eInfo HQ: National Geographic Video - Wild Kalahari Africa 2

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so inhabits the islands

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few lions survive in this difficult

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out here by day they lack their weapon

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of choice camouflage

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they bide their time until nightfall

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when they prey on the weak and unwary

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the day grows hotter and the small

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family has not been able to move zebra

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families are close-knit and the parents

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will not readily abandon their weak foal

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he manages to stand long enough to

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suckle then tries to find relief from

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the burning Sun in his mother's shade

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meanwhile far away the other families

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head to water

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zebras drink daily when they can and a

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morning of grazing and the hot Sun has

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made them thirsty the seasonal rains

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fill depressions with fresh water

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as temperatures soar above 40 degrees

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even these Hardy desert Birds can't

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resist a cooling dip across a distant

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pan the lame foal and his parents also

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need to drink

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but the foal is too exhausted to stand

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let alone walk to water the oppressive

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heat leaves the parents no choice they

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must go in search of water without him

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as the afternoon wears on a storm begins

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to brew

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the meerkats race home to the safety of

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their underground burrow

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but the lane foe has nowhere to hide and

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no one to hear his feeble calls

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far away

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other families weather the storm

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together

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the rain transforms the face of the

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mcaddie Cuddy and adds a blush of pink

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to the landscape as flamingos arrived to

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feed on brine shrimp that the showers

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resurrect

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the pans turn into shallow lakes but the

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water is ephemeral

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wind and Sun combine to suck it up and

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it quickly turns salty

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the day has a surprise in store

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the lane foe has eluded predators and

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survived the stormy night

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he is a bundle of courage determined to

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master his unreliable legs

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and his devoted parents have returned to

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his side

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no one knows what the little foals

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future holds but he can count on their

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loyalty to help him on his way

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the mccurdy Cuddy does not show mercy to

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all of its inhabitants an old stallion

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has not survived the night

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all his adult life he probably guarded

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and defended a most treasured possession

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his harem of mares and foals during the

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peak breeding season he would have made

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it with his mares now somewhere out

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there could be a harem that no longer

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has his protection

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and a mayor carrying his unborn foal

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an unattended ready-made family is a

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rare windfall for the next stallion that

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claims it competition for available

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mares is intense

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serious fighting is rare between

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stallions and typically ends in ritual

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rather than bloodbath

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family stallions vigilantly shepherd

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there Horan's keeping rivals at bay

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Estonians family know him by his unique

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voice it is the call of their protector

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and leader

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only his defeat or death will break the

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harem bond with him

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Stallions that scoop another's harem a

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spared the long-term effort of building

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up their own one mare at a time grooming

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helps establish and strengthen the

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family ties an inherited harem comes

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with secrets it's very likely that one

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of the mares is already pregnant with

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the former stallions full for the next

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year she will nurture his legacy in her

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womb then she will have to raise her

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fall under her new family stallion

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without its father's protection her

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unborn foal could be in peril

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as the wet season draws to a close

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zebras old ally the rain becomes scarce

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grasses turn brown and their nutrient

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quality declines without the fresh

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drinking water rain provides the Zebras

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carefree days are numbered from all

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corners families begin to converge on

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deep time warm tracks the lead mares all

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know the way to trust it late season

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water holes hundreds of groups are drawn

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to the same pool by now the water is

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little more than hoof deep slurry the

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Zebras ruled a drinking hole through

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sheer numbers and attitude

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the ostriches can't get close astray

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ville de beast calf is shown no kindness

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in the heated congestion tempers fray

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family stallions anxiously search for

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stray harem members relying on sound and

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scent as well as sight to find lost ones

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amid the striked chaos foals must stick

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to their mother's side or risk getting

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lost stripe patterns are unique to each

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individual and scientists continue to

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speculate what advantage they give

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Africa's patterned horses

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weeks pass without rain and strong winds

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stir up dust storms that race off the

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pans

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fine salty sound fills the air blocking

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out the Sun and making life unbearable

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grazing is still plentiful but zebras

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must also drink to survive and the

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Makati caddy has turned dry

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now every zebra is caught up in the same

