"Narrator:" "ACROSS THE GLOBE AND UNDER COVER" "LIVES AN ELUSIVE ANIMAL." "THE LEOPARD." "OUTNUMBERED BY ENEMIES," "CUNNING AND STEALTH HELP IT SURVIVE." "LIONS AND TIGERS ARE DISAPPEARING," "BUT LEOPARDS ADAPT AND THRIVE." "THEY ARE THE LARGEST PREDATOR ABLE TO LIVE SO CLOSE TO US." "A MOTHER AND HER CUBS REVEAL" "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEOPARD IN THE MODERN WORLD." "A PREDATOR..." "A TEACHER..." "A PARENT." "A SUCCESSFUL AND VERY CLEVER CAT." "[ LEOPARD CALLING ]" "THE AFRICAN RAIN FOREST" "IS A LEOPARD'S REAL HOME." "OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS ARE FROM HERE, TOO." "WE ARE OLD JUNGLE ENEMIES." "A LEOPARD IS A CAMOUFLAGED CAT," "A TREE CAT, A NIGHT CAT," "A KILLER OF SNAKES AND BIRDS," "MONKEYS AND APES." "NOWHERE IS SAFE." "THE PERFECT PREDATOR." "A LEOPARD WEIGHS LESS THAN A FULL-GROWN PERSON," "YET 11' COULD," "IF IT WANTED TO, KILL YOU, AND HIDE YOUR REMAINS." "BUT INSTEAD, A LEOPARD WOULD RATHER NOT BE SEEN." "A MILLION OR SO YEARS AGO," "EAST AFRICA DRIED, AND THE RAIN FOREST SHRANK BACK." "NOW ONLY REMNANTS REMAIN, ALONG RIBBONS OF RIVER." "A MOTHER LEOPARD AWAKES HERE NOW TO A WORLD" "OF BIG ANIMALS AND STRONG HUNTERS." "LIONS AND HYENAS, THE HEAVYWEIGHTS," "JOSTLE OVER WHO'S BOSS." "[ CALLING ]" "SHE'S A SINGLE MOTHER." "HERE, AROUND THE SERENGETI, HER ENEMIES OUTNUMBER HER." "SHE'S OUT OF THE JUNGLE, AND IT'S TOO OPEN," "FULL OF SPECIALIST KILLERS -- FASTER HUNTERS." "IT'S A CHEETAH." "A LEOPARD MAY BE SLOWER THAN A CHEETAH" "AND WEAKER THAN THE LIONS AND HYENAS," "YET SHE'LL BEAT THEM ALL, IN THE END." "ACROSS THE WORLD NOW, THERE ARE MANY MORE LEOPARDS" "THAN ANY OTHER BIG CAT." "SHE CARRIES HER TAIL HIGH." "GAZELLES THEN KNOW SHE'S NOT HUNTING," "ALTHOUGH THEY INSIST ON SOUNDING THE ALARM ANYWAY." "[ GAZELLES CALLING ]" "USING THE LI1TLE WE KNOW FROM DIFFERENT LEOPARDS," "DIFFERENT LIVES," "A SINGLE CHARACTER EMERGES." "IT LETS US EXPLORE" "WHAT 1T IS TO BE A LEOPARD " "A MOTHER, A PATIENT HUNTER." "SHE STALKS LIKE THE FOREST LEOPARDS, TRYING NOT TO BE SEEN." "SHE NOTICES WHEN THE GAZELLES ARE WATCHING." "SHE HUNTS WITH HER WITS, A VERY CLEVER CAT." "THOMSON'S GAZELLES HAVE CROSSING POINTS " "A PERFECT PLACE FOR AN AMBUSH." "THE RIVER MAKES THEM NERVOUS, AND WITH GOOD REASON." "SOMETIMES SHE DOUBLES BACK" "AND WORKS AROUND FROM ANOTHER ANGLE." "IT'S AS IF SHE CAN VISUALIZE HER WHOLE TERRITORY," "LAID OUT LIKE A MAP IN HER HEAD." "[ALARM CALL]" "[ GAZELLE BLEATING ]" "THE GAZELLE IS HEAVY, AND SHE IS TIRED," "AND THERE IS NO EASY TREE IN WHICH TO STASH HER KILL." "LIONS AND HYENAS FIGHT OVER THEIR SPOILS, DIE FIGHTING." "NOT LEOPARDS." "SMARTER TO ADMIT DEFEAT, REMAIN IN THE SHADOWS, AND HUNT AGAIN." "LEOPARDS LIKE THEIR LIVES TO BE PRIVATE." "THIS