Lion

0:00:03 > 0:00:08On Deadly 60, I've had loads of incredible animal encounters.

0:00:08 > 0:00:11Here's just one of my many favourites.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14This is Deadly 60 Bites.

0:00:14 > 0:00:19If there's one animal that just oozes power out of every pore,

0:00:19 > 0:00:21it's the lion.

0:00:23 > 0:00:26It's hard to believe when they're yawning in the shade

0:00:26 > 0:00:32that lions are Africa's most impressive, most fearsome carnivore.

0:00:32 > 0:00:36But as the sun goes down, our lions seem to change gear.

0:00:36 > 0:00:41It's like flicking a switch. They started moving with total purpose.

0:00:41 > 0:00:43They're even starting to vocalise.

0:00:45 > 0:00:47I have a feeling it's hunting time.

0:00:50 > 0:00:52Look at that!

0:00:54 > 0:00:56That's some purpose.

0:00:58 > 0:01:01Looks like they've spotted something.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04There's a couple of warthog off to our left

0:01:04 > 0:01:06and...

0:01:06 > 0:01:08our lions have spotted them.

0:01:08 > 0:01:12This is the perfect time for things to start happening.

0:01:12 > 0:01:16The warthog are getting closer. They don't realise.

0:01:16 > 0:01:18This one's moving with purpose.

0:01:27 > 0:01:28It's going to happen.

0:01:28 > 0:01:30Right now!

0:01:30 > 0:01:33One down... No, he got away.

0:01:33 > 0:01:34He got away!

0:01:40 > 0:01:44The warthog just scattered in different directions

0:01:44 > 0:01:48and one has just met its end in a thicket over there.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51That would have to be one of the quickest,

0:01:51 > 0:01:55most completely perfect hunts I think I've ever seen.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58The pride may work as a team to catch food,

0:01:58 > 0:02:02but at the dinner table it's a very different story.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04LIONS GRUNT AND ROAR

0:02:08 > 0:02:12One's carrying what's left of the carcass over there, I think.

0:02:15 > 0:02:20Although they do hunt together, once it comes down to actually feeding,

0:02:20 > 0:02:25there's very much a system of seniority over who gets to eat.

0:02:25 > 0:02:29Dead in a matter of seconds, eaten in a matter of minutes.

0:02:29 > 0:02:33And that's certainly not enough to fill them all up.

0:02:33 > 0:02:37One of these animals can eat almost half of my body weight...

0:02:37 > 0:02:39THEY GROWL

0:02:40 > 0:02:41..in one go.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47Just the way their disposition changed

0:02:47 > 0:02:52from lazy and doing nothing to all action just like that,

0:02:52 > 0:02:55that is what makes lions so deadly.