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From the iconic big
cats that enthrall us...
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to the little-known small cats
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that are just
coming into light...
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these felines have conquered
the planet
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and are leading
extraordinary lives.
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They are acrobats
in the jungle...
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opportunists on the beach.
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There's even
a semi-blind bobcat
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who can pluck her dinner
from the air.
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From the oldest desert
in Africa...
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to the highest mountain
on Earth,
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cats have adapted to
the challenges of every climate
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and found a way to survive.
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The monsoon
wetlands of South Asia.
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Home to an extraordinary cat.
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One whose entire life
revolves around water.
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This is a fishing cat.
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Their unique ability
to catch slippery fish
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in these weed-filled ponds
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has allowed them to colonize
these vast wetlands.
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Beneath their long outer coats,
they have a shorter layer
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of insulating fur
that acts like a wet suit,
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and they have
partially webbed feet.
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They're well adapted
to a life aquatic.
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But even so, every fishing cat
still has to learn how to fish.
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This female has two kittens
just a couple of months old.
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Up to now they've been
kept safely away
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from the water's edge,
but that's all about to change.
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This is the first time
they've seen water.
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It's natural to be nervous.
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But these kittens
are born water babies.
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It's time to show them
the real reason
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they've been brought here.
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Long whiskers detect vibrations
from fish
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moving in the shallows...
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helping to gauge the exact
striking distance.
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Then it's the kittens' turn.
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For now, it's only water plants
that need to be afraid.
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This could take some time.
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They'll be back tomorrow
for another lesson.
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All over the globe,
cats of all shapes
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and sizes have adapted
to the challenges
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of the planet's
most extreme environments.
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This is the Namib,
Southern Africa.
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The oldest desert on Earth.
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There's no surface water
for hundreds of miles.
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Despite this, these desert lions
thrive amongst the dunes.
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They live in small,
isolated prides,
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relying on shared knowledge
and experience
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to find food
in this hostile landscape.
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Emerging from the dunes,
3 sisters, recently orphaned,
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barely a year old.
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They are alone...
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the youngest, most inexperienced
pride in Africa.
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This is the hardest time
of the year
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for the animals of the Namib.
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The desert is at its hottest
and driest.
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Yet, it's this hostility
that offers the cubs
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a chance to survive.
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It will mean searching,
day in, day out.
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They walk twice as far as lions
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living on the savannas
of East Africa.
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But this harsh place sometimes
throws them a lifeline,
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a victim of the extreme heat,
a dead oryx.
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These cubs don't have the skills
or the strength to hunt yet...
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...but like all desert lions,
when times demand it,
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they will scavenge,
even on rotting meat.
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With luck, this strategy
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of scavenging victims
of the harsh desert
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will keep the cubs
from starvation.
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A kudu, a huge antelope, and one
rarely seen in the desert.
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But this is no victim
of the heat.
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This is a lion kill.
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A full-grown lioness
who's not going to share.
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A close call and a vital lesson
for the sisters.
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In the desert, the biggest
danger facing young lions
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comes from adult lions.
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The desert has provided
just enough for them to survive.
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Very soon, they will be
old enough and strong enough
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to hunt for themselves.
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Cats have evolved to survive
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in almost every environment
on Earth.
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The thick fur and large
padded feet of Canada lynx
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enable them to thrive in the
deep snow of the frozen north.
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In the forests of India,
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wonderfully agile
clouded leopards
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are at home
amongst tangled branches.
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Large claws provide grip,
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and a long tail
gives them balance.
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On the African plains,
caracal spring
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almost effortlessly
over the tall savanna grass
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using their long, powerful legs.
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While some cats are finely tuned
to live in just one environment,
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others have
a different strategy.
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They will go wherever
new opportunities appear.
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The Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
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Here, there's a cat that has
mastered life in the jungle
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emerging to hunt
on a tropical beach.
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Thermal imaging cameras
reveal the nightlife
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on this pacific shore,
and it's busy.
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A jaguar, the biggest and most
powerful cat in the Americas.
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They're built to take
on the biggest,
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most dangerous prey
in the jungle...
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but that task is even more
difficult for this female.
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She's pregnant.
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Right now she needs to eat
as much as possible
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to provide nourishment
for her developing cub.