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plight

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they cannot stay here the families

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gathered together turned their backs on

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home and head west

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somewhere in the Exodus there's a harem

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with a new family stallion and a mare

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with another stallions foal in her womb

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safe for now

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far to the west lies the potato River a

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shallow ribbon of water that pulses with

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life this miracle of water in the desert

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is a haven for birds of all description

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all along the shoreline Lapwing pairs

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are nesting

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in the cool morning air chicks make the

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most of their parents worn cloaks

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La Pointe chicks are precocious I forage

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for themselves

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soon after hatching

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on the shore an elephant bull goes about

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his daily ritual oblivious to the

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striped hordes advancing towards his

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home this is the last peaceful mud bath

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he will enjoy for some months soon

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nearly 20,000 zebras will inundate these

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tranquil shores but life is about to get

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for at least one patottie resident

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and this show was created for you and

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your family to watch together

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welcome to NatGeo wild

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they have left the open spaces of the

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ponds far behind them and entered a

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claustrophobic wooded landscape

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suddenly they quicken their pace a

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familiar scent excites them

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the first families have arrived at the

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it's been weeks since they tasted clean

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clear water

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these pioneers of the migration are

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eager to drink but they're also nervous

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in this new landscape and easily

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African rivers are fraught with danger

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the smallest fright triggers a tide of

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panic that ripples up the shores

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alerting the lion to our hunting

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opportunity

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the lion has killed a mare

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never again will she see the pans of

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home as the week's pass zebras

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overwhelmed a shoreline threatening

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disaster for the Lapwing families now

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the parents must raise their fragile

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chicks among thousands of clumsy hooves

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the immigrants enjoy a rare moment of

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contentment

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their rest is short-lived

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it's a bewilder entire brothels who have

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never seen a river before nor the angry

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gray giants that dwarfed them difficult

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months lie ahead for these families

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their refuge will soon become a prison a

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purgatory that many will not leave

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over the weeks the Lapwing chick learns

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that zebra hooves are not the only

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hazard a deadly assault can come from

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the skies to his parents warned him to

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hide from the eagle the threat passes

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over and life settles down once more the

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dry season drags on and the Petit shores

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become over grazed and trampled bare the

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landscape turns to dust months of no

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rain have made the ponds parched and

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sun-baked only desert specialists can

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still for the meerkats dominant female

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it's a harsh time to be pregnant

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food is harder to come by and dry season

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temperatures soar there's no escape from

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the Sun they have found grazing miles

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away from the river to maximize their

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feeding time they have stretched their

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thirst to the limit of their endurance

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it's been a week since they last tasted

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water they set off once more for the

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river slaves to the same punishing

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routine they were paid four months

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families gulp long drafts but there's no

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time to rest sated they must leave at

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once to go again in search of grazing

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all along the shoreline parched families

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arrive drink and depart the grueling

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trek weighs heavily on the pregnant

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many are near the end of their 12-month

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term they must deliver soon but the

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batata shores are no place for a newborn

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the time of reckoning draws near for a

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mayor carrying a full that does not

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throughout botswana storm clouds are

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massing after many tortuous months the

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dry season has mercifully ended

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this is the moment the zebras have been

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waiting for they no longer have to drink

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from the river instead they turn east

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and begin the journey back to the pans

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and grass islands of home

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their exile is finally over

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back in the pans the meerkat family has

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a few new faces

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the pups are struggling to master the

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signature meerkat posture a babysitter

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has been left in charge while the adults

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forage far away from the Burrow

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it's been a long shift but his duty is

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nearing an end the others should be home

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soon the oncoming rains are a welcome

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sight they will bring beetles for the

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growing family

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there's a familiar parade out on the

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pans

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the epic spectacle of thousands of

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striped horses has returned

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the rains have released them from their

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punishing exile at last the pregnant

303
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mares can deliver their precious burdens

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[Music]

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the season of green grass and of birth

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has begun but challenges still lie ahead

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with each passing day newborn foals

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appear on the plains this one just

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minutes old learns to find its feet

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[Music]

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others grow stronger every day

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[Music]

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one newborn fold has attracted attention

