Name: Deserts
Released: 2017-03-13
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough

1) sandgrouse

sandgrouse chicks are hatching.
2) stamen

The giraffe has the speed and stamina to outrun the pride.
3) tonn

Between them, they will devour 40,000 tonn of food in a day.
4) attenborough

ATTENBOROUGH: With news that freak rains have triggered
5) scavenger

Hanging his prey out of the reach of scavenger on the ground
6) shroud

forming fog banks that shroud the desert in mist.
7) scarcity

Desert life is not only shaped by the scarcity of water,
8) shovel

But not for this shovel-snouted lizard.
9) swarm

but the team still need to film the winged swarm
10) devastation

But this devastation is about to get a lot worse.
11) gecko

Web-footed gecko use a similar trick.
12) chameleon

Unfortunately, Namaqua chameleon know that on foggy mornings,
13) locust

Locusts are normally solitary creatures,
14) raft

possibly the world's most antiquated raft,
15) scorpion

But the scorpion has one advantage,
16) wasp

It's a wasp nest.
17) stallion

If a stallion can control access to water,
18) tactic

But the hawks have a tactic to flush them out.
19) venom

The venom of this species is potent enough to kill a human.
20) squirrel

But this squirrel is staying put.
21) butcher

It's a butcher bird.
22) plague

and thoroughness as a plague of locusts.
23) cactus

Cacti are unique to American deserts.

1) dismember

to hold its prey as it dismember it.
2) devastate

But not before it's devastate the land.
3) scorch

Scorched by the sun and scoured by windblown sand,
4) sculpt

until the land between them is sculpt into table lands and isolated pinnacles,
5) scour

Scorched by the sun and scour by windblown sand,
6) devour

that devour everything in its path.
7) shatter

A broken leg or a shatter jaw would mean a slow and painful death.
8) carve

have carve channels through the solid rock.
9) soak

he's soak up as much as he can.
10) thrive

that thrive in a world almost totally devoid of water
11) endure

that endure this desert's scorching temperatures
12) snatch

The male snatch a drink,
13) dominate

They're so successful that they dominate these deserts.
14) halt

and more importantly, this plague has now been halt.
15) evolve

that have evolve over millions of years.
16) realise

It just makes you realise how important the FAO are
17) exploit

No creature exploit the greening of a desert more quickly,
18) bolt

At the first sign of danger, they bolt for the safety of the thorns.
19) forge

ATTENBOROUGH: The next day, the team forge on.
20) steal

stolen his rival's females.
21) defeat

we are eventually defeat by a puddle.
22) dump

are dump on the land in under an hour.
23) transform

can be transform

1) tantalisingly

lies tantalisingly out of reach at the top of the dunes,
2) paradoxically

it has, paradoxically, to thrust its face into the dune.
3) radically

'cause this plan is just completely radically changing hour by hour.
4) thankfully

ATTENBOROUGH: Thankfully, Rob kept his clothes on,
5) onwards

But, onwards and upwards.
6) inevitably

And among them, inevitably,
7) seldom

Lions seldom tackle such formidable prey.
8) seemingly

even the most seemingly desolate
9) altogether

ATTENBOROUGH: Progress is slow, and soon stops altogether.
10) incredibly

CHARLES: It's incredibly exhilarating and yet totally shocking
11) dramatically

or more dramatically,
12) nowhere

animals appear from seemingly nowhere.
13) differently

that this bat must do things differently.
14) specially

Using specially-adapted breast feathers,
15) briefly

enables each to briefly cool.
16) virtually

Dune grass, the only vegetation here, provides virtually none.
17) perfectly

where the sand grains are so perfectly dry and polished
18) increasingly

Food and water are becoming increasingly scarce.
19) apart

But what really sets it apart
20) underground

but there's nothing to see underground anyway.
21) unfortunately

Unfortunately, Namaqua chameleons know that on foggy mornings,
22) eventually

When the food eventually runs out, the whole army will die.
23) possibly

What could possibly go wrong?

1) darkling

Darkling beetles race to the top of the dunes
2) beguiling

These rocky deserts may have a beguiling beauty,
3) otherworldly

desert rock is shaped into strange, otherworldly landscapes.
4) voracious

One of the most voracious nocturnal predators
5) scorching

that endures this desert's scorching temperatures
6) antiquated

possibly the world's most antiquated raft,
7) unstoppable

they come together into an unstoppable force
8) gruesome

for creating such a gruesome scene?
9) desolate

even the most seemingly desolate
10) exhilarating

CHARLES: It's incredibly exhilarating and yet totally shocking
11) ingenious

An ingenious solution
12) devoid

they appear totally devoid of all vegetation.
13) unconventional

CHARLES: It's, uh, unconventional traffic.
14) plentiful

but when food becomes suddenly plentiful,
15) dormant

and plants that have lain dormant for months
16) nocturnal

One of the most voracious nocturnal predators
17) barren

Now, these barren lands are left to the mercy of the elements.
18) relentless

but also by the relentless power
19) formidable

Lions seldom tackle such formidable prey.
20) pinpoint

allowing it to strike with pinpoint accuracy.
21) microscopic

Microscopic bumps on its wing cases
22) arid

Some deserts are so arid,
23) relieved

And one very relieved producer.

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