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(birds chirping)

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(wildebeest lowing)

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In this idyllic paradise,

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a place virtually brimming over
 with wildlife,

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there is always
 a certain tension.

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They have to be wary,

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watching out for that one sign
 that will save their lives.

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Only those who are alert
 will see it.

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(birds squawking)

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And even then,
 it may just be imagined.

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Today this phantom is real.

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But no threat at all.

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She's exhausted in that

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drooling, all-dignity-abandoned
 kind of way.

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Besides her particular style
of relaxation,

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this little leopard is unique
 in another way.

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She has the most unusual
 jade-colored eyes.

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And this is her story.

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Toto is an affectionate
 Swahili name for "small,"

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and she is tiny.

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But she has her name
 for another reason as well.

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Let's start at the beginning,
 or perhaps even before that.

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On the banks of a river in
 the Olare Motorogi Conservancy

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on the edge of the Maasai Mara,

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a much larger female leopard
is having difficulty sleeping.

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It is hot.

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But her discomfort is because
 behind these beautiful spots,

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inside her swollen stomach,
 is where Toto is waiting,

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and not too patiently,
 to begin her tale.

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And her name is Fig,
 who, pregnant or not,

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seems to enjoy lying face down
 and tongue dangling.

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But enough of this
 lounging around.

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Fig must find
 a safer place today

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in an area with one
 the highest concentrations

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of lions and hyenas
 on the planet.

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A nearby safari camp.

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Perfect for what
 she's planning.

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She maneuvers
 her way-out-of-balance body

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into a very
 un-leopard-like descent,

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and heads across the small
 trickle of a stream.

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The camp is on the banks
 of this benign little river.

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So, today, a large leopardess
 called Fig

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makes a decision
 that changes everything.

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She finds a quiet spot
 under tent number five.

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And here she gives birth

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to Toto, a single cub,

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who within days is stumbling
 around blindly under the deck

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and in and out of
 the nearby undergrowth.

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She's sure of herself
 but not terribly surefooted.

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Climbing is in her DNA.

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And Fig is seldom far away.

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Her landlords, the camp,

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decide to just
 close off the tent

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and mark it as "occupied."

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This five-star haven becomes

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the cub's earliest
 memories of home.

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And like her mother,
 she has a tongue

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that seems to have
 a mind of its own.

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For two weeks, the leopards
 are in residence

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in this small camp
 that is called Mara Toto.

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And hence the cub's name.

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Fig was smart enough
 to have found a secure refuge.

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But having a cub
 on the banks of a river

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brings its own risks.

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(hyena whooping)

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She keeps watch constantly.

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(groaning)

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And there's little she can do
 about the awkward positioning

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of a dead hippo
 not far from the den,

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or the action it attracts.

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(whooping)

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(yipping)

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(whooping)

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(whooping)

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(shrieking and growling)

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(shrieking and growling)

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While they're distracted

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and Toto stays under the brush
and tent, she'll be safe.

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But Fig doesn't take her eyes
 off the hyenas.

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Then she sees it.

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One clan member
 can somehow smell

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beyond the stinking carcass.

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(thunder)

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(thunder)

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(thunder)

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Rain in Africa is both
 a gift and a danger.

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The trick is in deciding
 which it is today.

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Fig doesn't have the luxury
 of using the opportunity now.

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If Toto gets confused,
 or even adventurous,

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she'll wander off, and the rain
 will wash her scent away.

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Fig must get back, quickly.

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(thunder)

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But instead of staying
 safely under cover,

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Fig makes another decision
 that may be wise or fatal.

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She hears it
 and knows what's coming.

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With hours of steady rain,

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the mild-mannered river has
 turned into a raging torrent.

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It breaks the riverbanks,
 flooding, making new paths,

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right through their home,
 the camp.

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Their lair is swamped,

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their safety swept away.

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Their survival is now
 totally up to Fig,

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so she's always on the move.

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Fig is aware that what lies
 beyond the horizon

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is another event that
 will change their lives,

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and it's on its way.

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It starts with
 the painted horses.

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Over 250,000 zebras
 splashing across the Mara River

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on the way to her territory.

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The hypnotic sounds of
 well over a million wildebeest

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startle and amaze Toto now

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and fill the air with
 anticipation and chaos.

