1. MORRIS THE FOX
Morris lives in South Africa??s Kalahari desert with his forty-strong meerkat gang. Mum and Dad might be the leaders of the gang, but Morris still has to learn how to dig, how to keep watch for eagles, and even how to babysit naughty youngsters. Then there are the other inhabitants of the desert - he might be able to make a snack of a feisty scorpion but he??ll have to learn to play his part when the gang confront poisonous snakes and lizards.
2. CHIKU THE LEOPARD
In Kenya??s Masai Mara, twelve-week-old Chiku has discovered how to hide in the grass using her spots as camouflage and is able to watch her mother chasing gazelles for dinner. Capable of running up to 95 kmph, cheetahs are the fastest animals on earth - but only over a short distance. Chiku must learn to fend off uninvited diners like jackals, hyenas and baboons, but there is one encounter she is not yet ready to handle - a life-threatening confrontation with the fiercest of foes, the lion..
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