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Jonathan: THERE'S SOMETHING
TRULY EXTRAORDINARY

ABOUT LIVING A LIFE
ALONGSIDE THE BIG CATS.

WE'RE JONATHAN AND ANGELA SCOTT,

AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
THE LIONS, LEOPARDS,

AND CHEETAHS OF THE MASAI MARA
FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THEY'RE NOT JUST BIG CATS TO US,
WE KNOW THEM AS INDIVIDUALS.

ALONGSIDE US IS OUR GOOD
FRIEND JACKSON OLE LOOSEYIA.

HE'S SPENT HIS LIFE IN THE MARA,
AND THESE CHARACTERS

ARE AS SPECIAL TO HIM
AS THEY ARE TO US.

JOIN US AS WE DRAW BACK
THE CURTAIN

ON THE INTIMATE STORY
OF THEIR LIVES.

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♪♪

Jackson: WE'RE BACK WITH
OUR FIVE CHEETAH BOYS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH
ADRENALINE IS IN MY BLOOD

WHEN I SEE THEM ON HUNT.

♪♪

THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT
OF THIS CHEETAH HUNT.

THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO THEIR PREY.

AND WHEN THEY TAKE OFF,
YOU KNOW,

AT A SPEED OF
50 KILOMETERS AN HOUR,

THERE'S NOTHING FOR
A WILDEBEEST, WHICH RUNS UP TO

35, 40 KILOMETERS AN HOUR.

BUT THESE CHEETAHS CAN GO AT TOP
SPEED UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR.

THEY'VE COME TO THE HEART
OF THE MIGRATION.

THIS IS WHERE ALL
THE WILDEBEESTS ARE.

I MEAN, THOUSANDS.

NOT HUNDREDS --
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THEM.

♪♪

WOW, THEY ARE NOW WAITING.

THEY ARE NOW MOVING SLOWLY.

THEY'RE SELECTING.
LOOK AT THEM.

YEAH, THEY ARE
DEFINITELY SELECTING.

LOOK.

♪♪

THERE IS NO SENIOR MOMENT
WITH OUR FIVE CHEETAH BOYS --

VERY YOUTHFUL-FEELING, YOU KNOW.

THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND.
THEY'RE JUMPING.

WELL, LOOK HERE, THEN.
THEY'RE STILL YOUNG.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME,

I THINK, THEY HAVE EVER
TAKEN A TERRITORY.

THEY'RE NOT 100% FULLY GROWN UP.

THEY'RE WELL-BUILT, BUT WAIT
ANOTHER YEAR WITH THESE BOYS.

THEY WILL LOOK HUGE, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE AMOUNT OF FOOD

THAT THEY WILL BE
PUTTING ON TO THEIR BACKS.

WOW.

♪♪

NOW, FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS,
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR BAHATI,

ONE OF OUR FAVORITE LEOPARDS,
WITH HER TWO CUBS.

AND GUESS WHAT.

I DIDN'T FIND BAHATI,
BUT I FOUND A BIT OF GOLD --

FIG AND HER CUB.

NOW, FIG IS A LEOPARD
THAT WE KNOW.

SHE LIVES IN
THE OLARE OROK CONSERVANCY --

SO BEYOND THE RESERVE
BOUNDARIES, A PROTECTED AREA.

AND THE NATURE OF THAT
DAPPLED COAT,

THOSE ROSETTES, THOSE SPOTS --

THEY'RE BLENDING PERFECTLY
WITH THE PLACE SHE'S LYING.

OH, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.

THERE'S THE CUB.

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED
FROM ALL MY YEARS IN THE MARA --

YOU NEVER TAKE TIME SPENT
WITH A LEOPARD FOR GRANTED,

BECAUSE THIS CAT IS
THE MOST DIFFICULT CAT TO FIND.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, A WINDOW
INTO THAT SECRET WORLD --

FOR ME, IT'S THE BEST.

THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING
THAT COMPARES WITH THIS.

♪♪

I THINK, YOU KNOW,
WE CHARACTERIZE THE LEOPARD

AS BEING SO SOLITARY --

THE ULTIMATE CAT
THAT WALKS ALONE.

BUT OF COURSE,
FOR A MOTHER LEOPARD,

OFTEN SHE HAS A CUB OR CUBS.

AND YOU GET THESE
WONDERFUL MOMENTS

JUST EVERY SO OFTEN,
JUST PURE JOY.

♪♪

OKAY, SHE'S GOING DOWN
INTO THE LAGA.

NOW IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT

TO TRY AND FOLLOW HER,
BECAUSE SHE MAY CONTINUE.

