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I am super excited.

I'm just trying to find Matho,

who's got cubs.

I can see three heads!

Three little cubbies!

There's new life in the Xudum lion pride.

Mathata and the older cubs - they're playing too rough.

But for these cubs to survive...

One of Matho's cubs is going to get hurt,

or worse, killed.

..they'll need the protection

of the whole pride.

LION GROWLS

CUB SQUEAKS

The Okavango Delta in Botswana.

One of Africa's last wildernesses.

The Okavango Delta is an oasis in the desert,

it's a miracle in itself.

And it's a stronghold for Africa's big cats.

Lion,

cheetah and leopard.

This is nature at its absolute finest.

Now, for the very first time,

a team of local and international wildlife film-makers

is working together

to record the cats' lives like never before.

Using the latest technology...

We're going to be able to see things in a completely different light

and tell stories in a completely different way.

..they'll follow individual big cats for six months,

through the day...

This is crazy! This is a battle!

..and the night.

This is a military-grade thermal-imaging camera.

Lions have got amazing night-vision,

but it's not as good as this.

Capturing their behaviour...

He's got the cub. He's got the cub.

..24 hours a day.

Welcome to the Okavango Delta.

It gets crazy.

Lion cubs are something else.

Vianet is with new mum Matho

and her cubs.

Even if you are the most

grumpiest person on this planet,

just seeing those cubs, like, changes completely everything.

The Xudum pride is now more than 30 strong.

This is unbelievable.

They just look no different to our domestic cat

at this very stage.

They are beautiful.

Lionesses give birth away from the pride, to keep their newborns safe.

This lady here, that's Matho.

Matho is one of the older females in the pride.

We believe that she's a similar age

to Mathata's mum, Maghogo,

who is a bit of a matriarch.

It's possible that they are sisters.

You can see around her nose,

she's got some battle scars.

She was spotted by the team

earlier this year with a cub,

but that was the only sighting.

So we presume it died.

The good news is, Matho has given it another go,

and this time, she's got three of them!

Under three months old,

this a critical time in the cubs' lives.

A life of a lion cub,

it's unbelievably fragile.

Only one in five would make it to adulthood.

Lionesses usually synchronise their births -

raising cubs together in a creche increases their chances

by more than 25%.

They are so vulnerable,

so vulnerable at this point,

because they rely so much on their mother.

And also, vulnerable

to any predator.

The challenge for Matho is

her litter is much younger than

the other cubs in the pride.

This sort of creching dynamic

will be really difficult for her.

She's completely out of sync with other females and their cubs,

who are so much bigger than her cubs.

And they can be easily injured, if not killed,

by their own friends

and family members.

It's going to be tough for her,

and for the cubs.

The team is sticking with Matho

to see if she can join forces

with other females.

The Big Cats team is covering

150 square miles of

the Okavango Delta.

The annual flood is drying up,

and it's growing hotter by the day.

All right, let's go.

The team is living alongside Africa's wildlife.

There's going to be a clash here, watch.

But two angry, five-tonne bull elephants

are a very real danger.

You just want to be slow and not cause too much excitement.

One of them could easily flip a vehicle...

This guy wants to play with us, I tell you.

..and any sudden movements could provoke him.

Oh, no. On your left.

Watch out.

Danger averted, Brad is searching for his favourite big cat.

Yup, got a visual.

RADIO: Copy that.

Xudum, the leopard, is pregnant,

and her cubs are due any day.

Such a clever cat.

How can you not get attached to such a beautiful animal,

with such personality?

She's looking skinnier.

We haven't seen Xudum eat

in at least five, six days.

She's running out of time to catch

a meal before she gives birth.

It's just proving tough

at the moment.

She's hungry.

She is actively hunting.

She's obviously seen something.

She's now having to be quite creative.

Leopards are ambush predators.

Their greatest skill is stealth.

She's using this bull elephant

to disguise her sound and her movement.

It just shows you how forward-thinking

and decisive they are.

Quite exceptional cats.

It's nearly 40 degrees in the midday sun.

There's no cover.

It's just stinking hot,

which really shows how desperate she is.

I mean, this is by no means normal behaviour.

She's got an incredible ability to run and stop.

Trying desperately to catch a steinbok.

Come on, Xudum.

Just frozen...

..mid-motion, one foot off the ground.

She's got to do it.

This is make or break for her at this point.

Please!

Please, my girl! Have you got it?