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(lowing)

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(lowing)

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(zebra braying)

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Despite the danger
 of being trampled,

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Fig is on the lookout
 for an even greater threat,

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the inevitable nomadic lions.

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They'll disrupt everything
 with their adolescent attempts

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to wreak havoc
 across the plains.

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Fig is a master at making use

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of the ultimate chaotic event
 of the year,

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but she won't have it
 all to herself.

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(hyena yipping)

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The herds are tired and wary,

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so they head into the open,
 away from any ambush points.

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It may not be what Fig wants,

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but the young lions
 will hunt in the open.

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The hunt is on.

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One thing is sure:
Someone will die tonight.

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The young nomadic lions
 set the ambush.

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But they don't give it
 everything they've got.

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(zebra braying)

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Fig watches, desperate for
 her chance at a wildebeest.

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But at what risk?

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The thermal images
 unveil the night

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that Fig and the lions inhabit.

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It's a view into the world
 through heat.

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And she spots
 an overheated wildebeest,

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courtesy of hours
 of bungled lion attempts.

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(yowl)

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(bellow)

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It's a standoff.

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And sometimes
it's useful to display,

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even against
 an opposing species.

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(grunting)

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She might be able to take on

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the pregnant
 young female hyena.

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But hyenas can't keep
 their spoils secret for long.

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The word is out.

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(yipping)

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Even more hyenas will appear
 from the darkness all the time.

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One last defiance
 and she has to leave.

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(lowing)

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And as suddenly
 as they arrived,

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the herds turn south
 into Tanzania

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and leave the Olare Conservancy
 and the Mara quiet once again.

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(birds chirping)

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(braying)

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The migration stayed
 in her territory

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much longer than expected
 this year.

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Three vital months for Fig

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to be able pass on
 some tricks of the trade

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and to develop Toto's
 tree-climbing skills.

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Their bond grows each day.

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But Toto isn't aware that these
 lazy days are also changing,

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as the heat climbs

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and the herds go off away
 from the now-stagnant river,

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following their noses
 to new water

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across the shimmering plains.

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(braying)

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Besides the lessons in climbing

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and being confident
 up high in the trees,

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Toto has to be taught
 a lot of other skills.

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The departing herds leave
 short, cropped grass;

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a challenge for any
 Thomson's gazelle

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that could really use the cover
 now to give birth.

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One of Toto's lessons
 is to look outside

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of her small bubble
 with her mother.

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She hasn't noticed
 what Fig is watching.

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(birds squawking)

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Fig's sudden move nearly sends
 Toto flying out of the tree.

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And she's heading
 for the newborn.

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Thomson's gazelles have
 a tactic evolved for just this.

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They simply leave the fawn
 and step away as a decoy.

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Now, at last,
 she has Toto's attention.

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Fig circles.

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But the Thomson's gazelle's
 tactic even fools a zebra,

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and that complicates matters.

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To the young stallion,

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something about the grass
 just doesn't seem quite right.

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For the zebra,
 it's quite a surprise

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when the small brown spot
 in the grass

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gets up and walks away.

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Well, walking may not be
 the best description

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for this particular move.

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But it's innovative enough
 to keep the zebra interested.

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Each time
 the Tommy fawn stumbles,

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his new zebra minder is there
 with a helping nudge.

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But this relationship is not
 helpful to Fig's ambitions.

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But perhaps it teaches
 Toto something.

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She'll be more aware
 of her surroundings now.

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Demanding and hungry cubs
 often force mothers

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to go out hunting
 again and again.

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But in the wake
of the migration,

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Toto isn't hungry
 and is very forgiving.

273
00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:18,349
♪ ♪

274
00:20:18,349 --> 00:20:25,290
♪ ♪

275
00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:32,297
♪ ♪

276
00:20:32,297 --> 00:20:39,270
♪ ♪

277
00:20:39,270 --> 00:20:46,144
♪ ♪

278
00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:47,812
But there are
 more opportunities

279
00:20:47,812 --> 00:20:52,451
in the Olare Conservancy
 after the main migration leaves

280
00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:57,255
when stragglers and lost
 individuals come through.

