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ones see first safari', 'jomos starved playmates long trek', 'would love play cute little cheetah cub', 'maybe moms around', 'last encouraging sign', 'carmine beeeaters nest near rich insect life', 'feed chicks', 'sign gaia herd must getting close water', 'yesterday reminder death', 'today air alive', 'feel giant bones', 'theres definitely water', 'make way everybody', 'theres time sharing', 'elephants need drink survival biggest', 'jomos found playmates', 'warthogs', 'look like fun', 'first hes got ta wait till moms looking', 'goes', 'time hideandseek', 'warthogs dont seem', 'looks like hes switching tag', 'pigs way fast', 'jomo would chase animals day could', 'except one', 'one animal wont move elephant buffalo', 'moving', 'jomos actually pretty brave', 'hes mom', 'shani skims freshest water top usually works', 'water ruined', 'animals wading knows else', 'drinkable water', 'least oasis comes small mopani woodland', 'elephants love mopani', 'leaves contain least water', 'elephant eat 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sense', 'younger females look reassurance', 'theyve never known time without gaia leader', 'know shani obvious successor', 'takes', 'time tell found new matriarch', 'week later journey interrupted wonderful event', 'new calf welcomed world', 'pregnancy nearly two years', 'huge excitement family', 'first days life allimportant', 'everyone wants help', 'hell unsteady feet', 'another new responsibility shani', 'elephants usually born wet season', 'mothers produce milk cooler', 'little calf going need extra help', 'shani welcomes new playmate jomo', 'jomo less excited', 'baby family long remember', 'kid looks like could use help', 'yup definitely gon na slow', 'shani clears path calf finds feet', 'little ones mom inexperienced', 'chances survival slim without shanis help', 'shani gaia family must look guidance', 'decisions makes', 'huge consequences entire herd', 'looks back lessons', 'learned gaia rich life', 'shani must piece together way back delta', 'first thing must get new mother', 'place gaia took gave birth', 'place salts seep ground', 'elephants come drink replace minerals', 'tackle desert', 'shani lets new mom go first', 'replenish fluids lost birth', 'mom lifesaver', 'whole herd need minerals move', 'oh look whos cut front line', 'jomo', 'hes gon na learn play rules', 'tusks come handy trying dig deep salts', 'jomo doesnt tusks little difficult', 'young apprentice isnt helping', 'another herd approaching wanting access mine', 'shani alien territory disconnected social network', 'sizes', 'huge group easily big enough drive away', 'shani must decide whether stand firm', 'protect patch back', 'sometimes rival herds kidnap calves assert dominance', 'shanis family vulnerable newborn look', 'calf eyed rival matriarch', 'shani steps test', 'intimidated', 'protect calf though', 'rivals back strength number', 'lacked shanis determination protect family', 'little calf safe', 'shani decides time push home', 'wont easy rich prize waiting', 'angolan floodwaters arriving okavango', 'desert sands parched barren', 'half year lifeless seem', 'creatures waiting underground moment', 'others waiting', 'leading edge flood full tiny fish', 'moving hunt insects spiders caught new water', 'catfish behind pushing deltas many channels', 'alongside thousands floodwater pioneers', 'paradise dust', 'delta transforming', 'desert shani family far away', 'theyre battling dry headwinds havent water two days', 'taking toll whole herd', 'jomo resilient began journey', 'young calf trouble', 'herd tighter ever', 'wont left behind', 'strength family gotten far', 'make delta together', 'take long need little one', 'white sand delta feet', 'close', 'kalahari animals pour back okavango', 'journeys wildlife water converge', 'deltas heart beating', 'one set travelers missing', 'shanis done theyre home', 'shes got back', 'even little one', 'epic journey started gaia', 'shani carry forward wisdom generations', 'calf born journey tastes deltas waters first time', 'hell jomo introduce locals special way', 'trials experiences year', 'jomo surely prove excellent big brother', 'pass everything hes learned one herd', 'following dust dangers incredible road trip', 'must pure heaven', 'uncertain start', 'family fully accepts shani new matriarch', 'wont gaia', 'elephants individuals', 'shani bring style leadership', 'shes started well', 'months lush wetlands gone', 'family leave delta', 'head across vast wilds africa', 'like countless generations kalahari elephants', 'last elephants earth still freedom roam', 'may unforgettable journeys continue generations come', 'theres baby look', 'theres nothing like sound lions', 'feet car youve got doors', 'make little bit wee come', 'females salty three hours old', 'dont taste', 'cant bring', 'touched finger licked finger', 'right camera', 'tend nervous herd like', 'obviously lions around', 'lions go youngsters', 'lions yeah', 'didnt say anything lions course lions']