE JUST SCANNING
THESE THICKETS.
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AND SHE'S EDGING FORWARD
JUST SLIGHTLY --
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LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT.
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BECAUSE THESE ANIMALS,
THESE IMPALAS,
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THEIR EYES ARE ADAPTED
TO PICK UP MOVEMENT.
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AND SHE CAN JUST --
I TELL YOU, FROM THAT POSITION,
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SHE COULD JUST LITERALLY
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COME FLYING OUT OF
THE STARTING BLOCKS.
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LOOK.
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OH, SHE MUST HAVE PULLED UP.
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PHEW! WOW.
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I TELL YOU, JUST SUDDENLY,
BOOM, OFF SHE WENT.
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SHE'S NOT AS BENT OUT OF SHAPE
BY THAT CHASE AS I THOUGHT.
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SHE IS AN ATHLETE.
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GOOD GIRL, MALAIKA!
YOU ARE A STAR!
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BUT YOU'RE STILL HUNGRY.
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THIS IS GONNA BE A COSTLY MEAL.
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I MEAN, DAY THREE AND IT
COULD BE EVEN DAY FOUR
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SINCE SHE LAST HUNTED.
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YOU JUST REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS TO CATCH FOOD.
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IT ISN'T THAT EASY.
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YOU CAN'T JUST GO OUT THERE
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AND JUST GRAB THINGS
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT.
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YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY WORK.
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YOU GOT TO KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
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AND EVEN THEN
YOU'RE GONNA MISS SOMETIMES.
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WHAT'S SHE GONNA SAY
TO THE CUBS?
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Jackson: CLOUDY EYE AND ASKARI,
THE MALE IN THE MARSH PRIDE.
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THEY'VE HAD A THING TOGETHER.
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BASICALLY THEY ARE COURTING
AND THEY'RE MATING.
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THE FEMALE WANTS TO JOIN
THE REST OF THE PRIDE.
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NOT TODAY.
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EVERY TIME SHE GOES,
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CUT ON THIS SIDE,
CUT ON THIS SIDE.
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AND SHE SAID, "HOW DO
I GET RID OF THIS MALE?"
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AND SHE'S GOT ONE WAY --
GO UP THE TREE.
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[ LAUGHING ]
AND SHE'S GOT UP THERE
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AND HE'S LOOKING,
"SHOULD I CLIMB?"
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I DON'T THINK THAT TREE
IS ENOUGH FOR TWO, THEREFORE,
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HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE
ON THE FLOOR
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WAITING FOR HER
TO MAKE ANOTHER MOVE.
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SHE'S KIND OF THINKING
SHE MIGHT COME DOWN.
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I MEAN, SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE
LIVING UP A TREE LIKE A LEOPARD.
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SHE'S GOT TO COME DOWN.
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AND WHEN SHE DOES,
HE WILL BE ALL OVER HER AGAIN.
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NOW LOOK, SHE'S PEEING
FROM THE TOP.
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PEEING ON HIS HEAD.
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[ LAUGHING ]
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OH, BOY.
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LOOK, ASKARI SAYS,
"YOU'RE PEEING ON ME.
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IT'S OKAY.
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I STILL LOVE YOU."
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[ LAUGHING ]
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THERE'S NO WAY TO SCARE
THIS MALE AWAY
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WHEN HE'S DETERMINED
FOR MATING.
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AND SHE EVEN PEED ON HIS HEAD.
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[ LAUGHING ]
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THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE MATING.
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IT'S JUST STARTED TODAY
AND IT WILL CONTINUE
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FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
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AFTER EVERY 15 MINUTES,
IT WILL GO AGAIN.
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CLOUDY EYE HAD A MISCARRIAGE
RIGHT HERE.
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AND WE KNEW IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF TIME BEFORE SHE START MATING.
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MALES, WHEN THEY'RE READY
TO MATE,
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THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE,
THEY'RE FIGHTERS,
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AND THEY DON'T LET
THE FEMALE DO ANYTHING,
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NOT EVEN TO EAT,
JUST MATING.
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NOW, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPEN.
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I GUESS SHE'S GOING
TO JUMP OVER HIM.
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LOOK.
AND HE'S ASLEEP.
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HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
THAT THE GIRL IS COMING.
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OH, SURPRISE, OVER.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
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[ ROARING ]
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THREE MONTHS AFTER THIS MATING,
THERE WILL BE NEW CUBS.
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THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS
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FOR THE EXPANSION
OF THE MARSH PRIDE.
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A SURE WAY TO ESCAPE THE MADNESS
OF CITY LIFE,
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ALL THAT NOISE IN YOUR HEAD,
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JUST STOP AND SPEND TIME
WITH WILD ELEPHANTS IN THE MARA.
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[ GRASS RUSTLING ]
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JUST THE SOUND OF THEIR LEGS
AS THEY DRIFT THROUGH
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THE LONG RED OAT GRASS.
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[ GRASS RUSTLING ]
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AND WHAT'S SHE LOOKING FOR?
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SHE'S LOOKING FOR TINY
ACACIA SEEDLINGS
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AND NICE CLUMPS OF GRASS.
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AND SHE'LL PICK IT UP AND SHE'LL
JUST DUST THE SOIL OFF IT.
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AND A LITTLE BABY LIKE THIS
IS LEARNING THE WHOLE TIME.
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AND IT WON'T STRAY MORE THAN
A FEW METERS FROM ITS MUM.
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MUM IS THE EPICENTER
OF THAT YOUNG ONE'S LIFE,
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AND YOU CAN SEE,
STILL UNDER A YEAR OLD
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BECAUSE IT CAN ACTUALLY TRAVEL
UNDERNEATH THE CHEST OF THE MOM.
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AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO SUCKLE
'TIL SHE HAS A NEW CALF.
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SO GENERALLY, EVERY TWO YEARS,
NEW CALF ARRIVES.
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WHAT YOU TEND TO FIND IS WHEN
FOOD IS LIMITING FOR ELEPHANTS,
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THEY BREAK DOWN
INTO SMALLER GROUPS.
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BUT RIGHT NOW
THERE'S PLENTY OF FOOD,
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SO THE ELEPHANTS
CAN ACTUALLY JOIN TOGETHER.
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AND YOU CAN TELL, JUST LOOKING
AT THESE ELEPHANTS,
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I CAN TELL THIS
IS A HEALTHY POPULATION
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BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT
ALL DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
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YOU'VE GOT TINY CALVES
LESS THAN A YEAR OLD,
235
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AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
MEDIUM-SIZE CALVES,
236
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FOUR, SIX YEARS OF AGE.
237
00:13:50,310 --> 00:13:52,450
AND EACH FAMILY HERD
HAS A MATRIARCH --
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THE OLDEST FEMALE, HER SISTERS,
AND THEIR OFFSPRING.
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MIDDLE OF THE DAY,
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TIME FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF A MUD WALLOW OR A COOL DOWN.
