00:00With more than 2 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras, and thousands of bird species living there.
00:11Life in the Savannah is an inspiring story of adaptation and struggle.
00:17A prime example of natural balance.
00:20The footage in the wild animal documentary has helped us better understand the cycle of survival here.
00:36And reminded us that nature is always powerful and magical, but also very fragile.
00:51Amid the arid plains of the Savannah, where life is a daily wager,
00:58Thompson's gazelles stand as a testament to speed and agility.
01:10Known as little warriors, these fragile yet powerful creatures, weighing only 33 to 77 pounds,
01:17dash across the golden grasslands like arrows shot from a bow.
01:30Evolution has endowed them with long, lean muscles designed for speed,
01:36propelling them to speeds of up to 50 miles per hour making them among the fastest animals in the world.
01:45In particular, their ability to change direction and accelerate suddenly makes it difficult for even the most formidable predator.
02:04A formidable predator.
02:05A formidable predator.
