Tucked away from the densely populated cities of India lies an ancient jungle where wildlife must battle to survive.
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00:00An ancient Indian jungle.
00:18Predators.
00:27Prey.
00:30A long, hot summer.
00:52The battle for survival begins.
00:55India, ten times more densely populated than the United States.
01:17On average, nearly 400 people in every square kilometre.
01:24But away from the cities, beyond the crowds, lies a world rarely glimpsed by outsiders.
01:38The battle for survival begins.
01:46The battle for survival begins.
01:48These are the jungles of central India.
01:57These are the jungles of central India.
02:05They date back millions of years.
02:12Today, large areas still remain intact.
02:14This is home to some of the most varied wildlife in India.
02:22From bears to boars.
02:29Monkeys to mongoose.
02:37From the forest floor to the treetops.
02:45The smallest species to the lightest.
02:52This is Rudyard Kipling's jungle book.
03:00This is Rudyard Kipling's jungle book.
03:13made flesh and blood.
03:16home to the earth's most beautiful killer, the Bengal tiger.
03:29A solitary hunter that combines power and stealth to kill with one bite.
03:59But they are not the only threat here.
04:13It's the beginning of the dry season.
04:21There will be no rain for four months.
04:26Temperatures will peak at 46 degrees.
04:31Water will become scarce.
04:36Prey will be forced to take more and more risks just to survive.
04:40At a water hole in the heart of the jungle.
04:47The area's dominant male patrols his territory.
05:06Battle-scarred, powerful and fearless, he will defend this patch with his life.
05:25Water holes are the preferred hunting grounds for tigers.
05:37And this is the biggest for kilometers around attracting the most prey.
05:42It is also the only one which will not completely dry up in the coming months.
05:49This is a prime spot for an ambush and he controls it.
06:06He drinks what he wants, when he wants.
06:13A rare privilege amongst jungle animals.
06:17He weighs around 220 kilograms and is eight years old.
06:36Male tigers rarely rule for more than three years.
06:40And this is the second of his short but glorious reign.
06:55Scent marking announces to other tigers that this is still his kingdom.
07:01This roars advertises whereabouts to females.
07:23But also warn other males to stay away.
07:28These calls are at such a low frequency.
07:33They resonate through trees spreading nearly five kilometers in every direction.
07:39Deep into the jungle.
07:50Other males hear the message and bide their time.
07:58An evi-
07:59is the same.
08:00The same with the same woman is at such a school life.
08:01Conflict is inevitable.
08:03The young challengers must one day fight for territory.
08:07Mating rights and prey.
08:11And these jungles are rich in prey.
08:23In the same way, the same woman is at such a school life who has become an adult age.
08:26The tiger's favorite is the sambar.
08:34They're the largest deer in India,
08:37and one adult will feed a tiger family for a week.
08:44Visibility in the jungle is often down to a few meters.
08:48So sambar rely on other senses.
08:53They have an acute sense of smell.
08:56And ears that can swivel to pick up the slightest sound.
09:09The tiger's soft padded feet let him walk almost silently
09:14across the forest floor.
09:16At the first smell, sight or sound of danger,
09:35sambar send out alarm calls and stamp their feet.
09:48Ambush is all to this solitary cat.
10:02Ambush is all to this solitary cat.
10:14In Kipling's Jungle Book, the most feared creature is not the tiger,
10:19but the dole, India's wild dog.
10:22Dole live in clans of up to 40 strong.
10:44They are a tenth the size of a tiger,
10:47but they overcome this by hunting in packs.
10:54Communicating with barks, squeaks and whistles,
10:57they can bring down prey weighing nearly 200 kilograms.
11:01They tear into pieces, hastily devouring it,
11:05often whilst their meal is still alive.
11:08They've been said to attack and kill tigers.
11:28Intensely social play establishes a hierarchy within the clan.
11:32Ruled by a dominant male and female.
11:39Only these two will breed.
11:48A little way outside the main group,
11:50a pair are setting up on their own.