SHE MAY ACTUALLY WANT TO GO
AND TRY AND HUNT

WHILE THE CUB
IS JUST TUCKED AWAY.

AND THE CUB WILL BE QUITE HAPPY
JUST TO BE LEFT ON ITS OWN.

LOOK AT FIG,
COVERING THE OPEN GROUND --

A RISKY MOVEMENT
FOR A LEOPARD.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOPI
IN THE BACKGROUND.

THEY'VE SPOTTED HER.

AND SHE'LL HAVE A TERRITORY --
MAYBE 15, 20 SQUARE KILOMETERS.

THEY HAVE TO MOVE AROUND,
AND THEY MARK THEIR TERRITORY.

THEY LEAVE SCENT MARKS.

ANY OTHER LEOPARD COMING ALONG
WILL SMELL SIMILAR PLACES --

FALLEN TREES,
THE SIDE OF TRUNKS, BUSHES.

SO SHE'S STAMPING HER IDENTITY
ON HER TERRITORY.

NOTHING RELAXES
QUITE LIKE A LEOPARD.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS PART
OF THE ALLURE OF THE LEOPARD.

SHE'S LYING NOW IN A THORN TREE,
AND I MEAN THORNS --

TWO-INCH-LONG THORNS.

AND YET, SHE LOOKS
AS COMFORTABLE

AS ANYTHING COULD ON EARTH.

SHE'S TOTALLY RELAXED.

AND OF COURSE, UP THERE, SHE'S
GOT A VIEW ACROSS THE PLAINS.

IF SHE NEEDS TO CHECK EVERY
SO OFTEN WHAT'S GOING ON,

SHE'S IN THE PERFECT POSITION.

BUT MAINLY, SHE'S BEING A CAT.

AND WHAT DO CATS LIKE TO DO
MOST OF THE TIME?

TO SLEEP.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT FIG HAS SEEN,

BUT THE INTENSITY
OF THAT LOOK --

EYES WIDE OPEN, PUPILS JUST
SHUT DOWN TO A PINHOLE.

SHE'S LOOKING OUT THERE.

MAYBE SHE'S SEEN PREY.

AND LOOK AT THE TAIL.
YOU SEE THE TAIL?

YOU CAN READ THE MOOD
OF THE LEOPARD --

THE TWITCH,
A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION.

"WHAT AM I GONNA DO NEXT?"

IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT,
THEN COME TO AFRICA

AND SIT IN THE PRESENCE
OF A LEOPARD,

AND YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY
WHY I HAVE SPENT

SO MANY YEARS HERE REVELING,
OBSESSED BY THESE GREAT CATS.

WE HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY
TO HAVE SAT ALL DAY

AND WAIT AND WAIT UNTIL FINALLY,
WE FOUND NOTCH AND HER CUBS.

THIS IS THE SAME LIONESS
ANGIE AND JOHNNY WERE FOLLOWING

AT THE PIPE BY THE ROAD.

THESE TWO LITTLE CUBS
ARE LIPSTICK AND BLACKIE CUBS.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
INTRODUCED INTO THE PRIDE.

THEY'RE ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD.

I CAN JUST SEE THE EARS.

THEY'RE ABOUT --
MAYBE EVEN 2 MONTHS OLD.

GOD, THEY'RE SMALL.

FOR ALL THOSE HOURS,
WE'VE BEEN WAITING.

THESE CUBS DID NOT SUCKLE,
DID NOT HAVE A DRINK.

AND IT'S JUST NOW,
IT'S POSITIONING HERSELF.

LOOK, SHE'S POSITIONING NOW,
HOLDING THE CUBS,

TRYING TO PULL THE CUBS
TO THE UDDER.

LOOK.

THEY DON'T FEED LIKE,
EVERY TWO MINUTES.

THEY'VE GOT TO GET USED
TO NOT SUCKLING,

NOT DRINKING ALL THE TIME
BECAUSE LIONS

AND ALL THESE
OTHER PREDATORS,

THEY KNOW TOUGH TIMES
CAN BE AHEAD.

THE DAY OF PLENTY
WILL JUST FADE AWAY.

THE MIGRATION WILL BE
MOVING AWAY.

THEY THEMSELVES, THEY KNOW
WHAT IT IS TO BE TOUGH.

AND THEY HAVE TO TRANSLATE
THAT MEANING TO THE CUBS.

NOW THOSE CUBS
ARE FINALLY SUCKLING.

AND YOU SEE,
MOTHER IS ALWAYS REACHING.

LOOK.

IT'S TOUCH IS LIKE
A HUMAN SOMEHOW.

LOOK, TOUCHING THE HEADS,
PULLING THE OTHER ONE.

LOOK AT THAT.

VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

WE'RE JUST SO LUCKY TO FIND
THIS NATURAL BEAUTY,

WILDLIFE THAT
WE DON'T INTERFERE.

WE DON'T FEED.
WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.

WE JUST WATCH.

♪♪

THIS IS THE MAKING
OF LION KINGDOM.

AND SOME DAY, THEY RULE.
THEY WALK ON THIS SAVANNA,

AS POWERFUL AS THEIR DAD,

TERRORIZING EVERYONE --
THOSE LITTLE THINGS.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE LIONS.

♪♪

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

♪♪

Jackson: IT'S NOW COOL,
AND IT'S RAINING.

IT'S PERFECT
FOR CHEETAHS HUNTING.

LOOK AT THEM.

THEY'RE ALL RUNNING,
AND THEY'RE EXCITED.

WE MIGHT SEE SOME ACTION
THIS EVENING.

BUT RIGHT HERE,
THERE'S A LOT OF BULLYING.

LOOK.

THERE IS ONE WHICH IS SO
WELL-DOMINATED BY THE REST.

VERY OFTEN YOU SEE HE RUNS,

AND THEN THEY JUMP ON HIM
AND THEY RUN ON HIM.

THEY'RE JUST, LIKE, BULLYING
HIM, LIKE, ALMOST FIGHTING HIM.

LOOK, HE'S BEING PUSHED
ON TO THE SIDE.

WAS HE THE LATEST
TO JOIN THE COALITION?

WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THIS IS WHERE

YOU CAN SEE
THE HIERARCHY IS HAPPENING.

♪♪

THEY HAVE NOW SET THEIR TARGET.

I CAN SEE THAT WILDEBEEST
THAT IS ASLEEP RIGHT THERE.

RAIN IS BEHIND, SO NOT AWARE.

AND LOOK AT THE WAY
THEY'RE COMING.

REALLY, THIS IS
THE ULTIMATE MOMENT.

WE'RE WAITING FOR
THESE BOYS TO PERFORM.

LOOK. LOOK, LOOK,
LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.

NOW, THE ANTICIPATION --
WHICH ONE?

DECISION-MAKING --
THAT ONE OR THAT ONE?

ALL THESE WILDEBEESTS, YOU THINK
THEY'RE LOOKING AWAY, UNAWARE.

ANY MOVEMENT,
THAT WILL TRIGGER AN ALERT.

YOU'LL SEE EVERY SINGLE
WILDEBEEST LOOKING AROUND

AND SAYING, "IS IT TIME,"
BECAUSE THEY'RE VULNERABLE.

THEY KNOW IN THE RAIN,

PREDATORS WILL COME
BEHIND THEM AND ATTACK.

YEAH, TARGET -- FOCUS ON IT.

THERE THEY GO.
THERE THEY GO.

♪♪

FIGHTING, FIGHTING VERY HARD --
LOOK AT IT.

HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

FIGHTING ON HIS OWN.

HELP IS COMING.

♪♪

HOW MANY CHEETAHS ON IT NOW?

FOUR.

♪♪

AND THAT IS A FIGHT.

YOU DON'T WITNESS THESE THINGS.

♪♪

IT'S DOWN.

JUST IMAGINE HOW LONG
WE HAVE FOLLOWED THESE CHEETAHS.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

FINALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR DAYS.

I MEAN, WE'VE FOLLOWED
FOR TWO DAYS.

WE DIDN'T SEE ANY SUCCESS.

TODAY IS AN AMAZING --
AN AMAZING HUNT.

THESE FIVE CHEETAH BOYS
ARE TRULY FANTASTIC HUNTERS.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT OVER.

I SEE A HYENA.

YOU THINK WE'RE FINISHED?

WE'RE NOT.

THESE CHEETAH HAVE TO EAT
QUICKLY, FAST.

THE HYENA'S JUST GONE
TO CALL THE REINFORCEMENT.

LOOK!
HE'S GONE OVER THERE.

HE'S GOT A FRIEND ALREADY.

HE'S TELLING THEM, "OOH!
WE'VE GOT SOMETHING UP THERE."

THEY ARE NOW COMING.

AND THAT IS WHAT HYENAS
ARE KNOWN FOR --

STEALING KILLS FROM
OTHER PREDATORS,

PARTICULARLY CHEETAH.

WOW.

LOOK AT THOSE MALES
JOINING UP TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED EACH OTHER
FOR -- A FORCE AND POWER.

HE SAID, "RIGHT?

YOU WANT TO FIGHT?"

AND YOU SEE THERE,
THEY HYENAS GOING AROUND.

AND THEY SAY, "OKAY."

THE HYENAS DON'T GIVE UP.

