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The night skies
were once filled with stars.

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Today our own lights
eclipse the darkness

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and spread steadily each day.

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Slowly, the dark places in
Africa become the last refuge

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for one of our planet's
most iconic animals.

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Fifty years ago
450,000 lions lived here.

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And today there may be
as few as 20,000.

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And yet,
in these remote places,

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some of the most dramatic
stories on Earth are played out.

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They are harsh,
sometimes violent,

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never malicious,
and always real.

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This is a story

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of some of the last
wild lions on Earth.

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Here in a small pocket
of this darkness,

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our story begins.

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It is an old saga of life
lived by tooth and claw.

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A lioness
in perfect condition.

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It's unusual for a lioness
to be without a pride,

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but she's not alone.

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She has a mate -

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her companion and protector,

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and the father of her cubs.

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The beginnings
of a new pride

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for this unspoiled land
deep in Botswana.

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Tonight the bush is uneasy.

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The distant calls
they've been hearing

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for some time
are getting closer.

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It puts them on edge.

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Invaders!
And they suddenly materialize.

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Lions from the north,

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forced here by the relentless
encroachment of man.

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They're ready to risk everything
to win new territory.

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Her male has
no choice but to fight.

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It's a battle that could change
the bloodlines here forever.

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The invaders with
a clear determination

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to win and to stay.

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When she finally
emerges from hiding,

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her shoulder almost healed,

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she is ready
to pick up her life.

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She starts by trying
to find her mate.

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Every sound makes her freeze.

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Every breath of air
brings unfamiliar scents.

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Until she finds him,

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she is a fugitive
in her own land.

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By now her mate
has had weeks to recover.

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He should be
answering her calls.

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His wounds are too severe.

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His spirit
has gone out of him.

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He has become old,
damaged, broken.

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His reign is over.

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There are new rulers now.

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To survive here,

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she will have to submit
to these new masters.

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But until the newcomers
detect her presence,

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she still has a choice.

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The swirling air carries a hint
of her unfamiliar scent.

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The hunt begins.

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She decides to leave...

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to leave immediately.

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For she has a secret -

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all that is left
from her old life...

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A secret that
must be protected.

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This will be her life now...

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To secure
the survival of her cubs.

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With the males behind her,
back-tracking is impossible.

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The females
of the marauding pride,

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blocking her escape
to the west.

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The leader will remember
the violent night they last met

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as vividly as she does.

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The night she was left
battered and bitten,

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bleeding to death...

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But she, in turn,
left the largest of them

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with one eye blinded for life.

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It's a wound the silver-eyed
leader of the pride

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will never forget.

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They can smell her tracks.

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The storm ignites the bush
and she is trapped.

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Now she must choose:

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north towards
the villages and people,

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or south along the fireline

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to an even more
daunting obstacle for her...

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The swollen river.

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In this part ofAfrica,
a mother is named

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after her first-born
as its protector.

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He was always just a little
smaller than the other two,

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slower, prone to getting lost.

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Today Ma di Tau,
Mother of lions,

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earns her name
as protector of her young.

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As the smallest,

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he must get used to being
constantly bullied.

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It will either build him up,
or wear him out.

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Ma di Tau knows the pride
will be coming after her,

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but what lies ahead
is terrifying.

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Lions detest deep, open water.

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It hides things
that seem unnatural to them.

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But the options behind
are worse.

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If she stays to fight, the male
lions will kill her cubs.

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It's their instinct
to wipe the face of the Earth

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clean of the old male's genes.

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She must make her decision now.

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The male cub
doesn't hesitate this time.

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He knows to stay close.

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His sister wades in
more cautiously.

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But the third cub holds back,
scared of the water.

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By the time the third cub
plucks up enough courage,

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she's become an easy target...

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both on the land
and in the water.

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The males turn back
into their newly won territory,

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satisfied that she and her cubs
have been expelled forever.

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The silence is a condemnation.

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Ma di Tau, the protector,

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has failed for the first time
as a mother.

