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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:09,966 --> 00:00:14,866 From the iconic big cats that enthrall us... 2 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:17,266 to the little-known small cats 3 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:21,333 that are just coming into light... 4 00:00:21,366 --> 00:00:24,800 these felines have conquered the planet 5 00:00:24,833 --> 00:00:27,566 and are leading extraordinary lives. 6 00:00:31,266 --> 00:00:33,566 They are acrobats in the jungle... 7 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:37,900 opportunists on the beach. 8 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:42,700 There's even a semi-blind bobcat 9 00:00:42,733 --> 00:00:45,133 who can pluck her dinner from the air. 10 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:50,166 From the oldest desert in Africa... 11 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,800 to the highest mountain on Earth, 12 00:00:56,833 --> 00:01:00,833 cats have adapted to the challenges of every climate 13 00:01:00,866 --> 00:01:03,900 and found a way to survive. 14 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:48,400 The monsoon wetlands of South Asia. 15 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,900 Home to an extraordinary cat. 16 00:02:00,533 --> 00:02:04,966 One whose entire life revolves around water. 17 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:49,100 This is a fishing cat. 18 00:03:02,566 --> 00:03:05,466 Their unique ability to catch slippery fish 19 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:07,900 in these weed-filled ponds 20 00:03:07,933 --> 00:03:11,300 has allowed them to colonize these vast wetlands. 21 00:03:15,433 --> 00:03:19,133 Beneath their long outer coats, they have a shorter layer 22 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:23,333 of insulating fur that acts like a wet suit, 23 00:03:23,366 --> 00:03:27,700 and they have partially webbed feet. 24 00:03:27,733 --> 00:03:30,533 They're well adapted to a life aquatic. 25 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,900 But even so, every fishing cat still has to learn how to fish. 26 00:03:45,033 --> 00:03:49,333 This female has two kittens just a couple of months old. 27 00:03:59,933 --> 00:04:02,833 Up to now they've been kept safely away 28 00:04:02,866 --> 00:04:08,466 from the water's edge, but that's all about to change. 29 00:04:24,766 --> 00:04:28,033 This is the first time they've seen water. 30 00:04:48,366 --> 00:04:50,566 It's natural to be nervous. 31 00:05:04,866 --> 00:05:08,300 But these kittens are born water babies. 32 00:05:19,566 --> 00:05:21,800 It's time to show them the real reason 33 00:05:21,833 --> 00:05:23,966 they've been brought here. 34 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:55,466 Long whiskers detect vibrations from fish 35 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:59,333 moving in the shallows... 36 00:05:59,366 --> 00:06:02,600 helping to gauge the exact striking distance. 37 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,633 Then it's the kittens' turn. 38 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:50,733 For now, it's only water plants that need to be afraid. 39 00:06:59,966 --> 00:07:02,000 This could take some time. 40 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,966 They'll be back tomorrow for another lesson. 41 00:07:22,433 --> 00:07:25,700 All over the globe, cats of all shapes 42 00:07:25,733 --> 00:07:28,466 and sizes have adapted to the challenges 43 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:31,700 of the planet's most extreme environments. 44 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,800 This is the Namib, Southern Africa. 45 00:07:52,833 --> 00:07:55,200 The oldest desert on Earth. 46 00:08:02,333 --> 00:08:06,033 There's no surface water for hundreds of miles. 47 00:08:18,733 --> 00:08:23,766 Despite this, these desert lions thrive amongst the dunes. 48 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,266 They live in small, isolated prides, 49 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:48,333 relying on shared knowledge and experience 50 00:08:48,366 --> 00:08:51,533 to find food in this hostile landscape. 51 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:10,066 Emerging from the dunes, 3 sisters, recently orphaned, 52 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:12,500 barely a year old. 53 00:09:21,766 --> 00:09:23,966 They are alone... 54 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:30,266 the youngest, most inexperienced pride in Africa. 