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Jonathan: THE KEY TO WORKING
WITH BIG CATS --
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YOU'VE GOT TO BE BEFORE DAWN,
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AND YOU'VE GOT TO STAY OUT
TILL AFTER DARK.
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BUT THAT'S ONLY HALF OF IT.
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YOU NEED PLENTY OF SPOTTERS
OUT THERE TO FIND THE BIG CATS.
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SO, WE'VE GOT SUPPORT VEHICLES
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FROM GOVERNORS CAMP
WHERE WE'RE BASED.
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WE'VE GOT SIX CAMERAS OUT THERE
ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON THE CATS,
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AND, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO BE
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
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BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP.
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♪♪
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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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♪♪
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Angie:
GOSH, WHAT AN AMAZING MORNING
TO FIND THE TWO MOTHERS
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AND THEIR CUBS
AND CHARM ALL TOGETHER.
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I MEAN, I JUST COULDN'T
HAVE WISHED FOR MORE.
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I REALLY ALMOST CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW LUCKY I AM
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BECAUSE THIS IS
A TOTAL FIRST FOR ME.
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I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE
TO PHOTOGRAPH CUBS SO SMALL.
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I MEAN, THESE CUBS OF CHARM'S
ARE ONLY ABOUT SIX WEEKS OLD,
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AND NORMALLY,
THEY WOULD BE TUCKED AWAY
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AND WE'D JUST WOULDN'T
BE SEEING THEM.
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THEY'RE JUST COMPLETELY
ADORABLE.
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THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE,
TINY, FLUFFY TEDDY BEARS.
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WHEN YOU SEE CHARM'S LITTLE ONES
FIGHTING AND PLAYING,
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THEY'RE ALREADY GOING
FOR THE NECK.
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YOU KNOW,
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY INSTINCT
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RIGHT FROM SUCH AN EARLY AGE.
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I WAS SO CONCERNED WHEN KABEBE
AND DADA FOUND CHARM'S DEN
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AND BROUGHT
THEIR THREE CUBS OVER
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BECAUSE CHARM'S LITTLE CUBS
WERE WAY TOO SMALL,
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BUT ACTUALLY,
OUR TWO LITTLE CUBS ARE SHOWING
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THAT THEY CAN COPE
WITH THIS.
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[ CHUCKLES ] I CAN'T HELPING
LAUGHING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
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CAN YOU IMAGINE
WHEN YOU'RE A KID,
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COUPLE LITTLE PLAYMATES
A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN YOU --
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YOU CAN PUSH THEM AROUND,
YOU CAN WRESTLE WITH THEM,
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BITE THEM, YOU KNOW, DO ALL
THE THINGS LIONS LOVE TO DO.
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BUT, ACTUALLY,
THE LITTLE CUBS NOW LOOK
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AS IF THEY'RE CAPABLE
OF WITHSTANDING THAT.
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IN FACT, SOMETIMES,
THEY ACTUALLY FIGHT BACK.
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THEY'RE FEISTY LITTLE THINGS.
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THEY'LL PROBABLY GROW UP TO BE
THE TWO TOUGHEST CUBS
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ON THE BLOCK.
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AND, OF COURSE, THE BENEFIT
TO CHARM IS THAT SHE'S NOW PART
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OF AN ENLARGED GROUP,
AN ENLARGED CRASH.
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WE'VE GOT FIVE CUBS NOW,
WHICH WILL BE RAISED TOGETHER,
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AND WE'VE GOT THREE MOTHERS
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ACTUALLY WORKING
IN COORDINATION TOGETHER.
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THEY WILL HUNT TOGETHER.
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THEY WILL DEFEND THESE CUBS
TOGETHER.
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YOU ARE NOW SEEING
THE BENEFIT FOR LIONS
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OF BEING PART OF A GROUP.
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THEY CAN'T REALLY SURVIVE
ON THEIR OWN.
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THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO BEING
A SOLITARY CAT LIKE THE LEOPARD,
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DOING EVERYTHING
FOR THEMSELVES.
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THEY NEED SUPPORT IF THEY ARE
GOING TO RAISE CUBS
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SUCCESSFULLY.
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SO CHARM HAS BACKUP NOW.
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♪♪
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SO, THIS IS
AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY,
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A DAY OF CELEBRATION
FOR THE MARSH PRIDE.
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♪♪
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WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIMES
IN OUR VEHICLES
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TRYING TO FIND BIG CATS.
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IT'S THE BEST WAY.
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IT'S LIKE A MOBILE HIDE,
BUT ONCE ON A WHILE,
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YOU GET A CALL
THAT SAYS YOU CAN BE ON FOOT.
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WE JUST HEARD
FROM REKERO CAMP
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THAT BAHATI'S CUBS ARE RIGHT
IN FRONT OF ONE OF THEIR TENTS.
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[ BIRDS SINGING ]
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WE'VE HAD BABOONS WALKING UP AND
DOWN THE TALEK RIVER ALL DAY.
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BAHATI IS FURTHER BACK,
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DOWNSTREAM THERE WITH A KILL
IN THE TREE,
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AND SHE'S GOT HER THREE CUBS
STASHED AT THE BASE OF HER TREE
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AMONGST THE ROOTS, BUT EVERY
SO OFTEN, THEY COME OUT.
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THEY START PLAYING,
THEY MOVE AROUND, AND RIGHT NOW,
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ONE OF THEM HAS GONE RIGHT UP
IN THE TOP OF A TREE,
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AND I AM CERTAIN
THE BABOONS KNOW HE'S THERE.
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[ BABOON GRUNTING ]
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AND EVERY SO OFTEN,
BARKING, ALARM CALLING --
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THE BIG MALE'S LETTING ALL
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TROOP
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KNOW THERE IS
A PREDATOR AROUND HERE.
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OH, NO, LOOK AT THAT.
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ONE OF THE BABOONS
HAS GONE UP IN THE TREE.
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AND A SECOND ONE.
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AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE
IS THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT
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THE FEAR OF GOD
INTO THAT LITTLE CUB,
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AND SO FAR,
IT'S HOLDING ITS GROUND.
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I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY JUST
LYING AGAINST
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ONE OF THE BRANCHES.
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THEY'RE THREATENING
THAT LITTLE CUB,
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AND YOU CAN SEE EVERY SO OFTEN,
HE'S HISSING.
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HE'S SNARLING.
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HE'S DOING HIS BEST TO SAY
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
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I WILL ATTACK BACK."
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OH, LOOK. DID YOU SEE --
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THAT ONE BABOON JUST LEAPT,
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BUT THE LITTLE CUB'S BRAVE.
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I MEAN, HE'S JUST HOLDING
HIS GROUND,
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AND, OF COURSE, IN SOME WAYS,
THAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO
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BECAUSE IF YOU PANIC
IN THIS SITUATION,
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YOU CAN GET YOURSELF KILLED.
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LEOPARDS KILL BABOONS,
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AND SOMETIMES,
BABOONS KILL LEOPARDS.
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OH, HE'S COMING DOWN.
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I THINK HE'S TRYING
TO COME DOWN.
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YOU CAN SEE --
JUST HEAD DOWN ON THE STEM.
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OH, NO.
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OH, MY GOD, HE JUST FELL.
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BOOM -- JUST LIKE THAT.
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TWO BABOONS ON HIS TAIL.
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LOOK AT THE ONE JUST GOING
RIGHT UP TO THAT CAVE,
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JUST LOOKING IN THERE.
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THESE ARE TOUGH CUSTOMERS.
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WELL, THAT'S A DAY I DON'T THINK
THAT LITTLE LEOPARD CUB'S
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GONNA FORGET IN A HURRY.
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BUT IT JUST LETS YOU SEE
WHAT A DANGEROUS LIFE IT IS
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FOR LEOPARDS OUT HERE
IN THIS KIND OF TERRAIN,
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ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE
ARE BABOONS AROUND.
