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FEMALE NARRATOR:
Meet the Nsefu pride,
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and their newest members.
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Six cubs who feed together
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and play together.
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(GROWLING)
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All except one.
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He holds back.
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A misfit.
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This is his story.
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He's the smallest,
the most vulnerable.
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(SNARLING)
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Surrounded by killers,
even other lions.
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His family is all that
stands between him
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and a violent world.
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(ROARING)
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(GROWLING)
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(MEOWING)
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Lost and afraid.
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The smallest cub faces
rejection and hardship.
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(GROWLING)
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(MEOWING)
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His only hope is in his
determination to survive.
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(OPENING THEME PLAYING)
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The Luangwa River
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is the heart of Zambia's
South Luangwa National Park.
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It's drying up.
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It hasn't rained
for six months.
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Along the bank lives
the Nsefu Pride,
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a family of twenty lions,
including six cubs,
born to two sisters.
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The cubs have different
characters, some playful,
some aggressive.
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These two are the twins,
a male and a female.
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A couple of weeks
younger are four males.
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One is smaller, holds back,
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perhaps a runt.
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Even in the womb some cubs get
more nutrition than others.
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This little misfit risks
being pushed out of meals
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by his stronger brothers,
and falling further behind.
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Male cubs need friendships
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that will evolve into
coalitions as adults,
to start new prides.
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Playing together is
vital to their future.
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(GROWLING)
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The older twins set the pace.
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Chasing and fighting are
their favorite games.
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They're getting stronger
all the time.
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The misfit is missing out.
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(GROWLING)
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Cubs want to form bonds.
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One of the twins approaches
the timid cub.
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At first the misfit
is just scared.
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(GROWLING)
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He tried, but he finds being
part of the gang hard.
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(BUFFALO SNORTING)
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As the dry season progresses,
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buffalo are drawn to the
few streams and lagoons
around the river.
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(MOOING)
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(MOOING)
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(HYENA BARKS)
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Hyenas follow.
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If hyenas or leopards find
the cubs, they'll kill them.
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Keeping them alive is a
difficult job for the mothers.
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Nine out of ten cubs die
in their first few years,
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before they're big enough
to defend themselves.
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(HYENA BARKS)
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(INSECTS CHITTERING)
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(HOWLING)
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Night is the most
dangerous time,
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and the mothers need to
persuade the reluctant cubs
to hide, and remain hidden.
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The mothers can't
stay with the cubs.
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As the pride's best hunters,
they're needed elsewhere.
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Lions hunt cooperatively.
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(GROWLING)
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They run at the herds of
impala and puku, hoping to
find a weaker individual.
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Sickness or injury is
quickly punished in the
African wilderness.
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The antelope are fast,
built to avoid cheetahs.
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Buffalo are like tanks,
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slower, but it takes
the whole hunting team
to bring one down.
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(SNORTING)
(GROWLING)
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Few hunts succeed.
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The buffalos just canter away.
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(ROARING)
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While the females hunt,
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the two brothers roar
out their ownership
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of their 25 square
mile territory,
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broadcasting their
strength to rival lions.
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(ROARING)
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(HYENAS LAUGHING)
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Roars also intimidate
others predators,
particularly hyenas.
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(HYENAS YELPING)
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The clan lives in
a lion-proof den.
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(YELPING)
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A babysitter stays behind
while the clan goes hunting.
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(YELPING)
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The lion cubs have
nobody to guard them.
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(LIONS ROARING)
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(HYENAS LAUGHING)
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With so much chaos,
they may panic, and scatter.
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That's very risky with the
resident leopard out hunting.
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She's able to move so quietly
that even impala and puku
can't detect her.
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Leopards and lions are rivals,
attacking each other's cubs
whenever they can.
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In the cool of the night
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hippos come out of
the river to graze.
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Stirring up a cloud of
insects for the bats.
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The hyenas have found some
of the lion pride enjoying
the remains of a warthog.
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The lionesses
are away hunting,
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the dominant males roaring
and the cubs hiding.
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What remains are
the teenagers,
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yearlings to four-year-olds.
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Pride and clan skirmish
over scraps.
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(ROARING)
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(HOWLING)
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(HOWLING)
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The hyenas back down.
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(HIPPOS GRUNTING)
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At dawn, the hippos leave
the busy plains for the
cool safety of the river.
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(SNORTING AND GRUNTING)
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The little misfit is in
the hiding place, alone.
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It's been a night of drama.
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The five other cubs
are scattered.
