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Planet Earth IISeries 1, GrasslandsIn pictures...

A look at survival in grasslands, from Asia's saiga antelope to the anteaters of Brazil.

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A young bison is covered in frost when temperatures drop to -40C.

Yellowstone National Park, USA

  • A female harvest mouse climbs through grass blades.
  • A serval cat leaps three metres through the air to attack her rodent prey from above.
  • A one-horned Asian rhino emerges from the tall gras.
  • A young bison is covered in frost when temperatures drop to -40C.
  • A red fox uses stealth to hunt for voles beneath thick snow.
  • An African bull elephant swishes his trunk at the carmine bee-eaters following him through the grassland.
  • A pair of carmine bee-eaters search for prey amongst the long grass.
  • A baby saiga antelope, only three hours old, hides from predators.
  • A rarely seen baby saiga antelope, only a few hours old, takes his first steps.
  • A pair of carmine bee-eaters in search insect prey.
  • Grass-cutter ants harvest more grass than all other local herbivores combined.
  • A giant ant-eater uses powerful claws longer than a velociraptor's to tear open a termite mound.
  • A snow-white Arctic wolf hunts for caribou.
  • Cameraman Jonathan Jones focuses his lens on a harvest mouse climbing grass stems.
  • Cameraman Brad Bestelink films carmine bee-eaters while strapped into a safety harness on the front of a 4-wheel drive.

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