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Hammer Throw Champion

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Unlike most spiders, which construct webs for passing prey, the Bolas spider takes a more pro-active approach.

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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.

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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.

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Lone wildebeest calf falls victim to cheetahs
Spotted predators drag their prey out of sight of vultures and eat the animal while it’s still alive. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) claim many young wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) as the herds migrate across Tanzania's Serengeti.

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Cheetah kills wildebeest calf
On the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania, yet another lost wildebeest calf (Connochaetes taurinus) falls victim to a predator, this time a cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) . Despite a gallant effort to evade the spotted feline, the calf is finally brought down.

03:43

Ants pillage termite colony
African stink ants (Pachycondyla tarsata) embark on a carefully orchestrated exercise to remove as many termites as possible from their underground home, before taking them back to provide food for their own kind. These ants leave a pheromone trail to find their way around South Africa's Blyde Canyon.

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Breaststroke Champion Frog
The Giant Barred frog is the breaststroke champion of the animal kingdom.

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Sprint Champion Cheetah
The cheetah is the world’s fastest sprinter. Able to maintain 100 kilometers over 500 metres, it is 3 times quicker than the fastest man.

04:59

Rare turtle lays eggs in full daylight
A critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) labours as she carefully digs a hole and lays her eggs under a tree on the island of Mahe in the Seychelles.

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Maggots feast on gaur carcass
The rotting carcass of a gaur becomes an ideal feeding ground for thousands of maggots and flies. Cameraman Darryl Sweetland captures the gruesome spectacle on film.
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Termites on the Move
A colony of termites (Isoptera sp.) uses a bamboo log as a bridge as they migrate in search of a new home and new food source in a Thailand forest.

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