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Halfway across the river are
two of the missing cubs.
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This is no-man's land,
and very dangerous.
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(MEOWING)
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(GROWLING)
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The two mothers are
out searching
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and have found the male twin.
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Leaving him alone on the bank,
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his mother sets out
to rescue his sister
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and a younger cousin.
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(MEOWING)
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They are half way into
another pride's territory.
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(MEOWING)
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Fortunately, there's
no sign of the neighbors.
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(MEOWING)
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She leads them back to safety.
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It's so easy for cubs to
wander off and run into
trouble in the dark.
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Curiosity and courage may
have led them astray.
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(MEOWING)
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All the cubs are found,
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they've had their
big adventure,
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learnt their lesson.
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Except for one,
the little loner,
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who just stayed
where he was put.
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(MEOWING)
(GROWLING)
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The bigger cubs
have a new game,
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testing the tolerance
of the two adult males.
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(MEOWING)
(GROWLING)
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The little misfit wants
to make friends
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and approaches
the big males, too.
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The males are his best line of
defense and worth befriending.
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He's ignored as usual,
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so he returns to
his mother for milk.
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Late for breakfast,
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the teenagers
finally saunter in.
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They've been out causing
mayhem all night.
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The little cub approaches
the adolescents.
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He clearly wants
to make friends.
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But the gang on the edge
of adulthood are dangerous,
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their instincts are muddled,
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unpredictable, sometimes
playful cub, sometimes
lethal hunter.
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(GROWLING)
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Still, perhaps it's something
to hang out with the big boys.
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(LIONESS MOTHER CALLS)
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When his mother calls,
he wanders back.
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Over time, the pride move
around their 25 square
mile territory,
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following their prey,
and checking for intruders.
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They stop regularly,
and snooze for much
of each day.
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(GROWLING)
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Her growl could be a
reprimand for wandering off,
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or a warning.
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(MEOWING)
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At one resting place are the
remains of a puku antelope.
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The older cubs are
beginning to eat meat,
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in this case, the stolen
scraps of a leopard kill.
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They're about three
months old now,
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and this is mostly
about training,
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developing hunting instincts,
and slowly moving their
digestion from milk to meat.
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The loner just needs
some confidence to
join in and catch up.
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(SNARLING)
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The meat's only
a first taster,
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and they're suckling
more than ever.
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(GROWLING)
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The mothers share the
nursing of all the cubs.
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It's called allo-suckling.
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But six cubs are hard work.
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Each lioness only
has four nipples,
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and the cubs always
want to feed together.
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(SNARLING)
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(GROWLING)
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(GROWLING)
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The mothers are
getting tetchy.
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(GROWLING)
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Feeding together is important.
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As they grow up, the male cubs
need to be able to form a
coalition and win a territory.
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So the friendships formed
in shared litters are key.
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(SNARLING)
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After fighting for food,
they fight some more,
just for the fun of it.
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(SNARLING)
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The little oddball
is excluded.
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(GROWLING)
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The teenagers play too,
but their games are
really rough.
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(GROWLING)
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The misfit cub is used
to being on his own.
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(SNARLING)
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The pride wanders off.
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He's forgotten by his mother,
brothers and cousins,
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even by the teenagers.
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Once the adult lions are gone,
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the other animals relax a bit,
and are curious about this
little lone lion.
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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(MEOWING)
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Too late, he realizes
he needs his pride,
and misses his mother.
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(MEOWING)
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(MEOWING)
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(HIPPOS SNORTING)
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(INSECTS CHITTERING)
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(OWL HOOTS)
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Alone and lost,
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calling for his family
is not a good idea.
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(CUB SQUEALING)
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Others may hear.
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(SQUEALING)
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Even hippos kill
cubs occasionally.
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They may be vegetarians,
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but they're by
no means harmless.
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The little misfit
doesn't panic.
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He's naturally a loner.
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(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
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The cub comes near
impala and puku.
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Best to stay still and just
listen with the listeners.
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In the quiet,
a nocturnal cast emerges.
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A timid savanna hare.
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And a musky genet,
a cousin of the mongoose.
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Much more dangerous,
the local leopard.
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Lions and leopards are locked
in an ancient rivalry.
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Both kill each other's cubs
if they find them.
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One instinctive response
to extreme fear in animals
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is to shut down the body,
even lose consciousness.
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It's called
a syncope response.
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Twenty yards away
from the cub,
the leopard pauses.
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The genet approaches.
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The leopard isn't distracted,
locked onto the cub.
