On a cool July morning, in Tanzania's lush savannah, Bob Fontana shoulders his hunting rifle suddenly 2000 pounds of brute force bursts out of a nearby bush and tramples the man - its horns piercing the hunter's crumpled body. The culprit is legendary throughout Africa: The cape buffalo . But what has caused this normally placid grazer to attack a human? Chillingly, Fontana is not alone attacks by cape buffalo are occurring throughout the Dark Continent. But why?
In the heart of southern Africa lies the Okavango Delta, filled with lush vegetation and home to many of Africa's spectacular big game animals. The beauty of the Delta draws visitors like Bruce and Janice Simpson who have chosen this exotic location for their honeymoon. But in the blink of an eye, their amazing experience takes a horrific turn when their canoe is attacked by a fierce and deadly foe. Why has this place, normally tranquil and beautiful, become the setting for this horrible encounter? What has attacked them, and will it attack again?
A rash of black bear attacks one Canadian summer has experts looking for answers. Through eyewitness accounts and detailed analysis of the attack scenes, we begin to piece together the puzzle. A bad berry crop the year after a drought is stressing the animals' food supply a spring hunting moratorium several years in a row has led to a surge in the number of young bruins an especially warm summer brings more people into bear country than ever before . But our investigation suggests a much more disturbing reason behind these attacksCould it be that some black bears have learned to see humans as prey?