National Geographic Video: Zebra: Patterns in the Grass [VHS]
These wild horses of Africa make a 300-mile migration every year,  braving a host of predators from lions to hyenas to gun-toting humans. It's no wonder narrator Brian Dennehy describes this journey as a "gauntlet of  death" in this 50-minute installment of the famedNational Geographicseries.  Beautifully shot in Botswana by husband and wife team Dereck and Beverly  Joubert, the documentary focuses on zebra family life--which centers around strictly organized kinship groups--and some of the unique ways this animal  copes with the constant threat to life. For example, given a warning call from  Dad, Mom can delay giving birth for hours. From floodplain to forest, the cameras  follow these striped creatures during day and night, birth and death,  wrapping up with a chilling statistic that reminds us how humans can be the most lethal predators of all.--Kimberly Heinrichs