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(SOFT GROWLING)
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A hippo breaks the spell.
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(SNORTING)
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Hippos may hate leopards,
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but are unlikely lifesavers
for lion cubs.
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(MEOWING)
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(CUB MEOWING)
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The teenagers have
had their meal,
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and lost a skirmish
with hyenas.
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They're in the mood
for more mayhem.
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There's not much
hunting strategy yet,
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just run at them.
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Missed again.
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00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:01,693
But, just behind the teenager,
255
00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:02,795
(CUB MEOWING)
256
00:26:02,795 --> 00:26:04,196
the cub.
257
00:26:06,131 --> 00:26:09,435
(MEOWING)
258
00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,007
He's found his pride.
259
00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:34,226
(SOFT GROWLS)
260
00:26:40,299 --> 00:26:42,034
It's a rough reunion.
261
00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:44,102
(MEOWING)
262
00:27:09,595 --> 00:27:12,498
The adolescents are away
from the main pride.
263
00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:16,301
He's in as much danger
with them as he was alone.
264
00:27:22,774 --> 00:27:24,476
Mouths watering,
265
00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:28,213
their tentative nips
cover him with saliva.
266
00:27:38,257 --> 00:27:40,692
It's not in his character
to fight back.
267
00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:08,387
Their hunting instincts,
Their frustrations...
(SQUEALING)
268
00:28:08,387 --> 00:28:10,255
...could claim a first kill.
269
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,458
One of their own.
270
00:28:18,764 --> 00:28:22,367
The cub, equally confused,
tries to suckle.
271
00:28:40,686 --> 00:28:42,120
(SOFT GROWLING)
272
00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:48,760
(MEOWING)
273
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,604
The young males grow
increasingly hostile.
274
00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,273
The misfit's desperate
to get away.
275
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,609
It's only going to get worse.
276
00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:11,617
(SOFT GROWLING)
277
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,094
(GROWLING)
278
00:29:27,099 --> 00:29:29,267
His mother is out
looking for him.
279
00:29:33,038 --> 00:29:34,439
(GROWLING)
280
00:29:54,426 --> 00:29:57,229
(MEOWING)
281
00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:06,405
(MEOWING)
(GROWLING)
282
00:30:14,379 --> 00:30:15,480
(GROWLING)
283
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,322
The teenagers want
their plaything back.
284
00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:36,101
(GROWLING)
285
00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:01,660
Few cubs would have survived
this night.
286
00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:07,733
But there's something
about this little loner
that defies the odds.
287
00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:14,673
(BIRD CAWING)
288
00:31:20,145 --> 00:31:22,314
Looking after
their vulnerable young
289
00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:25,183
is the hardest challenge
many animals face.
290
00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:29,621
Parents dedicate their lives
to the next generation.
291
00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:33,492
It's in everything they do.
292
00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:27,479
The little loner is back safe
with the pride,
293
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:29,447
and has had his adventure.
294
00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:42,227
The other five cubs' games
are rough.
295
00:32:42,227 --> 00:32:44,429
They are gaining in confidence
and strength.
296
00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:47,399
(SNARLING)
297
00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:55,240
The instinct is to
develop adult skills
298
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,641
through tag and wrestling,
299
00:32:56,641 --> 00:33:01,413
as well as establishing bonds
and hierarchies
within the friendships.
300
00:33:04,749 --> 00:33:09,187
It takes a few years
of playing to learn
how to be a lion.
301
00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:44,556
The little misfit's
development is falling behind,
302
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,526
but this morning,
after his escapade,
303
00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:50,729
he has a more
immediate problem.
304
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,500
He can hardly walk.
305
00:34:09,147 --> 00:34:11,783
The other cubs behave
as if he wasn't there,
306
00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:14,085
as if he was already dead.
307
00:34:27,465 --> 00:34:30,502
He may have fractured his hip
or spine,
308
00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:33,004
injured perhaps,
by the teenagers.
309
00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:36,107
Or maybe, he's just bruised
and weak.
310
00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:42,380
He returns to his mother
for breakfast.
311
00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:45,383
(SOFT GROWLING)
312
00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:47,085
She growls a warning.
313
00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:51,022
Something has changed.
314
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,661
He needs milk
if he is to heal.
315
00:34:58,263 --> 00:34:59,531
(GROWLS)
316
00:35:10,608 --> 00:35:12,210
He tries his aunt.
317
00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:15,246
(CUBS WHIMPERING)
318
00:35:15,246 --> 00:35:18,616
But she also abruptly
ends the meal.
