1 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:07,380 Since we left these dark nights in Africa 2 00:00:07,410 --> 00:00:10,260 and escaped to the security of our armchairs 3 00:00:10,290 --> 00:00:11,960 we have forgotten the horror, 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,070 the turmoil of the hidden battlefields, 5 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:18,150 and the secrets of their special magic. 6 00:00:19,350 --> 00:00:21,580 Like ghosts in the moonlight 7 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:24,660 silhouette shades gather to confront each other, 8 00:00:25,270 --> 00:00:28,410 lions to beguile the hyenas, 9 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:35,230 hyenas to torment the lions. 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,390 They both have arrived at an elephant carcass to scavenge. 11 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:45,490 Even those royal lions can feed with the rotten flesh. 12 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:52,880 The rivalry reaches far beyond the competition for food. 13 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:55,700 If animals can hate, 14 00:00:55,710 --> 00:00:59,800 this is a blood feud of hatred. 15 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:13,450 For millennia these two scavengers and hunters 16 00:01:13,460 --> 00:01:16,340 have waged an ancient war against each other. 17 00:01:16,350 --> 00:01:21,940 It is often unpleasant to witness, desperately sad and horrifying, 18 00:01:21,950 --> 00:01:24,340 always deeply disturbing. 19 00:01:24,350 --> 00:01:28,480 Until now, this war has been veiled 20 00:01:28,490 --> 00:01:30,500 under the secrecy of darkness. 21 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:34,060 This is the story of two of Africa's 22 00:01:34,070 --> 00:01:36,750 bitter, eternal enemies. 23 00:01:38,848 --> 00:01:45,479 Eternal Enemies Lions and Hyenas 24 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:28,150 Two filmmakers, Dereck and Beverly Joubert have documented an ancient war 25 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,780 by getting to know both the lions and the hyenas in one area. 26 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:36,050 These are excerpts from their film notes. 27 00:02:37,050 --> 00:02:39,450 The Central Pride which we know best 28 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:43,900 comprises nine young lionesses and two adult males. 29 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,670 Today one lioness is missing 30 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,530 and something is happening out on the grassland. 31 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:06,300 Sometime during the night hyenas have killed a buffalo. 32 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:11,380 The young lioness is alone scavenging from their kill. 33 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,690 Their tolerance is short-lived. 34 00:03:34,930 --> 00:03:39,170 The calls of the hyena assault are carring miles across the grassland, 35 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:42,890 to a male of the pride's who is always eager to confront the hyenas. 36 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:01,280 Usually we think of lions as noble hunters 37 00:04:01,290 --> 00:04:04,440 and hyenas as lower scavengers. 38 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:07,470 Often it is the other way around. 39 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:13,560 But for the young lioness, whom we have named Matsumi 40 00:04:13,590 --> 00:04:16,660 the arrival of the male makes little difference. 41 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,640 Males often dominate their kills until they are sated 42 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:24,100 along the females to feed only on scraps. 43 00:04:25,450 --> 00:04:29,210 We followed Matsumi, who has left the pride 44 00:04:29,220 --> 00:04:31,550 and seems to be on a mysterious quest. 45 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:37,250 Methodically, she explores the hills that jut out like granite fortresses 46 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:39,380 on the fringe of the pride's territory. 47 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:45,320 These hills are landmarks in the northern region 48 00:04:45,330 --> 00:04:47,300 of the African country of Botswana. 49 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:55,170 Here a place, called Savuti is famous for its many lion prides 50 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:57,250 and great numbers of hyenas. 51 00:04:59,350 --> 00:05:02,990 It is here that the miracle happens. 52 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:15,200 When young lionesses come of age they always seek out a secluded spot 53 00:05:15,210 --> 00:05:18,440 away from the pride and safe from hyenas. 54 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,230 Three cubs are born in the safe hideaway. 55 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:34,300 It's surprising to see that their eyes are open, but as yet they cannot see. 56 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:37,930 By instinct they know what to search for. 57 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,220 And very soon they locate by smell the nipples that will feed them 58 00:05:42,230 --> 00:05:43,520 for the next year. 59 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:47,650 For that time and long the cubs will rely entirely 60 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:50,190 on their mother and the pride. 