55 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,666 This is the hardest time of the year 56 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:03,900 for the animals of the Namib. 57 00:10:07,966 --> 00:10:11,666 The desert is at its hottest and driest. 58 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:20,900 Yet, it's this hostility that offers the cubs 59 00:10:20,933 --> 00:10:23,100 a chance to survive. 60 00:10:28,566 --> 00:10:32,766 It will mean searching, day in, day out. 61 00:10:43,966 --> 00:10:47,000 They walk twice as far as lions 62 00:10:47,033 --> 00:10:49,733 living on the savannas of East Africa. 63 00:11:05,866 --> 00:11:10,400 But this harsh place sometimes throws them a lifeline, 64 00:11:10,433 --> 00:11:14,066 a victim of the extreme heat, a dead oryx. 65 00:11:23,133 --> 00:11:27,000 These cubs don't have the skills or the strength to hunt yet... 66 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,800 ...but like all desert lions, when times demand it, 67 00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:40,866 they will scavenge, even on rotting meat. 68 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,466 With luck, this strategy 69 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:02,533 of scavenging victims of the harsh desert 70 00:12:02,566 --> 00:12:05,133 will keep the cubs from starvation. 71 00:12:26,166 --> 00:12:31,433 A kudu, a huge antelope, and one rarely seen in the desert. 72 00:12:43,866 --> 00:12:48,366 But this is no victim of the heat. 73 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,300 This is a lion kill. 74 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:15,466 A full-grown lioness who's not going to share. 75 00:13:20,666 --> 00:13:25,500 A close call and a vital lesson for the sisters. 76 00:13:29,666 --> 00:13:33,066 In the desert, the biggest danger facing young lions 77 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:35,366 comes from adult lions. 78 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:55,866 The desert has provided just enough for them to survive. 79 00:13:57,966 --> 00:14:01,366 Very soon, they will be old enough and strong enough 80 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,566 to hunt for themselves. 81 00:14:13,366 --> 00:14:15,466 Cats have evolved to survive 82 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:18,500 in almost every environment on Earth. 83 00:14:22,666 --> 00:14:26,700 The thick fur and large padded feet of Canada lynx 84 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:30,766 enable them to thrive in the deep snow of the frozen north. 85 00:14:39,233 --> 00:14:41,266 In the forests of India, 86 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:44,066 wonderfully agile clouded leopards 87 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:48,466 are at home amongst tangled branches. 88 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:51,200 Large claws provide grip, 89 00:14:51,233 --> 00:14:54,266 and a long tail gives them balance. 90 00:15:04,266 --> 00:15:07,633 On the African plains, caracal spring 91 00:15:07,666 --> 00:15:13,333 almost effortlessly over the tall savanna grass 92 00:15:13,366 --> 00:15:16,300 using their long, powerful legs. 93 00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:29,966 While some cats are finely tuned to live in just one environment, 94 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,200 others have a different strategy. 95 00:15:35,666 --> 00:15:39,000 They will go wherever new opportunities appear. 96 00:15:50,633 --> 00:15:54,733 The Pacific coast of Costa Rica. 97 00:15:54,766 --> 00:15:59,066 Here, there's a cat that has mastered life in the jungle 98 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:02,366 emerging to hunt on a tropical beach. 99 00:16:14,333 --> 00:16:17,400 Thermal imaging cameras reveal the nightlife 100 00:16:17,433 --> 00:16:21,433 on this pacific shore, and it's busy. 101 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:45,933 A jaguar, the biggest and most powerful cat in the Americas. 102 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,700 They're built to take on the biggest, 103 00:17:06,733 --> 00:17:09,300 most dangerous prey in the jungle... 104 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:16,300 but that task is even more difficult for this female. 105 00:17:16,333 --> 00:17:18,433 She's pregnant. 106 00:17:18,466 --> 00:17:22,200 Right now she needs to eat as much as possible 107 00:17:22,233 --> 00:17:25,200 to provide nourishment for her developing cub. 108 00:17:27,866 --> 00:17:30,500 Tonight, this beach may provide 109 00:17:30,533 --> 00:17:33,333 a very welcome addition to her diet. 110 00:17:41,566 --> 00:17:48,366 A jaguar's eyes are 6 times more sensitive to light than our own, 111 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,000 so even in the dark, 112 00:17:51,033 --> 00:17:54,133 anything that moves catches her attention. 