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2012-2013: 10. Flight of the Rhino
In South Africa there is a daring plan to save the rhino by moving a whole population to a secret location. But the only way out is by dangling them underneath a helicopter! Can they be moved before the poachers reach them and will it work at all? \n\nNarrated by Sean Bean.
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