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Narrator: ATTACK...
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INTIMIDATE...
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[BELLOWS]
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BREED...
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FEED...
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REST...
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DEFEND...
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FOR A DOMINANT HIPPO BULL,
THIS IS ROUTINE.
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BY DAY,
HIS RULE IS INDISPUTABLE,
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BUT WHEN THE SUN SETS,
PREDATORS TAKE CONTROL.
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AT NIGHT,
HIS ORDER TURNS TO CHAOS.
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THE RIVER BULL MUST LEAVE
HIS WATERY STRONGHOLD
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AND ENTER THE DANGER ZONE.
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ON THIS TURF,
THE TABLES ARE TURNED,
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AND HE MUST PIT HIS BRAWN
AGAINST THE DANGERS AFTER DARK.
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♪
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IT'S AS SUREFIRE AS THE SUNRISE,
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THE AGE-OLD POWER STRUGGLE
BETWEEN HUNTER AND HUNTED,
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AND TODAY THE SUN RISES
ON A GRISLY SCENE.
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THERE'S BEEN A KILLING.
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THE BALANCE HAS SWUNG
IN FAVOR OF THE HUNTERS,
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AND THE HIPPOS
HAVE LOST A VALUABLE CALF.
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FOR THIS HIPPO MOTHER,
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SELF-PRESERVATION
IS THE ONLY OPTION.
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[GRUNTING]
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THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION
IS TO FOLLOW THE PATH
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THAT WILL LEAD HER BACK
TO THE SAFETY OF THE RIVER.
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[GRUNTING]
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BUT HIPPOS DON'T USUALLY
RUN FROM A FIGHT,
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SO HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
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[REWINDING]
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[GRUMBLING]
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THIS IS THE RIVER BULL.
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[GRUNTING]
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HE PRESIDES OVER
THIS PRIZED STRETCH OF WATER.
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IT'S HIS BATTLEGROUND
FOR MATING RIGHTS.
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FEMALES
ARE PRECIOUS COMMODITIES,
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AND PROTECTING HIS HAREM
REQUIRES GUTS AND POWER.
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[BELLOWING]
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THE RIVER BULL
IS ALWAYS ON GUARD.
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OTHER BACHELORS
ENTER AT THEIR OWN RISK.
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THEY MUST SUBMIT
OR PAY THE PRICE.
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[BELLOWING]
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WEIGHING IN AT TWO TONS,
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HE'S A FORMIDABLE RULER
THAT NOT MANY WOULD CHALLENGE,
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BUT CONTROLLING THE RIVER
IS ONLY HALF THE STORY.
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ACCESS TO LAND IS CRITICAL,
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AND RIGHT NOW, THE RIVER BULL
IS LOSING HIS FOOTHOLD
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ON THE VITAL FEEDING GROUNDS
THAT BORDER HIS WATERY EMPIRE.
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[GROANING]
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HIPPOS GET MOST OF
THEIR NUTRITION ON TERRA FIRMA,
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AND TO GET FROM THE RIVER
TO THEIR NIGHTTIME BUFFET,
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THEY NEED TO CROSS
THE PREDATOR ZONE,
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A DANGEROUS GULLY AND AN IDEAL
AMBUSH SITE FOR NIGHT STALKERS.
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THE RIVER BULL AND HIS FAMILY
TRAVEL A MILE ON LAND
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IN SEARCH OF GOOD GRAZING.
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IT'S A LONG HAUL, BUT THAT'S
NOT THEIR ONLY CHALLENGE.
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A NEW THREAT HAS ARRIVED
ON THE RIVERBANK.
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THEY'RE A ROVING PRIDE OF LIONS,
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UNDERNOURISHED
AND LOOKING FOR TERRITORY.
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IT'S THE DRY SEASON...
A DAILY BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL,
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AND LIKE THE HIPPOS,
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THEY RELY
ON BOTH LAND AND WATER.
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12 LIONS OF VARIOUS AGES...
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IT'S A LOT OF MOUTHS TO FEED.
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TO SATISFY
12 BELLIES EFFICIENTLY,
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THEY NEED TO SET THEIR SIGHTS
ON BIG PREY.
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THEY'RE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY.
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TEMPERATURES ARE SOARING
OVER 100 DEGREES,
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AND THEY CAN SMELL WATER.
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[HIPPOS BELLOWING]
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TO GET A DRINK, THEY NEED
TO BREACH THE RIVERBANK.
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[BELLOWING]
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BUT THIS IS HIPPO COUNTRY,
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AND THEY MUST RESPECT
THE BULL'S TERRITORY.
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HIPPOS ARE FIERCELY TERRITORIAL
AND NOTORIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE
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WHEN DEFENDING THEIR PATCH.
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EVEN LIONS
GIVE THEM A WIDE BERTH.
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[HIPPOS GRUNTING]
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BUT THE PRIDE MALE
BOWS TO NO ONE.
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[GRUNTING]
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[GRUNTING]
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A SINGLE LION IS NO MATCH
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FOR AN ENRAGED HIPPO
TEN TIMES HIS WEIGHT.
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THE WATERLINE
MARKS THE BOUNDARY,
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AND TO CROSS IT, HE'D BETTER
BE PRIMED FOR BATTLE.
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WHEN IT COMES TO ARMOR,
THE RIVER BULL REIGNS SUPREME.
