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Since time immemorial,
animals have roamed this planet.
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Seasons have determined
the ebb and flow of life
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and death.
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Hunger has dominated the tension
between the hunters
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and the hunted.
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In Africa, the big cats clawed their way
to the top of the food chain.
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Every hunt is a deadly execution
of power, stealth, and speed.
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AFRICA'S
DEADLIEST
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Cheetah, the most successful hunter
of all Africa's big cats.
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Her slender, lightweight body
wraps around a long and flexible spine.
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With telescopic vision, she can spot prey
from as far as three miles.
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And in a sprint, she can outrun
every animal on this savanna.
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This is her kitchen.
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Herds of migrating wildebeest.
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And when they can't walk,
she can't resist.
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Within minutes, this newborn
wildebeest calf can stand.
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In less than half an hour, it will run.
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It has to.
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To go from zero to 60 miles per hour
in three seconds
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comes from a heart and lungs that are,
relative to size,
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three times larger than a lion's.
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At top speed, this cheetah covers 22 feet
with every stride.
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This female can't afford to fail.
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Today she's eating for four.
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Now that she's got cubs,
her food intake doubles.
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She needs to make a kill a day
in order to produce protein-rich milk.
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Her offspring rely on it.
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At one and a half months, the cubs follow
her into the hunting field.
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When they're a bit older,
they stalk, chase, and wrestle.
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Preparation for the hunt.
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By the age of two, they're on their own.
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Still wet behind the ears.
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To survive, they need
at least eight pounds of meat a day.
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And mother's not around to serve meals.
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As a trio, they stand a far better chance
of pulling off a successful hunt.
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But the firstborn is adventurous.
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And he finds himself alone
in no-man's-land.
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His younger brothers are left
to fend for themselves.
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An unknown future awaits them all.
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As rookies, they have huge expectations
but little experience.
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But hunger is a strong driving force.
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At top speed, he covers over 91 feet
in one second.
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But if he doesn't trip up his prey
within 60 seconds,
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he's likely to lose this meal.
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He is genetically designed
for short bursts of speed.
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After about 320 yards,
he runs out of steam.
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The two young brothers
should have better luck.
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They, too, are desperately hungry.
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Together they can eat 73 pounds
in one sitting.
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A 500-pound kudu is a windfall.
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One brother launches the attack.
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His sibling covers the right flank.
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But the long grass hampers his speed.
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All their efforts come to naught.
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Less than two miles away,
the older brother tracks down his dinner.
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He scans the horizon
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and spots a weak link in the herd.
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He will stalk his prey for an hour
if need be.
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This part his mother taught him.
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Crush the windpipe
before the victim makes a sound.
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A bleating animal could draw
unwanted attention.
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Back in the east, the two brothers
stake out new hunting grounds.
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Land grabbing stirs their appetite.
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Luckily, dinner with a limp walks by.
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An injured impala should be a walkover.
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Their first successful takedown.
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But their victory is short-lived.
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This hyena is hungry and could easily
steal the kill from the brothers.
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But he plays a watch-and-wait game
until it's dark.
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By sunset, it's all his.
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In the west, the older brother
also has little peace.
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A pride of lions is on his case.
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He's not on their menu, but they will
kill him simply to eliminate competition.
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In open areas like this,
predators like lions and hyena
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kill up to 70% of cheetah cubs.
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By morning, he turns back east.
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Unlike lions, cheetahs can't roar.
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Instead, they chirrup.
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He's calling his brothers.
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For days he patrols
the eastern boundaries.
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He visits water holes.
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And crosses ravines.
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And then, finally, a familiar scent.
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While female cheetahs lead solitary lives,
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a brotherly bond can last a lifetime.
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This reunion is a happy one.
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As a coalition, they'll be able
to target bigger prey.
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Their first joint hunting expedition
is a bit clumsy.
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But in time,
they will polish their skills,
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learn each other's strengths,
and gain experience.
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Unlike lions, cheetahs rarely squabble
over food.
