Episode 8
Hunters and Hunted
Every day, in the jungles, grasslands, deserts and frozen wastelands, battles are won, fought and lost between carnivores and their prey. See cheetahs join forces to bring down an ostrich; a tiny stoat take on a rabbit ten times its size; elephant seal pups snatched from their nursery pool by a killer whale; the antics of a squirrel as it outwits a rattlesnake; and at an amazing 2,000 frames per second, the strike of a bulldog bat flying at 40mph.
Key animal characters:
• Cheetahs
• Stoats
• Killer whales
• Greater bulldog bat
• Ethiopian wolves
• Star-nosed moles
Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) crawling through leaf litter,
North Carolina, USA
Ibex jumping down sheer cliffs, Ein Avdat National Park, Israel
Three male cheetah feeding on ostrich that they have learnt to
hunt, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya