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Since time immemorial,
animals have roamed this planet.
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Seasons have determined
the ebb and flow of life and death.
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Hunger has dominated the tension
between the hunters and the hunted.
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Alone,
it's tough to survive in this world.
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In a team, the odds improve.
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Invisible borders line this landscape.
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For each gang, a territory.
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For each territory, a war.
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AFRICA'S
DEADLIEST
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This is the alpha female
of a pack of wild dogs.
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She was born to rule.
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Her siblings are her servants.
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Their job is to move
the alpha female's pups to safety
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at the first sign of danger.
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We curtsy or kneel when we show respect.
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Wild dogs have come up with a sign
that's a bit more in your face.
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They poo.
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The air is abuzz with excitement.
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They want the alpha female
to initiate another hunt.
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Wild dogs are one of Africa's
most efficient hunters.
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They swivel their round ears like antennas
to pinpoint the position of possible prey.
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One dog is not much of a threat.
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But it's difficult to hide when
20 pairs of eyes scout the landscape.
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The alpha pair selects a weak link.
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The rest of the pack
follows their leaders.
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Wild dogs can run at 43 miles per hour
and keep up the pace for three miles.
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Lions average a 30% success rate
on a hunt.
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Wild dogs score around 80%.
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Relative to size, wild dogs
have the strongest bite force
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of all African carnivores.
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The benefit, food security.
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But membership isn't free.
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The alpha female and her partner
do most of the breeding, if not all.
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Their dominance is so strong
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that it seems to suppress
the reproductive instincts
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in the other females.
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But this sister is different.
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She wants to mate.
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All she needs is
a willing subordinate male.
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It's risky business.
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The alpha female may well kill
any pups that aren't hers.
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A few weeks later, the alpha female
and her sister come to blows.
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At issue, overstepping boundaries.
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And the younger sister's
refusal to submit.
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Wild dogs are normally
not aggressive towards each other.
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Now violence erupts.
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This triggers an exodus.
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It's getting so overcrowded
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that four females
join the sister when she leaves the pack.
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Between them,
they have the know-how and potency
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to take down a 350-pound wildebeest.
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But to find males and form a new pack,
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they may have to travel
as far as 180 miles.
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And there are numerous obstacles
on the way.
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At midday, temperatures soar
to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The younger sister
and her cohorts seek shade,
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and so do a troop of baboons.
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A latecomer spoils the siesta.
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The younger sister is still inexperienced.
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She can't afford
a full-blown confrontation.
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Not now while they're weak
and in unfamiliar territory.
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They're tired and starving.
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To stay alive, they must scavenge.
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Down by the river,
an opportunity to do just that.
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They wait.
Hunger pains gnaw at their stomachs.
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For one of them,
the hunger is too much to bear.
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She pays the price for impatience.
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The next day, the young sister
leads her motley crew further east.
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Seven pounds. That's how much meat
wild dogs need to eat every day.
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The new leader follows a scent in the air.
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Bingo.
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Taking down this zebra
could save them all.
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This is 600 pounds of food.
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But zebra is one of the most
difficult prey to catch.
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One kick can crack a wild dog's skull.
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There's only one way to catch a zebra.
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Make them run.
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But zebras have been exposed to this.
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They don't panic.
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A little gallop and then they stop.
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It's a standoff.
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Wild dogs are only successful
in taking down zebras 7% of the time.
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It was a lost cause
before she even started.
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Beyond the borders of her
sister's territory, her luck changes.
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She stumbles upon a group of outcasts.
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They're all bachelors, and the alpha male
is looking for a breeding partner.
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It's a match.
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And what better way to unite
than on a hunt?
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Communication is key.
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Her new subordinates keep an eye on her.
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She selects the target. They give support.
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Her gamble has paid off.
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Her authority confirmed.
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But already her new reign is under threat.
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Hyenas.
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Today, the 150-pound,
bone-crushing matriarch
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of a hyena gang hunts alone.
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These two predators
are deadly competitors.
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But the young sister
can't resist the temptation.
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Going after the same prey
is a recipe for disaster.
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The matriarch is so focused on her kill
she doesn't see the wild dogs coming.
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Normally, hyenas steal
kills from wild dogs.
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But today, because she's alone,
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the matriarch must share.
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When the rest of the hyena gang shows up,
the younger sister calls it quits.
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Pound for pound, hyenas are twice as heavy
and almost double the size of wild dogs.