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a stallion rushes in and a taxi

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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the foals mother does her best to drive

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the stallion off but he is relentless an

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attack like this has rarely been

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witnessed in wild zebras the attacker is

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a new family stallion and somehow he

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knows the foal is not his his

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predecessor society in desperation the

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mayor tries to rescue her fall with a

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mouth

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the ordeal is finally over

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the mayor returns to guard her newborn

330
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but he's fatally injured

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the stallion his forelegs bloodied from

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the attack chases intruders away

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clearing a perimeter around his mare

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while the Stallions brutality seems

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senseless and cruel he has acted purely

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on instinct

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in this difficult environment he is

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hardwired to ensure that he and his

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mares devote their energy to caring for

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only his offspring out on these

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wide-open Plains nothing escapes the

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attention of vultures their appearance

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disturbs the grieving mother

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[Music]

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her calls and high-stepping are a

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desperate attempt to persuade the foal

347
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to follow her but he cannot

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[Music]

349
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the mayor will not readily abandon her

350
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phone she has carried him safely in her

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womb so far and for so long

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[Music]

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it's over the fall is dead

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[Music]

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the family stallion comes to collect her

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she gives up her vigil to follow the

357
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others perhaps the sacrifice of her fall

358
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was inevitable only with his death can

359
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new life begin

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[Music]

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for every fold that does not survive in

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this sometimes cruel and another lives

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on

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enjoying the protection and loyalty of

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both mother and father

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[Music]

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soon the summer wet sees on his back in

368
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full swing the meerkat pups are now old

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enough to join the family outings but

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the days are long and it could be hard

371
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work keeping up

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[Music]

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it doesn't help that the grass is so

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spiky

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[Music]

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the adults are vigilant and know when

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one of their brood is lagging a beetle

378
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is just the thing to encourage a tired

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pup but a whole beetle can appear

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daunting to a little meerkat

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he's in the market for something a

382
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little more bite-sized all around the

383
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Macari carries animals settle into a

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brief spell of contentment

385
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the zebra families have walked thousands

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of kilometres over the past year to

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satisfy their needs for water and

388
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grazing but for the moment they have

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everything they want close at home

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[Music]

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for many families new life is about to

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begin

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mayor's will soon come back into East

394
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hrus and make their family stallion

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[Music]

396
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a year from now they will return to

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these breeding grounds to bear the next

398
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generation of remarkable survivors

399
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[Music]

400
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[Music]

401
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for the extraordinary zebras of the

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Macari caddy another day draws to a

403
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close

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[Music]

405
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as long as there is rain graphs and room

406
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to roam these nomads of Africa will

407
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continue to leave their tracks across

408
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this ancient land there is no permanent

409
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water in this desert of salt

410
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[Music]

411
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it is only by the grace of fleeting

412
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seasonal rains that these Plains zebras

413
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can survive here

414
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thunder showers Amiga and isolated yet

415
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they leave a trail of grassy islands

416
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scattered throughout the paths making

417
00:37:32,540 --> 00:37:37,150
home habitable for the moment

418
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,580
families gather on these islands to feed

419
00:37:47,580 --> 00:37:53,640
on the green pastures a single stallion

420
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is at the helm of every family unit like

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a devoted husband and father he shares a

422
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protective and long-lasting bond with

423
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his harem of mares and their foals but

424
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not all his wives are equal

425
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:14,100
zebra mares observe a strict social

426
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order with the most dominant or lead

427
00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:20,310
mare always walking in the front the

428
00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:22,620
others fall in line behind her according

429
00:38:22,620 --> 00:38:26,280
to their rank the family stallion brings

430
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up the rear keeping a watchful eye on

431
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his charges right now many of the

432
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families are growing in size after a

433
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year's gestation fowling is timed to

434
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take advantage of the wet seasons

435
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nutrient-rich grazing

436
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[Music]

437
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sadly only half of these foals will

438
00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:54,539
survive the year but for now released

439
00:38:54,539 --> 00:38:56,760
from the confines of the womb they

440
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,250
celebrate their agility

441
00:38:58,250 --> 00:39:09,090
[Music]

