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Big Cats 24 7 S02E02 The Chase Episode 24 Engsub
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00:03We've picked up the rogue boys intruding to the max.
00:10Oh my gosh, they are making a racket.
00:14We're right in the center of the Kudum Pride territory,
00:17and I can't exaggerate that enough.
00:22Four intruding male lions,
00:24the rogue boys are advancing towards the Kudum Pride.
00:29This is the greatest threat so far.
00:32These boys could very easily kill all the cubs.
00:42The Okavango Delta in Botswana.
00:45We are in a pristine environment right now.
00:48One of Africa's last wildernesses.
00:51The magnitude of life here is unparalleled.
00:54And it's a haven for Africa's big cats.
01:00Lion, cheetah and leopard.
01:04Big cat country.
01:07Armed with the latest filming technology,
01:10the Big Cats 2417 is following individual big cats for six months.
01:18This is a unique opportunity to follow these cats round the clock.
01:22Through the day.
01:24I used to think I'd have a fair fight with a lion.
01:28Not so sure now.
01:30And the night.
01:32We've got the most sophisticated thermal imaging technologies.
01:37Capturing their behavior 24 hours a day.
01:41I have never seen anything like this.
01:45Output!
01:56Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
01:59The intruder males are roaring and causing so much raucous and just full on drama.
02:07The rogue boys are asserting their presence in the Kudum Pride territory.
02:13OK, we've just been looking for the cubs.
02:16Gordon is searching for the pride's most vulnerable members.
02:20It's young cubs.
02:23We've got some lions up ahead.
02:26The rogue boys' roars travel five miles.
02:31When they hear these rogue males and intruder males calling,
02:34there's concern, there's threat and there's danger.
02:37The females with cubs, they are moving out of the core part of the territory.
02:42This is the furthest south that I've seen them.
02:48It's unusual at this time of day.
02:51For any lion to be wandering around.
02:58Separating from the rest of the pride and keeping so many cubs on the move is dangerous.
03:06It stopped.
03:08But these mums with young cubs have no choice.
03:13A good position, they're up on this termite mound here.
03:17Probably you can see about two kilometres in that direction.
03:19One in that direction, another kilometre in that direction.
03:23So anything that is coming through this area, they're going to see.
03:29You're just doing a little count.
03:34We've got nine.
03:38Nine cubs.
03:41I first saw these cubs when they were a week to ten days old.
03:46They were tiny little bundles of fur.
03:51A guinea pig size, maybe.
03:53Very fluffy.
03:54Their eyes hadn't even opened.
03:57And now they've got a lot more life about them.
04:04These eight-month-old cubs belong to just three Kudum Pride mothers.
04:12Naledi, Sebe and Mato.
04:17They are all hanging out together because they've all got cubs of the same ages.
04:22My respect goes to these females because they're doing all the hard work keeping these cubs alive.
04:30While Big Toe and Madumo, the heads of the Kudum Pride, they're the dominant males.
04:37They're nowhere to be seen.
04:40It's been a week since I've seen Madumo.
04:43And for Big Toe, that's three weeks since anyone has seen them.
04:50So when it comes to invading males like the Rogue Boys,
04:53the burden of protecting the cubs just lands on the shoulders of the females.
05:01Right.
05:03They're on the move.
05:06The best thing we can do is just stick with them.
05:12Water levels are now at their lowest in this 150 square miles of the Okavango Delta.
05:23The annual flood will soon arrive.
05:27Making it harder for Mato, Naledi, Sebe and their cubs to move freely.
05:36Every single one of them walking in the same direction.
05:41They must put distance between themselves and the Rogue Boys,
05:45who are just three miles to their north, while they still can.
05:52Greg, Greg for Gordon.
05:54Go ahead.
05:54All those cubs are still alive and well.
05:58That is amazing.
06:00We're going to stick with the Rogue Boys.
06:10Sets is joining Greg to keep track of the Rogue Boys.
06:15Oh, my goodness.
06:16They are on a buffalo kill.
06:19And the big male is right here in front of me.
06:25Oh, my gosh.
06:27Really interesting update.
