Leopard Risks Death For Dinner | Planet Earth III | BBC Earth
This leopardess, believe it or not, is ready to hunt at a moment’s notice. She is one of the few special leopards that have learnt to hide in the treetops and wait for their prey to come to them. Without making a sound, she gets into position. Not this time. But leopards will go to […]
The Fish with Incredible Shooting Aim | Planet Earth III Behind the Scenes | BBC Earth
They’re very, very comfortable with us now. Maybe a bit too comfortable, I’d say. The mangrove habitat in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, is an important ecosystem for many diverse species. It’s full of all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures. On a boat packed with equipment, every day for five weeks, the Planet Earth III team […]
Horn Shark Escapes Being Eaten Alive | Planet Earth III | BBC Earth
These forests are nurseries for young horn sharks. As the sun begins to set, they leave their daytime shelter to find food. There are monsters here. A giant sea bass, houndsharks and huge broadnose sevengills. An angel shark. One of the most deadly sharks in the kelp forest and certainly the best camouflaged. An angel […]
Great White Shark Mobbed by Gang Of Seals | Planet Earth III | BBC Earth
But as the great whites move in for the kill, the seals do something astonishing. Here on Africa’s southern coast, seals risk their lives every time they set out to eat. Powerful ocean currents attract huge shoals of fish. But in recent years, this stretch has attracted increased numbers of great whites, too. These usually […]
Why Female Turtles are Taking Over Raine Island | Planet Earth III Behind The Scenes | BBC Earth
As far as I know, I was one of the first people to film on Raine Island, back in 1957. After a fortnight of travelling north, we at last sighted Raine Island. As we rode ashore, we were deafened by the cries of thousands of seabirds, which hung above the island like a black cloud. […]
Weirdest Animal Relationships | Top 5 | BBC Earth
WEIRDEST ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS [Music] ANTS AND LARGE BLUE BUTTERFLY LARVA the large blue was once extinct in Britain but it relies on farm animals in a way so bizarre you couldn’t make it up meadow ants nesting in the grass may irritate the adults but are an unlikely asset for their caterpillars that’s because large […]
Macaque Monkeys at War | BBC Earth
down below the slumdogs close in finally a temple troop Scout spots them and raises the alarm [Applause] [Music] branches Shake Tails go up eyes Flash it’s Code Red Hector and bad eye weigh up their battle plans lives are at stake Gremlins out on her own she must find her mum now and leave […]
Giant Seal Fights Off Rival Male | BBC Earth
Underwater Ambush from Crocodile | BBC Earth
If undisturbed wildebeest can drink eight litres in a single session. As his confidence billings he is oblivious to what lurks beneath the surface The herd is bewildered. Some have never seen a crocodile before. Even as the full horror unfurls, there is great confusion about just what is going on. And that was just […]
‘Unbelievable’ Rapids Shock Ben Fogle | Lonely Planet’s Year of Adventures | BBC Earth Explore
Across the calm waters of the bay in Wales, the tides are building up to full flood. So I’m feeling as ready as I’m ever going to. I have to say, the water looks astonishingly flat, I can’t believe there’s going to be white water out there, but the only way to find out is […]