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♪♪
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WHEN WE STARTED FILMING
THE MARSH PRIDE,
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ONE OF OUR YOUNG FEMALES --
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WE CALL HER KALI --
WAS HEAVILY PREGNANT.
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WE, THEN, HAD A TERRIBLE TIME
ONE AFTERNOON WITH HER
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WHERE SHE WAS BEING SICK.
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WE WERE WORRIED WHETHER,
PERHAPS,
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SHE WAS GONNA LOSE HER LITTER.
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WE WEREN'T SURE
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
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TO OUR SURPRISE AND OUR DELIGHT,
SHE HAD HER CUBS,
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BUT A FEW DAYS LATER,
SHE MOVED THOSE CUBS TO AN AREA,
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JUST HERE, WHICH IS WHERE CHARM,
HER MOTHER,
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ALSO BROUGHT HER CUBS.
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[ CUB CRIES ]
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IT'S NOT IDEAL.
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THE BUSHES WHERE SHE'S GOT HER
CUBS ARE REALLY QUITE SPARSE,
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SO NOT A GREAT PLACE FOR HER,
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AND SHE'S BEEN HAVING
A REAL NIGHTMARE OF A TIME.
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HER FOUR LITTLE CUBS, AT SOME
POINT, SCATTERED FROM THE DEN.
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WE THINK THERE WAS AN
INTERACTION BETWEEN HER
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AND ONE OF THE BIG MALES.
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SHE GOT DEFENSIVE,
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE,
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AND THE CUBS JUST SIMPLY SPREAD
OUT IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
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AND THEN KALI WAS DESPERATELY
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TRYING TO RETRIEVE
THE SITUATION.
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THESE CUBS ARE FAR TOO SMALL
TO BE IN THE OPEN.
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THEIR EYES HAVE JUST OPENED.
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THEY'RE STILL
SORT OF MILKY BLUE.
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THEY CAN SQUAWK,
AND THEY HAVE BEEN,
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WHICH, AGAIN, IS NOT IDEAL.
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COULD ATTRACT HYENAS, DANGER.
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COULD GET THEMSELVES KILLED.
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[ CUB CRYING ]
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BUT THE PROBLEM IS
SHE'S NOW GOT FOUR CUBS
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IN THREE DIFFERENT DENS.
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TO ME, THAT IS A DISASTER.
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I JUST HOPE THAT BY THE END
OF THE EVENING,
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SHE WILL HAVE BROUGHT
ALL OF THOSE CUBS
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BACK TO THE ONE DEN SITE
AND THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN,
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AND IF SHE DOES, WHEN WE
COME BACK IN A FEW MONTHS TIME,
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WHAT A WONDERFUL SITUATION
IT WILL BE IF WE FIND
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KALI WITH FOUR BEAUTIFUL CUBS
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AND THAT EVERYTHING HAS
TURNED OUT FINE FOR HER.
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BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE
THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE.
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[ CUB CRYING ]
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WE USED TO HAVE MASSIVE HERDS
OF BUFFALO HERE IN THE MARA.
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I MEAN, YOU COULD SEE
500 ANIMALS TOGETHER.
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BUT OVER THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN
HERE, EVERY SO OFTEN,
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YOU GET A REALLY TOUGH DROUGHT,
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AND BUFFALO ARE VERY PRONE
TO DROUGHT.
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THEY HAVE TO DRINK EVERY DAY.
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THEY NEED NICE,
LUSH VEGETATION,
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AND SO, GRADUALLY OVER
THE YEARS, THE NUMBER OF BUFFALO
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THAT YOU SEE WITHIN
THE RESERVE HAVE DIMINISHED.
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THE BENEFIT OF LIVING IN A HERD
IS SORT OF OBVIOUS.
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THERE'S MORE OF YOU,
AND IF LIONS WERE TO TRY
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AND ATTACK A HERD
LIKE THIS IN THE DAYTIME,
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THE REST OF THE HERD WILL GATHER
AROUND AND DRIVE THE LIONS AWAY.
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BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE
THIS IS NOT EASY FOR LIONS
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TO TRY AND ATTACK A HERD,
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SO THERE'S BENEFIT OF THESE
BIG ANIMALS ALL BEING TOGETHER.
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♪♪
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OKAY, THERE'S THE MOTHER
OF ALL STORMS BREWING.
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I THOUGHT I JUST HAD TIME
FOR A QUICK SHOWER.
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HA HA!
AND THE WORD CAME THROUGH.
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LIONS HUNTING BUFFALO.
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THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
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LIONS AGAINST BUFFALO.
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♪♪
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[ BUFFALO GROANS ]
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♪♪
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[ BUFFALO GROANING ]
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WOW, WHAT A BATTLE.
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I MEAN,
TALK ABOUT THE A-TEAM.
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THESE FEMALES,
THESE LIONESSES,
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THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT BUFFALO,
AND THEY ARE A GREAT TEAM,
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AND IT TAKES TEAMWORK,
COOPERATIVE HUNTING,
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EACH PLAYING A PART
IN THIS WHOLE BATTLE.
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OKAY, BUFFALO ARE COMING.
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BUFFALO -- BUFFALO ARE COMING,
GUYS.
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♪♪
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THIS IS WHAT THESE ANIMALS DO.
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WHEN THEY HEAR A FELLOW
BUFFALO BELLOWING LIKE THAT
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AND THEY RESPOND ALL TOGETHER,
COLLECTIVELY, THE HERD INSTINCT,
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"ONE OF US IS DONE.
LET'S GET THERE.
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LET'S RESCUE IT."
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NOW IT'S CAT AND MOUSE.
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00:12:43,551 --> 00:12:46,661
THIS BULL LOOKS OLD,
HE'S HOBBLING,
221
00:12:46,689 --> 00:12:51,099
AND HE'S SURROUNDED
BY LIONS.
222
00:12:51,137 --> 00:12:53,447
MY GOD,
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
223
00:12:53,482 --> 00:12:55,282
IT'S LIKE
THEY'RE ATTACKING HIM.
224
00:12:55,310 --> 00:12:57,520
OR ARE THEY TRYING TO LIFT HIM?
225
00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:01,759
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
226
00:13:01,793 --> 00:13:05,173
WHAT ARE THEY DOING? LOOK.
227
00:13:05,206 --> 00:13:08,516
THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
228
00:13:08,551 --> 00:13:12,621
ARE THEY TRYING TO HELP HIM
AND SWEEP HIM AWAY?
229
00:13:12,655 --> 00:13:15,585
AT FIRST, IT LOOKED LIKE
THEY WERE ATTACKING HIM.
230
00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:17,170
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
231
00:13:17,206 --> 00:13:18,516
LOOK.
232
00:13:18,551 --> 00:13:20,101
MY GOD, LOOK!
233
00:13:20,137 --> 00:13:22,337
THAT IS THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY THING.
234
00:13:22,379 --> 00:13:27,069
THEY'LL ALMOST CARRYING THAT
BUFFALO ALONG WITH THE HERD.
235
00:13:27,103 --> 00:13:29,723
I MEAN, HE COULD BARELY STAND
AT ONE POINT.
236
00:13:29,758 --> 00:13:32,968
THEY HAVE JUST SWEPT HIM UP.
237
00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,410
MY GOODNESS, ME.
238
00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:37,968
[ BUFFALO GRUNTING ]
239
00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,240
LISTEN TO THESE SOUNDS.
240
00:13:40,275 --> 00:13:43,095
I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT PUT
THE FEAR OF GOD INTO YOU?
241
00:13:43,137 --> 00:13:45,787
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE
ON A DARK NIGHT,
242
00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:48,237
OR WALKING THROUGH A FOREST --
243
00:13:48,275 --> 00:13:53,235
A BUFFALO WHO'S REALLY,
REALLY UPSET ABOUT LIFE.