MOTHER IS SPECIAL." "SHE'S BECOME USED TO VEHICLES AND TOLERATES BEING FILMED." "SHE REACTS VERY DIFFERENTLY" "IF LIONS OR HYENAS ARE TRACKING HER, OR TO PEOPLE ON FOOT." "ONE EXTRAORDINARY DAY," "SHE LETS THE FILMING CAR FOLLOW HER TO HER DEN." "THEIR EYES ARE JUST OPENING." "THEY ARE ONLY DAYS OLD." "HOWEVER CAREFUL SHE IS," "THE FAMILY IS INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE." "[ CUBS CALLING ]" "LEOPARDS ARE SECRETIVE BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES ARE HUNTED." "HYENAS, LIKE OTHER PREDATORS," "KILL THEIR WEAKER RIVALS IF THEY POSSIBLY CAN." "[ LEOPARD SNARLS ]" "[ HYENA YELPING ]" "[ HISSES]" "THE HYENA MAY RETURN WITH BACKUP." "SHE HAS TO MOVE THE CUBS." "SHE KNOWS EVERY CAVE ALONG THE GORGE" "AND MOVES TO ONE A FEW YARDS FARTHER DOWN." "ONE CUB IS MOVED, AND ONE IS WAITING," "WHEN SHE SENSES ANOTHER PROBLEM." "BABOONS." "BABOONS CAN BE AS BAD AS HYENAS." "A TROOP OF BABOONS WOULD OVERWHELM A MOTHER" "AND KILL THE CUBS." "SHE MUST GO BACK FOR THE OTHER TWIN, WITH DOZENS OF EYES" "WATCHING OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR LEOPARDS." "SHE MANAGES TO SLIP BETWEEN THEM, UNNOTICED." "IN A FEW DAYS, THE CUBS GROW" "FROM HELPLESS BUNDLES TO INQUISITIVE KITTENS." "SHE SEEMS A GOOD MOTHER," "SO GENTLE FOR A KILLER..." "BUT PROTECTIVE." "LIONS ARE HER GREATEST FEAR." "IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CUBS." "SHE IS IN DANGER, TOO." "LIONS WILL SNIFF HER OUT," "CORNER HER, AND KILL HER." "SHE HAS TO STAY A STEP AHEAD," "ALWAYS ON THE MOVE AROUND HER TEN-SQUARE-MILE TERRITORY." "THE NEW DEN IS DEEP WITHIN THORNY BUSHES AND AMONG ROCKS." "FOR TODAY, AT LEAST, THE LIONS HAVE GIVEN UP CHASING SHADOWS." "SHE SHARES THE LANDSCAPE WITH THE MASAI," "NOMADIC HERDERS OF SHEEP AND CATTLE." "[ CATTLE LOWING, BELLS CLANGING ]" "PEOPLE ARE SO NOISY, THEY'RE EASY TO AVOID." "YET SHE TAKES THE DANGER SERIOUSLY" "AND MELTS AWAY INTO THE ROCKS." "YOU MIGHT THINK THAT WE WERE JUST" "ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR LEOPARDS, LIKE BABOONS" "OR LIONS, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES." "WE OFFER SUCH PLENTIFUL AND EASY FOOD." "[ TRIBE CHATTING ]" "[ TRIBESMAN WHISTLES ]" "[ WHISTLING CONTINUES ]" "THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE IN THE RELATIONSHIP" "BETWEEN LEOPARDS AND MAN," "AN ANCIENT INTERTWINING OF EACH OTHER'S LIVES." "MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, WE VENTURED TOGETHER" "BEYOND THE RAIN FOREST, BOTH PROBABLY" "MOST AFRAID OF EACH OTHER." "FIRE AND SHELTER, EVEN THE FIRST SOCIETY" "AND LANGUAGE, EVOLVED TO HELP DEFEND US FROM LEOPARDS." "THE MASAI ARE STILL MORE AFRAID" "OF LEOPARDS THAN LIONS OR HYENAS." "THEY PROTECT THEIR CATTLE AT NIGHT BEHIND HIGH THORN