

Big Beasts
“Never so big. Never so close.”
Travel from freezing poles to tropical rainforests to meet nature’s most captivating giants, who prove being big comes with enormous challenges.
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1.The Grey Whale
8.021-04-202330mEmbarking on an epic journey for food, a mother whale leads her calf on the longest migration of any mammal.

2.The Elephant Seal
7.021-04-202329mA four-ton elephant seal returns to his breeding beach on the cusp of summer—and quickly learns the competition for females is fierce.

3.The Giant Otter
7.028-04-202328mIn the Brazilian Pantanal—a wetland larger than England—a six-foot otter attempts to raise her cubs in the shadow of hungry jaguars.

4.The Gorilla
05-05-202330mMakumba is one of the best studied gorillas in the world. Now past his prime, he must find new ways to maintain his status as king of the jungle.

5.The Hippo
05-05-202330mIn Earth's largest inland delta, Africa's deadliest mammal fights to keep his family afloat as the dry season approaches.

6.The Brown Bear
05-05-202326mRocky Mountain summers are fleeting, leading local bears to gain weight, sharpen defenses, and engage in a dynamic fight for domination.

7.The Ostrich
12-05-202325mA blazing sun scorches the African savanna, where the planet's biggest bird protects his eggs and giraffes struggle to fuel their towering bodies.

8.The Orangutan
12-05-202327mIn Borneo, apes and monkeys train their babies in the treetops, but with gravity against them, the stakes are high—and crocodiles lurk below.

9.The Tiger
19-05-202330mMonsoon season drives giants toward higher ground, and big cats battle it out to claim dwindling territory in an Indian valley.

10.The Polar Bear
19-05-202330mSubzero temperatures force polar bears to bulk up—but as summer returns and the planet grows warmer, they find themselves on thin ice.
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