Sneak Attacks
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Too Close For Comfort
A Great White Shark attacking a diver's cage. Just before they feed, a white shark’s eyes roll up into their sockets for protection, making them nearly blind.
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A Born Hunter
A cheetah subdues its prey, a gazelle. They’re the fastest mammals on Earth, capable of reaching speeds up to 70 miles per hour in pursuit of prey. But a cheetah can only keep this up for mere seconds. When stalking a kill, they wait until they’re within 50 feet before attempting an ambush.
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Baiting a Shark
Great White Shark breaches next to a dive cage. Two divers float inside a shark cage. They’re observing the ocean’s greatest predator, the great white shark. And today, they’re in luck. A 15-foot, two-ton white shark takes the nearby bait.
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Reptile Crossing
Alligator on the side of the road. Alligators crush flesh and bone with 2,000 pounds per square-inch of jaw pressure. In the last decade alone, they’ve killed a dozen people in the United States.
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Cat vs. Gator
Mugsy the cat doesn’t flee in the face of this apex predator. An adult gator outweighs a domestic cat by more than 800 pounds, but Mugsy stares down the gator, assuming an aggressive posture to protect his territory. Hissing and swatting, he drives the gator back.
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Cheetah vs. Journalist
The cheetah approaches Michelle Garforth and initially acting cute by poking her, until it all goes wrong and the cheetah attacks her upper arm. A cheetah’s bite force averages over 470 pounds, comparable to a canine. More than enough strength to tear human muscle. Finally, a park ranger is able to stop the attack. Back at base camp, Michelle’s wound is treated, a nasty bite, but nothing serious.
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Bounding Buck
350 riders sit poised on the starting line - ready for a grueling race through Albert Falls Dam Game Reserve. Travis Walker has agreed to record the race on a camera mounted to his bike. Out of nowhere, an antelope, known as a red hartebeest, slams Travis’ teammate, Evan, at approximately 30 miles an hour. The beast’s hoof comes directly down onto his skull. Its entire mass, an average 300 pounds of muscle and bone, focuses into one powerful strike.
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Elephant Rampage
Elephants from a local zoo parade through the Seoul, South Korea. For the spectators, it’s a chance to get an up-close look at majestic Asian elephants. Something startles one elephant. It panics and the zookeeper loses control. Bystanders scatter in all directions. The ten-foot tall, six-ton beast darts through the front door of a restaurant.
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Big, Bad Bird
The ostrich, big, beautiful, and a bit odd. But deadly? In nature, it’s the ones you least expect that’ll have you running for cover. Wayne Crawford and his crew are capturing footage of an ostrich for a family film, in South Africa. Everything’s going well until the crew gets a little too close. With their long legs covering 16 feet in a single stride, ostriches can hit a top speed of 43 miles per hour.
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Racing Buffalos
Man riding a buffalo at annual Chonburi Buffalo Racing Festival. At Rayong, Thailand's annual water buffalo race, people line the streets to watch these juggernauts crank up the adrenaline. The main event is a 100-meter dash, pitting three buffalo in an all out sprint to the finish line.
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Super Snake
In this rural countryside, run-ins with wildlife are common. The police have arrived here for a far larger than average threat, a gigantic anaconda over 24-feet long. The officers lack any specialized capture equipment. While keeping the townspeople at a safe distance, they’re moving the monstrous animal by hand, so they can place it in a cage and take it back into the wild. The 24-foot anaconda’s head and neck are firmly in the officers’ grasp and things are seemingly under control until the enormous snake breaks loose…turning on its captors.
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Fowl on the Prowl
Canada geese lay eggs in the spring and they’re highly protective of their nests. It’s likely this goose is simply defending its young and the unlucky dog’s seen as a threat that must be eliminated.