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And their bite can crush
even the toughest of bones.
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They've got the strength
that wild dogs lack.
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It's a mystery why zebras would allow
hyenas so close without running away.
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They seem so relaxed.
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But so do the hyenas.
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As it turns out, it's all a scam.
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A hyena's bite is over 10 times
stronger than our own.
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It can tear through skin and crack bone
that is three inches thick.
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An average-sized hyena can eat more than
35 pounds of meat in one sitting.
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That equates to a fully grown human male
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eating 667 McDonald's patties
in less than 20 minutes.
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Every day the gang
criss-crosses the hunting fields.
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Today there's one unfamiliar face
amongst them.
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A loner.
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The matriarch sniffs him out.
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If he's seeking mating opportunities,
he'll have to get in line
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behind the low rankers at the very bottom.
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If he jumps the queue,
the matriarch could kill him.
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Her excitement spreads through the clan.
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There's no way this nomad
can bump up his status today.
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The matriarch makes sure
he gets the message.
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Today, she's out hunting again.
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Her nose leads her to a treasure.
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Hers alone, if she can get it.
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But there's a large cat to contend with.
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In a fight between these two,
the odds are in the hyena's favor.
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The leopard is cautious.
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Against one hyena,
he might be able to reclaim his kill.
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But not against two.
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There's only one cat that can
give the duo a run for their money.
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Pound for pound, these two lionesses
outweigh the hyenas.
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But the hyenas have an ace
up their sleeves.
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They call for backup.
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Five hyenas change the odds.
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In terms of weight and numbers,
they now have the upper hand.
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They're a weird bunch.
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Hyenas lick their genitals like cats.
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And despite their doglike physique,
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the males don't lift their legs
when they urinate.
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And when it's too hot, they, well--
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Can't be sure.
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Vultures wake them
from their afternoon nap.
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A sure sign that something
is dead or dying.
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The matriarch is quick to respond.
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As befits a queen, she gets right of way
on all carcasses.
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She's after the marrow,
a delicacy rich in protein and fat.
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What she can't finish, she hides.
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No one would know any better,
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but the matriarch is sitting
on the carcass of a kill.
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When hunger calls, she fishes it out.
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As her clan grows,
the demand for food increases.
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When these cubs are weaned,
at about 14 months, they'll want meat.
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Lots of it.
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Her reputation as a scavenger
is undeserved.
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Hyenas kill as much as 95%
of the food they eat.
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Under the cover of darkness,
her hunting instincts kick in.
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Hyenas see better than their prey
at night.
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Their hearing senses are acute.
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And they can run nonstop
for two miles to chase down prey.
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Tonight her clan joins her.
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In the dark,
the wildebeest panic and scatter.
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Exactly what the hyenas want.
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The end is swift and violent.
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Disemboweled,
the victim dies within minutes.
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Now it's every hyena for himself.
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Not far off, a loner has
an easier way to fill his stomach.
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What he doesn't know is that
he's surrounded
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by one of the deadliest gangs in Africa.
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Hippos might look like
large boulders in the water.
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But provoke them,
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and they turn into hefty sumo wrestlers.
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They have the largest mouth
of any animal on land.
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It's a four-foot nutcracker
that includes a pair of sharp tusks.
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The canine teeth can be 27 inches.
Long enough to impale a human body.
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Every year hippos kill around 500 people.
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It's the dry season.
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When water is scarce, tempers flare.
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This fight is between a young rookie
and the dominant bull.
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The stakes are high.
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The bull has a harem of about 30 cows
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and space in a river
that's drying up fast.
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The rookie's challenge soon goes south.
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Ousted, he now competes for territory
among crocodiles
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at the outer edge of the riverbank.
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Even here, space is limited.
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More hippos arrive
as smaller rivers dry up.
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Among the new arrivals,
a female and her calf.
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Every hippo scrambles for a foothold.
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In this tight squeeze,
hippos become extremely aggressive.
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In good times, each dominant male
carved out a piece of river for himself.
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Now more than 10 gangs are forced
into the same territory.
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Combat is the only way to assess
who is boss in this mob.
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The scuffle triggers a violent stampede.
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And in the mass panic, the baby calf
disappears in a sea of bodies.
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En masse, a gang of crocodiles moves
in to devour the bloated carcasses.
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There are more dead hippos
than they can cope with.
