SERENGETI part 1 of 5 (2004)

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Nature Documentary hosted by Michael Praed and published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Natural World series in 2005 - English narration

A leopard family and a cheetah family are filmed in this special day, where the horde of wildebeest arrive and settle.
But the wildebeest are followed by less welcomed animals.
Will all the members of the families survive?
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The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one million and a half white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 200,000 zebra.




AMUR LEOPARD CONSERVATION
With 30 in the wild, it is the most endangered big cat species on Earth. ALTA is implementing a wide series of projects to save the species. Support at: http://www.amur-leopard.org

BIOSPHERE EXPEDITIONS
Their philosophy is based on a voluntarism principle, where you will spend your holidays helping scientists on a conservation project, see : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_VTteMmrJ4
Here is their leopard conservation project in Namibia http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/2-week-expeditions/wildlife-volunteering...
And this is their Arabian leopard conservation project in Oman:
http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/oman


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LEOPARD CONSERVATION STATUS (IUCN)

Near Threatened
AFRICAN LEOPARD, occurs across most of sub-Saharan Africa
INDIAN LEOPARD, is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent
INDO-CHINESE LEOPARD, mainland Southeast Asia & southern China
All increasingly rare outside protected areas. Populations are decreasing

Endangered
PERSIAN LEOPARD, fewer than 871-1,290 mature ind., declining pop.
SRI LANKAN LEOPARD, Sri Lanka
NORTH CHINESE LEOPARD, Northern China

Critically Endangered
JAVAN LEOPARD, from 350-700 to 250 or even 100 mature individuals.
ARABIAN LEOPARD, less than 200 in 2006, pop. decreasing.
AMUR LEOPARD, 30 in the wild, most endangered big cat on Earth.
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HUMAN THREAT
Mainly habitat loss. But leopards are also:
killed for commercial reasons (fur, others), leopard-human conflict, hunted for fun. Kept unfree (zoos..., in small cages without vegetation + exhibited all day to another species). Used as tourist attractions. Petted. And surely others.
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[THEHUNK8]

@SingSnags No, he means Easter. =D LOL

[SingSnags]

@MONSTER9451 you mean Thanksgiving?

[SiKHiTxxFaLLz]

1:49 - Wtf u lookin at

[MONSTER9451]

Turkey is the REAL villain in this picture! Luckily there's Helloween approaching...(by the way-7:45! WOW!...

[Junde801]

@angelicnature1

Thats little information youve got from watching these films. But Lions do also scavenge maybe even more than hyenas. Hyenas are skillful hunters. They can run 8 kilometers with their topspeed without getting tired.

But i dont like the way Hyena kills its prey, eating it alive.

[angelicnature1]

Hyenas are just scavangers, they follow the skillful preditors and then muscle in on the remains when their numbers are high enough

[shin0bi9999]

one bite from a hyena then the cheetahs wont be able to hunt, hyenas bite not to be messed with (1000 pounds per sq inch), more powerful than a lion bite!

[777sibannac]

The narration brings good suspense.

[47Sukhoi]

Although I'm fascinated with National Geographic but I confess that in many wild films BBC has the superiority.

But anyways great thanks for both efforts

[lucarnetrange]

From Wikipedia : the adult cheetah weighs from 36 to 65 kg. Its total body length is from 115 to 135 cm, while the tail can measure up to 84 cm in length. Cheetahs are 67 to 94 cm in height at the shoulder.

The adult spotted hyenas weighs from 40 to 85 kg. It's total body length is from 95.0 to 165 cm, and have a shoulder height of 70.0 to 91.5 cm.

So the size are roughly the same. Hyenas have more powerful claws. Cheetahs are (obviously) faster.

Great video, btw. :-)