281
00:20:57,255 --> 00:21:02,227
(braying)

282
00:21:07,999 --> 00:21:11,035
It's a time of abundance.

283
00:21:11,035 --> 00:21:13,738
Many young don't make
 the crossings.

284
00:21:13,738 --> 00:21:17,175
So now Fig and Toto
 take advantage

285
00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:20,479
and just scavenge
 these easy meals.

286
00:21:22,681 --> 00:21:24,348
The first thing she does

287
00:21:24,348 --> 00:21:27,653
is analyze the placement
 of Fig's kill.

288
00:21:38,763 --> 00:21:41,299
It doesn't help that she sees
everything that moves

289
00:21:41,299 --> 00:21:43,669
as something to play with.

290
00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:51,109
(purr)

291
00:21:54,946 --> 00:22:01,018
Fig coaxes Toto to take over,
 to test her strength.

292
00:22:01,018 --> 00:22:03,021
With so few trees here,

293
00:22:03,021 --> 00:22:08,393
knowing how to get a kill
 up high is vitally important.

294
00:22:08,393 --> 00:22:13,098
Fig's sudden movement to chase
 flies, however, is a mistake.

295
00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:15,901
It signals Toto to play.

296
00:22:18,803 --> 00:22:21,639
It may not have been
 the intended lesson of the day,

297
00:22:21,639 --> 00:22:23,341
but it'll work.

298
00:22:23,341 --> 00:22:26,578
This one is all about
 mock hunting.

299
00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:32,016
♪ ♪

300
00:22:32,016 --> 00:22:38,323
♪ ♪

301
00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:44,896
♪ ♪

302
00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:51,903
♪ ♪

303
00:22:51,903 --> 00:22:58,877
♪ ♪

304
00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:00,779
(yipping)

305
00:23:03,781 --> 00:23:07,752
The usual suspects hear
 the rough and tumble,

306
00:23:07,752 --> 00:23:10,822
or smell the fresh kill.

307
00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:13,257
♪ ♪

308
00:23:13,257 --> 00:23:20,131
♪ ♪

309
00:23:20,131 --> 00:23:27,138
♪ ♪

310
00:23:27,138 --> 00:23:34,145
♪ ♪

311
00:23:34,145 --> 00:23:38,416
It was Toto's responsibility
 to position the kill higher.

312
00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:42,119
Oh, well, mother saves the day.

313
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,524
Another valuable lesson
 about distraction.

314
00:23:46,524 --> 00:23:50,028
♪ ♪

315
00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:56,134
♪ ♪

316
00:23:56,134 --> 00:23:58,569
(yipping)

317
00:23:58,569 --> 00:24:04,676
♪ ♪

318
00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:09,047
(yipping)

319
00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:11,516
Since the early days
 under the tent,

320
00:24:11,516 --> 00:24:14,552
Toto has grown up
 with the ever-present threat

321
00:24:14,552 --> 00:24:17,655
of this particular
 clan of hyenas.

322
00:24:17,655 --> 00:24:21,792
And they have
 a specific family perfume

323
00:24:21,792 --> 00:24:25,296
and very puzzling
 social arrangements.

324
00:24:25,296 --> 00:24:32,170
(shrieking and growling)

325
00:24:32,170 --> 00:24:37,608
(yipping and whooping)

326
00:24:37,608 --> 00:24:44,349
(yipping and whooping)

327
00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:47,285
Surprisingly enough,
this is all about mating

328
00:24:47,285 --> 00:24:50,488
and winning the attention
 of the lead hyena female,

329
00:24:50,488 --> 00:24:53,558
who they gang up on and attack!

330
00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:55,560
It's a curious courtship,

331
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,495
but it's the way
 that things are done

332
00:24:57,495 --> 00:24:59,998
in this particular clan.

333
00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:06,437
(whooping)

334
00:25:06,437 --> 00:25:12,844
(whooping)

335
00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:18,016
It's once the ritual is over
 that Toto has to be careful.

336
00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:24,923
(snarling)

337
00:25:28,826 --> 00:25:30,795
(snarl)

338
00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:37,535
Toto and the hyenas are
 way too close for comfort.

339
00:25:37,535 --> 00:25:41,539
(yipping)

340
00:25:41,539 --> 00:25:44,242
But she has backup.