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Each brother gets his fair share.
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As the sun sets, they will seek out
a refuge for the night.
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Cheetahs can't see as well
as other cats in the dark.
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This makes them vulnerable to hyenas
and lions, as well as leopards.
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Beneath the beautiful coat of this
female leopard lurks a silent killer.
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She's about the same weight
as an adult male cheetah.
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But she's got sharper claws.
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Unlike lions that team up
to take down prey,
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she's a solo killing machine.
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She's also capable of hunting prey
twice her weight.
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A fish eagle returns to its nest
to find an unlikely intruder.
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It's the female.
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She's one of Africa's strongest climbers,
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dragging prey much larger than her
into the branches.
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And she's a killer on the ground.
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Her mottled coat makes her blend in.
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This is her specialty.
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Ambush.
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Today she bites off
more than she can chew.
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An injury could be a death sentence
for a leopard.
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If she can't hunt,
she'll either scavenge or die.
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But then luck turns her way.
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It's the three cheetah brothers.
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They've just taken down a duiker.
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The odds are not in her favor.
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But she's not intimidated.
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The coalition cracks.
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The remaining two seem unsure.
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One brother left.
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He's not sticking around.
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The leopard gets her meal.
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But before she can take a bite,
she's outranked.
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She's got less than five seconds
to make a plan.
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She leaps into the safety of the tree.
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But this lioness will kill
for a fresh carcass.
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But the branches won't hold
her 400 pounds.
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She settles for something
that dropped down.
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It's a fetus.
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The antelope was pregnant.
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In peace, the female digs in.
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But it's the calm before the storm.
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This male weighs almost twice as much
as the young lioness.
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He wouldn't dare.
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Just in case,
the leopard climbs even higher.
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The branches are thinner here.
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If she falls, the males will kill her.
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But not today.
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In the contest between some
of the deadliest cats in Africa,
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the leopard keeps her trophy this time.
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At night, she continues her good run.
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And her senses kick into high gear.
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Her eyes scan the darkness for movement.
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Extra light-sensitive cells
in her retinas enhance her night vision.
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Her ears pick up
the faintest rustle in the grass.
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Her stiff whiskers
act like probing fingers in the dark.
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But it's her sleuth-like intelligence
and mastery of surprise
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that makes her such a successful hunter.
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At the age of two and a half,
she becomes sexually receptive.
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When a male crosses into her territory,
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he picks up a smell in her urine
that tells him she's ready to mate.
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But unlike humans, she needs to be
stimulated to kick-start ovulation.
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The mating ritual of leopards
reveals a lot about the secret lives
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of one of Africa's deadliest cats.
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For the next five days,
she will mate every five minutes.
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That's about 250 times.
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The male's genitals have more
than 100 tiny hooks on it
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that rake her insides as he withdraws.
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This painful scraping triggers
the release of eggs in her ovaries.
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But her real trouble begins
when a second male shows up.
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When a female leopard in heat
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stumbles into the overlapping territory
of two males,
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one would expect the fur to fly.
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But it doesn't.
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It's a father and son.
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Very unusual.
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They should be fighting for the right
to mate with her.
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But they don't.
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This behavior has rarely been filmed.
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The son watches as his father copulates.
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And then they swap.
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The female, of course,
has a hidden agenda.
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Male leopards will typically kill cubs
that are not their own.
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So she mates with both males
to maximize the survival of her offspring.
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This continues for days.
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But that night, her plan backfires.
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It's the young male's turn,
but something goes wrong.
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The aggression could be caused
by exhaustion, inexperience,
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or having Dad around.
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Her life is in real danger.
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The young male can be
up to two times her weight.
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He could kill her.
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She escapes with a few minor scratches.
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Three months later,
two cubs open their eyes.
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At the first sign of danger,
she moves them to a new den.
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The two territorial males
won't kill her offspring
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because both of them
will think they're the father.
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Silent stalking isn't just for leopards.
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African wildcats are masters
at catching prey.
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She's got the same acute sense
of hearing that all cats share.