WALLS." "THE WARRIORS WOULD KILL A LEOPARD IF THEY GOT THE CHANCE." "LEOPARDS OFl'EN PROWL SECRETLY AROUND THESE VILLAGES." "PEOPLE AND LIVESTOCK ARE PART OF HER WORLD." "YET ATTACKS BY LEOPARDS ARE RARE." "IT'S AS THOUGH SHE IS FOLLOWING" "AN ANCIENT COMPROMISE -- TWO CLEVER KILLERS" "WHO HAVE LEARNED TO DANCE AROUND EACH OTHER." "[ Noes BARKING 1" "IT'S IN HER NATURE TO SLIP LIKE A SHADOW" "BETWEEN DIFFERENT WORLDS," "AND FOR NOBODY EVEN TO NOTICE." "A LEOPARD IS A SHY, CAREFUL KILLER." "IS THIS PART OF THEIR SUCCESS ACROSS THE WORLD?" "FROM AFRICA LONG AGO, LEOPARDS SPREAD NORTH AND EAST" "THROUGH ARABIA AND PERSIA, AND ON INTO INDIA." "THEY FOUND A WAY AROUND THE HIMALAYAS" "INTO CHINA AND RUSSIA," "AND SOUTH TOWARDS THAILAND AND MALAYSIA." "LEOPARDS COVER NEARLY HALF THE WORLD NOW." "NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MANY LEOPARDS THERE ARE," "BUT ROUGHLY TEN TIMES MORE" "THAN ALL THE LIONS, TIGERS, AND CHEETAHS ADDED TOGETHER." "HALF A MILLION PERHAPS," "SCATTERED THINLY OVER AFRICA AND ASIA." "LEOPARDS IN INDIA ARE SMALLER" "BUT EQUALLY ADAPTABLE AND CAREFUL." "THEY NEED TO BE." "TIGERS, WOLVES, BEARS, AND LIONS ALL LIVE HERE." "THE PANTHER, BAGHEERA, FROM "THE JUNGLE BOOK"" "IS AN INDIAN LEOPARD." "HE IS MOWGLI'S WISE FRIEND," "AND THEY BATTLE SHERE KHAN, THE TIGER." "TIGERS AND LIONS USED TO RULE HERE." "NOW THEY ARE MORE LIKE RARE RELICS, UNABLE TO ADAPT." "INDIA IS MORE CROWDED, AND MANY LEOPARDS LIVE" "ON FARMS AND NEAR VILLAGES." "HERE IN NORTHERN INDIA," "TRADITIONAL LIFE TAKES LEOPARDS INTO ACCOUNT." "SHEEP AND GOATS ARE BROUGHT IN FROM THE HILLSIDES." "CHILDREN ARE SENT TO BED AT TWILIGHT." "THERE ARE HIGH WALLS OF THORNS, AS IN AFRICA." "HOUSES ARE GUARDED BY DOGS AND PEACOCKS." "FOR A FEW NIGHTS, THIS VILLAGE" "IS UNDER THE WATCH OF STARLIGHT CAMERAS" "THAT USE INFRARED LIGHTS," "INVISIBLE TO LEOPARDS." "THERE ARE FEW LARGE PREDATORS ABLE TO LIVE" "SO CLOSE TO US." "SOME PLACES HAVE HUNGRY BEARS." "AND THERE ARE COYOTES IN AMERICA" "AND URBAN FOXES IN EUROPE, BUT LEOPARDS ALSO LIVE VVITH PEOPLE, LARGELY UNNOTICED." "THE SHEEP AND GOATS SEEM NOT TO SMELL OR HEAR ANYTHING." "THE LEOPARD PATROLS THE VILLAGE AS IF IT OWNS IT," "STOPPING ONLY FOR A DRINK." "MAYBE THAT WAS WHY IT CAME." "[ ROOSTER CROWS 1" "LEOPARDS MAY BE SECRETIVE," "BUT THERE IS CURIOSITY" "AND COURAGE, TOO." "PERHAPS IT IS WISER SOMETIMES TO INVESTIGATE DANGER," "TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR ENEMIES." "LEOPARDS BUILD UP AN AMAZING KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR WORLD." "MUCH OF THIS BEGINS WHEN THEY ARE CUBS." "BACK IN AFRICA," "WE RETURN TO OUR STORY," "TO A LEOPARD MOTHER AND TWO cuss," "NOW THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OLD." "THE CUBS