Enjoy five ofThe DiscoveryStore.com'sthrilling wild animal programs and capture big savings!A Panda is Born DVD
With only an estimated 1,600 living in the wild, the Giant Panda's survival depends on the fruitful reproduction of each member of the species. To that end, naturalists and zoologists worldwide have dedicated themselves to stabilizing and encouraging the endangered creature's notoriously low birthrate. Follow two topsy-turvy seasons of panda mating at the Smithsonian National Zoo, where female Mei Xiang and her mate, Tian Tian, finally succeed in giving birth to a panda cub. And watch as the littlest member of the family, Tai Shan, learns to feed, play and explore his strange, new world.
Presented in full screen format.
Living with Wolves DVD
For centuries, wolves have been characterized as bloodthirsty beasts, tormentors of ranchers and the bane of helpless livestock. Determined to overcome this misconception, filmmakers Jaime and Jim Dutcher – creators of the Emmy-winning Wolves atThe DiscoveryStore.com'sDoor – spent six years in a tented camp in the wilderness of Idaho, living with a pack of wolves, listening to them and earning their trust.
Join the Dutchers as they share their extraordinary experiences living with the Sawtooth wolf pack. Exclusive footage reveals the innermost details of life in the pack – its unique social structure, how wolf cubs are raised within the group and how these powerful creatures interact with man. Overcoming forest fires, marauding mountain lions and sub-zero winters, the Dutchers and these elusive, intelligent animals share the heartwarming and unique partnership of human and predator.
Presented in full screen format.
Wolves atThe DiscoveryStore.com'sDoor DVD
A follow-up to the Emmy Award-winning film, Wolf: Return of a Legend, this heartwarming tale follows Jim and Jamie Dutcher as they raise a pack of grey wolves and document these affectionate creatures' most intimate behaviors. By bottle feeding them as puppies and being a constant presence in their lives, the Dutchers gained unprecedented acceptance into the world of these great canines. The wolves' reputation as savage beasts proves to be unfounded. And the Dutchers' closeness to this pack allows you to see intimate scenes of the wolves playing, courting, and caring for their young.
You'll meet the wolf family's leader, or alpha male, Kamutz; its second-in-command, Matzi; and its outcast, or omega wolf, Lakota. As you watch the Sawtooth Wolf Pack grow and develop over time, you'll witness behavior never before captured on film:
- dominance/submission
- facial communication
- vocalization
- hunting strategy
- pack hierarchy
Because no human being has ever been accepted as a member of a wolf pack, the Dutchers unique position with the Sawtooth Wolf Pack affords us a vision of this animal never seen on film.Presented in full screen format.
Living with Tigers DVD
"Quest" is Discovery's commitment to fund groundbreaking research in science and exploration.
Born in a Cincinnati zoo, two Bengal tiger cubs – Ron and Julie – have spent the last three years being taught how to hunt and live in the wild of South Africa by human teachers John Varty – veteran naturalist and cameraman – and young Canadian zoologist and cat-handler Dave Salmoni. If they can be successfully integrated into the wild, they could become the forerunners of an audacious plan to help save the world's population of wild tigers.
Follow the journey from cuddly cub to professional assassin – all captured on film and video – as the youngsters' feral instincts slowly emerge in the African wilderness. Instinctively, all cats will stalk. However, it is the killing technique that must be learned by watching their mothers. Without their parent's guiding example, the cubs clumsily cut their teeth on large antelope – often holding on for dear life.
More fascinating than gruesome, the drama of life and death unfolds in amazing detail. A handheld camera hovers inches from Julie's jaws as she prowls, while a clever, head-mounted surveillance camera captures Ron's point of view as he closes in for the kill – the very first POV images ever recorded from a large predator while hunting. It is a documentary unlike any other – an intimate, step-by-step look at the transition of two zoo-born tigers into the wild as they struggle to become independent and self-sufficient, while serving as pioneers for captive tigers everywhere.
Into the Lion's Den DVD
Zoologist Dave Salmoni believes humans and lions can learn to live with each other – freely, safely and in the same territory. Now, he's going to risk his life to prove it.
Follow Dave as he spends three months – completely unarmed – with a wild pride of lions to validate his claim that humans and big cats can really co-exist. His premise is based on biology: that lions are neurologically wired to accept humans, not eat them. But conventional wisdom says that when a 200-lb. man strays too close to a quarter-ton, carnivorous lion, the man loses. Watch as Dave struggles to endear himself to his new "family" in a world where the curtain between life and savage death never quite closes. This special edition disc includes both the Discovery Channel version of this program and the extended, Animal Planet version.
Presented in 16:9 widescreen format.
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