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Tonight, this beach may provide
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a very welcome addition
to her diet.
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A jaguar's eyes are 6 times more
sensitive to light than our own,
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so even in the dark,
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anything that moves
catches her attention.
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Around
the time of the full moon,
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turtles come ashore
to lay their eggs.
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For protection,
an olive ridley turtle
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wears armor
one inch thick.
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But for its size,
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a jaguar has the strongest jaws
of any cat.
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And a bite powerful enough
to crack open
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this rich source of food.
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She is not the only one
that benefits.
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Other animals clean up
the scraps.
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Her visit to the beach couldn't
have been timed any better.
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It's the beginning of a seasonal
gathering of turtles
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the arrival.
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arribada,
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known locally
as the
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Over the next few nights,
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30 thousand turtles
will come to this beach to nest.
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It's rare for a cat to have
food so readily available,
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and this pregnant mother
isn't the only one
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that will feed well tonight.
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As many as 14 jaguars patrol
this beach.
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One of the densest populations
in the world.
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In fact, they won't eat many,
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but the meat from just
a few turtles
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will make all the difference.
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Soon this opportunity
will be over,
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and the jaguars will return
to hunting in the forest...
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leaving the beach to the
thousands of hatchlings
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that emerge and instinctively
head for the sea.
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Two and a half thousand
miles north...
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the cool and stormy shores
of California.
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A very different coastline
where a very different cat
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has found her own way
to make a living.
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At home in her den close
to the beach,
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a remarkable bobcat.
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Bobcats usually hunt rabbits
and small mammals,
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but this female
has set her sights higher.
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Here, where a freshwater stream
meets the sea...
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gulls flock to drink and wash
salt from their feathers.
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It's what she's counting on.
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But it's not going to be easy.
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She'll just have to wait
for the gulls to come back.
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To hunt like this
takes determination...
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and an enterprising spirit.
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Most end in failure.
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But she returns day after day.
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With every attempt,
she refines her technique.
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At last!
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But one gull won't keep her
fed for long.
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Fortunately, this beach
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is never short of chances
to hunt.
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There's no doubting
her persistence and skill...
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even if the occasional gull
does slip her grip.
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And like any cat, once a bobcat
has perfected the hunt...
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they'll keep on killing...
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ensuring that they have
enough food
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just in case the supply
should suddenly run out.
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And what makes this hunter
truly remarkable
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is that she's blind in one eye!
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The Sundarbans of India
and Bangladesh
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is the world's
largest mangrove swamp.
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Unexplored muddy islands
surrounded by the sea...
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where a legendary big cat rules.
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Perhaps the most elusive
and least understood.
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The swamp tiger.
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Only at low tide is it possible
to catch a glimpse
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of what lies within
these mysterious mangroves.
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This is when animals come down
to the shore to feed...
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...both the hunted
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and the hunter.
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Low tide also offers
a brief chance for this male
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to patrol
the shoreline of his island.
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Scent marking is a warning
to other tigers to keep out.
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This is a place where a cat
must live his entire life
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in tune with the tide.
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With the rising water,
life retreats,
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back into the depths
of the mangroves...
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and he must follow,
disappearing again
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into these strange swamplands.
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We know almost nothing
about these tigers,
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but researchers now believe that
as many as a hundred of them
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make these remote islands
their home.
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The world's most celebrated big
cats continue to surprise us,
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but the most surprising
cats of all...
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are the little cats.
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Out of the 40 known species,
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33 are what scientists
call the small cats.
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They are the most secretive
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and least studied
members of the family.
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In the mountains of Chile,
a guina,
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the smallest cat
in all the Americas,
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hunts moths
amongst the undergrowth.
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Ocelots are the most common cat
in the Costa Rican jungle,
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yet they are rarely seen.
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Their perfectly
camouflaged coats
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help them to disappear
in an instant.
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African wildcats live scattered
all across Africa,
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from Morocco
to South Africa.
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They're one of the most
widespread of all cats,
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yet they, too,
are hardly ever seen.
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But now specialized
camera technology
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is giving us a new insight
into the mysterious lives
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of these small cats...
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in some of the most
remote places on Earth.
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The Karoo Desert, South Africa.
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A vast landscape dominated
by low desert scrub.
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It provides the perfect cover
for Africa's smallest cat.