341
00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:47,678
Having chased off the hyenas,

342
00:25:47,678 --> 00:25:50,348
well, in her view anyway,

343
00:25:50,348 --> 00:25:53,084
Toto has a new spurt
 of confidence.

344
00:26:09,333 --> 00:26:12,503
She's a killer in small spots.

345
00:26:12,503 --> 00:26:15,940
(growling)

346
00:26:15,940 --> 00:26:22,947
(growling)

347
00:26:22,947 --> 00:26:26,884
When Fig patrols
 to warn the hyenas,

348
00:26:26,884 --> 00:26:32,591
it's Toto's chance
 to get things squared away.

349
00:26:36,427 --> 00:26:42,767
♪ ♪

350
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:49,207
♪ ♪

351
00:26:49,207 --> 00:26:55,947
♪ ♪

352
00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:59,784
She has good strength
 for her size.

353
00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:02,720
And she's busy
 solving the puzzle:

354
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:08,158
placing a floppy item
 into the forks of trees.

355
00:27:08,158 --> 00:27:11,996
But the thorns and gravity
 don't help.

356
00:27:11,996 --> 00:27:16,534
♪ ♪

357
00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:20,037
They watch her,
 perhaps recognizing

358
00:27:20,037 --> 00:27:23,374
that there's a lot
 that can go wrong.

359
00:27:23,374 --> 00:27:25,243
But Fig's back.

360
00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:28,246
♪ ♪

361
00:27:28,246 --> 00:27:34,319
♪ ♪

362
00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:40,291
(growling)

363
00:27:45,496 --> 00:27:52,403
♪ ♪

364
00:27:52,403 --> 00:27:59,377
♪ ♪

365
00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:05,950
♪ ♪

366
00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:12,957
♪ ♪

367
00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:18,563
Mistakes like this often lead
a mother to reprimand her cub.

368
00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:22,934
But Fig and Toto seem to have
 a very different relationship.

369
00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:26,470
There's a bond that usually
 starts to wear off

370
00:28:26,470 --> 00:28:28,306
around this age.

371
00:28:32,176 --> 00:28:34,645
(whooping)

372
00:28:34,645 --> 00:28:40,084
(whooping)

373
00:28:40,084 --> 00:28:46,324
(whooping)

374
00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:52,063
(grunting)

375
00:28:53,431 --> 00:28:55,299
(whooping)

376
00:28:55,299 --> 00:28:59,504
(barking)

377
00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:07,112
Now, when Fig goes off hunting
 at night, Toto follows.

378
00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,783
Just watching her mother,
 the skilled huntress,

379
00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:13,751
should be enough,

380
00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:15,820
but as a typical adolescent

381
00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:18,957
she's now determined
 to make her own way.

382
00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:22,059
(snorting)

383
00:29:22,059 --> 00:29:24,729
She's learned that
 blending-in lesson,

384
00:29:24,729 --> 00:29:27,331
much of which isn't really
 her doing anyway,

385
00:29:27,331 --> 00:29:30,902
but something she inherited
 just by being a leopard.

386
00:29:34,138 --> 00:29:35,907
(snorting)

387
00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:44,716
She's still small, a Toto, but
 she's constantly on the move.

388
00:29:47,751 --> 00:29:50,388
A mongoose catches
 her attention;

389
00:29:50,388 --> 00:29:53,724
but then, everything does.

390
00:29:53,724 --> 00:29:57,261
♪ ♪

391
00:29:57,261 --> 00:30:03,867
♪ ♪

392
00:30:03,867 --> 00:30:07,538
Unlike Fig,
 she moves though the open

393
00:30:07,538 --> 00:30:08,973
even though she's quite obvious

394
00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:11,542
to anyone who can
 see well at night.

395
00:30:11,542 --> 00:30:13,978
♪ ♪

396
00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:18,682
♪ ♪

397
00:30:18,682 --> 00:30:22,052
(squeak)

398
00:30:22,052 --> 00:30:23,687
And she's experimental.

399
00:30:23,687 --> 00:30:26,624
(hiss)

400
00:30:26,624 --> 00:30:31,929
A newly emerged monitor lizard
 baby is worth a tentative prod.