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As she turns away, she is
turning her back on her past,

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on the pride that was
so desperate to be rid of her.

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And she steps forward
into an uncertain future

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with her two surviving cubs:
the little male and his sister.

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The battle for the territory
has been decided.

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Ma di Tau and her cubs
have escaped

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to an almost deserted
island in the swamp,

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the only lions on this vast,
isolated wilderness called Duba,

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in the middle
of the Okavango delta.

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Here the land is plagued
by seasonal floods

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and rivers that
weave through it.

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If it is a refuge for them,
it will be a wet one.

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A few weeks have passed.

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Food has been scarce,

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but there are still
no signs of other lions,

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and they are starting
to feel safe at last.

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The smaller cub has gained
a renewed confidence

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by being one
ofjust two cubs now.

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In his heart he is a hunter,

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always ready to explore
the endless possibilities

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that lie in wait for a cub
with a restless spirit.

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For the young male,
it was a close call...

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He may have thought he so nearly
notched up his first kill,

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but that little hunter's heart
did skip a small beat today.

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The cowardly withdrawal
by the elephant

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confirms that there
will be another chance,

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perhaps when he's a bit older.

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Until today, she had only time
to focus on escape and survival,

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but now she must
find a way to get her cubs

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safely through their
first critical year,

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until they can
fend for themselves.

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And as a single mother,

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this will take every ounce
of her energy and intelligence.

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The fire and
march of human settlements

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to the north have driven
other animal refugees

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towards the island.

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Duba is about to change.

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These are some ofAfrica's
most aggressive animals.

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Their sharp horns
and bone-crushing bodies

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are perfect weapons,

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and their massive numbers
give them confidence.

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At the head of the herd is one
of the most fearsome of them:

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a scar-faced bull
weighing almost a ton.

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For the past few weeks
this has been her island.

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The arrival of the buffalo
brings hope as possible prey...

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but also fear.

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These will be her
new enemies on the island.

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Buffalo are not easy prey.

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They dislike
the scent of lions,

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and they don't
hesitate to attack.

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For the cubs,

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life so far has been
a litany of narrow escapes,

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one long line of enemies
out to get them -

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a strange way to start life
as king of the beasts.

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With more and more
of the newcomers

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flowing onto her island,

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Ma di Tau and her cubs are
destined to run into them again.

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The herd's pathfinder
is now aware

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that this island has lions,

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and from now on
he'll always be on the alert.

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It will be an
almost daily conflict,

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unavoidable in this open,
yet confined space.

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If she is not going
to be at their mercy,

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she will have to learn more
about this new presence.

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She will have to
test them for weaknesses

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and she must look beyond

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the strong outer wall
of their heavy armaments.

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In time she must become expert
at finding those weak points...

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small, hidden chinks
in the armor

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that will stumble
out into view

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and excite her instincts
as a huntress.

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Night is an advantage for her.

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She can hide in the shadows
of a crescent moon

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and let her eyes brighten
to take in her quarry.

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Now she has to become invisible.

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It is what
a solitary hunter does best.

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The damp grass helps her perform
like a silent ghost,

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flitting in and out of reality.

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Two mothers now battle
for the survival of their young:

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buffalo desperate
to deflect an attack;

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lioness eager to double back
and strike quick, fatal blows

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to earn a meal for her cubs.

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It's the eternal dance
ofAfrica.

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The young lions
will go hungry a little longer.

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When the buffalo calf escapes,
it carries a chilling message

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of a near-miss written in blood
back to the scar-faced bull.

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It's a race against time.

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The cubs are demanding
more from Ma di Tau

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as they grow
and her milk dries up.

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The small male
doesn't seem to want to compete.

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But while he bonds
with his mother,

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his sister grows
stronger all the time.

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Her cubs survival
is a hard taskmaster for her,

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and despite the searing
heat and humidity,

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she forces herself up again,

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back onto the path
of the buffalo.

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She seems to understand
that the herd will provide,

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if she can just
crack that code.

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She has a fresh tactic in mind.