319
00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:28,994
The biology of maternal love
has an extraordinary
exception.
320
00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:33,798
Occasionally, mothers
turn against their young,
321
00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:36,735
neglect or even kill them.
322
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:41,673
Scientists are only beginning
to investigate how a bond
323
00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:44,642
that is so strong
can get broken.
324
00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:50,148
And if there's anything
a rejected cub can do
to win a parent back.
325
00:36:06,431 --> 00:36:08,033
He can't keep up.
326
00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:19,444
They've disappeared.
327
00:36:22,747 --> 00:36:24,315
Alone again.
328
00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:30,155
He keeps following the family.
329
00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:33,324
He has courage, determination.
330
00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:20,638
He finally tracks down
his family.
331
00:37:30,215 --> 00:37:32,050
But he's not welcome.
332
00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:41,559
The injured misfit
is weakening,
333
00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:43,528
and his limp is worse.
334
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:53,471
He's now suffering as much
from dehydration as injury.
335
00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:09,154
He can't walk
in a straight line.
336
00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:13,091
(WHIMPERING)
337
00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:48,626
He has to keep up.
338
00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:52,230
His willpower and courage
are extraordinary.
339
00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:01,673
He arrives late,
340
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:04,542
but the problem is more
than just his timing.
341
00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:09,314
Each time he tries to suckle,
342
00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:12,951
his mother and his aunt
both continue to refuse him.
343
00:39:19,224 --> 00:39:21,059
They are making a choice.
344
00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:26,464
If a lioness can work out
which of her cubs
is most likely to die,
345
00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:29,634
it makes sense to concentrate
on the others,
346
00:39:29,634 --> 00:39:32,270
those that have the best
chance of surviving.
347
00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:37,575
It's grim,
but it's not that unusual
348
00:39:37,575 --> 00:39:40,411
for mothers to abandon
ailing young.
349
00:39:40,411 --> 00:39:41,746
(PURRING)
350
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:49,354
He sits apart
and lets the others feed.
351
00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:56,060
He tries again.
352
00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:58,162
(SQUEALS)
353
00:40:24,722 --> 00:40:26,057
(GROWLS)
354
00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:38,236
(SQUEALS)
355
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:47,078
The adults know a way round
and down into a gully
where there's water.
356
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,383
(PANTING)
357
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:14,672
The little misfit
is so dehydrated now,
he's walking in circles.
358
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,508
He's lost the others.
359
00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:29,554
He sees them
in the gully below.
360
00:41:37,395 --> 00:41:40,798
A crocodile is waiting
for any unwary drinker.
361
00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:53,678
(MEOWING)
362
00:41:56,147 --> 00:41:59,283
The mothers know the danger
from the croc...
(GROWLS)
363
00:41:59,283 --> 00:42:01,552
...and bark out warnings
and threats.
364
00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:10,528
Weak and confused,
365
00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:13,998
the cub doesn't realize
there's a safe way round.
366
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:25,243
(MEOWING)
367
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:53,805
If a cub, her cub,
368
00:42:53,805 --> 00:42:56,607
is in direct danger
from outside,
369
00:42:56,808 --> 00:42:59,811
it must appeal to her
in a different way.
370
00:43:11,456 --> 00:43:13,157
(MEOWING)
371
00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:55,666
At last, a drink of water.
372
00:44:40,111 --> 00:44:43,014
Hesitantly,
he approaches his mother.
373
00:45:00,298 --> 00:45:04,569
For the first time since
his terrifying night alone,
374
00:45:04,569 --> 00:45:09,607
she lets him get close,
and allows him to suckle.
375
00:45:50,615 --> 00:45:53,284
It's much-needed sustenance.
376
00:45:53,284 --> 00:45:55,219
But he's still the runt,
377
00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:59,223
still injured
and still unable to keep up.
378
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,563
(MEOWING)
379
00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:15,539
As the pride walks away,
something happens.
380
00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:23,314
One of the cubs turns,
and waits for him.
381
00:46:28,753 --> 00:46:35,660
Then, one by one,
the whole family turns,
and waits.
382
00:46:47,805 --> 00:46:50,241
They give him a second chance.
383
00:47:01,085 --> 00:47:06,457
With luck, this is just
the beginning of his story.
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00:47:23,774 --> 00:47:30,781
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00:47:30,781 --> 00:47:37,788
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00:47:37,788 --> 00:47:44,795
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00:47:44,795 --> 00:47:52,002
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