241
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[ ELEPHANT TRUMPETING ]
242
00:14:12,793 --> 00:14:15,313
LOOK AT THEM ALL COMING IN.
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OH, MY GOODNESS.
244
00:14:32,793 --> 00:14:35,003
WHAT AN AMAZING SIGHT.
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[ ELEPHANT TRUMPETING ]
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SOMEBODY'S SAYING, "BUTT OUT."
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THERE'S ONE LITTLE ONE
RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT,
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RIGHT IN THE MUD WALLOW.
249
00:15:03,275 --> 00:15:04,895
AND THIS IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT,
250
00:15:04,931 --> 00:15:07,661
IT'S NOT JUST PLAYFUL
AND A THING OF JOY,
251
00:15:07,689 --> 00:15:11,829
IT'S ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR THE WELL
BEING OF THE ELEPHANT'S SKIN.
252
00:15:11,862 --> 00:15:14,072
LOOK AT THIS TINY ONE.
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00:15:18,724 --> 00:15:21,244
AND THE LITTLE ONES ARE
REALLY PRONE TO OVERHEATING,
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00:15:21,275 --> 00:15:22,545
SO IT'S TERRIBLY IMPORTANT
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00:15:22,586 --> 00:15:25,136
THAT THEY MAINTAIN
THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE.
256
00:15:25,172 --> 00:15:29,452
LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GUY...
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00:15:29,482 --> 00:15:32,032
RUBBING HIS BOTTOM.
258
00:15:32,068 --> 00:15:34,208
HOW GOOD DOES THAT FEEL?
259
00:15:34,241 --> 00:15:39,901
♪♪
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00:15:39,931 --> 00:15:42,071
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PRESENCE
OF AN ELEPHANT,
261
00:15:42,103 --> 00:15:44,073
THERE IS SUCH WISDOM.
262
00:15:44,103 --> 00:15:48,833
YOU JUST FEEL THE SENSE
OF SENTIENT BEINGS.
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00:15:48,862 --> 00:15:52,592
A CONNECTION
BETWEEN ANIMAL AND MAN,
264
00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:54,480
WHICH REALLY GOES
BEYOND UNDERSTANDING,
265
00:15:54,517 --> 00:15:59,207
BUT YOU FEEL IT
RIGHT IN YOUR BONES.
266
00:15:59,241 --> 00:16:01,141
AND YOU JUST THINK TO YOURSELF,
267
00:16:01,172 --> 00:16:05,212
"WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY
EXPERIENCE TO DO JUST THIS.
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00:16:05,241 --> 00:16:09,211
TO JUST BE IN THE PRESENCE OF
SUCH AMAZING ANIMALS."
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00:16:16,551 --> 00:16:23,861
♪♪
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00:16:23,896 --> 00:16:28,686
NOW, WHO COULDN'T SAY THAT
THIS IS VERY SPECIAL?
271
00:16:28,724 --> 00:16:31,764
I FEEL SO INCREDIBLY PRIVILEGED.
272
00:16:31,793 --> 00:16:34,933
I MEAN, HAVE THE WHOLE PRIDE
JUST RESTING UP
273
00:16:34,965 --> 00:16:36,925
IN THE SHADE OF MY CAR.
274
00:16:36,965 --> 00:16:41,405
OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE THE MOMENTS
I REALLY LIVE FOR.
275
00:16:41,448 --> 00:16:43,998
WE'RE NOT DRIVING TO THE LIONS,
276
00:16:44,034 --> 00:16:48,004
SO I DON'T FEEL IN ANY WAY
WE'RE DISTURBING THEM.
277
00:16:48,034 --> 00:16:51,004
THEY'VE ACTUALLY COME TO US.
278
00:16:51,034 --> 00:16:57,034
AND I CAN'T REALLY DESCRIBE
THE PEACE AND THE TRANQUILITY
279
00:16:57,068 --> 00:17:00,858
I FEEL WHEN
I'M GIVEN THESE MOMENTS.
280
00:17:17,241 --> 00:17:21,831
SO NOW WE HAVE ASKARI AND MPOLE
281
00:17:21,862 --> 00:17:24,862
WITHIN FOUR FEET OF MY CAR.
282
00:17:27,137 --> 00:17:31,237
MALE LIONS HAVE SUCH LOVELY
RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER.
283
00:17:31,275 --> 00:17:35,065
EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT
BE BROTHERS, THEY DO SEEM --
284
00:17:35,103 --> 00:17:37,213
THEY HAVE THAT EMPATHY
OF BROTHERS,
285
00:17:37,241 --> 00:17:40,661
I SUPPOSE BECAUSE THEY SPEND
SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER,
286
00:17:40,689 --> 00:17:43,339
AND THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT
TO EACH OTHER.
287
00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:47,515
WHEN THE LIONS ARE THIS CLOSE,
288
00:17:47,551 --> 00:17:51,791
YOU'RE OBSERVING THEM
IN YOUR SPACE,
289
00:17:51,827 --> 00:17:57,897
AND SO THEY BECOME FAR MORE,
IF YOU LIKE, REAL TO YOU
290
00:17:57,931 --> 00:18:03,281
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NOW REMOVED.
291
00:18:03,310 --> 00:18:08,070
THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN HERE.
292
00:18:08,103 --> 00:18:12,863
AND YOU'RE RIGHT IN THEIR ENERGY
AS THEY ARE IN YOURS.
293
00:18:12,896 --> 00:18:16,166
AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE
THE LITTLE DETAIL
294
00:18:16,206 --> 00:18:18,376
THAT YOU CAN'T AT A DISTANCE.
295
00:18:18,413 --> 00:18:22,173
YOU CAN WITNESS
THE SIZE OF A PAW.
296
00:18:22,206 --> 00:18:26,716
I REALLY DO FEEL SO BLESSED
WHEN I HAVE A DAY LIKE THIS.
297
00:18:26,758 --> 00:18:29,618
I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T --
YOU JUST COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE
298
00:18:29,655 --> 00:18:33,995
AS A LION LOVER,
WHICH IS WHAT I AM.
299
00:18:53,103 --> 00:18:59,073
♪♪
300
00:18:59,103 --> 00:19:01,453
Jonathan: OKAY, MALAIKA'S
LOOKING LIKE
301
00:19:01,482 --> 00:19:03,382
SHE WANTS TO HUNT.
302
00:19:03,413 --> 00:19:05,313
WHAT ARE HER OPTIONS?
303
00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:10,004
THERE'S GAZELLE SCATTERED
ALONG THESE PLAINS.
304
00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:14,624
SHE LOOKS THIN, THE CUBS ARE
HUNGRY, AND SHE WANTS TO HUNT.
305
00:19:17,931 --> 00:19:22,031
LOOK AT THE SHAPE OF HER BODY,
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
306
00:19:22,068 --> 00:19:25,788
THOSE CHEST MUSCLES,
THAT'S WHERE THE POWER IS.
307
00:19:25,827 --> 00:19:30,587
LONG LEGS, SMALL HEAD,
LOOKS LIKE A SPHINX.