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Both ears swivel independently
to scan for audio clues and danger.
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At night, her eyesight
is six times better than ours.
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You won't often see African wildcats
during the day.
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They're shy and elusive.
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But on a hunt, this cat is as good
as a leopard or cheetah.
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She walks on tiptoes,
ready to unleash her secret weapon.
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A powerful jump.
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This cat weighs between 10 and 18 pounds.
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And yet she can leap
six feet into the air.
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Her spine is so supple that she can
twist her body 180 degrees
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and still land on her feet.
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She can even survive without water.
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Her prey's blood satisfies
her liquid requirements.
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But despite these survival skills,
her life is in jeopardy.
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A tawny eagle spots a potential dinner.
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The cat is nearly two times
heavier than the bird.
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But this raptor has a wingspan
of almost five feet.
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In this deadly game of survival,
size does matter.
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In full flight, the wildcat
clocks 30 miles per hour.
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Moments later, she disappears
into the dry landscape.
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Frazzled but not fazed.
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To top that, another feline jumps
even higher than African wildcats.
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And when it does, every law that
determines gravity is null and void.
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Caracal.
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Born with an arsenal of weaponry
including razor-sharp claws.
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Super-long ears that locate
the faintest movement of prey.
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And long, powerful legs.
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It's the only small cat in Africa to hunt
prey three times larger than itself.
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Guinea fowl is a regular meal.
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They're skittish birds,
always on the lookout for danger.
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Like lions, caracals carry
most of their power in their legs.
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They can launch their 40-pound bodies
10 feet into the air.
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At an air force base in South Africa,
guinea fowl are a real problem.
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They frequently fly into the turbines.
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Until someone had the bright idea
to let caracals take over traffic control.
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A mating pair and their three kittens
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are given a quick tour
and an induction course.
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Their best-selling feature is that
they kill more birds than they can eat.
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Sometimes as many as 10 or 12 birds
at a time.
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And that's exactly
what pilots want to hear.
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The guinea fowl problem at the air base
is still being managed in this unique way.
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It's their killer instinct that makes
caracals such effective runway marshals.
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These three young lions were born
with the same instinct,
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but they don't know what to do with it.
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They still prefer to play
while Mom does the hunting.
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Soft padding underneath her paws muffles
the sound as she calculates her next move.
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As she gets closer, she measures
the distance between her and her target.
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Her strike zone is 100 feet.
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She accelerates to 36 miles per hour.
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And then 570 pounds of muscle
and teeth plow into flesh.
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With a bite almost five times stronger
than ours, she suffocates her quarry.
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The wildebeest goes into shock.
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All feeling is numbed.
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Try as they may, the hunting skills
of the three juveniles pale in comparison.
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They've got ambition
but no plan of action.
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They have no idea how to pull down
something as big as a giraffe.
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Or what to do with something
as small and spiky as a porcupine.
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The only thing they do know
is that they won't go hungry
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if they tail along after the females.
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But every time they join the hunt,
it ends in disaster.
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They either make too much noise
or they charge too soon.
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Their lack of experience
puts the entire pride at risk.
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They are three years old,
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the age when young males are normally
kicked out of the pride.
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With so much testosterone,
it's a job for the fathers.
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But the two pride males are out patrolling
the borders of their territory.
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And while the bosses are away, the unruly
sons throw their weight around.
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This pride is three times
the size of a normal one.
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Apart from the three juveniles,
there are 23 mouths to feed.
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And to do that, these deadly cats team up
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to form one of the most coordinated
hunting units in the wild.
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Ambush is their attack strategy.
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Two lionesses break off
to cover the flanks.
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The others lie in wait.
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Their job is to cut off any escape routes.
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She spooks, then chases the prey.
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It's a role she performs on most hunts.
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And tonight there's plenty of backup.
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There's only one drawback of a big pride.
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Food always seems to disappear so quickly.
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Mature lions and subadults can eat as much
as 60 pounds of meat in one sitting.
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They're nearly two wildebeest short.
