Thursday
8pm NATURE: THE CHEETAH CHILDREN – Documentary
For nearly two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother s dedication in raising them.
NATURE The Cheetah Children
Life on the African plains is a constant struggle, and for a single mother rearing her offspring, the odds seem to be stacked against them. This is an inspiring tale about motherhood and family, as we follow a cheetah family on the grasslands through the eyes of conservationist and cameraman Kim Wolhuter. The mother is completely on her own, protecting her five newborn cubs and teaching them how to hunt some of the continent’s fastest game. Watch as the inquisitive cubs explore the world around them and discover their place in the forests of Zimbabwe. Over time, two sister cubs survive and develop into brave and successful predators ensuring their sp
8pm Thursday NATURE - PRIMATES: FAMILY MATTERS -
Documentary -
The importance of family to primates.
Get to know the many species of primates, from the popular chimpanzee and gorilla, to the more obscure species like the snub-nosed monkey, the slow loris, the tarsier and much more.
Nature Primates
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Family Matters - Family and social living are the key to primate success. In fact, family is everything for primates. They have the most complex social lives of any animal group on the planet. They share knowledge, forge alliances and protect each other.
Meet devoted monkeys’ uncles, playmate apes and tender troops. Dusky leaf monkeys compete to babysit a bright orange infant and rally to defend him from a python. Gibbons learn treetop acrobatics with their playmates. In Sri Lanka, a single gray slender loris mother takes care of her twins the most intimate video ever captured of the species. In the Amazon, an elder female spider monkey leads her troop to a unique food r