442
00:39:20,690 --> 00:39:26,030
but one foe has no reason to celebrate

443
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,020
young zebras can typically canter within

444
00:39:31,020 --> 00:39:34,290
an hour of birth but this little one has

445
00:39:34,290 --> 00:39:37,950
been born lame his father walks more

446
00:39:37,950 --> 00:39:41,510
slowly allowing him to keep up

447
00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:44,400
stallions will take great risks for the

448
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,780
well-being of their own offspring

449
00:39:52,340 --> 00:39:55,470
this young stallion has so far secured

450
00:39:55,470 --> 00:40:00,570
only one man the frail little foal is

451
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their first meanwhile nearby new

452
00:40:09,030 --> 00:40:12,030
families are being made adolescent

453
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fillies seduce males with the perfume of

454
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Easter's while mature Hari mares are

455
00:40:19,620 --> 00:40:22,260
more discreet mating exclusively with

456
00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:25,460
their family stallions

457
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it's the peek breeding season and

458
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,220
fillies that have just come of age are

459
00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:39,060
flirtatious many bachelors compete over

460
00:40:39,060 --> 00:40:39,870
the young mares

461
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their goal is to build their own homes

462
00:40:42,570 --> 00:40:45,740
and sire foals

463
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[Music]

464
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[Music]

465
00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:03,130
opponents wrestle from dawn to dusk

466
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,019
[Music]

467
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:21,859
with each passing day the lane full

468
00:41:21,859 --> 00:41:25,730
bravely battles on for an animal that

469
00:41:25,730 --> 00:41:27,619
must walk great distances to survive

470
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lameness can be a death sentence as the

471
00:41:33,859 --> 00:41:36,140
morning wears on the other families

472
00:41:36,140 --> 00:41:41,829
drift away the Zebras diet of grass

473
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digests quickly forcing them to keep

474
00:41:44,390 --> 00:41:49,160
moving to fresh pastures the small fold

475
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:54,060
does his best to keep up but he can't

476
00:41:54,060 --> 00:41:57,870
[Music]

477
00:41:57,870 --> 00:42:00,600
nevertheless his parents stay close by

478
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:10,720
his side the small family has spectators

479
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:12,260
[Music]

480
00:42:12,260 --> 00:42:17,300
meerkats share the Zebras island pantry

481
00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:19,590
although their meals are sometimes a

482
00:42:19,590 --> 00:42:32,130
little harder to find the family spends

483
00:42:32,130 --> 00:42:34,650
their days hopping between grass islands

484
00:42:34,650 --> 00:42:38,720
in search of invertebrates in the sound

485
00:42:40,790 --> 00:42:45,550
[Music]

486
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:49,309
all the while the zebras continue their

487
00:42:49,309 --> 00:42:51,250
daily march across the poem's

488
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seeking out the rains latest harvest

489
00:42:55,450 --> 00:42:58,690
these restless animals will walk more

490
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than 4000 kilometers in the year ahead

491
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:07,079
to feed themselves some will not make it

492
00:43:08,530 --> 00:43:13,920
an old enemy also inhabits the island

493
00:43:14,310 --> 00:43:16,710
few lions survive in this difficult

494
00:43:16,710 --> 00:43:17,530
environment

495
00:43:17,530 --> 00:43:20,250
[Music]

496
00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:23,550
out here by day they lack their weapon

497
00:43:23,550 --> 00:43:26,470
of choice camouflage

498
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:34,119
[Music]

499
00:43:35,730 --> 00:43:37,820
they bide their time until nightfall

500
00:43:37,820 --> 00:43:42,770
when they prey on the weak and unwary

501
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:46,860
[Music]

502
00:43:48,990 --> 00:43:51,730
the day grows hotter and the small

503
00:43:51,730 --> 00:43:57,250
family has not been able to move zebra

504
00:43:57,250 --> 00:43:59,590
families are close-knit and the parents

505
00:43:59,590 --> 00:44:03,810
will not readily abandon their weak foal

506
00:44:04,140 --> 00:44:06,820
he manages to stand long enough to

507
00:44:06,820 --> 00:44:12,310
suckle then tries to find relief from

508
00:44:12,310 --> 00:44:16,800
the burning Sun in his mother's shade

509
00:44:28,250 --> 00:44:33,279
[Music]

