BBC Predators Killing for a Living 12of13 Cold-Blooded Killers X

In the animal kingdom, it's kill or be killed on a daily basis, as creatures struggle to survive and vicious cycle of life and death is an everyday event in the wild. This documentary series chronicles the different yet lethal techniques used in this dance of death, from animals that work in well-organized gangs to lone killers that capture prey using camouflage and the element of surprise.

Narrated by Anthony Hopkins & John Shrapnel
Writer : David Helton
Series Producer : Caroline Baker

A Wildvision Production for BBC Worldwide in association with The Discovery Channel (1997)


Episode 12 : Cold-Blooded Killers
Tyrannosaurus rex, "Terrible Lizard King", lives in our imagination as the greatest beast ever to have walked on Earth's surface. Maybe it's good that T. rex is extinct, but many still existing animals have ancestors who passed the same terrain with this monstrous predator. Many of them have fared well and are equally adept predators as carnivore dinosaurs once were. Which ones are the real heirs of the king's crown? In this detective story we are tracing the closest surviving offspring of this remarkable beast. And the results are amazing.