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Season 1

  • S01E01 Savannah

    • October 7, 2012
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Part 1 of a three-part look at fast predators begins on the plains of the Serengeti in Africa. Included: cheetahs; crocodiles; hawks; and hyenas.

  • S01E02 Ocean

    • October 14, 2012
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Part 2 of a three-part look at fast predators highlights marlins, stonefish, mantis shrimp and caped gannets.

  • S01E03 Jungle

    • October 24, 2012
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Conclusion. African goshawks, baboons, leopards and vipers are featured.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Desert

    • August 20, 2014
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Season 2 gets underway with a look at the predators and prey found in the Namib Desert in southern Africa.

  • S02E02 Black Lagoon

    • August 27, 2014
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Underwater predators found in black lagoons are spotlighted.

  • S02E03 Dark Underworld

    • September 3, 2014
    • Smithsonian Channel

    Enter the rainforest's impenetrable understory, a damp world of shadows where the sun never shines and weird predators like velvet worms, big brown bats, and orange baboon tarantulas strike at lightning speeds. Witness these creatures' spectacular movements, too fast for the human eye to see, and discover their hunting secrets. We look under every rock and behind every tree in high-definition detail to reveal how these soldiers of evolution are geared to fight.