06:30They've killed the buffalo in the center of the Kudum Lion Territory.
06:37It means they are willing to challenge Becton Mudumo, our dominant males.
06:43They really shouldn't be this brazen to have the nerve to make a large kill.
06:51They really seem to be making themselves at home.
06:55The Rogue Boys are staking a claim to Kudum Pride Territory.
07:00And everything in it.
07:06Dude, what is going on?
07:08I have no idea.
07:09This is truly insane.
07:10They're not even trying to hide.
07:12No, they're not.
07:13They made a kill to prove a point.
07:15Yeah.
07:17They're a very interesting coalition of one huge male with three sub-adults.
07:25Adult male lions form coalitions.
07:29Lifetime partnerships for protection and strength.
07:35Typically, you don't find coalitions like this,
07:39with vastly different age in the same coalition.
07:42I wonder if it's a father and sons, potentially.
07:47They've got a huge coalition leader.
07:50He's in his prime.
07:53We've decided to call him Demo.
07:55Demo just means a giant.
07:58He is probably the biggest male lion I've ever seen.
08:04Looks scary as...
08:09This coalition looks like it's been fighting quite a lot.
08:14Can take example of this youngster here.
08:16He has a lot of battle scars on his face.
08:21With no pride of their own, the Rogue Boys are looking for one to take over.
08:28These Rogue Boys, they're going to want to mate with the females.
08:31And that'll mean killing cubs.
08:34They want those mothers to come back into Easter so that they can have their own cubs.
08:41And no one is defending this territory.
08:45It's crazy, eh?
08:46It's going to be really hard to fight off these Rogue Boys.
09:00This lady is...
09:08Leopard specialists Brad and Tristan have found new mum Ladiba.
09:13You have the buzzcaps left.
09:18C'mon.
09:28This is too cute.
09:31The deeper has two cubs, three and a half months old.
09:37Really quite sweet.
09:40They've got this whole nursery area that the mother's put them into and she'll walk in
09:46and then call and then they'll reveal themselves to her.
09:51Lediba's cubs are too young to go with her when she hunts.
09:55So the nursery keeps them hidden.
10:00It's a perfect nursery here.
10:02It's thick, thick sage, you know, it's a lot of places these cubs can learn, play and run
10:08around.
10:09It is nowhere really better suited to a leopard raising her cubs than an area quite like this.
10:23I love that interaction between a mum and a cub.
10:28Something so gentle and beautiful about it.
10:34Lediba is suckling this one cub, it's a pretty little thing.
10:40It's a busy time for a mum, two cubs that are highly mobile and needing to be fed.
10:46She'll have a good session of feeding and then she'll do her long hunting forays.
10:55Lediba must hunt every two to three days, travelling miles from the nursery.
11:03She can't be there all the time.
11:05Leopard cubs have very high mortality rates.
11:08They don't have somebody else to look after them.
11:14This is one of the most vulnerable times in a leopard cub's life.
11:27Sun's just stepping behind the tree line and Lediba's now on the move.
11:37She's heading off on another hunt.
11:43As Brad follows Lediba away from the nursery, she hides in some bushes.
11:51There's a male sitting here on the road.
11:57Just with a male right in the heart of Lediba's territory, he's a big boy.
12:01Okay, got that.
12:03Yeah, that's not great news.
12:05He's picking up his scent and he's definitely interested.
12:14Male leopards are notorious for killing cubs.
12:20We were just so happy with her having cubs in this area because there's very little male traffic
12:28through here.
12:29And just when you say that, a big male rocks up.
12:53He can see the way his tail is twitching.
13:05He's definitely on her scent.
13:07I just hope that she doesn't lead him back to where she's keeping those cubs.
13:20He's letting Lediba know that he's here.
13:29We're going to sleep easy tonight.
13:44The lion mums are still moving their young cubs south.
13:50To their north, the intruding rogue boys have left their buffalo carcass unguarded.
14:04Oh, this is ballsy.
14:08Some other members of the Kudum Pride have found it.
14:13These two boys are enjoying a free meal.
14:17It's the pride's two sub-adult males.