11:53This is the only way that they will be able to mate
11:56and raise their own cubs.
12:02It's a high-risk strategy
12:10as they lose the advantage of pack hunting.
12:14It will be difficult for them to make a kill.
12:26They begin their independent life
12:28by marking their territory,
12:30urinating in a quite unique fashion.
12:42The network of forest tracks
12:44allows them to move around easily and quietly,
12:48gaining the upper hand over the prey species.
12:50But hunting is never easy
12:56in a forest full of ears and eyes.
13:05A pair of ground-nesting laplings sound the alarm.
13:09They hound and mob until the dole move on.
13:26The calls alert other prey species.
13:33The lapwings return to look after their flightless chicks.
13:37Lango monkeys feed on the fruit
13:56of a mahua tree.
13:58Chital deer take full advantage
14:13of not only the troops' messy eating habits,
14:16but their lookouts, too.
14:22It's good to have allies in high places.
14:25A young dole couple spot potential prey.
14:49A young dole couple spot potential prey.
14:49A young dole couple spot potential prey.
15:06Chaldeux baked chicken.
15:10Chaldeux Pakistani
15:11Mountain
15:17With vigilant eyes, ears and noses,
15:20and without the support of a pack, hunting proves difficult.
15:24Early morning is peak feeding time for the jungle's many herbivores.
15:54Chittal graze on the open grasslands where their safe is from ambush.
16:09Sambar mark out territories scenting the lower branches of the trees.
16:22Munchjack or Barking deer are the oldest of the world's deer.
16:34Nilgai or Blue Bull are the biggest Asian antelope.
16:39Gar are the largest wild cattle in the world.
16:55Largest wild cattle in the world.
17:03Monumental blocks of mussel.
17:05They have few natural predators.
17:07They may look like American bison, but they're native to India.
17:19There have been stories of Gower trampling villagers to death.
17:31And even killing tigers.
17:34An alarm call alerts them.
17:46An alarm call alerts them.
17:50A young Chittal deer stands her ground.
18:08Chittal are faster than tigers.
18:24Unless you can creep to within 50 meters, a charge is pointless.
18:30Altyomol.
18:32Salud.
18:33Altyomol.
18:34oka.
18:35Altyomol.
18:36Apoyal.
18:37Altyomol.
18:38,
18:39Altyomol.
18:401989,
18:41I've been to a couple of years ago,
18:42on the catching of my withy,
18:43the plot of people during the flood.
18:44Altyomol.
18:45Altyomol.
18:46Real 되돌.
18:47Altyomol.
18:48Altyomol.
18:49Altyomol.
18:50Altyomol.
18:51Altyomol.
18:52Altyomol.
18:53Altyomol.
18:54The tiger continues calling for a mate.
19:24A young tigress lies up in a bamboo thicket.
19:38Not just to keep cool, she has a young cub.
19:49One in three tiger cubs do not survive their first year.
19:56Infanticide is the biggest killer.
20:01Male tigers kill cubs that are not their own, so ensuring that the mother will become receptive
20:07and mate again.
20:13But for now, this tigress and her cub are safely out of sight.
20:23Nearby, the curiosity and naivety of two slightly older cubs make it more difficult for their
20:29mother to keep them hidden.
20:35The cub's boisterous behavior attracts the attention of a male.
20:51Male tigers may have several litters scattered through their territory.
20:57If these are not his, he will kill them.
21:04The cubs greet their father.
21:11He sent marks before settling down with them.
21:32The forest floor is thick with leaves.
21:55The recycles are hard at work, breaking it down.
22:06In the heat, mahua fruit ferments into a potent alcohol and langurs gorge on it.
22:22There then follows a scene familiar from bars the world over.
22:31They get drunk.
22:34Boisterous.
22:37Feint?
22:40Feint?
22:43Feint?
22:58Feint?
23:01Feint?
23:04and then sleep.
23:34Temperatures continue to climb, and so too does the value of water in the ever-shrinking
23:58pools, and with it, the power of the dominant male.
