Big Cats
Documentary series uncovering the secret lives of big cats, using the latest technology and scientific research to bring these animal superstars out of the shadows.
- 2018-2018
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
Documentary series uncovering the secret lives of big cats, using the latest technology and scientific research to bring these animal superstars out of the shadows.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
58 mins
The varied feline species adapted to about every environment on earth. Only African lions live in truly social prides, providing extra security and enabling them to take on huge prey like giraffes. The largest, tigers, adapted both to Indian heath, like America's giant jaguar -who even overpowers caiman- or the smallest, India's and Sri Lanka's rusty-spotted cat, and to Siberian winter, like the Himalayan snow leopard, whose near-empty, hence vast territory complicates mating gravely. The developed perfect hunting skills, like the land sprint-champion cheetah, actually as good at matching prey's evasive zigzag.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
58 mins
Advances in remote and low-light filming reveal the secret lives of the world's most mysterious cats. In Mongolia the Pallas's cat, in South Africa the tiny black-footed cat and a serval thriving in an industrial landscape.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
58 mins
High-tech collars reveal that straight line speed isn't the cheetah's greatest weapon but its ability to brake, change direction and accelerate. The Iberian lynx faced extinction but is recovering thanks to captive breeding.
