Synopsis
Remarkable images of two wild puma sisters as they reveal their playful side, and learn to hunt guanaco - wild ancestors of llamas, in the dramatic Patagonian Andes.
- Programme: Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise
- Episode: 01: Fire and Ice
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Biology
Licence: ERA Licence required
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