THAT IS WHAT HYENAS
ARE KNOWN FOR.

IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE
HOW STRONG THEY ARE

AND HOW POWERFUL THEY ARE,

BY DEFENDING THEIR MEAL
AGAINST A VERY STRONG HYENA.

FOR A HYENA, HE SEES A CHEETAH
AND WALKS IN AND TAKE IT AWAY.

BUT THAT DEFENDING --
ONE OF THEM IS THERE,

STANDING, GUARDING,
WHILE THE OTHERS ARE EATING.

SO THEY TAKE TURNS -- EAT, EAT,
EAT, EAT, GO AND GUARD.

COME BACK, I EAT.

THIS IS THE STRENGTH OF HAVING
FIVE MALE CHEETAHS TOGETHER.

THESE BOYS ARE JUST FANTASTIC.

♪♪

Jonathan: I'M LOOKING FOR
BAHATI THE LEOPARD,

ONE OF MY FAVORITE
BIG CAT CHARACTERS.

NOW, SHE'S TERRITORIAL.

SHE OCCUPIES QUITE A BIG RANGE.

BUT AT LEAST I KNOW
WHERE TO START.

SOMEWHERE AMONGST
THESE THICKETS,

I'M HOPING WE'LL PICK HER UP.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF
THE DRIVER GUIDES,

AND THEY ARE SAYING
THAT ACTUALLY,

BAHATI HAS JUST BEEN SEEN
WITH ONE CUB.

SO WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE OTHER ONE?

IS IT STILL ALIVE?

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT.

[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]

[ CHUCKLES ]
I JUST LOVE IT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN THE MARA,

THE TALEK RIVER.

IT'S THE HEART
OF BAHATI'S TERRITORY,

AND RIGHT NOW
WE'VE GOT A LIONESS

BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE
A TERRITORY HERE.

[ LIONESS BELLOWING ]

BUT LOOK.

LISTEN TO HER!

[ BELLOWING CONTINUES ]

IF THAT DOESN'T STIR YOUR BLOOD,
THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD.

THAT IS THE HEART AND SOUL
OF AFRICA SPEAKING TO YOU.

AND ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST A WAY
OF COMMUNICATING FOR THE LIONS

TO TELL THE REST
OF THE PRIDE WHERE SHE IS.

IT'S ALSO A THREAT -- A THREAT
TO LEOPARDS, A THREAT TO BAHATI.

THIS IS LION KINGDOM.

THIS IS LION CENTRAL.

WATCH OUT.

WHAT A VIEW.

THE TALEK RIVER, BEAUTIFUL.

IT RUNS INTO THE MARA,
AND NO BARRIER TO A BIG CAT.

WHEN YOU SEE A LIONESS
COMPARED WITH A LEOPARD,

SO MUCH BIGGER
AND STOCKIER.

SHE CALLED.

NOW SHE'S LISTENING.

WHERE'S THE REST OF HER PRIDE?

[ BELLOWING ]

IT WOULD BE IRREVERENT TO
INTERRUPT THAT KIND OF MOMENT,

THOSE SOUNDS,
THAT COMMUNICATION.

AND IT SPEAKS TO ME DEEP INSIDE.

THIS IS WHY I CAME TO AFRICA.

THERE'S A POIGNANCY THERE,
BECAUSE ALL OF OUR BIG CATS

ARE UNDER THREAT FROM MAN.

WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE
AT LEAST SOME PLACE

FOR WILD ANIMALS.

AND RIGHT NOW, THAT PLACE
IS THE MASAI MARA.

AND THE SOUND OF A WILD LION

IS ALL I THINK YOU
AND I NEED TO HEAR.

♪♪

Angela: PHOTOGRAPHY, FOR ME,
HAS BEEN A PASSION

SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG.

I THINK IT GAVE ME A VOICE,
BECAUSE I WAS A VERY SHY CHILD.

AND I FOUND THAT I COULD
EXPLAIN EASIER

WHAT I WAS FEELING
THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY.

AND AS I GOT OLDER,

I REALIZED THAT THE POWER
BEHIND THE ART OF SEEING

WAS PROBABLY ONE OF
OUR MOST EMOTIVE FEELINGS.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE
A PHOTOGRAPH,

YOU FEEL IT ON
SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.

IT SPEAKS TO YOU IN
A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS,

AND EACH PERSON IS ABSORBING IT
IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL WAY.

JONATHAN IS SO ELOQUENT,
AND HE WRITES SO BEAUTIFULLY

THAT I FEEL THAT IT'S MY ROLE
IN OUR PARTNERSHIP

TO ILLUSTRATE HIS WORDS
WITH MY PHOTOGRAPHY.