HAVE STAYED HIDDEN ALL DAY," "DOING NOTHING TO GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY." "THE GULLY IS A THOROUGHFARE THROUGH THE DRYING PLAIN." "BABOONS ARE REGULAR VISITORS." "TIME TO LEAVE." "[ CALLS 1" "IT IS CRUCIAL ONE OF THE BABOONS DOESN'T NOTICE THE CUBS." "SHE MUST FEEL IT IS TOO LATE TO RESCUE IT WITHOUT BEING SEEN." "LEOPARD MOTHERS MUST MAKE HARD DECISIONS." "SHE MELTS AWAY INTO THE BUSHES WITH ONLY ONE CUB." "THE CUB KNOWS TO HIDE," "WITHOUT ANY FUSS OR CALLING FOR MOTHER." "A BABOON STOPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CUB'S HIDING PLACE." "[ ANIMALS CALLING ]" "[ SQUEALING ]" "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT GAVE THE HIDING PLACE AWAY," "BUT IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THE CUB WAS FOUND AND KILLED." "MOTHER LEOPARDS MAY WAIT HOURS" "BEFORE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING CUB." "[ CALLING ]" "THE REMAINING CUB TRIES TO HELP IN THE SEARCH." "IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO LOSE A CUB TO BABOONS." "THE MAJORITY OF YOUNG LEOPARDS DIE A VIOLENT DEATH." "BUT MANY HOURS LATER, THE MISSING CUB EMERGES," "MIRACULOUSLY UNHURT." "IT SEEMS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE." "THIS LEOPARD CUB ALREADY KNOWS THE RULES " "FEAR YOUR ENEMIES, SLINK INTO THE SHADOWS," "HIDE FOR HOURS, AND LET NOBODY SEE YOU." "WE WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN ANYTHING" "IF THIS ONE FAMILY HADN'T ALLOWED IT," "ACCEPTING us, AFTER YEARS OF PATIENCE." "THE CUBS LEARN HOW TO HUNT," "PRACTICING ON ANY PASSING INSECT." "THE CUBS' MOTHER IS ALWAYS CAREFUL." "LIKE A HOUSE CAT USING A KITTY LITTER, SHE BURIES ANY EVIDENCE" "NEAR THE DEN." "IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE A FAMILY OF LEOPARDS" "REMAINING UNDISCOVERED ANYWHERE." "BUT HOW LEOPARDS CAN ADAPT TO CHANGE" "AND SURVIVE HARD TIMES IS THE NEXT PART OF OUR STORY." "THE PLAINS ARE DRYING, AND MOST OF THE LARGE ANIMALS" "MIGRATE AWAY," "SEARCHING FOR GREEN GRASS." "OUT THERE," "ONLY THE TOUGH GUYS REMAIN." "[ RUMBLING ]" "WARTHOGS SURVIVE BY DIGGING UP ROOTS." "[ SQUEALING ]" "WARTHOG ADULTS ARE FEARLESS, WITH LETHAL TUSKS." "[ PIGLET SQUEALING ]" "THIS IS A LUCKY LEOPARD." "DURING THE DROUGHT, SHE HUNTS ANIMALS" "THAT HAVE AN ECHO OF HER JUNGLE ANCESTRY." "WARTHOGS ARE LIKE BUSH PIGS," "AND GUINEA FOWL ARE SIMILAR TO GROUND-DWELLING FOREST BIRDS." "DIR-DIR ARE LIKE RAIN FOREST ANTELOPES." "AND THERE ARE MONKEYS..." "LIZARDS," "MICE, DUNG BEETLES." "THERE IS NO OTHER PREDATOR IN THE WORLD" "THAT EATS SUCH A RANGE OF PREY." "HER CHARACTER ADAPTS" "AS THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES." "HERE IS A CAT SHOWING US" "SHE CAN SURVIVE ANYWHERE." "OMAN, IN THE MIDDLE