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HIS TWO-INCH-THICK HIDE
WEIGHS HUNDREDS OF POUNDS.
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HIPPOS HAVE
NO TRUE SWEAT GLANDS,
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SO THE ONLY WAY
TO KEEP ALL THAT SKIN COOL
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IS TO SPEND THE DAY
SUBMERGED IN WATER.
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IT'S NO BIG SURPRISE
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WHEN YOU CONSIDER THEIR
CLOSEST RELATIVES ARE WHALES.
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THEIR HUGE LUNGS ALLOW THEM
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TO TAKE IN SEVERAL LITERS OF AIR
IN ONE BREATH.
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THIS AFFORDS THEM AT LEAST
FIVE MINUTES UNDERWATER.
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BUT HUGE AIR-FILLED LUNGS
ARE LIKE FLOATATION TANKS,
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SO THEY NEED A COUNTERWEIGHT.
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TO COMPENSATE
FOR THEIR BUOYANCY,
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A HIPPO'S LEGS CONSIST
OF 100 PERCENT SOLID BONE.
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LIKE A DIVER'S WEIGHT BELT,
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THEIR SHORT, HEAVY LEGS
ANCHOR THEM TO THE RIVERBED.
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TOPSIDE, THEY CAN GET AWAY
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WITH JUST THEIR EYES, EARS, AND
NOSTRILS BREAKING THE SURFACE...
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MINIMUM EXPOSURE
AND MAXIMUM VIGILANCE.
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[GRUNTING]
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THE RIVER BULL'S LINEAGE
GOES BACK 35 MILLION YEARS
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TO A COMMON ANCESTOR
WITH WHALES.
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[GRUNTING]
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HIS SEMIAQUATIC EXISTENCE
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DEPENDS ON WATER,
MUD, AND GRASS.
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AS LONG AS HE CAN WALLOW
IN THE DAY AND FEED AT NIGHT,
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LIFE IS GOOD.
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[GRUNTING]
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HIS ENORMOUS BULK ALSO MEANS
THAT HE HAS VERY FEW ENEMIES.
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IN FACT,
THE RIVER BULL HAS ALLIES.
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[TWEETING]
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A SMALL ARMY OF OXPECKERS
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ESCORTS THE FAMILY
WHEREVER THEY GO.
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THESE PLUCKY LITTLE BIRDS
FEED OFF PARASITES ON THE SKIN
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AND ATTEND TO ANY OPEN WOUNDS.
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THEY'RE EVEN KNOWN TO HAVE
A HEALTHY APPETITE FOR EARWAX.
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THE OXPECKER'S FEET
ARE SPECIALLY ADAPTED
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TO CLING TO THE SIDES
OF THEIR HOSTS.
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SHARP, CURVED CLAWS
FOR OPTIMUM GRIP
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AND SHORT LEGS
KEEP THEM CLOSE TO THE SKIN.
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THEIR STIFFENED TAIL FEATHERS
ACT AS SUPPORT
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TO PROP THEM UP ON THE SIDES
OF THEIR MOVING MEAL CART.
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[GRUNTING]
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BUT EVEN THE BEST DINNER GUEST
CAN OUTSTAY HIS WELCOME.
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THERE'S GOOD REASON
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THAT THE COLLECTIVE NAME
FOR OXPECKERS IS A FLING.
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IT'S MATING SEASON,
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AND THE RIVER BULL
HAS BREEDING RIGHTS
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TO ALL 10 FEMALES IN HIS POD.
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HE CAN AFFORD
TO SIT BACK AND CHOOSE.
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IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE
COURTSHIP DISPLAYS
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IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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HE WOOS HIS POTENTIAL MATE
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BY FLINGING
TESTOSTERONE-LACED FECES
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TO ADVERTISE HIS DOMINANCE
AND LURE HER INTO SUBMISSION.
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[GRUNTING]
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THE BULL'S S-SHAPED PENIS
IS FIBROELASTIC,
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WHICH MEANS
IT CAN BEND AND FLEX,
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THANKS TO A PAIR
OF RETRACTOR LIGAMENTS.
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THESE HELP HIM
TO WIELD A REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN
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ALMOST 4 FEET LONG,
AND WEIGHING 3 1/2 POUNDS,
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LONGER AND HEAVIER
THAN BABE RUTH'S BASEBALL BAT.
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THE RIVER BULL'S FECES-FLINGING
PAID OFF,
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AND IT'S TIME
FOR HIPPO FOREPLAY.
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THIS IS NOT A GENTLE AFFAIR.
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HE'S FORCING HER HEAD UNDERWATER
SO HE CAN MOUNT HER.
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[GRUNTING]
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HIPPOS DO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
IN WATER, EVEN MATE.
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[GRUNTING]
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[GROANING]
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HIS GENES SECURED
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION,
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THE BULL PREPARES
FOR THE LONG NIGHT AHEAD.
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AS THE MOON RISES,
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THE RIVER BULL'S DAYTIME RULE
SLOWLY SINKS INTO UNCERTAINTY.
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SHROUDED
IN THE COOL EVENING AIR,
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THE HIPPOS EMERGE LIKE ZOMBIES
FROM A WATERY GRAVE.
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THEY BOAST THE LARGEST CANINES
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,
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BUT THEY'RE GRAZERS,
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CONSUMING AS MUCH AS 150 POUNDS
OF GRASS IN A NIGHT.
