Baby Hippo Gets Lost From Mum In River Full Of Crocodiles

At the river, Mafuta, the baby hippo, is also in trouble. The great hippo bull has died fighting for his family and Mafuta’s mother tries in vain to keep crocodiles from desecrating his body. In the ensuing chaos, Mafuta is swept away. His mother realises too late, just as hundreds of wildebeest cross the river and block her path to reach him. Being reunited with her son seems impossible.
Clip taken from episode 4 'Dominion', of our latest series Serengeti 3 narrated by Adjoa Andoh.
Episode 4 'Dominion' will air in the UK on Sunday 12th February at 4:35pm on BBC One. Watch this episode and the whole series now on BBC iPlayer:
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This programme finds the families of the Serengeti competing for a home. Kali and her pride have taken over Bakari’s kopje. Overwhelmed by sheer numbers, there seems to be no escape for him and his troop. But when the lions fall asleep, he sees his chance. At the river, Mafuta, the baby hippo, is also in trouble. The great hippo bull has died fighting for his family and Mafuta’s mother tries in vain to keep crocodiles from desecrating his body. In the ensuing chaos, Mafuta is swept away. His mother realises too late, just as hundreds of wildebeest cross the river and block her path to reach him. Being reunited with her son seems impossible.
Further along the river, Magamba, the crocodile, has her work cut out trying to keep her newly hatched babies safe. Her hatchlings make an easy meal for hungry birds stalking the reeds, but Magamba soon shows her power. However, she can’t guard her young forever and must leave them to find food. She returns, still hungry, to find a grey heron ready to strike. Having dealt with this threat, she soon comes head-to-head with Tembo the elephant. Who will end up victorious in this battle of wills? Bakari leads his troop in search of a new home, but blinded by the long grass, they run right into the path of Duma and the cheetah coalition. Previously, Duma had to be rescued from his own wildebeest hunt by the other males and is now desperate to redeem himself. He decides to take on Bakari, but his efforts are in vain. Not only is Bakari a dangerous opponent, but the rest of the cheetahs have fled from the fight. Duma is back on his own searching for companionship once again. Bakari finds his troop a temporary refuge at the river but it’s not without its dangers.
The herds soon take over as they arrive to drink. With the wildebeest come the hunters, including Kali. The herds are on high alert, and it seems Kali is doomed to fail. If she misses her chance, will Askari and the pride still support her, or does Askari have a surprise in store? Bakari is also trying to find a meal. He arrives too late to steal Magamba’s eggs and instead finds himself confronted by the pugnacious dikkop birds who have a surprise of their own. When Duma finally catches up with the other cheetahs, he tries to join them in their efforts to mark their territory. As he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do, his attempts to impress are comical, but things take a serious turn when he’s injured trying to follow their lead. Can he fight through the pain to prove himself as a hunter? And will that be enough to win them over? Mafuta’s future is also uncertain. Without his father to protect them, an invading hippo, determined to take over the pod, now has no one to stop him. As the river crossings continue, a half-starved Magamba struggles to hunt. She faces an endless onslaught of hooves and is overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of wildebeest. After many attempts, exhausted and hungrier than ever, she has one final chance at success…
Narrated by Adjoa Andoh
Created & Produced by Simon Fuller
Directed & Produced by John Downer
#BBC #crocodile #hippo

[@donnasanders6724]

I was holding my breath

[@bobdole1570]

I literally care more about this hippo I’m watching on my phone than ANY of the 30 people in my office right now. And it’s not even close.

[@AhatiMaat]

yes I feel the same. these beings have never left their natural way of life. we have hence "working in an office."

[@asmodeus1274]

Maybe those 30 people are mad because they have to take up the slack because you’re continually watching videos, when you’re supposed to be working?

[@bobdole1570]

@@asmodeus1274 I’m only responsible for my locations that I’m routing. If I don’t complete my tasks it’s only on me. I just had my 10 year anniversary two weeks ago. I’m doing just fine lol

[@omarhandely6930]

@@bobdole1570 Those 30 people in your office probably think the same about you as well.

[@bobdole1570]

@@omarhandely6930 Most of these chicks in there ARE hippos hahaha

[@lars337]

Jesus, between the swimming with crocodiles and diving under a herd of wildebeests, how did the camera guys survive this?

[@littlepockets4959]

Just what I was thinking, they have some balls is all I can say

[@random_access_memory]

​@@littlepockets4959 Their cameras can zoom in quite a bit, theyre usually a safe distance away from the wildlife

[@random_access_memory]

@Betty Swollocks im not taking slack from someone called betty swollocks

[@LexlutherVII]

we need a whole documentary about camera.......😂

[@tedmosbyy8477]

Cameraman never dies

[@princeedmunddukeofedinburg]

It goes to show just how powerful hippos are....she did not give a single hoot about the horde of the crocs .....

[@beccac6451]

You got to give credit where credit is due. The camera man did an amazing job keeping track of her and the baby.

[@paigescott5432]

God bless you!

