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The Year Earth Changed

They will happily steal a cheetah's meal and won't hesitate to kill a cub

They will happily steal a cheetah's meal and won't hesitate to kill a cub

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They will happily steal a cheetah's meal
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and won't hesitate to kill a cub.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:46
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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A fresh new approach to the global lockdown and the uplifting stories that have come out of it. People all over the world have had the chance to engage with nature like never before.
But with two cubs to feed, - The Year Earth Changed 00:08
But with two cubs to feed,
While she hunts, - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
While she hunts,
But as soon as she's made her kill, she faces a dilemma. - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
But as soon as she's made her kill, she faces a dilemma...
She is hundreds of meters away from them, - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
She is hundreds of meters away from them,
And if she leaves it, she will risk it being stolen by scavengers. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
And if she leaves it, she will risk it being stolen by scave...
Her solution is to use a soft chirruping call... - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
Her solution is to use a soft chirruping call...
If she calls too loudly or too often, - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
If she calls too loudly or too often,
And it's at this very moment - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
And it's at this very moment
In the years before lockdown, - The Year Earth Changed 00:09
In the years before lockdown,
But the crowds that surrounded the mother after her kill posed a problem. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
But the crowds that surrounded the mother after her kill pos...
There's a lot of commotion. Vehicles driving up and down. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
There's a lot of commotion. Vehicles driving up and dow...
Guides talking on radio, people talking to each other. - The Year Earth Changed 00:04
Guides talking on radio, people talking to each other.
The hubbub drowned the calls - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
The hubbub drowned the calls
All that noise - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
All that noise
Forced to keep on calling, they risked attracting rivals. - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
Forced to keep on calling, they risked attracting rivals.
This mother is experiencing almost no human disruption. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
This mother is experiencing almost no human disruption.
After just a few calls across the empty savanna... - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
After just a few calls across the empty savanna...
One or two times, and cubs respond immediately. - The Year Earth Changed 00:04
One or two times, and cubs respond immediately.
Without people around, - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
Without people around,
In pre-COVID times, you'll find one out of three cubs will survive. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
In pre-COVID times, you'll find one out of three cubs w...