Watch Natures Most Amazing Events Season 1 Episode 5 Kalahari Flood

Kalahari Flood

Season 1 Episode 5

Aired date: May 31, 2009

Plot: At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari desert lands, herds of elephants trek towards a life-saving event. These resourceful elephants reveal remarkable new behaviors as they try to make the most of the stagnant pools, arid woodlands and waterholes guarded by lion prides. However, their fortunes change dramatically with the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta, which turns 4,000 square miles of desert into a maze of lagoons, islands and swamps. As millions of animals are drawn to this wetland... MORE

Plot: At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari desert lands, herds of elephants trek towards a life-saving event. These resourceful elephants reveal remarkable new behaviors as they try to make the most of the stagnant pools, arid woodlands and waterholes guarded by lion prides. However, their fortunes change dramatically with the annual flooding of Botswana's Okavango Delta, which turns 4,000 square miles of desert into a maze of lagoons, islands and swamps. As millions of animals are drawn to this wetland, including great herds of famished elephants and buffalo, the scene is set for some of the greatest clashes in nature. Using a range of high definition filming techniques over two years, Nature's Most Amazing Events follows their fortunes. A herd of the elephants look to be on a suicide mission as they head from the woodlands of northern Botswana to the parched sands of the delta – a place that appears to hold little food and water. Incredibly, the experienced matriarchs time their arrival at the delta to coincide with the great flood, when water and lush grasses are abundant. Nature's Most Amazing Events follows these resourceful elephants on their journey, revealing new and remarkable behaviors. They film the way they use their trunks to siphon clean water from the surface layers of a stagnant pool, while avoiding stirring up the muddy sediment on the bottom with their feet. Tune in to see these stunning animals and more from the African wilderness, as they make the pilgrimage to this dramatic event. LESS