In a remote area of South Africa, a male baboon steals a baby from its bed. Why did this baboon take the child? Is this incident connected to the increasing conflicts between baboons and tourists in Cape Town?
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Enters dolphins' complex world of sexual aggression and social hierarchy to find out what causes these seemingly harmless animals to attack.
A rash of black bear attacks one Canadian summer has experts looking for answers. Through eyewitness accounts and detailed analysis of the attack scenes, we begin to piece together the puzzle. A bad berry crop the year after a drought is stressing the animals' food supply a spring hunting moratorium several years in a row has led to a surge in the number of young bruins an especially warm summer brings more people into bear country than ever before . But our investigation suggests a much more disturbing reason behind these attacksCould it be that some black bears have learned to see humans as prey?
Recife, Brazil, has miles of sandy beach, inviting waves, and the most shark attacks in the world. Investigators try to find out which ancient predator is the culprit, why the attacks began so suddenly, and what can be done to stop them.
In the heart of southern Africa lies the Okavango Delta, filled with lush vegetation and home to many of Africa's spectacular big game animals. The beauty of the Delta draws visitors like Bruce and Janice Simpson who have chosen this exotic location for their honeymoon. But in the blink of an eye, their amazing experience takes a horrific turn when their canoe is attacked by a fierce and deadly foe. Why has this place, normally tranquil and beautiful, become the setting for this horrible encounter? What has attacked them, and will it attack again?
On a cool July morning, in Tanzania's lush savannah, Bob Fontana shoulders his hunting rifle suddenly 2000 pounds of brute force bursts out of a nearby bush and tramples the man - its horns piercing the hunter's crumpled body. The culprit is legendary throughout Africa: The cape buffalo . But what has caused this normally placid grazer to attack a human? Chillingly, Fontana is not alone attacks by cape buffalo are occurring throughout the Dark Continent. But why?
Cougar attacks on humans happen more often on Canada's Vancouver Island than anywhere else. What is making the cougars here so dangerous? Experts investigate six attacks, including one on a four-year-old girl.
The American alligator is an efficient and opportunistic hunter, but seldom preys on humans. So when alligators attack three women in three different parts of Florida in one week, experts want to know why the hunter became the hunted.