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NARRATOR: A brutal way of life
where every day is a test to survive.
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(hiss)
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(growl)
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And staying on top means
being the fastest...
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biggest...
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smartest...
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or the most powerful.
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These are the best equipped.
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(roaring)
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These are Africa's Deadliest.
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They're agile, they're loyal,
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they're smart.
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But you don't want these dogs
licking your face.
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(squeaking)
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With an 80% kill rate,
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this pack of wild dogs
never needs to beg.
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Sometimes called
African painted dogs,
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their favorite color is red.
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(wildebeest lowing)
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They're some of the most
successful predators
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in the world.
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(lowing)
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Their target:
anything that tries to run.
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(lowing)
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(lowing)
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With the power of numbers,
who needs stealth?
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The nimbler dogs try to
shake out weaker wildebeests.
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Not today.
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They aren't done yet.
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The pack, over a dozen strong,
can set its sights and fangs
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on prey that other carnivores
can't touch.
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(lowing)
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Cape buffalo, one of
the brawniest, meanest members
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of Africa's Big 5.
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(grumbling)
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For the hungry dogs,
it's game on.
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A brazen attack
to scatter the herd.
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A panicked animal
makes easy prey.
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But the buffalos don't budge.
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Another fail.
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Undeterred, the dogs decide
go big or go home.
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Even Africa's giants
close ranks
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when wild dogs come around.
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(trumpets)
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The pack doggedly stares down
the elephants.
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Who will blink first?
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(grumbling)
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(roars)
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The matriarch, able to scatter
entire lion prides
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with a wave of her trunk,
has little impact.
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(trumpeting)
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(trumpets)
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(trumpets)
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Eventually the elephants retreat.
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(trumpeting)
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Another missed opportunity.
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(squeaking)
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These rovers may hunt over
30 miles in a single day.
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Any meat will do, though these
dogs have a favorite treat.
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Impala.
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(impala barking)
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The original fast food.
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But they can't sustain
that speed for long.
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The alpha male leads the chase.
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Up to 25 miles an hour,
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the speed of
an Olympic sprinter,
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for about three miles.
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(barking)
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A final burst to nearly
40 miles an hour
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and the dog's a winner...
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by a neck.
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(squeaking)
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The pack has it all:
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speed, agility, stamina,
and strategy.
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With arguably the most powerful
bite force for their size
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of any carnivore,
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they can strip this carcass
in under 10 minutes.
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(squeaking)
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(whoop)
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And no scavengers allowed.
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(dogs chattering)
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(growling)
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(squeaking)
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Even lone lions
occasionally tuck tail
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and submit to large dog packs.
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(growl)
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(squeaking)
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One wild dog stands little
chance against a large hyena.
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(growl)
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But his crew always
has his back.
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(squeaking)
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Like a swarm of flies
with fangs.
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(yelp)
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The wild dogs bully everyone.
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Almost.
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They wouldn't think twice about
killing a savanna baboon.
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(barking)
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Only the dogs can't climb.
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And the baboons know it.
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(barking)
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(barking)
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Besides, scouts constantly
warn the troops,
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up to 100 members strong.
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(barking)
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While the baboons' defenses
foil the dogs,
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the monkeys have other things
to worry about,
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like the alpha male's
two-inch fangs.
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Larger than a lion's, those
canines aren't just for show.
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This guy rules this gang,
for now.
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Rivals are always plotting,
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and when fights break out,
death can follow.
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(bark)
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(screeching)
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(screeching)
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NARRATOR: The dominant savanna
baboon demands obedience.
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(screeching)
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(bark)
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(screeching)
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If he catches underlings
bullying weaker members,
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he can show no mercy.
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(screech)
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(barking)
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(screeching)
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(barking)
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But he would defend the troop
with his life.
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Though this cheetah
isn't a threat.
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A baboon can rip her to shreds.
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And she knows it.
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She gives them a wide berth.
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(barking)
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Apparently not wide enough.
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(barking)
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She's faster, but they have
greater numbers.