244
00:13:53,275 --> 00:13:56,545
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS
OLD BULL NOW FOR DAYS.
245
00:13:56,586 --> 00:13:58,716
WE SPOTTED HIM.
HE'S GOT AN INJURED BACK LEG.
246
00:13:58,758 --> 00:14:00,478
HE CAN BARELY MOVE AT TIMES.
247
00:14:00,517 --> 00:14:02,447
HE GETS LEFT BEHIND
BY THE HERD,
248
00:14:02,482 --> 00:14:04,972
SO HE WAS AN EASY TARGET
FOR OUR LIONS.
249
00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,590
THEY ARE MASTER HUNTERS,
250
00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:10,240
BUT THE WAY THE BUFFALO
CAME IN --
251
00:14:10,275 --> 00:14:11,545
I MEAN, HE IS SO WEAK.
252
00:14:11,586 --> 00:14:14,546
WITHOUT THE HERD,
HE WOULD BE FINISHED.
253
00:14:14,586 --> 00:14:17,616
THIS SHOWS YOU THE POWER
OF THE HERD.
254
00:14:17,655 --> 00:14:20,065
GET ISOLATED
AND YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
255
00:14:20,103 --> 00:14:23,483
STICK WITH THE HERD, HAVE THE
HERD AS BACKUP TO SUPPORT YOU,
256
00:14:23,517 --> 00:14:25,237
AND YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE.
257
00:14:25,275 --> 00:14:32,405
♪♪
258
00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:36,759
Jackson: MALAIKA IS HUNGRY.
259
00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:38,933
WHILE THE CUBS ARE PLAYING,
260
00:14:38,965 --> 00:14:42,995
MALAIKA IS REALLY
WEIGHING HER OPTIONS.
261
00:14:44,137 --> 00:14:46,717
THERE'S A THOMSON
AND ONE IMPALA THERE.
262
00:14:46,758 --> 00:14:48,998
JUST LOOKING,
THERE'S MORE IMPALAS THERE.
263
00:14:49,034 --> 00:14:51,974
WHERE CAN SHE
GET CLOSER EASILY?
264
00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:57,284
SHE'S UP, AND
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY STILL.
265
00:15:01,827 --> 00:15:04,237
SHE'S REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY THIN.
266
00:15:04,275 --> 00:15:05,785
UNBELIEVABLE.
267
00:15:05,827 --> 00:15:08,717
NEARLY THREE DAYS,
SHE HAS NOT HAD A MEAL.
268
00:15:08,758 --> 00:15:11,338
WELL, THE THING IS,
SHE'S GOING TO BE REALLY FAST
269
00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:12,969
BECAUSE SHE'S LIGHT.
270
00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:22,170
♪♪
271
00:15:22,206 --> 00:15:25,376
MALAIKA IS RIGHT THERE
IN REALLY NICE GRASS
272
00:15:25,413 --> 00:15:28,863
WHERE SHE CAN APPROACH
AS MUCH AS SHE CAN.
273
00:15:28,896 --> 00:15:31,926
PLENTY OF COVER.
274
00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:33,825
LOOK AT HER.
275
00:15:33,862 --> 00:15:36,412
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY FROZEN.
276
00:15:39,586 --> 00:15:40,656
THAT ONE.
277
00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:43,969
FOCUS ON THAT ONE.
278
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,480
RIGHT THERE! RIGHT THERE!
RIGHT THERE!
279
00:15:45,517 --> 00:15:47,407
SHE'S COMING STRAIGHT
TOWARDS US.
280
00:15:57,448 --> 00:16:07,518
♪♪
281
00:16:07,551 --> 00:16:09,171
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
282
00:16:09,206 --> 00:16:10,786
WOW!
283
00:16:10,827 --> 00:16:12,337
LOOK AT THAT.
284
00:16:30,482 --> 00:16:39,522
♪♪
285
00:16:39,551 --> 00:16:42,341
THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE
KILL I'VE EVER SEEN.
286
00:16:42,379 --> 00:16:44,689
IF YOU THINK, IT'S TAKING
NEARLY A MINUTE
287
00:16:44,724 --> 00:16:47,904
BEFORE SHE CAN
PULL THAT IMPALA DOWN.
288
00:16:54,241 --> 00:17:00,591
♪♪
289
00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:04,280
REALLY, SHE IS STRUGGLING
BECAUSE IT'S A BIG ANIMAL,
290
00:17:04,310 --> 00:17:06,450
BUT IT'S A BIG PRIZE.
291
00:17:12,068 --> 00:17:17,618
♪♪
292
00:17:17,655 --> 00:17:20,135
THAT IS A VERY TOUGH POSITION.
293
00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:23,002
YOU KNOW, SHE DOES NOT NEED
AN INJURY RIGHT NOW
294
00:17:23,034 --> 00:17:25,144
'CAUSE SHE'S GOT CUBS
TO LOOK AFTER
295
00:17:25,172 --> 00:17:28,622
AND THIS IS IMPALA
IS NOT GIVING UP.
296
00:17:33,206 --> 00:17:35,336
ALMOST.
ALL RIGHT, GOT IT.
297
00:17:35,379 --> 00:17:37,279
GOT IT ON THE THROAT.
298
00:17:46,344 --> 00:17:55,414
♪♪
299
00:17:55,448 --> 00:17:57,238
AND THE BABIES ARE COMING
FROM BEHIND.
300
00:17:57,275 --> 00:17:59,755
THAT IS BRILLIANT.
THEY ARE HELPING.
301
00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:06,073
♪♪
302
00:18:06,103 --> 00:18:10,483
WHEN YOU SEE THE IMPALA DOWN,
VICTORY AT THE END.
303
00:18:14,931 --> 00:18:16,591
WOW!
304
00:18:16,620 --> 00:18:18,280
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
305
00:18:18,310 --> 00:18:22,590
ONE OF THE BEST CHASES
I HAVE EVER SEEN.
306
00:18:22,620 --> 00:18:26,310
SEEING A BIG ANIMAL DOWN ON
THE GROUND, YOU'VE GOT A MEAL.
307
00:18:26,344 --> 00:18:29,314
NOW YOUR JOB BEGINS.
308
00:18:29,344 --> 00:18:30,794
SHE'S SEARCHING.
309
00:18:30,827 --> 00:18:33,717
LOOK -- EVERYWHERE,
LOOK AT HER HEAD.
310
00:18:33,758 --> 00:18:37,238
SHE'S GOT SO MUCH FEAR
OF OTHER PREDATORS ARRIVING,
311
00:18:37,275 --> 00:18:39,785
AND SHE NEEDED TO REST,
312
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,477
AND SHE NEEDED
TO EAT IMMEDIATELY
313
00:18:41,517 --> 00:18:49,277
JUST IN CASE VULTURES, JACKALS,
OR ANY OTHER PREDATORS SEE IT.
314
00:18:49,310 --> 00:18:53,520
THEY CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE
REST OF THE BIGGER PREDATORS.
315
00:18:53,551 --> 00:18:58,381
HYENAS, CERTAINLY, LION,
AND LEOPARD.
316
00:18:58,413 --> 00:19:02,003
IN THE CASE OF AN ATTACK
FROM ANOTHER PREDATOR.
317
00:19:02,034 --> 00:19:05,594
IT'S ONLY HER AND HER CUBS.
318
00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:09,310
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ATTACKING
IN THE FOOD
319
00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:10,934
THAT THEY JUST BROUGHT DOWN.
320
00:19:10,965 --> 00:19:14,965
EAT, EAT, EAT QUICKLY, REST,
AND THEY'LL CONTINUE EATING
321
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,690
AND RESTING FOR THE REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON TODAY.
322
00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:23,974
♪♪
323
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,860
YOU KNOW, ANIMALS HAVE TO GIVE
A LIFE FOR THE OTHERS.