308
00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:35,450
IN SOME WAYS IT'S THE LEAST
CAT-LIKE OF THE CATS.
309
00:19:35,482 --> 00:19:36,972
THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT
LIKE A GREYHOUND
310
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,340
IN TERMS OF THEIR BUILD,
AND THOSE LONG, THIN LEGS
311
00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:44,339
THAT PROPEL THEM
ACROSS THE GROUND AT SUCH SPEED.
312
00:19:46,448 --> 00:19:49,588
IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO A CHEETAH
WHEN SHE'S GOT CUBS,
313
00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:52,170
THE SOUND OF HER PURRING --
314
00:19:52,206 --> 00:19:54,686
OF THE MOTHER
AND THE CUBS PURRING,
315
00:19:54,724 --> 00:19:57,834
THIS DEEP, DEEP RUMBLE.
316
00:19:57,862 --> 00:20:00,972
AND LEOPARDS DON'T PURR,
LIONS DON'T PURR,
317
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,620
BUT OUR DOMESTIC CATS DO.
318
00:20:02,655 --> 00:20:05,995
NO QUESTION,
THE CHEETAH'S A CAT,
319
00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:09,344
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT CAT
TO OUR OTHER BIG CATS --
320
00:20:09,379 --> 00:20:13,829
TIGERS, JAGUARS,
LIONS, LEOPARDS,
321
00:20:13,862 --> 00:20:17,002
THEY BELONG TO THE GROUP
THAT WE CALL PANTHERA.
322
00:20:17,034 --> 00:20:19,794
THEY'RE THE ROARING CATS.
323
00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:21,857
THEY REALLY ARE THE BIG CATS,
324
00:20:21,896 --> 00:20:26,476
AND THE CHEETAH ACTUALLY
SPLIT OFF IN A DIFFERENT GROUP.
325
00:20:29,413 --> 00:20:33,213
YOU CAN SEE BY EVERYTHING
THAT MALAIKA IS DOING,
326
00:20:33,241 --> 00:20:37,661
SHE'S HUNGRY, BUT ALSO,
THERE'S STRATEGY GOING ON HERE.
327
00:20:37,689 --> 00:20:41,719
BECAUSE SHE HAS PARKED HER CUBS
IN THIS AREA, LIKE,
328
00:20:41,758 --> 00:20:44,308
IT'S A SEMI-CIRCLE
OF CROTON THICKETS.
329
00:20:44,344 --> 00:20:47,104
AND SHE'S LITERALLY MOVING
AROUND IT
330
00:20:47,137 --> 00:20:49,477
WHERE SHE ISN'T VISIBLE
TO ANYTHING OUT
331
00:20:49,517 --> 00:20:51,587
ON THE OPEN PLAINS,
AND SHE'S JUST CHECKING.
332
00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:53,860
SHE SITS, SOMETIMES FOR 5,
333
00:20:53,896 --> 00:20:57,066
10 MINUTES JUST WATCHING WITH
THOSE INCREDIBLE EYES OF HERS.
334
00:20:59,310 --> 00:21:01,830
AND IT'S VERY, VERY SMART
TO DO THAT
335
00:21:01,862 --> 00:21:04,592
BECAUSE IF SHE JUST GOES WALKING
AROUND OUT IN THE OPEN,
336
00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:09,450
GAZELLES, IMPALAS, WILDEBEESTS,
TOPI SEE HER, THEY ALARM CALL,
337
00:21:09,482 --> 00:21:12,282
AND SHE MIGHT JUST AS WELL TURN,
AS SHE OFTEN DOES,
338
00:21:12,310 --> 00:21:16,790
AND WALK AWAY BECAUSE SHE'S
BLOWN IT FOR THIS MASSIVE AREA.
339
00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:31,661
♪♪
340
00:21:31,689 --> 00:21:34,169
I DON'T KNOW HOW
MALAIKA DOES THIS.
341
00:21:34,206 --> 00:21:38,336
I MEAN, I'M SITTING IN A CAR
ALL DAY,
342
00:21:38,379 --> 00:21:42,029
I'M HAVING TO DRINK LITER
AFTER LITER OF WATER,
343
00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:44,448
AND SHE'S SITTING OUT
IN THE OPEN
344
00:21:44,482 --> 00:21:47,862
WITH THE SUN
BEATING DOWN ON HER,
345
00:21:47,896 --> 00:21:50,236
AND SHE'S SOMEHOW MANAGING
TO KEEP COOL.
346
00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:53,235
SHE'S SOMEHOW MANAGING
TO KEEP HER SANITY.
347
00:21:53,275 --> 00:21:57,585
AND SHE WILL HUNT IN THIS KIND
OF TEMPERATURE,
348
00:21:57,620 --> 00:22:00,240
BUT THE FACT IS,
SHE'S A SPECIALIST.
349
00:22:00,275 --> 00:22:02,895
SHE CAN'T BE A LION
OR A LEOPARD.
350
00:22:02,931 --> 00:22:05,341
TO SURVIVE IN THIS KIND OF
ENVIRONMENT,
351
00:22:05,379 --> 00:22:07,549
SHE NEEDS TO BE
A DIFFERENT KIND OF CAT,
352
00:22:07,586 --> 00:22:09,686
AND THE CHEETAH
IS EXACTLY THAT.
353
00:22:09,724 --> 00:22:12,284
IT'S A DAY-TIME CAT,
AND IT'S A CAT
354
00:22:12,310 --> 00:22:16,340
LOOKING TO AVOID COMPETITION
WITH THE BIG GUNS.
355
00:22:34,275 --> 00:22:43,235
♪♪
356
00:22:43,275 --> 00:22:46,165
MALAIKA IS DEAD ON TARGET.
357
00:22:46,206 --> 00:22:49,096
WE'VE GOT WILDEBEESTS
WITH TWO YOUNG CALVES.
358
00:22:49,137 --> 00:22:52,237
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN
WITHIN THE LAST MONTH.
359
00:22:52,275 --> 00:22:54,655
NOW, SHE'S CAPABLE OF TAKING
A WILDEBEEST CALF,
360
00:22:54,689 --> 00:22:56,449
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT,
361
00:22:56,482 --> 00:22:58,142
BUT WHAT ABOUT
THE MOTHER WILDEBEEST?
362
00:22:58,172 --> 00:23:01,622
SHE WILL DEFEND THAT CALF
WITH ALL OF HER ENERGY
363
00:23:01,655 --> 00:23:03,785
AND WITH THOSE HORNS.
364
00:23:03,827 --> 00:23:07,787
THIS COULD BE
A BIT OF A BATTLE...
365
00:23:07,827 --> 00:23:10,757
BUT SHE'S DETERMINED,
SHE IS HUNGRY.
366
00:23:10,793 --> 00:23:16,523
♪♪
367
00:23:16,551 --> 00:23:18,861
NOW SHE'S GOT
THE FULL ATTENTION.