510
00:44:33,279 --> 00:44:36,440
meanwhile far away the other families

511
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:37,749
head to water

512
00:44:37,749 --> 00:44:41,029
zebras drink daily when they can and a

513
00:44:41,029 --> 00:44:43,009
morning of grazing and the hot Sun has

514
00:44:43,009 --> 00:44:55,220
made them thirsty the seasonal rains

515
00:44:55,220 --> 00:44:59,319
filled depressions with fresh water

516
00:45:14,099 --> 00:45:17,579
as temperatures soar above 40 degrees

517
00:45:17,579 --> 00:45:20,859
even these Hardy desert Birds can't

518
00:45:20,859 --> 00:45:34,930
resist a cooling dip across a distant

519
00:45:34,930 --> 00:45:38,319
pan the lame foal and his parents also

520
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:42,430
need to drink but the foal is too

521
00:45:42,430 --> 00:45:45,549
exhausted to stand let alone walk to

522
00:45:45,549 --> 00:45:49,539
water the oppressive heat leaves the

523
00:45:49,539 --> 00:45:52,329
parents no choice they must go in search

524
00:45:52,329 --> 00:45:56,220
of water without him

525
00:46:05,410 --> 00:46:09,250
as the afternoon wears on a storm begins

526
00:46:09,250 --> 00:46:11,700
to brew

527
00:46:16,390 --> 00:46:18,910
the meerkats race home to the safety of

528
00:46:18,910 --> 00:46:22,019
their underground burrow

529
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:30,249
but the lane foe has nowhere to hide and

530
00:46:30,249 --> 00:46:34,859
no one to hear his feeble calls

531
00:46:41,380 --> 00:46:57,489
[Music]

532
00:47:06,950 --> 00:47:08,340
far away

533
00:47:08,340 --> 00:47:10,830
other families weather the storm

534
00:47:10,830 --> 00:47:13,820
together

535
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:25,540
the rain transforms the face of the

536
00:47:25,540 --> 00:47:28,990
Makati caddy and adds a blush of pink to

537
00:47:28,990 --> 00:47:31,840
the landscape as flamingos arrived to

538
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,000
feed on brine shrimp that the showers

539
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,550
resurrect

540
00:47:35,550 --> 00:47:59,909
[Music]

541
00:48:01,030 --> 00:48:04,270
the pans turn into shallow lakes but the

542
00:48:04,270 --> 00:48:08,650
water is ephemeral wind and Sun combine

543
00:48:08,650 --> 00:48:13,859
to suck it up and it quickly turns salty

544
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:19,020
the day has a surprise in store

545
00:48:21,750 --> 00:48:24,900
the lane foe has eluded predators and

546
00:48:24,900 --> 00:48:28,270
survived the stormy night

547
00:48:28,270 --> 00:48:31,780
[Music]

548
00:48:32,580 --> 00:48:35,340
he is a bundle of college determined to

549
00:48:35,340 --> 00:48:39,230
master his unreliable legs

550
00:48:43,230 --> 00:48:46,890
and his devoted parents have returned to

551
00:48:46,890 --> 00:48:48,800
his side

552
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,690
no one knows what the Little Falls

553
00:48:50,690 --> 00:48:53,570
future holds but he can count on their

554
00:48:53,570 --> 00:48:57,310
loyalty to help him on his way

555
00:49:09,390 --> 00:49:15,920
[Music]

556
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,940
[Music]

557
00:49:21,940 --> 00:49:24,460
the mccurdy Cuddy does not show mercy to

558
00:49:24,460 --> 00:49:28,869
all of its inhabitants an old stallion

559
00:49:28,869 --> 00:49:32,400
has not survived the night

560
00:49:32,590 --> 00:49:35,590
all his adult life he probably guarded

561
00:49:35,590 --> 00:49:37,570
and defended a most treasured possession

562
00:49:37,570 --> 00:49:42,700
his harem of mares and foals during the

563
00:49:42,700 --> 00:49:44,980
peak breeding season he would have made

564
00:49:44,980 --> 00:49:48,340
it with his mares now somewhere out

565
00:49:48,340 --> 00:49:50,830
there could be a harem that no longer

566
00:49:50,830 --> 00:49:56,740
has his protection and a mare carrying

567
00:49:56,740 --> 00:49:59,850
his unborn foal

568
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,840
an unattended ready-made family is a

