wild life

what happens when some of the world's

deadliest carnivores go head to head

it's a war for survival

war is the law of the Jungle kill or be

killed

Lee weapons

and an instinct to kill Death Or Glory

Soldier

welcome to the war

welcome to Florida's Pinnacle of

predation

team feat and a thousand pounds of power

armor plating

ADT

and 2 000 pounds of fight force but this

war machine at The Cutting Edge

the American alligator

but no alligator starts as the swamp's

deadliest

they start here

these young Cadets are beginning their

long mission to become five-star swamp

generals

water is full of Submarine enemies

the largemouth bass has radar lock

it's a highly mobile Hunter

a dedicated meat eater

now only two remain

alligators are ectothermic meaning they

must leave the water to warm their

bodies in the Sun

so must the water moccasin aka the

cottonmouth

it uses heat-seeking sensors to home in

on prey

its strike is accurate

and it's venom

deadly

it destroys tissue rupturing blood

vessels

the gator will slowly die

and the cottonmouth will dine

alone Gator Soldier survives

only he can complete the mission

but the largemouth bass is still not

done

luckily for the Gator it's a frog that

fills its jaws

with every passing day

the Gator's odds improve

the bigger it grows

the viewer can tackle it

and in four years time

it will grow into an apex predator

three

the iconic Bengal tiger needs no

introduction

500 pounds of hunting power

wherever this King walks his subject's

hail his approached

even when all he wants is a simple drink

of water

scars on his face tell story of violence

he must fight to wear the crown

a young Challenger squares off against a

dominant male

most disputes are settled with posturing

but the presence of a female raises the

stakes

the most aggressive encounters occur

when a female is ready to mate

here's our arms with an arsenal of

deadly weapons

thank you

they probe each other's defenses

the dominant male latches on

gruesome kiss

new way out is to submit to the pain

but this fight isn't over

to kill they must find the other's

throat

these encounters are rarely deadly

but there's always exceptions to the

norm

fur seals are a carnivorous colonial

power

they live all over the world chowing

down on whatever's available

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fish in the subtropical Waters of South

Africa

and Shoals support a huge colony

but to get to the fish the hunters must

run the gauntlet

great white sharks lurk in the channel

near The Colony

it's safer to make the crossing in

numbers

sharks wait below looking for a sealed

silhouette to pass over

if they miss the first strike

chase is on

the shark has the power but the seal the

maneuverability it turns in tight

circles to escape the Jaws

before making the ultimate sacrifice

one seals death allows the others to

make it to the Shoals

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still have to get home

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as this battle rages on

is about to begin

and some of the deadliest warriors in

the world are preparing for combat

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in the jungle there is one Golden Rule

stay alert stay alive now here the enemy

doesn't engage from hundreds of yards

away

when combat starts you're close enough

to see the whites of his eyes

or the blacks

frogs are jungle Commandos

with hundreds of species in the

rainforests of Central America alone

each is a deadly amphibious assault

weather that will kill pretty much

anything it can fit in its mouth

but they don't start out this way

most frogs simply lay their eggs and

abandon them

fodder to the elements

and to predators

but one ferocious father stands by his

young

the reticulated glass frog

he is hard

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guts

and guards his clutch

because squadrons of carnivorous

rainforest wasps

are incoming

it's not him thereafter it's his

precious eggs

please get a few tricks up his sleeve

his skin is patterned to look like the

eggs it draws the hungry wasps towards

him instead of the helpless Young

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-to-hand combat

of course there's only so much one

soldier can do

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to survive the tadpoles need to find the

will to fight

sensing danger some pop themselves out

prematurely

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hatching without being fully developed

is a better option than certain death

each surviving tadpole represents a

mission accomplished

dad's fighting Spirit lives on in a new

generation

the leopard is an adaptable Hunter

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stealth speed and strength

but nature is never neat and sometimes

even a top predator doesn't

she plans to eat or kill in peace

but they say plans are the first

casualty of War

a herd of buffalo Moves In

the efforts will occasionally take young

Buffalo

but the adults can be moody and in

numbers they can be lethal

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Smell Trouble

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outnumbered the leopard will have to lay

