Creative Killers

Get dizzy as wildebeests and zebras circle East Africa looking for lush grazing, and meet the hungry river crocodiles who lie in wait for this movable feast. Discover how these ancient reptiles calculate the odds and launch speeds to catch their dinner.

Episodic Breakdown
Episode 1: Coliseum
The wild predators have an unquestioned instinct to kill, honed by evolution and fuelled by a need to survive. Some killers’ performance is set apart from the rest, their trump card, tactics that fit their terrain. Get a close up look at the killer tactics of two of Africa’s most iconic predators. In northern Botswana is a piece of prime territory: Savuti. Here we see the extraordinary lengths that a pride of lions and a young leopard will go to, to secure a meal.

Episode 2: Trenches
In two great rivers in East Africa, contrasting neighborhoods demand different hunting strategies: Crocodiles on the Mara River live a life of luxury. Wildebeest are easy to drown in the fast-flowing deep water. While on the Grumeti River, the crocodile gang, lead by “DC”, the Dominant Croc, has to constantly change its game to match unpredictable prey and their volatile river.

Episode 3: Open Ground
In the wild predators have an unquestioned instinct to kill, honed by evolution and fuelled by a need to survive. Some killers’ performance is set apart from the rest, their trump card, tactics that fit their terrain. Get a close up look at the killer tactics of two of Africa’s most iconic predators. In a piece of prime territory in the south east corner of the Serengeti, we see the extraordinary lengths that Cheetah and Lion will go to secure a meal.