Africa's Creative Killers - Season 1

Season 1

This series studies an array of predatory models in each location, and then looks at why particular animals are able to lift themselves above the rest. Sometimes starvation drives predators to the extreme – as in Savute, where a particular lion pride unlocks the key to hunting elephants. Or vicious competition drives them to hyper-efficiency – as in Ndutu, where cheetahs team up to out-hunt hyena mega-clans… Or sometimes the chance to kill comes so rarely that when it does appear every effort is put into the killing blow – as at the Grumeti river, where massive crocodiles wait an entire year for one feast

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Episodes3

DatesJul 8, 2015 - Jul 22, 2015

Episodes

Season 1Episode 160 min

Coliseum

In the wild, predators the world over are successful hunters. Theyre honed by evolution and fueled by a need to survive; but in some places, the predators have learned to use the lie of the land to their advantage. Their tactics specifically fit the terrain theyre hunting in. Get a close up look at the killer skills of two of Africas most iconic predators. In northern Botswana is a piece of prime territory: Savuti. Here we see the extraordinary lengths that a pride of lions and a young leopard will go to, to secure a meal.

Jul 8, 2015

Season 1Episode 260 min

Trenches

The Mara and Grumeti rivers transform into yearly battle grounds as more than a million wildebeest attempt a treacherous crossing and hungry Nile crocodiles wait to feast on this annual bounty.

Jul 15, 2015

Season 1Episode 360 min

Open Ground

In the wild predators have an unquestioned instinct to kill, honed by evolution and fuelled by a need to survive. Some killers performance is set apart from the rest, their trump card, tactics that fit their terrain. Get a close up look at the killer tactics of two of Africas most iconic predators. In a piece of prime territory in the south east corner of the Serengeti, we see the extraordinary lengths that cheetah and lion will go to secure a meal.

Jul 22, 2015