Best Wild Animal Chases | Top 5 | BBC Earth

[Music] small lizards birds and insects of the normal quarry but for a few weeks a year there's much more on offer marine iguanas prefer to keep to the water's edge but during the nesting season females must brave it inland to find soft soil in which to lay their eggs but she must go carefully the hawk patiently waits to see if she drops her guard she's reasonably safe close to her nest burrows but stray too far from color and she's courting trouble [Music] the Buffalo know that if they stand and face the walls they have the advantage [Music] sometimes these standoffs can last for days [Music] but if this strategy were foolproof there wouldn't be any wolves eventually the Buffalo lose their nerve and make a run for it I can see how the wolves are testing the Buffalo looking for a young animal or one that is struggling during the winter the Buffalo have to break trail running through the deep snow they tire more quickly than the wolves scattering through the bush forces the Wolves to split up and reduces their effectiveness but storm is not distracted he's got a lock on his prey [Music] it's a yearling calf storm is such a huge wolf he's able to bring this 300 kilogram animal to a stop all by himself these are the first intimate images of Snow Leopard ever filmed in the world [Music] she greets her one-year-old cop [Music] her den is well chosen it has exceptional views of the surrounding cliffs on these treacherous slopes no hunter other than the Snow Leopard would have a chance of catching such agile prey [Music] a female with young makes an easier target [Music] [Music] a large pores give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance [Music] silently she positions herself above her prey [Music] [Applause] [Music] but here there are not just two but three cheetahs a band of brothers [Music] they have changed their tactics and by doing so have taken their prey by surprise they have learned that working together they can bring down large prey [Music] an ostrich a bird that towers over a cheetah and is more than twice as heavy it can't fly to escape danger but it can lash out with a deadly kick a female unaware as yet of any danger even with three of them this is still highly risky if one gets injured the other two couldn't hope to tackle such large prey [Music] on the other hand if they get it right the rewards are huge the male has spotted one of the brothers but only one it's not too worried [Music] then suddenly there are three the female is slower to realize the danger and the Cheetahs switched hands [Music] it takes the combined effort and weight of all three brothers to bring down this powerful birth even now the ostrich could land a fatal kick a lesser jerboa a hunter needs supersenses to find such small sparse prey the rules desert fox has ears 20 times more sensitive than our own the jeboa tries to hide but the holes not deep enough the Fox is sensitive nose tells him exactly where to dig there's a sneaky backdoor if he can squeeze through time for the jerboa to reveal his own secret weapon legs like a kangaroo the Jabara can hop more than ten times its own body length but long legs don't make it easy to hide they come into their own when the only option left is to run for it [Music] sometimes getting over is tough better to go under the jabo is quick but the Fox is quicker the jabo is only hope is to outmaneuver and he has one last trick on his sleeve [Music] hairy feet a shock of hair on the sole of his feet grips the sand for a quick turn desert survival requires sensible Footwear tonight the desert fox goes hungry [Music] [Music]

Channel: BBC Earth

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Rating: 4.6600533 out of 5

Keywords: bbc documentary, bbc, bbcearth, bbc earth, top 5, wildlife compilation, best of wildlife, best animal chases, top animal chases, wolf vs buffaloes, leopard, leopard vs ostrich, wolf hunting prey, wolves hunting, animal fights, wildlife fights compilation, leopard hunting, snow leopard, wildlife chases, leopard vs ostrich real fight, snow leopard hunting mountain goat, mountain goat

Id: dZ6F1KTnAVg

Length: 12min 53sec (773 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 22 2019