Inside the Perfect Predator

Overview

Four top predators are compared, each champion in a type of environment, with key adaptations. On the ground, the cheetah outruns prey (approached in masterly stealth) and enemies. In the air, the peregrine falcon is a flight and diving machine. In sweet water, the Nile crocodile survives since the Dino age, without natural enemies, with several amazing metabolism stunts. Lurking under water, it snaps blindly at migrating wildebeest, then waits underground. In the oceans, the equally ancient shark, notably the great white, migrates seasonally to find abundant prey, such as young seals around South Africa.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 25, 2010

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC

Director

Mark Brownlow

Writer

Patrick Makin

Producer

Sara Ford,Mark Brownlow

Cinematography

Barrie Britton,Warwick Sloss,Rod Clarke,Mark Payne-Gill,Charles Maxwell

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1729606