368
00:23:18,896 --> 00:23:20,376
LOOK, HERE THEY COME.
HERE THEY COME.
369
00:23:20,413 --> 00:23:22,863
HERE SHE'S COMING,
FLYING LIKE THE WIND.
370
00:23:31,275 --> 00:23:39,685
♪♪
371
00:23:39,724 --> 00:23:42,074
HERE SHE COMES.
LOOK, CLOSING IN, CLOSING IN,
372
00:23:42,103 --> 00:23:43,593
SHE'S GOT THE CALF DOWN.
373
00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:45,030
SHE'S GOT IT.
SHE'S GOT IT.
374
00:23:45,068 --> 00:23:47,168
THE HERD HAVE GONE.
375
00:23:47,206 --> 00:23:48,996
LOOK.
376
00:23:49,034 --> 00:23:50,174
STRUGGLING TO PULL IT DOWN.
377
00:23:50,206 --> 00:23:53,656
MUM'S GOT THE THROAT BITE.
378
00:23:53,689 --> 00:23:54,899
JOB DONE.
379
00:23:54,931 --> 00:23:56,931
GREAT WORK FOR MALAIKA.
380
00:23:56,965 --> 00:23:59,615
GREAT WORK.
381
00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:04,925
ON THIS OCCASION NO HAPPY
ENDING FOR THE WILDEBEEST.
382
00:24:04,965 --> 00:24:07,165
BUT FOOD FOR OUR CHEETAHS.
383
00:24:10,827 --> 00:24:12,827
VERY SMART MOVE
ON THE PART OF MOM.
384
00:24:12,862 --> 00:24:15,522
SHE'S PULLING THAT KILL
INTO THE COVER OF THE BUSHES.
385
00:24:15,551 --> 00:24:18,341
SHE DOESN'T WANT THE VULTURES
TO GIVE THE GAME AWAY,
386
00:24:18,379 --> 00:24:20,069
TO ATTRACT LIONS OR HYENAS.
387
00:24:20,103 --> 00:24:22,313
GET THE KILL TO SAFETY.
388
00:24:26,689 --> 00:24:28,339
WE CAN SEE HOW HUNGRY
THE CUBS ARE.
389
00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,139
AS MUM'S TRYING TO PULL IT
TO SAFETY,
390
00:24:30,172 --> 00:24:31,862
THEY JUST WANT
TO GET STUCK IN.
391
00:24:31,896 --> 00:24:34,306
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING MALAIKA
FOR THREE DAYS,
392
00:24:34,344 --> 00:24:38,104
FINALLY PAY DAY.
393
00:24:38,137 --> 00:24:39,757
AND THESE WILDEBEESTS,
THEY'RE NOT PART
394
00:24:39,793 --> 00:24:42,453
OF THE SERENGETI MIGRATION --
THAT COMES LATER.
395
00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:44,792
THESE ARE PART OF
A LOCAL MIGRATION,
396
00:24:44,827 --> 00:24:47,827
WHICH MOVE INTO THE MARA
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
397
00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:53,137
GREAT JOB FROM MUM.
398
00:24:53,172 --> 00:24:57,032
WOW, MALAIKA REALLY,
REALLY DID IT TODAY.
399
00:24:57,068 --> 00:24:59,168
AND BEST OF ALL,
SHE'S GOT IT TO COVER.
400
00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:00,716
NOBODY SAW A THING.
401
00:25:00,758 --> 00:25:03,308
NO LIONS, NO HYENAS,
NO VULTURES,
402
00:25:03,344 --> 00:25:05,524
NOBODY TO STEAL THE KILL.
403
00:25:06,689 --> 00:25:09,099
THIS IS REALLY GOOD THAT THE CUB
IS ACTUALLY
404
00:25:09,137 --> 00:25:10,657
HOLDING THAT THROAT BITE.
405
00:25:10,689 --> 00:25:14,279
THIS IS WHAT IT'LL HAVE TO DO
WHEN IT HUNTS FOR ITSELF.
406
00:25:14,310 --> 00:25:16,070
AND I SAY, "HUNTS FOR ITSELF,"
OF COURSE,
407
00:25:16,103 --> 00:25:18,693
IT'S GONNA HAVE
ITS BROTHER AS BACKUP.
408
00:25:18,724 --> 00:25:20,724
THEY WILL HUNT TOGETHER.
409
00:25:20,758 --> 00:25:24,478
THESE CUBS WILL REMAIN
WITH EACH OTHER FOR LIFE.
410
00:25:29,206 --> 00:25:30,996
THE MOTHER WILDEBEEST
IS COMING BACK.
411
00:25:31,034 --> 00:25:32,284
I THOUGHT SHE WOULD.
412
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:33,720
SHE KNOWS SHE'S LOST SOMETHING,
413
00:25:33,758 --> 00:25:36,068
SOMETHING PRECIOUS, SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN WITH HER,
414
00:25:36,103 --> 00:25:39,343
SIDE BY SIDE,
FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO,
415
00:25:39,379 --> 00:25:42,659
AND SUDDENLY IT'S GONE.
416
00:25:42,689 --> 00:25:45,829
WE'RE CONSTANTLY WANTING
OUR BIG CATS
417
00:25:45,862 --> 00:25:47,932
TO BE SUCCESSFUL
IN THEIR HUNTING,
418
00:25:47,965 --> 00:25:50,855
BUT IT'S AT THE EXPENSE
OF ANOTHER LIFE.
419
00:25:50,896 --> 00:25:52,096
AND WHEN YOU WATCH HER --
420
00:25:52,137 --> 00:25:55,167
A FEMALE LIKE THIS,
LOOKING DISTRESSED,
421
00:25:55,206 --> 00:25:59,896
SEARCHING FOR HER YOUNG,
YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO HER,
422
00:25:59,931 --> 00:26:03,411
BUT THIS IS THE ENDLESS CYCLE
OF LIFE AND DEATH
423
00:26:03,448 --> 00:26:04,928
ON THE AFRICAN PLAIN --
424
00:26:04,965 --> 00:26:07,375
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN
PREDATOR AND PREY.
425
00:26:25,724 --> 00:26:27,694
♪♪
426
00:26:27,724 --> 00:26:31,284
[ GRUNTING ]
427
00:26:31,310 --> 00:26:33,280
Jackson:
THE BUFFALOES ARE COMING IN,
428
00:26:33,310 --> 00:26:35,210
AND THIS IS NOT
VERY GOOD SITUATION
429
00:26:35,241 --> 00:26:37,861
BECAUSE CHARM IS RIGHT THERE
WITH THE CUBS.
430
00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:40,616
THE LITTLE CUBS ARE EXPOSED
RIGHT IN THE OPEN.
431
00:26:40,655 --> 00:26:43,925
[ BUFFALO GRUNTING ]
432
00:26:43,965 --> 00:26:46,025
OH, THERE HE GOES,
HE'S CHARGING, LOOK.