14:22This is really bold of him.
14:26The rogue boys, they are heading to have a drink at a nearby waterhole, not far from here,
14:32about 500 meters.
14:36He's quite nervous looking around because he knows when those males come back it is not going to be pretty.
14:46These two youngsters might look almost fully grown.
14:51This I'm guaranteeing.
14:59That's Demo.
15:00But the rogue boy's leader, Demo, is almost twice their weight.
15:08The big boy, he's about 50 meters behind me.
15:13He's advancing.
15:25You can see how massive he is.
15:27He is showing signs of aggression.
15:31His body posture.
15:36Oh, he's chasing.
15:37He's chasing.
15:40Ah, the lions have run off.
15:43They ran like hell out of there.
15:45Hopefully they're safe.
15:59Demo is victorious.
16:01He is going to feel a sense of pride and accomplishment.
16:06Two sub-adults are no match for Demo.
16:11The absence of Big Toe and Madumo is leaving the pride defenseless.
16:22It just shows how bold he is.
16:26It's a clear challenge.
16:35Demo and the rogue boys are now taking more ground.
16:40Moving south, towards the mums and young cubs.
16:46Just begs the question.
16:48Why are they turning to Demo when all of this is happening?
17:12Cheetah team, cheetah team.
17:14Got Bobby and the cubs.
17:17X of you.
17:18I will be there ASAP.
17:29Raya and Anna are with cheetah mum, Bobby.
17:35And her five-month-old cubs.
17:40It's pretty cool to watch these guys.
17:42I mean, when we're following them every single day, you literally see their development.
17:46It's like having your own baby.
17:48Going from crawling to walking.
17:50It's a feeling of accomplishment, watching your little children grow up.
17:55Now Raya and Anna know the cubs.
17:58They've named them Kia and Bo.
18:05Only a few weeks ago, they were reliant on their mum's milk.
18:10But now, they are full-blown carnivores.
18:19Cubs are looking pretty hungry.
18:20Their bellies are concave.
18:24Kia and Bo must now eat at least half a kilo of meat a day.
18:33Cubs are really far in the distance.
18:38This could be a moment for Bobby to get a successful hunt in without her cubs distracting her.
19:08She went.
19:09She went.
19:10She went.
19:10She went.
19:10She went for them.
19:10They should be coming out to your side.
19:15Where is she?
19:30She's done it.
19:32Well done, Bobby.
19:34What an absolute genius.
19:38Guys, she's got one.
19:39She's got one.
19:42My hands are shaking.
19:44Everything is shaking.
19:46But it was incredible.
19:49And, you know, she's done that for her cubs.
19:54And I can see them coming in.
19:59This is going to be an absolute feast for these two.
20:05What Kia and Bo need is for mummy to open up this carcass so they can have a meal.
20:11The cubs' teeth won't be sharp enough to tear through skin for another two months.
20:19Bobby needs to catch her breath a little bit.
20:22But cheetahs need to cool down before they can eat.
20:29Cheetah's main tactic for hunting is a full-on sprint.
20:34Sometimes being able to go up over 100 kilometers per hour.
20:38Very hard for cheetahs.
20:39They are not really able to sweat properly.
20:41You can see her right now.
20:42She's having a very heavy pant.
20:48That's just to help with cooling.
20:53This is a really dangerous time for a cheetah because there was quite a lot of commotion when that all
20:59went down.
21:00A lot of alarm calls.
21:01What Pope really doesn't want now is the vultures coming in in huge numbers.
21:08They are like a beacon in the sky to other predators.
21:11It's like dropping a pin.
21:14Here's your food packets just below.
21:20Cheetahs lose one in ten of their meals to other predators.
21:25Pretty much every single predator can chase our lovely cheetahs off this kill.
21:32Sadly for them, amongst all our big cats, they are the underdogs.
21:37Being such a small cat like a cheetah, you really are down the pecking order.
21:43The challenge for Pope now is keeping hold of their meal.
21:50Best case scenario really is that Pope and Keah and Bo get through this kill as fast as possible.
22:08And girls, we have run into the mums and cubs.
