:04:03
...right hand, right foot.
:04:28
The sidewinder's favorite meal
is the diving gecko.
:04:34
But geckos play hard-to-get.
:04:54
So the sidewinder resorts
to a very sneaky trick to catch his prey.
:05:06
First, he buries himself in the sand
until he is quite invisible.
:05:11
Then his tail comes up
and pretends to be a blade of grass.
:05:15
Now, geckos don't
eat grass, but ants do.
:05:19
And geckos eat ants.
:05:20
At this point,
things happen rather quickly.
:05:23
Ant goes for tail,
gecko goes for ant...
:05:27
End of gecko.
:05:29
So some die and some live in the heart
of the unearthly Red Namib Desert...
:05:34
...in southwest Africa
on the tropic of Capricorn.
:05:38
And on the fringes of the Red Namib...
:05:40
...lives the real miracle
of the desert, the oryx.
:05:44
The most beautiful of all antelope.
:05:54
These amazing animals always manage
to look sleek and well-fed...
:05:59
...in this arid region where there
seems to be no food and no water.