I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke that I was not happy.

Vast, intricate and untamed. Planet earth holds within its bound's pockets of wilderness, built to survive the test of time- but these lands and their inhabitants have an eternal and unspoken pact that decides who is able to pass on their legacy to the next generation - the pact? Adapt, or die. In this series we delve into the mysterious world of animals pitted against life or death - take a journey into some of the wild world's secret survival strategies that allows life to perpetuate, beyond the pressures that constantly loom.—Julia Heywood