SO FOR ME, ALWAYS IT'S BEEN
A CHALLENGE TO SEE

IF I CAN CREATE MY OWN
PERSONAL INTERPRETATION

OF WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THE JOY IS IN SHARING.

THE JOY IS IN SHARING
ONE'S WORK WITH OTHERS

AND HOPING IT TOUCHES THEM.

IF I CAN SHARE
THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

THAT I'M SO PRIVILEGED TO SEE

AND I CAN TOUCH SOMEBODY ELSE
TO FEEL WHAT I FEEL,

THEN MY WORK IS DONE.

♪♪

Jonathan: JUST IMAGINE HOW MANY
TIMES I MUST HAVE

DRIVEN RIGHT PAST A LEOPARD,

THE VERY THING
THAT I MOST WANT TO SEE.

THE LAST TIME I SAW BAHATI
WITH CUBS, SHE HAD TWO CUBS.

ORIGINALLY, THERE WERE THREE.

SHE LOST ONE, AND SHE WAS HAVING
A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME.

NOW AFTER THAT, WE HEARD REPORTS
FROM TIME TO TIME

THAT SHE WAS ONLY SEEN
WITH A SINGLE CUB.

WELL, GUESS WHAT.

SHE'S GOT BOTH CUBS.

ONE IS A LITTLE GIRL.

SHE'S LIKE A BOUNCING BALLOON.

SHE'S LIKE A JACK-IN-A-BOX.

BUT YOU CAN FEEL SHE NEEDS
TO COME BACK TO BAHATI

EVERY SO OFTEN TO GREET HER,
TO RUB HEADS, TO JUMP ON HER.

AND THEN SHE'S OFF,
JUST LIKE A FLASH.

AND THE OTHER IS A LITTLE BOY.

HE'S SHYER, HE'S MORE
INDEPENDENT,

AND AT TIMES,
HE JUST HANGS OUT ON HIS OWN.

BUT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE'S FOOD, MOM GOES OFF

AND BRINGS HIM BACK TO THE KILL.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU WATCH
HIM NOW, HE'S VERY NERVOUS.

HE'S NOT AS CONFIDENT
AS HIS SISTER.

HE EATS QUICKLY, HE LOOKS
FURTIVE, AND HE MOVES AWAY.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

EVERY LEOPARD IS AN INDIVIDUAL,

AND THIS IS
A REAL SUCCESS STORY.

BAHATI IS RAISING,
ONCE AGAIN, TWO CUBS.

THE LAST LITTER SURVIVED
TO MATURITY.

THESE TWO ARE DOING WELL.

GREAT MOM.

DO YOU KNOW IT'S
A STRANGE THING?

HOW DO YOU DEFINE
THE RELATIONSHIP

THAT YOU HAVE
WITH A WILD ANIMAL,

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HER
AS A PET.

I DON'T WANT TO STROKE HER.

I WANT HER TO BE WHAT SHE IS,
THIS EXTRAORDINARY WILD CREATURE

WITH ALL THOSE
AMAZING ABILITIES,

THAT TOGETHER MAKE THE BEAUTY
AND THE INQUISITIVENESS

AND THE ELUSIVENESS
OF A LEOPARD.

♪♪

THAT IS BLACKIE.

THIS IS THE KING
OF THE TOPI PLAINS PRIDE.

AND BACK BEHIND THERE,
THE WHOLE PRIDE IS COMING...

LED BY THESE MIGHTY,
MOST POWERFUL MALES.

THIS IS LIPSTICK OVER HERE.

AND BLACKIE IS BACK THERE,
LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE PRIDE

AS THEY COME STRAIGHT ACROSS
THE PLAINS BACK TO THIS HILL.

♪♪

Jonathan: WE'VE GOT NOTCH
WITH HER TWO TINY CUBS.

SHE'S ACTUALLY MOVING THEM
RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN.

IT'S A DANGEROUS MOVE, BUT THE
REST OF THE PRIDE ARE UP AHEAD.

JACKSON'S THERE WITH
BLACKIE AND LIPSTICK.

AND I'M JUST HOPING AND HOPING

THAT SHE DOESN'T
BUMP INTO HYENAS.

THEY ARE TINY.

YOU CAN SEE THE WAY NOTCH,
SHE STOPS EVERY SO OFTEN.

SHE LOOKS AROUND.

SHE'S THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
IS THERE DANGER AHEAD?

SHE'S AN EXPERIENCED MOTHER.

SHE'S DONE THIS
KIND OF THING BEFORE.

THIS IS A HUGE MOMENT
IN THESE LITTLE CUBS' LIFE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE SORT OF
ANKLE-HIGH.