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[GRUNTING]
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UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE
OF INVISIBLE LIGHT,
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THE SECRET TRANSFORMATION
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OF THIS CANTANKEROUS
KILLER UNRAVELS.
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[GRUNTING]
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THE RIVER BULL IS NO LONGER
A FIERCE, TERRITORIAL WARRIOR,
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BUT A SKITTISH, LUMBERING
HERBIVORE IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
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[GRUNTING]
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♪
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THE RIVER BULL TAKES THE LEAD.
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EVERY NIGHT,
IT'S THE SAME BLUE FUNK.
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HE MAY BE WALKING INTO A TRAP.
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NIGHTTIME BELONGS TO THE
FLESH-EATERS AND AMBUSH HUNTERS.
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[ANIMAL YELPING]
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[GRUNTING]
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THE REST FOLLOW,
BUT THEN DISPERSE.
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IT'S EACH TO THEIR OWN
AGAINST THE DARK NIGHT AHEAD.
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[GRUNTING]
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THEY EAT ON THE MARCH.
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THEIR MULTICHAMBERED STOMACHS
PROVIDE SLOW-RELEASE ENERGY
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TO FUEL
THEIR LAID-BACK LIFESTYLE.
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THE RIVER BULL IS ON COURSE
FOR A SPECIAL TREAT.
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[INSECTS BUZZING]
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THE ODDLY SHAPED FRUITS
FROM THE SAUSAGE TREE
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HAVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
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USED FOR PROTECTION
FROM SUN EXPOSURE.
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BUT IT WON'T SAVE HIS HIDE
FROM A HUNGRY PRIDE OF LIONS.
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BOTH HIPPO AND LION REST BY DAY
AND FEED BY NIGHT.
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THEIR WORLDS
ARE ABOUT TO COLLIDE.
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♪
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♪
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[GROWLING]
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♪
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♪
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♪
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[GROWLING]
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THE PRIDE HAS HIM
ON THEIR RADAR.
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THEY HAVE SIX TIMES STRONGER
NIGHT VISION THAN HUMANS,
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AND THEY'RE SPECIALIST
AFTER-DARK ASSASSINS.
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HIPPO ISN'T OFTEN
ON THE MENU FOR LIONS,
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BUT THEY'RE LEAN
AND ACHING FOR A MEAL.
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♪
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IF THE PRIDE
WORKS TOGETHER AS A TEAM,
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THEY MAY STAND A CHANCE AGAINST
THE DISTRACTED RIVER BULL.
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IT'S WORTH THE WAGER.
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BIG HUNGER NEEDS A BIG HIT,
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AND 2 TONS OF FLESH
COULD SUSTAIN THE 12 LIONS
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FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
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LESS HUNTING
MEANS LESS RISK OF INJURY,
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BUT LARGE PREY
IS MORE DANGEROUS.
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IT'S A CATCH-22.
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THE RIVER BULL
MIGHT NOT BE ON A PAR
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WHEN IT COMES
TO HIS NIGHT VISION,
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BUT HE IS HIGHLY ATTUNED TO
THE SMELL OF DANGER IN THE AIR.
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HE COULD PIT HIS STRENGTH
AGAINST ONE LION,
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BUT HE WON'T TAKE HIS CHANCES
AGAINST THE WHOLE PRIDE.
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00:17:49,496 --> 00:17:59,529
♪
228
00:17:59,530 --> 00:18:04,565
♪
229
00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:15,738
♪
230
00:18:15,772 --> 00:18:17,910
[BELLOWS]
231
00:18:17,945 --> 00:18:23,083
HE KNOWS
WHEN HE IS OUT OF HIS DEPTH.
232
00:18:23,116 --> 00:18:26,083
ON LAND, HE IS VULNERABLE.
233
00:18:26,116 --> 00:18:29,945
[GRUNTING]
234
00:18:29,979 --> 00:18:32,358
AS DAWN CRACKS THE HORIZON,
235
00:18:32,392 --> 00:18:36,048
THE HIPPOS RETURN
TO THEIR FORTRESS.
236
00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:39,116
[GRUNTING]
237
00:18:43,014 --> 00:18:45,945
LIKE ZOMBIES
RACING THE RISING SUN,
238
00:18:45,979 --> 00:18:50,392
THEY MUST RETURN TO
THEIR PROTECTIVE TOMB OF WATER.
239
00:18:50,427 --> 00:18:57,427
[GRUNTING]
240
00:18:57,461 --> 00:19:01,083
SOON THE GOLDEN GLOW
WILL TURN TO WHITE HEAT
241
00:19:01,116 --> 00:19:04,116
THAT COULD PARCH
THEIR THIRSTY SKINS.
242
00:19:04,151 --> 00:19:06,565
♪
243
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,254
[CHIRPING]
244
00:19:10,289 --> 00:19:17,254
[GRUNTING]
245
00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:21,014
THEIR THUNDEROUS BELLOWS
ALERT THE FAMILY TO DANGER
246
00:19:21,048 --> 00:19:24,220
AND CAN BE HEARD
ALMOST A MILE AWAY.
247
00:19:24,254 --> 00:19:31,116
[GRUNTING]
248
00:19:44,427 --> 00:19:48,083
ONE BY ONE,
THEY RETURN TO THEIR WALLOW...