Oh, my girl.

It was all up to you, and you were unlucky.

Shame. Shame, shame, shame.

At Matho's den, Rea is following the new family.

It's not such an easy job for a lioness,

raising some cubs.

With no creche to help her,

she must do everything for her cubs alone.

She's got to keep coming back to the cubs,

letting them suckle for milk.

And at the same time, your usual job of hunting continues.

Without other lionesses to babysit,

Matho leaves the cubs unattended, to find food.

It's one of the most critical periods in the cubs' life now.

Matho has not introduced them to the pride,

so she doesn't have that extra protection

from the other pride members.

And when she's not present,

they have to fend for themselves.

Matho has kept her cubs well hidden, until now...

..but the other pride mothers and their cubs have just found her den.

We've got Nosi, Maghogo

and Makgosi incoming...

..along with big boy Mathata

and the rest of the cubs here.

At eight months old, Mathata

is much bigger than Matho's cubs.

It's not ideal for Matho's cubs, actually.

They're not even half the size of Mathata.

You can just see how interested

all the cubs are right now.

It's potentially their first time

that they've ever seen

their new cousins here.

They keep tapping them on the heads,

on the body, looking for a reaction.

They don't realise how small and tender these new cubs are.

Mathata doesn't know his own strength.

Man, I hope he gets away!

This is potentially dangerous.

Mathata and the older cubs, they're playing too rough.

One of Matho's cubs is going to get hurt,

or worse, killed.

Mathata doesn't even realise what he's doing.

Makgosi, Maghogo, Nosi - they're doing nothing.

I'm not sure if they fully realise what's happening

and how violent this play has turned into.

I hope the cub manages to get away. He's crawling back up.

Oh! They're not strong enough.

They can't get away fast enough.

Matho is returning to the den.

Mum to the rescue here.

The other pride mothers decide to leave.

Matho's cubs seem to be all right.

I mean, at the end of all of that trauma,

at least Matho's cubs get to live another day.

The cubs need the safety of a creche,

but Matho must keep them away from the rest of the family

until they're bigger.

It just shows how hard it is for Matho,

or any other lioness, if you have to raise your cubs alone.

Gordon is following Nosi

and the other mothers.

They're working their way towards

the flood plain.

These experienced lionesses

have already formed a successful creche,

and their five cubs are thriving.

That's the amazing thing, I think, with lions.

You know, we see this social behaviour

and how closely bonded they are.

They will share the suckling and feeding of cubs.

Five of the females have got up.

They are definitely motivated to try and get a meal.

Hunting together doubles their chances

of getting meat for the cubs.

They're heading into the tree lines.

The only thing I can do is give them the space

that they need, in the hope that they flush something out.

Xudum the leopard is hunting again.

Ja, she's starting to move quite quickly.

I'm just going to go around, so we don't lose her.

Cool, copy. Yeah, I'm on my way.

It's becoming very, very critical that she makes a kill

and actually gets a feed.

Right, Xudum's going up.

It's a very good hunting opportunity for Xudum right now.

We've got the impala walking through these thick bushes.

I see one female who's close there now.

A jump is always dangerous,

but now that she's pregnant, it's even riskier.

She could get hurt, but she can't

afford to go hungry any longer.

OK, Xudum's moving now into position.

She jumped!

She's got one! She's got an impala!

Xudum has made the kill!

This is going to be so good for her.

She hasn't had a proper meal in so long.

This means she can den,

she can relax for a bit, and she doesn't have to stress.

Oh, yes, girl!

Whoa! What the hell is going on?

Xudum's success is attracting

the attention of the lion mothers.

Lions are coming. Lions are coming.

What the heck?!

Xudum has just caught an impala under the tree,

and the lions have heard it and they are bombing their way...

This is...

This is going to be very interesting.

This is an amazing win

for these mums -

Nosi, Makgosi, Maghogo -

but is quite unfortunate for poor Xudum.

You can just see the pain on her face.

This was such a big kill for her.

Oh! My heart is gone.

It's bittersweet. It's a hard moment to take.

I really feel for

our newest mum-to-be, Xudum.

This is just going to make her life so much more difficult.

This is really, really gut-wrenching.

With so much competition from the lions,

cheetahs are avoiding the area.

0275 East.

Anna and Greg are devising a new strategy to find them.

This area is feeling increasingly overrun with lions,

so I think we need to probably take this search somewhere

where those lions just are not.