61 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:54,940 From very early on there is competition for food among lions. 62 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:04,570 Like a reigning queen 63 00:06:04,580 --> 00:06:09,070 this hyena is the most dominant in what we called, the Southern Clan. 64 00:06:09,180 --> 00:06:12,810 She is the female leader, the matriarch. 65 00:06:12,820 --> 00:06:15,100 Her status is probably set for life. 66 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:20,020 She keeps her two tiny cubs separate from the other mothers, 67 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,430 and their cubs. 68 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,110 One of these cubs should grow up to be the matriarch's successor. 69 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,360 As long as their mother is head of the clan 70 00:06:30,370 --> 00:06:33,080 her position will ensure their protection. 71 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:39,090 But now these tiny cubs are probably unaware of their privilege in the clan. 72 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:57,120 Male hyenas are smaller than the females and subordinate to them all. 73 00:06:57,810 --> 00:07:00,640 The females dominate the hyena clan system, 74 00:07:00,650 --> 00:07:04,020 and a male around the den is an unwelcome threat to cubs 75 00:07:04,030 --> 00:07:05,980 and a nuisance to females. 76 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,690 This is a female society. 77 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,765 In appearance they are like dogs, 78 00:07:26,766 --> 00:07:31,145 but the myths and legends surrounding hyenas are mostly wrong 79 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,770 in fact, they are closer to cats than to dogs. 80 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:39,570 These strange animals' nearest relative is the mongoose. 81 00:07:39,571 --> 00:07:41,113 But in some of their behaviours 82 00:07:41,114 --> 00:07:44,197 hyenas are like no other animals on earth 83 00:07:46,144 --> 00:07:48,907 when the sun beats down on the exposed dens 84 00:07:48,908 --> 00:07:51,498 the alduts retreat to the distance shape 85 00:07:55,200 --> 00:08:00,720 Well within the Southern Clan's territory, Matsumi is getting to know her new cubs. 86 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:06,700 All she knows about cubs 87 00:08:06,710 --> 00:08:09,080 is drawn from her deep well of genetic knowledge. 88 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,600 One of her strongest instincts now is to protect them. 89 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,570 Like a princess, one of the hyena cubs remains alone. 90 00:08:34,610 --> 00:08:38,550 Like a child, she is curious about the older cubs. 91 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,860 Early observers mistakenly reported that hyenas were hermaphrodites, 92 00:08:43,870 --> 00:08:45,920 animals of dual sex. 93 00:08:45,930 --> 00:08:49,630 Both males and females have what looks like a penis. 94 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,880 At an early age both males and females try to engage in mock mating. 95 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:58,660 This behaviour has never been recorded before. 96 00:08:59,250 --> 00:09:02,650 It is among the many strange things about hyenas 97 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:08,110 that make them one of the most fascinating and least understood creatures of Africa. 98 00:09:12,050 --> 00:09:15,200 The temptation to join them is too great, 99 00:09:16,950 --> 00:09:20,360 but danger stalks the open grassland. 100 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:54,020 The matriarch is alerted and storms back to save her cubs. 101 00:09:55,900 --> 00:09:58,670 A lioness from the pride is surrounded and attacked. 102 00:09:58,690 --> 00:10:03,480 A usual close companion of Matsumi, who is away in the hills with her cubs. 103 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:06,670 But the rest of the pride rushes to her aid. 104 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,150 The young male dives in to take on the hyenas. 105 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,750 This youngster, on the verge of adulthood, 106 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,200 has already had many violent encounters with hyenas. 107 00:10:25,580 --> 00:10:28,720 Fear has turned to something what came to hatred. 108 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,200 Hyenas recognise the transition. 109 00:10:47,050 --> 00:10:49,900 It was a skirmish, not a battle. 110 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:54,450 No blood was spilled today. 111 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,400 The excited hyena clan gathers around the matriarch. 112 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,450 They greet with a peculiar ritual. 113 00:11:05,950 --> 00:11:08,660 Probably adopted to the dominance of females, 114 00:11:08,670 --> 00:11:14,450 this ritual is centered around the developed mock penis to signal their dominance. 