433
00:26:46,068 --> 00:26:48,588
AND THE FEMALES
ARE GETTING NOW READY.
434
00:26:48,620 --> 00:26:50,170
LOOK, THEY'RE ALL GETTING UP
WITH THE CUBS
435
00:26:50,206 --> 00:26:52,896
AND THE CUBS ARE MOVING FAST.
436
00:26:52,931 --> 00:26:54,001
THEY ARE GETTING OUT.
437
00:26:54,034 --> 00:26:55,554
THEY REALIZE THERE IS
DANGER HERE.
438
00:26:55,586 --> 00:26:57,716
LOOK AT THAT STANDOFF.
439
00:26:57,758 --> 00:26:59,788
THERE'S ANOTHER BUFFALO COMING.
440
00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:02,067
THEY'RE ALL COMING.
LOOK AT THAT.
441
00:27:07,344 --> 00:27:12,624
♪♪
442
00:27:12,655 --> 00:27:14,715
[ GROWLING ]
443
00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:19,618
♪♪
444
00:27:19,655 --> 00:27:21,275
ASKARI IS BECOMING AGGRESSIVE.
445
00:27:21,310 --> 00:27:23,550
AS MUCH AS THE BUFFALOES
ARE GIVING THEM HASSLE
446
00:27:23,586 --> 00:27:26,756
AND PUSHING THEM AWAY,
HE IS FIGHTING WITH HIS BROTHER.
447
00:27:26,793 --> 00:27:29,903
HE STILL HAS TO DEFEND
THE FEMALE.
448
00:27:29,931 --> 00:27:33,171
CLOUDY EYE IS IN HEAT
AND SHE'S MATING.
449
00:27:33,206 --> 00:27:36,926
THAT LITTLE BIT OF PUSH SHOWS
THAT ASKARI
450
00:27:36,965 --> 00:27:41,135
IS AT THE TOP
OF THE MARSH PRIDE RIGHT NOW.
451
00:27:41,172 --> 00:27:43,932
THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
452
00:27:43,965 --> 00:27:46,205
TO SIRE NEW CUBS.
453
00:27:46,241 --> 00:27:49,341
♪♪
454
00:27:49,379 --> 00:27:51,339
THAT'S CLOSE.
455
00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:53,549
LOOK AT THAT.
456
00:27:53,586 --> 00:27:58,826
♪♪
457
00:27:58,862 --> 00:28:01,242
RIGHT HERE WE'VE GOT
A BUFFALO WHICH DIED,
458
00:28:01,275 --> 00:28:03,995
AND THE LIONS HAD A FEAST.
459
00:28:04,034 --> 00:28:05,484
BUFFALOES ARE COMING TO REVENGE,
460
00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:08,757
AND THINKING THEIR OWN
WAS KILLED BY LIONS,
461
00:28:08,793 --> 00:28:11,523
AND IN AN ACTUAL FACT,
THEY DIDN'T.
462
00:28:11,551 --> 00:28:15,621
THE BUFFALO JUST CAME
RIGHT AND DIED
463
00:28:15,655 --> 00:28:19,585
AT THE HEART
OF THE MARSH PRIDE.
464
00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:23,340
THEY ARE SMELLING
WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
465
00:28:24,896 --> 00:28:26,896
AND LOOK, THERE'S ONE
MORE BUFFALO
466
00:28:26,931 --> 00:28:30,411
WHICH IS HEADING
TO CHARM'S BUSH.
467
00:28:32,758 --> 00:28:34,998
HE'S GOING RIGHT IN.
468
00:28:37,103 --> 00:28:40,623
I BET HE CAN SMELL CHARM
RIGHT THERE AND THE CUBS.
469
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:43,970
THEY'RE REALLY DETERMINED
TO TRY AND FLUSH
470
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,210
THIS LIONESS OUT OF THERE.
471
00:28:47,241 --> 00:28:49,831
THIS IS QUITE A HIGH LEVEL
OF STRESS.
472
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:52,482
IF THOSE BULLS COME AROUND,
473
00:28:52,517 --> 00:28:55,967
THOSE BABIES WILL BE HISTORY.
474
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,660
AND CHARM IS JUST PRAYING
THAT THEY GO AWAY.
475
00:28:58,689 --> 00:29:06,239
♪♪
476
00:29:06,275 --> 00:29:09,405
YOU CAN SEE THAT BUFFALO
THAT'S GETTING AGGRESSIVE --
477
00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:12,828
HE KNOWS THE LIONS
ARE HIS WORST ENEMIES.
478
00:29:15,241 --> 00:29:17,171
THERE THEY GO.
HE'S CHASING.
479
00:29:17,206 --> 00:29:24,756
♪♪
480
00:29:24,793 --> 00:29:28,793
THIS IS A CONSTANT BATTLE
BETWEEN LIONS AND BUFFALO.
481
00:29:28,827 --> 00:29:30,897
ALL THE TIME, THESE ARE ENEMIES
482
00:29:30,931 --> 00:29:33,311
THAT ARE LIVING
TOGETHER FOREVER.
483
00:29:35,965 --> 00:29:37,995
♪♪
484
00:29:38,034 --> 00:29:39,764
Jonathan: BIG DAY TODAY.
485
00:29:39,793 --> 00:29:44,003
I'VE JUST HEARD THAT ONE OF
OUR CREW HAVE FOUND BAHATI.
486
00:29:44,034 --> 00:29:45,794
NOW, BAHATI IS ONE
OF OUR LEOPARDS.
487
00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:48,827
WE FILMED HER LAST YEAR
WHEN SHE HAD TWO SMALL CUBS --
488
00:29:48,862 --> 00:29:50,662
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
489
00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:52,759
THOSE CUBS BECAME INDEPENDENT,
490
00:29:52,793 --> 00:29:55,283
AND I'M TOLD SHE'S GOT
A NEW LITTER.
491
00:29:55,310 --> 00:29:58,340
♪♪
492
00:29:58,379 --> 00:30:01,859
AND "BAHATI" MEANS "GOOD LUCK,"
AND WHEN YOU'RE WITH HER,
493
00:30:01,896 --> 00:30:04,166
YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE
IT'S GOOD LUCK.
494
00:30:04,206 --> 00:30:13,336
♪♪
495
00:30:13,379 --> 00:30:16,409
SO, WHERE'S -- OH, THERE
SHE IS, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL.
496
00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:19,658
♪♪
497
00:30:19,689 --> 00:30:21,479
IT'S JUST LIKE MEETING UP
WITH AN OLD FRIEND
498
00:30:21,517 --> 00:30:25,307
BECAUSE I LAST SAW BAHATI
ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
499
00:30:25,344 --> 00:30:28,594
AND WE'VE KNOWN BAHATI
SINCE SHE WAS A TINY CUB.
500
00:30:28,620 --> 00:30:32,340
HER MOTHER WAS OLIVE,
HER MOTHER WAS BELLA.