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With so much rotting flesh,
the crocs pay no attention to the rookie,
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and for now they tolerate each other.
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But as time passes, the dry season
tightens its grip on the land.
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The place reeks of death.
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Scavengers know dinner is served.
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Close by, an old hippo bull
has had enough.
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The crocs are having a field day.
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Until now, crocodiles and hippos
have mostly ignored each other.
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But with space at a premium, the hippo's
patience with the reptilians runs out.
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And the crocs are becoming bolder.
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One croc pushes it too far.
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The hippos try and bully the croc
with their massive bodies.
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And when that doesn't work,
they go for the jugular.
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One bite can snap this crocodile in half.
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But just as the hippo slams down his jaw,
the crocodile twists and escapes.
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With the same force,
hippos can cut canoes in half
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or puncture aluminum boats
with their long tusks.
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If the rookie survives the season,
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he'll get another chance
to challenge the dominant bull.
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In the meantime,
vultures are one of the gangs
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that benefit from the ongoing famine.
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They can spot a three-foot carcass
from as far as four miles.
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Some of them spend hours gliding
in hot thermals, saving energy,
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waiting for a kill.
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The African white-backed vulture
is often the first on the scene.
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Now the rest of the gang joins him.
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Together, they form
a pack driven by hunger.
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They hang back until all the actors
have played their part.
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After all, they're not here
for the main meal.
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They're here to clear the table.
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Nature has given them
the right tools for the job.
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Large talons.
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Razor-sharp beaks.
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And a stomach filled with digestive acids
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that kills
dangerous bacteria like anthrax.
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Vultures have also adapted
to digging into the dead.
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They're bald.
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It's less messy.
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It also helps to regulate
their temperature,
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and it displays their moods.
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Dominant birds get so aggressive that
their bald heads change to a pink blush.
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Submissive birds back down.
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Gluttony is an essential vice in the wild.
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In a world of gate crashers
and uninvited guests with sharp teeth,
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one must eat fast.
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You never know who's going to turn up.
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Jackals make a living
by taking huge risks.
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They nibble at the dining tables
of larger predators
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with longer teeth and sharper claws.
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Here every meal is a gamble with death.
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Three hyenas versus three jackals.
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Together, the hyenas
outweigh them by over 400 pounds.
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If the jackal gets close enough,
he scores a free meal.
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Too close, he dies.
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This jackal puts in a fast sprint.
Twenty miles an hour.
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But the hyena is faster.
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There's only one way
out of this predicament.
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He sacrifices his meal.
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The noise of the disturbance travels far.
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Within minutes,
three more jackals show up.
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Two seem to squabble
over the pecking order.
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While they fight it out,
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jackal number one
launches his second attempt.
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It's a jackal trademark. Cunning.
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The other is boldness.
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If jackals can't find a carcass,
they'll follow a predator.
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And there's no danger pay.
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One misstep and it's game over.
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This jackal gets it right
most of the time.
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But with this cheetah, he miscalculates.
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The fastest land animal on this planet
is hot on his tail.
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He can't outrun
a 60-miles-per-hour sprinter.
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He's got one thing in his favor. Stamina.
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Today, it saves his skin.
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When scavenging doesn't pay off,
jackals hunt.
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With their long ears, they can pick out
the movement of rodents in the distance.
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Their canines are sharp and curved,
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good for killing and slicing up prey.
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This jackal is under pressure
to provide for his family.
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A rodent is barely a snack.
He needs a meal.
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Jackals con their prey into believing
they're not a threat.
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It's a clever strategy
to get close enough to make a kill.
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He's done this many times before.
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His attack on this buck is relentless.
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And his strategy is simple.
If you can't fight it, wear it down.
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For 40 minutes, this fully grown springbok
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tries to avoid the constant
nipping at his tendons.
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And then it's over.
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Tonight, his family won't go hungry.
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While carnivores carve up landscapes
and fight over territory,
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a deadly army goes for a massacre.
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They hug the shoreline
of the Indian Ocean.
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Bottlenose dolphins.
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Some battalions can be a thousand strong.
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There's no strict order.
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The males spearhead their own march.
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The females and their offspring
follow slightly behind.
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They're after this.
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Millions of sardines that migrate
up the coast for three months of the year.
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With them comes every shark
in the neighborhood.
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A collision is inevitable.
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Exactly why the sardine run begins
remains a mystery.