There, somewhere, that direction. OK, over there.

We are heading out on

a cheetah search,

further west than we've ever been before.

Essentially, the last body of water before you hit Namibia.

It's also a huge area of burn.

There's loads of flat land,

which is exactly the kind of area that cheetahs love to hunt.

Ja, it certainly does scream cheetah, this area.

Erm... Keep our wits about us.

We are right on the western edge of the delta.

Just beyond that tree line, there's

nothing but sand for hundreds of miles.

This place is beautiful.

It's completely different -

it's so green and there is

so much cheetah food about.

We've got zebras, tsessebes, wildebeests,

lechwes, baboons.

It's just chock-a-block, packed.

But after four hours of searching...

Whoa... Huh!

..all the team finds is more lions.

Oh, my God!

This is so classic.

Four lions that I can see so far.

The Okavango Delta is home to

nearly 700 lions. The team has

run into an entirely new pride.

There are too many lions in this area.

It's absolutely ridiculous.

And we know that cheetah

do not hang around lions,

so this is not good news.

Perfect habitat,

but so much competition from these lions.

It must be so hard for the cheetah.

I think we're going to have to move, basically, as far

away from these lions as we can

and, yeah, start our search again.

Matho's cubs are growing in confidence

and becoming more active.

One's already exploring.

It's now harder to leave them alone,

as they could wander off.

It might seem like a great thing to have so many cubs,

but it creates a lot of pressure.

Matho is a strong and experienced female,

but I think she's struggling to keep up with the demand

of supplying milk and finding a meal for herself.

It must be hard to be a solo mum,

having to hunt and provide all by herself.

Matho must find food, so this time,

she's taking the cubs with her.

I haven't seen them moving this way.

It's going to be a big mission for her.

Anything at all could predate on tiny little lions.

But Matho seems really tired, she's hungry,

but she's doing her best for her cubs.

It's becoming more vital than ever that she finds

other lionesses to help her.

After covering more than 60 miles...

Wow!

..Anna finally finds the Okavango Delta's most elusive big cat.

I can see some ears...

..and I don't want to speak too soon, but I think it's a cheetah.

Yes, it is! It's a cheetah! ANNA GASPS

There's a second one!

What?!

There is a second cheetah.

I can see a third.

Three?!

I think there are actually four.

Cheetahs are typically solitary.

It's rare to find so many together.

This is so confusing.

The only thing I can think is this is possibly Lesego.

I remember Brad mentioning

this female that's got three cubs.

But what's throwing me off

is that they're so big.

They must be 18 months old,

and that is around the time when they start

to disperse and leave.

So it's basically like seeing

four adult cheetahs together,

which I...

I'm, like, mind blown. I was not expecting this at all.

It's absolutely incredible that Lesego has managed

to bring up three cubs to adulthood,

when you consider that only one in ten survive.

And that's mainly because the mum,

being the single parent that she is, has to go out and hunt for them.

And that means leaving the cubs behind at a den,

opening them up to the risk of being killed by other predators.

Just exceptional work from her.

I can't believe it.

Really can't believe it.

They're moving.

And now I can see quite clearly that there are two boys here.

And I think... Yeah, the other one's a girl.

Oh, seeing them move together, they're like a solid unit.

They're almost moving as one.

You know, I just really can't get over how incredibly adaptable

cheetah are.

We've had a huge fire sweep through Xudum Island

and take out almost half the vegetation.

And then we had that incredible flood that's come in,

and it's created mad swamplands.

Just seeing this family

in front of me demonstrates how,

no matter what the delta throws at these cheetahs,

they will always find a way.

She's down in the confluence.

OK, nice one. Copy that.

After losing her kill to the lions...

This is a better place for her.

We're kind of out of the lion central area.

..Xudum is leading Brad to an area

he suspects is her den.

I think she's very skinny,

so there's a chance that she's, er, already had her cubs.

CUB SQUEAKS

WHISPERS: That is a cub!

That's confirmation.

OK, my boy.

Now we have cubs making noises,

so there's confirmation they are in here.

Oh! I don't even have words for that.

That's...

Oh, she needs to get some food now.

Following her for almost five years now,

and this is the second litter.

We saw her lose the first.

And this is an opportunity for her to become a successful mother.

I mean, that's all that these cats ever want to be.

Hoping to glimpse inside the den,

Brad is deploying the thermal camera.

It's a really big fig tree that's hollow.

