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Editor's Picks >> Predator vs. Prey - The world's top predators take off after their prey, and you're there to catch every minute of it in stunning footage from around the world.
- Albatross vs. Tiger Shark - Young albatrosses learn that a hungry tiger shark is an excellent motivator when learning to fly.
- Anaconda Hunts - When you're an anaconda, you don't need venom to take down your prey, even if it's the world's largest rodent, a capybara, weighing nearly 100 pounds (45 kilograms)!
- Animal Mothers: Cheetah vs. Gemsbok - Two cheetah cubs think they've found an easy meal when they catch a gemsbok calf, until they are confronted by the calf's protective mother.
- Animal Winter Games: Race to the Ice - Emperor penguins try to make it past a lurking leopard seal on their way home to their chicks.
- Assassin Bug vs. Bats - Think there's nothing scarier than a vampire bat? How about the bug that sucks its blood?
- Baboons vs. Flamingos - Hungry baboons in Kenya's Lake Bogoria find themselves surrounded by a million unsuspecting—and unprotected—flamingos.
- Centipede vs. Grasshopper Mouse - The venomous mandibles of a centipede are no match for the lightning-fast reflexes of the grasshopper mouse.
- Cheetah vs. Gazelle - An unlucky young Thomson's gazelle becomes fodder for a cheetah cub training for the hunt.
- Cobra vs. Monitor Lizard - Think you can guess who wins the day when two aggressive predators compete for the same prey?
- Cobra vs. Rat Snake - A rat snake may look like it's related to this king cobra, but the cobra prefers to think of the rat snake as lunch!
- Dingo vs. Kangaroo - A dingo eyes a young kangaroo, and the hunt is on.
- Gaboon Adder vs. Rat - When you're 6 feet (1.8 meters) long, venomous, and blend in with the forest floor, sometimes all you have to do is sit and wait for your next meal.
- Golden Eagle vs. Hares - A golden eagle in Scotland eyes some white mountain hares.
- Leopard vs. Hyena & Lion - You've got to strike a delicate balance when you're a leopard lugging prey two times your own weight up a tree.
- Mouse vs. Boa - What happens if you're a mouse, high in a tree, threatened by a huge boa constrictor? Make the jump of your life!
- Penguin vs. Seal - Emperor penguin parents overcome starvation, freezing weather, and hungry leopard seals to keep their chicks well fed.
- Porcupine vs. Lion - Lion cubs eager for a meal find themselves in a prickly situation.
- Red-Tailed Hawk vs. Rattler - In the desert sky, a hawk spies prey—a venomous rattler! Who wins out in this battle of the predators?
- Shark vs. Octopus - Think you know the outcome when it's shark versus octopus? Think again!
- Stork vs. Mongoose - They may kill snakes, but what happens when a pack of mongooses encounter the largest stork in the world?
- Thrasher vs. King Snake - A 4-foot-long (1.2-meter-long) king snake meets its match against a tiny curve-billed thrasher.
- Vampire Bat vs. Wrinkle Bat - You've heard of dog eat dog, but bat eat bat? You wouldn't want to be this woolly false vampire bat's cousin!
- White-Bellied Sea Eagle Hunts - A sea eagle snatches a venomous sea snake from the water.
- Wolf Hunting Tactics - Hungry like a wolf? Find out how a pack of wolves sates its appetite.
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