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Deadly Summer

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A huge hippo pod.
Under the blistering African Sun and along the Luangwa River in Zambia, a hippo, a lioness and a crocodile will be pushed to the very limits of endurance in a battle to stay alive. For most of the year these creatures co-exit peacefully, but in the dry season the rules change. Vegetation is sparse, leaving little food for grazing animals like the hippos and little shelter for the big cats which draws them to the last remaining pools of water, where the crocodile lurks.

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