115 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,730 The ceremony involves sniffing and licking the genitals. 116 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:27,420 They mark the area where the lions were by leaving a scent on the grass as a signpost. 117 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,740 Hyena cubs are like miniature adults 118 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:37,560 displaying the same behaviour patterns as their parents. 119 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:55,000 When the lions appeared all the cubs bundled into the same den. 120 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:59,100 The matriarch's female cub, who we now call the Princess, 121 00:11:59,110 --> 00:12:03,600 finds herself in hostile territory fighting for her life. 122 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:11,350 When the matriach returns 123 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,280 the brazen cubs are scent scurrying to their own dens. 124 00:12:15,310 --> 00:12:17,370 The Princess is safe. 125 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:41,580 We gave the older, larger male the African name Mondayvoo, 126 00:12:41,590 --> 00:12:44,820 the younger, lighter one is Untwydumala: 127 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:47,600 "He Who Greets With Fire". 128 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:27,800 Cubs dig away inside the dens working them into secret chambers 129 00:13:27,810 --> 00:13:30,910 that are inaccessible even to adult hyenas. 130 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,170 But even down here they have enemies 131 00:13:40,190 --> 00:13:45,550 and competition among the cubs can play itself out in the most cruelsome way. 132 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,310 The Princess has killed her sister. 133 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,800 As soon as they can, hyena cubs will try to kill each other. 134 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:01,850 From the moment of birth, the first born or more dominant 135 00:14:01,860 --> 00:14:06,530 has an inherent, aggressive drive to kill its nearest competitor. 136 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:09,240 It is genetic selection. 137 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:15,220 Hyenas are the only mammals known to carry out this kind of fratricide. 138 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,500 Mothers usually don't intervene. 139 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:26,590 The Princess is now the probable future matriarch of her clan. 140 00:14:31,965 --> 00:14:35,130 master of the night wait and watch in the darkness 141 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,885 inspecting off the different conners of their 40 square miles territory 142 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,511 or joining to hunt occasionally when away from femals 143 00:15:05,111 --> 00:15:08,293 the hyenas know each of these males by sight 144 00:15:08,294 --> 00:15:09,954 and stay away 145 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,640 In the hills young Matsumi knows that it's time to move her cubs. 146 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,560 The air around the birthplace 147 00:15:25,570 --> 00:15:30,590 is saturated with the unmistakeable scent of vulnerable new life. 148 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,470 Without the protection of a den like hyenas have 149 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,570 the cubs must frequently be removed. 150 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:41,740 It is their first move. 151 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,920 Matsumi gently carries them down to another site. 152 00:15:46,150 --> 00:15:49,770 Soon she will introduce them to the pride. 153 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,510 As we watch, she drops the cubs off one by one 154 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,530 in a shady spot she has selected and returns for the next. 155 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,480 The new site is badly chosen. 156 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,380 An Egyptian cobra occupies a hole under the same bushes. 157 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,510 The cobra is about to shed its skin. 158 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:33,100 A most dangerous time 159 00:16:33,110 --> 00:16:37,860 because even the skin on its eyes peels off blurring its vision. 160 00:16:47,150 --> 00:16:52,260 The snake strikes ahead attacking both the lioness and the cubs. 161 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:24,400 The cobra's venom has an immediate effect on Matsumi's nervous system. 162 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:30,510 As we followed her out into the open she deteriorated rapidly. 163 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,640 Behind us the cubs, 164 00:17:41,650 --> 00:17:46,180 only a few weeks old, are already dead. 165 00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:06,170 With her sight impaired she can only sniff at the bodies. 166 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,640 The old adversaries are always watching 167 00:19:02,650 --> 00:19:05,560 and waiting to slip in from the night. 