low until the Buffalo let down their

guard next wild boars show up they smell

a meal

leverage are partial to a little Port

they can even take down the wild Boar's

more fearsome African cousin the warthog

battles can be hard fought

and gruesome

but tonight they get to eat her lunch

they could polish off the Corpse

if they stop bickering

now another carnivore exploits the

opportunity right under the leopard's

nose

a crocodile advances

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these Predators sometimes compete with

the leopard for food

escape the crocodile and you might find

yourself in the clutches of the big cat

time for a roll reversal

it's too much for the leopard

she reclaims her kill and her dignity

from the small Croc

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but the Buffalo closed ranks around her

forcing another chastening retreat

the leopard persists repeating the cycle

for hours

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this is Nature's fog of War there are no

Victors tonight

finally she retreats in dishonor

thank you Nature's war is not just

fought in the jungles

carnivores must fight in the deserts

the forests

and under the microscope

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the northern short-tailed shrew is on a

deadline

in three hours he will die

unless he hunts

his metabolism is so fast that only a

few hours without food will be the end

of them

his heart beats over four times faster

than a human

at up to 900 beats per minute

it sounds something like this

Mother Nature is cursed him with

insatiable hunger

but she's also given him the gift of

incredible weaponry

with animals with sonar

he can see with his ears like a bat

a mouse but the mouse

knows this game

stay still

stay silent

a faithful move

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a meal

just in the nick of time

but it offers only a short respite

the insatiable shrew must begin again

the northern leopard frog is also known

for its voracious appetite

a carnivore that will eat whatever it

can get its mouth around

a daunting opponent

of the Shrew is armed to the teeth he's

one of the few mammals with Venom

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it paralyzes his victim

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keeping it fresh while it's being eaten

alive

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but satisfaction is only temporary

time is ticking

Chase

kill

repeat

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there is only one way to stop the clock

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covert Ops

a war found in the shadows

it takes courage

stealth

and nerves of Steel

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the zodarian spider is the ultimate

mercenary

anteater but ants move in deadly armies

the spider must become an ant

to catch one

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she walks on six legs instead of eight

and raises her front too like antennae

mimicking her prey

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one ant stops for a bit of Grooming

a fatal mistake

she injects her Venom

full body paralysis

I don't know now for the hard part

Escape

she uses her victim as cover

She carries her still living prey like

she's an ant medic removing a casualty

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a suspicious Soldier probes with its

antennae

the tiny spider Taps them with her false

bear

exposed the soldier will sound the alarm

that was close

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at a safe distance she sucks up the

ant's juice

until nothing is left but an empty shell

and she disappears

back into the Shadows

as the spider leaves the field of battle

a new brigade of combatant centers

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for survival they must fight to the

death

The Tropical Paradise of the South

Pacific beautiful today

but it's not always been this way

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human Wars end

unlike the Eternal war that rages

beneath the tropical waters

The Reef is a Battleground

each of the Warriors uses specialized

weapons

ingenious tactics

power and speed

in pursuit of Victory and survival

oh

the broad Club cuttlefish

she's an unlikely looking predator

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soft frilly body inspires little fear

more glamorous than deadly as a strange

hypnotic light show plays across her

skin

it's the last show her prey will ever

see

today this weapon of mass destruction is

focusing on creation

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she's laying eggs deep in the coral

where they're protected from predators

after laying the female is exhausted

she's not as quick as she once was

and the war of the reef

claims another

but not before the Cuttlefish completed

her life's mission

cuttlefish hatch as Tiny replicas of

adults

an army of Miniatures ready to take

their mother's place on the battlefield

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if just a couple survive

then the losses are balanced

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force is complete

without Dominion of the air

movies are the ultimate in Aerial

bombardment Technology

dive bombing is now recognized as one of

the most accurate and destructive forms

of Air Attack

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the boobies Gather in a squadron of

hundreds

a Shoal of fish has come in Shore

but they are greeted by a blitzkrieg

piercing calls synchronize an assault

with a full belly this booby's sortie is

over she heads back to her nest and her

hungry chick but she's entering enemy

airspace and there are bogies incoming

if movies are the ultimate dive bombers

then frigate birds are the ultimate

fighter jets

the frigate lacks the diving ability of

the booby

so it wants to steal or catch

the booby tries to dodge the aerial

pirate

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her evasive moves are no match for the

