: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.
:06:04
The austere beauty of the Namib
remains undisturbed...
:06:08
...because man finds the region
so intimidating, he hardly ever intrudes.
:06:13
But to the oryx and the
little creatures of the Namib...
:06:16
...this waterless, hostile desert
is paradise.
:06:32
Where the red desert ends,
there's a vast white desert...
:06:35
...where it's so quiet,
you can hear the silence.
:06:54
The White Namib, a region
of rugged moonscapes and endless vistas.
:06:59
Here the eye can feast
on breathtaking beauty...