When two rival zebra stallions meet, the outcome is never going to be sweet. With an array of females for the picking, these two male zebra’s adrenaline starts to pump, along with their powerful hind legs. In a cloud of dust and bone-crushing kicks, the fight for ownership begins, with grave consequences.

As a mother hippo escorts her young calf to the river, a muscular yellow body shadows through the reeds. The hippo turns to see a lioness dragging away her infant and the mother takes chase. In the nick of time, the mother manages to scare away the hungry cat and the baby hippo miraculously survives the kidnapping.

The wild white lions of Timbavati ceased to exist in 1994. But Briton James Moir made the discovery of a lifetime in 2006 with this historic and exclusive footage. Hidden in the foliage, we get the rare and privileged chance to witness two newborn white lion’s cubs, the first of their kind to be born in the wild in over 15 years.

A mother will go to all lengths to protect her young; she will even brave serious injury, and possibly death, in order to ensure the safety of her offspring. A young jackal mother pits her small frame against the rippling muscle of a rock monitor as she battles to keep him from her young pups hiding in their den.

In the idyllic waters of the Red Sea, a giant Red Octopus emerges from its deep-sea lair to discover an intruder. After an incredible display of shapeshifting and colour changes, the warning signs continued to be ignored and there is only one option left, a full-on attack, in a cloud of ink and tentacles.