David Attenborough has given us another wonderful nature doc this year, on BBC iPlayer. You might expect this five-parter to be soft and fuzzy, given the subject matter. While that can be true 鈥� the competition for cutest baby animal is fierce 鈥� there is plenty of horror, too. For example, did you know that a female African social spider will make the ultimate sacrifice by letting her offspring eat her alive?
The series doesn鈥檛 shy away from the effects of climate change and agriculture, either: we get bleak insights into the suffering of animal parents, from hippos to demoiselle cranes. Watch lionesses teach muddy cubs to cross the waterlogged savannah after a rare rainfall to hunt prey, with heartbreaking consequences. For light relief, discover unusual hacks, such as the 鈥減oo bags鈥� scooped up by swamp canary parents.
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And yes, dads may get involved too, including a Tom Cruise-esque dart frog and a zebra so noble you鈥檒l wish he鈥檇 raised you.