22:13Greg has found the Pride's mums and young cubs.
22:18The Smaledi, Sebe and Mato with their crew of cubs.
22:24At the southern limit of Kudum Pride territory.
22:30The lionesses are all very much on edge about male lions.
22:33And there's just, you know, anxiety and stress and built up tension.
22:45Hold on, I think we have another lion there.
22:50Oh, it's big male.
22:56Who is this?
22:59Here comes Mato.
23:04Mato is approaching as if this could be one of the intruders.
23:15Oh, she's upset.
23:26Wait a minute.
23:28I think that this is Madooma.
23:30All right.
23:32They don't seem to recognize each other very well.
23:35Maybe because he has been MIA for a while.
23:46I'm so pleased to see Madooma back looking strong and healthy.
23:51At a time when we've had so much upheaval from the road boys.
23:59Mato looked so angry, she was ready for battle.
24:05She was just assuming that every male that approaches her is about to go after her cubs.
24:10That was amazing, just aggression from her.
24:13Even Madooma has to approach with caution.
24:19Now that the mums, including Mato, have calmed down, everyone's approaching Madooma.
24:30Oh, it's a snuggle with Dad.
24:33The cubs are so excited.
24:36That's so sweet.
24:40Gordon, Gordon for Greg?
24:42Hey Greg, go.
24:43Madooma is back in town.
24:46Wow.
24:47Madooma, my boy.
24:49Okay, see you soon as I can.
24:59Where's he been?
25:02Last time I saw him, he was severely skinny.
25:05Look at him.
25:06He's put on a lot more weight.
25:12One question I always have whenever I see Madooma on his own is where this big toe.
25:20Lately, Madooma has been seen with the pride from time to time, but his coalition partner big toe has now
25:28been missing for almost a month.
25:32Since we've been following the pride.
25:34Since we've been following the pride, I've never had it that the big boys have been separated for so long.
25:40They were practically inseparable last year.
25:45They ate together, they walked together, they patrolled together.
25:49They were joined at the head.
25:51The power that Madooma has is the power that comes from being in this partnership.
26:01Alone, Madooma is no match for the four advancing road boys.
26:09No matter how determined and how strong and how big he is, he's not going to win against multiple lines.
26:15So, until we find big toe, it's still a very precarious moment for the pride.
26:36What I hope is it's not the male she bumped into.
26:37Ladeba's cubs disappeared.
26:40Tristan and Brad are checking in on Ladeba.
26:45What I hope is it's not the male she bumped into.
26:49After finding a male leopard close to her nursery.
26:54Ladeba's back in the nursery area.
26:57One cubs showed up.
27:00Looks like mum might be trying to pick up the second one now.
27:03And she seems to be getting a little bit concerned.
27:20She's calling, searching, broadcasting her presence.
27:34The male cub is missing.
27:45I've never seen this amount of vocalisation coming from a single leopard in such a short space of time.
28:01She's just desperate for a response.
28:05And she's just not getting it.
28:13She's soaring.
28:21This call, known as sawing, is unique to each individual leopard.
28:27And can travel nearly two miles.
28:32The fact that she's trying this hard really starts to scare me, to be honest.
28:39It's not a good sign.
28:44The longer it's missing, the lower it's chances drop.
28:53Less than 50% actually survive.
28:56Because they do get left alone.
28:58They do have to fend for themselves.
29:03Now she's high up.
29:04She's increasing her, the throw of her core.
29:08She's throwing caution to the wind now.
29:11She may draw other predators.
29:13And I think what we're seeing is a very desperate mother.
29:29It's looking more and more likely that we've lost a cabaret.
29:55Life for all the big cats of the Okavango Delta is about to change.
30:04Actually, by the flood.
30:08The annual flood has arrived.
30:11We're expecting it to be here within the next week.
30:15But it's here now.
30:17This is now.
30:20Oh yeah, look at that.
30:27This is beautiful.
30:31This is the first time seeing the flood come in, in real time.
30:39This is exciting.
30:40This is exciting. I'm so excited.
30:49Go ahead and go ahead and do you copy?