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Having taken up her position,

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she tries something
very sophisticated...

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a full on, out in the open,
rather desperate charge.

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It panics the herd.

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A lion hunt
is as much a mind game

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as it is a physical
explosion of violence.

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What she doesn't know is that
the commotion of the hunt

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has drawn interest
from across the river...

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Silver Eye.

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Only a thin strip
of water divides them

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at this point in the river.

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The intensity keeps
Ma di Tau focused -

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perhaps too focused.

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The night hides many
a bold and sinister thing.

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Signs of change often come

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in the slight shift
of grass in the breeze,

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or a hint of a scent that brings
disturbing news to Ma di Tau.

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She and her cubs once again
stand directly in the path

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of an aggressive, half-blind
lioness and her followers.

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Ma di Tau's hostile warning

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buys her time
against these huge lions,

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who present a united force

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though lack the confidence
of her local knowledge.

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The cubs understand
her body language;

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they know what to do.

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This territory
is her last option.

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There is nowhere else
for her to go.

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If she flees from the island,

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she'll immediately
have to face

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the males
patrolling the far bank.

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And if she were to avoid them,

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at the horizon there are people,
villages, guns.

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The river is her defense
and her confinement...

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Her last stand.

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This island lives and breathes

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by a different set of rules
to the rest ofAfrica.

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The pride has some
lessons to learn

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before they can
call it their own.

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The first is that
it's a mistake

253
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,735
to sleep too deeply
on Duba island,

254
00:38:41,777 --> 00:38:44,612
especially when
a scar-faced bull

255
00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:48,283
has smelled the spilled blood
of his young.

256
00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:34,162
Ma di Tau hears
the buffalo attack.

257
00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:40,794
She pictures the chaos
from bitter experience.

258
00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:28,049
One sound -

259
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:32,095
the crash of water
as the buffalo retreat -

260
00:40:32,138 --> 00:40:35,765
takes on a new
significance to her.

261
00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:40,437
Water!

262
00:40:40,479 --> 00:40:44,566
Each crystal clear splash
clarifies an idea:

263
00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:48,236
buffalo flee to water to escape.

264
00:40:50,406 --> 00:40:52,657
They use it as
a protective barrier

265
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,742
between themselves
and the lions.

266
00:40:54,785 --> 00:40:56,494
And yet, they still panic,

267
00:40:56,537 --> 00:40:58,580
bunch together
and make mistakes.

268
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,303
If she can make
water her strength,

269
00:41:13,345 --> 00:41:15,388
it will be their weakness.

270
00:41:22,938 --> 00:41:27,775
Silver Eye has noticed
the silent hunter on the move...

271
00:41:27,818 --> 00:41:31,321
and what she has
left behind in the grass.

272
00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:54,469
The casual awakening
is deceptive.

273
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,847
She is giving
the huntress time to leave,

274
00:41:57,890 --> 00:42:01,684
enough time to get
involved in the hunt.

275
00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:52,277
Something bothers Ma di Tau
for a moment, some instinct.

276
00:42:57,908 --> 00:43:00,827
But there seems nothing amiss.

277
00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:56,776
Beaten, or just deterred
for the time being?

278
00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:01,072
It's a question
that would haunt

279
00:45:01,115 --> 00:45:02,907
any mother
with vulnerable young,

280
00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:05,660
driven by
conflicting imperatives -

281
00:45:05,703 --> 00:45:07,870
to hunt and feed her young,

282
00:45:07,913 --> 00:45:10,331
or to stay and protect them?

283
00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:35,022
With the pride
safely in retreat,

284
00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:37,525
the young male cub
turns his attention

285
00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:40,319
to a much greater challenge...

286
00:45:40,362 --> 00:45:42,405
like being king of the hill.

287
00:45:43,699 --> 00:45:45,533
Even just for a moment.

288
00:45:50,873 --> 00:45:54,500
For a young lion,
being lord of all you survey

289
00:45:54,543 --> 00:45:57,462
is almost your birthright.

