Secrets of Wild India - S1 E1

2. Tiger Jungles

This is the real story of the jungles made famous in Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book'. It is a battlefield ruled by tooth and claw, where species fight for space, water, food, and mating rights. This is a world that knows nothing of compassion or kindness, dominated by two of the world's top predators, the Bengal tiger and the Indian wild dog or dhole. Kipling's Jungle Book was fiction. This is hard fact and a story that rewrites itself every year.

3. Desert Lions

At first glance the desert of India's north-west appear devoid of life. But even in the most hostile environments wildlife thrives. In this inhospitable place, only the best adapted survive. Here, in the harsh deserts and salty drylands, live India's specialists. They have to endure extreme hardship, sandstorms, droughts, and intense heat.