168 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,400 At the water Matsumi quenches the drastic thirst 169 00:19:32,410 --> 00:19:38,000 that develops from a cobra bite and listens to the nightmare behind her. 170 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,520 Her cubs are gone 171 00:20:03,530 --> 00:20:08,220 and her own survival now hangs in the balance. 172 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:17,850 Tucked away in a distant corner of their territory, 173 00:20:17,860 --> 00:20:22,740 the rest of Matsumi's pride sees out another hot day in typical lion fashion. 174 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:44,610 Heat steals the moisture that all life depends on. 175 00:20:45,150 --> 00:20:49,230 African bees like everything else are desperate for sustenance. 176 00:20:49,420 --> 00:20:52,300 They seek out any source of moisture. 177 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,850 Although well-equipped for most hazards, lions have few defences against bees. 178 00:21:29,150 --> 00:21:32,580 They are more of an irritation than a danger. 179 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,710 Especially to Untwydumala. 180 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:45,190 When the lions move on the bees go in search of new victims. 181 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:19,220 Hyenas are more tolerant - or lazier. 182 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:25,070 But when the matriarch can't take it any longer she finds a ready solution. 183 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,500 She buries her problem. 184 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,650 We stayed with Matsumi for four long days and nights 185 00:22:59,660 --> 00:23:03,470 as she struggled against the devilry of the lingering cobra venom. 186 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,800 Her vision is still unfocused. 187 00:23:08,130 --> 00:23:11,920 The constant salivation dehydrates her. 188 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:15,650 The ordeal has sucked her energy, 189 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:18,780 and the pain from the bite in her back leg is obvious; 190 00:23:18,790 --> 00:23:20,960 as she keeps it from touching the other one. 191 00:23:22,050 --> 00:23:24,350 She is totally vulnerable. 192 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:38,250 Each day must be an agony, each night a nighmare. 193 00:23:51,590 --> 00:23:57,160 Like the lions, the hyenas patrol frequently to guard against neighbouring clans. 194 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:02,240 Along patrol, they come across the snake-bitten lioness. 195 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,920 They sense that she can't defend herself and they circle. 196 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:24,430 She needs aggression with what the little strength she has. 197 00:24:24,450 --> 00:24:28,190 No hyena is quite willing to risk a frontal attack. 198 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,900 We can state Matsumi seems like an easy target, 199 00:24:31,910 --> 00:24:35,090 but suddenly and quite surprisingly, 200 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:38,700 the hyenas lose interest and vanish into the night. 201 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,100 We kept up our watch on Matsumi for another few days, 202 00:24:55,110 --> 00:24:58,070 never knowing when the hyenas might return. 203 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:02,290 She lay helpless letting time heal her wounds. 204 00:25:02,450 --> 00:25:06,170 Recovery from a cobra bite is never a sure thing. 205 00:25:06,190 --> 00:25:08,660 But we know she is resilient. 206 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:26,860 After a full week, the venom has worked itself out of Matsumi's body. 207 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,460 She is able at least to walk once again. 208 00:25:35,020 --> 00:25:38,190 Her first impulse is to investigate the site 209 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,040 with the confrontation with the cobra for any sign of her cubs. 210 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,990 There is none. The hyenas saw to that. 211 00:25:53,650 --> 00:25:56,740 As she leaves the area for the last time. 212 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:06,820 Seasons in Botswana seem to explode 213 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:10,470 into sudden change with each rainfall or stirring wind. 214 00:26:12,250 --> 00:26:17,770 A solitary lioness has a difficult time hunting and protecting herself from hyenas. 215 00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:21,860 Matsumi waits and listens for her missing companions. 216 00:26:38,550 --> 00:26:44,440 As soon as the pride is back in the area she recognises their calls and rushes to join. 217 00:26:56,450 --> 00:27:01,690 It's impossible to say just how much of her story they can smell. 218 00:27:13,780 --> 00:27:18,270 One can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. 219 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,940 Perhaps it has something to do with the memory of time gone by 220 00:27:22,950 --> 00:27:27,640 when we the prey and our nights were filled with darkness. 