290
00:45:57,504 --> 00:46:00,381
If only one's sister
would accept it.

291
00:46:05,471 --> 00:46:09,390
Winning the high ground
is something to fight hard for,

292
00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:14,061
but then when one's opponent
unexpectedly gives up,

293
00:46:14,104 --> 00:46:18,399
then the triumph of victory
feels a little hollow.

294
00:46:45,636 --> 00:46:48,429
With each day
she hesitates or fails,

295
00:46:48,472 --> 00:46:50,973
her cubs
get closer to starving.

296
00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:18,793
The disturbance
is another indication

297
00:47:18,836 --> 00:47:21,754
of the sheer power
of the scar-faced bull

298
00:47:21,797 --> 00:47:24,131
and the aggression
of all buffalo.

299
00:47:55,372 --> 00:48:00,334
And then she seems to see
the solution to her problem.

300
00:48:24,443 --> 00:48:28,070
This violent fighting
will keep the pride away.

301
00:48:28,113 --> 00:48:30,031
If she can move her cubs

302
00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:33,034
up close to the herd
but keep them hidden,

303
00:48:33,076 --> 00:48:35,411
they will be safe
from Silver Eye,

304
00:48:35,454 --> 00:48:39,081
and Ma di Tau will be able
to leave them to hunt again.

305
00:49:04,358 --> 00:49:08,361
As the herd moves,
she tracks them silently.

306
00:49:11,406 --> 00:49:16,410
Keeping close,
the cubs follow her every move.

307
00:49:18,413 --> 00:49:20,247
It's a risk.

308
00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:24,293
If the buffalo hear them,
they could turn back and attack.

309
00:49:33,512 --> 00:49:35,846
They're surrounded by demons.

310
00:49:36,682 --> 00:49:38,724
It takes nerves of steel.

311
00:49:41,311 --> 00:49:43,938
But any thoughts of
a single-handed defense

312
00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:47,149
are short-lived.

313
00:50:26,398 --> 00:50:32,069
By dawn she's in a position
to attempt the unknown...

314
00:50:32,112 --> 00:50:34,071
a water hunt.

315
00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:31,128
With the cubs nearby but safe,

316
00:51:31,171 --> 00:51:35,382
it's time to concentrate
on her new tactic.

317
00:51:49,606 --> 00:51:52,900
Now she has the advantage.

318
00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:56,237
She has already overcome
most of her fear of water,

319
00:51:56,279 --> 00:51:58,989
but the buffalo won't know that.

320
00:52:07,332 --> 00:52:09,542
And they have hit
the deep channel

321
00:52:09,584 --> 00:52:11,710
where they bunch together.

322
00:52:11,753 --> 00:52:13,546
The angry bull pathfinders

323
00:52:13,588 --> 00:52:16,257
horn each other out of the way
in the confusion.

324
00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:23,097
Confusion is exactly
what she is looking for.

325
00:52:31,606 --> 00:52:34,608
They don't expect her
to come out of the water;

326
00:52:34,651 --> 00:52:37,695
they don't understand
that shape, that wet smell,

327
00:52:37,737 --> 00:52:39,446
that calculated approach

328
00:52:39,489 --> 00:52:42,741
designed to cause
stragglers to panic.

329
00:52:56,173 --> 00:52:58,340
This is a chance
she can't let go -

330
00:52:58,383 --> 00:53:01,051
a lone cow
isolated without help.

331
00:54:01,655 --> 00:54:04,615
The distress calls
enrage the herd.

332
00:54:34,646 --> 00:54:36,981
They rally
to the cow's defense.

333
00:54:51,371 --> 00:54:55,749
The one thing she will not
confront is a large crocodile.

334
00:55:01,298 --> 00:55:05,926
But she still has the advantage
of almost total concealment.

335
00:55:28,575 --> 00:55:32,286
Her first attempt
has given her hope.

336
00:55:32,329 --> 00:55:36,081
The confused herd
is just too enticing,

337
00:55:36,124 --> 00:55:41,128
and the deep water
is now her speciality.

