Natural World: Desert Lions

Natural World: Desert Lions

49 mins | Documentary | March 5, 2006

Many years ago, lions thrived in the Namib Desert along the Skeleton Coast, while they are not destroyed people. Six years ago, an independent biologist Flip Stander found their small population, the remainder in the nearby mountains, and began to study them. Eventually their numbers increased, and they began to return to the desert. But to the lions continued to live here, Flip has to convince local residents that these lions are more alive than dead.

Natural World: Desert Lions

49 mins | Documentary | March 5, 2006

Natural World: Desert Lions
Many years ago, lions thrived in the Namib Desert along the Skeleton Coast, while they are not destroyed people. Six years ago, an independent biologist Flip Stander found their small population, the remainder in the nearby mountains, and began to study them. Eventually their numbers increased, and they began to return to the desert. But to the lions continued to live here, Flip has to convince local residents that these lions are more alive than dead.
Producers BBC Earth
Original title Natural World: Desert Lions
Directors Alastair Fothergill
Writers David Attenborough

Cast

David Attenborough

as himself