501
00:30:32,379 --> 00:30:37,379
SO THERE'S A WHOLE LEGACY
OF CAT HISTORY
502
00:30:37,413 --> 00:30:38,663
THAT WE TAP INTO.
503
00:30:38,689 --> 00:30:40,549
AND TO ME,
THAT'S THE FASCINATION.
504
00:30:40,586 --> 00:30:42,306
THE MORE YOU SPEND TIME
WITH A CAT,
505
00:30:42,344 --> 00:30:43,864
THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW IT.
506
00:30:43,896 --> 00:30:45,516
SO, SHE'S NOT JUST A CAT,
507
00:30:45,551 --> 00:30:49,901
SHE'S NOT JUST A LEOPARD,
SHE'S BAHATI.
508
00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:52,071
AND I'M JUST CHECKING HER TUMMY.
509
00:30:52,103 --> 00:30:53,623
SHE'S BREATHING QUITE HEAVILY.
510
00:30:53,655 --> 00:30:57,585
SHE'S IN THE SHADE, BUT I CAN
SEE THE BROWN TELL-TALE MARKS
511
00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:58,930
WHERE THE SKIN IS FLATTENED,
512
00:30:58,965 --> 00:31:01,825
WHERE THE FUR IS FLATTENED
AROUND HER TEATS.
513
00:31:01,862 --> 00:31:05,692
SO SHE'S STILL
SUCKLING HER CUBS.
514
00:31:05,724 --> 00:31:07,414
NOW, EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T SEEN
THE CUBS,
515
00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:10,448
I CAN DEDUCE A COUPLE THINGS --
ONE, THEY'RE STILL SUCKLING.
516
00:31:10,482 --> 00:31:13,862
TWO, IF SHE'S PREPARED
TO MOVE AROUND WITH THEM
517
00:31:13,896 --> 00:31:15,546
RATHER THAN KEEP THEM
AT A DEN,
518
00:31:15,586 --> 00:31:18,856
THEY HAVE TO BE BETWEEN TWO
AND THREE MONTHS MINIMUM,
519
00:31:18,896 --> 00:31:21,096
MAYBE EVEN A BIT OLDER.
520
00:31:23,551 --> 00:31:25,831
SO WHEN YOU SEE A LEOPARD
JUST PLUCKING THE FUR,
521
00:31:25,862 --> 00:31:28,482
MAKING IT EASIER
TO GET TO THE MEAT,
522
00:31:28,517 --> 00:31:30,207
BAHATI WASN'T HAVING
A BIG MEAL THERE.
523
00:31:30,241 --> 00:31:33,901
MAYBE SHE WAS PREPARING THE WAY
FOR WHEN THE CUBS COME --
524
00:31:33,931 --> 00:31:35,761
WHEN SHE CALLS THEM,
BRINGS THEM TO THE KILL.
525
00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:37,483
SHE WANTS THEM TO BE ABLE TO EAT
526
00:31:37,517 --> 00:31:41,097
AS MUCH AS THEY CAN
AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
527
00:31:41,137 --> 00:31:44,277
THE BIG THING IS,
WHEN WILL SHE GO AND GET THEM?
528
00:31:48,068 --> 00:31:50,168
I ALWAYS FEEL WHEN I'M WITH
A LEOPARD IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE
529
00:31:50,206 --> 00:31:55,136
BECAUSE, REALLY, THE WORLD
OF A LEOPARD IS A SECRET WORLD.
530
00:31:55,172 --> 00:31:56,902
IT'S SUNLIGHT AND SHADOWS.
531
00:31:56,931 --> 00:32:01,901
IT'S JUST A DAPPLE COAT MOVING
SINUOUSLY THROUGH THE BUSHES.
532
00:32:08,689 --> 00:32:11,239
BAHATI'S JUST MOVED TO THE EDGE
533
00:32:11,275 --> 00:32:14,715
CLOSE TO WHERE THE KILL IS,
AND SHE'S CALLING.
534
00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:17,028
[ CALLING ]I HAVE HEARD THIS SOUND.
535
00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:19,208
IT'S A VERY SUBTLE SOUND.
536
00:32:19,241 --> 00:32:23,311
AND THAT IS A CALL THAT'S ONLY
MEANT TO BE HEARD BY THE CUBS.
537
00:32:25,206 --> 00:32:28,376
[ BAHATI CALLING ]
538
00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:30,623
YEP, CUBS COMING.
539
00:32:30,655 --> 00:32:32,895
BEAUTIFUL.
540
00:32:40,482 --> 00:32:45,072
OH, I LOVE THESE MOMENTS.
541
00:32:45,103 --> 00:32:47,343
YOU KNOW THAT GREETING,
542
00:32:47,379 --> 00:32:49,239
ESPECIALLY AT THIS AGE
543
00:32:49,275 --> 00:32:50,715
BECAUSE MUM LICKS THEM,
544
00:32:50,758 --> 00:32:55,028
THE CUBS WANT TO PLAY WITH HER,
JUST THE BEST MOMENTS.
545
00:33:00,482 --> 00:33:05,862
♪♪
546
00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:09,026
AND OF COURSE, AT THIS AGE,
THEY'RE SO FOCUSED ON MUM,
547
00:33:09,068 --> 00:33:11,618
SO YOU GET LOTS OF SOCIALIZING.
548
00:33:11,655 --> 00:33:14,235
AND WITH A SOLITARY CAT
LIKE A LEOPARD,
549
00:33:14,275 --> 00:33:16,655
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I JUST TREASURE.
550
00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:37,031
♪♪
551
00:33:37,068 --> 00:33:40,518
BAHATI'S SIX AND A HALF YEARS
OLD NOW.
552
00:33:40,551 --> 00:33:46,241
WE'VE FOLLOWED THIS LINEAGE
OF LEOPARDS FOR 25 YEARS.
553
00:33:46,275 --> 00:33:50,475
IT'S THAT INVESTMENT
IN KNOWING THESE ANIMALS,
554
00:33:50,517 --> 00:33:53,897
IN CARING ABOUT THESE ANIMALS,
THAT MAKES US KEEP COMING OUT
555
00:33:53,931 --> 00:33:56,211
EVERY SINGLE MORNING
THAT WE CAN.
556
00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:13,375
♪♪
557
00:34:13,413 --> 00:34:16,213
Angela: THEY SAY THAT LIONS
DON'T CLIMB TREES,
558
00:34:16,241 --> 00:34:20,831
BUT WE HAVE THESE MOTHERS
JUST LOVING CLIMBING THIS TREE.
559
00:34:20,862 --> 00:34:22,902
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, IT IS AGONY
560
00:34:22,931 --> 00:34:26,761
BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO SHOOT
THROUGH MY WIND SCREEN.
561
00:34:26,793 --> 00:34:29,593
BUT IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE TIMES
THAT YOU'RE JUST ENJOYING
562
00:34:29,620 --> 00:34:32,790
BEING SO CLOSE,
UNABLE TO MOVE BACKWARDS,
563
00:34:32,827 --> 00:34:36,687
BUT ENJOYING
SEEING THEM PLAYING.