324
00:19:27,896 --> 00:19:32,406
LIKE US, WE NEED SOMETHING
WITH LIFE TO KEEP US GOING,
325
00:19:32,448 --> 00:19:33,858
TO LIVE,
326
00:19:33,896 --> 00:19:37,516
AND THEREFORE, THE CHEETAHS,
AS TOUGH AND BRUTAL
327
00:19:37,551 --> 00:19:42,971
THEY CAN BE, FOR THAT IMPALA,
HE IS GIVING LIFE TO MALAIKA
328
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,450
FOR THE SURVIVAL
OF THE CHEETAH FAMILY.
329
00:19:55,172 --> 00:20:00,072
♪♪
330
00:20:00,103 --> 00:20:02,973
Jonathan: ALL HELL'S BROKEN
LOOSE THIS MORNING.
331
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,590
WE HEARD THAT BAHATI AND THE
THREE CUBS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED.
332
00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:06,860
YES, THREE CUBS.
333
00:20:06,896 --> 00:20:08,896
AS SHE MOVED ALONG THE EDGE
OF THE BANK,
334
00:20:08,931 --> 00:20:12,721
TWO LIONESSES
AND A YOUNG MALE LION ATTACKED.
335
00:20:12,758 --> 00:20:14,548
THERE WAS A HELL OF A RACKET.
336
00:20:14,586 --> 00:20:17,716
I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE IF THE CUBS
ARE SAFE OR NOT.
337
00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:19,098
[ BABOONS GRUNTING ]YOU HEAR THAT?
338
00:20:19,137 --> 00:20:22,167
A WHOLE TROUPE OF BABOONS
NOW MOVING WITH PURPOSE
339
00:20:22,206 --> 00:20:26,716
JUST ALONG THE SAME PATHWAY
AS BAHATI WAS TAKING.
340
00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:30,898
BAD DAY FOR LEOPARDS ISN'T
EVEN THE BEGINNING OF IT.
341
00:20:30,931 --> 00:20:38,971
♪♪
342
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,100
OKAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA CROSS
THE TALEK.
343
00:20:49,413 --> 00:20:51,283
OH, WELL,
HERE COMES THE WATER.
344
00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:54,900
WHOOPS. COMING IN.
IT'S LIKE BEING AT THE SEASIDE.
345
00:21:03,241 --> 00:21:06,281
THREE LIONS AGAINST
ONE LEOPARD -- NO CONTEST.
346
00:21:06,310 --> 00:21:10,760
AND THEY ARE RUTHLESS
WHEN THEY ATTACK.
347
00:21:10,793 --> 00:21:14,033
HERE THEY ARE RIGHT UP HERE.
348
00:21:14,068 --> 00:21:18,588
FOR ANY LEOPARD, LIONS ARE
THEIR GREATEST ENEMY,
349
00:21:18,620 --> 00:21:22,030
THEIR GREATEST DANGER,
AND IT'S JUST NO CONTEST.
350
00:21:22,068 --> 00:21:24,168
LIONS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER.
351
00:21:24,206 --> 00:21:26,896
THINK ABOUT A FEMALE LEOPARD
LIKE BAHATI --
352
00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:29,141
MAYBE 40 KILOS, 100 POUNDS.
353
00:21:29,172 --> 00:21:34,862
A LIONESS -- MAYBE 250,
EVEN 300 POUNDS A BIG ONE.
354
00:21:34,896 --> 00:21:37,586
AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO
HOW SERIOUS IT CAN BE
355
00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:42,240
FOR A LEOPARD, BAHATI'S MUM,
OLIVE, 12 YEARS OLD,
356
00:21:42,275 --> 00:21:46,825
BITTEN THROUGH THE SKULL,
ONE BITE, KILLED BY A LION.
357
00:21:46,862 --> 00:21:54,342
♪♪
358
00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:57,379
I CAN SEE BAHATI,
OR AT LEAST, WHAT I CAN SEE
359
00:21:57,413 --> 00:21:59,693
IS A TINY PATCH OF SPOTS.
360
00:21:59,724 --> 00:22:04,594
OCCASIONALLY, HER EYE JUST
SHROUDED BY THE CROTON THICKETS.
361
00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:06,590
NOW, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT SHE NEEDS RIGHT NOW.
362
00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:09,340
SHE NEEDS TO KEEP
HIDDEN FORM THOSE LIONS.
363
00:22:09,379 --> 00:22:12,339
FROM WHERE SHE IS, SHE DOESN'T
KNOW THE FACT THAT,
364
00:22:12,379 --> 00:22:16,169
THAT YOUNG MALE ACROSS
THE RIVER HAS COME BACK AGAIN.
365
00:22:16,206 --> 00:22:18,136
AND WHAT ABOUT THE CUBS?
366
00:22:18,172 --> 00:22:20,522
I KEEP THINKING IF SHE WAS
WITH THE CUBS,
367
00:22:20,551 --> 00:22:22,001
SURELY I'D SEE HER LICKING.
368
00:22:22,034 --> 00:22:24,694
SHE'S LIE DOWN.
SHE'D LET THEM SUCKLE.
369
00:22:24,724 --> 00:22:27,724
THREE CUBS WITH THREE LIONS --
370
00:22:27,758 --> 00:22:30,718
IT'LL BE A MIRACLE
IF THOSE CUBS SURVIVED.
371
00:22:30,758 --> 00:22:37,788
♪♪
372
00:22:37,827 --> 00:22:39,927
OH!
THERE'S A CUB.
373
00:22:39,965 --> 00:22:44,545
ONE CUB JUST RUN TO MUM,
OR SHE JUST FOUND IT.
374
00:22:44,586 --> 00:22:53,376
♪♪
375
00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:55,483
FOR A MOTHER LEOPARD
TO RAISE THREE CUBS,
376
00:22:55,517 --> 00:22:59,067
I'VE SEEN IT TWICE IN ALL
MY 40 YEARS IN THE MARA.
377
00:22:59,103 --> 00:23:01,383
VERY TOUGH CALL.
378
00:23:07,275 --> 00:23:13,135
♪♪
379
00:23:13,172 --> 00:23:15,722
OH, FANTASTIC.
380
00:23:15,758 --> 00:23:18,588
A SECOND CUB.
381
00:23:18,620 --> 00:23:23,660
SO, SHE'S GRADUALLY PICKING UP
THE PIECES.
382
00:23:29,448 --> 00:23:35,208
♪♪
383
00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:37,481
SHE MUST BE LOOKING
FOR THE THIRD CUB
384
00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,237
'CAUSE SHE KEEPS MOVING.
385
00:23:39,275 --> 00:23:41,165
SHE LET THE TWO JUST SUCKLE
BRIEFLY,
386
00:23:41,206 --> 00:23:42,206
BUT SHE'S GOT AN AGENDA.
387
00:23:42,241 --> 00:23:44,591
SHE'S STILL LOOKING FOR ONE CUB.
388
00:23:58,724 --> 00:24:05,834
♪♪
389
00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:08,172
SHE'S SO NERVOUS,
AND THIS IS BECAUSE
390
00:24:08,206 --> 00:24:10,096
THIS IS WHERE THE LIONS WERE.
391
00:24:10,137 --> 00:24:12,897
SHE IS VERY NERVOUS,
VERY ANXIOUS.
392
00:24:12,931 --> 00:24:15,521
IS SHE LEADING THE CUBS
INTO TROUBLE?
393
00:24:15,551 --> 00:24:25,451
♪♪
394
00:24:25,482 --> 00:24:28,622
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER VIEW
OF A MOTHER LEOPARD
395
00:24:28,655 --> 00:24:30,165
WITH SMALL CUBS THAN THIS,
396
00:24:30,206 --> 00:24:32,446
AND THE ONLY REASON
WE'RE SEEING IT
397
00:24:32,482 --> 00:24:36,342
IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
THE LIONS ATTACKED THIS MORNING.
