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Learn how the rainy season transforms life at the waterhole.

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Discover how heat impacts the animals, as the new waterhole becomes busier in the evening.

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Meet the first animal visitors to a new manmade waterhole in the African savannah.

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Learn how the rainy season transforms life at the waterhole.

0:30
Discover how heat impacts the animals, as the new waterhole becomes busier in the evening.

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Cameraman Bob Poole observes the social dynamics within herds of giraffe and zebra.

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Brought by the explosion of insects, a pair of swallows build a mud nest inside the hide.

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As temperatures climb and resources are limited, a spotted hyena arrives to the waterhole.

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M. Sanjayan finds himself face to face with a young bull elephant at the waterhole.