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and now the snakes are on the

alert this is the best feeding

opportunity they will get all

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year on flat round a baby iguana can

outrun a race of

snake but others are waiting in

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ambush

another hatchling has its first glimpse

of a dangerous

world

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e

a snake's eyes aren't very

good but they can detect

movement so if the hatchling keeps its

nerve it may just avoid

detection

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a near miraculous

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Escape the lucky survivors could begin

learning the unique way of life demanded

by this hostile

Island as they mature young males begin

to explore the boundaries of the Pride's

territory red has ventured out

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alone

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and blunder straight into the middle of

the hyena

clam

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he's trapped by over 20 of

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them the pet tries to wear him

down this number to kill

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him think it's impossible find

he can't keep the B much longer he's

tiring

fast

his ally Tatu has heard the

commotion now the ODS have

changed

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even for 20 hyenas a pair of male vs is

too much to take

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on during the dry season over half a

million turns crowd onto this remote

atal in the Indian

Ocean their chicks are still in their

dark juvenile

plumage they vary in

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age whilst the more advanced chicks take

to the air

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H others aren't quite ready

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yet

those just starting to learn to fly use

the shallow Lagoon that occupies the

center of the atol as their training

ground it's difficult for some of them

to stay a loft for

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long

giant

tranes usually they are solitary

Hunters but about 50 of them have come

here from nebor ing reefs attracted by

this abundance of potential

prey the fledglings stay out of the

water if they

can they even drink on the

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wing

if the chalia to catch one now they have

to up their

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game so there is a fish here that

amazingly has a brain capable of

calculating the air speed altitude and

trajectory of a

bird

the time comes when every fledgling has

to take to the air and collect food for

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itself

their parents lead them to the training

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grounds

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I

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if they are to

survive they must learn

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quickly after a month of practicing over

the Lagoon the youngsters start to leave

and take their chances out over the Open

Sea exhausted from his swim the bear

must regain his

strength the next day a sea fog shrouds

the island the Wallace is sense that

they're in

danger using the fog as cover the bear

approaches The Herd

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the adults Clos ranks around their young

presenting a wall of blubber and

hide he tests the

barrier but it stands

firm it appears that the world's largest

land carnivore has met his match

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there must be a in the armor

somewhere not

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here this female walrus is shielding her

pup if he can just prize her

off

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the bear's claws and teeth can't

penetrate her thick

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hide with the herd retreating to water

the bear must move

quickly having failed with one he heads

straight for

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another the chance of his first meal in

months is slipping

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away he seems increasingly

desperate it's now or

never he must avoid the stabbing tusks

if he's the

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win the flailing walrus is immensely

powerful and drags the bear away from

the shallows towards the safety of the

herd

it slips from his

grasp mantids will eat anything that

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moves including other

mantids

time to

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leave this tiny insect is now open to

attack from predators lurking in the

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undergrowth whether an individual matis

survives or not is partly a matter of

chance whether it's spotted by a

predator

whether it turns

right or

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left so far its luck has

held but this hungry jumping spider is

still in

Pursuit am mantis is born with

exceptional

eyesight but the spiders is even

better although this young mantis can't

yet fly its long for legs evolved to

catch prey give it

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reach

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there seems to be no

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Escape but this mantis has a surprising

line in

self-defense

Kung Fu praying mantis

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style of course it's all

Bluff trying to look bigger and confuse

its

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enemy but it's got away with

it

just staying alive for its first few

hours is a significant accomplishment

for a newly HED

insect but there's still a long way to

go with a bit of luck in two months time

it will be as big and beautiful as this

orchid

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maned

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or maybe

not after all mantids are

cannibals Stony Canyons provide a

sanctuary for Animals throughout the

Middle

East like Nubian

ibex

these wild goats can only survive here

because precious water bubbles to the

surface in

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Springs in summer the females come to

drink at these pools every

day the pool is guarded by a male

IEX he has exclusive access to the

females who come

here he tastes the air to see if any of

them are ready to

mate but this is such a prized spot that

inevitably he has

competition getting the upper ground

will be

key

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the male's skulls are specially

reinforced to take a battering

they're evenly matched the battle could

last up to an

hour

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but when a third male joins in no one

seems to know who to

fight the party is soon broken up by a

tell full tail smell in the

air the ibeck are right to be

skittish beduin have always been skilled

Hunters Kenya famous for its big cats

the Supreme

Hunters

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cheaters specialize in hunting at speed

though fast they're fragile creatures

built to Sprint after small

prey they don't have the strength or

weight of a lion to bring down larger

animals this male is different he

doesn't hunt alone he's leared that

there is strength in

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numbers but here there are not just two

but three

cheaters a Band of

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Brothers

they have changed their tactics and by

doing so have taken their prey by

surprise they have leared that working

together they can bring down large

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prey an

ostrich a bird that Towers over a

cheetah and is more than twice as

heavy it can't fly to escape danger but

it can lash out with a deadly

kick a female unaware as yet of any

danger even with three of them this is

still highly risky if one gets injured

the other two couldn't hope to tackle

such large

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prey on the other hand if they get it

right the rewards are

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huge the male has spotted one of the

brothers but only

one it's not too

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worried

then suddenly there are

three the female is slower to realize

the danger and the cheaters switch

targets

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it takes the combined effort and weight

of all three brothers to bring down this

powerful bird even now the ostrich could

land a fatal

kick

so far the brothers are winning

ostriches have yet to find a way to foil

such

TS high up in the Rockies one of the

greatest gatherings in the wild west is

underway for most of the Year bison

bulls and cows live separate

lives but for a few weeks in late summer

thousands congregate in this Yellowstone

Valley it's the rut The Mating Season

and the biggest Bulls are busy guarding

their

harim a dominant bull might mate with

over 50

females for the calves born this year

now is the time to stretch their young

legs

but as the herd grows so tensions

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rise

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the rut takes a heavy toll on the big

bulls so a run driving now could give

this young Contender an

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edge but there's life in the old full

yet

Head to Head the Challenger more than

holds his

own then he makes a small

mistake shunted aside his challenge is

brutally

ended

the young bull gambled everything and

has paid a heavy

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price somehow in this melee of 60,000

thousand or so Penguins a parent has to

find its

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chick it returns to the place where it

last left its chick in the hope that it

might still be close

by but chicks tend to wonder so the

adult has to call to

it

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the chick responds and they slowly home

in on one another the plaintiff inrees

of the chick stimulates the adult to

regurgitate a mouthful of

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fish

with the return of one parent the other

is free to go to Sea to feed for

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itself aware of the leopard Seal's

presence the Penguins press together at

the ice Edge unwilling to be the first

to risk diving

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in occasionally the seal comes out onto

the ice and attempts to grab

one

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but its most successful strategy by far

is to lie in

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weight it hides behind a corner of

ice the Emperors gain confidence and

make a dash for it

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the first wave of penguins

Escape once in Open Water they will be

safe the seal is alerted by the noise

and through the mass of bubbles it makes

its attack

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almost invariably it makes a

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kill encouraged by the absence of the

seal the remaining Penguins make a break

for the Open

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Sea

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in time their chicks will fledge and

when the Antarctic Autumn is near its

end these adults will walk across the

newly formed ice to endure yet another

winter on the Frozen sea