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She waits for the cool of night
before heading out to hunt.
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A black-footed cat.
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This little female is known
to researchers as Gyra.
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She's tiny, weighing
a mere two pounds,
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200 times less than a lion.
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She'd be almost impossible
to find,
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but she's being tracked
with a radio collar.
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And using surveillance cameras
that rival a cat's night vision,
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we can at last reveal
her nocturnal pursuits.
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She can walk 20 miles a night
in search of food,
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the farthest recorded
for any small cat.
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Guided by superb night vision,
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and responding to the smallest
of sounds,
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she finds almost anything
that moves is a potential meal.
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She'll even eat locusts...
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but she prefers gerbils.
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Or if that doesn't work...
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birds.
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With a wiggle to
tuck her legs in,
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she gets as low to the ground
as possible.
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Primed like a spring,
she can deliver maximum power
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to jump!
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She hits her target 60%
of the time.
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It's what makes
black-footed cats
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the most lethal hunters
in the entire cat family.
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And the reason for Gyra's
huge appetite
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is that she's raising
her own little hunter.
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Even the deadliest cat
in Africa has a softer side.
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Perhaps the most bizarre
small cat of all lives here...
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in the heart of Mongolia...
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one of the most remote and least
populated places on Earth.
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After decades of research,
we are now able to reveal
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an insight
into their hidden lives.
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This is a Pallas's cat.
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She's cautious and she has
good reason.
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Kittens.
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4 of them.
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2 months old
and just out of the den.
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They're already becoming
a bit of a handful.
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They live in a world
of windswept grassland,
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an area three times bigger
than the state of Texas.
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But this outcrop of rocks is
a safe place to hide the family.
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It's morning, and the kittens
are hungry,
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but a mother can't hunt
with four excitable youngsters
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tagging along.
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Today, she will have to leave
her kittens home alone.
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Out here in the open,
there's nowhere to hide.
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The only thing she can do
is try and blend in.
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Pallas's cats' ears
are positioned
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unusually low on their heads,
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and that helps them
to keep a low profile.
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What's more, these cats
can flatten their bodies
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to look like a rock.
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She'll need to hunt all day
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to provide enough
for her growing kittens,
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who, meanwhile, are getting up
to all sorts of mischief.
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Play will help them to hone
their own hunting skills.
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A silver vole finds itself
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the center
of the kittens' attention.
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The key is a silent,
patient approach.
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Alas, on these rocks,
a vole has the upper hand.
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Fortunately, the kittens can
rely on their mother to provide.
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Pallas's cats actually
do very well here.
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There could be as many
as 10,000
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living in these grasslands...
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not that it makes them
any easier to see.
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In other places, small cats
are living secret lives
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right under our noses.
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East of Johannesburg, Africa's
biggest industrial complex.
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It's the size of a city.
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Behind the barbed wire,
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surveillance cameras
detect intruders every night.
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A cat has taken over.
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The tierboskat,
also known as a serval.
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This restricted area is now
the home of around
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a hundred of
these small spotted cats...
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the densest population
anywhere in Africa.
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This strange industrial
wasteland is teeming with life.
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It's a place where people
rarely venture...
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and the fences keep out
larger predators
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that might be a threat
to the servals.
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What's more, the water used
to cool the heavy industry
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has helped create lush meadows
around these pools,
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and that, in turn, has led to
an explosion of rats and mice...
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all a serval can eat.
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They're not only attracted
by the food
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but by the one thing
that all cats need --
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their own space
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where they can be
left undisturbed.
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This is a small cat paradise.
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Cats have conquered almost
every corner of the planet.
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But now, even in the most
remote places,
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they are feeling the impact
of our way of life
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as we encroach more
and more on their world.
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Around the planet,
their numbers are decreasing.
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If cats are to survive in our
changing world,
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we just need to leave them
some space.
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Next time...
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The frontiers of discovery...
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Just in front of us.
Ah, that's really special.
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Holy mackerel.
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...getting closer
than ever before...
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There you go.
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...to the secret lives
of cats.
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There.
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series concludes.
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"Nature's" landmark three-part
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It's a critical time for new
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research and cat conservation.
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This is an age of discovery
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that's revolutionizing
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how we view this amazing
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super family.
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