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Today they're just
showing who's boss.
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(chirping)
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(barking)
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They're the hunters here.
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(chirping)
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(bark)
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(chirping)
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(screeching)
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When a high-ranking baboon
craves meat,
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lower troop members
would be crazy
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to try to take it from him.
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For good measure,
he holds a baby hostage
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so he isn't ganged up on.
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(screeching)
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(barking)
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The kids are happy to play
along if it means some meat.
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Leaving the rest
to scrounge for scraps.
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When their carnivorous craving
grows too strong,
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the ruthless baboons will
betray their allies.
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Baboons and impala usually
play on the same team,
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foraging together
while the impalas benefit
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from the troop's warning calls.
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But once a year, the baboons
violate the treaty.
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Lambing season.
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(birds chirping)
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(lamb crying)
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(barking)
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Defenseless, the impala
can only watch
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as the baboon's two-inch fangs
slice into her lamb.
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She will produce another lamb
in the coming year,
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and this protein boost is
a rare and welcome treat
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for the baboon troop leader.
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Off Africa's western coast,
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a different batch of babies
draws the crowds.
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Cape fur seals
pile onto islands
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for the pupping
and mating season.
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Each bull, 650 pounds
of belligerent blubber,
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fights tooth and claw
for his patch of beach.
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(growl)
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It's every seal for himself.
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This lost pup, stumbling into
the path of another mother,
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gets brutalized.
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Each year, almost a third
of the pups will die,
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lost and alone.
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This lithe, streamlined killer
slices through the waves
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at 18 miles an hour.
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He's mainly after small fish,
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drawn by the millions to
the cold nutrient-rich waters.
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He can hold his breath
for more than seven minutes,
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and dive 650 feet
to chase them.
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But he knows
an easier way to dine.
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(cooing)
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And African penguins
are dressed to serve him.
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Every day, the birds return to
the islands off Africa's tip.
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But not if the seal team
gets there first.
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NARRATOR: Cape fur seals
don't eat penguins.
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This seal guts one
like a fish-filled piñata
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to scarf down
its stomach contents.
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Gruesome and efficient.
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The move is strictly
special ops.
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Most seals aren't
penguin-killers.
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But every season,
a few go rogue.
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While solo seals commit piracy
off Africa's coast,
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banded mongooses deliver death
by a thousand bites.
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Small but ferocious.
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They're equipped for the kill
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and tactically brilliant.
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(squeaking)
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Enemy in range.
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Time to earn their stripes.
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This 55-pound python
could easily gobble down
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a creature
one-twelfth its size.
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(hiss)
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But that's not really
what he's up against.
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Call in the troops,
as many as 75,
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each armed with
three-quarter-inch claws
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and 36 razor-sharp teeth,
adapted for crushing.
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They're agile enough to evade
the fastest strikes.
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The python retreats.
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The troop heads out,
scratching for grubs
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until something better
comes along.
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A dead bird will do for now.
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(chirping)
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Like all good soldiers,
they follow a hierarchy.
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And when they're not foraging,
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they're running
commando drills.
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Snapping at civilians.
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But this olive snake
is no defense exercise.
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He's a target.
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The snake strikes in a third
of a blink of an eye.
282
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,400
Like dodging bullets.
283
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:14,720
♪ ♪
284
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,000
Some mongooses distract
the serpent, others bite it.
285
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,440
♪ ♪
286
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:28,680
♪ ♪
287
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,640
The snake never had a chance.
288
00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,120
♪ ♪
289
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,000
(squeaking)
290
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,760
It takes an army
of banded mongooses
291
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,840
to vanquish a single snake.
292
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,240
So their daredevil cousin,
the slender mongoose,
293
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,480
working solo,
must have a death wish.
294
00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:01,360
♪ ♪
295
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,080
A black mamba, one of
the deadliest snakes on Earth.
296
00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:11,280
One bite can kill 40 men!
297
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,360
(squeaking)
298
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,760
A one-and-a-half-pound mongoose
shouldn't stand a chance.
