A lot of girls have been told that males are the strongest, most seductive and protective, and most handsome in nature...in short, they rule. In reality, females have many surprises in store for us - and sometimes, they hold the real power. In the first episode of Wildwives, we will try to find out how females find food in the wild. Is there one female among us best-equipped to confront the ruthlessness of life on the savannah? Laura the lioness has to hunt to feed herself and her family. Will Lauren, with the help of her fellow females, survive and feed the clan? Victoria the female cheetah is better at hunting, but unfortunately, her catch is often stolen. Esther the female elephant, needs more than two hundred kilos of food per day, how does she get it? And what are the males doing while these ladies work all day and night?

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Something other than the smell of fresh hippo dung lingers in the air over the African savannah - could it be love? Nat Geo WILD gets an intimate glimpse at mating season with the Wild Wives of Africa. Watch as Cathy the hippo is wooed by a male, and see the hippos private mating dance. Josie the baboon doesnt care much for privacy, just so long as she finds a mate.

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Mothers on the savannah have a lot to handle, especially Victoria the cheetah, who has four young cubs. Female cheetahs are solitary cats, and they raise their offspring without the help of a male. Victoria must protect and provide for her young while simultaneously teaching them how to hunt and fend for themselves. Lions, on the other hand, live in prides. See the social dynamic evolve when Lauren the lioness forms a pride with her sister and two male lions.

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Being a mother is an art in itself, and requires unending devotion, patience and enduring long weeks of sacrifice. Victoria bravely raises her four baby cheetahs alone. As for Lauren, she and her sisters struggle to raise two young lion cubs without the help of pride males. Their amphibious neighbor, Cathy trudges back to her group of bitter and battling hippopotamuses and overcrowded conditions to raise her son. Everyone is exhausted. And at some point all these mothers have to separate from their sons or daughters so the young ones can make their own way in the world. But for this new generation, times look tough. On Savannah Lane, available territories are rare, especially when an invasion is in the works.



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This week on Wild Wives of Savannah Lane... While hunting, Lauren the lioness was badly wounded. Will she be able to count on the clan she has done so much for? And then, with the arrival of new neighbors, rivals must rub elbows. Here, like anywhere, theres no such thing as good or bad neighbors. There's just a total lack of privacy. Clearly, cohabitating is a subtle art. What will become of the folks on Savannah Lane?



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Its always wise to keep an eye on ones neighbors on Savannah Lane, and oftentimes, one must be wary of ones own species. Especially during a heat wave, when tempers heat up and theres no room left to accommodate new arrivals, and strangers. On the savannah, the perpetrator of little murders is often part of the family!



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