THEY LOOK WAY TOO SMALL
TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE OPEN,

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY
THE BREAKING-IN POINT.

THIS IS THE TIME WHEN LIONESSES
TEND TO BRING CUBS

TO JOIN THE REST OF THE PRIDE.

AND LOOK AT THIS EXPANSIVE
PLAIN BEHIND ME.

I MEAN, SHE'S PROBABLY WALKED
A KILOMETER WITH THOSE CUBS.

AND THEY ARE TINY,
BUT SHE DID IT.

AND THE REST OF THE PRIDE
ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

SHE'S SCALED THE MOUNTAIN.

SHE'S GOT THOSE TWO
LITTLE CUBS TO SAFETY,

RIGHT WHERE SHE WANTED THEM.

WHAT A MORNING.

♪♪

Jackson: BLACKIE AND LIPSTICK
HAVE LED THEIR PRIDE

STRAIGHT INTO THIS
ROCKY OUTCROP.

CANNOT HAVE A BETTER PLACE,
PEACEFUL PLACE, FOR ALL OF THEM.

THIS IS GOOD.
WHY IS HE RUNNING?

HE'S RUNNING AFTER SOMETHING.

HE'S GOING AFTER SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT.

GOSH, WHAT IS HE AFTER?

[ ENGINE STARTS ]

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAW.

IS IT ANOTHER MALE?

IS HE -- ANOTHER FEMALE?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE'S RUNNING.

DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL GET
OUT OF HERE.

BUT LOOK HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
TO FOLLOW HIM.

AND BECAUSE THIS MALE
HAVE GOT UP AND RUN,

THE CHANCES OF THE REST OF THE
MEMBERS COMING TO JOIN IS HIGH.

THIS IS THE EXCITEMENT
OF THE MASAI MARA.

WHEN CATS ARE IN ACTION,
WE'VE GOT TO ACT LIKE THEM.

WELL, I SEE QUITE A FEW
HYENAS UP THERE.

LOOK AT THEM.
LOOK AT HIM RUNNING.

LOOK AT HIM COMING.
WOW!

ALL THE HYENAS ARE RUNNING.

THEY SEE THE KING COMING.

EVERYBODY'S JUST EXPLODING
AND RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM.

WOW.

[ ROARING ]LOOK AT HIM COME.

HE MIGHT BE LIMPING,
BUT HE RULES.

NOW I CAN SEE WHY HE WAS
RUNNING TOWARDS THIS DIRECTION.

THERE'S A KILL!

THESE ARE HIS OLDEST SONS.

LIPSTICK AND BLACKIE SIRED
THESE FOUR SUB-ADULTS.

THE SUBS CAME TO STEAL
THAT IMPALA FROM THE HYENAS.

UNBELIEVABLE.

AND LOOK, LIPSTICK,
THEY DON'T EVEN CARE.

ALL WHAT THEY WANT IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS TERRITORY

IS WELL-CLAIMED,
IS WELL-PROTECTED.

THIS IS HIS.

ALL YOUNG MALES AND YOUNG
FEMALES, THEY FIGHT OVER SCRAPS.

THEY FIGHT OVER THINGS,

ESPECIALLY IF THEY CATCH
A SMALL THING.

IF THIS WAS BIG BUFFALO,
THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF SPACE

AND PLENTY OF ROOM
FOR THE PRIDE TO JOIN IN.

BUT THIS IS JUST A SMALL IMPALA
FEEDING FOUR HUNGRY LIONS.

NOT ENOUGH.
LOOK AT THAT FIGHT.

LOOK AT THAT SCRAP.
LOOK AT THAT.

EVERYONE WANTS TO GO
WITH SOMETHING.

HE GOT EVERYTHING,
AND HE TOOK OFF.

AND SHE GOES WITH A PIECE.

FABULOUS!

THE OTHER MALES ARE LEFT
WITH ALMOST NOTHING.

THAT IS WHAT'S CALLED
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.

[ ENGINES SHUTS OFF ]

Jonathan: YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH
BIGGER LIPSTICK IS

THAN THESE OTHER YOUNG MALES.

HE CAN DOMINATE THEM.

THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT
2, 2 1/2 YEARS OF AGE.

BUT THESE YOUNGSTERS NOW
WILL BE STARTING OUT

ON A JOURNEY
OF THEIR OWN AS NOMADS.

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 YEARS OF AGE,

YOU HAVE TO MOVE AROUND
AS A YOUNG MALE,

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF, STEAL KILLS
FROM HYENAS, FROM OTHER LIONS,

BECAUSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE
IN SOMEBODY'S TERRITORY.

