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Long after the age of dinosaurs,
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giants still roam this planet.
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Engineered to withstand the test of time.
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They come with supersized bodies.
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Thick skin.
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Sharp teeth.
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And bad attitudes.
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This is the world of giant killers.
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AFRICA'S
DEADLIEST
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In Africa, lions are apex predators.
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It's an accolade that doesn't come easy.
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They have to earn it.
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And the lessons start with Mom.
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She's a master hunter,
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and lethal in taking down prey.
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She provides, but not forever.
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By the age of three, the young males
are forced out of the pride.
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Now they must look after themselves.
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This young lion lacks the skill
and the experience to hunt on his own.
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For the next year and a half,
he must scavenge to stay alive.
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If he's going to survive,
he needs at least one partner.
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The meeting of these two future kings
marks the beginning of a reign of terror.
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Between them,
they can eat 300 pounds in a sitting.
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On their shopping list,
almost a fully grown wildebeest
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every third or fourth day.
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In the next 24 months, this bond
will spread fear across the plains.
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Together, they weigh almost the same
as five fully grown men.
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As a new coalition,
they can take down bigger prey.
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Which is bad news for buffalos.
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These bovines carry
close to a ton of meat.
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But they're no pushover.
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They come with a pair of lethal horns.
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They are notorious for turning the tables
on their attackers.
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But these two males simply cannot resist
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the challenge of taking down
a worthy opponent.
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They need to get very close to their prey.
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At least within a hundred feet.
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Lions are built for short bursts of power.
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They don't do long distances.
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The mother and her calf
should rejoin the herd. Now.
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But it's too late.
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Razor-sharp claws pierce her flesh.
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Each nail is one and a half inches long
and hooks into her body.
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To kill her, they must topple her.
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One lion seeks a grip on her windpipe.
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The other jumps on her back.
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Raking her hind legs with his sharp claws.
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Her death seals the fate of her calf.
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He's next.
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Hunger satiated, the two males
are now driven by an instinct to mate.
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To do that, they need to find a pride
and dethrone the dominant males.
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The invaders split up.
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One takes on the old king.
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The other tackles the second-in-command
and his female supporters.
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There's a lot at stake
for these two muscled upstarts.
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They can be severely injured
or even mauled to death in this battle.
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But they emerge the victors.
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The new masters waste no time
in advertising their new status.
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They're in top form, and hungry.
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A fully grown elephant
is a dangerous animal.
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They can trample a lion to death.
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But a youngster with no experience
is an easy target.
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This time, there's no need to ambush.
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They rely on pure strength.
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With powerful muscles
in their hind legs and chest,
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lions can leap almost 40 feet
onto their prey.
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The male with the darker mane
is the dominant one.
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He jumps on top of the elephant
and tries to sever the spinal cord.
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The second male goes for the throat.
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There's bad blood
between elephants and lions.
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But experts are beginning to notice
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a greater aggression
in elephant herds towards humans.
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And it's scary.
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No. No.
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No.
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Come on, move.
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Move.
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Easy, easy.
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Hey!
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Hey! Hey!
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When six tons of elephant come at you
at 28 miles per hour, you run.
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Apart from size, their deadly tusks
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can gore the thick skins
of hippo and rhinos.
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The story of this old bull could explain
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why elephants are turning
into giant killers.
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His name is Isilo, "the big one."
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He's one of a dwindling number
of elephants on the planet
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with gigantic tusks.
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They are at least
two and a half yards long.
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And combined, weigh more than 120 pounds.
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For almost 60 years,
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Isilo has guided young bulls
toward maturity.
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The lessons start when
adolescent bulls leave their mothers
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between the ages of 12 and 20.
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Older bulls like Isilo teach these
bachelor boys the lay of the land.
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They show them how to be dominant,
without being bullies.
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In their early teens, the sub-adults
become sexually active and unruly.
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The older bulls nip
this friskiness in the bud.
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Discipline keeps the raging hormones
of young bulls in check.
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But in some places in Africa,
parental control is absent.
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Every day, about 100 elephants
are shot for their ivory.
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Poachers target big bulls like Isilo.
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On the black market, his tusks will fetch
more than $20,000.
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But if you kill off the big tuskers,
the bull hierarchy disintegrates.
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14,000 pounds of raging elephant
versus a small vehicle.
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And the problem is only getting worse.
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Where poaching is rife, young bulls
become sexually active much earlier
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because they don't have to compete
with older bulls anymore.