24:17Power has its privileges, and above all, mating rights.
24:24These calls have been heard.
24:37A young tigress makes her interest clear.
24:41The drive to find a mate goes on all over the jungle.
25:11Wide-eyed on hormones and surging testosterone, Chitao stags must battle for mating rights.
25:39To show whose boss, they paw the ground, dig up grass with their antlers, and display strutting
26:01side by side.
26:02But if that doesn't work, they fight.
26:03But if that doesn't work, they fight.
26:05But if that doesn't work, they fight.
26:07And if that doesn't work, they fight.
26:09It's amazing.
26:10You know?
26:11There's a shortened home.
26:12You know?
26:13Good job!
26:14You know?
26:15Anything in the universe.
26:16It is always true.
26:17But if you did a lot of things in convenience, you've got to know the issues, and you've got to know
26:19what will happen in your situation.
26:20You know?
26:21You've got to know what the idea of the powder is.
26:22You've got to know what's going on for the hospitality industry.
26:54This male is in prime condition, but it's brutal work to keep this patch.
27:19The vanquished retreat to lick their wounds.
27:24To the victor go the spoils.
27:35But his rule may only last one season, even shorter than the tiger's.
27:47He moves through the herd, sniffing the air, searching out receptive females.
27:58But with all this activity, the Cheetal's guard is down.
28:07Finally, an opportunity for the young dole pair to hunt.
28:11Rather than a fawn, they target a stag.
28:26Its escape hampered by its antlers as it runs through the thick jungle.
28:30The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:32The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:33The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:34The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:35The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:36The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:37The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:38The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:39The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:40The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:41The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:42The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:43The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:44The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:45The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:46The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:47The Cheetal's guard is down.
28:48A kill like this will feed a pair of dole for a week.
29:10But to keep it, they have to be aware of tigers.
29:18Life and death battles occur throughout the forest, on every scale.
29:33An army of fire ants invades another colony.
29:42. . .
29:54. . .
29:58. . .
30:02. . .
30:04Gripping with their powerful jaws,
30:13they use their venomous sting to immobilise the opposition.
30:18This is death on a macro scale,
30:21but no less fierce or deadly.
30:34Our dominant male from the main waterhole is still with his mate.
30:47Tigers, along with jaguars, are the only big cats that like water
30:52and will spend many hours lying in it, cooling off.
30:58This pair has the pick of the best places to bathe
31:06and do so brazenly.
31:13Deep in the forest, a younger male has also attracted a mate.
31:20But this pair must keep hidden and make do with a smaller pool.
31:28This waterhole will soon dry up, forcing them to move on.
31:40But for now, they can safely mate,
31:43tucked away in the heart of the jungle.
31:53Our big male moves back into the shade,
31:56and accompanied by his female.
32:04Tiger courtship lasts several days.
32:15A barrage of sound greets them.
32:26The cicada's love song is the loudest noise in the insect world.
32:35By clicking a membrane that is stretched along either side of the body,
32:40males sing to attract females.
32:43This creates the noise which is then amplified through their bodies.
32:47On each tree, there may be hundreds of cicadas,
32:55and many hundreds of thousands throughout the forest,
32:59creating a noise so loud,
33:02it repels the birds that would otherwise prey on them.
33:05The females single out appropriate mates
33:14by pinpointing their unique song
33:17from this monotonous din.
33:25Cicadas feed by tapping into the fluids
33:28that run just below the bark.
33:30Extracting the sugar,
33:33they excrete the surface liquid,
33:37which rains down on the forest below.
33:41It's mid-summer.
34:05There has been no rain for four months.
34:09There will be none for two more.
34:23The last of the leaves falls from the trees.
34:27This year's flowers shrivel and die.
34:30A colony of harvestmen gather in the shade of a tree to keep cool.
34:47There may be 10,000 gathered here.
34:49A female sunbird builds a nest from dry leaves held together by spider silk.
35:06A pied kingfisher hunts in an ever-shrinking pool.
