Cheetah Mom Confronts Leopard Under Cover of Darkness | Big Cats 24/7 - September 19, 2025 -

Under the cover of night, a cheetah mom and her two cubs face a dangerous threat. As they settle in to feed, an unwelcome visitor arrives - a powerful male leopard that is intent on stealing their hard-won meal. But the cheetah mom’s instincts as a mother come first and she bravely risks everything to draw the leopard away, ensuring her cubs retreat to safety, even though the family loses their dinner.
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Season Two sees the return of a familiar cast of human and big cat characters. The expert team of cinematographers — Gordon Buchanan, Anna Dimitriadis, Brad Bestelink, Sets Nthomiwa, Rea Schulte to Brinke, Greg Hartman and Tristen Woodward — live and work together from the Natural History Film Unit, Botswana’s remote film camp in the heart of big cat territory. Together, they follow the twists and turns in the lives of key, named big cats, introduced in Season One. Across five vital months, cats — and humans — battle punishing seasonal change, from flood to extreme drought. Over brutal terrain, in searing temperatures and through day and night, the team keeps its cameras rolling 24/7 to capture unparalleled, unseen animal behavior. State-of-the-art thermal cameras, and the latest in drone technology, mean the team can film the cats from the ground, the air and, uniquely, through the night, revealing yet more brand-new insights into their lives.