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And their bodies are flushed
with raging hormones more frequently.
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This could account
for the increase in aggression.
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Elephants could also be suffering
from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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An elephant whose family members
are killed by people
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is unlikely to forget it very quickly.
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Just like we wouldn't forget
if an elephant killed one of us.
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In the dry season, hippos and elephants
often compete for food.
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This old bull wants exclusive rights
to this river in Zambia.
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But the hippos won't budge.
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From an elephant's perspective,
this is a blatant act of provocation.
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A newborn calf gets separated
from his mother in this standoff.
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This elephant weighs
at least 100 times more than the baby.
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One step could squash it.
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The mother waits for her calf
to resurface.
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It doesn't.
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When giants clash, the young
are often caught up in the middle.
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Not many predators would attack
a fully grown elephant.
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But a baby is fair game.
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And this one is on the menu
of one of Africa's most feared killers.
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Crocodiles.
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Possibly the largest crocodile ever seen
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lurks somewhere in the Rusizi River
in Burundi.
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Witnesses say he is 20 feet long
and could weigh as much as 2,000 pounds.
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He was last seen in 2008.
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This huge man-eater is said
to have killed 300 people.
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Every attempt to catch him has failed.
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He could still be out there.
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When these giant predators hunt,
they don't discriminate.
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They will strike man or beast
if the opportunity arises.
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Their eyes look like periscopes
on submarines.
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The perfect design for an ambush predator
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that wants to hide a bear trap of a jaw
and a massive body.
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Crocs can pinpoint their prey in 3D
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and calculate the exact speed
and distance needed to make a kill.
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Underwater, they're in their element.
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A semitransparent membrane
slides over their eyes.
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They can detect small objects
within striking distance.
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And they can hear
low frequencies that we can't.
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If there's a tiny vibration
a few feet away,
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they'll find the source.
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Crocodiles are both
deadly carnivores and caring reptiles.
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This croc is a super-mom.
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She babysits and plays taxi.
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But given half a chance,
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she'll turn into a cannibal.
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A juvenile in the mouth of a croc
isn't playtime.
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It's a meal.
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A recent study found that crocodiles
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have the strongest bite on the planet
ever measured.
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And a very powerful tail.
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In water, they clock 25 miles per hour.
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Five times faster
than a relatively good swimmer.
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But their deadliest weapon
is the fact that
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they can launch half their body length
out of the water as far as five feet.
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The elusive man-eating crocodile
in Burundi
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has the power
to attack and kill sub-adult hippos.
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But here in the Luangwa River in Zambia,
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crocodiles not only target the living.
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They also rip into the dead.
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The largest crocodile eats first.
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And he can consume
half his body weight in one sitting.
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A thousand pounds.
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That's the size of a horse.
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Nothing stops a crocodile
from getting his quota.
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Not even lions.
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In lean times,
crocodiles can retreat into a den
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and slow their heart rate
to two or three beats a minute.
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With a slower metabolism, they can survive
two years without eating.
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Like assassins gone into hiding,
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they wait for the tide to turn.
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And when it does, they emerge
with their fat reserves depleted.
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To catch up, crocs eat as much
as they can in the shortest possible time.
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Like all creatures,
buffalos approach rivers with caution.
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They always grow quiet here.
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They're weary of crocodiles
and other predators.
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One would think these bovines
are easy pickings,
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but nothing could be further
from the truth.
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Buffalos are one of the most
dangerous animals in Africa.
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Hunters call them the widow-makers.
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If there's a threat,
buffalos don't give a warning.
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They'll storm their enemies
at 30 miles per hour
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and ram them with their lethal horns.
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Each year, buffalos gore
more than 200 people to death.
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It's the horns that kill.
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They can be as long as 60 inches.
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And they sweep upward in a deadly curl.
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Young bulls must bulldoze
their way up the ranks.
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The fight can last for hours.
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It only stops when one is dead
or throws in the towel.
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A broken horn
signals the beginning of the end.
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The old bull won't bleed to death,
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but this injury reduces
his chances in a fight.
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For now, he hangs onto what
little authority he has left.
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But his time with the herd is over.
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This is where the evicted end up.
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Hiding in swamps.
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Alone, he is now more dangerous than ever.
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There is only one reason why buffalos
would form such a large herd as this one.
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They're in lion country.
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There's protection in large numbers.
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This herd of Cape buffalo
is at least 300 strong.