I'VE JUST NOTICED ONE
OF THESE YOUNG MALES

WHO'S WEARING
A SATELLITE COLLAR.

AND THAT IS HELPING
THE MARA LION PROJECT

TO TRACK THE MOVEMENT
OF THESE YOUNG MALES,

BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS TO THESE YOUNG MALES

WHEN THEY DISPERSE
FROM THEIR PRIDE.

BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE LOSING
QUITE A LOT OF THEM,

PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE
AT THE FOREFRONT

OF CONFLICT SITUATIONS,

TAKING CATTLE FROM
THE MASAI PASTORALISTS.

THIS IS A PIVOTAL TIME IN
THE LIFE OF THESE YOUNG MALES,

BECAUSE SOON THEY WILL BE FORCED
OUT OF THE PRIDE.

BUT BY THE LOOK OF THIS ONE,
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD.

I THINK HE'S INTERESTED
IN THAT YOUNG FEMALE.

AND THAT COULD BE A MISTAKE.

♪♪

[ GROWLING, SNARLING ]

WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY ADD TO THAT?

IN TERMS OF POWER, IN TERMS
OF DEMONSTRATING WHO'S BOSS,

I MEAN, YOU SAW THE WAY LIPSTICK
JUST STOOD TALL

AND DEFIED THOSE YOUNG MALES.

AND THEN, VERY SIGNIFICANTLY,
LIPSTICK MARKED HIS TERRITORY.

HE SCUFFED HIS FEET, HE PEED,

AND HE DID IT
RIGHT NEXT TO THE TWO FEMALES

'CAUSE THIS IS WHAT
THIS IS ABOUT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT ACCESS
TO FEMALES, NOT ABOUT FOOD.

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT
OF THAT CARCASS.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
THESE YOUNG MALES --

THEY ARE READY
TO PUSH THE LIMITS.

THEY ARE READY TO CHALLENGE.

THE TEMPTATION TO CHECK OUT
THIS FEMALE, YOU CAN SEE

IT'S JUST TOO MUCH
FOR THAT YOUNG MALE.

HE JUST CAN'T RESIST.

[ ROARING, GROWLING ]

NO QUESTION WHO'S IN CHARGE
HERE -- THE BIG GUY, LIPSTICK.

BUT THIS YOUNG GUY
BETTER WATCH OUT,

THIS YOUNG MALE,
BECAUSE HE'S PUSHING THE LIMITS.

YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES
TO THE POINT OF,

"I'M BEGINNING TO ACTUALLY GET

A LITTLE BIT
IRRITATED WITH YOU."

SO FAR, NOBODY'S
GOT REALLY HURT.

BUT THEY COULD,
IF HE PUSHES THE LIMIT.

LIPSTICK WILL RESPOND IN THE
ONLY WAY LIONS KNOW HOW TO --

WITH VIOLENCE.

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I GOT A FEELING THAT IS THE END
OF ONE HECK OF A MORNING.

I MEAN, GOODNESS ME.

THOSE YOUNGSTERS, I MEAN,
THEY THINK THEY'RE READY.

BUT NOT YET.

IN FACT, NOT FOR QUITE A TIME.

AND LIPSTICK WAS JUST SAYING
TO THEM, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU JUST WAIT IN TURN.

I'M NOT READY TO STEP ASIDE YET.

THIS IS MY PLACE."

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[ WILDEBEESTS LOWING ]

WHEN YOU SEE THIS MANY
WILDEBEESTS ON A MISSION

LIKE THIS --
VERY DIRECTIONAL,

JUST WALKING
THROUGH THE LONG GRASS,

THEY'RE STOPPING FOR NOTHING --
IT MEANS ONE THING.

THEY'RE HEADED FOR THE RIVER.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO SEE
AN EPIC CROSSING,

I RECKON THIS
IS GONNA BE IT.

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WHEN YOU GET A BIG CROSSING
LIKE THIS,

IT IS A DRAMA LIKE NO OTHER.

THE ANIMALS ARE SO FRANTIC.

THE PRESSURE OF ANIMALS
FROM BEHIND

GIVES THE FRONT ONES NO OPTION.

THEY HAVE TO GO OVER.

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THIS IS WHY WE CALL IT

THE GREATEST WILDLIFE
SPECTACLE ON EARTH.

YOU HAVE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF WILDEBEESTS

JUST POURING OVER THE BANKS
OF THE MARA RIVER.

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AND YOU CAN SEE THE BANKS
OF THE RIVER

IN PLACES ARE
18 TO 20 FEET HIGH.

AND SOMETIMES, BROKEN LEGS,
BROKEN SPINES.

AND YOU CAN LITERALLY HAVE
HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS

DYING IN A BIG CROSSING.

