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00:15Previously on Kingdom, Mutima, the young leopard,
00:20reached independence.
00:25So now it's time for her mother, Olinba,
00:30to mate again.
00:40The lion pride has grown in strength.
00:47The males killed one of the hyena mothers, Tam,
00:51and now they have forced Storm and her pack to flee.
00:56But no matter how powerful your family, this place, Nsefu,
01:06is a dangerous place in which to rear young.
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01:11But no matter how powerful your family,
01:14this place, Nsefu,
01:16is a dangerous place in which to rear young.
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02:52An elephant could crush a cub with a single step.
03:14Better to stay close to mother.
03:22The dry season here in Nsefu is tightening its grip.
03:52The dry season here in Nsefu.
04:05The dry season here at Nsefu.
04:11A black wave of the Nsefu is��
04:15a black wave of the Nsefu.
04:17Elephants needing to quench their thirst follow well-trodden paths that lead to the river.
04:31Further along the elephant's path, the pride are resting,
04:41taking a break from the heat of the day.
04:47When it comes to grumpy elephants, it's not just cubs that have to get out of the way.
05:07We have to get out of the way.
05:37In the grove of ebbly trees, the hyenas Tandala and Tenta keep their cubs close.
06:01But Tenta's twins are now at the age when they want to explore the world for themselves.
06:19These sausage trees, named from the shape of their fruits, are bursting into bloom.
06:39The opening of these crimson flowers is welcomed by many here.
06:57For within the giant petals, there is sweet nectar.
07:05Irresistible to hungry visitors.
07:09They come right to the hyena's doorstep.
07:23Time for some fun.
07:25The twins lead the way.
07:43But not everyone is willing to tolerate their games.
07:49The cubs are soon back for some rest.
08:11And a drink.
08:19Hyena mothers produce one of the richest of all milks.
08:27But even so, the cubs need to feed for up to four hours a day.
08:32And each mother provides milk for a year.
08:40And each mother brings a cow to a small amount.
08:42While the newborn bird never has an empty year.
08:44And then they fill the pet.
08:46And it's only for eight years long.
08:48When you find the pet.
08:50And every day they are you.
08:51Your Chambers are you.
08:52And each mother really is a biggie.
08:53And you're not going to be a biggie.
08:54And the kids can find the children.
08:55After the Mont이에요's story.
08:56The cat is the world.
08:58And they can find the cat.
08:59And the cat is the cat.
09:00The cat is the cat.
09:01The cat is the cat.
09:03They are very careful.
09:04The cat is near the cat.
09:05And they can find the cat.
09:06The cubs' insistent demands force Tenta and the other females to take risks in their search for food.
09:26Vultures.
09:28The sign that the lions have made a kill.
09:31The commotion has drawn most of the clan, including Tenta and Tandala.
09:44They are nervous.
09:50The males from this pride killed their sister, Tam.
10:02But today, the males are not here.
10:14This is too good an opportunity to miss.
10:17As the clan advances, their confidence grows.
10:32It's crows.
10:33It's crows.
10:34Give me.
10:36And no one is a big кад here.
10:37Put it on the�� for all Даже materless snakes.
10:42обыч attorneys and dogs who are past the other,
10:47will climb wherever they are.
10:50Here comes from the arrival team.
10:53The Silvanka console is rocking a fully into the tree of Mutale.
10:57A brief and uneasy truce.
11:17It's very rare for lions to share a kill with hyenas.
11:27If the males were here, the situation would be very different.
11:46But where are they?
11:52They are several miles away, on patrol.
12:05The brothers regularly travel huge distances to protect their family, especially their
12:20cubs, from rival lions.
12:25Roaring males make it clear to anyone for miles around that this is their territory.
12:42Their patrol has brought them close to the edge of the national park.
12:52This deep gully marks the boundary line, but it's a line that means nothing to the brothers.
13:05Outside the protection of the park, there are dangers beyond rival lions.
13:11As the brothers cross the boundary, they leave the safety of the park.
13:38Back in the center of Nsefu, one of the females, Rita, is guarding her cubs.