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But the lions
cannot resist the temptation.
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If they cause the buffalos to panic,
the wall of defense might break.
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But the buffalos stand fast.
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A sub-adult steps forward
to see if he can turn the tables.
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His defense strategy backfires.
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From the sideline, the herd seems unsure
what to do next.
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His desperate bleating is a call to war.
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With military precision,
the column reforms.
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And en masse, the buffalos advance.
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The lioness is astute.
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She knows a lost cause when she sees one.
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In the end, even the male
must bow to buffalos.
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Not far off, a similar drama unfolds.
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A pride of lions has just flushed out
an old bull from his hiding place.
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There's no herd here
that will come to his aid.
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But even in old age,
he embodies the spirit of buffalos.
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Tenacity.
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Seven lions versus one buffalo.
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And still he stands his ground.
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But the odds are not in his favor.
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Help comes from an unexpected source.
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Elephants get very aggressive
around lions.
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They know very well
that these cats are killers.
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And the buffalo's distress
triggers the elephant's rage.
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It saves this buffalo's skin,
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for now.
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Revenge is not a word one would like
to use when describing animal behavior.
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But when buffalos corner
their old enemy, they show no mercy.
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As the life-and-death struggles
play out on the plains,
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Africa's scavengers watch from the wings.
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They pick up the pieces
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and try very hard
to sidestep the predators.
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It doesn't always work.
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Some of the deadliest hunters
are the least visible.
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The African rock python
is the largest snake species in Africa.
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It can grow as long as 30 feet.
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His modus operandi,
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constriction.
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His tongue picks up a chemical trace
of a rodent in the air.
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Up to eight heat-sensitive pits on his
lips pinpoint his prey like a radar gun.
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His cheek muscles can stretch open
to embrace something
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as big as a fully grown impala.
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Or a six-year-old child.
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After swallowing the mouse, potent acids
begin to dissolve the carcass.
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The bigger the snake gets,
the larger prey it can kill.
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African rock pythons are known
to attack prey monkeys, antelope,
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and even crocodiles.
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Speed is not the python's forte.
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Ambush is more his style.
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And he can set his trap in water
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and on land.
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This python normally hunts at night,
but he's hungry.
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Today, he's out looking for something
a bit more substantial than a mouse.
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Like a jackal.
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It's death by squeeze.
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Every time the jackal exhales,
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the snake's coils tighten.
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At the moment, the python
is listening to his heartbeat.
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He has ears inside his body.
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He hears vibrations traveling
through the ground and air.
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When the heartbeat stops,
he loosens the grip.
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And then he slips his muscular face
over the jackal's head.
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Now the python is in danger.
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He must digest the jackal before it rots.
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Oxygen stirs his metabolism.
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To digest big prey,
a python increases its oxygen absorption
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into the blood by a factor of 36.
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It took only a few minutes
for this python to snuff out a life.
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But moments later, peace returns
to the savanna as if nothing happened.
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Giraffes embody the silence
and grace of Africa.
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But they are not the gentle giants
we thought them to be.
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Even apex predators show them respect.
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And it's not because they're beautiful.
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They know about that deadly kick.
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It's a kick with enough force
to crack a lion's skull.
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These African wild dogs
can rip a zebra to pieces,
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but they don't often go
for adult giraffes.
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The safest giraffe snack
is a juicy leg that can't kick anymore.
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But throw a few more hyenas
into the mix, and they become bold.
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They're after this.
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And they'll show no mercy.
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The hyenas know
it's only a matter of time.
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The mother, however, will have none of it.
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She's relentless.
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Even when it's obvious
that her calf has died.
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More backup arrives.
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And the mother must give up the fight.
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The same scene plays out
in another part of the reserve.
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With different actors.
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Lions have just killed this calf.
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The adults are cautious.
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They know the danger.
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But a young lion is in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
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Her sharp hooves slam into flesh.
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The giraffe swats the youngster
repeatedly with her front legs.
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Her body weight crushes his lungs.
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Today, both the giraffe and the lions
leave a carcass behind.
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During the mating season,
these beauties can turn into beasts.
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All it takes is a female in heat.
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Their secret weapon
is elongated cervical vertebrae.
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Like us, they've got seven
of them in their necks.
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At the peak of mating season,
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males square off all over the plains
to strut their stuff.
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And then the fighting begins.
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The two horns provide excellent artillery.