398
00:24:36,379 --> 00:24:38,029
YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE
IS SHAKING.
399
00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:39,968
THAT'S HOW EXCITED I AM,
400
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,380
BUT I'M ALSO VERY ANXIOUS
ABOUT THAT LITTLE CUB.
401
00:24:49,344 --> 00:24:55,314
♪♪
402
00:24:55,344 --> 00:24:57,174
[ CUBS CRYING ]
403
00:24:57,206 --> 00:25:02,096
♪♪
404
00:25:02,137 --> 00:25:03,617
HEAR THE LITTLE CUB?
405
00:25:03,655 --> 00:25:06,025
THOSE LITTLE, TINY CALLS.
406
00:25:06,068 --> 00:25:08,788
THAT LITTLE CUB
WANTING REASSURANCE FROM MUM.
407
00:25:08,827 --> 00:25:11,997
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT
A LEOPARD NORMALLY DOES.
408
00:25:12,034 --> 00:25:16,484
NORMALLY, AS WE'VE SEEN, BAHATI
WANTS TO BE IN THE BUSHES,
409
00:25:16,517 --> 00:25:18,997
IN THE SHADOWS, UNSEEN.
410
00:25:21,275 --> 00:25:24,405
LOOK! AND YOU SEE
HOW VULNERABLE THEY ARE.
411
00:25:24,448 --> 00:25:26,858
YOU SEE, AT THE SLIGHTEST THING,
THE CUBS GO,
412
00:25:26,896 --> 00:25:28,686
BUT THEY'RE LEARNING.
413
00:25:28,724 --> 00:25:31,034
THIS IS ALL EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
414
00:25:47,344 --> 00:25:55,484
♪♪
415
00:25:55,517 --> 00:25:57,857
OH, MY GOD!
THE LIONS ARE RIGHT HERE.
416
00:25:57,896 --> 00:25:59,446
HERE'S OUR LEOPARD
WITH THE CUBS.
417
00:25:59,482 --> 00:26:03,552
HERE'S THE LIONS THAT CAUSED
THE DAMAGE THIS MORNING.
418
00:26:03,586 --> 00:26:07,446
JUST 100 METERS
SEPARATING THEM.
419
00:26:07,482 --> 00:26:10,592
SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
THEY'RE THERE.
420
00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:14,340
BUT THEY HAVEN'T SPOTTED HER.
421
00:26:14,379 --> 00:26:16,999
LOOK AT MUM.
LOOK HOW ALERT SHE IS.
422
00:26:17,034 --> 00:26:19,864
MAYBE SHE PICKED UP
ON THE SCENT OF THE LIONS.
423
00:26:22,517 --> 00:26:23,927
AND THE FURTHER SHE WALKS
ALONG THE RIVER,
424
00:26:23,965 --> 00:26:25,755
THE MORE I FEAR THAT,
THAT LITTLE CUB --
425
00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:29,793
THE THIRD LITTLE CUB -- GONE.
426
00:26:29,827 --> 00:26:33,927
AND HERE IS THE CAUSE
OF THE TROUBLE.
427
00:26:33,965 --> 00:26:36,585
FOR LEOPARDS,
THERE IS NO GREATER DANGER,
428
00:26:36,620 --> 00:26:38,000
NO GREATER THREAT.
429
00:26:38,034 --> 00:26:39,724
SOME OF THE LEOPARDS
THAT I'VE WATCHED RAISED
430
00:26:39,758 --> 00:26:43,448
JUST 20% OF THEIR CUBS
IN A LONG LIFETIME.
431
00:26:43,482 --> 00:26:51,032
♪♪
432
00:26:51,068 --> 00:26:53,548
BAHATI'S JUST DISAPPEARED
INTO THIS CROTON THICKET
433
00:26:53,586 --> 00:26:55,276
WITH THE TWO LITTLE CUBS,
434
00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:58,000
AND I RECKON SHE'S GONNA
KEEP ON SEARCHING, SEARCHING,
435
00:26:58,034 --> 00:27:01,764
SEARCHING ALL DAY
FOR THAT THIRD CUB.
436
00:27:01,793 --> 00:27:04,213
AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY,
YOU KNOW, "DO THE CATS GRIEVE?
437
00:27:04,241 --> 00:27:06,521
DO THEY HAVE A SENSE OF LOSS?"
438
00:27:06,551 --> 00:27:10,551
YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT BAHATI
AND SEE THE WAY SHE STOPS,
439
00:27:10,586 --> 00:27:12,896
SHE LOOKS, SHE CALLS,
SHE SEARCHES.
440
00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:15,031
THIS COULD GO ON ALL DAY.
441
00:27:15,068 --> 00:27:16,448
SHE'LL GO BACKWARD AND FORWARDS
442
00:27:16,482 --> 00:27:20,312
AND JUST, I HOPE, SHE
DOESN'T BUMP INTO THOSE LIONS.
443
00:27:33,689 --> 00:27:39,239
♪♪
444
00:27:39,275 --> 00:27:43,065
Jackson:
THE CUBS, AFTER THEY KILL,
THEY HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR FACES,
445
00:27:43,103 --> 00:27:45,793
AND THEY'RE MASKING THAT BLOOD
SO NO ANY OTHER PREDATOR,
446
00:27:45,827 --> 00:27:47,857
NO ANY OTHER ANIMAL
CAN SMELL THEM.
447
00:27:47,896 --> 00:27:50,276
CHEETAHS ARE VERY CLEAN ANIMALS.
448
00:27:50,310 --> 00:27:55,550
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO
SMELL WHATSOEVER CAN BE SMELLED
449
00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:59,066
BY OTHER PREDATORS WHILE THEY
ARE SLEEPING.
450
00:27:59,103 --> 00:28:02,173
CHEETAHS HAVE TO WATCH
THEIR BACKS ALL THE TIME.
451
00:28:06,241 --> 00:28:11,861
UP IN THE SKY, THE VULTURES
ARE STARTING TO ROLL IN.
452
00:28:11,896 --> 00:28:13,446
MALAIKA IS LOOKING.
453
00:28:13,482 --> 00:28:15,622
SHE KNOWS VULTURES MEANS
454
00:28:15,655 --> 00:28:17,965
OTHER PREDATORS
ARRIVING INTO THE SCENE,
455
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,000
SO MALAIKA WILL BE
EVEN WORRIED TWICE AS MUCH.
456
00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:25,174
I CAN SEE
ON THE GROUND SHADOWS,
457
00:28:25,206 --> 00:28:28,206
AND I CAN SEE ONE
HAS BEEN ARRIVING REALLY CLOSE.
458
00:28:28,241 --> 00:28:30,901
THEY'RE CIRCLING.
459
00:28:30,931 --> 00:28:33,521
THEY CANNOT KILL
ANYTHING THEMSELVES.
460
00:28:33,551 --> 00:28:37,551
THEY ARE SCAVENGERS,
THEREFORE THEY GO REALLY HIGH UP
461
00:28:37,586 --> 00:28:40,716
AND WATCH THE MOVEMENT
OF ALL THESE PREDATORS.
462
00:28:40,758 --> 00:28:44,378
I BELIEVE WHEN MALAIKA
WAS HUNTING
463
00:28:44,413 --> 00:28:46,793
AND SHE WAS STRUGGLING
AND FIGHTING,
464
00:28:46,827 --> 00:28:49,207
THE VULTURES
WERE LOOKING FROM ABOVE.
465
00:28:49,241 --> 00:28:50,551
THEY CAN SMELL.
THEY CAN SEE.
466
00:28:50,586 --> 00:28:53,276
THEY'VE GOT THE MOST
UNBELIEVABLE EYESIGHT.
467
00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:54,900
THAT'S WHAT THEY SURVIVE ON.