249
00:19:48,116 --> 00:19:51,979
[GRUNTING]
250
00:19:52,014 --> 00:19:54,289
NEGOTIATING THE STEEP RUNWAYS
251
00:19:54,323 --> 00:19:58,185
CREATED BY GENERATIONS OF HIPPOS
BEFORE THEM.
252
00:19:58,220 --> 00:20:10,634
[GRUNTING]
253
00:20:10,669 --> 00:20:14,945
THE RIVER BULL
IS LAST ON THE SCENE.
254
00:20:14,979 --> 00:20:18,461
HE DEVIATED FROM HIS PATH
TO AVOID THE LIONS,
255
00:20:18,496 --> 00:20:23,116
AND NOW HE'S FACING
A STEEP CHALLENGE.
256
00:20:35,289 --> 00:20:38,048
NEGOTIATING A 15-FOOT-LONG BODY
257
00:20:38,083 --> 00:20:42,048
DOWN A SHEER CLIFF
IS NO EASY FEAT.
258
00:20:57,048 --> 00:21:01,600
HE COULD TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE,
259
00:21:01,634 --> 00:21:06,083
BUT HE'S THE RIVER BULL,
AND NOTHING STANDS IN HIS WAY.
260
00:21:16,048 --> 00:21:18,185
[BELLOWS]
261
00:21:37,358 --> 00:21:40,979
LIKE A HULK OF ICE
CALVING OFF A GLACIER,
262
00:21:41,014 --> 00:21:46,496
HE'S BACK IN HIS WATERY DOMAIN.
263
00:21:46,530 --> 00:21:51,496
THE HEAT IS ALREADY
TAKING ITS TOLL.
264
00:21:51,530 --> 00:21:56,185
BEADS OF RED LIQUID
OOZE FROM THE RIVER BULL'S SKIN.
265
00:21:56,220 --> 00:22:03,048
IT'S KNOWN AS BLOOD SWEAT,
BUT IT'S NEITHER.
266
00:22:03,083 --> 00:22:04,807
SPECIAL GLANDS UNDER HIS SKIN
267
00:22:04,841 --> 00:22:10,461
SECRETE A UNIQUE FORM
OF HIPPO SUNSCREEN.
268
00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:11,979
THE SAME LIQUID CONTAINS
269
00:22:12,014 --> 00:22:18,014
POWERFUL
ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES.
270
00:22:18,048 --> 00:22:20,048
IT'S AN EVOLUTIONARY SOLUTION
271
00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:24,530
TO BOTH SUNBURN
AND FESTERING WOUNDS,
272
00:22:24,565 --> 00:22:27,530
AND IT'S ABOUT TO BE
PUT TO GOOD USE.
273
00:22:29,979 --> 00:22:34,083
[GRUNTING]
274
00:22:40,014 --> 00:22:42,772
A HIPPO'S YAWN
IS NOT A SIGN OF FATIGUE
275
00:22:42,807 --> 00:22:45,738
FROM A LONG NIGHT OUT GRAZING.
276
00:22:45,772 --> 00:22:51,254
THE RIVER BULL IS ADVERTISING
HIS RAZOR-SHARP FIGHTING TUSKS.
277
00:22:55,116 --> 00:22:58,392
AGGRESSION SPIKES
WHEN RIVAL BULLS BATTLE
278
00:22:58,427 --> 00:23:02,323
FOR TERRITORY
AND BREEDING RIGHTS.
279
00:23:04,979 --> 00:23:06,910
THIS IS THE SEASON
280
00:23:06,945 --> 00:23:10,600
WHEN THE RIVER BULL'S TEMPER
IS AT FULL THROTTLE.
281
00:23:10,634 --> 00:23:15,254
[GRUNTING]
282
00:23:15,289 --> 00:23:17,565
ONCE AGAIN,
HIS PADDLE-SHAPED TAIL
283
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,461
FLINGS TERRITORY-MARKING DUNG.
284
00:23:21,496 --> 00:23:25,185
IT'S LITERALLY
THE POOP HITTING THE FAN.
285
00:23:29,427 --> 00:23:32,979
BECAUSE HIS DUNG
CARRIES TESTOSTERONE,
286
00:23:33,014 --> 00:23:37,014
IT'S A CLEAR-CUT WARNING
TO OTHER MALES,
287
00:23:37,048 --> 00:23:39,565
"I'M NOT ONLY BIGGER,
288
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,116
I'M DOMINANT,
289
00:23:42,151 --> 00:23:44,358
AND I'M ANGRY."
290
00:23:48,565 --> 00:23:52,979
HIS MASSIVE TUSKS SHARPEN
EVERY TIME HE CLOSES HIS MOUTH.
291
00:23:56,565 --> 00:24:01,289
THEY'RE ALMOST TWO FEET LONG
AND DESIGNED TO GORE AND STAB.
292
00:24:01,323 --> 00:24:03,634
[BELLOWS]
293
00:24:03,669 --> 00:24:08,634
HIS SKIN IS
A TWO-INCH-THICK SUIT OF ARMOR.
294
00:24:08,669 --> 00:24:12,841
HE'S BUILT TO ATTACK AND DEFEND.
295
00:24:12,876 --> 00:24:26,289
[GRUNTING]
296
00:24:26,323 --> 00:24:28,634
THEY SQUARE UP...
297
00:24:28,669 --> 00:24:32,945
THE RIVER BULL FROM THE LEFT,
THE CHALLENGER FROM THE RIGHT.