338
00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:45,632
Now is her time.

339
00:56:37,227 --> 00:56:39,853
Her success is celebrated...

340
00:56:39,896 --> 00:56:42,356
by anyone else
who can take advantage.

341
00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:53,260
Africa is as dispassionate
about great victory

342
00:57:53,303 --> 00:57:56,096
as it is about loss.

343
00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:59,433
It drives all to learn
and accept fate

344
00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:03,145
and step forward
towards the next day.

345
00:58:13,823 --> 00:58:16,617
At least Ma di Tau has eaten,

346
00:58:16,659 --> 00:58:20,579
and in a few hours
she will produce milk.

347
00:58:20,622 --> 00:58:24,291
And later she will go
boldly into the water

348
00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:26,710
and hunt the herd again.

349
00:58:40,850 --> 00:58:45,604
But that is for tomorrow;
now she is exhausted.

350
00:59:14,217 --> 00:59:17,594
But that old lesson
of never sleeping soundly

351
00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:20,264
is not to be ignored.

352
00:59:23,101 --> 00:59:25,978
There are risks attached
to leaving the cubs

353
00:59:26,020 --> 00:59:29,690
in the path of the buffalo,
stirred to panic.

354
01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:43,263
There are a thousand reasons
to enjoy the dawn,

355
01:00:43,306 --> 01:00:46,308
especially after
a successful hunt.

356
01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:55,776
There is only one reason
that she quickens her pace.

357
01:00:59,822 --> 01:01:02,449
Her calls
are not being answered.

358
01:01:44,325 --> 01:01:49,329
Every time she leaves
them alone they wander off.

359
01:01:49,372 --> 01:01:52,332
The little male has been
going farther and farther,

360
01:01:52,375 --> 01:01:56,002
but both always return
to the same spot.

361
01:02:04,846 --> 01:02:06,847
But not today.

362
01:02:26,743 --> 01:02:30,036
Although there is
a strong scent of buffalo,

363
01:02:30,079 --> 01:02:32,789
there is no sign of the pride,

364
01:02:32,832 --> 01:02:35,500
so she carefully follows
the cubs' trail

365
01:02:35,543 --> 01:02:39,880
away from the hiding place
and out into the open.

366
01:02:43,050 --> 01:02:45,343
A call!

367
01:02:45,386 --> 01:02:47,679
It's the female cub,

368
01:02:47,722 --> 01:02:51,224
way across the open terrain
in the distance,

369
01:02:51,267 --> 01:02:54,853
clearly upset, but alive!

370
01:03:06,949 --> 01:03:10,827
Ma di Tau the protector
has not failed completely;

371
01:03:10,870 --> 01:03:13,747
she has found one of the cubs.

372
01:03:16,459 --> 01:03:20,754
Her kill has brought
a loyal following of scavengers,

373
01:03:20,797 --> 01:03:24,549
and they can sense
some weakness about her.

374
01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:43,652
With no sign of the little male,

375
01:03:43,694 --> 01:03:45,320
she'll defend her last cub

376
01:03:45,363 --> 01:03:48,323
against the mob of hyenas
at all costs.

377
01:06:47,003 --> 01:06:49,379
In this final hopeless moment

378
01:06:49,422 --> 01:06:54,634
she seems to understand the
risks of following the buffalo,

379
01:06:54,677 --> 01:06:58,346
and what happened
here last night.

380
01:07:11,569 --> 01:07:15,030
She hesitates
just long enough to give hope...

381
01:07:19,368 --> 01:07:21,995
But she can't mend
a broken back.

382
01:07:22,038 --> 01:07:28,001
No amount of care, licking,
defending, will fix this.

383
01:07:37,136 --> 01:07:39,971
When she steps away, finally,

384
01:07:40,014 --> 01:07:43,516
Ma di Tau
leaves behind her legacy -

385
01:07:43,559 --> 01:07:46,686
the last
of her male's bloodline,

386
01:07:46,729 --> 01:07:48,730
and her name.

