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Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains

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Simon King

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It's been the longest dry season in living memory but the rains have finally come.

Kate Humble and Simon King report from Zambia. It's been the longest dry season in living memory but the rains have finally come and now everything has changed.

Kate Humble and Simon King report from Zambia, following the lives of the animals living along the Luangwa River at a critical time in the seasons.

It's been the longest dry season in living memory but the rains have finally come and now everything has changed.

Thirst has trapped the elephants, buffalo and antelope close to the river where they've been easy prey for the lions, leopards and wild dogs. But now the grazing animals can spread out across the valley and the predators are going to have to work a whole lot harder for their food.

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Kate Humble and Simon King follow animals in Zambia as a long dry season comes to an end.

Kate Humble and Simon King follow the animals living along Zambia's Luangwa River, from the last days of the longest dry season in memory to the arrival of the rains that will change everything.

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