221 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,980 It's the time of the wildebeest again 222 00:27:39,990 --> 00:27:44,250 and the tony shapes are drawn by the need to devour. 223 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,510 As always, the killers're watched from the shadows. 224 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:26,980 Quickly the hyenas identify the lions and realize that the males are absent. 225 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:33,880 Because Matsumi is weaker, she has to struggle to find her way into the feeding frenzy. 226 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,970 The noise attracts the entire Southern Clan. 227 00:28:45,630 --> 00:28:49,090 As the numbers mount up, the battle begins. 228 00:29:05,850 --> 00:29:10,570 Perhaps sparked by recent memories Matsumi is the most aggressive. 229 00:29:43,470 --> 00:29:47,920 The numbers are too great, - the battle too fierce. 230 00:30:16,450 --> 00:30:19,630 Hyenas are masters at exploiting chaos. 231 00:30:19,650 --> 00:30:25,380 They keep Matsumi isolated while attacking other lionesses viciously. 232 00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:36,230 The lions are helpless. 233 00:30:36,830 --> 00:30:41,140 From the safety of the trees they can only watch their kill disappear. 234 00:30:54,620 --> 00:30:56,580 Blood flows tonight. 235 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,070 This incident at least was simply a struggle for food, 236 00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:04,960 competition between the superpredators. 237 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:16,570 We chose to stay with the lions 238 00:31:16,580 --> 00:31:19,510 as the prowling hyenas melted away into the night. 239 00:31:20,150 --> 00:31:24,190 By dawn the lions were still isolated in small groups, 240 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,500 reluctant to venture down from the trees. 241 00:31:51,350 --> 00:31:53,600 The pride begins to relax. 242 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,160 They seem confident by the lifting of the darkness 243 00:31:57,170 --> 00:31:59,750 and the disappearance of their enemies. 244 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:25,080 Matsumi is still shaken. 245 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:30,980 Getting up a tree is always easy, coming down is less dignified. 246 00:33:20,950 --> 00:33:24,000 The matriarch's only surviving cub, the Princess, 247 00:33:24,010 --> 00:33:27,350 is still enjoying the privilege of her birth. 248 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:33,580 During the long hours we spent around the dens the hyenas came to ignore us totally 249 00:33:33,590 --> 00:33:36,270 and played out their social games. 250 00:33:37,420 --> 00:33:41,550 Social time around the den strengthens the individual's place in the clan. 251 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,090 And along the long journey from pure scavengers to hunters, 252 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:49,350 hyenas have adopted a quick and clear identification system 253 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,510 that is reinforced each day. 254 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,810 The Pricess is being groomed for leadership of the clan, 255 00:34:08,820 --> 00:34:12,320 but she is still dependent on her mother. 256 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:20,530 Night after night these hyenas pass the hours within earshot of the lions, 257 00:34:20,540 --> 00:34:23,580 constantly aware of the others' presence, 258 00:34:23,590 --> 00:34:26,660 always alert for a weakness to be used. 259 00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:30,600 Two families are feuding enemies. 260 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,180 With each passing phase of seasonal change, 261 00:34:37,190 --> 00:34:40,510 Savuti is transformed as if by magic. 262 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:49,880 Thousands of zebras migrate into the area and the lions react immediately, 263 00:34:49,890 --> 00:34:52,150 converging on any stampede. 264 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:10,920 Lions appear from everywhere, ignoring old established boundaries, 265 00:35:10,930 --> 00:35:14,150 encroaching on forbidden ground. 266 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:17,360 They are all after the same food supply. 267 00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:27,500 As Matsumi leads the Central Pride in the hunt, another pride comes running in. 268 00:35:29,350 --> 00:35:32,840 They are neighbours and constant adversaries like the hyenas. 269 00:35:44,900 --> 00:35:47,900 Matsumi's pride is attacked and chased. 270 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:54,390 As they retreat, one female is separated behind the line of attack by the intruders. 271 00:35:54,460 --> 00:35:57,550 She is surrounded and seriously injured. 272 00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:21,160 With only a few minutes of rest between the attacks 273 00:36:21,170 --> 00:36:24,560 the female is tormented throughout the night. 274 00:36:55,950 --> 00:37:00,220 Matsumi has been waiting in the shadows, and comes in to investigate 275 00:37:00,230 --> 00:37:02,100 when the growls subside. 