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Outlanders | Big Cats, Small World

The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families. An aging lion challenges younger rivals, cheetah cubs adjust to life on their own and a leopard mother must balance her children’s needs.

Outlanders | Big Cats, Small World

53m 33s

The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families. An aging lion challenges younger rivals, cheetah cubs adjust to life on their own and a leopard mother must balance her children’s needs.

Previews + Extras

  • Preview of Big Cats, Small World: Outlanders: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Preview of Big Cats, Small World: Outlanders

    S43 E7 - 30s

    The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families. An aging lion challenges younger rivals, cheetah cubs adjust to life on their own and a leopard mother must balance her children’s needs.

  • Lion vs. Wildebeest: How Lions Hunt as a Pride: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lion vs. Wildebeest: How Lions Hunt as a Pride

    S43 E7 - 2m 56s

    Lions may not have the cheetah's speed or the leopard's forest cover. But they have other tricks for hunting prey. Masters of stealth and teamwork, lions work together to outwit and overpower their prey.

  • Leopard Hunts Baby Sister: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Leopard Hunts Baby Sister

    S43 E7 - 3m 10s

    Female leopard Sephiri recently gave birth to two cubs when an unwelcome intruder entered their territory and threatened their safety - her older daughter. Female leopards are known to hunt the cubs of others -- even their own siblings.

  • Filming Africa's Three Big Cats: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Filming Africa's Three Big Cats

    S43 E7 - 7m 30s

    Filmmakers of "Big Cats, Small World" share their remarkable experiences living alongside Africa's three big cat families. Writer and Director Robyn Keene-Young delves into the differences in the developmental journeys of each species’ cubs, while Producer and Director of Photography Adrian Bailey reveals the unique challenges of capturing these big cats on film.

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