113 00:18:00,466 --> 00:18:03,100 Around the time of the full moon, 114 00:18:03,133 --> 00:18:06,100 turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. 115 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,200 For protection, an olive ridley turtle 116 00:18:58,233 --> 00:19:00,366 wears armor one inch thick. 117 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,466 But for its size, 118 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:16,333 a jaguar has the strongest jaws of any cat. 119 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,966 And a bite powerful enough to crack open 120 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,200 this rich source of food. 121 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:47,133 She is not the only one that benefits. 122 00:19:47,166 --> 00:19:49,933 Other animals clean up the scraps. 123 00:19:57,966 --> 00:20:02,433 Her visit to the beach couldn't have been timed any better. 124 00:20:14,833 --> 00:20:18,033 It's the beginning of a seasonal gathering of turtles 125 00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:22,433 the arrival. 126 00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:22,433 arribada, 127 00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:22,433 known locally as the 128 00:20:42,466 --> 00:20:44,600 Over the next few nights, 129 00:20:44,633 --> 00:20:49,433 30 thousand turtles will come to this beach to nest. 130 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,633 It's rare for a cat to have food so readily available, 131 00:21:15,666 --> 00:21:18,766 and this pregnant mother isn't the only one 132 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,066 that will feed well tonight. 133 00:21:27,766 --> 00:21:32,100 As many as 14 jaguars patrol this beach. 134 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,966 One of the densest populations in the world. 135 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:51,100 In fact, they won't eat many, 136 00:21:51,133 --> 00:21:53,200 but the meat from just a few turtles 137 00:21:53,233 --> 00:21:55,433 will make all the difference. 138 00:21:58,566 --> 00:22:01,500 Soon this opportunity will be over, 139 00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:05,233 and the jaguars will return to hunting in the forest... 140 00:22:08,133 --> 00:22:10,833 leaving the beach to the thousands of hatchlings 141 00:22:10,866 --> 00:22:14,333 that emerge and instinctively head for the sea. 142 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,066 Two and a half thousand miles north... 143 00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:43,900 the cool and stormy shores of California. 144 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,300 A very different coastline where a very different cat 145 00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:57,266 has found her own way to make a living. 146 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:12,300 At home in her den close to the beach, 147 00:23:12,333 --> 00:23:15,333 a remarkable bobcat. 148 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:25,300 Bobcats usually hunt rabbits and small mammals, 149 00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:29,833 but this female has set her sights higher. 150 00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:53,700 Here, where a freshwater stream meets the sea... 151 00:23:57,233 --> 00:24:01,166 gulls flock to drink and wash salt from their feathers. 152 00:24:05,566 --> 00:24:07,833 It's what she's counting on. 153 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:30,266 But it's not going to be easy. 154 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:48,666 She'll just have to wait for the gulls to come back. 155 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,900 To hunt like this takes determination... 156 00:25:04,566 --> 00:25:06,766 and an enterprising spirit. 157 00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:28,533 Most end in failure. 158 00:25:32,566 --> 00:25:35,233 But she returns day after day. 159 00:25:37,966 --> 00:25:41,466 With every attempt, she refines her technique. 160 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:12,200 At last! 161 00:26:12,233 --> 00:26:15,133 But one gull won't keep her fed for long. 162 00:26:25,433 --> 00:26:27,066 Fortunately, this beach 163 00:26:27,100 --> 00:26:29,300 is never short of chances to hunt. 164 00:27:32,733 --> 00:27:35,766 There's no doubting her persistence and skill... 