There can never be enough footage of big cats, in my opinion. This nature series focuses on capturing big cats in the wild and where it excels is in some rare footage using both moonlight and infrared cameras. The new technology does not mean that the camera crew wasn't met with challenges of their own, from large territories to tremendous speed to just sheer elusiveness, the big cats are always a challenge to capture in the wild. It was interesting to see how the industry of tourism and interaction with regular humans are impacting what we are now able to see and observe in the wild. The cats captured are tigers, snow leopards, lions, leopards, pumas, jaguars, and cheetahs.
The series may be light on the science, focusing more on certain hunting techniques while ignoring others. There is some never before seen footage that make the series completely worthwhile, for example Jaguars hunting sea turtles on a Costa Rican beach, a death defying plummet of a snow leopard with an ibex for prey, seven pumas sharing a kill, the inner city antics of leopards in Mumbai, and a night time hunting technique by a pride of lions involving a chaser and multiple catchers.
If you are a big cat fan like me, this series is not to be missed...so what if the narrator has difficulty pronouncing Montana. :)
The series may be light on the science, focusing more on certain hunting techniques while ignoring others. There is some never before seen footage that make the series completely worthwhile, for example Jaguars hunting sea turtles on a Costa Rican beach, a death defying plummet of a snow leopard with an ibex for prey, seven pumas sharing a kill, the inner city antics of leopards in Mumbai, and a night time hunting technique by a pride of lions involving a chaser and multiple catchers.
If you are a big cat fan like me, this series is not to be missed...so what if the narrator has difficulty pronouncing Montana. :)