468
00:28:54,931 --> 00:28:57,101
WITHOUT HAVING SUCH GOOD
EYESIGHT,
469
00:28:57,137 --> 00:29:00,067
THEY WOULD'VE BEEN
EXTINCT YEARS AGO.
470
00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:01,663
LOOK AT THE CUB.
471
00:29:01,689 --> 00:29:03,969
NOW THEY ARE STARTING TO REALLY
BECOME PROTECTIVE TO THE KILL.
472
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,690
LOOK AT THAT.
SHE'S CHASING THE VULTURE.
473
00:29:05,724 --> 00:29:07,974
LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
474
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,790
SHE IS SURROUNDED.
475
00:29:11,827 --> 00:29:14,337
JUST IMAGINE BEING A SINGLE MUM.
476
00:29:14,379 --> 00:29:15,829
SHE HAS NO HELP.
477
00:29:15,862 --> 00:29:20,282
NO ONE ABSOLUTELY ON SCENE
TO HELP PROTECT THE KILL,
478
00:29:20,310 --> 00:29:23,720
PROTECT THE CUBS
IN TIMES OF DANGER.
479
00:29:23,758 --> 00:29:26,308
IT'S ONLY MALAIKA ALONE.
480
00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:31,450
SINGLE MOTHERS HAVE IT TOUGH.
481
00:29:34,586 --> 00:29:36,926
MALAIKA
FED REALLY WELL NOW.
482
00:29:36,965 --> 00:29:39,445
YOU CAN SEE THE STOMACH
IS FILLING UP.
483
00:29:39,482 --> 00:29:43,692
RIGHT NOW IF SHE DROPS AND
LEAVES, SHE'S DONE VERY WELL.
484
00:29:43,724 --> 00:29:46,594
AND THE CUBS ARE QUICK
TO GET IN.
485
00:29:46,620 --> 00:29:48,280
THEY'RE VERY WELL-FED.
486
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:50,070
SHE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM,
487
00:29:50,103 --> 00:29:55,103
JUST A LITTLE BIT TO PUT
THE DESSERT IN AND WALK AWAY.
488
00:29:57,241 --> 00:29:59,761
VULTURES PILING IN.
489
00:29:59,793 --> 00:30:03,103
VULTURES NOW ARE GOING TO
FINISH THE KILL AND MALAIKA,
490
00:30:03,137 --> 00:30:07,237
SHE'S GOING TO HIDE SOME IN
THE BUSH FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
491
00:30:07,275 --> 00:30:09,965
VERY HAPPY.
WE ARE ALSO VERY HAPPY.
492
00:30:13,931 --> 00:30:18,481
AND NOW, SHE'S OFF TO SLEEP
SAFELY WITH HER CUBS.
493
00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:30,100
♪♪
494
00:30:30,137 --> 00:30:32,307
Jonathan:
WHAT A LEGEND -- SCARFACE.
495
00:30:32,344 --> 00:30:33,594
THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR ME
496
00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:35,550
BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR
MALE LION,
497
00:30:35,586 --> 00:30:36,686
I JUST LOVE HIM.
498
00:30:36,724 --> 00:30:38,934
HE'S SUCH A CHARACTER.
499
00:30:38,965 --> 00:30:40,405
I MEAN, ALL THE YEARS
500
00:30:40,448 --> 00:30:42,408
I'VE SPENT IN THE MARA,
OBVIOUSLY, AT TIMES,
501
00:30:42,448 --> 00:30:43,758
I'VE HAD FAVORITES.
502
00:30:43,793 --> 00:30:46,103
AMONGST THE LIONS,
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
503
00:30:46,137 --> 00:30:49,167
HE USED TO BE A PRIDE MALE
WITH THE MARSH PRIDE.
504
00:30:49,206 --> 00:30:51,856
HE'S ONE OF WHAT WE CALL
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS.
505
00:30:51,896 --> 00:30:54,756
THEY CAME INTO THE MARSH PRIDE
IN 2011,
506
00:30:54,793 --> 00:30:58,933
AND THIS PARTICULAR MALE
HAD THE MOST APPALLING WOUND.
507
00:30:58,965 --> 00:31:00,475
YOU COULD BARELY SEE THE EYE.
508
00:31:00,517 --> 00:31:02,787
WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS HE HAD
TAKEN A TERRIBLE BLOW,
509
00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:06,967
WE THINK PROBABLY IN A FIGHT
WITH OTHER LIONS.
510
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,450
2013 -- HE WAS SHOT.
511
00:31:09,482 --> 00:31:10,722
THE VETS TREATED HIM.
512
00:31:10,758 --> 00:31:12,858
HE RECOVERED, AND THOSE
FOUR MALES MOVED
513
00:31:12,896 --> 00:31:16,546
SOUTH AND TOOK OVER
THE PARADISE PRIDE.
514
00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:18,206
SO, THIS IS A GREAT SURVIVOR.
515
00:31:18,241 --> 00:31:24,311
I MEAN, SCARFACE'S STORY --
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LION THIS IS.
516
00:31:24,344 --> 00:31:27,284
THE PARADISE PRIDE -- THEY'RE
NAMED AFTER PARADISE PLAIN.
517
00:31:27,310 --> 00:31:31,760
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA
WHICH BORDERS THE MARA RIVER,
518
00:31:31,793 --> 00:31:33,723
AND THEY'RE NEIGHBORS
OF THE MARSH PRIDE,
519
00:31:33,758 --> 00:31:35,588
AND THIS PRIDE,
IT'S A BIG PRIDE.
520
00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:37,380
WHEN YOU COUNT ALL THE CUBS,
521
00:31:37,413 --> 00:31:42,343
THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN
20 LIONS IN THIS PRIDE.
522
00:31:42,379 --> 00:31:44,829
YOU CAN SEE THE WAY
THE FEMALES THERE,
523
00:31:44,862 --> 00:31:47,072
THEY WERE JUST INTENT
ON THAT FOOD.
524
00:31:47,103 --> 00:31:49,763
THEY DIDN'T EVEN PAY ANY RESPECT
TO THE OLD BOY AT ALL.
525
00:31:49,793 --> 00:31:52,103
AND YOU CAN SEE THE WAY
HE STOOD PROUD, AND THEN,
526
00:31:52,137 --> 00:31:55,687
AS THE FEMALES WENT PAST,
HE CAME AND SCRAPED HIS FEET.
527
00:31:55,724 --> 00:31:57,794
HE'S MARKING THE PLACE.
528
00:31:57,827 --> 00:32:00,857
IT'S PART OF HIS TERRITORIAL
REPERTOIRE, SAYING
529
00:32:00,896 --> 00:32:03,586
"THIS IS MY PLACE,
THIS IS MY FOOD,
530
00:32:03,620 --> 00:32:06,000
AND THESE ARE MY LIONESSES."
531
00:32:09,965 --> 00:32:12,715
THE MARA AND THE SERENGETI
TO THE SOUTH OF HERE
532
00:32:12,758 --> 00:32:16,308
IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BIG
BLACK-MANED LIONS.
533
00:32:16,344 --> 00:32:19,174
SO, WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT A BLACK MANE?
534
00:32:19,206 --> 00:32:21,546
WELL, THE SCIENTISTS TELL US
THAT ACTUALLY,
535
00:32:21,586 --> 00:32:22,896
IT'S A SIGN OF FITNESS.
536
00:32:22,931 --> 00:32:24,621
FROM THE FEMALE'S
POINT OF VIEW,
537
00:32:24,655 --> 00:32:27,515
THESE ARE THE MALES
THAT YOU WANT TO SIRE YOUR CUBS,
538
00:32:27,551 --> 00:32:30,281
AND THERE IS NOWHERE
RIGHT NOW IN THE MARA
539
00:32:30,310 --> 00:32:35,170
WHERE THERE IS A MALE WITH A
BIGGER BLACK MANE THAN SCARFACE.
