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00:00Previously on Kingdom, Mutima, the young leopard,
00:05reached independence.
00:09So now it's time for her mother, Olimba,
00:17to mate again.
00:25The lion pride has grown in strength.
00:30The males killed one of the hyena mothers, Tanf.
00:36And now they have forced Storm and her pack to flee.
00:55But no matter how powerful your family,
00:58this place, Nsefu, is a dangerous place in which to rear young.
01:05Even lion cubs are vulnerable.
01:12Even lion cubs are vulnerable.
01:19Even lion cubs are vulnerable.
01:24Five years.
01:25Even lion cubs are vulnerable.
01:26I'm a lion cubs are vulnerable.
01:27I'm a lion cubs are vulnerable.
01:30Five years, four families.
01:56Who will rule this kingdom?
02:13Lions are most at risk in their early days.
02:19So cubs are kept in a secret den.
02:23But if they stray into the open, away from their mothers,
02:32dangers can come from anywhere.
02:37An elephant could crush a cub with a single step.
02:46Better to stay close to mother.
03:01The dry season here in Nsefu is tightening its grip.
03:20It's tightening its grip.
03:35The dry season here in Nsefu.
03:50The dry season here in Nsefu.
03:54Elephants, needing to quench their thirst,
04:08follow well-trodden paths that lead to the river.
04:13Further along the elephant's path, the pride are resting.
04:27Taking a break from the heat of the day.
04:32When it comes to grumpy elephants,
04:48it's not just cubs that have to get out of the way.
04:53Get out of the way.
05:23In the grove of ebony trees,
05:40the hyenas Tandala and Tenta keep their cubs close.
05:47But Tenta's twins are now at the age
06:01when they want to explore the world for themselves.
06:05These sausage trees, named from the shape of their fruits,
06:23are bursting into bloom.
06:35The opening of these crimson flowers is welcomed by many here.
06:48For within the giant petals, there is sweet nectar.
06:54Irresistible to hungry visitors.
07:00They come right to the hyena's doorstep.
07:04Time for some fun.
07:11The twins lead the way.
07:21But not everyone is willing to tolerate
07:33their games.
07:34The cubs are soon back for some rest.
07:40And a drink.
07:42Hyena mothers produce one of the richest of all milks.
07:49But even so, the cubs need to feed for up to four hours a day.
07:56And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:03And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:10And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:11And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:17And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:18And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:24And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:25And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:26And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:31And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:34And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:37The cubs' insistent demands force Tenta and the other females
09:00to take risks in their search for food.
09:07Vultures, a sign that the lions have made a kill.
09:21The commotion has drawn most of the clan, including Tenta and Tandala.
09:30They are nervous.
09:36The males from this pride killed their sister, Tam.
09:49But today, the males are not here.
10:00This is too good an opportunity to miss.
10:13As the clan advances, their confidence grows.
10:25They are not here.
10:41A brief and uneasy truce.
11:02It's very rare for lions to share a kill with hyenas.
11:11If the males were here, the situation would be very different.
11:34But where are they?
11:41They are several miles away, on patrol.
11:59The brothers regularly travel huge distances
12:02to protect their family, especially their cubs, from rival lions.
12:13Roaring males make it clear to anyone for miles around
12:18that this is their territory.
12:20Their patrol has brought them close to the edge of the national park.
12:36This deep gully marks the boundary line.
12:41But it's a line that means nothing to the brothers.
12:44Outside the protection of the park,
12:52there are dangers beyond rival lions.
13:14As the brothers cross the boundary, they leave the safety of the park.
13:22Back in the center of Nsefu,
13:42one of the females, Huita, is guarding her cubs.
13:52Rita must keep her young a secret.
13:59Until it's time for them all to rejoin the pride.
14:07A lilac-breasted roller.
14:08A bush squirrel.
14:23Underground hornbill are unwelcome visitors.
14:32That beak looks nasty.
14:34This little one needs extra help.
14:43He's blind in one eye.
14:57What is more, these visitors could give away the cubs' location.
15:04He's blind in one eye.
15:08Prying eyes are everywhere.
15:13Being a mother in an ancestral is not easy.
15:34Notima is trying to find her own way.
15:58But her youthful clumsiness creates problems.
16:02A few...
16:03It's not easy.
16:04It's a barrier to go.
16:05It can't be a harder approach.
16:08I can't find him just as a hooker.
16:10The way a child is not easy.
16:15We like to find him.
16:15It can't be a little better.
16:17It's a problem.
16:18It can't be a little more.
16:19It's a problem.
16:21It could keep her eye.