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Propelled by a powerful swing,
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those horns can tear flesh
and bruise bone.
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Increase the force
and it can shatter vertebrae.
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The trick is to avoid
the sledgehammer swing.
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Both males have danced
this deadly dance before.
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Timing is crucial.
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One direct blow could lead
to serious concussion or even death.
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Carcasses litter the stomping grounds
of Africa's giant killers.
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Most of them belong to the plant eaters.
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But there's one herbivore
that breaks the mold.
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Rhinos.
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The living versions of battle tanks.
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4,400 pounds of dense bone and muscle.
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A large head.
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A thick neck.
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A skin that is almost 2 inches thick
in places.
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And a horn that can be
as long as five feet.
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Even lions make way.
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Rhinos are impossible to topple
and too difficult to kill.
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Pound for pound, elephants
outweigh rhinos about three to one.
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It's obvious who's got right of way here.
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But rhinos are stubborn.
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And they've got short tempers.
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They charge at 30 miles per hour,
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and can change direction quickly,
despite their bulk.
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Almost anything puts them on alert.
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One reason is poor eyesight.
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But there's nothing wrong
with their hearing.
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Independently, their ears scan
for audio clues.
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The slightest rustle,
the sound of a footstep.
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Nothing escapes their attention.
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If the wind is right,
these deadly giants can smell an intruder
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from as far away as 600 feet.
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It's a buffalo.
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Both these grumpy bulls
weigh around 2,200 pounds.
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They're like two heavyweight boxers,
but armed to the teeth.
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The rhino horn proves to be the deadlier.
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The buffalo throws in the towel
and escapes with a deep gash in his chest.
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Apart from man, adult rhinos don't have
any serious contenders in the wild.
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A lethal horn and a bad attitude
have served them well
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for almost two million years.
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And they're not the only monsters
of the past.
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There's a predator in this ocean
that is 20 feet long
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and weighs 5,000 pounds.
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The most dangerous time to be in the sea
is during sunrise and sunset.
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That's when great whites hunt.
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The shark can see
the silhouette of its prey.
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But the prey can't see the shark.
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This one is perfectly camouflaged.
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His slate-grey body blends
with the rocky seafloor.
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On top of that, great whites
have acute color vision.
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And we know they can smell
two and a half pints of blood
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in water the size
of an Olympic swimming pool.
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On top of that, they've got sensitive
electroreceptors that cover their snouts.
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With these, they pick up
the electric signature of their prey.
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And this
is one of their favorite hangouts.
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The east coast of Africa.
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Over the last 10 years, there were
43 shark attacks along this coast.
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Surfers often bear the brunt
of these attacks.
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It is possible
that sharks mistake them for seals.
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Fortunately, this great white
is only passing through.
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It's a female, and she's pregnant.
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She swims to get away
from other great whites.
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If she doesn't, they'll eat her pups.
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Her destination, Bird Island.
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Thought to be the nursery area
of great whites.
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Here, there is enough food to sustain
a population of juvenile sharks.
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As they grow bigger, their teeth change
to suit bigger prey.
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Juveniles eat rays and smaller fish.
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Adults eat dolphins, seals,
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and the dead.
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This is the carcass of a sperm whale.
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The jaws of a great white
feature seven rows
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of 300 serrated triangular teeth.
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When they bite, the jaws push forward.
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The lower jaw stabs the prey
with serrated blades.
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The upper jaw snaps down in a bite
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that's thought to be three times
stronger than a lion's.
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We now know that over a period
of nine months,
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one great white traveled
as far as 13,600 miles.
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In the past five years,
as many as 900 great whites
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have patrolled the waters
around Seal Island.
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They size each other up.
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The bigger sharks are more dominant.
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They control these waters.
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This is the drawing card.
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Young pups on their first fishing trip.
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They're inexperienced and totally naïve
about the dangers lurking below.
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From the sharks' perspective,
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this is 100 pounds of calories
on a platter.
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Catching them is not that easy.
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In full attack mode,
great whites swim twice as fast.
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But seals can turn a tight corner.
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Sharks can't.
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The cat-and-mouse game begins when
seals launch themselves off the island.
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Moments before the attack,
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the great white rolls its eyes
back into its skull
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to protect them
from those sharp seal claws.
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{\an8}The success rate of a shark
with lots of experience,
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{\an8}80%.
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{\an8}Size puts these giant killers
on the top of the food chain.
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{\an8}Ferocity keeps them there.
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