569
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,090
rare windfall for the next stallion that

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claims it competition for available

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mares is intense

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[Music]

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[Music]

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serious fighting is rare between

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stallions and typically ends in ritual

576
00:50:59,609 --> 00:51:02,749
rather than bloodbath

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00:51:12,890 --> 00:51:15,660
family stallions vigilantly shepherd

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00:51:15,660 --> 00:51:16,529
there Horan's

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keeping rivals at bay a stallions family

580
00:51:24,690 --> 00:51:29,250
know him by his unique voice it is the

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call of their protector and leader

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only his defeat or death will break the

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harem bond with him

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[Music]

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Stallions that scoop another's harem

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spared the long-term effort of building

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up their own one mare at a time

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[Music]

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grooming helps establish and strengthen

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family ties an inherited harem comes

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with secrets it's very likely that one

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of the mares is already pregnant with

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the former stallions fall for the next

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year she will nurture his legacy in her

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womb then she will have to raise her

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fall under her new family stallion

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without its father's protection her

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unborn foal could be in peril as the wet

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season draws to a close a zebras

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old ally the rain becomes scarce grasses

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turn brown and their nutrient quality

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declines without the fresh drinking

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00:53:26,540 --> 00:53:29,450
water rain provides the Zebras carefree

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days are numbered from all corners

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00:53:33,310 --> 00:53:36,830
families begin to converge on deep time

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warm tracks the lead mares all know the

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way to trust it late season water holes

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hundreds of groups are drawn to the same

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pool

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by now the water is little more than

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hoof deep slurry the Zebras ruled a

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drinking hole through sheer numbers and

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00:54:08,589 --> 00:54:18,359
attitude the ostriches can't get close

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astray ville de beast calf is shown no

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kindness

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[Music]

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[Music]

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00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:57,119
in the heated congestion tempers fray

619
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family stallions anxiously search for

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stray harem members relying on sound and

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scent as well as sight to find lost ones

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amid the strike chaos foals must stick

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to their mother's side or risk getting

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lost stripe patterns are unique to each

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individual and scientists continue to

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speculate what advantage they give

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Africa's patterned horses

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weeks pass without rain and strong winds

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stir up dust storms that race off the

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pounds

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[Music]

632
00:56:09,260 --> 00:56:12,050
[Music]

633
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fine salty sound fills the air blocking

634
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out the Sun and making life unbearable

635
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grazing is still plentiful but zebras

636
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must also drink to survive and the

637
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Macari caddy is turned dry

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now every zebra is caught up in the same

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plight

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[Music]

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they cannot stay here the families

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00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:56,590
gathered together turned their backs on

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home and head west

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somewhere in the Exodus there's a harem

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with a new family stallion and a mare

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with another stallions foal in her womb

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safe for now

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[Music]

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far to the west lies the potato River a

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shallow ribbon of water that pulses with

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life this miracle of water in the desert

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is a haven for birds of all description

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[Music]

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all along the shoreline Lapwing pairs

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are nesting

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[Music]

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in the cool morning air chicks make the

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most of their parents warm cloaks

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[Music]

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La Pointe chicks are precocious and

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forage for themselves

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soon after hatching

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Amish or an elephant bull goes about his

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daily ritual oblivious to the striped

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hordes advancing towards his home this

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is the last peaceful mud bath he will

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enjoy for some months soon nearly 20

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thousand zebras will inundate these

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00:59:23,540 --> 00:59:33,740
tranquil shores but life is about to get

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better for at least one but Ettie

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00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:38,380
resident

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[Music]

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and this show was created for you and

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your family to watch together

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welcome to NatGeo wild

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they have left the open spaces of the

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ponds far behind them and entered a cost