299
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,160
(squeaking)
300
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,880
Not so fast.
301
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,400
The mongoose fights
like a ninja.
302
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,480
♪ ♪
303
00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,000
(hiss)
304
00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,880
♪ ♪
305
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,040
(hiss)
306
00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,720
The snake just can't keep up.
307
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,400
And the mongoose has a secret:
308
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,520
He's immune to
the snake's venom.
309
00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:05,120
♪ ♪
310
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:09,160
One quick bite and the mongoose
crushes its skull.
311
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,840
♪ ♪
312
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:19,080
He'd better eat fast because
bigger trouble's on the way.
313
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:25,160
♪ ♪
314
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,200
Savoring his meal,
he doesn't see it coming.
315
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,920
And there's no antidote
for this.
316
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,960
NARRATOR: One slender mongoose
versus a pride of hungry lions.
317
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,240
They corner him.
318
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,040
(screeching)
319
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,040
But he brings
the fight to them.
320
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,920
(screeching)
321
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,280
With his snake hunter's
agility,
322
00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:00,680
and a stream of
mongoose expletives,
323
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,680
the shoe is on the other foot,
324
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,640
which is exactly where
he targets his attack.
325
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,560
(screeching)
326
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,040
Never underestimate the power
of one crazy ankle-biter.
327
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:20,320
♪ ♪
328
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,800
The lions lose interest.
329
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,760
They've found meat that's
a little less tough.
330
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,560
(wildebeest lowing)
331
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,760
A week-old wildebeest calf.
332
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,280
♪ ♪
333
00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:48,400
(snort)
334
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:54,840
♪ ♪
335
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,000
The lead lioness,
265 pounds of taut muscle,
336
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,880
can sprint at 30 miles an hour,
even on a full belly.
337
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:09,960
♪ ♪
338
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:26,440
♪ ♪
339
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,040
(calf crying)
340
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:38,120
♪ ♪
341
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,000
She makes her kill in seconds.
342
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,560
But it won't feed
the whole pride.
343
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,640
♪ ♪
344
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,040
Under cover of darkness,
they rally.
345
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,880
Their padded feet
silent as a shadow.
346
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:11,680
♪ ♪
347
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,120
With night vision eight times
better than ours,
348
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,560
they lock on
to a herd of waterbuck.
349
00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:30,360
♪ ♪
350
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,480
One of the lighter, faster
lionesses breaks cover.
351
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:42,560
♪ ♪
352
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,720
(waterbuck cries)
353
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,560
Driving the waterbuck into
four sets of 1.5-inch claws.
354
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,720
(waterbuck cries)
355
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,760
♪ ♪
356
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:11,320
(purring)
357
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,880
Lionesses may be
smaller, faster
358
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,440
and more agile than the males,
359
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,680
but the kings
have brute strength.
360
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,480
(roaring)
361
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,960
Critical where Cape buffalo
are concerned.
362
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:43,720
(buffalo lowing)
363
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,360
Many a big cat has met its end
364
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,720
on the tips of those
three-foot-wide horns.
365
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:56,080
♪ ♪
366
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,280
Some buffalos
won't back down...
367
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:11,680
♪ ♪
368
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,280
...until the pride males arrive.
369
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,760
At 500 pounds each,
370
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,400
they've spent their lives
girding for battle.
371
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,360
(bellowing)
372
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:29,720
There's no escaping
373
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,920
some of the most powerful paws
of any cat on Earth.
374
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,120
(bellowing)
375
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,400
Jaws with 1,000 pounds of force
crush the windpipe
376
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,080
as 1.5-inch fangs silence
the beast for good.
377
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:59,160
♪ ♪
378
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,480
Even at a feast,
lions don't like sharing.
379
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,760
(growl)
380
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,400
Especially with scavengers.
381
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,320
Brazen black-backed jackals.
382
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,960
Always hustling
for a free meal.
383
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,200
They're fast, agile
and ferociously fanged.
384
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,600
But they wouldn't dare tangle
with a pride of lions.