298
00:24:40,807 --> 00:24:44,358
THE RIVER BULL COULD LOSE
HIS FEMALES AND HIS TERRITORY
299
00:24:44,392 --> 00:24:48,048
IF HIS OPPONENT BEATS HIM DOWN.
300
00:24:48,083 --> 00:24:50,496
HE HAS EVERYTHING TO FIGHT FOR.
301
00:24:52,461 --> 00:24:56,014
[ROARING]
302
00:24:56,048 --> 00:25:10,151
♪
303
00:25:10,185 --> 00:25:19,083
[BELLOWING]
304
00:25:30,876 --> 00:25:40,392
[BELLOWING]
305
00:25:40,427 --> 00:25:43,220
THE RIVER BULL
HAS MET HIS MATCH.
306
00:25:43,254 --> 00:25:45,945
[BELLOWING]
307
00:25:53,876 --> 00:25:56,083
[GROANING]
308
00:25:59,461 --> 00:26:06,358
[BELLOWING]
309
00:26:16,703 --> 00:26:20,979
[GROWLING]
310
00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:30,392
THEIR MASSIVE HEADS ALONE
WEIGH HALF A TON.
311
00:26:33,461 --> 00:26:36,116
IT'S A HEAVY WEAPON TO SUSTAIN.
312
00:26:43,392 --> 00:26:46,496
THE OPPONENT STANDS DOWN,
313
00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:50,910
AND THE RIVER BULL
KEEPS HIS TITLE.
314
00:26:50,945 --> 00:26:55,116
THEIR BUILT-IN ANTISEPTIC
WILL QUICKLY HEAL THEIR WOUNDS,
315
00:26:55,151 --> 00:27:01,910
AND THE BACHELOR WILL RETURN
FOR A REMATCH.
316
00:27:01,945 --> 00:27:06,323
IT'S TIME-OUT AFTER
A ROUND OF FULL-BODY COMBAT.
317
00:27:08,358 --> 00:27:12,048
[GRUNTING]
318
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,496
SOME OF THE FAMILY
SHED NEW LIGHT
319
00:27:15,530 --> 00:27:18,600
ON THE TERM "BEACHED WHALES."
320
00:27:24,496 --> 00:27:28,461
OTHERS WALLOW
WHILE THEIR ALLIES GET BUSY
321
00:27:28,496 --> 00:27:30,634
CLEANING UP THE WOUNDS.
322
00:27:34,323 --> 00:27:40,220
THEIR LITTLE FEATHERED NURSES
ARE NOT ALTOGETHER INNOCENT.
323
00:27:40,254 --> 00:27:42,116
THEY HAVE ANOTHER MOTIVE.
324
00:27:44,841 --> 00:27:50,151
[CHIRPING]
325
00:27:50,185 --> 00:27:55,048
♪
326
00:27:55,083 --> 00:27:59,014
BLOOD IS THE OXPECKER'S
FAVORED DIET.
327
00:28:02,634 --> 00:28:05,323
THESE LITTLE
VAMPIRES-IN-DISGUISE
328
00:28:05,358 --> 00:28:08,116
MAY EVEN PROLONG
THE HEALING PROCESS
329
00:28:08,151 --> 00:28:10,083
WITH THEIR CONSTANT PICKING.
330
00:28:11,185 --> 00:28:15,358
[SQUAWKING]
331
00:28:15,392 --> 00:28:16,841
[BELLOWS]
332
00:28:19,289 --> 00:28:23,185
THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES
GETTING A FREE MEAL.
333
00:28:29,185 --> 00:28:30,530
IN THIS TERRITORY,
334
00:28:30,565 --> 00:28:33,358
LIFE IS A CONSTANT CYCLE
OF DEFENDING YOUR PATCH
335
00:28:33,392 --> 00:28:35,841
AND FINDING FOOD,
336
00:28:35,876 --> 00:28:40,185
AND SOMETIMES
THERE'S A WINDFALL.
337
00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:46,083
THE DROUGHT HAS CLAIMED A VICTIM
BUT PROVIDED RELIEF.
338
00:28:46,116 --> 00:28:50,807
A FALLEN ELEPHANT IS FOOD
FOR A DIVERSITY OF DINERS.
339
00:28:57,014 --> 00:29:01,461
CROCODILES DRIFT IN
ON THE FEAST.
340
00:29:01,496 --> 00:29:07,392
THEY CAN SURVIVE A YEAR WITHOUT
FOOD, BUT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY,
341
00:29:07,427 --> 00:29:10,461
THEY CAN CONSUME
23 PERCENT OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT
342
00:29:10,496 --> 00:29:12,083
IN ONE SITTING.
343
00:29:16,876 --> 00:29:20,358
IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL,
BUT TO GET THERE,
344
00:29:20,392 --> 00:29:23,945
THE LIONS WILL HAVE TO
ENTER RIVER TERRITORY
345
00:29:23,979 --> 00:29:26,358
AND GET PAST THE CROCS.
346
00:29:29,945 --> 00:29:34,185
ONE YOUNG MALE IS HUNGRY ENOUGH
FOR THE CHALLENGE.
347
00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:41,461
IT'S A SUPER-PREDATOR FACE-OFF.
348
00:29:57,014 --> 00:30:00,427
HE MAY HAVE BITTEN OFF
MORE THAN HE CAN CHEW.