EAST." "THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS BARREN, JUST SCRUB AND ROCK." "THE LEOPARD RESEARCHERS NEVER SEE THE WILD LEOPARDS." "THEY TRACK THEM WITH RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND CAMERA TRAPS." "ARABIAN LEOPARDS ARE HALF-SIZE." "PALER, BUT OTHERWISE SIMILAR." "WHILE HER CUB HIDES IN CAVES," "SHE HUNTS GERBILS, HARES," "SMALL GAZELLES, SNAKES, ANYTHING." "PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE DESERT OASES," "FORCING LEOPARDS OUT." "THEY'VE BEEN SHOT, POISONED, COLLECTED," "AND NOW THEY'RE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED." "SOME OF THE LEOPARDS SURVIVE IN EXTREMES " "MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS." "THE RAREST LIVE BEYOND THE HIMALAYAS," "PAST CHINA, IN RUSSIA, AROUND VLADIVOSTOK." "AMUR LEOPARDS FACE FREEZING SIBERIAN WINTERS." "LEOPARDS HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT TO SURVIVE," "BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH." "THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 5O LEFT." "FARTHER SOUTH, RICE PADDIES" "AND PLANTATIONS REPLACE WILDERNESS" "ALL THE WAY TO THE EQUATOR." "LEOPARDS HOLD OUT." "THEIR RIVALS HAVE DISAPPEARED," "AND THEY'VE BECOME THE ONLY WIDESPREAD" "BIG PREDATOR LEFT..." "UNLESS YOU COUNT US." "THE SURVIVORS MOVE BETWEEN" "TINY REFUGES -- WOODS OR HILLTOPS " "WITHIN HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES OF FARMLAND." "BLACK LEOPARDS, PANTHERS, ARE OCCASIONALLY SEEN HERE." "THE BLACK IS JUST A RECESSIVE GENE," "LIKE OUR RED HAIR OR BLUE EYES." "MANY WERE CAUGHT FOR THE PET TRADE" "FOR THE WEST, UNTIL KEEPING LEOPARDS AS PETS WAS BANNED." "THEY HUNT ANY SMALL WILDLIFE," "LIKE DUCKS OR RATS." "FARMERS CLAIM THEY ALSO EAT A LOT OF LIVESTOCK" "AND PERSECUTE THEM AS PESTS." "MOST PEOPLE NEVER EVEN SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEOPARD." "THE LEOPARDS STAY ONE STEP AHEAD," "HEAR PEOPLE COMING, AND HIDE." "MOST INTRIGUING OF ALL ARE THE WHISPERS OF LEOPARDS" "EVEN DEEPER IN OUR WORLD." "AROUND BEIJING, MUMBAI, AND JAKARTA" "ARE SUBURBAN LEOPARDS, FLEETINGLY GLIMPSED." "THEY SEEM TO BE EATING STRAY PETS AND RATS AND RUBBISH." "BUT WHY NOT JUST EAT US, SURELY THE EASIESI' PREY ON THE PLANET?" "THE ANSWER MAY BE TRACED BACK TO WHERE THE STORY STARTED " "THE RAIN FOREST IN AFRICA." "THERE ARE NO LIONS OR HYENAS HERE." "LEOPARDS ARE THE TOP PREDATOR." "YET THEY STILL HIDE." "WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?" "A GANG OF MALE CHIMPS BECOMES VERY FOCUSED" "IF THEY HEAR OF A LEOPARD NEARBY." "THEIR HAIR STANDS ON END" "AND THEIR SENSES STRAIN" "AS THEY SYSTEMATICALLY SET OUT TO TERRORIZE THE CAT." "THIS IS A STRANGE SORT OF HUNT." "[ CHIMP CALLING ]" "BOTH HUNTER AND HUNTED" "SEEM EQUALLY AFRAID OF