Survivor
Wildebeest are a lion's favorite meal. So a lion grabbing a calf isn't news. Bonding with the calf - that's not just news. It's a phenomenon...
Wildebeest move around a lot. In a typical year, a herd one million strong gravels almost 2000 miles in the never-ending search for greener pastures. It's the world's greatest land migration, and Nature's biggest drama. SURVIVOR offers a fresh way to see it: through the eyes of a newborn calf as it runs an obstacle course of hazards: cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, crocodiles - and a lion that defies nature.
Within moments of birth, our calf is seized by a lioness. What should be the end of the story is just the start. Instinct drives the naïve calf to bond with the nearest warm body: the lioness. By a fluke so rare it's never been filmed before - the lioness bonds in return.
After eight tense hours, the lioness finally lets the calf go. But she's still in danger: she's alone. A calf separeted from its mother will die within days. Our calf wanders alone through downpours and hostile hers (wildebeest mothers won't share their milk with other calves). The by sheer luck - a familiar sound. Mother and calf recognize each other's calls, and reunite. Now they begin the epic drama of the Great Migration. They'll run a gauntlet of predators - only to reach a crocodile-infested river that must be crossed. For and adult wildebeest, this trek is a challenge; for a calf, it's an ordeal.
SURVIVOR is more than the saga of a perlious journey. It's a story of a mother's bond... a species' endureance ... and one extraordinary calf's breathtaking survival.