Greatest Fights In The Animal Kingdom Part 4 | BBC Earth

[Music] if undisturbed wilderbeast can drink 8 lers in a single [Music] [Music] session as his confidence builds he is oblivious to what lurs beneath the surface the herd is bewildered some have never seen a crocodile [Music] before even as the full horror unfolds there is great confusion about just what is going [Music] on and that was just the first attack 300 hungry crocodiles live in the the gretti river Wilder beasts react differently to crocodiles and other Predators even the adults seem unsure of just how much danger they're in the cast desire to quench his thirst

overcomes any fear he may have the crocodiles maneuver around them with surprising ease they are intelligent Hunters plotting their attack with precision a strike can happen at any [Applause] time despite the Carnage the mother and Cal survived they Stampede back onto the PLS for the baboons it's more like a spectator sport they might as well settle down a single Croc can take some time to overpower its victim but crocodiles are Cooperative fees they work together the death roll breaks the prey into bite-sized chunks but aggression can spill over wolves these in Northern Canada are the

largest and most powerful in the world and they are setting out to hunt the pack is 25 strong a sign that the prey they're seeking is [Music] formidable these bison are even bigger than their southern cousins and the largest land animals in North America for Generations wolves and bison here have been shaped by their battles with each other making each the most impressive of its [Music] kind the Bison will not stay long among the trees they're not safe [Music] here the wolves are closing in but their chance of ambushing the Bison in the woods has

passed their prey are now in the open and group together for safety the Wolves will need to work as a team if they're to make a kill they Circle The Herd trying to unsettle it and split it up but the bison are armed and dangerous they will be safe as long as they stick together the Wolves up their game harrying the herd a ploy to trigger a stampede and spit away one of the smaller ones the Bison form a defensive circle around their young horns pointing [Music] outwards the Wolves need a bison to break rank

but the tables are turning and now the wolves have to [Music] retreat the pack focused their attention on the rear of the herd and the Bison begin to panic [Music] a young bison falls behind even this yearling dwarfs the wolves [Music] running head down the herds only thought is escape a stroke of luck for the [Music] Wolves The Kill will feed the pack for several days but then they will have to resume the chase at the Frozen ends of our planet the struggle for survival never eases little fish try to hide amidst the undulating swell

of the ocean the only cover there is it's a game of hide and seek played out amongst the [Music] waves they cover blown Escape seems impossible but these particular fish have a unique ability [Music] they're flying fish [Music] with an extra thrust from their tails the flying fish get airborne once [Music] more with a good wind they can glide for hundreds of meters [Music] [Music] but this is just what the frot birds have been waiting for when frigs join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea [Music]

if the flying fish get too much lift they become easy prey for the frigs [Music] [Applause] if they dive to evade attacks from above they could fall into the mouths of the Dorado [Music] [Music] food is so hard to find this far north that a Wolfpack must search hundreds of square kilometers if it's to be successful and success means raising the Next [Music] Generation to do that here the Wolves must work together so the young are raised not only by their parents but by their aunts and uncles as well [Music] together they try to ensure

that each pup reaches near adult size before the snow Returns the growing pup needs more than just a few [Music] Leverett the Wolves need bigger prey and to catch that they must hunt as a pack [Music] [Music] adult hairs may be easy to spot but they're far from easy to catch they run at 60 km an hour [Music] to catch one the Wolves work as a team [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] one of them gets close enough to bite the hair's [Music] tail but a hair can change direction in an instant [Music] if it can continue

to Sid step and it may ultimately Outlast [Music] them finally it gets away [Music] for the next hair the whole pack gives Chase [Music] now numbers count the lead wolves keep up the pace others run on either side so the hair can't change [Music] direction a tiny meal for a whole pack Kenya famous for its big cats the Supreme Hunters [Music] cheatah specialize in hunting at speed though fast they're fragile creatures built to Sprint after small prey they don't have the strength or weight of a lion to bring down larger animals this male is different

he doesn't hunt alone he's leared that there is strength in [Music] numbers but here there are not just two but three cheaters a Band of Brothers [Music] they have changed their tactics and by doing so have taken their prey by surprise they have leared that working together they can bring down large [Music] prey an ostrich a bird that Towers over a cheetah and is more than twice as heavy it can't fly to escape danger but it can can lash out with a deadly kick a female unaware as yet of any danger even with three of

them this is still highly risky if one gets injured the other two couldn't hope to tackle such large prey [Music] on the other hand if they get it right the rewards are [Music] huge the male has spotted one of the brothers but only one it's not too worried then suddenly there are three the female is slower to realize the danger and the cheaters switch targets [Music] it takes the combined effort and weight of all three brothers to bring down this powerful bird even now the ostrich could land a fatal kick [Music] so far the brothers

are winning ostriches have yet to find a way to foil such tactics Lions will normally avoid hunting in such heat but they're also opportunists [Music] the Lions will need to bring him down quickly before they overheat [Music] [Music] even away from the herd a bull is a formidable opponent it could Gore and kill a lion [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] close to overheating they finally succeed in bringing him to the [Music] [Music] ground but the massive bull is not giving [Music] up again the odds and the full weight of the Lions he regains his [Music] feet

and it is now that the tables turn the lions are exhausted after a 20 minute struggle only the bull has the energy to finish the fight [Music] in such exposed and extreme conditions the challenge for predators and their prey is at its most intense in the Serengeti youngsters spend years watching how older lionesses tackle large prey however it looks as though these Cubs will have to teach themselves through trial and error they begin the stalk like seasoned Hunters using the scant cover to conceal themselves and they have to be incredibly quiet orics are spooked by

the slightest sound you one of the youngsters looks as though it's made a mistake it's broken cover actually very cleverly it's pushing the oric towards the other lion [Music] an or is quite capable of seeing off a line as long as the antelope stands its ground and doesn't run but will the oric keep its nerve finally the youngsters lose heart back in the hive those bees too young to forage are housekeeping like the Hornet Queen the queen bee has the immeasurable task of laying enough eggs to ensure the health and future of the colony the

custom of keeping while Japanese bees is as old as Society itself and Yamaguchi has kept bees since Boyhood Japanese bees are so sensitive that it takes great patience and skill to keep them the art of keeping them lies in understanding their behavior they make honey stores for the winter but they also produce enough for Yamaguchi to harvest Japanese bees May produce less honey than European bees but the taste is very special it's the smell of this growing store of energy-rich honey which could be their downfall if it draws in a hornet Scout but right now

the Hornets have other problems to contend with the nest is now monstrous the workers have excavated over a ton of Earth there are so many bodies living at Close Quarter ERS that the queen and her Dynasty are in danger of overheating so workers create air conditioning keeping a steady flow of fresh air circulating being unable to cope with high temperatures is a giant Hornet's Achilles heel the warmth of The Hornet's Nest belies the change in season seasons change fast up here in the mountains and when autumn arrives there are far fewer insects around this means

my hives are even more vulnerable to attack for me it's an anxious time in the search for autumnal food a scout Hornet discovers yamaguchi's wild bees the honeybees fan an alarm pheromone through the air this alerts the whole Hive to The Hornet's presence the Scout smells the honey with within a prize this rich is worth scent marking but unlike the European bees these Japanese bees do not attack instead they lure the Scout [Music] inside still the bees hang far fire then one is caught it's the signal the others have been waiting for [Music] surrounded by

vibrating bodies The Hornet at the core of the Bee ball begins to overheat the bees have the advantage a heat tolerance 2° above that of their enemy at 46° C the aggressor is roasted [Music] alive the wild bees have spent millions of years living with the Enemy that's why they alone have developed this extraordinary survival strategy for