165 00:27:39,633 --> 00:27:43,166 even if the occasional gull does slip her grip. 166 00:27:52,066 --> 00:27:56,633 And like any cat, once a bobcat has perfected the hunt... 167 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:01,166 they'll keep on killing... 168 00:28:09,066 --> 00:28:13,366 ensuring that they have enough food 169 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,900 just in case the supply should suddenly run out. 170 00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:22,933 And what makes this hunter truly remarkable 171 00:28:22,966 --> 00:28:25,900 is that she's blind in one eye! 172 00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:36,400 The Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh 173 00:28:36,433 --> 00:28:39,366 is the world's largest mangrove swamp. 174 00:28:48,066 --> 00:28:52,700 Unexplored muddy islands surrounded by the sea... 175 00:28:56,233 --> 00:28:59,200 where a legendary big cat rules. 176 00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:19,333 Perhaps the most elusive and least understood. 177 00:29:34,733 --> 00:29:36,900 The swamp tiger. 178 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:16,066 Only at low tide is it possible to catch a glimpse 179 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:19,833 of what lies within these mysterious mangroves. 180 00:30:43,833 --> 00:30:47,133 This is when animals come down to the shore to feed... 181 00:30:52,666 --> 00:30:54,000 ...both the hunted 182 00:30:54,033 --> 00:30:56,533 and the hunter. 183 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,833 Low tide also offers a brief chance for this male 184 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:10,600 to patrol the shoreline of his island. 185 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,366 Scent marking is a warning to other tigers to keep out. 186 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,366 This is a place where a cat must live his entire life 187 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,600 in tune with the tide. 188 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:11,400 With the rising water, life retreats, 189 00:32:11,433 --> 00:32:13,933 back into the depths of the mangroves... 190 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,700 and he must follow, disappearing again 191 00:32:22,733 --> 00:32:25,100 into these strange swamplands. 192 00:32:32,766 --> 00:32:36,600 We know almost nothing about these tigers, 193 00:32:36,633 --> 00:32:40,200 but researchers now believe that as many as a hundred of them 194 00:32:40,233 --> 00:32:42,966 make these remote islands their home. 195 00:32:49,933 --> 00:32:55,033 The world's most celebrated big cats continue to surprise us, 196 00:32:55,066 --> 00:32:59,533 but the most surprising cats of all... 197 00:32:59,566 --> 00:33:01,266 are the little cats. 198 00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:23,066 Out of the 40 known species, 199 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:27,700 33 are what scientists call the small cats. 200 00:33:34,166 --> 00:33:35,866 They are the most secretive 201 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:38,766 and least studied members of the family. 202 00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:47,933 In the mountains of Chile, a guina, 203 00:33:47,966 --> 00:33:50,300 the smallest cat in all the Americas, 204 00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:52,933 hunts moths amongst the undergrowth. 205 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:06,066 Ocelots are the most common cat in the Costa Rican jungle, 206 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:08,300 yet they are rarely seen. 207 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,800 Their perfectly camouflaged coats 208 00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:16,900 help them to disappear in an instant. 209 00:34:26,366 --> 00:34:30,800 African wildcats live scattered all across Africa, 210 00:34:30,833 --> 00:34:33,633 from Morocco to South Africa. 211 00:34:33,666 --> 00:34:36,300 They're one of the most widespread of all cats, 212 00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:39,733 yet they, too, are hardly ever seen. 213 00:34:46,866 --> 00:34:50,966 But now specialized camera technology 214 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,633 is giving us a new insight into the mysterious lives 215 00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:56,866 of these small cats... 216 00:34:59,433 --> 00:35:02,433 in some of the most remote places on Earth. 