Episode 1
Challenges of Life
Introducing the extraordinary things animals and plants must do in order to survive and reproduce. Witness amazing sights, captured at 1,000 frames per second: capuchin monkeys smashing open palm nuts with stone ‘hammers’; hippos launching from the water into the air and chameleons stealing prey from a spider’s web. Sprint with cheetahs as they band together to tackle ostriches; watch dolphins form perfect rings of silt to trap fish; and swim with a seal as it struggles to escape attacking killer whales amongst the ice of Antarctica.
Key animal characters:
• Brown-tufted capuchins
• Dolphins
• Cheetahs
• Chameleon
• Killer whales

Leopard seal predating chinstrap penguin

Hippopotamus fighting, territorial dispute in river

Brown-tufted capuchin cracking nuts using hammer stone, Brazil

Giant Pacific octopus female in nest protecting her eggs