9 breathtaking shots from Sir David Attenborough-narrated nature series The Hunt

 The Hunt has been stunning viewers with beautiful shots of the oceans, forests and Arctic.

Polar bears have been hunting seals, sparrowhawks have been chasing jays… and so the circle of life continues.

Now it’s time for a trip to the plains. Nature fans will have a chance to listen to Sir David Attenborough inform them all about honey badgers, snow geese and cheetahs.

Here are our favourite stunning shots from Sunday night’s episode…

A lioness in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, stands protectively over her cubs

A lioness in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, stands protectively over her cubs (Silverback Films/BBC)

A flock of snow geese on the semi-frozen lake in Squaw Creek, Missouri

A flock of snow geese on the semi-frozen lake in Squaw Creek, Missouri (Silverback Films/BBC)

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The Cerrado, alight at night with headlight beetle larvae glowing luminous green to lure their prey towards them (Silverback Films/BBC)

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A lioness in Etosha National Park, Namibia, takes down an adult zebra on her own (Silverback Films/BBC)

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The honey badger considers how to take on a scorpion (Silverback Films/BBC)

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A caracal on the hunt for prey, Namibia (Silverback Films/BBC)

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An Ethiopian wolf on the lookout for giant mole rats in the Bale mountains, Ethiopia (Silverback Films/BBC)

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One of the world’s fastest ants is clamped down by the jaws of an antlion larva (Silverback Films/BBC)

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The final execution of a caracal’s hunt is a vertical leap high in to the air (Silverback Films/BBC)