They don’t make documentaries like this anymore. Great nature documentary.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our ancestors for evolving and escaping the food chain.

12:52 Perhaps the best sentence: "As their pool dies around them, the hippos and the crocs lie marooned in mud like creatures made of clay, half formed, waiting for their creator to complete them"....

I remember watching the baboon/croc scene on TV many years ago. It remains one of the most vividly brutal images of any nature documentary I've ever seen.

Never seen footage with so many different animal interactions. This footage is amazing

This was so brutal and sad but so beautiful to watch, nature truly is just a fight for survival.

7:03 is one of the craziest unfoldings I've ever seen, from the way all the baboons shriek together to how it all goes down

KZfaq just recommended the most savage animal documentary

The most intense 15 min of animal program i have ever seen

1. Those crocodiles are ginormous. 2. I love how the hippos and crocs just chill next to each other like nothing is going on. The hippos are there just casually and the crocs are like "nah I dont wanna get in trouble so I'll just eat a dumb zebra"

This was spectacular to watch so many animals together, the crocodile and hippo resemblance is truly amazing

I remember seeing this on TV in the 90s and it really made me realize how easy people have it. If anyone is curious it's "national geographic,the last feast of the crocodiles 1996"

I'm not mad at those baboons. They ganged up on that crocodile like "YOU GOT THE WRONG GROUP TODAY!"

6:22 I about died when that impala got slapped.

6:24 That Impala was like, 'Gimme some of that water, bro!' Baboon: 'Ah! Piss off mate!'

This is probably the most brutal and depressing animal documentary ever made. Life is a struggle.

I think the hippos check on what the crocs are eating to make sure they didn’t somehow quietly kill one of their young.

I always find the way crocodiles walk on land slightly comical.

The Jungle Book : Hell Edition

"If baboons have nigtmares... this is surely one of them." Jesus Christ this doc goes HARD

8:29 it's literally dangling by the last fibers of muscle tissue

That's got to be the toughest canteen in Africa.

1:58 The Impala is like "wtf?"

When you fall in mud but your mom won't let you come back in the house....

I remember this drought, it was during the 1980's, it was on the television news and everything. This was also a time when National Geographic actually made wonderful documentaries, not the reality show BS we get today.

That’s amazing how animals act on pure instinct and no thought process and yet a baby hippo is completely safe around feeding crocs because it’s parent is watching close by

@ 13:50, “if baboons have nightmares, this is truly one of them,” great description

0:32 it’s literally saying “no” and “help”

14:25, the way the baboon looks back after escaping the crocodile as if to say, "ya bastards, thanks for helping me!" 😂😂😂😂

If you're a thirsty baboon, wait for a gazelle to drink then sneak up behind him and shove him in. While the crock's are busy tearing him to pieces, have a nice drink.

8:26 leaves me speechless. The physical and emotional pain

Best animal documentary on KZfaq… just amazing.

The Crocs generally do not mess with the hippos because the hippos will often fuck them up XD

god damn life is tough at this water hole

4:35 Even the camera was like “oh shi” and they don’t even talk😂

They don't make animal documentaries like this anymore! Just raw good footage.

The desperate animals = humans Waterhole = money Crocodiles = Goverment Hippo's = Rich people

*Simba has left the kingdom*

Love how this has 33 million views Love how this is narrated Love these type of documentaries Love how the hippo was disturbed like: “mannnnn come on mann lemme snooze”

I will pull up in a roller coaster and watch this as much as I can breath. Richard Kiley did his narration pretty well. The dwindling Luvuvhu River is well documented.👌❤

Man that's one baddass hippo. The mum is saying "Hey you touch that baby hippo and you're gunna get it punk!"

0:35 “Mom”.. “mom... *pushes away* “Mom” “mom!” “Mom” “mom”

The croc just waddles off like hes on break and will be back in 15

I love how hippos can just chill with their offspring with dangerous predators, knowing that the predators are weaker than them.

This isn't what is supposed to happen in the wild, that's what the Lion King movie told me.

*sips water*. “Poor animals” *sips some more*

This footage and story telling is the best I've ever seen of animal life and death struggle- Wow 👏

2:30 Lizard: Well hi there! Crocodile: Get away from my children

That's so sad the bamboons act like humans fighting for the baby then becoming emotional when her baby died.

Mom: Son be back soon okay, .... son after ten seconds through mud ..mom:who the hell are you

I like how animals just nonchalantly swallow gallons of mud without a care in the world

Buddy like "damn I done broke my arm, my baby dead,talk about a bad day."

Why so many dislikes? This is incredible footage honestly

Amazing how animals know that they have to dig to drink water

The momma bamboo was like "Alrighty got goe eat dinner in privacy...uhhhhhh I mean goe bury my baby" Times are tough , so happy this isnt life for humans. Could you imagine

4:38 The hippo was pissed. He was havin that good dream😂😂😂

Do not feel hatred towards the crocs, they must eat too as does lawyers and politicians.

what I don't like from crocodiles it's that they don't wash their hands before they eat...

