Episode
Natural World: The Crater: Africa's Predator Paradise
Overview
Documentary about the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, which has the highest concentration of predators anywhere in the world. A huge natural bowl inhabited by over 25,000 wildebeest, it is nonetheless a difficult environment for predators, and numbers are declining
Details
- Series
- Natural World
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2000-06-05
Episode context
The Crater: Africa's Predator Paradise is Episode 14 in Season 18 of Natural World. It aired on 2000-06-05.
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