217 00:35:10,133 --> 00:35:13,733 The Karoo Desert, South Africa. 218 00:35:13,766 --> 00:35:18,366 A vast landscape dominated by low desert scrub. 219 00:35:22,933 --> 00:35:27,500 It provides the perfect cover for Africa's smallest cat. 220 00:35:47,033 --> 00:35:51,366 She waits for the cool of night before heading out to hunt. 221 00:36:12,666 --> 00:36:14,900 A black-footed cat. 222 00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:26,900 This little female is known to researchers as Gyra. 223 00:36:26,933 --> 00:36:30,433 She's tiny, weighing a mere two pounds, 224 00:36:30,466 --> 00:36:33,466 200 times less than a lion. 225 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:48,300 She'd be almost impossible to find, 226 00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:52,333 but she's being tracked with a radio collar. 227 00:36:52,366 --> 00:36:57,300 And using surveillance cameras that rival a cat's night vision, 228 00:36:57,333 --> 00:37:01,533 we can at last reveal her nocturnal pursuits. 229 00:37:09,566 --> 00:37:13,933 She can walk 20 miles a night in search of food, 230 00:37:13,966 --> 00:37:17,133 the farthest recorded for any small cat. 231 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,433 Guided by superb night vision, 232 00:37:25,466 --> 00:37:28,900 and responding to the smallest of sounds, 233 00:37:28,933 --> 00:37:33,066 she finds almost anything that moves is a potential meal. 234 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,300 She'll even eat locusts... 235 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,733 but she prefers gerbils. 236 00:37:59,733 --> 00:38:03,366 Or if that doesn't work... 237 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,566 birds. 238 00:38:35,433 --> 00:38:37,966 With a wiggle to tuck her legs in, 239 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,966 she gets as low to the ground as possible. 240 00:38:43,733 --> 00:38:47,866 Primed like a spring, she can deliver maximum power 241 00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:49,466 to jump! 242 00:38:56,066 --> 00:38:59,766 She hits her target 60% of the time. 243 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,133 It's what makes black-footed cats 244 00:39:02,166 --> 00:39:06,033 the most lethal hunters in the entire cat family. 245 00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:17,166 And the reason for Gyra's huge appetite 246 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,033 is that she's raising her own little hunter. 247 00:39:40,766 --> 00:39:46,066 Even the deadliest cat in Africa has a softer side. 248 00:39:56,966 --> 00:40:01,200 Perhaps the most bizarre small cat of all lives here... 249 00:40:05,233 --> 00:40:07,166 in the heart of Mongolia... 250 00:40:11,366 --> 00:40:15,500 one of the most remote and least populated places on Earth. 251 00:40:26,166 --> 00:40:29,766 After decades of research, we are now able to reveal 252 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,466 an insight into their hidden lives. 253 00:41:06,066 --> 00:41:08,333 This is a Pallas's cat. 254 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:29,300 She's cautious and she has good reason. 255 00:41:34,166 --> 00:41:36,866 Kittens. 256 00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:39,266 4 of them. 257 00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:45,533 2 months old and just out of the den. 258 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,133 They're already becoming a bit of a handful. 259 00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:32,533 They live in a world of windswept grassland, 260 00:42:32,566 --> 00:42:37,866 an area three times bigger than the state of Texas. 261 00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:42,700 But this outcrop of rocks is a safe place to hide the family. 262 00:42:47,633 --> 00:42:50,600 It's morning, and the kittens are hungry, 263 00:42:50,633 --> 00:42:53,900 but a mother can't hunt with four excitable youngsters 264 00:42:53,933 --> 00:42:56,133 tagging along. 265 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,833 Today, she will have to leave her kittens home alone. 266 00:43:16,666 --> 00:43:20,066 Out here in the open, there's nowhere to hide. 267 00:43:24,900 --> 00:43:29,033 The only thing she can do is try and blend in. 268 00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:37,166 Pallas's cats' ears are positioned 269 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,733 unusually low on their heads, 270 00:43:39,766 --> 00:43:42,966 and that helps them to keep a low profile. 