387
01:07:54,403 --> 01:07:56,112
She is Ma di Tau,

388
01:07:56,155 --> 01:07:59,699
mother and protector
of lions, no more.

389
01:08:25,768 --> 01:08:28,812
We don't know
about animal grief,

390
01:08:28,854 --> 01:08:33,775
or even the effect
of any broken heart.

391
01:08:33,818 --> 01:08:37,403
But something happens
to the lone lioness

392
01:08:37,446 --> 01:08:40,990
when the storm of emotion
brews up in her eyes

393
01:08:41,033 --> 01:08:44,494
and she leaves her cub behind
for the last time.

394
01:09:00,928 --> 01:09:04,097
When she roars,
she calls to no one.

395
01:09:04,140 --> 01:09:07,851
Her voice just adds
to the turbulent day.

396
01:09:20,948 --> 01:09:24,826
On this day when
she has lost everything,

397
01:09:24,869 --> 01:09:30,123
she seems to draw
on a deeply held instinct

398
01:09:30,166 --> 01:09:36,880
and transforms herself
once again into a lone huntress.

399
01:09:57,860 --> 01:09:59,986
For a single lioness
to run directly

400
01:10:00,029 --> 01:10:03,615
into the buffalo
is virtually unheard of.

401
01:10:03,657 --> 01:10:06,868
To take on the largest male
in that herd -

402
01:10:06,911 --> 01:10:10,496
a fit, fighting bull -
is almost suicide.

403
01:10:46,909 --> 01:10:49,202
Too much for her.

404
01:10:49,245 --> 01:10:51,621
Too much hardship for one day.

405
01:11:20,985 --> 01:11:24,279
Is it a lament to the gods?

406
01:11:27,241 --> 01:11:29,534
A cry for help?

407
01:11:29,576 --> 01:11:33,204
Or a last
battlecry of frustration?

408
01:11:37,751 --> 01:11:40,211
The pride again...

409
01:11:47,761 --> 01:11:51,264
Their arrival is always
sparked by any disturbance.

410
01:11:51,307 --> 01:11:54,642
But this time
she will not retreat.

411
01:12:06,822 --> 01:12:09,949
And now the past
strengthens her.

412
01:12:50,366 --> 01:12:53,493
The submission
extracted from Silver Eye

413
01:12:53,535 --> 01:12:56,079
is enough for the lone lioness.

414
01:12:57,373 --> 01:12:59,791
She has something left to do.

415
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:21,145
And in this moment of strength
something fundamental changes -

416
01:13:21,188 --> 01:13:24,899
something the pride recognizes.

417
01:13:24,942 --> 01:13:28,111
They sense it in
the determination in her step

418
01:13:28,153 --> 01:13:30,947
and the look in her eye...

419
01:13:30,989 --> 01:13:33,032
Something unseen...

420
01:13:37,746 --> 01:13:40,706
She is transformed
into a leader.

421
01:13:55,097 --> 01:13:59,058
It's more than Silver Eye
can do to follow her old enemy,

422
01:13:59,101 --> 01:14:01,185
especially across water,

423
01:14:01,228 --> 01:14:04,439
especially as
a lower ranking huntress.

424
01:14:45,105 --> 01:14:47,899
Lions hunt with coordination,

425
01:14:47,941 --> 01:14:50,193
and when the stakes are high

426
01:14:50,235 --> 01:14:53,070
they depend on
being well rehearsed.

427
01:14:53,822 --> 01:14:58,451
Now, hunting together
for the first time,

428
01:14:58,494 --> 01:15:02,997
every instinct drives them
to find that rhythm.

429
01:15:19,515 --> 01:15:24,101
All they can rely on
is the leadership of a lioness

430
01:15:24,144 --> 01:15:26,646
who has never led before.

431
01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:35,696
When she makes her move,
it is clinical and precise.

432
01:16:05,894 --> 01:16:09,522
But the bull has led this herd
for ten years or longer.