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refer back wooded landscape

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[Music]

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suddenly they quicken their pace a

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familiar scent excites them

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the first families have arrived at the

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patottie

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[Music]

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01:00:36,330 --> 01:00:38,700
it's been weeks since they tasted clean

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clear water

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[Music]

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these pioneers at the migration are

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eager to drink but they're also nervous

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01:00:51,170 --> 01:00:53,930
in this new landscape and easily

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startled

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[Music]

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01:01:04,030 --> 01:01:08,970
African rivers are fraught with danger

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the smallest fright triggers a tide of

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01:01:17,260 --> 01:01:21,069
panic that ripples up the shores

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01:01:21,069 --> 01:01:23,410
alerting the lion to our hunting

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01:01:23,410 --> 01:01:26,099
opportunity

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01:01:31,590 --> 01:01:34,739
[Music]

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01:01:48,410 --> 01:01:54,239
[Music]

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01:01:57,360 --> 01:02:02,110
[Music]

701
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the lion has killed a man

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[Music]

703
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never again will she see the pans of

704
01:02:19,970 --> 01:02:28,130
home as the week's pass zebras

705
01:02:28,130 --> 01:02:34,460
overwhelmed the shoreline threatening

706
01:02:34,460 --> 01:02:38,630
disaster for the Lapwing families now

707
01:02:38,630 --> 01:02:40,700
the parents must raise their fragile

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01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:44,630
chicks among thousands of clumsy hooves

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01:02:44,630 --> 01:02:53,890
[Music]

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01:02:53,890 --> 01:02:57,170
the immigrants enjoy a rare moment of

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01:02:57,170 --> 01:02:58,160
contentment

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01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:12,400
[Music]

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[Music]

714
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their rest is short-lived

715
01:03:41,839 --> 01:03:44,759
it's a bewildering time for the zebra

716
01:03:44,759 --> 01:03:47,660
foals who have never seen a river before

717
01:03:47,660 --> 01:03:51,180
nor the angry grey Giants that dwarf

718
01:03:51,180 --> 01:03:56,969
them difficult months lie ahead for

719
01:03:56,969 --> 01:04:00,839
these families their refuge will soon

720
01:04:00,839 --> 01:04:05,369
become a prison a purgatory that many

721
01:04:05,369 --> 01:04:18,449
will not leave over the weeks the

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01:04:18,449 --> 01:04:20,940
Lapwing chick learns that zebra hooves

723
01:04:20,940 --> 01:04:26,339
are not the only hazard a deadly assault

724
01:04:26,339 --> 01:04:30,109
can come from the skies too

725
01:04:32,590 --> 01:04:35,390
his parents warned him to hide from the

726
01:04:35,390 --> 01:04:46,490
eagled the threat passes over and life

727
01:04:46,490 --> 01:04:57,470
settles down once more the dry season

728
01:04:57,470 --> 01:05:00,380
drags on and the potato Shores become

729
01:05:00,380 --> 01:05:03,770
over grazed and trampled bare the

730
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landscape turns to dust months of no

731
01:05:08,690 --> 01:05:11,150
rain have made the ponds parched and

732
01:05:11,150 --> 01:05:14,660
sun-baked only desert specialists can

733
01:05:14,660 --> 01:05:16,090
survive here now

734
01:05:16,090 --> 01:05:19,260
[Music]

735
01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:28,340
still for the meerkats dominant female

736
01:05:28,340 --> 01:05:32,560
it's a harsh time to be pregnant

737
01:05:34,870 --> 01:05:38,720
food is harder to come by and dry season

738
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:42,110
temperatures soar there's no escape from

739
01:05:42,110 --> 01:05:52,760
the Sun they have found grazing miles

740
01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:56,330
away from the river to maximize their

741
01:05:56,330 --> 01:05:58,370
feeding time they have stretched their

742
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thirst to the limit of their endurance

743
01:06:01,870 --> 01:06:04,760
it's been a week since they last tasted

744
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:09,140
water they set off once more for the

745
01:06:09,140 --> 01:06:12,440
river slaves to the same punishing

746
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routine they've obeyed for months

747
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[Music]

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