385
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,600
They're too smart for that.
386
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:42,400
And that's why they're
some of Africa's
387
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,640
most successful little canids.
388
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:46,960
(yelping)
389
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,560
Maximizing meals
with minimal effort.
390
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:56,640
♪ ♪
391
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:03,960
Namibia's arid west coast
offers little to scavenge.
392
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,520
It's all about the hunt.
393
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,240
(pup cries)
394
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,640
Cape fur seal pups.
395
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,640
Blubbery blobs
of fat and protein.
396
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,200
Defenseless and delicious.
397
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,640
NARRATOR: For the jackals of Namibia's
Skeleton Coast, life's a beach.
398
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:38,720
(grunt)
399
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,840
Cape fur seal pups.
400
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:42,640
Mouth-wateringly helpless,
401
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,560
except for their
170-pound mothers.
402
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,080
♪ ♪
403
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,520
The jackals target a pup
whose mother is off fishing.
404
00:31:54,600 --> 00:32:01,600
♪ ♪
405
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:12,760
(pup crying)
406
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,880
She'll return to find
only bones and skin.
407
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:24,600
♪ ♪
408
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:31,320
♪ ♪
409
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,440
Elsewhere in Africa, where
meals don't come so easily,
410
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,920
dinner takes teamwork.
411
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:44,000
♪ ♪
412
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:53,040
♪ ♪
413
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,480
Once again,
the jackals switch tactics,
414
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,360
forming gangs
to raid herds of impala,
415
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,680
picking off the frail
or the young.
416
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:10,640
♪ ♪
417
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,320
Luckily, this lamb understands
stranger danger
418
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,360
and escapes the jaws of death.
419
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:32,800
♪ ♪
420
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,840
When the menu features
succulent newborn gazelle,
421
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,880
sometimes mom's protection
is not enough.
422
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:49,600
♪ ♪
423
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,400
(yelping)
424
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:59,240
♪ ♪
425
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,760
Jackals can be team players.
426
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,040
Gazelles, not so much.
427
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,400
Rams won't risk their necks
for an unrelated lamb.
428
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,960
(growling)
429
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:19,040
♪ ♪
430
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,040
She may be one of the fastest
antelopes in Africa,
431
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,920
but she can't be
in three places at once.
432
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,880
(growling)
433
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,000
A fact not lost on the jackals.
434
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:41,840
♪ ♪
435
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,680
(yelping)
436
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:53,920
♪ ♪
437
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,360
(yelping)
438
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,720
♪ ♪
439
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,320
(yowl)
440
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:08,120
Finally, she can't hold them
off any longer.
441
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:16,760
♪ ♪
442
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,920
♪ ♪
443
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,120
(yowl)
444
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,400
The tenacious jackal
doesn't even compare
445
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,040
to this lady's
dogged disposition.
446
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,080
She's one of Africa's
most savage creatures,
447
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,800
with one of the continent's
strongest bites.
448
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,640
The hyena queen
leads a hunting party
449
00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:56,560
that can take down some
of the largest prey in Africa.
450
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,560
(grunting)
451
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:06,880
♪ ♪
452
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,120
(grunting)
453
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,040
She's not particularly fast;
454
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,360
she doesn't need to be.
455
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:21,680
(yipping)
456
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,520
She has stamina and an army.
457
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,080
(yipping)
458
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,160
Unlike big cats that
asphyxiate their kill,
459
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:38,360
hyenas use their vise-like jaws
460
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,600
to bite off chunks of their
living, fleeing prey.
461
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,880
♪ ♪
462
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,440
(snarling)
463
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,920
(whooping)
464
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,400
Their ruthlessness extends
to clan outsiders.
465
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:04,320
(yipping, howling)
466
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:23,280
The matriarch, fierce and
aggressive, sets the tone.
467
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:28,920
(yipping)
468
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,280
A foreigner, drawn from
the neighboring territory
469
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,080
to sneak a bite from their
kill, has crossed a line.