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These three young males bully the females
and the younger cubs off the carcass.
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And with every meal,
they're becoming more aggressive.
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Their rough-and-tumble days are amping up.
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Now they turn on each other.
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Every kill triggers a stampede.
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And every carcass, a fight.
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There is an even bigger threat.
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The raunchy teenagers are beginning
to show interest in the pride females.
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They're treading on dangerous ground.
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Mating rights belong to their fathers.
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While the pride males are away,
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the females continue
to struggle to provide.
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But despite all their efforts,
the smaller pride members go hungry.
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In a feeble attempt to feed himself,
one of the juveniles makes his first kill.
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It's an impala calf.
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And he's not going anywhere.
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As if they know there's trouble at home,
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the two dominant males return
that very same night.
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And it's not a moment too soon.
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Their duty is to protect the pride
from hostile takeovers.
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In return, the females
sacrifice their kills.
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The three juveniles
are less sure what to do.
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Having the pride males around
is intimidating.
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With the two heavyweights
back in the ring,
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it is now possible
to target much bigger prey.
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One of these Cape buffalos is four times
heavier than a fully grown lion.
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Toppling nearly 2,200 pounds
of bone and flesh is no mean feat.
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It demands teamwork.
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The plan is to tire the buffalo out.
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And so the pride surrounds him,
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and the lions take turn nipping in
for a bite or a swipe.
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Despite the assault,
the buffalo makes a heroic stand.
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One of these deadly cats
finally seals the deal.
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Under the combined weight of the lions,
the buffalo buckles.
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And a female delivers the death bite.
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This is when the three teenagers
let their masks slip.
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With all that meat under their noses,
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they fall back
into their aggressive behavior.
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And they forget
that there's a pecking order.
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And the dads will have none of it.
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Tonight, the fathers perform
one more duty.
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They evict their sons from the pride.
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As outcasts, the destiny
of these three subadults is unclear.
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If only they could take a few tips
from a distant relative
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who is out hunting this very moment.
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Majestic and graceful.
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Widely distributed but rarely seen.
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It's a serval.
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Relative to body size,
the serval has the longest legs
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and the biggest ears of any cat in Africa.
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It suits her hunting style.
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With her long legs,
she can pounce as far as 13 feet.
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And leap 10 feet vertically in the air.
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On the hunting grounds,
patience is another vital skill.
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Servals are known to sit with
their eyes closed for up to 15 minutes.
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And do nothing but listen.
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Her long, oval-shaped ears
operate like satellite dishes.
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She can pick up ultrasonic high-frequency
sounds of a rodent burrowing underground.
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The only fighting chance a rodent
might have would be a windy day,
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which would impair the serval's
listening abilities.
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Unfortunately for this rodent,
today is dead calm.
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This cat also goes by the name
of the "Savanna Stalker."
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She's so well-camouflaged
that in tall grass, she goes undetected.
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00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:56,000
At 24 pounds, this cat can leap
three times her body length.
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00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,440
The long grass is not an obstacle
for this cat.
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She scares the rodent out of hiding.
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00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:44,560
Finally, a full-body pounce,
and dinner is served.
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Lions and leopards have
a hunting success rate of 10% to 30%.
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The serval's impressive 50%
puts her on par with cheetahs.
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00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,080
Gazelle aren't normally
on the serval's menu,
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00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,080
but this feisty cat is not intimidated.
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She's punching six times
above her own weight class.
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She's in the wrong ring,
and hiding won't help.
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As always, she lands on her feet.
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In darkness, she changes tactics.
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A nighttime snack will do.
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Something easier to catch
and more size-appropriate.
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Her large ears scan a 180-degree radius
and pick out prey.
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She finds the rodent in no time.
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But like all cats,
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she can't resist the urge
to play with her food before the feast.
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{\an8}Stealth is the hallmark
of all cats in Africa.
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{\an8}They're the silent snipers of the wild.
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{\an8}And when they strike, they do so
with speed, power, and deadly accuracy.
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