349
00:30:10,323 --> 00:30:15,151
BACKUP'S ON ITS WAY, BUT THEY'RE
STILL HIGH UP ON THE RIVERBANK.
350
00:30:44,772 --> 00:30:50,772
[HISSING]
351
00:30:52,979 --> 00:31:01,841
[GROWLING]
352
00:31:05,427 --> 00:31:07,358
[GROWLING]
353
00:31:08,461 --> 00:31:18,530
[HIPPO BELLOWING]
354
00:31:18,565 --> 00:31:20,530
THE RIVER BULL WADES IN.
355
00:31:20,565 --> 00:31:22,979
HIS TERRITORY IS BEING BREACHED,
356
00:31:23,014 --> 00:31:25,600
AND HE DOESN'T TOLERATE
TRESPASSERS.
357
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:32,185
[GRUNTING]
358
00:31:32,220 --> 00:31:38,807
FOR THE CROC,
IT'S A PERFECT DIVERSION.
359
00:31:38,841 --> 00:31:42,876
HE RETREATS TO DEEPER WATERS.
360
00:31:42,910 --> 00:31:48,565
THE LIONS TAKE TO HIGHER GROUND.
361
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,358
IT'S A STALEMATE.
362
00:31:53,254 --> 00:31:57,254
KEEPING YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER
IN THIS BATTLEGROUND
363
00:31:57,289 --> 00:32:00,014
IS NOT ALWAYS EASY.
364
00:32:03,530 --> 00:32:06,048
THE SMALLEST MEMBER
OF THE HIPPO FAMILY
365
00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:10,634
IS STARTING TO FIND HIS FEET.
366
00:32:10,669 --> 00:32:13,254
BABY HIPPOS ARE BORN UNDERWATER,
367
00:32:13,289 --> 00:32:19,565
AND THEY STICK CLOSE TO THEIR
MOTHERS TO STAY OUT OF DANGER.
368
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,600
THEY CAN ONLY HOLD THEIR BREATH
FOR 30 SECONDS,
369
00:32:22,634 --> 00:32:26,841
AND LIKE THEIR MOTHERS,
THEY CAN'T SWIM.
370
00:32:26,876 --> 00:32:31,634
THEY TIPTOE ALONG THE RIVERBED
WITH LONG, GRACEFUL STRIDES.
371
00:32:31,669 --> 00:32:42,945
♪
372
00:32:45,220 --> 00:32:48,945
HIS FATHER MAY BE
THE RIVER BULL,
373
00:32:48,979 --> 00:32:50,945
BUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
374
00:32:50,979 --> 00:32:55,772
THERE'S NO TIME
FOR CHILD'S PLAY.
375
00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,876
IT'S DINNERTIME,
376
00:32:57,910 --> 00:33:01,600
AND THE RIVER IS RUMBLING
WITH HUNGRY BELLIES.
377
00:33:08,461 --> 00:33:14,254
THE DAY WINDS TO A CLOSE,
AND ANOTHER PILGRIMAGE BEGINS.
378
00:33:23,565 --> 00:33:25,461
[GRUNTING]
379
00:33:25,496 --> 00:33:29,323
THE SUN SETS,
BUT THE WARMTH IS STILL EVIDENT
380
00:33:29,358 --> 00:33:33,048
IN THE HEAT SIGNATURE
COMING OFF THE HIPPOS.
381
00:33:33,083 --> 00:33:36,185
THEIR HOT BODIES
EMIT INFRARED RADIATION,
382
00:33:36,220 --> 00:33:40,220
WHICH SHOWS UP IN BRIGHT
SPLASHES WHERE THEY ARE WARMEST.
383
00:33:44,254 --> 00:33:47,530
EVEN THE GROUND IS HOLDING ON
TO THE HEAT OF THE DAY
384
00:33:47,565 --> 00:33:51,289
AND RESEMBLES MOLTEN LAVA.
385
00:33:51,323 --> 00:33:57,254
[GRUNTING]
386
00:33:57,289 --> 00:34:01,876
SPREADING FECES
NOT ONLY MARKS TERRITORY,
387
00:34:01,910 --> 00:34:03,565
BUT ALSO CREATES A TRAIL
388
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,461
WHICH WILL GUIDE THEM
BACK TO THE RIVER LATER.
389
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:15,496
AND SO THE LONG MARCH BEGINS.
390
00:34:16,910 --> 00:34:22,185
[LION GROWLING]
391
00:34:22,220 --> 00:34:27,289
ONCE AGAIN THE HIPPOS
ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE,
392
00:34:27,323 --> 00:34:33,910
AND THIS TIME,
THERE'S A SOFT TARGET.
393
00:34:33,945 --> 00:34:38,151
A BABY HIPPO WITH TENDER SKIN
WOULD BE A MOUTH-WATERING SNACK
394
00:34:38,185 --> 00:34:40,841
FOR A PRIDE OF HUNGRY LIONS.
395
00:34:40,876 --> 00:34:48,427
♪
396
00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:49,910
BUT TONIGHT THE PREDATORS
397
00:34:49,945 --> 00:34:56,083
HAVE THEIR SIGHTS SET
ON A BIGGER MEAL.
398
00:34:56,116 --> 00:34:59,841
THERE'S AN UNFINISHED FEAST
AT THE WATER'S EDGE,
399
00:34:59,876 --> 00:35:03,807
AND NOW THE LIONS CAN APPROACH
UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS.
