New on
Nat Geo Wild in June, 2008:
Big Game Diaries
Premiered: Sunday 1 June 2008 at 21h00
TVSA's Big Game Diaries Mini-Site.
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Caught Barehanded
Premiered: Tuesday, 3 June 2008 at 21h00
TVSA's Caught Barehanded Mini-Site.
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Caught In The Act
Premiere date: Tuesday, 24 June 2008 at 21h00
From the prowling lions and gargantuan rhinos of the African plains, to the deadly sharks along the coastline, this stunning film combines the best footage from professionals and amateurs to reveal Africa as you’ve never seen it before.
Gain insight into some incredible animal behaviour as legendary great white shark free-diver Andre Hartman comes face to face with one of the ocean’s deadliest predators.
Meanwhile, one brave holidaymaker reveals her first-hand experience of rhinos fiercely defending their territory. Plus, what causes lions to turn against their own species?
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Fishzilla
Premiere date: Sunday, 29 June 2008 at 21h00
Dubbed Fish-vicious in the UK following recent alleged sightings in the Lincolnshire waterways, this fish has got teeth like a shark, a taste for blood, and it even walks on land.
An insatiable predator that obliterates the food chain, meet freshwater’s public enemy number one - the Snakehead. It mysteriously showed up in Maryland in 2002 and was named Frankenfish. Stubborn, stealthy, and spreading fast, these foreign invaders are overpowering native life and causing scientists to sound the alarm.
It’s a showdown of man vs fish as scientists and anglers work together in the fight to stop its destructive behaviour. To some, it’s the ultimate prize. To others, it’s a deadly threat.
SPECIALS
Flight Of The Elephants
Premiere date: Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 21h00
Flight Of The Elephants is a film that journeys alongside eight Asian elephants and tells the inside story of the dilemmas and politics concerning large mammal conservation as they head for a new life in Australia.
The voyage starts in rural Thailand, sees the mission held up by protesters and finds the elephants having to spend months in quarantine before they finally arrive at their new homes in Melbourne and Sydney.
With only 5,000 remaining in Thailand today, follow these mammals to their state-of-the-art enclosures in this, the first major step in a project that will contribute to the survival of the species.
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