The scenery takes centre stage in a wildlife expose from the harshest of environments. Plus: Sir Chris Hoy swaps two wheels for four in a motor raceIt’s a situation any parent will recognise. During a walk,little one suddenly stops, sits down, and decides he’s not going to continue. You wait a few steps ahead,offering encouragement, then a threat: you’re not going to advance back for him is he going to stay there on his own, and all night? And then,after a short standoff, you give up, or go back for him,because he’s your kid.
Not a walk in the park here, though, or but Wild West (BBC2,Sunday), specifically the Great Basin desert of Nevada, and in the US. And not people,but horses: wild ones, mustangs. If this four-week-used foal doesn’t net up and continue in the search for water, or he’s going to die.
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Source: theguardian.com