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Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale

Ancient termite moundsseem to be the only things impervious to the great forcesnow at play...

Ancient termite mounds
seem to be the only things impervious to the great forces
now at play in the Delta

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Ancient termite mounds seem to be the only things impervious
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to the great forces now at play in the Delta.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:02
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Freeborne Media,Wild Space Productions

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Movie Summary

As the Kalahari Desert faces a worsening dry season, prides, packs and herds of all kinds must rely on the power of family to survive.
It's October. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:12
It's October.
All the herds are searching for water - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:06
All the herds are searching for water
They are easy pickings for the two young males. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:04
They are easy pickings for the two young males.
Who grow bigger and stronger every day. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:04
Who grow bigger and stronger every day.
Tracking the same herds, - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:13
Tracking the same herds,
But taking on prey the size of a buffalo all by herself - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:07
But taking on prey the size of a buffalo all by herself
At best, she can pick up scraps left by the males, - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:10
At best, she can pick up scraps left by the males,
All the herds and their predators - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:13
All the herds and their predators
The calf and her herd - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:06
The calf and her herd
Their eyesight may be poor, but with highly attuned hearing and smell, - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:10
Their eyesight may be poor, but with highly attuned hearing...
Nile crocodiles. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:09
Nile crocodiles.
But most are pretty small, only a meter or so. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:05
But most are pretty small, only a meter or so.
The older elephants show the calf how to get to the water - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:08
The older elephants show the calf how to get to the water
And if you still haven't mastered the art of the trunk, - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:07
And if you still haven't mastered the art of the trunk,
The calf is learning… - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:07
The calf is learning…
Elephants also use it to protect their skin from the sun. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:05
Elephants also use it to protect their skin from the sun.
The mud cools their overheated bodies as it evaporates. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:05
The mud cools their overheated bodies as it evaporates.
And the dust settles in the cracks and crevices of their skin, - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:06
And the dust settles in the cracks and crevices of their ski...
A spot like this is highly sought-after. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:05
A spot like this is highly sought-after.
But the herd aren't ready to move on from their mud spa just yet. - Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale 00:05
But the herd aren't ready to move on from their mud spa...