14:05Rita must keep her young a secret until it's time for them all to rejoin the pride.
14:20A lilac-breasted roller.
14:29A bush squirrel.
14:36Underground hornbill are unwelcome visitors.
14:45That beak looks nasty.
14:52This little one needs extra help.
14:55He's blind in one eye.
14:58What is more, these visitors could give away the cubs' location.
15:13Prying eyes are everywhere.
15:26Being a mother in Nsefu is not easy.
15:32Mujima is trying to find her own way.
15:57But her youthful clumsiness creates problems.
16:16Being a mother in Nsefu is not easy.
16:18It makes the distance from a river to a river to reach the center.
16:21It's not easy, but it makes the distance.
16:24It's a source of the indoor air dry.
16:26It seems like a little bit more of a Tree flyer.
16:29The world seems to be a butterfly for a very large species.
16:31I don't know.
17:01Nearby, her mother, Olimba, is calling and scent-marking, signs that she's still looking for a mate.
17:31Her messages have not gone unnoticed.
17:54A male.
18:08Male leopards spend most of their time alone.
18:13Male leopards spend most of their time alone.
18:25They're unpredictable and can be very aggressive.
18:32He's a lot bigger and much more powerful than she is.
18:41If Olimba is to have more cubs, she will have to take the risk.
18:56Her flirting helps to ease any tension.
19:03This behaviour is rarely seen.
19:26They will stay together for at least 48 hours.
19:33During that time, they mate repeatedly, increasing Olimba's chance of pregnancy.
19:40They will stay together for at least 48 hours.
19:47During that time, they mate repeatedly, increasing Olimba's chance of pregnancy.
19:57Mutima has never seen her mother with a male before.
20:22It's an aspect of life that will affect both her mother and herself.
20:41In the secrecy of their den, Rita is still nursing her cubs.
21:06To keep them fed, she must hunt.
21:28But that means leaving the cubs alone.
21:34The children, of course, are always better in theOUT.
21:38The adult is concerned with the child of the manprise.
21:42They are more of a female than she is.
21:44It's an almost everybody.
21:46If I had to wake up, she is my mother and her mother.
21:49The children are too many years younger.
21:52Don't fight children, it's a wilde.
21:58And they don't pay attention.
22:00Oh, my God.
22:30Oh, my God.
23:00One-on-one, bringing down even a young buffalo is hard.
23:11It's a battle of endurance.
23:19Rita will not be able to keep this up for much longer.
23:23This is Rita's younger sister.
23:29She has heard the struggle.
23:38Now, it's two against one.
23:41Oh, my God.
23:52Oh, my God.
23:55BIRDS CHIRP
24:25After weeks of nursing her cubs by herself,
24:31it's a welcome change for Rita to have her sister at her side.
24:55They appear whenever lions make a kill.
25:18But tonight, they don't seem to be heading this way.
25:26They were going to the lion's den.
25:34BIRDS CHIRP
25:44BIRDS CHIRP
25:56BIRDS CHIRP
26:05BIRDS CHIRP
26:06BIRDS CHIRP
26:09BIRDS CHIRP
26:12Without their mother, the cubs were defenseless.
26:42None have survived the hyena's attack.
27:12The
27:37The rest of the family are unaware of the disaster that occurred overnight.
27:52And that the next generation of their pride has been lost.
28:22Rita and her sister return to the others alone.
28:52Lions are the most social of all big cats.
29:05The sisters can find solace in their family.
29:20The loss of the cubs is not the only blow to the family.
29:28After leaving the safety of Nsefu, both of the pride males were shot and killed.
29:44For any animals living here, fortunes can change in an instant.
29:53The temperature is now reaching nearly 50 degrees Celsius.
30:07Month after month of extreme heat and the lack of rain has caused the water level in the river to drop.
30:25Once a mighty torrent, it's now reduced to a series of shallow channels and sandy islands.
30:36The river is no longer the impassable barrier it once was.
30:54The buffalo herds are leaving Nsefu, looking for grazing beyond the far banks.