433
01:16:09,565 --> 01:16:12,525
He has won the herd's
allegiance with blood.

434
01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:17,697
They won't abandon him now.

435
01:16:28,417 --> 01:16:31,168
She is used to standing alone.

436
01:16:35,090 --> 01:16:39,010
Suddenly the scales tip
in the bull's favor.

437
01:16:39,052 --> 01:16:42,179
The loyal horde fights back,

438
01:16:42,222 --> 01:16:46,559
winning the advantage and
forcing the lions into disarray,

439
01:16:46,602 --> 01:16:51,105
destroying their confidence
and scattering them to the wind.

440
01:17:12,961 --> 01:17:17,923
With her pride divided and weak,
she can't push forward again.

441
01:17:17,966 --> 01:17:19,550
They're exhausted.

442
01:17:32,147 --> 01:17:35,107
But something beyond the buffalo
catches her eye,

443
01:17:35,150 --> 01:17:37,109
a disturbance in the herd.

444
01:17:39,321 --> 01:17:43,783
A lion cub...

445
01:17:43,825 --> 01:17:46,285
Her lion cub.

446
01:17:49,665 --> 01:17:53,042
Her reaction is a violent
explosion of motherhood

447
01:17:53,085 --> 01:17:57,630
that drives the buffalo back,
away from her defenseless cub.

448
01:18:03,387 --> 01:18:05,971
At last, she has hope.

449
01:18:06,014 --> 01:18:09,308
She might still be able
to fulfill that ambition

450
01:18:09,351 --> 01:18:12,436
to raise at least one cub.

451
01:18:37,045 --> 01:18:40,381
A mother who has lost
and then found her offspring

452
01:18:40,424 --> 01:18:42,925
must be overwhelmed
with emotions.

453
01:18:46,763 --> 01:18:50,349
The lone lioness
has her name again...

454
01:18:50,392 --> 01:18:54,979
Ma di Tau, the huntress,
has purpose once more.

455
01:19:03,071 --> 01:19:05,114
The transition
from fierce tormentor

456
01:19:05,157 --> 01:19:09,368
to compassionate mother
attracts the buffalos' interest.

457
01:19:09,411 --> 01:19:13,164
A slow, determined
march of aggression.

458
01:19:45,447 --> 01:19:50,034
And then, out of nowhere,
a lioness arrives.

459
01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:55,206
The light in this
lioness' one eye

460
01:19:55,248 --> 01:19:58,709
should still stir terror
in Ma di Tau.

461
01:20:02,631 --> 01:20:04,632
But it doesn't.

462
01:20:04,674 --> 01:20:07,760
The two lionesses
share a look that in an instant

463
01:20:07,803 --> 01:20:10,805
sends a message
in some silent language.

464
01:20:14,976 --> 01:20:20,356
With a wall of buffalo ahead
and a vulnerable cub behind,

465
01:20:20,398 --> 01:20:23,192
somehow Silver Eye conveys

466
01:20:23,235 --> 01:20:25,986
that she is not here
to take advantage;

467
01:20:26,029 --> 01:20:28,656
she is here to help.

468
01:20:30,492 --> 01:20:32,785
There are moments
before every conflict

469
01:20:32,828 --> 01:20:35,120
when the fighters
have a choice:

470
01:20:35,163 --> 01:20:37,790
to back away
and let the moment pass,

471
01:20:37,833 --> 01:20:42,419
or to unite and step forward
behind their leader into battle.

472
01:20:52,097 --> 01:20:56,058
Silver Eye knows
what she must do.

473
01:20:56,101 --> 01:20:58,811
She must follow
Ma di Tau's lead.

474
01:21:25,380 --> 01:21:30,718
And in this moment
a pride of lions is born.

475
01:21:53,909 --> 01:21:56,535
And now they
seem to understand

476
01:21:56,578 --> 01:21:59,872
that their future will be
determined right here,

477
01:21:59,915 --> 01:22:01,999
as a pride.