564
00:34:36,724 --> 00:34:39,764
AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING
BECAUSE ACTUALLY THESE MOTHERS
565
00:34:39,793 --> 00:34:41,593
ARE VERY YOUNG MOTHERS,
566
00:34:41,620 --> 00:34:43,480
SO YOU GET THESE MOMENTS
567
00:34:43,517 --> 00:34:47,067
WHERE THEY'RE JUST
FULL OF THE JOYS OF SPRING.
568
00:34:47,103 --> 00:34:51,723
SO THEY JUST LOVE TO GAMBLE
AND PLAY WITH THE CUBS,
569
00:34:51,758 --> 00:34:53,338
WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR THE CUBS
570
00:34:53,379 --> 00:34:56,099
AND OBVIOUSLY THE MOTHERS
ARE JUST LOVING IT.
571
00:34:58,482 --> 00:35:02,482
THEY'RE USING THIS TREE,
I THINK, AS A SCRATCHING POST.
572
00:35:02,517 --> 00:35:04,717
YOU KNOW, LIONS LOVE TO FIND
A TREE
573
00:35:04,758 --> 00:35:08,758
WHERE THEY LEAVE MARKS
ON THE TREE BARK.
574
00:35:08,793 --> 00:35:10,793
YOU KNOW, THEY CLEAN THEIR NAILS
A LITTLE BIT
575
00:35:10,827 --> 00:35:14,097
AND STRETCH THEIR MUSCLES,
AND...
576
00:35:14,137 --> 00:35:17,757
BUT ALSO, FROM THE VANTAGE POINT
SHE HAS UP THERE,
577
00:35:17,793 --> 00:35:21,763
SHE'S ACTUALLY LOOKING
RIGHT DOWN INTO CHARM'S DEN.
578
00:35:39,034 --> 00:35:41,104
SO THIS COULD BE INTERESTING.
579
00:35:41,137 --> 00:35:43,237
WE'VE GOT BOTH THE MOTHERS
AND THE THREE CUBS
580
00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:44,655
JUST WALKING STRAIGHT INTO
581
00:35:44,689 --> 00:35:48,279
WHERE CHARM'S GOT
HER LITTLE TWO CUBS.
582
00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:52,170
THIS IS THE VERY LAST THING
THAT, REALLY, SHE NEEDS.
583
00:35:52,206 --> 00:35:54,756
AT THE AGE THAT MOJA AND BILLY,
AND SOLO ARE,
584
00:35:54,793 --> 00:35:56,523
THEY'RE PLAYING QUITE ROUGH NOW.
585
00:35:56,551 --> 00:35:58,761
I MEAN, AT FOUR MONTHS
THEY'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW,
586
00:35:58,793 --> 00:36:00,863
THEY'RE BITING
INTO EACH OTHER'S NECKS
587
00:36:00,896 --> 00:36:07,136
AND THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE IS
REAL, FULL-ON ROUGH, ROUGH PLAY.
588
00:36:07,172 --> 00:36:12,102
AND IT'S TOO MUCH FOR CHARM'S
TINY LITTLE ONES,
589
00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:15,477
AND WE CAN HEAR
THE ODD ABSOLUTE SQUAWK.
590
00:36:15,517 --> 00:36:19,377
[ CUB SQUAWKING ]
591
00:36:19,413 --> 00:36:22,693
SO, CONTRARY TO WHAT
I WAS HOPING,
592
00:36:22,724 --> 00:36:25,664
SHE IS ACTUALLY MOVING
ONE OF THE CUBS.
593
00:36:25,689 --> 00:36:28,549
AS TOLERANT AS A LIONESS
AS CHARM IS,
594
00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:30,966
I MEAN, THAT WAS QUITE
A MORNING FOR HER.
595
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,100
AND OBVIOUSLY, SHE JUST FELT
TOO MUCH TOO SOON.
596
00:36:37,793 --> 00:36:40,413
BUT THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING
OF MANY INTERACTIONS,
597
00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:43,408
SO IT'S NOT THE END OF THE GAME
BY A LONG SHOT,
598
00:36:43,448 --> 00:36:46,718
BUT CHARM, IN HER WISDOM,
IN HER OLD AGE,
599
00:36:46,758 --> 00:36:48,308
SHE KNOWS THEY'RE TOO YOUNG
600
00:36:48,344 --> 00:36:51,314
TO BE FULLY INTEGRATED
INTO THE PRIDE.
601
00:36:55,137 --> 00:36:56,857
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY REALLY.
602
00:36:56,896 --> 00:37:00,446
LIONS KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S
GOING ON IN THEIR TERRITORY.
603
00:37:00,482 --> 00:37:03,482
I HADN'T EVEN SEEN
WHERE MPOLE WAS,
604
00:37:03,517 --> 00:37:07,477
BUT AS SOON AS HE SAW CHARM
MOVING HER CUBS,
605
00:37:07,517 --> 00:37:09,717
HE JUST POPPED UP
JUST TO INVESTIGATE,
606
00:37:09,758 --> 00:37:12,028
SEE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
607
00:37:12,068 --> 00:37:16,308
AND SHE, THE OLD MAMA
THAT SHE IS, WASN'T CONCERNED.
608
00:37:16,344 --> 00:37:19,764
I MEAN, NORMALLY FEMALES WOULD
BE EXTREMELY CONCERNED
609
00:37:19,793 --> 00:37:23,483
SEEING MALES COME CLOSE
TO WHERE THEY HAVE THE CUBS,
610
00:37:23,517 --> 00:37:26,027
BUT, YOU KNOW,
SHE RECOGNIZED HIM.
611
00:37:26,068 --> 00:37:28,278
SHE WAS OKAY ABOUT IT.
612
00:37:33,689 --> 00:37:40,239
AND CHARM HAS TUCKED HERSELF
IN THIS OLD, BROKEN-DOWN TREE,
613
00:37:40,275 --> 00:37:42,685
WHICH WE CALL DAVE'S TREE.
614
00:37:42,724 --> 00:37:45,384
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO BE
ONE OF THE FAVORITE PLACES
615
00:37:45,413 --> 00:37:46,903
OF THE MOTHERS
AND THE CUBS,
616
00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:49,241
SO I DON'T THINK
SHE'S GONNA HAVE THAT MUCH PEACE
617
00:37:49,275 --> 00:37:53,655
AND QUIET HERE, BUT FOR NOW,
THE CUBS ARE SAFELY TUCKED AWAY
618
00:37:53,689 --> 00:37:55,829
IN ONE OF THE LITTLE NOOKS,
619
00:37:55,862 --> 00:38:00,622
AND SHE CAN HAVE A COUPLE
OF HOURS' PEACE AND QUIET.