16:23But I'm not alone.
16:24It's like a mistake.
16:25It can be a little too.
16:25It's a miracle.
16:26It's the miracle.
16:26It's like a miracle.
16:27It's never been a miracle.
16:29It's a miracle.
16:29It's my life that's pretty Minh.
16:29It's the mind.
16:30It's the miracle.
16:31Nearby, her mother, Olimba, is calling and scent marking.
17:01Signs that she's still looking for a mate.
17:31Her messages have not gone unnoticed.
17:41A male.
17:55Male leopards spend most of their time alone.
18:13They're unpredictable and can be very aggressive.
18:20He's a lot bigger and much more powerful than she is.
18:31If Olimba is to have more cubs, she will have to take the risk.
18:48Her flirting helps to ease any tension.
19:13This behavior is rarely seen.
19:30They will stay together for at least 48 hours.
19:34During that time, they mate repeatedly, increasing Olimba's chance of pregnancy.
19:44Mutima has never seen her mother with a male before.
20:06It's an aspect of life that will affect both her mother and herself.
20:30In the secrecy of their den, Rita is still nursing her cubs.
20:56To keep them fed, she must hunt.
21:15But that means leaving the cubs alone.
21:22He can't see her refer to her.
21:23But it's so important that she can save her.
21:26It's time to manage her to weigh her in the way.
21:28This man says she is sick in her acham and he will be struggling.
21:30And that means she is still making an example of what she can do.
21:32And that means she may have to deal with the bottle.
21:34And it means she can do with the character, not to be on the line.
21:37But it's fun.
21:38I can see her.
21:39But it'll be nice.
21:40A nuclear system means she can do with the virus.
21:43I don't know.
22:13I don't know.
22:43One-on-one, bringing down even a young buffalo is hard.
22:58It's a battle of endurance.
23:00Rita will not be able to keep this up for much longer.
23:12This is Rita's younger sister.
23:16She has heard the struggle.
23:18Now, it's two against one.
23:27It's a battle.
23:38I don't know.
24:08After weeks of nursing her cubs by herself, it's a welcome change for Rita to have her sister
24:21at her side.
24:38Hyena.
24:58They appear whenever lions make a kill.
25:09But tonight, they don't seem to be heading this way.
25:14They were going to the lion's den.
25:27They're going to the lion's den.
25:46They're going to the lion's den.
26:05Without their mother, the cubs were defenseless.
26:18None have survived the hyena's attack.
26:37None have survived the hyena's attack.
26:40They're going to the lion's den.
26:55They're going to the lion's den.
27:09They're going to the lion's den.
27:14The rest of the family are unaware of the disaster that occurred overnight.
27:39And that the next generation of their pride has been lost.
27:56Rita and her sister.
28:24And her sister.
28:27Return to the others.
28:29Alone.
28:31Alone.
28:43Lions are the most social of all big cats.
28:51The sisters can find solace in their family.
29:06The loss of the cubs is not the only blow to the family.
29:14After leaving the safety of Nsefu, both of the pride males were shot and killed.
29:31For any animals living here, fortunes can change in an instant.
29:40The temperature is now reaching nearly 50 degrees Celsius.
29:57Month after month of extreme heat and the lack of rain has caused the water level in the river to drop.
30:16Once a mighty torrent, it's now reduced to a series of shallow channels and sandy islands.
30:31The river is no longer the impossible barrier it once was.
30:50The buffalo herds are leaving Nsefu, looking for grazing beyond the far banks.
31:09Buffalo are the main sort of food for the hungry lions.
31:28In the dry season, the Luangua has some of the densest populations of crocodiles and hippos found anywhere on earth.
31:49If the pride want to hunt buffalo, they will have to cross.
32:08They must choose their route carefully.
32:14The deepest water can hide the greatest dangers.
32:33Let's go.
33:03Now, on the other side, the pride will need to split up the herd if they're to have any success.
33:33Let's go.
34:03Working together, they cause a stampede.
34:08Hmm.
34:12They are looking for any sign of weakness.
34:17Success.
34:20Success.
34:29Success.
34:34Success.
34:35Success.
34:39Success.
34:40Success.
34:44Success.
34:45Success.
34:46Success.
34:47Success.
34:48Success.
34:50Success.
34:51Success.
34:52Success.
34:53Success.
34:55Success.
34:56Success.
34:58Success.
34:59Success.
35:00Success.
35:01Success.
35:02Success.
35:03Success.
35:04Success.
35:05Success.
35:06Success.
35:07Success.
35:08Success.
35:09Success.
35:10Success.
