Making A Predator: How Animals Learn To Hunt | Deadly Game

From the arid desert to the home of polar bears at the freezing cold ice caps, animals have adapted to survive in places humans can barely stand to visit. From the meerkats who live in family gangs and can find hydration even in a poisonous scorpion, to the musk ox whose warm fur can keep it warm even as the temperate drops below zero, animal adaptations are truly incredible to see. Content licensed by ZDF Enterprises to Little Dot Studios.

Steve Martin has spent decades training Lions, Bears, Jaguars and many more animals for film and television. Raising lions from baby cubs to fully mature adults, these apex predators have learned how to roar, attack and even stand on cue. This kodiak bear is one of the more sought-after stars in Hollywood, and even gets flown around the world to appear in films! We also meet the Snake Man of La Perouse, Australia. Since the 1900s, the Cann family has been showing Australia's snakes to an audience, and often even demonstrating antidotes. Finally, we go to Tasmania to meet a famous descendant of the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger: The Tasmanian Devil. Content licensed by Cineflix to Little Dot Studios.

Deep in Kenya's Masai Mara, a high-stakes struggle for survival unfolds along the banks of the Mara River. As hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebras complete a grueling eight-hundred-kilometer migration, they face the ultimate obstacle: a river packed with massive Nile crocodiles. Armed with two-thousand-kilogram bite forces and millions of years of evolutionary engineering, these aquatic giants wait for the annual chaos to begin. From newborn crocodile hatchlings being transported inside their mother’s jaws to high-speed cheetah hunts across the open savannah, this documentary highlights the intense balance of power in East Africa. Watch as pride lions, massive elephant herds, and protective rhinos navigate the deadliest waters on earth, where a single misstep turns prey into a predator's feast.

Every day in the wild is life or death for the animals who live there. A split-second can mean the difference between escaping unscathed or being eaten on the spot by a predator. From lions and cheetahs to rock pythons and crocodiles, here we see the moments when animals manage to escape certain death by the skin of their teeth. Some escape by being too fast for their predators, others use smarts and their friends to remain safe - but either way, the predators go hungry for another day, and their prey live to see another sunrise. Content licensed by ZDF Enterprises to Little Dot Studios.

In Kosovo, Brown Bears are being used by Private Zoos and Restaurants to bring in an audience. Often this means that the bears are cramped into small cages, with concrete flooring and none of the water and plants that they need to survive. In one restaurant, five fully grown bears are kept in the same cage, causing them to fight each other and inflict terrible injuries. Four Paws rescue the bears from these unfit habitats and bring them to their own bear sanctuary, with plenty of space for them to roam and grow. Meanwhile, one of Europe's last herds of wild horses in under threat from the government as they're blamed for destroying local wildlife. Four Paws steps in with a solution to keep the horses healthy and happy. Content licensed by Cineflix to Little Dot Studios.

When a nearby zoo became desperate for money, they started selling off their animals to people living nearby. This is how a family with six children ended up with two lion cubs living with them inside their small home. Four Paws rescue makes the dangerous journey into the Gaza Strip to rescue the lion cubs and bring them to a safe sanctuary, where they will have room to grow and play, before they end up hurting any of the family's children. Travelling through Gaza with lion cubs is not an easy feat. Content licensed by Cineflix to Little Dot Studios.