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The last 3 episodes to air, newest first.
- 06
Every year the world's biggest flock of membranous mice, bats, - 40 million no less - swarm from a cave in Florida. Half are babies precariously taking wing on their maiden flight straight into the path of snakes and hawks with big appetites. How do they survive?
- 05
When thousands of young Adelie penguins leave the colony to start their adult life at sea, they face a terrifying ordeal. A huge predatory leopard seal is waiting for them just offshore. But which penguin chicks will get through? Is survival down to luck, or can past actions influence a penguin's fate?
- 04
Every year 300 million salmon return to the Alaskan river where they were born, but they are swimming into a trap. The upstream waterfalls are preyed upon by grizzly bears and bald eagles. How do the salmon survive the onslaught?
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