Amazing how all these different types of animals live around each other and are all looking for the same thing, food and water, and just deal with each other too

How could this be brutal and gruesome but at the same time fascinating?

13:33 that bird genuinely just popped out of existence 😳

Hippos just like seeing violence

This reminded me the scene “insect pit” in the movie King Kong (2005). That scene had an utterly creepy soundtrack, too. This footage is the same dark atmosphere with the millions of species trying to eat one another

6:08 "Dude, seriously?"

You gotta feel bad for those baby crocodiles that never got a chance in life, the mother though was very dedicated willing to stay in that filthy pool of mud for the sake of her offspring.

I remember seeing this on Nature on PBS when I was a kid. I'm 33 today.

Shes like “ur not my kid” and hes like “U ARE THO”

Something about their screams makes it even more disturbing and the menacing music in the background just gives me chills.

That’s amazing these hippos actually train these crocodiles not to attack them or their babies. Quite smart smarter than most people commenting on here

6:23 That B-slap though

Imagine yourself suffering in the African heat, severely dehydrated. Your only hope for avoiding dying of thirst is to play a sort of Russian roulette. You win and you get a few gulps of muddy stagnant water. And if you lose, instead of being shot, you get eaten alive, your body torn apart, and you become nourishment for the crocodiles.

A man with right sense of humor , that he even didn't know .

I keep seeing stupid comments along the lines of "Why don't the people give them water?" Or "People need to find a way to give the animals water." Here are several reasons why trying to get water to these animals is just a stupid and futile thing to attempt. 1. You will need to raise a substantial amount of funds for an undertaking as ambitious (and futile) as this one. 2. You need literally tens of thousands of gallons of water to make the slightest impact on the ecosystem. 3. You need to find a way to transport said water to a REMOTE LOCATION, that likely has no roads leading to it. Whether transported by motorized vehicle or irrigation, it will be expensive. There are currently no roads or irrigation pipes leading to this location, so you must build them, which again is expensive. 3. In order to build roads or irrigation pipes, you need to clear the land, which in turn is taking more habitat from the very animals you are trying to help. 5. You need construction teams working day and night in remote locations to build your roads/pipes. Those construction teams are made up of dudes, and they get hungry working all day, so you need to find an efficient and affordable way to keep them fed and hydrated while working in remote locations. Not to mention they will need some sort of shelter while out in the wild. 6. It's a good possibility that all this human activity would scare off/negatively impact much of the wildlife. 7. This drought took place in the 1980's in africa, a continent plagued by poverty and disease. Please, think for a moment of all the human suffering that must have been taking place during this time. Surely, helping a dying child is far more pertinent than going through all these steps just to help gazzelles and baboons not be eaten by crocs. And lastly, and most importantly 8. *You'd be doing far more harm than good.* One only need look at history to see that human intervention in delicate ecosystems is a terrible idea. You'd be throwing the ecosystem out of whack, in many ways, including but not limited to the construction and the human activity. When you ask the question "why not give the animals water?" You need to also ask yourself what you would have to do in order to get the water there, how much water you need to actually make a difference or accomplish whatever it is you intend to do, how much of an impact are you trying to have (as in, are you going to fill up the watering hole entirely? How much? Are you just looking to give certain animals water, ect.) And lastly you need to ask yourself *are there any negative effects you can inadvertently cause by going through with this idea?* it is my opinion that an undertaking of this magnitude would not only be economically unsound and extremely difficult, but would also have unintended and detrimental effects on the surrounding ecosystems, *potentially doing far more harm than good.*

I honestly love the hippos, they have a "you dont fuck with me I dont fuck with you" attitude.

Scenery of survival for the fittest. What a hard life! Amazing footage.

3:25 lmao he really spinning

Poor mama croc stayed in that “waterhole” just for her babies to hatch & die an hour later

Nothing like watching an animal documentary to really know your place in this world. I feel so vulnerable, weak, broken.

This is brutal... really makes you think how hard they have it

6:22 is funny asf lmao 😂😂 He said “Back yo ass up” 😭

This footage was freaking amazing, thanks for showing all the different animal interactions + the sad but real gore that happens in the food chain. I will be subbing

The smells of that whole area are coming thru my phone screen! 🤢🤮

That baboon crocodile interaction was really emotional

Absolutely fascinating, show vegans this because they need to know that this is true survival

I usually don't cry while watching anything but when the mother lost her baby, I bawled.

Guess they having a pool party

No sugar coating in this documentary!

I dont know why I like watching animals eating others xD

7:07 When a fight starts at school

that spinning thing they do is awesome

Crocodile: I’m an apex predator Human: stfu, you’re my shoes

The hippo is like that mom "You go play..they won't touch you.."

4:39 anyone else heard that Baboon say WHOA

7:14 Yeah that's one broken arm... X_X

does anyone know more videos like this ? this was so interesting

Baboon ; I'm dying for a drink. Crocodile ; OK

This documentary is very interesting

Love nature ❤

Hippos are such badasses! I can’t think of many creatures that casually loaf around a huge gang of crocodile 🙂

I bet there are people thinking why didnt the camera man stop filming and bring them water