EACH OTHER." "[ CHIMPS HOOTING AND SCREAMING ]" "CHIMPANZEES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CORNER LEOPARDS" "AND A1TACK THEM WITH STICKS AND STONES, MUCH AS WE WOULD." "LEOPARDS ARE VERY AFRAID OF CHIMPS," "ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SEE THEM WALKING UPRIGHT." "TWO MILLION YEARS AGO, WE THINK," "OUR ANCESTORS HERE HAD FIRE, WEAPONS," "WALKED UPRIGHT, AND WERE WELL ORGANIZED." "IT IS EASY TO IMAGINE PREHISTORIC PEOPLE" "TERRIFYING LEOPARDS." "IT'S NO WONDER THEY DON'T THINK OF US AS AN EASY MEAL." "A LEOPARD'S ANCESTRY GIVES IT A UNIQUE SENSITIVITY AND SKILL." "IT CAN OUTWIT MANY DANGEROUS ANIMALS." "BUT A LEOPARD DOES HAVE AN EQUAL," "A CONSTANT THREAT " "ANOTHER LEOPARD." "BACK IN EAST AFRICA," "HOW A FAMILY COPES WITH OTHER LEOPARDS" "IS THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE STORY." "THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF A LEOPARD'S LIFE" "THAT ARE EASY TO SEE " "THE CHANGING SEASONS AND THEIR FOOD." "THEIR ENEMIES, LIONS AND HYENAS, ARE VIOLENT AND OBVIOUS." "THERE IS ALSO THE INVISIBLE," "THE RARE RELATIONSHIPS OF A VERY PRIVATE ANIMAL." "THE FAMILY WITH TWINS" "HAS SURVIVED, AND THE CUBS ARE OVER A YEAR OLD NOW " "TEENAGERS, AS IT WERE." "THEIR MOTHER COULD START LOOKING FOR A MATE SOON," "BUT SHE'S DISTRACTED." "THE HERDS OF WILDEBEEST ARE BACK IN HER TERRITORY." "SHE LEAVES THE TWO CUBS ALONE FOR MOST OF THE DAY." "THE CUBS HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT BABOONS OR LIONS AND HYENAS" "AND WAIT IN THE SAFETY OF A TREE." "THEY MAY NOT HAVE CONSIDERED THE THREAT OF ANOTHER LEOPARD." "A MOTHER'S FIRST CONCERN ISN'T ALWAYS FOOD." "MOST FEMALES SPEND A LOT OF TIME PATROLLING THEIR TERRITORY" "AND CHECKING FOR CLUES OF OTHER LEOPARDS." "SHE COVERS 5 OR 1O MILES A DAY, CHECKING TREES," "RENEWING SCENT AND CLAW MARKS." "THIS IS A NOTICE BOARD." "ANY LEOPARD CAN ADD A MESSAGE THAT WILL LAST FOR WEEKS." "SHE CAN ALSO SPRAY" "A MORE DETAILED AND PUNGENT SIGNAL," "WHICH REVEALS IF SHE HAS CUBS" "OR IS LOOKING FOR A MATE." "WHERE LEOPARDS ARE RARE, WITH HUGE TERRITORIES," "TH ESE MESSAGES, AND THEIR RASPING CALLS, ARE CRITICAL." "IT IS HOW LEOPARDS FIND EACH OTHER." "WHEN LEOPARDS FINALLY MEET," "IT IS OFl'EN HARD TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT'S GOING ON." "THE MALE MIGHT BE ON PATROL, CHECKING," "FEEDING IN THE AREA FOR A WHILE FIRST." "HIS LIFE IS ALL ABOUT MATING." "SHE'S UNLIKELY TO BE INTERESTED " " SHE HAS HER CUBS." "BUT SHE MUST BE CAREFUL." "HE MAY KILL THE CUBS" "SO SHE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO BREED NOW." "THEIR LIVES ARE RULED BY DISTRUST," "BY SECRET MESSAGES ON TREES" "AND RARE MEETINGS WITH WORDLESS COMMUNICATION." "LEOPARDS LIVE LIKE SPIES BEHIND