35:13Resting up in the waterhole, our dominant male lies as still as a boulder.
35:20Alone again, his mating now over.
35:24With the intense heat, tigers change their hunting behavior.
35:25Rather than stalking prey, they lie in wait by waterholes waiting for prey.
35:30To come to them.
35:31Resting up in the waterhole, our dominant male lies as still as a boulder.
35:37Alone again, his mating now over.
35:40The next day, tigers are still in the waterhole.
35:45With the intense heat, tigers change their hunting behavior.
35:49Rather than stalking prey, they lie in wait by waterholes waiting for prey to come to them.
35:55Banishing water forces both predator and prey together.
36:23The langurs wait for the tigers to finish cooling off before sending in a scout.
36:36The langurs wait for the tigers to finish cooling off before sending in a scout.
36:40The langurs are very much a part of the tigers' diet.
36:56So they're taking a big risk entering this waterhole.
36:59One sentry always stands guard.
37:21The tigress returns with her cub.
37:24The forskjacks and the crawlinges from'am,
37:25The roux for an wärxen
37:52Then, three more follow.
38:05She's three years old, and this is her first litter.
38:14On average, a tigers will raise 12 cubs in her lifetime.
38:19Each will stay with her until they're two years old.
38:23She's three years old.
38:33She's four soon.
38:35For the mother, looking after four cubs
39:05is a tall order.
39:08For the first six months,
39:10she has to eat enough to produce milk.
39:13Then, for a further 18 months,
39:15she must hunt for herself and them.
39:20If she doesn't kill,
39:22it's not just her that will starve.
39:24Tigers rarely miss an opportunity to hunt.
39:36Perfectly camouflaged,
39:38she stalks through the long grass.
39:43The Chital herd is too far away
39:45to attempt an attack.
39:50Suddenly, there is a movement
39:52on the forest edge.
40:08A tigress with cubs is never off-duty.
40:11A tigress with cubs is never off-duty.
40:24I don't know what I'm doing.
40:27I don't know what I'm doing.
40:39Her vice-like jaws suffocate the young deer,
40:43a small kill that will be quickly devoured.
40:55Late summer, still no sign of rain.
41:04Dry season is biting hard.
41:11All but the biggest water holes are drying up.
41:25With the water too shallow now even for eels and catfish,
41:29the pond herons clean up.
41:42The few places available for drinking are thick with thirsty prey species.
41:47Some find comfort in the mud.
42:02This works as sunscreen and also provides protection from biting insects.
42:07The lapwings are still working hard to defend their young.
42:25The large dole clam makes its presence felt.
42:44The young breakaway couple keep themselves to themselves.
42:49They want to avoid conflict with the clam at all costs.
42:52Pressure for water results in a fractious atmosphere.
43:23As the water holes disappear,
43:25more and more tigers are forced into smaller and smaller areas.
43:30How do you know why?
43:31I will be looking for a very small float.
43:32I will be looking for a small flight to the lunar areas.
43:35I don't know.
44:05The fight is short but decisive.
44:19The challenger crouches down in a submissive posture, conceding defeat.
44:26The victor moves off to reclaim his territory.
44:35The cause of the peacock and the pitta announce the arrival of the rains.
45:03Just a few showers at first, but within days, signs of new growth start to appear.
45:27The downpours get heavier and more frequent.
45:37The jungle is transformed.
45:47It's once again a place of plenty.
46:02Plenty of grazing for Sambar, Chittal and Gower.
46:06Plenty of fruit for the langurs.
46:23And plenty of prey for the tigers and the dhole.
46:27The dominant male has held on to his position for another season.
46:40His mate is pregnant and will give birth in a month or so.
46:44The dhole couple have not only survived their first summer on their own, but given birth to three pups.
47:00Their clan is now growing, and next year hunting will be easier.
47:06What Kipling wrote in the jungle book was fiction.
47:19This is fact.
47:20And it's a story that has continued unbroken for thousands of years.
47:25Every bit as miraculous and inspired.
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