401
00:30:31,929 --> 00:30:35,933
♪ ♪

402
00:30:35,933 --> 00:30:38,703
(squeak)

403
00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:42,406
This phase of her life
 is all about exploring

404
00:30:42,406 --> 00:30:47,045
this strange nocturnal world
 that she'll soon inherit.

405
00:30:48,812 --> 00:30:54,485
The undergrowth yields endless
 possibilities for adventure.

406
00:30:54,485 --> 00:30:57,521
But curiosity comes with risks,

407
00:30:57,521 --> 00:31:00,792
and tonight she'll
 certainly discover that.

408
00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:10,134
Eerie beings watch
 Toto from above.

409
00:31:12,836 --> 00:31:15,406
But there are
 enticing creatures

410
00:31:15,406 --> 00:31:17,842
on the ground for her.

411
00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:22,880
♪ ♪

412
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,016
Some of them armed
 with sharp attitudes,

413
00:31:26,016 --> 00:31:29,954
unwilling to be intimidated.

414
00:31:29,954 --> 00:31:35,093
This porcupine seems
 the right size prey for Toto.

415
00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:40,064
It's simply
a test of confidence.

416
00:31:41,398 --> 00:31:42,934
(rattle)

417
00:31:47,838 --> 00:31:52,209
(rattling)

418
00:31:52,209 --> 00:31:57,515
When barbed quills aim in her
 direction, enough is enough.

419
00:31:57,515 --> 00:32:04,121
♪ ♪

420
00:32:04,121 --> 00:32:10,895
♪ ♪

421
00:32:10,895 --> 00:32:13,631
Sometimes when Toto
 meets spiky strangers

422
00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:16,667
in the shadows,

423
00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:20,404
she defaults into
 appearing harmless,

424
00:32:20,404 --> 00:32:22,573
or even a little mad.

425
00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:28,279
♪ ♪

426
00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:34,752
♪ ♪

427
00:32:34,752 --> 00:32:37,988
The take-home lesson from
 her night along the river

428
00:32:37,988 --> 00:32:41,626
is that being
 a solitary leopard here,

429
00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,427
it's just not that easy.

430
00:32:43,427 --> 00:32:48,366
(distant roaring)

431
00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:53,737
Cute or not, she's going
 to need more training.

432
00:32:53,737 --> 00:32:57,842
And Fig is back
 to provide just that.

433
00:33:00,511 --> 00:33:03,414
Toto doesn't seem to hold on
 to the disappoint of failure

434
00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:05,549
for very long.

435
00:33:05,549 --> 00:33:08,619
It's probably a leopard trait
 she's inherited

436
00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:10,521
like so many others.

437
00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:14,692
The ability to just
 shake it off and move on.

438
00:33:14,692 --> 00:33:21,532
♪ ♪

439
00:33:21,532 --> 00:33:28,539
♪ ♪

440
00:33:28,539 --> 00:33:35,546
♪ ♪

441
00:33:35,546 --> 00:33:42,519
♪ ♪

442
00:33:42,519 --> 00:33:49,526
♪ ♪

443
00:33:49,526 --> 00:33:52,697
But all cubs need to supplement
 what comes naturally

444
00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:58,001
with the real skills they get
 by watching their mothers.

445
00:33:58,001 --> 00:34:00,771
Now, the next lesson.

446
00:34:00,771 --> 00:34:05,543
A flush of young warthogs may
 allow just that opportunity.

447
00:34:12,883 --> 00:34:18,589
(oinking)

448
00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:22,927
She watches as her mother
 turns into silent liquid.

449
00:34:28,799 --> 00:34:34,338
(oinking)

450
00:34:57,695 --> 00:34:59,730
(oinking)

451
00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:02,166
♪ ♪

452
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:08,405
♪ ♪

453
00:35:08,405 --> 00:35:11,776
Fig's kill and her strategy
 that led to it

454
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:14,378
are well absorbed.

455
00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:18,816
And now it's Toto's turn
 to re-create what she learned.

456
00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:25,823
♪ ♪

457
00:35:25,823 --> 00:35:32,096
♪ ♪

458
00:35:32,096 --> 00:35:36,701
And it's through these moments
 of mock killing and play

459
00:35:36,701 --> 00:35:40,938
that she learns how the muscles
 of a warthog respond.