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THE BENEFIT OF BEING PART OF
THE HERD ARE IN THESE MOMENTS,

BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS
THE THREAT OF PREDATORS.

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WE EVOLVED SIDE-BY-SIDE
WITH THESE GREAT PREDATORS

OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS
OUT ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNA.

WHEN YOU HEAR A LION ROARING,

THAT SOUND ECHOING ACROSS
THE PLAINS,

IT STIRS SOMETHING
DEEP INSIDE YOU.

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IMAGINE AFRICA,
IMAGINE THE MARA,

WITHOUT THE SOUND
OF THE MIGHTY LION.

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IF I'D BEEN WRITING THIS STORY,

YOU COULDN'T HAVE SCRIPTED
A BETTER ENDING.

THE MARSH PRIDE ARE BACK
IN THE HEART OF THEIR TERRITORY.

CHARM AND THE OTHER FOUR
FEMALES HAVE RETURNED.

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ONLY TWO OF OUR LIONESSES
HAVE CUBS RIGHT NOW --

KABEBE AND CARLI.

NOW THEY'RE THE ONES
WHO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL,

HAVE TO REALLY WATCH OUT
FOR THE WARRIORS,

'CAUSE THEIR CUBS
ARE STILL VULNERABLE.

BUT FOR THE OTHER
THREE LIONESSES,

THEY COULD POSSIBLY MATE
WITH THE WARRIORS.

AND THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE NEW
CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY,

IN THE BIG CAT LEGACY,
OF THE MARSH PRIDE.

BUT FOR THE MOMENT,
I'M JUST SOAKING UP THE JOY.

40 YEARS IN THE MARA
WATCHING THIS PRIDE,

AND FOR A MOMENT
THAT BLIP WHERE THEY LEFT,

AND NOW THE CONTINUITY
IS RESTORED.

JUST INCREDIBLE,
A WONDERFUL END TO OUR STORY.

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WHO COULD'VE IMAGINED
IN THEIR WILDEST DREAMS

THAT WE WOULD'VE RECORDED
SUCH SPECTACULAR MOMENTS

WITH OUR BIG CATS?

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Jackson:
GROWING UP IN THE MASAI MARA,

I HAVE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS.

AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SHARE
SO MANY TREASURES.

WE HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THESE ANIMALS.

Angela: I THINK
THE MASAI MARA IS SO CLOSE

TO BOTH JONATHAN AND MY HEART.

IT IS OUR VERY ESSENCE.

IT IS WHAT WE LOVE TO DO

MORE THAN ANYTHING.

Jonathan: BUT IN SOME WAYS,
THE REASON THIS IS SO SPECIAL

FOR US IS BECAUSE
THIS IS OUR HOME.

THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE.

WHEN THE CAMERAS DISAPPEAR,
WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN,

WE ARE STILL HERE,
FOLLOWING THESE STORIES

AS WE HAVE
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.

AND I THINK IT'S THE INTIMACY
OF OUR RELATIONSHIP

WITH THESE GREAT CATS

THAT REALLY IS
AT THE HEART OF OUR JOY.

Jackson: I'M EXCITED
TO GO OUT EVERY DAY

BECAUSE I KNOW I'M GOING
TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

EVERY SINGLE DAY I GO OUT,

I SEE SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE IT.

I LOVE THIS PLACE TO BITS.

Angela:
BECAUSE IT IS SO RICH,

IT'S SO ABUNDANT
IN SO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES,

THE HUMAN RACE HAVE TAKEN OVER
AS GUARDIANS OF THE PLANET.

AND IT WOULD BE
AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY

IF WE DIDN'T REALLY STEP UP

AND PROTECT THESE
EXTRAORDINARY WILD PLACES.

THERE ARE SO FEW LEFT
IN THE WORLD NOW.

Jonathan: THESE GREAT CATS THAT
HAVE ENTHRALLED US, OF COURSE,

HAVE BEEN LIVING IN PLACES LIKE
THIS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

AND IN A SENSE, ALL WE'RE ABLE
TO DO IS LOOK AT ONE PAGE

IN THE BOOK OF THEIR LIFE.

AND WHAT I WOULD HOPE
IS THAT OVER EONS,

PEOPLE WILL JUST TURN
ONE MORE PAGE,

TAKE ONE MORE LOOK
AT THIS EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY

THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

IT IS A NEVER-ENDING STORY,

AND WE ARE JUST
A VERY SMALL PART OF THAT.

AND I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED
TO HAVE JUST BEEN ABLE TO SHARE

BRIEFLY WITH YOU
SOMETHING OF THEIR STORY.

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