Hold on. She's going right inside.

Ooh, there's a cub! There's a cub!

BRAD LAUGHS

Two cubs.

You've got two little cubs.

Oh, my God! This is unbelievable!

And they're so beautiful.

I'm so relieved, dude. You have no idea.

This, to me, is completely new.

This is... This is insane.

Leopards keep their cubs concealed at birth.

These cubs are four days old.

Not even.

They've rarely ever been filmed this young.

These are incredibly private,

unique little moments.

I've spent most of my adult life with leopards,

and I've never seen this kind of activity in the den before.

It's just... It's extraordinary to see.

Yeah, I've been waiting almost two years for this -

since she lost her last one.

Xudum, you are a legend, my girl.

You've done so well.

The cubs' eyes are still closed,

but sensing their mother, they call out for milk.

As soon as a cub starts making too much noise,

she's got to pick them up and reposition them.

She's got to keep them quiet.

Xudum must keep her cubs hidden from any predators nearby.

She really just doesn't want them to be making a noise

and drawing any attention to the den or to the young cubs.

It's hard work being a leopard mum.

I mean, a whole new...

..layer of responsibility.

She will be having to hunt and get enough nourishment

so that she can produce the milk that these two little guys need.

Starting her night shift...

..Anna is following the lions.

Oh, they're just there!

Matho is still searching for a creche...

Tiny!

..and is moving her cubs,

under the cover of darkness.

DISTANT TRUMPET Oh?

I can hear something approaching from behind.

We've got company.

There's a lot of elies moving in.

Elephants and lion don't get on.

An angry elephant can kill an adult lion...

They're very close.

..and will deliberately trample lion cubs.

These cubs are going to have to tread very carefully.

There might be a bit of rough and tumble.

GRUNTING

ANNA GASPS

They're actually all running.

In the chaos...

..one cub is left behind.

Aw, little one!

We just watched Matho and two of her cubs move off,

and she's left behind her little one.

And it's currently just unsure what to do with itself.

I think he's just quite sad and scared.

It's peak time for hunting,

so I am getting really concerned for this little one.

I'm hoping that Mum realises her mistake soon and comes back,

because it's not a safe place for it to be.

DISTANT YELP

Jackal.

BLEEP!

JACKAL YELPS

It could be potentially a very horrible situation.

The cub's over there.

I would be scared of a jackal if I was him.

He's doing a good job of being quiet.

The cub has been tucking itself further into a bush.

It's doing the right thing.

It just needs to hunker down and stay safe.

Lions have advanced spatial memory

and can use it to retrace their steps.

This poor little thing.

I really hope Matho comes back for it soon.

But the longer the cub is alone,

the less likely it is to survive.

JACKAL YELPS

It's been a long night,

but the sun has finally risen.

We'll see whether Mama makes

an appearance in the sunlight.

Relieving Anna, Gordon is taking over to keep an eye on the cub.

We don't know where Matho is at the moment.

There was quite a lot of movement last night,

and not a lot of prey in this area,

so the big danger is that Matho

shifts her focus towards

finding food, which will push

this little cub further in her memory.

I've never seen this before.

You know, lions will leave their cubs in random locations,

but they do that intentionally, so they can go off and hunt.

This is a mistake.

Just to leave one cub in one place

and move on with the rest of them.

The cub is avoiding detection by staying silent.

But the danger is that, when it gets hungry,

it might start calling.

And if it does that, it could

attract predators in.

It is completely,

completely defenceless.

The only hope is that Matho realises that she's missing one cub,

and she remembers pretty much everywhere

that she went last night.

If you just go up there...

..maybe find somewhere that you can tuck yourself away...

..it's possibly the best chance you've got.

The cub has now been alone for 14 hours.

As night approaches, there's still no sign of Matho.

Where's he going?

You don't want to be wandering away from here.

ENGINE STARTS

If he goes into the tall grass,

we're never going to know what happened to it.

Can you see that cub?

I can't see it any more.

Come on, where are you?

The cub has disappeared into thick cover...

I don't know. I think just the only thing we can do

is get the thermal-imaging camera

and see if we can get a heat source and look into the deeper bush.

With this camera, anything hot is going to show up.

It can see sort of the heat,

rather than the physical objects.

A lion cub is going to show up a lot hotter

than any of the surrounding ground.

So I'm hoping that we can just peer into these trees,

see through them and pick up the movement.