35:11Success.
35:12Success.
35:13Success.
35:14Success.
35:17Success.
35:18Success.
35:19Success.
35:20Success.
35:21Success.
35:22Success.
35:23Success.
35:24Sustain.
35:26Success.
35:27interfaces.
35:28Cl implementing.
35:31Without the power of their males,
35:37Rita and her sisters are in real danger.
35:46Nyons will kill rivals who encroach on their territory.
36:00The lionesses have no choice but to retreat.
36:30Now the pride has no males, no cubs,
36:50and its favorite prey has moved into the territory of rival lions.
36:55The future of this family is in jeopardy.
37:14After months of almost unbearable heat,
37:19clouds begin to build at last.
37:25These storms mark the end of the dry season.
37:35The end of the dry season.
37:37Something that turns out to be a blind.
37:40The end of the dry season.
37:45Ignore its a miracle in the background.
37:49The end of the dry season.
37:53The gate has no choice but to be to fit in.
37:55Rain reshapes the land.
38:16The river refills.
38:25And only the strongest will be able to cross.
38:42This year, the downpours have lasted much longer than normal.
39:11The river has burst its banks, flooding Nsefu in a way not seen for years.
39:27For the hyena family, living in the ebony grove, this is a disaster.
39:34Before the rains came, the clan had been going from strength to strength.
39:41But the waters have completely flooded their den.
39:50Many of the cubs have died, and what remains of the clan is scattered.
40:05Tenka and her twins are the only ones left here.
40:14They were stronger from the younger cubs, and so better able to escape the rising water.
40:37But now, hungry and homeless, they must navigate the watery labyrinth to find food.
40:55The twins have never before travelled as far as this.
41:10This strange new world can seem overwhelming.
41:35This strange new world can seem overwhelming.
41:40The birds are not yet.
41:42The birds will never be alltid in the late cubs, but the ones will never be temporary.
41:43But it is such a moment to walk out for the hunters.
41:44Those sharks are also very very very fragrant.
41:46The birds are also very very very neutral.
41:48These forests will be very difficult for the birds to stop.
41:49They don't have to be you.
41:50They don't have to be occupied in a way of my Mate.
41:51The birds are still very complex.
41:528,000 I have to be able to die in a way of your Mate.
41:53However, the birds are very very opportunistic.
41:54Help you see the birds are very cute, because the birds are very powerful.
41:56They don't have to be uptight, but the birds are very quite beautiful.
41:58It is not healthy.
41:59That they are still very careful.
42:00In the end to make the birds are very passionate and mo tacit,
42:01Tentor hears a familiar sound on the wind.
42:25It's her clan.
42:28Or at least some of them.
42:31Unfortunately, without their queen to lead them, they have become undisciplined.
42:37Fighting is rife.
42:40Especially over food.
42:55But now Tentor is back.
42:58She is quick to restore order.
43:06And with order will come strength.
43:09What is more, her twins can now feed.
43:17It pays to be the daughters of the queen.
43:20Although many of the clan are here, Tentor, Tentor's closest ally, is still missing.
43:32It's still missing.
43:33It's still missing.
43:34It is still missing.
43:35It's still missing.
43:36But if I don't know who is, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor and Tentor, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor, Tentor.
43:49Moutima is thriving in her second wet season.
44:19The gullies are full of water, so it's now impossible to hunt in them.
44:31But there is an alternative at this time of year.
44:45The annual gathering of yellow-billed storks.
44:55Every year these trees are full of chicks.
44:59Too young to fly away and a promising opportunity.
45:15The gullies are full of birds.
45:27The gullies are full of birds.
45:32The gullies are full of birds.
45:38No nest is out of reach, even right up here in the thinnest of branches.
46:08Last year, Mutima didn't have the skills to make the most of this treetop larder.
46:21But she's now an accomplished and resourceful hunter.
46:26Her mother's focus, however, is not on finding food.
46:37It's on her future.
46:48If Olimba is going to raise more cubs, the last thing she needs is competition.
47:05And her daughter has become her rival.
47:08Let's go.
47:11Let's go.
47:12Let's go.
47:13Let's go.
47:14Let's go.
47:15Let's go.
47:16Let's go.
47:17Let's go.
47:18Let's go.
47:19Let's go.
47:20Let's go.
47:21Let's go.
47:22Let's go.
47:23Let's go.
47:24Let's go.
47:25Let's go.
47:26Let's go.
47:27Mutima has no idea of the danger coming her way.
47:44danger from her own mother.
48:11Let's go.
48:12Let's go.
48:13Go.
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