478
01:22:02,042 --> 01:22:03,876
With just one less of them,

479
01:22:03,919 --> 01:22:06,795
the scales would tip
in favor of the big bulls

480
01:22:06,838 --> 01:22:09,548
and shatter their hopes...

481
01:22:26,942 --> 01:22:31,737
And the future of this
new pride's one remaining cub.

482
01:22:38,453 --> 01:22:41,121
It is now or never.

483
01:22:43,792 --> 01:22:47,419
Ma di Tau splits the herd
and routes the front rank.

484
01:22:50,173 --> 01:22:51,632
She seems to understand

485
01:22:51,675 --> 01:22:55,094
that behind her
Silver Eye will lead the attack.

486
01:22:56,805 --> 01:22:58,806
It's a moment of trust...

487
01:23:00,308 --> 01:23:02,476
The trust is well placed.

488
01:23:29,671 --> 01:23:31,797
And it is over.

489
01:23:34,009 --> 01:23:35,926
It is his first experience

490
01:23:35,969 --> 01:23:39,888
of seeing lions
do what they do best.

491
01:23:39,931 --> 01:23:44,935
It's his introduction into
a world of hunting and killing,

492
01:23:44,978 --> 01:23:47,813
a necessary part of his legacy.

493
01:23:52,193 --> 01:23:54,403
With the bull destroyed,

494
01:23:54,446 --> 01:23:58,741
Ma di Tau has created
a safer world for her cub.

495
01:23:58,783 --> 01:24:01,702
She has unified
a hunting coalition.

496
01:24:03,038 --> 01:24:06,331
But one last thing
remains to be done.

497
01:24:07,709 --> 01:24:10,544
To raise her cub successfully,

498
01:24:10,587 --> 01:24:14,673
she needs to accept
this pride as her own.

499
01:24:18,386 --> 01:24:23,182
When she and Silver Eye
finally make peace,

500
01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:28,562
they mend themselves
and bind their pride,

501
01:24:28,605 --> 01:24:32,066
their future, together.

502
01:24:38,406 --> 01:24:41,366
And will this unlikely survivor,

503
01:24:41,409 --> 01:24:45,746
a straggler with
the heart of a lion,

504
01:24:45,789 --> 01:24:48,207
be one of the last?

505
01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:53,295
Will he get to grow a mane

506
01:24:53,338 --> 01:24:57,174
and strengthen
through adolescence?

507
01:24:57,217 --> 01:24:58,884
Will he have a chance

508
01:24:58,927 --> 01:25:02,054
to wear the battle scars
of a mature male,

509
01:25:02,097 --> 01:25:07,684
each one a badge of honor
that started here today.

510
01:25:17,445 --> 01:25:21,573
Will he be one of
the last wild lions on Earth?

511
01:25:32,252 --> 01:25:37,548
Will he wander alone in the
last of these wild places,

512
01:25:37,590 --> 01:25:41,677
as our world fills up
with lights, clutter,

513
01:25:41,719 --> 01:25:43,428
noise and people?

514
01:25:45,181 --> 01:25:50,686
In 1 5 years there will be
8 billion human beings on Earth.

515
01:25:58,778 --> 01:26:03,490
How long these last
20,000 lions survive

516
01:26:03,533 --> 01:26:09,329
will depend entirely on us.

517
01:26:22,635 --> 01:26:25,596
We are losing cats
at an alarming rate.

518
01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:31,435
It's time for an
emergency effort by all of us.

519
01:26:32,187 --> 01:26:34,438
At this rate,
these beautiful animals

520
01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:36,565
are heading for extinction.

521
01:26:47,869 --> 01:26:49,828
Can you imagine our world

522
01:26:49,871 --> 01:26:52,915
without any of
these iconic animals?

523
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:55,792
It's not too late.

524
01:26:55,835 --> 01:26:57,669
We can take action now.

525
01:26:58,755 --> 01:27:01,590
We all have the power
to turn it around.

526
01:27:03,384 --> 01:27:07,721
To find out more go to
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