276 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,860 The injured lioness is an older female possibly her mother. 277 00:37:09,250 --> 00:37:11,450 But Matsumi can do nothing. 278 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,950 She is chased off and the old female is left alone 279 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,240 to whatever fate awaits her. 280 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:38,460 In the night, her blood drains out onto the grass. 281 00:37:56,100 --> 00:37:59,900 The Central Pride is now smaller by one lioness. 282 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:06,080 It is always sad to watch the death of a lion or a hyena that we have come to know, 283 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:10,380 but these endless cycles of life and death 284 00:38:10,390 --> 00:38:13,400 have continued throughout the ages. 285 00:38:23,784 --> 00:38:28,315 Matsumi and her pride reassemble and walk into the darkness. 286 00:38:29,347 --> 00:38:31,192 Silently. 287 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:51,650 The horrors of the night melt away into the warm glow of survival. 288 00:39:23,450 --> 00:39:27,200 After the death of the older female and within a month of losing her cubs, 289 00:39:27,210 --> 00:39:30,400 young Matsumi comes into heat again. 290 00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,830 Mondayvoo reacts to the scent and follows her trail 291 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,100 knowing that she is ready for mating. 292 00:39:49,550 --> 00:39:53,600 While the younger male, Untwydumala, is away patrolling the territory, 293 00:39:53,610 --> 00:39:56,540 his brother dominates the mating. 294 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:37,890 A few months later the Southern Clan patrols on the same patch of Savuti 295 00:40:37,900 --> 00:40:39,830 that soaked in the lioness's blood. 296 00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:41,440 They are hunting. 297 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,140 For the first time the Princess has joined the matriarch on the hunt. 298 00:41:05,450 --> 00:41:07,460 Zebras have returned on their migration. 299 00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:12,850 The clan methodically hunts down the fauls, not bothering about stealth. 300 00:41:43,900 --> 00:41:46,140 Untwydumala is back from his patrol. 301 00:41:46,850 --> 00:41:48,880 Always ready to confront hyenas. 302 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,380 He catches the matriarch. 303 00:42:13,150 --> 00:42:16,300 It is a moment of supreme opportunity for the male. 304 00:42:17,150 --> 00:42:21,190 Not concerned with food, his drive is to kill. 305 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,010 Her back is broken. 306 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:33,020 The matriarch can't survive a brutal mauling by a male lion. 307 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:39,460 On her very first hunt, the Princess is faced with a catastrophy. 308 00:42:40,700 --> 00:42:42,860 She has only just passed from total dependence 309 00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:45,110 on her mother's milk into the harsh world 310 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,240 where she will have to fend for herself. 311 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,750 As the Princess finds her, 312 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:55,110 the matriarch breaths her last. 313 00:43:40,250 --> 00:43:45,570 Without the matriarch, the clan is in turmoil. They are leaderless. 314 00:43:46,300 --> 00:43:48,570 New relationships have to be sorted out. 315 00:43:49,570 --> 00:43:52,840 Second and second-ranked females now compete for the top position. 316 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,760 The males molest a female, possibly to force her to choose a mate. 317 00:44:05,900 --> 00:44:09,150 Among hyenas females select which male to mate with. 318 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:26,420 For months the clan will be nervous and quarrelsome, 319 00:44:26,430 --> 00:44:30,720 weakened against attack by lions or other hyena clans. 320 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,780 The life of the Pincess is also in turmoil. 321 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:52,400 Without the protection of her mother she has lost all rank in the hierarchy. 322 00:44:53,300 --> 00:44:56,820 She wanders in and out of the clan's territory without knowing its limits, 323 00:44:56,830 --> 00:44:59,090 without the guidance of an adult. 324 00:44:59,900 --> 00:45:03,270 Alone, in a world full of enemies. 325 00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:34,530 The old den site has been abandoned because of fleas, 326 00:45:34,540 --> 00:45:37,860 and the new dens has new young cubs. 327 00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:43,960 The Princess is accepted here because she is still a clan member. 328 00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:46,980 But now, she has no privileges. 