540
00:32:39,827 --> 00:32:42,517
JUST AS I'D HOPED,
HERE THEY COME.
541
00:32:42,551 --> 00:32:46,171
THE MUMS WITH THE CUBS.
542
00:32:46,206 --> 00:32:48,406
OHH, WHAT A SIGHT.
543
00:32:50,758 --> 00:32:53,098
WE CALL THE MARA
A KINGDOM OF PREDATORS,
544
00:32:53,137 --> 00:32:56,307
BUT RIGHT NOW
IT'S A KINGDOM OF LIONS.
545
00:32:56,344 --> 00:32:58,764
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE
VERY CLEARLY HERE
546
00:32:58,793 --> 00:33:00,523
IS HOW WELL THE CRèCHE WORKS.
547
00:33:00,551 --> 00:33:04,691
TWO FEMALES, SIX CUBS
ALL A SIMILAR AGE.
548
00:33:04,724 --> 00:33:06,624
AS THEY GROW UP,
THEY'LL HAVE BUDDIES.
549
00:33:06,655 --> 00:33:09,405
IF THEY GET PUSHED OUT
OF THE BRIDE, YOU NEED BACKUP.
550
00:33:09,448 --> 00:33:13,138
SO NUMBERS MEANS SUCCESS.
551
00:33:17,034 --> 00:33:19,174
I THINK WHEN YOU LIVE
IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS
552
00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:20,926
SO CLOSE TO NATURE,
553
00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:23,995
WHERE LIFE AND DEATH
ARE INSEPARABLE,
554
00:33:24,034 --> 00:33:28,034
WHEN THEY'RE
A NATURAL PART OF LIVING,
555
00:33:28,068 --> 00:33:32,448
I THINK YOU DRAW STRENGTH FROM
THE COURAGE OF THESE ANIMALS --
556
00:33:32,482 --> 00:33:34,972
FROM THEIR STOICISM,
FROM THEIR RESILIENCE.
557
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,170
THEY NEVER GIVE UP.
558
00:33:38,206 --> 00:33:42,616
SO WHEN I LOOK INTO THE EYES
OF AN OLD WARRIOR LIKE SCARFACE,
559
00:33:42,655 --> 00:33:45,095
I CAN ONLY FEEL COMPASSION
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
560
00:33:45,137 --> 00:33:48,337
FOR MOST LIONS,
DEATH WILL BE A VIOLENT DEATH
561
00:33:48,379 --> 00:33:52,029
AT THE HANDS OF OTHER LIONS,
AT THE HANDS OF HYENAS.
562
00:33:52,068 --> 00:33:55,448
AND I LOOK AT SCARFACE,
AND I THINK TO MYSELF,
563
00:33:55,482 --> 00:33:58,212
"WILL HE PERHAPS BE CHASED AWAY
FROM THIS AREA,
564
00:33:58,241 --> 00:33:59,551
BEATEN UP, KILLED?"
565
00:33:59,586 --> 00:34:00,896
COULD BE.
566
00:34:00,931 --> 00:34:03,341
THOSE ARE THE NATURAL CHANGES
THAT TAKE PLACE.
567
00:34:03,379 --> 00:34:05,379
BUT TODAY I SALUTE SCARFACE.
568
00:34:05,413 --> 00:34:08,903
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR A YEAR,
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
569
00:34:08,931 --> 00:34:12,691
FOR ME
TO WATCH THIS INCREDIBLE LION.
570
00:34:27,068 --> 00:34:32,718
♪♪
571
00:34:32,758 --> 00:34:36,028
Jackson:
THIS IS A SPOTTED HYENA.
572
00:34:36,068 --> 00:34:39,828
WE CALL THEM
THE SUPER HUNTERS.
573
00:34:39,862 --> 00:34:43,522
IN TERMS OF THE HIERARCHY,
WHERE THEY FIT,
574
00:34:43,551 --> 00:34:49,521
THEY ARE VERY CLOSE
TO OUR BIG CATS, THE LIONS.
575
00:34:49,551 --> 00:34:52,241
THIS LITTLE DEN HAS GOOD CUBS.
576
00:34:52,275 --> 00:34:57,235
WHEN THEY GROW UP, THEY CHANGE
TO BE GOLD AND SPOTTED.
577
00:34:57,275 --> 00:35:01,475
IN SWAHILI, WE CALL IT
MATOPE CHUI,
578
00:35:01,517 --> 00:35:04,137
THE DIRTY SPOTTED.
579
00:35:04,172 --> 00:35:08,592
THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY CLEAN SPOTS
LIKE A LEOPARD OR A CHEETAH.
580
00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:16,031
IT'S GOT A LITTLE TOY.
581
00:35:16,068 --> 00:35:19,618
AND YOU CAN SEE THE MALE
THERE IS JOINING THEM AND SAID,
582
00:35:19,655 --> 00:35:21,895
"I WANT TO PLAY, TOO."
583
00:35:24,724 --> 00:35:28,624
THE HYENA CLAN --
IT'S LED BY A MATRIARCH.
584
00:35:28,655 --> 00:35:31,375
SO THE FEMALE IS THE BOSS.
585
00:35:31,413 --> 00:35:34,833
IF YOU COME BACK
IN THE NEXT LIFE,
586
00:35:34,862 --> 00:35:37,762
PLEASE
DO NOT COME AS A HYENA MALE.
587
00:35:37,793 --> 00:35:40,003
THEY ARE NOTHING.
588
00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:46,790
THE MALES WILL DO THE HUNTING
BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN HUNGRY.
589
00:35:46,827 --> 00:35:48,827
THEY NEVER HAVE ENOUGH.
590
00:35:48,862 --> 00:35:54,902
SO YOU'LL FIND THE MALES CHASING
AND MAKING MOST OF THE KILLS.
591
00:35:54,931 --> 00:35:58,481
AND GUESS WHO COME -- THE BOSS.
592
00:35:58,517 --> 00:36:00,137
THE FEMALE HYENA.
593
00:36:00,172 --> 00:36:03,932
EAT, BULLY,
TAKE EVERYTHING THEY NEED,
594
00:36:03,965 --> 00:36:06,895
AND LEAVE THE SCRAPS
FOR THE BOYS.
595
00:36:13,655 --> 00:36:19,585
OH, THIS IS A NICE, LITTLE PLAY
OF THE HYENAS IN THE MORNING.
596
00:36:19,620 --> 00:36:21,830
YOU SEE HOW SWEET THEY ARE
AS A FAMILY.
597
00:36:21,862 --> 00:36:25,482
THEY RUN AROUND.
THEY PLAY TOGETHER.
598
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:29,757
AND THAT LITTLE FEMALE,
EVEN THE MALE HYENA
599
00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:34,173
HAVE TAKEN A HUGE INTEREST
TO PLAY WITH HER.
600
00:36:34,206 --> 00:36:36,616
AND THE LITTLE CUB
CALLS AFTER HIM, SAYING,
601
00:36:36,655 --> 00:36:39,135
"I'M THE FUTURE BOSS.
602
00:36:39,172 --> 00:36:40,622
I'M THE FUTURE MATRIARCH.
603
00:36:40,655 --> 00:36:42,445
LOOK."
604
00:36:42,482 --> 00:36:46,212
AND THE MOTHER STARE,
JUST SAYING, "RIGHT.
605
00:36:46,241 --> 00:36:48,831
IT'S OKAY, KIDS.
606
00:36:48,862 --> 00:36:51,032
NO TROUBLE HERE."
607
00:36:51,068 --> 00:36:55,278
THEY'RE JUST LOVING,
LOVELY FAMILY TO WATCH.
608
00:37:00,862 --> 00:37:02,692
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW ANIMALS
THAT ARE BORN
609
00:37:02,724 --> 00:37:05,974
WITH TEETH IN THEIR MOUTH,
AND THEY CAN KILL.
