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In Botswana’s wild Okavango Delta, the Big Cats 24/7 team of local and international filmmakers follows lions, leopards and cheetahs day and night. Using the latest filming technology they reveal the cats’ lives like never before.

A new generation of lions, cheetahs, and leopards comes of age in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
The Xudum pride works together to bring down a huge buffalo, but things don't go according to plan.
Young Xudum lionesses return north as Pobe faces tragedy, and Lediba struggles to feed her cub.
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What are Africa’s big cats saying? Discover the meaning behind their roars, saws and chirps.
In the Delta, bloodlines are more important than battles when it comes to who is the most alpha.
Why do lions have manes or cheetahs “sunglasses”? Discover how big cats got their iconic looks.
Discover what makes big cats the world’s top predators, with power and precision in each move.
Xudum lionesses struggle to feed their cubs as Lediba and Pobe fight to protect their young.
With the dominant males gone, intruder lions close in on the Xudum pride’s young cubs.
Under attack from intruder male lions, the mums with young cubs must find the rest of the pride.
Elephants threaten the safety of lion mum Serami’s cubs.
Lediba shows off her incredible agility while hunting monkeys high above the ground in the treetops.
Lediba and her cub face-off with male leopard Bongwe.