30:51Yeah, go set.
30:53And go ahead and have something amazing to show you.
30:57I'm intrigued.
30:59We're on the right road.
31:00I can see your tracks.
31:01So yeah, I'll bump into you soon.
31:08The waters of the Okavango have come a long way.
31:12Close to 600 kilometres from the highlands of Angola through three countries.
31:21Finally ending up in Botswana.
31:24It goes from a dry flood plain to a flood river within a matter of a house.
31:32To create a spectacle that's beyond words.
31:40Whoa, whoa, whoa.
31:46I don't need to ask what you've got to show me.
31:48Oh yeah, you can see it already.
31:51The speed.
31:52I was here yesterday and it was just bone dry.
31:54Yeah, it was completely dry.
31:56It's really going to affect the lions.
31:59It really is.
32:01The territory is going to shrink.
32:02These waters, they are dangerous for them.
32:05Yeah.
32:06For the mums and smaller cubs, they'll be restricted.
32:11They can't really move around as free as they used to before the flood has arrived.
32:16There's less dry ground.
32:18Yeah.
32:23The rising flood waters mean the mums and cubs are running out of safe space.
32:31And the rope boys are now just a mile away.
32:36I don't know if anyone else heard that, but I heard some roaring.
32:40It's Demo.
32:41This is a sign that these boys mean business.
32:49The mums and cubs can't rest.
32:56On a still night like this, Demo's roar will carry throughout this whole territory.
33:02What he's saying is, be afraid, be very afraid.
33:20This is when it all starts to get a little bit scary for tutors, especially when they're on a fresh
33:25kill.
33:28Anna is with Pobé and her cubs.
33:34They still have the kill. Nothing's coming to take it.
33:38I think that could be something to do with her smart tactics, which involve basically covering the carcass with dust.
33:46She's trying to cover the scent.
33:49Because when it turns to night, things start to get a little bit dangerous around here.
33:56At this vital growth stage, it's essential the cubs eat as much as possible.
34:05Pobé needs to be on high alert all of the time.
34:11Who knows what predators could be lurking in the shadows.
34:21I wonder if there's something there.
34:25This cub looks really glued to something, the sage.
34:32Anything could come out of there.
34:35This is quite creepy.
34:45Oh, jackal.
34:48The cubs are essentially learning how to guard their food against animals.
34:54And level one is the lovely jackal.
35:00The jackal doesn't really pose much of a threat for these cubs.
35:03I just...
35:19Running, running, running.
35:38I am super chuffed that Pobé and the cubs have managed to keep hold of this meal.
35:46Looks like they've got pretty full bellies.
35:49But it's when the big things come in, like lions and leopards,
35:53that's when it's going to get really real for these cubs.
36:21The flood is making it harder for the mums with young cubs to escape.
36:30I think quite like crashing through a floodplain.
36:34To stop the advancing rogue boys, the pride needs both of its dominant males.
36:42Loads of vultures here. What's going on?
36:45So Greg is searching for big toe.
36:51We've looked in all the regular spots for big toe and come up completely short.
36:57So we're starting to get a little bit desperate and we're going to look in areas that we would never
37:02normally go.
37:16Let's go.
37:22I think we've got big toe tracks.
37:24Yes!
37:25Yes!
37:26Finally!
37:33He must be not far from here.
37:36Let's go and find him.
37:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
37:48Somebody's up ahead of us.
37:51This is a big male lion just in front of me.
37:57Who is this?
38:03Oh, gosh.
38:06Please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
38:14Come on.
38:15It's big toe.
38:17Yes!
38:20Finally.
38:21What?
38:29The mighty big toe.
38:31He's back in the game.
38:36This is an area where I've, in fact, never seen any of the kudum pride before.
38:42And it begs the question, you know, where has big toe been this whole time that he's been missing?
38:54He's had some food recently.
38:55He's looking healthy.
38:57He's looking strong.
38:58Not even a scratch on him, so he hasn't gotten anywhere near any of the intruders.
39:04But he's definitely on some sort of mission here.
39:09Yeah.
39:10It looks like he's about across the water.