31:19The buffalo are the main sort of food for the hungry lions.
31:38In the dry season, the Luangua has some of the densest populations of crocodiles and hippos found anywhere on earth.
31:57If the pride want to hunt buffalo, they will have to cross.
32:16They must choose their route carefully.
32:29The deepest water can hide the greatest dangers.
32:33The
33:02Now, on the other side,
33:28the pride will need to split up the herd.
33:32If they're to have any success.
34:02Working together, they cause a stampede.
34:16They are looking for any sign of weakness.
34:28Success!
34:40Success!
34:42Success!
34:44Success!
34:46Success!
34:48This is a sound the pride does not want to hear.
35:04A rival pride.
35:26This is their home.
35:36Without the power of their males, Rita and her sisters are in real danger.
35:50Nions will kill rivals who encroach on their territory.
35:58The lionesses have no choice but to retreat.
36:16The lionesses have no choice but to retreat.
36:20The lionesses have no choice but to retreat.
36:24The lionesses have no choice but to retreat.
36:30The lionesses have no choice but it's not easy to be the one who has to be the one who has to be the one who has to eat.
36:34Mmm.
36:54Now the pride has no males, no cubs,
36:58and its favorite prey has moved into the territory of rival lions.
37:07The future of this family is in jeopardy.
37:22After months of almost unbearable heat,
37:27clouds begin to build at last.
37:40These storms mark the end of the dry season.
37:44Episode 2
37:55From the
38:14The rain reshapes the land.
38:24The river refills.
38:44And only the strongest will be able to cross.
39:14This year, the downpours have lasted much longer than normal.
39:21The river has burst its banks, flooding Nsefu in a way not seen for years.
39:35For the hyena family, living in the ebony grove, this is a disaster.
39:45Before the rains came, the clan had been going from strength to strength.
39:56But the waters have completely flooded their den.
40:08Many of the cubs have died.
40:10And what remains of the clan is scattered.
40:19Tenka and her twins are the only ones left here.
40:23They 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.
40:53The twins have never before travelled as far as this.
40:54But now, hungry and homeless, they must navigate the watery labyrinth to find food.
41:02The twins have never before travelled as far as this.
41:17The twins have never before travelled.
41:34This strange new world can seem overwhelming.
42:04Tinta hears a familiar sound on the wind.
42:34The clan, or at least some of them.
42:40Unfortunately, without their queen to lead them, they have become undisciplined.
42:47Fighting is rife, especially over food.
42:55But now Tinta is back.
43:07She is quick to restore order.
43:15And with order will come strength.
43:21What is more, her twins can now feed.
43:26It pays to be the daughters of the queen.
43:33Although many of the clan are here, Tandala, Tenta's closest ally, is still missing.
43:41It pays to be the daughters of the queen.
44:01Moutima is thriving in her second wet season.
44:31The gullies are full of water, so it's now impossible to hunt in them.
44:40But there is an alternative at this time of year.
44:53The annual gathering of yellow-billed storks.
45:01Every year these trees are full of chicks, too young to fly away and a promising opportunity.
45:31Marynest is out of reach.
45:49No nest is out of reach.
46:00Even right up here in the thinnest of branches.
46:19Last year, Mutima didn't have the skills to make the most of this treetop larder.
46:29But she's now an accomplished and resourceful hunter.
46:37Her mother's focus, however, is not on finding food.
46:48It's on her future.
46:57If Olimba is going to raise more cubs, the last thing she needs is competition.
47:14And her daughter has become her rival.
47:21Mutima has no idea of the day of her.
47:28Mutima has no idea of the day of her.
47:32It's a great day.
47:35It's a great day.
47:37It's a great day.
47:40Mutima has no idea of the danger coming her way.
47:59from her own mother.
48:19Mutima can flee.
48:22Mutima can flee.
48:29Or turn...
48:31and fight.
48:33To your father.
48:41I think her brother can flee.
48:43I think I'll be able to do this.
48:45I think I'll be able to try again.
48:48I'm about to be able to do this.
48:50Transcription by CastingWords
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