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And these bottlenose dolphins must
find it before the sardines disappear.
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For some of the juveniles,
this will be their first run.
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But they're not responsible
for the slow progress.
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This female is.
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She's been carrying her dead baby
for days.
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If the pod races on ahead without her,
she'll be vulnerable.
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Hundreds of sharks
are on the same journey.
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The battalion pushes ahead.
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A few dolphins hang back to keep
the grieving mother company.
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The breakup of the pod presents
an opportunity for this dusky shark.
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This could very well be this youngster's
first and last sardine run.
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But he's got his back covered.
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Three dolphins intercept the shark
as he closes in for the kill.
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One dolphin forms a rear guard,
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while the rest bulldoze
the shark away from the youngster.
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The pod is back on track.
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They send ultrasounds through the water.
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When the waves strike a large object,
the sound bounces back like sonar.
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Now the gang unites.
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The squad circles the sardines
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and separates part of the mass
into a bait ball.
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Dolphins keep them in this death trap
by creating a virtual net made of bubbles.
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While half the party feeds on top,
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a driver pushes the sardines closer
to the surface.
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And towards the other dolphins.
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A dolphin on the surface
stuns a large chunk of the ball
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with his mighty tail slap.
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The rest of the gang moves in
for a body count.
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Sharks don't pose a problem
in this battle zone.
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Everyone focuses on the sardines.
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Each dolphin consumes
between 16 and 33 pounds of fish.
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It's teamwork at its best.
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But dolphins have a dark side.
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The males gang up.
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And today, four of them have
only one thing on their mind.
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They select a female.
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Now they separate her
from the rest of the gang.
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And they do it with force.
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It's called herding,
but it's no different than kidnapping.
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The first male copulates
while the rest watch and wait.
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If she resists, they'll bite her
or hit her with their tails.
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Every male gets a turn.
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This assault can go on
for four minutes or three months.
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But this is going to be short-lived.
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Not far behind them is a deadlier gang.
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They eat seals, sharks, and dolphins.
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And they're closing in fast.
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Orcas, also known as killer whales,
dominate every corner of our oceans.
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Their beauty and grace is only
surpassed by their intelligence.
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Like humans, they have the ability
to learn new skills.
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Adapt to changing environments.
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And pass on their knowledge
to the next generation.
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They eat sea lions, fish, seabirds,
and even attack great whites.
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This pod consists of a mother,
aunts, brothers, and sisters.
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Today they're teaching the youngest
sibling how to hunt seals.
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00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:22,800
At top speed, these two-ton giants
clock in at around 30 miles per hour.
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That's almost twice as fast as seals.
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But it's not speed that kills.
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It's power.
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The first impact stuns the victim.
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But the seal recovers quickly
and makes a sharp turn.
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Orcas are less agile.
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But the rest of the family has already
blocked off the escape route.
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00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:12,400
Junior is fast approaching the age
where he needs to contribute to the pod.
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He graduates with flying colors.
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Like us, orcas form complex social bonds.
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The mother and the entire pod
take charge of education.
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Even her adult sons will stay together
with the rest of the pod throughout life.
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As a gang, they have
a better chance to survive.
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This close-knit family
travels up to 100 miles a day.
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A fully grown male orca can eat
nearly 500 pounds of meat a day.
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That's half a horse.
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Their sonar picks up movement ahead.
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Dolphins.
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In complete silence,
they race up from behind.
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00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,200
Now they close in
and deliver the first blow.
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The impact cripples the dolphin
and breaks its speed.
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The second blow is a knockout.
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The dolphin is dazed and unbalanced.
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Instead of eating it alive, they drown it.
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They're even capable of drowning
a blue whale
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nearly 20 times the weight
of a fully grown orca.
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Sharks aren't safe either.
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They're also on orcas' menu.
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He's outnumbered and outfoxed.
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Orca strategy?
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Force the shark to the surface,
tire him out.
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These giant killers toy with him
like a cat would with a mouse.
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They turn the shark upside down.
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{\an8}This induces a state of paralysis
known as tonic immobility.
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{\an8}The shark doesn't move.
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{\an8}The feeding begins.
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{\an8}The borders of the ganglands of Africa
are invisible to the human eye.
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{\an8}The turf wars aren't.
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{\an8}The different gangs may
all use different strategies,
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{\an8}but they all share
the same code of conduct.
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{\an8}Kill or be killed.
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