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1) The shallows
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Nancy is surfing on a secluded beach, and finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
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"On a barren seafloor, the pearlfish swims into the safety of a sea cucumber's anus. To find a meal, the female bolas spider releases pheromones that mimic a female moth, luring male moths into her sticky lasso web. The Glyptapanteles wasp injects a caterpillar with her young, which feed on the victim, erupt out of it, then mind-control the poor (and somehow still living) schmuck into protecting them from predators. These are among the curious critters...
3) The hunt
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Looks at the relationship between predator and prey across a broad spectrum of both land and sea species and the challenges faced by each side of the hunter/hunted equation.
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When you've clawed your way to the top of the food chain, you have to fight to stay there. Experience this harsh reality through the eyes of the determined predators that rely on skill, instinct, and evolution to survive. But while they may be masters of their domains, that doesn't mean things always go their way, and with young mouths to feed, the pressure is on.
5) The descent
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On an annual extreme outdoor adventure, six women friends meet in a remote part of the Appalachians to explore a cave hidden deep int the woods. Far below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock fall blocks their exit and there is no way out. The women push on, praying for another exit, but there is something else lurking under the earth. The friends are now prey, forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against...
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"In the wild, things don't always go to plan, and even great predators struggle more often than not. But what's borne of failure is brilliance, and failed kills forge exceptional hunters. In Predator Fail, National Geographic looks at different groups of predators to uncover which has that special quality, the tenacity or effectiveness that makes it truly exceptional"--Container.
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Experience the wildlife and natural history of Yellowstone, told with a fresh voice, tuned to the experience of extremes. With gorgeous visuals, captured with revolutionary new cinematic tools and techniques, this show conveys the immersive intimacy and epic scale of this remarkable global destination. This is a land of fire and ice. A world at once unimaginably ancient and dynamically alive.
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Earth, early 21st century. Charles Weyland, an industrialist billionaire, leads an archaeological expedition to Antarctica. Using thermal imaging satellites, Weyland believes he has discovered the ruins of an ancient pyramid temple buried under the ice that predates the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids. Once inside, the team finds the remains of humans with holes in the rib cage and the remains of facehuggers. The possibility that the temple is uninhabited...
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"Showcases the ongoing battle for survival between predator and prey. Students will journey on land and under sea for a riveting look at many species - from caribou and cheetahs to sea lions and sharks - as they either stalk their prey or avoid being stalked themselves. From the amazing variety of adaptations that characterize both predators and prey to the natural order of a food chain, this DVD highlights the important role predation plays in keeping...
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Beastars volume 3
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An unflappable girl and a cast of lovable male roommates at a boardinghouse create bonds of friendship and romance. When Ten moves out of her parents' home in the mountains to live in a boardinghouse, she finds herself becoming fast friends with her male roommates. But can love and romance be far behind?
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"In Plight of the Living Dead, science journalist Matt Simon documents his journey through the bizarre evolutionary history of mind control. Along the way, he visits a lab where scientists infect ants with zombifying fungi, joins the search for kamikaze crickets in the hills of New Mexico, and travels to Israel to meet the wasp that stings cockroaches in the brain before leading them to their doom"--Back cover.
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"At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, it's personal relationships that maintain the fragile peace. Who among them is a Beastar-an academic and social role model destined to become a leader in a society naturally rife with mistrust? Dwarf rabbit Haru's odd behavior causes wolf Legoshi to flee. He then learns that the Drama Club recruits new students with inner demons. What does their club president, red...
14) The hunt
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A new series that explores the dramatic contests between predators and their prey.
16) Maneater
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Play as the shark, eating and evolving your way to aquatic supremacy.
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A small Colorado town becomes the battleground between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial lifeforms - the Alien and the Predator. When a Predator scout ship crash-lands in the hills outside the town, Alien facehuggers are released in the crash. Also released is a hybrid Alien/Predator. A man and his son hunting in the forest near the crash site soon become the first victims of the facehuggers. A Predator receives data about the crash on his home...
18) Maneater
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"You are the shark. Eat your way up the food chain battling for aquatic supremacy. Experience a full open world action RPG --the first shark RPG. Evolve past what nature intended to become the ultimate apex predator"--Container.
19) Where the wild things were: life, death, and ecological wreckage in a land of vanishing predators
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A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world's great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future, by an acclaimed science journalist.