frigid's speed and Power

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the only option is to regurgitate

mid-flight giving her lunge to the

island bullies

thank you

even then the fight isn't over

the frigates bicker amongst themselves

for scraps of booby vomit

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between the thread of the frigates and

the dangers of hunting and the pounding

surf line for a buoy is certainly a dog

fight

not all will make it home

ghost crabs usually sip the sands for

food

but they're always on the lookout for

something meteor

in this war the carnivores must risk

everything for victory

because without victory

there is no survival

it's time to fall in

for a formidable military unit

this Army is armed with deadly teeth

Claws and Agility

but that's not all that puts them in

contention for the title of the world's

deadliest

their intelligence and Teamwork Makes

them an elite fighting unit

a cape Cobra the most venomous snake in

Africa

but it's no match

for the meerkat Force

much more challenging is a multitude of

rival Fighters

the neighboring Clan wants to conquer

their abundant Homeland

meerkats will fight to the death when

the stakes are this high

come on

it's all about more

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the Patriots drive off their rivals

the battle may be won

but the war for survival always rages

and no one gets out alive

Africa's Serengeti Plains are one of the

bloodiest war zones on Earth

thank you

the greatest War here may not be between

predator and prey

but between two of the most ferocious

carnivores

lions

hyenas

they have overlapping territories

same taste and prey

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it is to battle

for money

hyenas are prolific Hunters

they separate one wildebeest from The

Herd

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and Chase it until it's too tired to run

any longer

but the sound of the Chase has attracted

unwanted attention

the hyenas are being mugged

their calls attract more clan members

reinforcements arrive quickly

though much smaller

the hyenas are not to be taken lightly

their bite force is similar to that of

the Lion

evolved to crush bone

the lionesses retreat

but Victory is brief

over 500 pounds of teeth muscle and

attitude

turn the tide

foreign

s are a great threat to hyenas and are

responsible for over half of all hyena

deaths

while hyenas may not be able to take on

an adult male lion

young vulnerable cubs look like an

opportunity not to be missed

Lux can be deceiving

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laughs

foreign

battle is over

one of Nature's biggest battles is about

to begin

as massive brown bears

orcas

and whales brace themselves for their

finest hour

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to do big damage you need a big payload

this is what power looks like

brown bears are the biggest land

carnivore

weighing in at over 1700 pounds

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Brooks Falls in Alaska is the front line

of the bear War

the usually solitary males

crammed together

forced to compete for the best fishing

spot

thank you while deaths are rare in

conflicts between adult males

Cubs are a different story

they are a kind of competition too

for the mother if a male can kill all of

a female's Cubs she may come back into

season and possibly meet with him

so a female approaching the falls with

their cops May pay a tragic price for

her supper

he's barely finished his first course

and now visitors

without a reservation

the miniature Marauders stand up to the

bully and

some

not only do they repel this threat but

backed up by Mom they also bully every

fair in sight out of their catches

they aren't Kings of the falls yet

but they have potential

the biggest carnivores can wreak havoc

on an enormous scale

humpback whales can consume up to 3 000

pounds of fish each day

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decimate an entire Shoals in a single

mouthful

to find the biggest Shoals whales must

make huge migrations from their breeding

grounds in the tropics

but another massive carnivore is waiting

for them

orcas hunt and pack earning them a title

Wolves of the sea

a gray whale in her calf is a exactly

the target they are looking for

orcas weigh in at over 15 000 pounds

but the wave can be up to five times

that size

it's the cap that they're after

pack

the mother swims under her calf to

protect it

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but the calf slips back

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the orcas take full advantage

repeatedly

they bite at its fins

until the calf can no longer resist

drowns

the Predator's first gorge on the

Delicacies

tongue and lips

the huge calf easily satisfies the

enormous hunger of the salute crew

size teamwork strategy and Ingenuity all

combined in Nature's elite units to get

an almost unopposable fighting force