400
00:35:03,841 --> 00:35:08,910
[GRUNTING]
401
00:35:18,151 --> 00:35:22,979
THE CROCODILES ARE DOING A GOOD
JOB ON THE CLEANUP OPERATION.
402
00:35:26,979 --> 00:35:30,427
DISPOSING OF THE DEAD
IS A VALUABLE ROLE.
403
00:35:36,185 --> 00:35:41,461
THE LIONESS' HUNGER
CONSUMES HER.
404
00:35:41,496 --> 00:35:44,945
NOTHING WILL DETER HER
FROM THE FEAST.
405
00:35:46,565 --> 00:35:49,151
[GROWLING]
406
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,014
THE CROC BACKS DOWN.
407
00:36:04,048 --> 00:36:06,634
HE'S LEARNED HIS LESSON,
408
00:36:06,669 --> 00:36:10,083
BUT THERE'S STILL
UNFINISHED BUSINESS HERE.
409
00:36:27,048 --> 00:36:31,048
[GROWLING]
410
00:36:31,083 --> 00:36:34,530
IN THESE TIMES
OF FEAST AND FAMINE,
411
00:36:34,565 --> 00:36:37,772
OWNING THIS CARCASS
COULD MEAN SURVIVAL.
412
00:36:37,807 --> 00:36:39,151
[GROWLING]
413
00:36:45,116 --> 00:36:47,530
OUTNUMBERED,
414
00:36:47,565 --> 00:36:51,876
THE PRIDE WILL STAY HUNGRY,
415
00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:57,461
WHILE THE CROCODILES MAKE OFF
WITH THE LIONS' SHARE.
416
00:36:59,048 --> 00:37:02,461
THE HARSH SEASON
IS TIGHTENING ITS GRIP.
417
00:37:08,496 --> 00:37:13,496
THE RIVER BULL IS SINKING
DEEPER INTO TROUBLED WATERS.
418
00:37:16,254 --> 00:37:20,116
RIVAL MALES ARE CHALLENGING HIM
AT EVERY TURN.
419
00:37:20,151 --> 00:37:24,876
[BELLOWING]
420
00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:35,427
♪
421
00:37:35,461 --> 00:37:39,185
HIS DAYS ARE A SERIES
OF VIOLENT CLASHES,
422
00:37:39,220 --> 00:37:42,600
AND HE'S FIGHTING HARD
TO HOLD ON TO HIS HAREM.
423
00:37:45,289 --> 00:37:53,116
[GRUNTING]
424
00:37:58,289 --> 00:38:00,979
NEARBY,
THE CROCODILES ARE FEASTING
425
00:38:01,014 --> 00:38:02,945
ON THE WEAK AND THE DEAD
426
00:38:02,979 --> 00:38:07,427
AND GROWING FAT ON THE DEMISE OF
THE DROUGHT-STRICKEN TERRITORY.
427
00:38:07,461 --> 00:38:20,600
♪
428
00:38:20,634 --> 00:38:25,841
THE LIONS HAVE ANNEXED
THE RIVERBANK.
429
00:38:25,876 --> 00:38:30,083
THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE FROM
THEIR CONSTANT DEMAND FOR FLESH.
430
00:38:30,116 --> 00:38:36,048
♪
431
00:38:36,083 --> 00:38:38,220
SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE.
432
00:38:38,254 --> 00:38:48,288
♪
433
00:38:48,289 --> 00:38:53,254
♪
434
00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:57,461
♪
435
00:38:57,496 --> 00:38:59,876
[BELLOWS]
436
00:39:01,427 --> 00:39:10,289
♪
437
00:39:18,910 --> 00:39:22,289
AS THE RIVER TERRITORY SHRINKS,
438
00:39:22,323 --> 00:39:28,600
THE LAND PREDATORS
ARE GAINING GROUND.
439
00:39:28,634 --> 00:39:33,392
YOUNGSTERS ARE NO LONGER SAFE,
AND THEIR MOTHERS HAVE NO WAY
440
00:39:33,427 --> 00:39:37,807
OF PROTECTING THEM FROM
THE HIDDEN DANGERS AFTER DARK.
441
00:39:37,841 --> 00:39:41,461
[GRUNTING]
442
00:39:41,496 --> 00:39:48,220
♪
443
00:39:48,254 --> 00:39:53,254
THE RIVER IS DRYING UP,
AND THE BOUNDARIES ARE SHIFTING.
444
00:39:53,289 --> 00:40:03,322
♪
445
00:40:03,323 --> 00:40:08,289
♪
446
00:40:08,323 --> 00:40:11,910
♪
447
00:40:11,945 --> 00:40:16,876
EVEN THE AGE-OLD HIPPO RUNWAYS
ARE CRUMBLING AROUND THEM.
448
00:40:19,427 --> 00:40:22,841
THE LIONS KEEP
THEIR NIGHTLY SURVEILLANCE,
449
00:40:22,876 --> 00:40:25,254
ALWAYS READY
FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT
450
00:40:25,289 --> 00:40:27,841
AND THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.
451
00:40:32,876 --> 00:40:36,358
GOOD GRAZING
IS EDGING FURTHER AWAY,
452
00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:42,116
AND THE HIPPOS NOW NEED
TO TRAVEL THREE MILES TO FEED,
453
00:40:42,151 --> 00:40:45,427
DEEP INTO LION TERRITORY.
454
00:41:05,979 --> 00:41:15,358
♪
455
00:41:15,392 --> 00:41:18,185
THE RIVER BULL
STICKS TO HIS PATH.
456
00:41:18,220 --> 00:41:21,014
HE'S NATURALLY WARY.
457
00:41:21,048 --> 00:41:24,565
BUT IT'S NOT EASY
TO SHAKE OFF A NIGHT STALKER.
458
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:39,530
♪
459
00:41:39,565 --> 00:41:47,807
♪
460
00:41:47,841 --> 00:41:50,979
THE PREDATORS ARE PATIENT
461
00:41:51,014 --> 00:41:54,151
AND SOMETIMES
A LITTLE TOO CONFIDENT.
462
00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:03,014
[HIPPO GRUNTS]
463
00:42:03,048 --> 00:42:08,358
THE BULL STILL HAS THE ADVANTAGE
OF HIS TWO-TON BRAWN.
464
00:42:08,392 --> 00:42:12,014
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE
THEIR GAME PLAN
465
00:42:12,048 --> 00:42:16,565
AND PURSUE
A LESS DAUNTING TARGET.
466
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:21,392
A YOUNG CALF IS GRAZING
WITH HIS MOTHER.
467
00:42:21,427 --> 00:42:25,945
A SURPRISE ATTACK
COULD BE THEIR MEAL TICKET.
468
00:42:45,841 --> 00:42:55,875
♪
469
00:42:55,876 --> 00:43:00,910
♪
470
00:43:00,945 --> 00:43:04,530
♪
471
00:43:04,565 --> 00:43:07,254
[BELLOWING]
472
00:43:10,979 --> 00:43:17,530
[GROWLING]
473
00:43:17,565 --> 00:43:23,496
THE BABY HIPPO HAS NO DEFENSE
AGAINST A HUNGRY PRIDE OF LIONS.
474
00:43:23,530 --> 00:43:26,151
HIS LEGS ARE TOO HEAVY
TO OUTRUN THEM,
475
00:43:26,185 --> 00:43:31,738
AND HIS TUSKS ARE BARELY GROWN.
476
00:43:31,772 --> 00:43:37,116
HIS ONLY CHOICE
IS TO SUBMIT TO HIS FATE.
477
00:43:37,151 --> 00:43:40,772
[GROANING]
478
00:43:40,807 --> 00:43:43,772
LIONS USUALLY
SUFFOCATE THEIR PREY
479
00:43:43,807 --> 00:43:49,151
BY SMOTHERING THEIR NOSES
OR CRUSHING THEIR WINDPIPES,
480
00:43:49,185 --> 00:43:53,772
BUT THE HIPPO'S UNUSUAL DESIGN
HAS THEM BAFFLED.
481
00:43:53,807 --> 00:43:58,358
[GROANING]
482
00:43:58,392 --> 00:44:03,014
THE DEATH CRY TRAVELS FAR
AND WIDE THROUGH THE TERRITORY.
483
00:44:03,048 --> 00:44:07,289
[HIGH-PITCHED BELLOWING]
484
00:44:07,323 --> 00:44:10,634
WHILE THE LIONS FEAST,
485
00:44:10,669 --> 00:44:13,979
THE HIPPOS SEEK SAFETY
BACK IN THE RIVER.
486
00:44:21,323 --> 00:44:27,185
ONLY THE DESPERATE MOTHER STAYS,
HELPLESS TO SAVE HER CALF,
487
00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:30,565
BUT DETERMINED
NOT TO LEAVE HIM BEHIND.
488
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,220
[GROWLING]
489
00:44:34,254 --> 00:44:36,083
[BELLOWING]
490
00:44:42,392 --> 00:44:46,323
[GROWLING]
491
00:44:46,358 --> 00:44:49,323
THE STANDOFF
WON'T SAVE HER BABY,
492
00:44:49,358 --> 00:44:50,910
BUT HER MATERNAL INSTINCTS
493
00:44:50,945 --> 00:44:54,772
ARE HARDWIRED
TO STAND UP AND FIGHT.
494
00:44:54,807 --> 00:45:04,840
♪
495
00:45:04,841 --> 00:45:09,876
♪
496
00:45:09,910 --> 00:45:19,944
♪
497
00:45:19,945 --> 00:45:24,910
♪
498
00:45:24,945 --> 00:45:29,116
♪
499
00:45:29,151 --> 00:45:31,807
THE LIONS HAVE STAINED
THEIR TERRITORY
500
00:45:31,841 --> 00:45:35,116
WITH THE BLOOD
OF THEIR HIPPO NEIGHBORS,
501
00:45:35,151 --> 00:45:39,151
BUT THE RIVER BULL WILL LIVE
TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
502
00:45:41,634 --> 00:45:44,841
IT'S AS SUREFIRE
AS THE SUNRISE,
503
00:45:44,876 --> 00:45:48,910
THE AGE-OLD BATTLE
BETWEEN HUNTER AND HUNTED,
504
00:45:48,945 --> 00:45:52,496
AND AS EACH DAY
BRINGS ORDER TO THE HIPPOS,
505
00:45:52,530 --> 00:45:58,461
SO EACH NIGHT WILL PLUNGE THEM
BACK INTO CHAOS.
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