![]() [Larger view] | National Geographic's Season of the Cheetah
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Dull video | |
| This National Geographic Special is quite dull. The footage is OK, but there is no music track and the film is put together in such a way as to be dull. | |
Savannah Showdown | |
| This is a remarkable look at the cheetah. Hostilities from lions and hyenas are touched upon, but the video's focus is really on the cheetahs' relationships with eachother. We follow three groups through a rainy season on the African savannah - a mother and her cubs who join up with a young female for mutual hunting benefit and companionship, male/female twins who have left their mother but have a year to go before they can be successfully independent, and three young brothers who terrorize them all. The footage of the three brothers stalking in perfect symmetry is simply unforgettable. You'll be on the edge of your seat when they finally face the twins, with the outnumbered young male's life depending on their mood de jour - and his sister's sexual maturity or lack thereof. This is one of the greats. |