An outstanding story told through outstanding photography with equally outstanding narration. Although sadness at a mother’s loss of life and the uncertainty of her offspring, it was well told comparing one Cheetah family with another. Despite the loss of life, I was still surprised to see so many cubs survive and the cheetah that brought five cubs to adolescence was astonishing given the many dangers for such a small cat. I enjoyed this episode very much from beginning to the very end. There are a lot of bad things for them out there and their instinct to stay out of the way and live on the edge must be nerve wracking. To bring up your offspring to adolescence only to come into estrous again can't be much fun for a mother. What a terrible way to live. Thank you, PBS, for this often sad but overall successful story, I found most watchable and enjoyable.

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