39:14I haven't seen him for, for weeks, and it seems like I'm only going to have him for a few
39:22minutes.
39:26Come on, big toe.
39:28Come on, big toe.
39:28Don't do this to me now.
39:30Please.
39:33I'm just not sure how I'm going to follow him, because I don't want to get stuck.
39:41All right.
39:43We're going to have to do a big water crossing here.
39:47All in the name of following the mighty big toe.
39:52I'm going to have to get my feet wet.
39:54Oh, that's not ideal.
40:03Oh, deep.
40:08It's flowing.
40:13Not too bad.
40:15We're through.
40:17This is wild.
40:19Trying to keep up with big toe through the fresh flood is not for the faint hearted.
40:31He's just picked up a scent and is following it very intently.
40:37He's sniffing, sniffing, sniffing.
40:39He's trying to find another lion.
40:52Oh, okay.
40:53We've just got a visual of other lions now.
41:01Who are these lions?
41:03What's going on here?
41:07It's very, very strange.
41:18I can't believe this.
41:21This is not a good in pride.
41:26This is a whole different pride.
41:29It appears that big toe has another pride.
41:35Well, that was unexpected.
41:38At a time when the couldn't prod, you know, needs them the most, that is a problem.
41:46That's a big problem.
41:50Gordon, Gordon for Greg.
41:53Go, Greg.
41:54Gordon, you are not going to believe this, but I finally found big toe.
41:59He's busy fooling around with other lionesses.
42:01You are kidding me.
42:04Not good.
42:04Not good at all.
42:13Wait a minute.
42:16Looks like there's actually another male here as well.
42:22Oh no.
42:24This is in fact, Madumo.
42:33That is unbelievable.
42:39The dominant males have been dividing their time between the Kudum pride and this new pride.
42:48What's happening is our big males are mating with other lions, and that's why we don't see them very often.
42:59While Madumo has been coming and going, big toe has been here.
43:06What's potentially at play here is the fact that amongst the Kudum pride lionesses, all the older lionesses have cubs
43:13at the moment.
43:14And there's a fair chance that all the younger lionesses are related to Madumo and big toe.
43:20In fact, they could be their daughters.
43:22So the mating opportunities within the pride are limited.
43:27That might explain why the boys have gone outside to look for the chance of siring more cubs.
43:37The problem is if they're paying so much attention to other lionesses, they're neglecting the Kudum pride.
43:43And that's why we've had so much drama and chaos.
43:48And that is going to be a very serious risk to those cubs.
43:58The Kudum pride mums have been left to defend their cubs alone from the advancing rogue boys.
44:27Ledeba the leopard has been searching for her missing cub for almost two days.
44:40Well, she's led us back to one cub.
44:58She is entirely, that one's world.
45:23Just one.
45:26I think she's moving it to a new space.
45:32Yeah, no.
45:33Down a cub.
45:39But the result I was hoping for.
45:47I just hope now with all her attention focused on a single individual, that cub stands a better chance of
45:54staying alive.
45:57It's still a miracle in itself that she has one healthy, surviving and thriving really.
46:04And it's a testament to her abilities as a mother.
46:09Ladiba's surviving cub will soon pass this most vulnerable age and leave the nursery with her when she hunts.
46:27We're going to do our best to follow and watch how her and her cub develop.
46:32She's a proven mother and more than ready for the challenge.
46:50I think she's going to die.
46:53I think she's going to die.
47:08Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
47:19Yep, she's done it again.
47:22Pobbe, Pobbe, Pobbe.
47:26These two cubs are insanely lucky that they've got Pobbe as their mum.
47:36Cheetah mum Pobbe has secured her cubs another meal.
47:43As long as she can keep it through another night.
48:01I am really, really chuffed for Pobbe and the cubs.
48:05She's doing an incredible job at feeding them.
48:12Wait a second.
48:16What's she seen?
48:21Pobbe looks like she's getting into like a weird stalk mode.
48:25She's seen something.
48:32There is something.
48:39Sat about 100 metres from that.
48:44That is big.
48:48Oh, God.
48:49I think that is a leopard.
