05/01/2024
Desert lions in Planet Earth III
BBC’s well known landmark tv-series Planet Earth is featuring the Desert Lions once again!
Planet Earth III, the final season of the trilogy, premiers this month in the UK. And the first episode ‘Coasts’ highlights the remarkable night time hunting behaviour of two Desert lions along the Skeleton Coast of Namibia.
The famous BBC series highlights the most extraordinary, rare and phenomenal animal behaviour in different biomes and habitats across the globe, and with the Desert lions having featured in each one of the seasons, it’s evident just how unique and special Namibia’s desert-adapted lions are.
Viewers may well remember Planet Earth I, which features Desert lioness “Xpl-10” The Queen and her small cubs amongst the dunes of the Northern Namib back in 2006.
Ten years later, the same lioness featured in Planet Earth II, this time with her two grown daughters and the famous “Five Musketeers” - cooperatively hunting giraffe in the relentless desert.
And now seven years on, the third generation of the same Floodplain Pride stars in Planet Earth III. Two of the three orphaned sisters, Alpha and Bravo, who have made the Skeleton Coast their home, take to the stage for their unique night time marine bird hunting behaviour.
It is truly astonishing that the Desert lions appear in all three of the Planet Earth shows, thereby highlighting the remarkable life story of one incredible Desert lion pride over three generations.
Soon Planet Earth III will broadcast all over the world. And when you’ve watched the Desert lion scene, stay tuned for more to come… Next year we will bring out the full, true life story of these incredible ‘coastal lions’…