Big Cats
Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. What is it about big cats that makes them such good hunters?
Chris Packham delves beneath the skin of the big cats to explore what makes them such good hunters, and he reveals that it is not all about brawn.
New scientific research shows how subtle adaptations in their anatomy and physiology contribute to the success of all stages of a big cat hunt: the stalk, the capture and the kill.
Leg hairs help the leopard to stalk, and intricate muscle fibres drive the snow leopard to capture its prey. For the jaguar, jaw muscles and whiskers combine to give it a precision bite that can take down a caiman, and an enlarged area of the lioness's brain gives it the edge over all their big cat cousins.
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The art of stalking leopard-style
Duration: 03:15
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Alvar
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Exile
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Chris Packham |
| Executive Producer | Jonny Keeling |
| Director | Emily Taylor |
| Producer | Emily Taylor |
| Series Producer | Aaron Paul |
Broadcasts
Wed 27 Aug 2014 20:00- Thu 28 Aug 2014 01:00
- Mon 1 Sep 2014 23:50
Sun 22 Feb 2015 16:30- Wed 4 Nov 2015 16:45
- Tue 12 Jul 2016 19:30
- Tue 15 Nov 2016 16:45成人论坛 Two except Wales
- Wed 3 Jan 2018 13:45
- Wed 9 Jan 2019 16:45成人论坛 Two except Scotland
- Sat 12 Jan 2019 16:00成人论坛 Two Scotland
- Sat 27 Jul 2019 10:30成人论坛 Two except Scotland
- Thu 26 Mar 2020 19:30
- Tue 2 Feb 2021 10:00成人论坛 One Wales & Wales HD only
- Wed 10 Mar 2021 16:45成人论坛 Two except Scotland
- Sun 9 Jan 2022 15:45成人论坛 One Wales HD & Wales only
- Tue 29 Mar 2022 00:00
- Sun 22 Jan 2023 14:00成人论坛 Two except Scotland
- Mon 8 Jan 2024 15:45成人论坛 Two except Scotland
- Sun 22 Sep 2024 14:50成人论坛 One Wales & Wales HD only
- Wednesday 20:30成人论坛 One Wales & Wales HD only
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