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Discover the amazing ways nature has found to survive in the extremely testing land of the wild west.

This legendary land of red rocks and vast canyons, outlaws and gunslingers is a brutally tough place to live. But nature has found some extraordinary ways to win through, forging a pioneering spirit found nowhere else on earth.

Discover the amazing ways that mustangs and coyotes, Hopi farmers and even desert tortoises have found to survive in this extremely testing land.

59 minutes

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Mon 8 Jan 2024 16:15
BBC Two

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Credits

Narrator James Norton
Series Producer Patrick Morris
Executive Producer Mike Gunton

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  • Sun 9 Oct 2016 20:00
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  • Wed 12 Oct 2016 00:05
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  • Wed 12 Oct 2016 00:35
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  • Thu 10 Nov 2016 02:05
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  • Thu 10 Nov 2016 03:00
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  • Wed 11 Oct 2017 14:45
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  • Mon 10 Sep 2018 16:15
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  • Tue 8 Jan 2019 22:00
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  • Thu 5 Dec 2019 23:00
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  • Sat 4 Jul 2020 11:00
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  • Sun 3 Jan 2021 15:00
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  • New Year's Day 2022 14:25
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  • New Year's Day 2022 17:00
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  • Tue 26 Apr 2022 00:55
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  • Mon 13 Mar 2023 15:30
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  • Mon 8 Jan 2024 16:15
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