610
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:10,070
HYENAS KILL AS MUCH
AS 70% OF THEIR FOOD.
611
00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:15,243
IF YOU THINK OF THIS KINGDOM,
WHERE IT'S RULED BY LIONS,
612
00:37:15,275 --> 00:37:18,025
AND HYENAS ARE ALWAYS KNOWN
TO BE THE SCAVENGERS --
613
00:37:18,068 --> 00:37:20,928
MEAN, UGLY ANIMALS.
614
00:37:20,965 --> 00:37:22,655
IT'S NOT TRUE.
615
00:37:22,689 --> 00:37:23,929
LOOK AT THESE CUBS.
616
00:37:23,965 --> 00:37:25,275
LOOK AT HOW CUTE THEY ARE.
617
00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:27,450
LOOK AT THE FAMILY.
618
00:37:27,482 --> 00:37:34,622
♪♪
619
00:37:34,655 --> 00:37:36,545
THEY'RE NOT THE BADDIES.
620
00:37:36,586 --> 00:37:39,856
AND THEY ACTUALLY DO
A FANTASTIC JOB
621
00:37:39,896 --> 00:37:41,306
CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT,
622
00:37:41,344 --> 00:37:44,344
CLEANING UP
THE WILDEBEEST CARCASSES.
623
00:37:44,379 --> 00:37:50,339
THEY ARE THE REAL
NUMBER-ONE CLEANERS.
624
00:37:50,379 --> 00:37:52,209
WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE MARA
625
00:37:52,241 --> 00:37:55,341
AND THEY ARE ALL RUNNING
AFTER THE BIG CATS,
626
00:37:55,379 --> 00:37:59,969
THEY FORGET THE HYENAS
ARE JUST AS SPECIAL.
627
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:27,169
♪♪
628
00:38:27,206 --> 00:38:29,206
Jonathan: THIS HAS TO BE
629
00:38:29,241 --> 00:38:31,481
WHAT EVERYBODY
WHO WANTS TO COME ON SAFARI
630
00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:34,097
TO AFRICA
IS DREAMING OF SEEING --
631
00:38:34,137 --> 00:38:37,687
A PRIDE OF LIONS, LIONESSES,
CUBS OF DIFFERENT AGES,
632
00:38:37,724 --> 00:38:39,594
PLAY, INTERACTIONS.
633
00:38:39,620 --> 00:38:43,790
AND AS A SETTING,
AN OLD TREE STUMP LIKE THAT --
634
00:38:43,827 --> 00:38:46,447
I TELL YOU,
ANYBODY WHO IS HERE TODAY
635
00:38:46,482 --> 00:38:49,932
WATCHING THIS IS GOING
TO BE IN HEAVEN.
636
00:38:57,137 --> 00:39:04,337
♪♪
637
00:39:04,379 --> 00:39:06,099
WHEN I LOOK AT THESE
LITTLE CUBS,
638
00:39:06,137 --> 00:39:09,927
I'M REMEMBERING THAT ANGIE
AND I HAVE KNOWN CHARM
639
00:39:09,965 --> 00:39:13,025
SINCE SHE WAS THE SIZE
OF THESE TWO TINY CUBS,
640
00:39:13,068 --> 00:39:15,238
ABOUT SIX WEEKS OLD.
641
00:39:15,275 --> 00:39:16,895
SHE'S PARTICULARLY SPECIAL
TO ME.
642
00:39:16,931 --> 00:39:18,591
SHE'S GOT SUCH PRESENCE.
643
00:39:18,620 --> 00:39:21,720
THERE'S A SENSE OF WISDOM
WHEN I LOOK INTO HER FACE.
644
00:39:21,758 --> 00:39:24,028
THERE'S A SENSE OF EXPERIENCE.
645
00:39:24,068 --> 00:39:31,518
♪♪
646
00:39:31,551 --> 00:39:33,381
SHE'S AN OLD LIONESS.
647
00:39:33,413 --> 00:39:36,243
MANY LIONESSES
DON'T LIVE THIS LONG.
648
00:39:36,275 --> 00:39:38,305
AND IT COULD BE THAT
THESE TWO CUBS,
649
00:39:38,344 --> 00:39:42,314
IF THEY SURVIVE,
WILL BE HER LAST LITTER.
650
00:39:42,344 --> 00:39:50,484
♪♪
651
00:39:50,517 --> 00:39:53,757
EVERY DAY THAT
THESE LITTLE CUBS SURVIVE,
652
00:39:53,793 --> 00:39:55,553
IT WILL BE BETTER AND BETTER
653
00:39:55,586 --> 00:39:57,716
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE MORE
AND MORE MOBILE.
654
00:39:57,758 --> 00:39:59,138
THEY'LL BE STRONGER.
655
00:39:59,172 --> 00:40:01,482
THEY'LL BE MORE ABLE TO DEAL
WITH THE LIKES OF MOJA
656
00:40:01,517 --> 00:40:03,927
AND BILLY, SOLO
ROUGHING THEM UP.
657
00:40:10,655 --> 00:40:17,335
♪♪
658
00:40:17,379 --> 00:40:21,099
SO, THIS, FOR ME, IS JUST
A WONDERFUL PIECE OF HISTORY,
659
00:40:21,137 --> 00:40:25,757
AND I AM ROOTING
FOR THOSE LITTLE CUBS' SURVIVAL.
660
00:40:25,793 --> 00:40:27,793
IT'S THAT BIG-CAT LEGACY.
661
00:40:27,827 --> 00:40:30,787
IT'S THAT SENSE OF CONTINUITY.
662
00:40:30,827 --> 00:40:33,967
THE UNENDING STORY,
AND IT'LL BE CARRYING ON,
663
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,830
HOPEFULLY, LONG AFTER
I'VE DISAPPEARED THIS WORLD.
664
00:40:37,862 --> 00:40:46,692
♪♪
665
00:40:46,724 --> 00:40:50,074
JUST LOOK AT THIS.
666
00:40:50,103 --> 00:40:55,663
SIX YOUNG NOMADS ON THE PROWL.
667
00:40:55,689 --> 00:40:59,379
YOU CAN SEE THE INTENTION ON
THEIR FACES, THE WAY THEY WALK.
668
00:40:59,413 --> 00:41:01,523
THEY ARE REALLY PUMPED UP,
669
00:41:01,551 --> 00:41:03,211
AND THEY'RE GONNA CAUSE
A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
670
00:41:03,241 --> 00:41:06,241
ANY MALES IN THIS AREA,
THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
671
00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:11,480
AND WHAT ABOUT MOJA AND BILLY
AND SOLO,
672
00:41:11,517 --> 00:41:13,407
OUR THREE LITTLE MARSH CUBS?
673
00:41:13,448 --> 00:41:15,658
IF THESE MALES CAME OVER
THE RISE
674
00:41:15,689 --> 00:41:18,999
AND TOOK OVER THAT PRIDE,
THOSE CUBS WOULD BE TOAST.
675
00:41:22,517 --> 00:41:24,547
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE
IF YOU WERE PRIDE MALES
676
00:41:24,586 --> 00:41:27,686
AND YOU SAW THESE
SIX HEADED TOWARDS YOU?
677
00:41:27,724 --> 00:41:30,414
BECAUSE THEIR MOMENT
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
678
00:41:30,448 --> 00:41:36,448
♪♪
679
00:41:36,482 --> 00:41:39,592
NEXT TIME
ON "BIG CAT TALES"...
680
00:41:39,620 --> 00:41:42,830
AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY,
OUR TEAM RETURNS TO THE MARA
681
00:41:42,862 --> 00:41:45,552
DURING
THE GREAT WILDEBEEST MIGRATION.
682
00:41:45,586 --> 00:41:47,996
EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.
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