460
00:35:40,938 --> 00:35:43,174
The weight, the smell.

461
00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:47,044
She's starting
 to see food as prey.

462
00:35:47,044 --> 00:35:50,080
♪ ♪

463
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:56,653
♪ ♪

464
00:35:56,653 --> 00:36:03,727
♪ ♪

465
00:36:03,727 --> 00:36:08,566
Toto's kill ends
 in exactly the same way,

466
00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:12,403
a meal nicely delivered
 back to her mother.

467
00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:18,542
♪ ♪

468
00:36:18,542 --> 00:36:22,746
Toto's attention span is still
 shorter than it should be,

469
00:36:22,746 --> 00:36:25,182
and the Thomson gazelle lesson
 taught her to be aware

470
00:36:25,182 --> 00:36:27,751
of everything around her.

471
00:36:27,751 --> 00:36:31,822
Today the industrious
 hamerkop, or lightning birds,

472
00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:33,891
quickly catch her eye.

473
00:36:33,891 --> 00:36:39,964
♪ ♪

474
00:36:39,964 --> 00:36:43,734
Now she has
 a management problem.

475
00:36:43,734 --> 00:36:45,702
She must keep her kill

476
00:36:45,702 --> 00:36:49,339
and investigate the huge
 architecture in the sky.

477
00:36:49,339 --> 00:36:54,311
♪ ♪

478
00:36:54,311 --> 00:36:58,815
So, she simply takes her
 pig kill along with her.

479
00:36:58,815 --> 00:37:01,985
(squawking)

480
00:37:01,985 --> 00:37:06,790
♪ ♪

481
00:37:06,790 --> 00:37:12,830
♪ ♪

482
00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:15,299
But when she commandeers
 the nest,

483
00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:18,836
all the birds' intricate work
 on the roof structure

484
00:37:18,836 --> 00:37:20,637
is destroyed.

485
00:37:20,637 --> 00:37:24,074
♪ ♪

486
00:37:24,074 --> 00:37:30,614
♪ ♪

487
00:37:30,614 --> 00:37:32,750
Toto barely notices.

488
00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:36,087
For her, it's a high-rise
 play platform.

489
00:37:39,757 --> 00:37:42,493
It's hard to tell if Fig
 is indeed impressed

490
00:37:42,493 --> 00:37:46,930
or just positioned
 nearby in case.

491
00:37:46,930 --> 00:37:50,367
♪ ♪

492
00:37:50,367 --> 00:37:56,840
♪ ♪

493
00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,711
It's all quite exhausting.

494
00:38:00,711 --> 00:38:02,445
The very stable structure

495
00:38:02,445 --> 00:38:04,748
makes a perfectly good hammock
 even better,

496
00:38:04,748 --> 00:38:06,984
because it's just
 a little bit higher

497
00:38:06,984 --> 00:38:09,353
than Fig's perch for the day.

498
00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:11,788
♪ ♪

499
00:38:11,788 --> 00:38:16,860
♪ ♪

500
00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:19,430
Persistent, but it's folly.

501
00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:21,698
The renovations will
 cost more in energy

502
00:38:21,698 --> 00:38:27,070
than just starting
 from scratch downstream.

503
00:38:27,070 --> 00:38:29,272
(squawking)

504
00:38:29,272 --> 00:38:32,275
What Fig has to decide soon

505
00:38:32,275 --> 00:38:35,346
is when to let Toto go,

506
00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:39,550
to let her begin life
 on her own.

507
00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:41,351
She's still small.

508
00:38:41,351 --> 00:38:47,958
Will she be ready to outsmart
 the constantly agitated hyenas?

509
00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:50,694
When will her play
 turn real enough

510
00:38:50,694 --> 00:38:53,030
for her to kill on her own?

511
00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:59,703
♪ ♪

512
00:38:59,703 --> 00:39:06,744
♪ ♪

513
00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:09,880
Maybe tonight.

514
00:39:15,753 --> 00:39:19,223
This could be Toto's big night.

515
00:39:24,461 --> 00:39:27,898
She's spotted
 a sleeping antelope.

