The Great Migration HD 3/4

Each year more than one million wildebeest and zebra invade the Serengeti grasslands, making it a paradise for the predators that live there. But what happens when the herds move off again? This programme follows the moving story of one lion family's struggle to survive until the return of the great migration.

Nature's Great Events tells the story of the epic trek of herds that follow the rains to fresh pastures, and the tale of the predators they leave behind.

The crew captures the desperate plight of a single pride of lions, revealing a different side to the Serengeti. Rather than being a predators' paradise, it is a land in constant change, with wildebeest following the rains and leaving the lions to tough it out.

The Ntudu pride has seven cubs, and is already suffering as the wildebeest leave to find fresh pastures. The four pride females struggle to find enough food for their hungry offspring.

As weeks turn to months, the pride members become more emaciated and frailer, and the number of cubs dwindles to just two.

As the herds begin to return, the plains reveal one final secret. For the first time since 1967, the Serengeti's only active volcano, Ol Doinyo Lengai, begins to billow ash and smoke. Filmed from the air, the team captures the exciting action. Fertilised by the volcanic ash over millions of years, these short grass plains are among the most productive grasslands in the world.

After months of hardship, the pride's tragic story, through sickness, drought and fire, is over as the herds return, providing plentiful food.

The final ten-minute diary, Pride and Peril, tells the harrowing story captured by film-maker Owen Newman of the Ndutu pride which he followed for more than a year.

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[saabturbo16]

The President of Tanzania is hell bent on putting a road right througth the Serengeti that will be right in the path of the annual Migration - this is a world heritage site and a road will destroy the migration and allow better access to poachers.

It must be stopped.

See 'stop the serengeti highway' on facebook for more info.

[Kthao091]

ive been waiting for the lion vs zebra scene now ive seen it! :D

[123spottydot]

when the baby wilderbeast comes out it looks like its wearing a jacket :D

[moair]

lol..Who is the one person to press dislike on this video. What is there to disagree with?

[mcmptn]

9:36---Somebody want to do the math and tell me how many herbivores are now gathered on that one little patch of savanna (all the different species together)? :D That's A LOT of wildlife! I wish I could see it in real life. That would be EPIC!

12:40--That might actually be comfortable.

14:08---*winces*

[mcmptn]

@shazzqsong Usually hyenas do hunt for themselves. Lions actually scavenge more than hyenas do.

[mcmptn]

@saabturbo16 Thanks. I just went on facebook and checked it out. Doesn't the Tanzania government realize that hindering the migration could destroy the entire ecosystem of countless national parks? I hope this plan is stopped immediately.

[morganne23]

Nature's a b**** I find myself rooting for the hunter to get the kill so they can eat, but then when they do, I get mad because they killed the other animal LOL no win and win win situation LOL

[Lborguy]

nice documentary...keep up the good work

[MrImallboutme]

This is boom! Time for meat eaters..haha

[blackspear2010]

@shazzqsong yeah but it's just the same as us, For example why get pizza delivered when your perfectly capable of going to get it yourself?

[aircutter360]

thank you for this I love these nature programs.