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Hippo Hell
Synopsis
Deep in the heart of Zambia lies one of Africa's best kept secrets. This is the home of one of the biggest hippo communities in the world?. But this summer will be the toughest ever on record. A dramatic story is set to unfold? Two brothers face a deadly battle over territory? The bond that keeps them together will be tried and tested? Elsewhere - a young mother and her calf - desperate for survival journey to the river in search of water? But first they'll have to face the 3 tonne heavyweight champion who owns this patch of prime real estate. His acceptance is the difference between life and death? Searching for food and water in the dry season is tough at the best of times. But here - there is an unseen and silent killer at work. Bloated and putrefying corpses start to appear. A rare natural outbreak of anthrax has hit the community. Every mouthful of much needed water is a potential death sentence? Unaware of the danger, drinking from the toxic river kills the young mother. Her vulnerable calf faces an uncertain future? For the two brothers the stakes are also higher than ever? Each lick of an infected carcass transfers lethal amounts of anthrax. One of them succumbs but for the surviving brother - its time to face a living, breathing opponent. It will be a fight to the death. During one of the toughest seasons on record? This blue chip, high definition special will follow a family of hippos on an emotional journey? A unique insight into the science of how anthrax kills reveals why some animals survive, while many others perish? The young contender takes over the heavyweight title and the calf looks set to make it. And after 150 unbearable days of heat, the long awaited rains come. The deadly curse of anthrax is swept away - giving hope to this band of survivors? This is a hippo story like no other as we track the lives of those tough enough to live through? hippo hell?, In the heart of Zambia one of the world's largest groups of hippos faces its toughest summer on record. As individuals battle for space, a natural anthrax outbreak threatens to wipe out the community.