48:50That is a male leopard.
48:59It's running in.
49:00It's running in.
49:20I think she's trying to lure this leopard away from the cubs.
49:24This feels like a mad move from Pobbe.
49:30This male leopard is one and a half times Pobbe's weight.
49:35If he catches her, he could easily kill her.
49:47She just jumped at it.
49:49She just jumped on the floor to try and make a sound to lure it away.
49:53She's so, so clever.
49:59Pobbe's night vision is not as good as a leopard's.
50:06But she has one clear advantage.
50:10Pobbe is not at her max effort in terms of speed, but that leopard is really struggling to keep up
50:16with her.
50:16This is crazy.
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50:50Hobe has diverted the leopard's attention from the cubs.
50:57Okay, this leopard is going to the kill.
51:00But not from her meal.
51:06Couldn't catch anything yourself, just stealing from a mum and two kids.
51:15He's almost tripping on it as he drags it.
51:18I mean, that is the image of greed right there, tripping on his food.
51:26Off he goes.
51:33That's so annoying.
51:37That must have been terrifying for those cubs.
51:42But we've seen tonight, Poppe is capable of essentially fighting off a male leopard to protect her cubs.
51:54These are the lengths that a mother cheetah will go to.
52:00What an incredible cat she is.
52:19Okay, up ahead we have a cluster of lions.
52:27Gordon is also on the night shift.
52:30We can put the drone up, hopefully spot it from the air.
52:35The road boys are closing in on the Kudum Pride mums and cubs.
52:43We're doing one big toe, they're out of the equation, hanging out with a second pride.
52:50And at some point, these road boys, they are going to push towards these cubs, and that could be tonight.
53:00So, wherever Demo goes, I'm just going to keep up with him as best I can.
53:11He's on the trail.
53:13The road boys are now close enough to be picking up the female's scent.
53:20Now things are serious.
53:23Demo is making his presence known in sound and in scent.
53:38Yeah, he's belting it out with all his might.
53:55A roar like that just gets you in the belly.
54:02Things are going to escalate.
54:13They're running.
54:17I don't want to lose them.
54:22Where have we gone, pal?
54:25Demo just ran off into this forest.
54:31So, at the moment, I've lost them.
54:37The rogue boys have vanished, just 500 meters from the mums and young cubs.
54:45I think they've disappeared into this forest.
54:50This is really bad.
55:06After losing the rogue boys in the night, the whole team is out at dawn, searching for lions.
55:14Oh, my gosh.
55:17Mums.
55:20What a relief.
55:23Anna has found the mums and young cubs.
55:29Okay.
55:30We're all safe.
55:31I can't believe it.
55:33What incredible mums.
55:42Okay.
55:45Everyone's coming to say hi.
55:50Morning, Seba.
55:52Hi, gorgeous girl.
55:54Well, beautiful, aren't you?
55:57Well done for keeping your crop safe.
56:01Oh, my God.
56:02Back.
56:11What an amazing morning.
56:18This is such, just like a dreamy, tranquil scene.
56:26Amazing.
56:29The rogue boys are coming towards the mums.
56:33Oh, my God.
56:34Where are they?
56:35Yeah, Anna, the emo's the right here.
56:37And the three sub-adult males.
56:41They're looking super keen in your direction.
56:46The rogue boys are heading straight towards mums and cubs.
56:51And this is exactly what we don't want to happen.
56:54This is really, really dangerous.
56:59They're trying to pick up scent.
57:01You can see them right now with their noses, their mouth.
57:05And then they put their head up and go.
57:10There's absolutely no chance that these lionesses with this amount of cubs
57:16are going to be able to outrun the rogue boys.
57:18There's no way.
57:27Rhea, Rhea, do you have an update?
57:31Like 100 metres.
57:32They're super close.
57:33I see them, I see them.
57:43Okay, so I've seen them.
57:44She's seen them.
57:46Oh, they're coming in, they're coming in.
58:00They're coming in, they're coming in, they're coming in.
58:16I've never heard a noise like that, ever.
58:20Where are the cubs?
58:24Please, don't we, Dad?
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