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Mojo lacks the confidence of his fearless neighbors, and his energy levels are at an all-time low. It had been several days since he last ate. And as the rainy season drags on, food is becoming scarcer than ever. But Nyota is determined and extremely patient . She spends hours tracking potential prey. She even remembers every warthog burrow In the end, her patience pays off. Another warthog, this time a huge male with deadly fangs. She needs to get closer before attacking. The bushes provide perfect cover. Mission accomplished. Now she must protect her prey. The boar is as big as she is. She has to make every effort to drag him into hiding. It is slow and tedious work. A place to protect your prey.
She invites Mojo to a feast. After eating, there is a rare opportunity for the mother and her cub to rest. Gila woodpeckers nest in holes they hollow out in the trunks of giant cacti. Cactus warblers and mockingbirds like to build their nests among as many thorns as possible to protect their chicks. They are all waiting to take advantage of the cactus bee " gold rush". For just a few days, thousands of bees emerge from the ground to mate. Males fight for females, forming chaotic tangles. Food for everyone. But where to start? Such a huge choice. Birds use a variety of tactics to catch as many bees as possible. The long beak certainly helps. To succeed in this desert, you must always be ready
to seize the moment. And why share? In a matter of hours, thousands of bees become fuel for the next generation. Three-meter sailboats approach their prey. They will only expend as much energy as is needed to hunt, without wasting any swimming movement. Almost a hundred sailboats surrounded a school of small fish. It is very rare to see so many of these hunters in one place. To herd prey, predators raise their huge dorsal fins. An ill-timed strike by one sailboat could mortally wound another, but each of them constantly changes color from striped to black. This alerts others to your intentions and also disorients your prey. When the flock is driven closer to the surface, it comes into the field of view of seabirds.
Here, in the open ocean, the fish have nowhere to hide. Sailboats lead energetic lives. To survive, they must find prey every day. So their whole life is spent in motion. Thirsty elephants often run to water bodies. But the matriarch knows her family shouldn't rush. This body of water is stagnant, and the elephants have a way of dealing with it. The sediment settles to the bottom, and the cleaner, fresher water remains on the surface. They carefully collect it from the very top. Then, as carefully elephants can, they slowly move forward, trying not to disturb the stagnant layers. Such valuable water attracts herds from everywhere. In the heat of the celebration, all their hard work is crossed out. When bulls are forced together by the need for water,
emotions can run high. These males are the leaders of the pack. They concentrated all the power here. Joining them is every young male's dream. Being accepted into this elite is a path to privilege, but it is a dangerous journey. The kid decides to follow them. At first, he has the sense to keep his distance. These males are twice his size. Low-ranking chimpanzees retreat before the leaders arrive at the watering hole. Dominant males live in constant stress, constantly arguing to protect their status. The kid can't take his eyes off them. This is his chance to become noticeable. If he can impress even one of the large males with a show of strength, he may be accepted
into their ranks. His best attempt at showing courage definitely caught their attention. But they are not impressed. In fact, this drumming means they are getting quite angry. And they attack. The kid wasn't fast enough. He gets a short, harsh lesson about how hard it is to get into this tight-knit gang. He was lucky to escape with only an injured hand. At this point, he is not yet big and strong enough for the leaders to take him seriously. Without status, he will never receive privileges to the best food or the attention of females. A few days later, I can't believe the pack's success. A herd of musk oxen graze in our valley. They are huge. This is the animal I'm afraid of. And they have an extremely hostile attitude towards anything that
looks like a predator. Yeah, I'm not thrilled about this because the musk oxen are coming straight at me. I am in a very dangerous situation. Trapped between wolves and their prey. Well, this could get interesting. How will this all unfold? It looks like they're going straight to the wolves. This is madness. Musk oxen are dangerous to puppies. The wolves rose to their feet. They are heading straight for the wolves. This is so strange. Now these wolves must act immediately. My God. God, these wolves are just incredible. My wolves are hungry, but this is a large pack. There are half as many wolves here as there is prey. It
's not often that a musk ox goes straight for a wolf, but that seems to be what happened here. Now the Wolves have to think carefully about whether it's worth it and whether they have a chance. Oh, she dared to do that Luna and Romulus lead the attack. They're going for it. They attack a musk ox. God, the herd is in panic. They don't want to drive them up the hill because they'll lose them on the plain. Oh my God, this is incredible. The musk oxen gained the upper hand again. Two huge males and about ten females. Maybe the wolves don't stand a chance. That's right. The huge bull feels despair. In the commotion, the herd tries to escape.
Luna and Romulus chase them. It weighs almost half a ton and can go without water for three days. Like macaques, its ancestors were refugees from the advance of the Sahara. The land here is overgrown with shrubs and very dry. But this stallion claimed her as his. He had been waiting for guests for months. For female guests. If they like his territory, they may stay for a while. This is his first chance to mate in a very long time. Barely successful. Perhaps his guests are looking for a more impressive partner. Another failure. Someone was following the females. A flock of young males. Each of them is a rival. Time to separate the men from the boys. One by one, the stallion chases them away. The females watched this from the front rows. And his skill did not
go unnoticed. Machismo gives way to tenderness. Here you have to take every opportunity: whether for food, for water, or for finding a mate. Females are a fickle people. The herd decided to move on. All of them. The stallion may never see them again. But there's a chance that one of them is already carrying his foal. The loss of fear of humans allowed one animal to settle in cities everywhere and in huge numbers. Pigeons are undoubtedly the most successful urban birds. Here in Alba in the south of France, pigeons come to the river to bathe.
They need to clean their feathers, wash off the city dust, and cool down. But death awaits them. A predator that took advantage of the very thing that led to the pigeons' success, their lack of fear. When pigeons bathe, the oil from their feathers is washed away by the current and is noticed. Introduced here only 40 years ago, they have multiplied, nearly wiped out the local fish, and now they have developed a taste for pigeons. They have poor eyesight, so they use their whiskers to sense the movements of their victims. This is a radically new hunting strategy for fish that normally live on the bottom. After a thousand years of living in this city, the pigeons now have to
learn to avoid fish.