This cub has made the second mistake -

the first was to not follow its mum in the first place,

and the second was to actually just keep moving.

It should have been staying put.

It's like with your own kids.

If you get lost, just stay where you are

and we'll come and find you.

Oh, where did you go?

At the leopard's den,

Xudum is still going hungry.

Xudum hasn't had a meal

since she gave birth.

She has to leave her cubs alone in the den, to go out and hunt.

Leaving her newborn cubs unprotected is risky.

But if she doesn't eat soon,

she won't be able to produce

enough milk to keep them alive.

I haven't seen her make

a proper kill in a long time.

The last kill that I saw her make was stolen by lions.

It'd be nice to see her get a kill,

and really know that she is actually surviving

and providing for her family.

Xudum's now stalking into a herd of impala.

She's listening. She's creeping.

I mean, this is ridiculous,

how delicately she is moving here.

She must be within 20, 30 metres now.

She's really going around the side of them.

She'll need to get within ten metres of them.

Even less.

I mean, it's pitch-black right now,

but there's no wind, so any movement she makes,

they might hear her.

Oh, my God!

She's zipped completely around them.

This cat's a genius!

She's gone completely around the entire herd!

She's got them walking straight towards her, currently.

So, this impala standing here, just by the edge of the tree -

I think that, there, is our leopard.

I think she's within ten metres of these guys now.

She's got a good chance here, hey?

All it takes is for one of these impala

to suddenly decide that they want to go that way

and then all hell's going to break lose.

Oh, God, here we go!

SNORTING

The impala start snorting.

Oh, BLEEP!

I think she's been bust.

It's an alarm call to alert the rest of the herd.

Xudum's just been spotted.

She's just getting the hell out of there now.

Yeah, it's all over.

She got really, really close there, hey?

Unsuccessful, but it was a pretty good effort for her,

I have to admit.

She's just having such a run of

bad luck at the moment.

For Xudum and her cubs,

the situation is now becoming critical.

She's going to struggle to keep the cubs alive

if she doesn't feed herself soon.

Gordon is still looking for Matho's lost cub.

You've made a big mistake.

Oh! It's there!

It is right there.

Hey, little guy.

You little blighter, you.

You've given me a heart attack.

It's right at the bottom of the car!

It just looks so lost and alone there.

ENGINE STARTS

This little guy has moved at

quite a pace out from the cover.

This doesn't look good.

The only hope that this cub has

is if Matho comes back.

But on his own - yeah, he doesn't

stand a chance of surviving.

CUB SQUEAKS

The cub begins crying out.

Ah.

That might work, or it may have the opposite effect.

Night-time is a dangerous place for a lion cub this small.

Hyenas, leopards,

other lions.

CUB SQUEAKS

Uh! I'm hoping he's not making another mistake.

Oh, there we go!

Oh, I do not believe it!

That is a miracle.

It's Matho and the other two cubs!

What are the chances of that?

Matho has retraced her steps back to her lost cub.

That is incredible!

I didn't have any hope for this cub.

Almost 24 hours alone,

and this cub has been reunited with its siblings and its mum.

Aw, that's just the best thing ever.

This is exciting!

This is exciting!

There's even more new life

within the lion pride.

I can see four cubs!

And now another one just popped up!

Oh!

Lioness Tsebe has five cubs...

Aw! I just can't

get enough of these cubs, man.

..and Naledi has given birth to two.

I can't believe Tsebe's got five cubs.

Generally, litters are between two and three cubs.

This could be the creche

that Matho needs.

Oh! Look at that! Look at that!

She's bringing her family to meet

the newest pride members.

This would be the first time the triplets

meet Tsebe and Naledi's cubs.

Let's see how this unfolds.

Look at them! They're watching!

I think they know Auntie Matho

is coming up with the triplets.

For Matho to creche and synchronise

her cubs with Naledi and Tsebe

is much safer because they're slightly younger.

The mummy wants to socialise.

They're like, "Yeah, you socialise, we just want to have some milk!"

This is so beautiful.

One of Matho's cubs is suckling from Naledi...

..and one's suckling from Tsebe.

This is great.

Lions are the only cats that raise cubs together.

By feeding Matho's cubs,

Tsebe and Naledi are accepting her into the fold.

And this is, I believe,

where the creching between the three mothers will start...

..which is exciting.

VIANET CHUCKLES

Ah!

There are now 15 cubs in the family.

