Now now, I have seen only a few episodes, but several of the ones I have seen the males have had their little hearts broken when their female didnt return. Saw an episode the other day about the beginning, left off with one poor little guy lying outside alone on the mound at the entrance to his home, at night, looking all forlorne and sad. Refusing to go inside, wondering where his female was. Little did he know that she had been hurt by a hawk and was slowly dying, lost and all alone. Every episode I seem to catch something horrible happens and I end up in tears. Dont think I will be watching any more episodes. I cant handle it.
Tell ya one thing though, watching this show can really bring home how important it is that we make sure the little critters of the world have plenty of places to live. You see how difficult it is just for their clan to cross a road and move to another place to live because of an encroaching desert. Regardless of whether you believe that people are having any influence on climate change, even if we werent, we should make sure that there is room on this earth for all Gods creatures,,, not box them into one spot or "preserve", then watch as that area becomes unliveable. Then we farm, build cities, roads, fences, dams, etc. all around those areas, making it far more difficult, if not impossible, for them to move some where else or live anywhere else. Life is difficult enough on them as it is, no need to make it far worse.
