These young lions venture close to the village of Purros, causing Philip ‘Flip’ Stander to take action to turn them away.

Natural World – Desert Lions:
In the mid-1980s, hundreds of lions suddenly disappeared from the Namib Desert. Now, equally mysteriously, they have returned. How can such a magnificent animal survive in one of the harshest deserts in the world?

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The two-part mini-series “The Story of Cats” premieres November 2 & 9, 2016 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/story-cats-about/14638/

Cats are among the most feared and revered creatures on the planet. Their power, strength, and enigmatic nature have fascinated us for centuries. They’ve dominated human culture since the dawn of civilization. Go from the rainforests, to the savannah, to the mountain peaks all the way into the comfort of our homes. Get an in-depth look at this unique species and the evolutionary tricks and adaptations that truly make a cat, a cat.

In the first episode, we discover how the first cats arose in the forests of Asia, how they spread across the continent, and later came to conquer Africa. We reveal how they evolved flexible limbs to climb, giant bodies to survive in the cold, and super senses to catch prey. Ultimately we discover how becoming social made the lion, king of the savannah. Also featured in this episode are other larger cats such as the clouded, snow and African leopards, the Bengal and Siberian tigers, and the cheetah. However, the introductions of smaller and lesser-known species like the serval, the caracal, and the fishing, Pallas’s and sand cats are just as fascinating.

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From the lightest and fleetest of Africa’s large predators… the cheetah to the largest land mammal on earth… the elephant… this is about the top animals on the continent: Africa’s Magnificent Seven: the rhino, elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah and the wild dog. A fast paced adventure packed episode that promises more thrill than the legendary western of the same name!

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Out here, space is not a premium… it’s a way of life. Animals roam large areas looking for food, steering clear of predators and finding companions. But as large as these areas are… there are boundaries, imaginary lines drawn not between different species but between each other. In this episode we take a look at these invisible borders.

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Elegance and gentleness are all associated with giraffes. This episode focuses on their adaptability to desert conditions as well as thick savannah bushveld in various biomes across Africa.

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We all tend to focus on Africa’s predators and less so on the prey. Impala are plentiful as the “McDonalds” of the savannah! But here we look at their family structure, eating habits and territorial fighting or rutting in one of Africa’s biggest national parks with the highest numbers of Impalas… and Lions!

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Wild Nature, The Big Five Dangerous Animals in Africa

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1. Namib Desert Sidewinder

In Africa’s harshest environment both hunter and hunted endure the extremes and only the fittest survive. Namib Desert Sidewinder Skillfully the Perengey’s adder buries itself beneath the hot desert surface leaving only its tail as a worm-like lure to entice prey like shovel-snouted lizards or barking geckos. They approach unaware of the potential danger lying beneath the surface and fatal consequences of the snake’s split-second attack and paralyzing venom.

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“Poachers are destroying our country’s future. Animals are our capital,” says Rendani Nethengwe, a gamekeeper in the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Nethengwe is one of the most experienced rangers in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, responsible for the protection of animals in every respect: from poachers, from disease. This documentary accompanies him, veterinarian Peter Buss and zoologist Antoine Marchal on their forays in Kruger National Park – stunning an elephant for a tuberculosis check, hunting down poachers and monitoring the wild dog population. Kruger National Park ranger Rendani Nethengwe holds out a bloody cartridge he has just cut out of the carcass of a dead elephant. “It’s sad,” he says. “Poachers are destroying our future. Animals are our capital – they bring tourists and money into the country.” He is currently very worried about the elephants in the game reserve after identifying the human tuberculosis pathogen in a blood sample taken from a dead one. Now he regularly takes blood samples from all the animals in Kruger Park. Wild dogs are among the rarest animals in Kruger but things are looking up. “We now have a really big pack of them here in the park again,” says zoologist Antoine Marchal, who has been bringing the dogs together in a group. That normally ends in bloody carnage – but this time it has created a happy family instead. In any case, wild dogs need to hunt large in large packs to survive. Something that started as an experiment now promises to save the rare canines from extinction.
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Este filme narra a transformação mágica de uma paisagem. Toda primavera, um trecho desolado de 100km no interior da costa oeste da África do Sul é brevemente transformado na maior feira de flores do planeta. As abelhas coletoras de óleo polinizam brilhantemente dentro de poucas semanas milhares de preciosas espécies de flores coloridas antes que o calor escaldante do verão transforme o jardim em pó.

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