Wild Ones

Various wildlife creatures are spotlighted.
DANGEROUS ON LAND
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LION Giraffes are eternally majestic, buffalo formidable, but with their golden fur, regal mane and fearsome presence lions are known as the ‘King of Beasts’ SCORPIONS A barely habitable burnt corner of the earth, parched and sun drenched... Once the sun has set and temperatures drop, the night time wilderness becomes a very dangerous place SPIDERS With long legs that weave inescapable snares, spiderlings that hatch in their hundreds….and fangs that inject lethal venom into their prey, spiders s
MASTERS OF THE SKY
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BUDGIE When these petite brightly colored budgies take to the air above the arid lands of Australia they color the skies green and yellow. WEDGE TAILED EAGLE Some animals inspire awe and respect by their presence alone. The wedge tailed eagle, the largest bird of prey in Australia, is one such animal.PELICAN These graceful formation flying birds that soar on thermals high above ground are some of the largest and most engaging of all the water birds. SEABIRDS Of the eight and a half thousand spec
VENOMOUS
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The most venomous snake on land The deserted heart of the Australian outback, where people seldom venture, is the hot, baked home of the most venomous land snake in the world – the inland taipan, a two meter long snake with enough venom in one bite to kill a quarter of a million mice. The rare envenomating lizard.Venom is not the exclusive domain of snakes and spiders. In the deserts of the south-west United States and the north west of Mexico lives the striking and venomous Gila Monster – the l
MIGRATION
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Wildebeest and Zebra - Africa’s most famous drifters.Hundreds of thousands of zebra live together in the Serengeti. Their distinctive eye-catching stripes are as unique as fingerprints and even within the largest of gatherings no two zebra will be found with exactly the same stripes.Turtles that make epic journeys to reproduce.The most abundant sea turtle in the world, Olive Ridleys' have extraordinary nesting habits. These small turtles migrate massive distances between their oceanic feeding gr
MICRO PREDATORS
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The targeting Archer fish. Just below the surface of the water is one of nature's most precise miniature hunters – the fabulous Archer fish. Able to shoot down their prey with targeted jet propelled water darts the archer fish is bulls-eye accurate. The ambushing Portia. A mere centimeter in length, the Portia spider is one of nature's most capable and intelligent hunters. A formidable serial killer of other spiders, Portia’s are fast to learn and quick to adapt. The harpooning cone shell. In an