The stories of species need to reproduce, the obstacles they overcome and the distances they travel to ensure future generations, are awe inspiring. Viewers will witness history as they see, for the first time in nearly 30 years, that the white-eared kob is alive and well in war-torn Sudan and performing a deadly, yet comical-looking mating ritual.
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Experience the most astounding fishing you've ever seen. Witness the ultimate showdowns of man vs. whopper. In New Zealand, Matt Watson and his team come face-to-face with one of the ocean's most feared and fabled alpha predators -- a great white shark. Discover how all these incredible species grow into mammoth whoppers and what's being done to help their survival.
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In this episode of Dangerous Encounters, Dr. Brady Barr travels to the heart of the Central Suriname Nature Preserve with Dr. William Crampton of University of Central Florida in search of an incredibly dangerous fish, the electric eel.
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Taiwan tradition marks the arrival of hawks in central Taiwan heading north from winter homes in Southeast Asia with the Ching Ming ("Tomb Sweeping") Festival - a time for families to remember and pray for departed ancestors. Their sorrowful cries have inspired many generations to believe the hawks are "bound to return every year to weep at Ching Ming." Grey-faced and highly independent by nature, the buzzard hawks flock together only for the annual migration.
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In this 13-part series, the Galta gang ventures outside their peaceful temple lifestyle into the hectic streets of one of the fastest growing cities in the world. With no drought relief in sight, the monkeys must exploit every advantage they have to survive, whether it is sneaking through open windows or swiping fruit from an unattended grocery cart, this is the ultimate urban jungle for this 60-member Galta gang.
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For generations, grizzlies reigned unchallenged as the top predators of Yellowstone. Everything changed when an old rival returned to the landscape. After almost a century without them, wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone and again play a vital role in the ecosystem that depends upon them. Once the sole rulers of this vast kingdom, grizzly bears are now re-learning how to cope with the rise of an equal competitor. This story documents the two apex predators of Yellowstone as they once again meet head-to-head vying to emerge on top.
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