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00:58:15
Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough
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Powerful foreleg enable it to rip apart a termite hill with ease.
But a serval cat's main weapon are enormous radar ears.
At dawn, the crew have a whodunnit mystery on their hands.
Nothing cuts a swathe through grass like an African bull elephant.
Every footstep counts,
Stamina has won him admirers,
A giant anteater on the plains of South America.
Massive neck muscles enable them to shovel five tonn of snow a day.
so it should be a tigress with cubs, coming to feed on this rhino carcass.
ATTENBOROUGH: The team have bumped into their first obstacle.
He's grown elaborate breeding plumage for this moment,
Stamina has won him admirer,
Until someone else comes along and cramp your style.
a mouthful of withered grass.
ATTENBOROUGH: Over 100 scaffold poles provide the anchor points
At 900 kilo, he weighs more than all five lionesses combined.
In northern Australia, termite memorialise their industry in sculpture.
ATTENBOROUGH: A return to the rhino carcass and the plot thickens.
What about an ostrich?
That's carnage!
A relic from the Ice Age, a baby Saiga antelope,
but now, with so few rodent around, she will have to go hungry.
But fuelled by the flood, the eruption of grass attracts new possible prey.
In northern Australia, termites memorialise their industry in sculpture.
but he's misjudge the height of the grass.
And this time, the animals have outsmart us.
It snarl at the camera trap, look at that.
Each year they devour millions of tons of grass,
and the bison are now slowly starving.
In summer, bison roam freely,
Many plants would drown here, but grasses thrive.
Over 2,000,000 wildebeests wander the East African savannahs
and the grassland undergo a radical change.
as that dominate by elephant grass in northeast India.
Mothers will charge if they feel threaten.
while most of their prey disappear over the horizon.
Feeding up here, she's expose.
And as the sun bake the grass, the termites face new danger.
ATTENBOROUGH: The team have bump into their first obstacle.
For one pride of lions, this pose a major problem.
Sixty million tons of snow now blanket this herd's territory.
they've torn the triggers.
And where the bison have dug, the fox now spots an opportunity.
water transform one of the most remarkable grasslands on Earth,
ATTENBOROUGH: Chadden decides to give the camera trap one last chance.
But fuelled by the flood, the eruption of grass attract new possible prey.
Luckily, they are an industrious lot.
Harvest mice seldom go all the way down to the ground.
His bachelor pad is sufficiently neat and tidy to attract a female.
They're found wherever grass grows on the planet,
But she can read the pattern of the stems overhead like a map,
The cats must somehow topple the buffalo,
These blades are so tough that virtually no large grass eaters can stomach them.
But, ultimately, once the water recedes, there will be new life,
Basically, that's about as much like grass as we can make it look.
food becomes increasingly thin on the ground.
Powerful forelegs enable it to rip apart a termite hill with ease.
By carefully selecting grass blades, each trimmed to the correct length,
Forever chasing the seasonal growth of the grass on which they depend.
Eventually the earth can't soak up any more,
and the world it creates is truly unique.
all doing exactly the same thing, that's a mind-boggling amount of grass.
the cameras will switch on automatically and start recording.
And they are not alone.
Never mind, perhaps there are bigger opportunities ahead.
To get through the winter on these prairies, sometimes brain beats brawn.
Finally, he's done enough.
The food the fox seeks is also deep beneath the snow.
One distracts the bull up front, while her sisters attack from behind.
Luckily, they are an industrious lot.
Almost indestructible, it can grow two feet in a day...
ATTENBOROUGH: Ifthe wildlife is unfriendly to humans,
The young twins will now begin the nomadic life
Powerful forelegs enable it to rip apart a termite hill with ease.
and it's very ingenious.
Grasslands occur where rain is too sporadic for forests to exist.
For the bison, it will be a matter of brute strength.
The aim, to capture intimate images of some the world's most elusive creatures
covered in microscopic hooks,
of these unpredictable but ultimately bountiful lands.
Now, only the most specialised predators on the plains can make a living.
CHADDEN: We are now two weeks in and it's very frustrating.
Let's go back because it's too risky going through this heavy grass.
almost continuously cropping the abundant green grass.
Grass can survive some of the harsh conditions on Earth,
His bachelor pad is sufficiently neat and tidy to attract a female.
the guards take them to a promising lead.
And that's a problem shared with a surprising neighbour.
The aim, to capture intimate images of some the world's most elusive creatures
CHADDEN: So I thought this was elephant damage.
Carmine bee-eaters are superb aerial hunters,
But a serval cat's main weapon are enormous radar ears.