Inside the Perfect Predator

Season 1

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 peregrinefalcon is a flight and diving machine. In sweet water, the Nilecrocodile survives since the Dino age, without natural enemies, withseveral amazing metabolism stunts. Lurking under water, it snaps blindlyat migrating wildebeest, then waits underground. In the oceans, theequally ancient shark, notably the great white, migrates seasonally tofind abundant prey, such as young seals around South Africa.