ENEMY LINES." "HER FOCUS MUST STAY ON HER CUBS." "SHE MUST LOOK AFTER THEM AND FEED THEM." "THE HERDS HAVE MANY EYES AND SCARE EASILY." "SHE HAS DIFFERENT STRATEGIES." "SHE CHARGES IN LIKE A LION," "A NEW TRICK FOR HUNTING ON THE PLAINS." "SHE BRINGS DOWN A BIG YEARLING WILDEBEEST." "SHE'S TEMPTED BY ANOTHER." "CHAOS IN THE HERD CAN BE A PROBLEM," "ATTRACTING UNW ANTED ATTENTION." "DIFFERENT WAYS OF HUNTING CARRY DIFFERENT RISKS." "HUNGER COULD MAKE A LEOPARD" "RECKLESS ENOUGH TO CONFRONT A THIEF," "BUT IT RARELY DOES." "BETTER A LIONESS HAS HER LUNCH THAN HAS HER." "MEANWHILE, THE TEENAGE CUBS ARE TESTING EACH OTHER'S STRENGTH." "THE CUBS ARE SURROUNDED BY FOOD, TEMPTATION." "THEY HAVE A CHANCE HERE TO PRACTICE HUNTING" "ON THE REAL THING." "THE APPROACHING NIGHT IS" "AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCOVER" "A WHOLE NEW SIDE TO LEOPARDS." "TO SEE ANYTHING IN THE PITCH DARK," "WE HAVE TO SWITCH TO INFRARED CAMERAS AGAIN." "THE CUBS SEEM EXCITED, BUT NOT YET READY TO HUNT." "LEOPARDS ARE GENERALLY NOCTURNAL," "BUT WITH BIGGER PREDATORS OUT AT NIGHT," "IT'S A MORE DANGEROUS TIME FOR THEM HERE." "[THUNDER]" "THEIR MOTHER," "A DISTANCE AWAY, IS STARTING, VERY CAREFULLY, TO STALK." "SHE VENTURES OUT INTO THE OPEN." "DARKNESS IS HER COVER NOW." "A MOTH WANTS TO DRINK FROM HER EYE." "SHE'S DETERMINED TO IGNORE IT." "HER CONCENTRATION IS TOTAL." "WILDEBEEST CALVES AREN'T SO VIGILANT," "AND THE NIGHT OFFERS ALL THE HELP SHE NEEDS." "IN A FLASH, SHE'S UP ATREE WITH HER PRIZE." "THE STAMPEDING HERD WILL ATTRACT EVERY LION AND HYENA NEARBY." "SURE ENOUGH, A LIONESS FINDS HER AND STARTS TO CLIMB." "BUT LIONS ARE NOT GOOD CLIMBERS." "THEY'RE TOO HEAVY, NOT AGILE ENOUGH." "THE LEOPARD'S MEAL IS SAFE," "AND THE LIONESS IS SOON DISTRACTED" "BY ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY." "WITH THE LIONESS GONE," "THE MOTHER CAN GO TO GET HER CUBS." "SHE SOON DISCOVERS THEY ARE NOT WHERE SHE LEFl' THEM." "A HYENA HAS FOUND THE TWINS." "ONE OF THEM FLEES." "EACH OF THE CUBS HAS A VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTER." "THE OTHER RASHLY STANDS HER GROUND." "[ THUNDERCLAP 1" "THE MOTHER CAN HEAR NOTHING OVER THE STORM." "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED." "MAYBE THE HYENA GOT THE CUB IN THE DARK, OR LIONS." "OR, MORE LIKELY, IT WAS THE MALE LEOPARD." "MAYBE THE CUB FORGOT," "FOR A MOMENT, THE LEOPARD LAW " "RUN, HIDE, BE INVISIBLE." "A MOMENT OF MISPLACED BRAVADO, PUNISHED." "NOW ONLY THE MALE CUB IS LEFl'." "AFTER LOSING A CUB, THE RELATIONSHIP" "WITH HER SURVIVING ADOLESCENT SON CHANGES." "THEY BECOME MUCH CLOSER." "SHE SHOULD BE FINDING A MATE," "PERHAPS PREPARING FOR ANOTHER LITTER OF CUBS," "AND ENCOURAGING HIM TO MOVE ON." "BUT SHE DOESN'T." "SHE HUNTS, WHILE