470
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,480
NARRATOR: A hyena's
toothy jaw crushes
471
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,200
with the force of
1,000 pounds per inch,
472
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,320
easily ripping flesh
and pulverizing bone.
473
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,520
(shrieking, growling)
474
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,160
(shriek)
475
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:59,560
(growling)
476
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,120
(yowling)
477
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:19,440
(yowling)
478
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,160
The matriarch makes her point.
479
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,080
The intruder limps back
across the boundary
480
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,240
to lick his wounds.
481
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,280
His beating would have killed
most other animals,
482
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:35,800
but besides aggression,
483
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,440
resilience is a hyena's
other superpower.
484
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,720
Which doesn't make them popular
with the locals.
485
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,640
For Africa's predators, killing
is only half the battle.
486
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,000
Staying alive is the rest.
487
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,800
It helps to steer clear
of hyenas.
488
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,080
This male leopard
stashes his kill
489
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,200
where snapping jaws
can't follow.
490
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:17,680
♪ ♪
491
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,400
With supernatural patience,
492
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,120
these young hyenas
can wait for days.
493
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:28,320
♪ ♪
494
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,480
Squabbling over dropped scraps
495
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,960
as they anticipate
a meatier payoff.
496
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:40,040
♪ ♪
497
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:44,800
(yipping)
498
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,320
Only about 18 months old,
499
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:54,400
their fangs could still rip
the leopard limb from limb.
500
00:39:55,560 --> 00:40:02,560
♪ ♪
501
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,240
The cat can't stay
up there forever.
502
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:18,320
♪ ♪
503
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,280
He takes a leap of faith.
504
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,360
He wins this round,
505
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,280
but the leopard/hyena conflict
never ends.
506
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,440
(bark)
507
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,920
Another leopard hunts
in complete silence.
508
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,560
She suffocates her prey,
cutting off its distress calls.
509
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,040
(yipping)
510
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,680
Too bad the impala herd's
snorting alarm
511
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,920
attracts the sharp-eared hyenas.
512
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,720
(yipping)
513
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,120
She flees at the sight of one,
abandoning her kill.
514
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:15,640
♪ ♪
515
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:19,440
A 175-pound hyena can eat
a third of her body weight
516
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:24,280
in minutes, so this single
impala won't go far.
517
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:32,280
♪ ♪
518
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,200
Feeding an entire clan
demands something larger.
519
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:40,240
♪ ♪
520
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,520
Something the size
of a wildebeest.
521
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,400
Hyenas have an uncanny eye
for spotting weakness.
522
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:55,440
♪ ♪
523
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,440
Wildebeest and hyenas both
have strong front shoulders
524
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,600
and sloping backs for
long distance running.
525
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,760
♪ ♪
526
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,280
(snorting)
527
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,200
But the predator has
superior night vision,
528
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,360
teamwork and a taste for blood.
529
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:25,720
♪ ♪
530
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,240
The high-stamina hyenas chase
the fight out of their prey.
531
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,880
(yipping)
532
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,720
Wolfing down as much as
possible, as fast as possible.
533
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,120
(shriek)
534
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:51,320
♪ ♪
535
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,960
The greatest spoils
usually fall
536
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,840
to the larger,
most dominant females.
537
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:02,560
(shrieking)
538
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,520
Then they go after the calf.
539
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,200
(yipping)
540
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:17,520
(shrieking)
541
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,000
Their powerful shoulder
and neck muscles,
542
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,240
which support
their six-pound head,
543
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,040
let them lift a heavy carcass
with ease.
544
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,160
(yipping)
545
00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:42,800
(shrieking)
546
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,600
In 13 minutes,
a clan of 20 hyenas
547
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,080
can reduce 200 pounds of meat
548
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,440
to a bloodstained
patch of grass.
549
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:56,240
(yipping)
550
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,240
That's what it takes
to survive out here,
551
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,720
where the next meal
is never guaranteed,
552
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,600
and missed opportunities
can be the difference
553
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,800
between life and death.
554
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,880
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