271 00:43:57,433 --> 00:44:01,300 What's more, these cats can flatten their bodies 272 00:44:01,333 --> 00:44:03,500 to look like a rock. 273 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,100 She'll need to hunt all day 274 00:44:24,133 --> 00:44:26,566 to provide enough for her growing kittens, 275 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,833 who, meanwhile, are getting up to all sorts of mischief. 276 00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:45,766 Play will help them to hone their own hunting skills. 277 00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:56,300 A silver vole finds itself 278 00:44:56,333 --> 00:44:58,833 the center of the kittens' attention. 279 00:45:39,833 --> 00:45:44,300 The key is a silent, patient approach. 280 00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:56,400 Alas, on these rocks, a vole has the upper hand. 281 00:46:05,466 --> 00:46:09,966 Fortunately, the kittens can rely on their mother to provide. 282 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,066 Pallas's cats actually do very well here. 283 00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:33,600 There could be as many as 10,000 284 00:46:33,633 --> 00:46:35,833 living in these grasslands... 285 00:46:39,166 --> 00:46:42,533 not that it makes them any easier to see. 286 00:46:53,300 --> 00:46:57,233 In other places, small cats are living secret lives 287 00:46:57,266 --> 00:46:59,700 right under our noses. 288 00:47:05,566 --> 00:47:09,900 East of Johannesburg, Africa's biggest industrial complex. 289 00:47:18,066 --> 00:47:20,233 It's the size of a city. 290 00:47:27,766 --> 00:47:29,766 Behind the barbed wire, 291 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:33,633 surveillance cameras detect intruders every night. 292 00:47:45,633 --> 00:47:48,233 A cat has taken over. 293 00:47:57,033 --> 00:48:00,233 The tierboskat, also known as a serval. 294 00:48:16,666 --> 00:48:19,733 This restricted area is now the home of around 295 00:48:19,766 --> 00:48:22,766 a hundred of these small spotted cats... 296 00:48:27,233 --> 00:48:30,566 the densest population anywhere in Africa. 297 00:48:58,333 --> 00:49:03,533 This strange industrial wasteland is teeming with life. 298 00:49:09,833 --> 00:49:12,733 It's a place where people rarely venture... 299 00:49:15,633 --> 00:49:18,266 and the fences keep out larger predators 300 00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:20,733 that might be a threat to the servals. 301 00:49:38,333 --> 00:49:43,400 What's more, the water used to cool the heavy industry 302 00:49:43,433 --> 00:49:48,333 has helped create lush meadows around these pools, 303 00:49:48,366 --> 00:49:52,733 and that, in turn, has led to an explosion of rats and mice... 304 00:49:56,566 --> 00:49:58,766 all a serval can eat. 305 00:50:03,466 --> 00:50:06,833 They're not only attracted by the food 306 00:50:06,866 --> 00:50:11,066 but by the one thing that all cats need -- 307 00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:14,900 their own space 308 00:50:14,933 --> 00:50:17,833 where they can be left undisturbed. 309 00:50:20,166 --> 00:50:23,200 This is a small cat paradise. 310 00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:37,600 Cats have conquered almost every corner of the planet. 311 00:51:05,966 --> 00:51:11,233 But now, even in the most remote places, 312 00:51:11,266 --> 00:51:14,200 they are feeling the impact of our way of life 313 00:51:14,233 --> 00:51:18,400 as we encroach more and more on their world. 314 00:51:25,866 --> 00:51:29,300 Around the planet, their numbers are decreasing. 315 00:51:32,900 --> 00:51:37,433 If cats are to survive in our changing world, 316 00:51:37,466 --> 00:51:41,200 we just need to leave them some space. 317 00:51:50,866 --> 00:51:52,433 Next time... 318 00:51:52,466 --> 00:51:54,200 The frontiers of discovery... 319 00:51:54,233 --> 00:51:56,866 Just in front of us. Ah, that's really special. 320 00:51:56,900 --> 00:51:58,300 Holy mackerel. 321 00:51:58,333 --> 00:52:00,433 ...getting closer than ever before... 322 00:52:00,466 --> 00:52:01,733 There you go. 323 00:52:01,766 --> 00:52:05,733 ...to the secret lives of cats. 324 00:52:05,766 --> 00:52:07,366 There. 325 00:52:12,333 --> 00:52:16,433 series concludes. 326 00:52:12,333 --> 00:52:16,433 "Nature's" landmark three-part 327 00:52:16,466 --> 00:52:20,500 It's a critical time for new 328 00:52:16,466 --> 00:52:20,500 research and cat conservation. 329 00:52:27,933 --> 00:52:31,300 This is an age of discovery 330 00:52:27,933 --> 00:52:31,300 that's revolutionizing 331 00:52:31,333 --> 00:52:34,766 how we view this amazing 332 00:52:31,333 --> 00:52:34,766 super family. 26067

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