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Animal Planet brings special programming on Mothers' Day

Watch some of the rarest and greatest creatures on the planet share their motherly love on Sunday, May 13, from 8am to 8pm

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Animal Planet brings special programming on Mothers' Day

Watch some of the rarest and greatest creatures on the planet share their motherly love on Sunday, May 13, from 8am to 8pm

May 7, 2012:

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Have you ever witnessed the anger of a mother leopard when her cubs are taken away for their vaccinations?  How do orangutan mums' maternal instincts help them bring their babies up in just the right way?

There's nothing quite like a mother's love and moms from the animal kingdom are no exception. This May, on Mothers' Day, Animal Planet celebrates the occasion with its viewers through a special marathon dedicated to the devoted mothers in the animal kingdom. The Mothers' Day Special on Animal Planet highlights the special bondage between mothers and the young ones among different animals in the wildlife surrounding us.

The Mother's Day special programming marathon airs on Animal Planet, on Sunday, May 13, from 8am to 8pm.

Capturing the most intimate and dramatic moments of motherhood in the wild, the programmes like Forest Tigers - Sita's Story, Cheetah - The Winning Streak, Baby Planet Maternal Instinct, Bengal Tiger's Motherly Love, Wildwives Of Savannah Lane, Echo And The Elephants Of Amboseli, Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom will spotlight some of the rarest and greatest creatures on the planet share their motherly love and affection with their young ones.

Did you know?

  • In the animal kingdom, young ones have a lot to learn from their mothers. Wildlife mothers even go to the depth of taking the decision to pick their partners depending on their devotion towards their young ones.
  • The mothers in the wild are guarantors of diversity, even picky about their partners to provide best upbringing to their kids, and in most cases, they are utterly devoted to their young.
  • Tiger mums have an incredible affection for her cubs.  She maintains a strict hierarchy among the little ones as their strategy to survive. It is said that male tigers take no part in the rearing of the cubs and will even occasionally kill them.
  • Mothers in the wild are always best-equipped to confront the ruthlessness of life with their maximum capacity of adaptation. It can be the in the clan of lions, solitary cheetahs, elephants, baboons, monkeys etc.
  • Orangutan mums have strong maternal instincts that help them bring their babies up in just the right way.

Some programme descriptions:

Bengal Tiger's Motherly Love

Bengal tigers living in the forests of India are rarely seen, but we succeeded in filming a female tiger called Machali raising her cubs. Although known for their fierce nature, we witnessed an incredible affection of the mother tiger for her cubs. We also found a strict hierarchy exists among the little ones as their strategy to survive. It is said that male tigers take no part in the rearing of the cubs and will even occasionally kill them. However, for the first time, the camera has captured an endearing scene of a father tiger interacting with his offspring.

Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli

ECHO AND THE ELEPHANTS OF AMBOSELI is made possible by American researcher Cynthia Moss who has observed Echo and her herd over the past four decades. Cynthia's passion and dedication has helped capture intimate details of the elephants' lives, including heart-wrenching moments of birth, aggressive mating rituals and exciting battle sequences between male combatants. Take a rare glimpse into the lives of this astonishing family of elephants and witness the incredible story of a mother's journey to keep her family alive in ECHO AND THE ELEPHANTS OF AMBOSELI.

Wildwives of Savannah Lane

Based on real observations and scientific data in association with the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, three-part series WILDWIVES OF SAVANNAH LANE portrays these animals as characters from a certain social group, and challenges our chauvinistic view of the African plains. Don't be surprised to discover that the animal kingdom bears astounding similarities to the human world!

Baby Planet

During the last century we've heard about the kind of “death-row” we've created for some of our planet's most important wild species. But far from needing to feel depressed and beaten about this, now there is new hope – very recently some of the world's most ambitious captive breeding programmes are showing signs of a baby boom.

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