516
00:39:27,898 --> 00:39:32,502
♪ ♪

517
00:39:32,502 --> 00:39:36,607
(heartbeat)

518
00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:39,643
But she fails
 to watch behind her.

519
00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:46,817
Energy burn on a missed kill
 is high.

520
00:39:46,817 --> 00:39:50,420
♪ ♪

521
00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:53,691
♪ ♪

522
00:39:53,691 --> 00:39:55,826
(snorting)

523
00:39:55,826 --> 00:39:58,028
♪ ♪

524
00:39:58,028 --> 00:40:03,066
♪ ♪

525
00:40:03,066 --> 00:40:04,668
A scrub hare.

526
00:40:04,668 --> 00:40:06,570
More her size?

527
00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:09,006
♪ ♪

528
00:40:09,006 --> 00:40:15,445
♪ ♪

529
00:40:15,445 --> 00:40:22,352
♪ ♪

530
00:40:22,352 --> 00:40:29,326
♪ ♪

531
00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:36,333
♪ ♪

532
00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:43,340
♪ ♪

533
00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:45,442
The patience lesson pays off.

534
00:40:45,442 --> 00:40:52,449
♪ ♪

535
00:40:52,449 --> 00:40:54,652
But the timing
 isn't quite right.

536
00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:05,796
Time to find something bigger
 and slower, perhaps.

537
00:41:14,137 --> 00:41:19,710
♪ ♪

538
00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:26,149
♪ ♪

539
00:41:26,149 --> 00:41:32,989
♪ ♪

540
00:41:32,989 --> 00:41:39,797
♪ ♪

541
00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:41,298
It's a swift kill.

542
00:41:41,298 --> 00:41:44,434
(squeaking)

543
00:41:44,434 --> 00:41:46,603
And it's her first.

544
00:41:46,603 --> 00:41:50,407
A momentous moment.

545
00:41:50,407 --> 00:41:52,075
Pumped with success,

546
00:41:52,075 --> 00:41:55,178
she gets the kill up as high
 as she can manage,

547
00:41:55,178 --> 00:41:58,415
and this time without fault,

548
00:41:58,415 --> 00:42:02,652
despite the immediate arrival
 of the competition.

549
00:42:02,652 --> 00:42:06,789
♪ ♪

550
00:42:06,789 --> 00:42:10,193
And with no backup from Fig.

551
00:42:10,193 --> 00:42:14,664
♪ ♪

552
00:42:14,664 --> 00:42:20,737
♪ ♪

553
00:42:20,737 --> 00:42:23,741
And it's right here, right now,

554
00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:28,578
that Toto becomes entirely
 what she was born to be,

555
00:42:28,578 --> 00:42:30,914
the perfect leopard.

556
00:42:30,914 --> 00:42:34,918
A blend of both
her inherited qualities

557
00:42:34,918 --> 00:42:39,122
and what she learned
 from her diligent mother.

558
00:42:39,122 --> 00:42:41,558
♪ ♪

559
00:42:41,558 --> 00:42:48,465
♪ ♪

560
00:42:48,465 --> 00:42:55,438
♪ ♪

561
00:42:55,438 --> 00:43:02,313
♪ ♪

562
00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:05,182
As Toto,
 this jade-eyed leopard,

563
00:43:05,182 --> 00:43:11,188
surveys her domain and enjoys
 the peace of a full stomach,

564
00:43:11,188 --> 00:43:16,860
we must ask what
 her future might be.

565
00:43:16,860 --> 00:43:21,865
Can we learn to understand
 her value as an individual,

566
00:43:21,865 --> 00:43:28,372
as real character struggling to
 survive in this fragile mosaic?

567
00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:33,377
And if we can learn to respect,
 protect and celebrate

568
00:43:33,377 --> 00:43:35,979
all such leopards,

569
00:43:35,979 --> 00:43:39,849
then she may well
 have a future.

570
00:43:39,849 --> 00:43:42,285
(distant grunting)

571
00:43:42,285 --> 00:43:48,625
(distant grunting)

572
00:43:48,625 --> 00:43:55,532
♪ ♪

573
00:43:55,532 --> 00:44:02,505
♪ ♪

574
00:44:02,505 --> 00:44:09,246
♪ ♪

575
00:44:09,246 --> 00:44:11,148
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