[@readynow12345]

I literally cried when baby Mustafa was found by his mother..

[@steveweast475]

Amazing work

[@JohnDownerProd]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@brandoncomer6492]

why is she swimming upstream if the baby hippo is being swept downstream? I get the feeling y'all are making stuff up...

[@DarkeyeX7]

Best camera man in the world.

[@brandoncomer6492]

its fake, it's a bunch of random footage spliced together. Notice how the baby hippo is being swept downstream and the momma hippo is going upstream.

[@huyked]

0:56 It absolutely amazes me the hippos gives no shits about being amongst the crocodiles, nipping at them to show who's boss. Crazy! And yet it waits like it doesn't want to bother the line of wildebeests crossing (2:05), and even dives under instead (2:20). What is this? xD lol Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing, but it almost seems like considerateness. Haha

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

The crocs knows it's absolutely pointless to aggrevate a two ton hippo

[@huyked]

@@pronemanoldbutyoung5548 Haha. Yes.

[@jeanbanks7301]

Yeh🤗Mummy and baby reunited.

[@enricotoesca3941]

Awesome video ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@JohnDownerProd]

Thank you 🤗

[@enricotoesca3941]

@@JohnDownerProd You ' re welcome Dear John 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@stlouisix3]

Thank Christ that Mafuta got through all of that safely. Tough hippo lad!!!

[@CraigSmith-gi5oq]

This is b.s., the baby got swept down river by the current but the mom somehow catches up to it by swimming up river, crossing a herd of wildabeasts 3 times, swimming under them, and standing in the middle of them before continuing to swim up river?

[@bambinaforever1402]

Mom was swimming down the river and the small hippo was at the shore, so current took him to the shore. Not unusual, this is how all sorts of debrees come on shore - with current

[@dertyjerz3]

I was thinking the same. She was fighting upstream the whole time meanwhile the calf looked like it was being swept downstream

[@Rhodeygirl]

Thank you, was going to post the same. She swam up river the whole way. They mashed two unrelated scenes together. I expect better of BBC.

[@baskykeefe3352]

Also hippo mum at 56 seconds is different to the hippo mum at 1.01 minute. Notice the scars on the body are missing at 56 seconds but are magically their at 1.01 minute.

[@mynameisminnie]

@@bambinaforever1402 shut up you dont know

[@XSI5]

These are no longer educational documentaries because they are scripted to resemble a movie. The goal is to engage an emotional response from the audience, and what is told doesn't necessarily mean is true to reality, but there is no question nowadays you can put a camera wherever you like.

[@ekaluraw4376]

Yes, and why not? There are already a lot of educational documentaries, and videos like these are amazing. While not having a lot of information, they do show the struggles of wildlife

[@XSI5]

@@ekaluraw4376 Imagine a documentary being a documentary. Animals are not humans and their way to perceive life, danger and survival is not how a modern human who works as screenwriter in a city would feel or think. These scripted documentaries humanises animals, which implies a terrible misconception about wildlife. This is why we see people approaching to wild animals in the thinking they see us like we see them. Uneducating puts lifes at risk. If you want to see animals that feels or thinks like humans, there are plenty of movies that does exactly that. A documentary should always be educational even if it's boring, unpleasant, irrelevant or lacking from storytelling.

[@PaytonDowns]

She was literally going upstream

[@Cesk3boy]

Woow Hippos are the kings in the river

[@akirataifu8470]

Mafuta!!! 🤞🏾🫢

[@rp23-rmi85]

what happened to the cameraman whom was in the river though?

[@bambinaforever1402]

Yei! Small hippo is all right! How donthey film all of this and even on the go? They had her above and under water and at far and close range. Like how many cameras are around one hippo?

[@Llama_RL]

How do you make these videos

[@brandoncomer6492]

they lie. The baby hippo is being swept downstream, the supposed hippo mom is going upstream. Its all just a fake narrative edited together from random footage

[@touremuhammad5983]

You know, if hippos could actually float, they wouldn’t have these sort of problems. 🙄

[@user-ud3kl4yg6g]

Hello❤

[@teelove4443]

Yall always throwing a bunch of old random clips together and making a bogus story out of it😂 Ive been watching wildlife videos too long to be fooled by this nonsense

[@ahmadiputra01putra80]

👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@traceyhamilton4216]

Promo-SM

[@Lwah0812]

Hippos are my favorite so this had my heart pumping, I was saying they better not have shown this if he doesn’t survive. Then the stupid wildebeest had to complicate the rescue… I don’t care about the thousands and thousands of wildebeest and zebras, I care about the baby hippo! ❤🦛

[@sobrevalorado]

Fake video

[@1beachwalker]

We have watched Serengeti 1& 2 and am not sure if we can see it here in the U.S. The camera shots underwater especially were awesome! So cool seeing what Mama would do to save her baby. Thanks for the glimpse of a fantastic show. Hope we can see it soon. I'll have to look for it- maybe on a streaming platform. 👏🌟🦛🦛