620
00:38:18,103 --> 00:38:20,213
♪♪
621
00:38:20,241 --> 00:38:22,661
Jonathan: BAHATI HAS TO MAKE
A DECISION NOW --
622
00:38:22,689 --> 00:38:25,029
IS SHE GONNA WALK AWAY
FROM THAT CARCASS,
623
00:38:25,068 --> 00:38:28,928
OR IS SHE GONNA TRY AND ACTUALLY
MOVE IT TO SOMEWHERE SAFER?
624
00:38:28,965 --> 00:38:30,545
YOU SEE THE WAY
SHE LOOKS UP LIKE THAT?
625
00:38:30,586 --> 00:38:35,446
SHE'S THINKING, "NEXT STOP,
GET THAT KILL UP INTO A TREE."
626
00:38:35,482 --> 00:38:36,692
AND THE CUBS ARE PICKING UP
627
00:38:36,724 --> 00:38:38,864
A LITTLE BIT
ON THAT NERVOUSNESS.
628
00:38:38,896 --> 00:38:42,136
♪♪
629
00:38:42,172 --> 00:38:44,862
BECAUSE UNLIKE THE CHEETAH
WHO HAS TO FEED AND MOVE OFF,
630
00:38:44,896 --> 00:38:47,236
SHE CAN GET IT UP INTO A TREE
631
00:38:47,275 --> 00:38:50,405
AND FEED AGAIN TOMORROW,
THE NEXT DAY.
632
00:38:50,448 --> 00:38:54,718
♪♪
633
00:38:54,758 --> 00:38:57,408
AND THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL.
634
00:38:57,448 --> 00:39:00,858
SHE'S EATEN A LOT, BUT THERE'S
STILL PLENTY OF MEAT THERE.
635
00:39:00,896 --> 00:39:08,306
♪♪
636
00:39:08,344 --> 00:39:09,934
OTHER PREDATORS, HYENAS,
637
00:39:09,965 --> 00:39:12,515
THEY ARE GOING TO BE HERE
VERY SOON.
638
00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:15,451
SEE?
CHECKING, LOOKING UP, THINKING,
639
00:39:15,482 --> 00:39:16,932
"WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?"
640
00:39:16,965 --> 00:39:20,375
SHE HASN'T GOT LONG TO ACT NOW.
641
00:39:20,413 --> 00:39:22,553
THOSE CUBS ARE VULNERABLE.
642
00:39:22,586 --> 00:39:27,276
♪♪
643
00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:30,210
UP SHE GOES.
644
00:39:30,241 --> 00:39:31,901
NOPE.
645
00:39:31,931 --> 00:39:33,691
OKAY, NOW SHE'S GOT A PROBLEM
646
00:39:33,724 --> 00:39:36,524
BECAUSE SHE'S GOT THE CUBS
IN A THICKET THERE,
647
00:39:36,551 --> 00:39:38,071
TUCKED AWAY THERE,
648
00:39:38,103 --> 00:39:39,973
BUT WITH THE KILL,
649
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,340
WITH THE SMELL OF THAT CARCASS.
650
00:39:43,379 --> 00:39:45,859
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD,
651
00:39:45,896 --> 00:39:48,476
IT'S ALSO THE SAFETY
OF THOSE CUBS.
652
00:39:56,862 --> 00:40:05,172
♪♪
653
00:40:05,206 --> 00:40:07,656
OKAY, SHE'S MAKING HER MOVE.
654
00:40:07,689 --> 00:40:09,899
SHE'S HEADED FOR THE TREES.
655
00:40:09,931 --> 00:40:14,281
SHE'S GOT TO DO THIS QUICKLY
BECAUSE SHE IS SO EXPOSED.
656
00:40:14,310 --> 00:40:22,000
♪♪
657
00:40:22,034 --> 00:40:25,174
OKAY, THE CLOCK'S TICKING.
658
00:40:25,206 --> 00:40:29,966
SHE'S GOT ABOUT 35 MINUTES 'TIL
IT STARTS TO GET REALLY DARK.
659
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,380
AND SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO LEAVE
660
00:40:31,413 --> 00:40:33,343
THE LITTLE CUBS
WHERE THEY ARE NOW
661
00:40:33,379 --> 00:40:35,209
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THE INTESTINE,
662
00:40:35,241 --> 00:40:37,901
THE ABDOMINAL CONTENTS,
ALL THAT SMELLY STUFF
663
00:40:37,931 --> 00:40:41,411
THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTE HEAVEN
FOR A HYENA,
664
00:40:41,448 --> 00:40:43,138
IS WHERE THE CUBS ARE.
665
00:40:45,724 --> 00:40:47,904
SO SHE'S GOT TO CHOOSE HERE
FAIRLY QUICKLY --
666
00:40:47,931 --> 00:40:50,831
TRY AND GET THAT KILL UP
INTO A TREE IF SHE CAN.
667
00:40:50,862 --> 00:40:52,382
SHE'S HAD THREE
OR FOUR ATTEMPTS NOW.
668
00:40:52,413 --> 00:40:57,903
EACH TIME, IT'S BEEN TOO MUCH
FOR HER, JUST TOO MANY BRANCHES.
669
00:40:57,931 --> 00:41:00,521
SOMETIMES THERE JUST ISN'T
THE RIGHT TREE.
670
00:41:00,551 --> 00:41:03,451
[ BIRDS SQUAWKING ]
671
00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:08,828
THEY'VE JUST HEARD THE LEOPARD.
THESE ARE THE GUINEA FOWL.
672
00:41:08,862 --> 00:41:10,762
LEOPARDS
SOMETIMES KILL GUINEA FOWL,
673
00:41:10,793 --> 00:41:12,453
AND THIS IS PAYBACK TIME.
674
00:41:12,482 --> 00:41:14,412
THEY'RE LITERALLY GIVING BAHATI
THE BIRD.
675
00:41:14,448 --> 00:41:17,168
THEY'RE SAYING, "WE SEE YOU,
MOVE ON."
676
00:41:17,206 --> 00:41:20,476
BECAUSE IF OTHER ANIMALS --
HYENAS, LIONS HEAR THAT,
677
00:41:20,517 --> 00:41:21,997
THEY KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
678
00:41:22,034 --> 00:41:25,144
THEY COULD COME AND INVESTIGATE.
679
00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:28,662
BOY, OH, BOY, THIS IS NOT A NICE
WAY FOR HER TO END HER EVENING.
680
00:41:28,689 --> 00:41:30,859
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681
00:41:30,896 --> 00:41:33,826
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682
00:41:33,862 --> 00:41:36,002
NEXT TIME ON "BIG CAT TALES"...
683
00:41:36,034 --> 00:41:38,344
THEY'RE THREATENING
THAT LITTLE CUB.
684
00:41:38,379 --> 00:41:40,069
Jackson:
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE,
685
00:41:40,103 --> 00:41:41,793
SHE'S COMING STRAIGHT
TOWARDS US.
686
00:41:41,827 --> 00:41:44,137
Jonathan: I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
687
00:41:44,172 --> 00:41:45,242
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
688
00:41:45,275 --> 00:41:47,825
WOW
LOOK AT THAT!
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