329 00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:57,580 Even the new cubs are allowed to take advantage of her. 330 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:10,300 Very soon she becomes alienated by her uncertainty 331 00:46:10,310 --> 00:46:13,670 and leaves the dens for the last time. 332 00:46:34,150 --> 00:46:37,390 The marking and patrolling of boundaries by both lions and hyenas 333 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,040 is a way of avoiding a conflict 334 00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:43,270 like the recent lion fight which can result in death. 335 00:46:49,260 --> 00:46:54,090 The hyena clan uses a waterhole as a territory boundary in the dry season. 336 00:46:54,900 --> 00:46:57,490 It is here where the Princess joins up with her clan 337 00:46:57,500 --> 00:46:59,590 at night to tag along on the hunt. 338 00:47:13,450 --> 00:47:16,910 On the north bank, the clan's neighbours have smelt for days 339 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:18,410 the intrusions of the Princess 340 00:47:18,420 --> 00:47:21,560 and now rush in to confront her disruptive clan. 341 00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:28,660 The dispute is over the territorial boundary, 342 00:47:28,670 --> 00:47:32,020 which seems to run through the centre of the waterhole. 343 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,460 During this crucial confrontation a new matriarch emerges 344 00:47:42,470 --> 00:47:45,150 and leads the Southern Clan into battle. 345 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:33,130 When hyenas clash, they use their teeth as vicious weapons to inflict heavy wounds 346 00:48:33,140 --> 00:48:37,810 on each other sometimes ending in serious maulings or even deaths. 347 00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:44,260 The Northern Clan is stronger, but the fighting is confused. 348 00:48:49,700 --> 00:48:53,580 Finally, they retreat again before the Southern advance. 349 00:48:58,700 --> 00:49:01,700 After the battle has won her own clan 350 00:49:01,710 --> 00:49:04,570 mistakes the Princess as an intruder and attacks her. 351 00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:36,790 The only safe ground is in the cente of the waterhole. 352 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:41,260 In time the falling Pricess may join either of the clans. 353 00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:45,640 But she will never again climb a ladder to dominance. 354 00:49:49,550 --> 00:49:53,730 The boundary has been decided. It will stay fixed for some months 355 00:49:53,740 --> 00:49:57,820 by the smell of the thick, pasty markings left by both clans after the clash. 356 00:50:06,900 --> 00:50:11,430 Fixed, too, is the relationship the hyenas have with the lions. 357 00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:15,050 One that can only change with death. 358 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,490 A blood feud that is forever. 359 00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:03,500 Once again Mondayvoo is away from the pride patrolling on the grassland. 360 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:08,890 The new clan matriarch is in attendance following his every move. 361 00:51:16,650 --> 00:51:19,100 In a unique display of overlapping 362 00:51:19,110 --> 00:51:23,080 territorial language, the lion marks against the hyena. 363 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,870 Usually, territories are disregarded by other species, 364 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,100 but now the matriarch and the pride male 365 00:51:30,110 --> 00:51:34,360 express their hostility with unmistakable actions. 366 00:51:35,500 --> 00:51:40,130 This new matriarch is confident and defiant, marking where he marks 367 00:51:40,140 --> 00:51:42,860 and harrassing the much larger lion. 368 00:52:03,700 --> 00:52:08,890 Her calls and her fluffed up tail posture attract support from other clan members 369 00:52:09,350 --> 00:52:14,590 and don't go unnoticed by the lionesses on the edge of the open area. 370 00:52:24,900 --> 00:52:29,470 The matriarch seems to succeed in the psychological warfare. 371 00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:44,500 This is not a competition for food. 372 00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:48,880 When Matsumi leads the pride out to meet the hyenas 373 00:52:48,890 --> 00:52:53,770 it is to do battle once again with their eternal enemies. 374 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:02,640 Frenzy calls filter across the bush to the king ears of Untwydumala, 375 00:53:02,650 --> 00:53:05,570 "He Who Greets With Fire". 376 00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,430 The hyena killer. 377 00:54:31,350 --> 00:54:36,330 A swift bite to the neck and the new matriarch is dead. 378 00:54:37,350 --> 00:54:39,950 The day belongs to the lions. 379 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,800 It was not always easy for us to witness these struggles for life. 380 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,620 But at the end of it all perhaps, 381 00:54:55,630 --> 00:54:59,350 we came to know more about ourselves 382 00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:04,540 and the struggles that rage within our savage souls. 383 00:55:07,300 --> 00:55:11,650 Creatures of instinct, helpless to change their destiny, 384 00:55:12,660 --> 00:55:16,920 forever these eternal enemies will fight on. 385 00:55:18,595 --> 00:55:28,634 ==================================== Presented to you by jlpzj.com htttp://www.jlpzj.com/ ==================================== Proofed and dictated by laser