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Giant Hornets

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Incredible footage about the largest species of wasp on Earth! Travel with Wild Chronicles to the Japanese island of Honshu, home of the fearsome giant hornet. Spawned from a single queen, this colony of more than a thousand sisters boasts three-inch wingspans and quarter-inch stingers. Top predators of the insect world, these hornets are a force to be reckoned with. Check out how they attack praying mantis and other hornets!

05:09

Seasons of Salmon
Join Wild Chronicles in Alaska, where every year sockeye salmon make a desperate journey upstream to spawn. Instinct propels the salmon to lay their eggs where they themselves were hatched. The odds of failure are immense, but there is no turning back. Even at the end, the salmon’s death provides the gift of life, as the cycle of nature continues.

01:39

Acrobat Champion Spider
The desert sands of Namibia are home to a remarkable miniature acrobat. The Golden wheel spider turns on a performance that rivals the tumbling floor routine of any gymnast.

02:04

Marathon Flying Locusts
Locusts make overnight marathons of over 500 km, often leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

01:26

Shooting Fish Champion
The Archer Fish uses its mouth as a bow and a stream of water as an arrow to shoot prey lurking above the surface. Not only must it hit a moving target but it also solves a complex problem of physics in the process. As it sets its aim, the fish calculates and corrects for the refractive bending of light through the water. Its gill covers shut, thrusting water along a groove, releasing a stream of aqua arrows.

04:21

Pygmy Sloth
Wild Chronicles reveals what may be the first-ever pictures of a newly-discovered species of pygmy sloth that has been hidden from us…until now. One photographer's wild determination brings him within one foot of the sleepy sloth. Eager to learn more about the mysterious life of this rare and elusive creature, Wild Chronicles follows National Geographic photographer Bill Hatcher as he mucks through swamps of a wild Panamanian island and climbs high into the treetops of sloth-land.

05:02

Leader of the Pack
Wild wolves are thriving again in Yellowstone National Park. Join Wild Chronicles on a trip to Yellowstone's famous Druid Peak to check up on one wolf pack that captured the imagination of both the public and the rangers who work there. The family drama continues…full of attraction and fury, rivalry and warfare, and astonishing loyalty.

04:54

Grizzlies Vs. Wolves
Join Wild Chronicles to watch Yellowstone's top predators battle it out. With too many predators in the park, grizzly bears and wolves have to compete for food. It's bad news for elk, but devoted park rangers are working to maintain the balance.

05:56

Bull Sharks
Wild Chronicles profiles National Geographic biologist Mike Heithaus as he travels to the shallow coastal waters of the Florida Keys where the bull shark makes its home and unsuspecting beachgoers frolic. Able to move between marine and freshwater with ease, the bull shark is an opportunistic hunter. Heithaus investigates the shark’s feeding habits using Crittercam®, hoping to keep beachgoers off the menu.

04:55

Predator Crocodiles
Crocodiles have hunted Africa's rivers since the age of the dinosaurs. They are a dynasty built on a design so quick and powerful that it has lasted 60 million years. But even these grand and powerful predators start out small…and young crocs must learn to survive in a harsh – and often dangerous – environment. Wild Chronicles travels to Africa's wilds to track critical moments in an adolescent crocodile’s life as it learns the essential skills of being an alert and patient predator.

04:46

Meerkat Hunting
It's gang warfare when Africa's meerkats face danger. Wild Chronicles heads to Africa's Kalahari Desert where researchers studying a band of young meerkats find they rarely face danger alone. Every day is full of close-calls for these fierce little warriors who quickly learn that staying alive means sticking together.

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