Soon, it will be the largest pride in the world.

Aw, that's beautiful!

I'm hopeful because Matho

has got now Naledi and Tsebe.

Those can become a strong bond,

a strong coalition.

They will hunt together. They will

creche together. They'll help each other.

They just get on so well!

That's the dynamic of the creching.

This coalition of the three mothers

seems to be working.

On another night shift...

..Gordon is in Xudum the leopard's territory.

So, this is very interesting.

He's found a male leopard on a kill.

Male leopards are one of the biggest threats to leopard cubs.

There's a huge risk.

If a male leopard is not the father of those cubs,

he would try to wipe them out,

try to kill them.

It's not long before his meal...

Hang on one second.

..attracts the attention of a younger male,

Metsi.

Metsi doesn't have a clearly defined

territory at the moment.

So he'll just be moving around,

looking for somewhere to set up home.

Metsi is a very confident leopard.

But as of yet, he's not the biggest cat in town.

This other fella...

..is a serious old leopard.

I wouldn't want to go head-to-head with him.

Most leopards here are killed

by their own species.

There is a zero-tolerance policy

between these leopard males.

They're highly territorial animals.

If it came to blows, I really

don't fancy Metsi's chances at all.

This is dicing with death.

Oh, he's running!

This unknown male definitely looks bigger in size.

He's flanking him.

If this escalates, it could be fatal.

He's using his superior strength and size

to try and intimidate Metsi - just shepherding him out.

The last thing that either of these cats want to do

is to have a fight, for it to be teeth and claws.

Metsi probably realises that he's outgunned.

Instead of fighting it out,

the safest thing to do is slope off.

The other guy is where?

He's stopped on the ground,

looking pretty confident that he's actually seen Metsi off.

But Metsi seizes an opportunity.

Oh, goodness me!

Metsi's just used this little bit of wind

and the darkness to sneak round.

He's gone a big loop.

He's left the other male out on the plains

and he's snuck in just to feed on this kill.

Skilful manoeuvring! Look at that!

His persistence...

..has paid off...

..and he's getting his prize.

The other male is fast asleep out there.

If you want to keep your dinner all to yourself,

don't take a nap.

It's a win for Metsi.

But with these males in her territory,

Xudum will need to stay alert.

Brad is checking in on Xudum.

I'm starting to get a bit concerned about this.

Since giving birth, she's been struggling to feed herself.

You know, she's has been having a rough time

with carcasses being stolen by lions,

and it's just not great.

BRAD SIGHS

Well done, Xudum.

She's definitely had a meal, which is brilliant.

Just so much to be grateful for.

She doesn't have to be so absent.

She can be around the den,

keeping an eye on her cubs,

being an attentive mother.

So...relieved to see her full and happy

and spending time with her cubs.

Yeah, it's a good feeling.

Very good feeling.

I'm just amazed at how trusting

and accepting she is of us.

Hello, you cute things!

Just seeing a bum

and little feet in the air.

Super exciting.

CUB PURRS

Like two little babies.

You can actually see both of the two cubs.

At this age, their eyes are just starting to open.

It's such a privilege.

It's just so, so lucky.

There's a huge size difference between the two cubs.

My best guess would be little boy, little girl.

The girl is moving around, and she's in the front.

And the boy, I think, is at the back,

much more stationary, slightly bigger.

Females mature quicker, and her eyes are open already.

She's smaller, she's more active.

And the male is quite...

..quite slow, eyes still closed,

still head wobbling, less active.

So, this is the first day that we've managed to get

a little look inside the den

while the sun is still up,

and just picking bits and pieces of the two interacting

and climbing over each other.

And you start to see their personalities

and start to see character.

But it's like one big happy family.

There could be nothing better with this picture right now.

Heading back to camp, something catches Brad's eye.

We've got male tracks here...

..coming down the road towards the den.

This is not great.

Male leopards will kill cubs that are not their own,

to eliminate competition.

It's not good to have tracks so close to this den.

The male leopard tracks are going back and forth,

way too close to newborn cubs.

Tristen, she's carrying it.

Carrying, carrying, carrying.

Xudum takes extreme measures.

Xudum's moving den.

It's absolute chaos.

She's left the girl behind her.

But after dark...

BLEEP was that? ..a dangerous visitor...

Tris, we've got a male here. BLEEP!

..forces Xudum to fight

for her cubs' life.

She's confronting him.

LEOPARDS GROWL