HE SLEEPS AND EATS." "A TYPICAL TEENAGER." "ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY," "AND HE'S STILL HANGING OUT WITH HIS MOTHER." "AT NEARLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD, HE'S BIGGER THAN SHE IS." "SHE CONCENTRATES ON WILDEBEEST AND ZEBRA FOR THEM TO EAT." "SHE DRAGS MEALS BACK FOR HIM." "MEANWHILE, HE SNEAKS OUT AT NIGHT," "THEN EATS A QUARTER OF HIS BODY WEIGHT FOR BREAKFAST." "SOMETIMES HE BRINGS BACK GRUESOME OFFERINGS" "TO PRACTICE HUNTING ON." "BUT EVEN A DEAD PORCUPINE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM HIM." "HE IS EXPLORING HIS WORLD." "HE LEARNS WHAT IS DANGEROUS" "OR TOO BIG TO HUNT." "SOMETIMES HE STAYS IN THE RIVER GULLY" "AND PRACTICES HUNTING GEESE." "HE TARGETS ANTELOPE AND HARES, HYRAX, OR A MONGOOSE." "ALL LEOPARDS LEARN TO HUNT SMALL PREY," "A TALENT THAT WILL KEEP THEM ALIVE WHEN FOOD IS SCARCE." "OCCASIONALLY A YOUNG LEOPARD CAN GET OVERCONFIDENT." "BUT HYENAS AND LIONS SOON TEACH HIM A LESSON." "[ SNARLS ]" "WHENEVER HE RUNS INTO PROBLEMS, HE STILL HAS MOM AS A BACKUP." "AS HE GROWS UP, IT'S CLEAR HE'S LEARNING TO ADAPT," "PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE." "MEANWHILE, LIONS LOOK INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS" "IN A MODERN WORLD." "ALMOST A YEAR AFTER MOST CUBS WOULD HAVE LEFT," "HIS MOTHER FINALLY SEEMS READY TO EASE HER OVERGROWN CUB OUT." "SHE'S COURTING, CALLING FOR PARTNERS." "ONE MORNING A FEW WEEKS LATER," "THE MOTHER LEOPARD APPEARS ILL AND HASN'T HUNTED." "THE OVERGROWN CUB IS WAITING FOR BREAKFAST." "HE'S SPRAYING, READY TO MARK HIS OWN TERRITORY ." "INSIDE, PERHAPS, CHANGING HER CHEMISTRY," "COULD BE THE NEXT GENERATION." "TIME, AT LAST, FOR HIM TO MOVE ON." "YOUNG MALES ARE FORCED TO ROAM," "AVOIDING TERRITORIAL LEOPARDS, IN SEARCH OF A NEW HOME." "BEYOND -- NOT FAR FOR A LEOPARD " "ARE TOWNS, THEN CITIES." "[ HORNS BLARING ]" "IN NAIROBI, PEOPLE SEE THEM" "FROM THE ROADS AND ON LANDFILLS AT NIGHT." "LEOPARDS HAVE SECRET LIVES ALL OVER AFRICA AND ASIA," "ADAPTING TO HOW WE HAVE ENCROACHED INTO THEIR WORLD." "PEOPLE CALL THEM "VERMIN," "PROBLEM LEOPARDS,"" "AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE." "BUT THERE MAY ALSO BE AN OVERGROWN CUB," "A TRULY REMARKABLE CHARACTER," "LIVING A SECRET LIFE UNDERCOVER" "AND BATTLING TO COPE WITH PROBLEMS WE HAVE CREATED." "MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL MAKE MORE SPACE FOR LEOPARDS." "BUT UNTIL THEN, WHEREVER HE IS," "MAY HIS ANCIENT INSTINCTS AND ALL HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM" "PROTECT HIM." "BE ADAPTABLE..." "BE CLEVER..." "BECOME AN INVISIBLE SHADOW..." "AND SLIP AWAY." "TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN" "ON THIS "NATURE" PROGRAM, VISIT pbs.org."