This episode of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom follow three elephant matriarchs in the scorching desert of the Namib. It follows the challenges and he endurance of each of these elephant nomads. The Namib Desert in Southwest Africa is one of the oldest deserts in the world as well as one of the harshest places for elephants to live. The temperatures range from as low as 32 degrees fahrenheit to 102 degrees fahrenheit.
The episode chronicles three families that are on a never ending quest for food. The elephants had been poached to nearly extinction in the past and these elephant matriarchs are struggling to keep the families in tact.