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Real Wild finds summer survivors on France's sun-baked steppe

A Tales of Nature episode follows tortoises, cicadas and bee-eaters through heat, wildfire and returning rain.

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Heatproof Life on the Lacroix Steppe: Hermann's Tortoise, Bee-Eaters and Fire Reborn

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5:01The flightless Crau plain grasshopper is found only in this southern French habitat.
10:18A cicada sheds its shell, expands its wings and dries in the morning sun.
12:15European bee-eaters excavate sandy nesting burrows and offer food during courtship.
30:40Plants conserve water through waxy surfaces, thick skins, deep taproots and succulent leaves.
37:04A female tortoise moistens baked soil before digging a nest and laying eggs.
44:54Autumn rains after the wildfire trigger germination and renewed growth.

A cicada sheds its shell in the long grass, expands its wings and dries in the morning sun. Nearby, a flightless grasshopper lives within a much smaller world: the Crau plain of southern France, the only place its species is found.

Those small-scale encounters give Real Wild's most-watched new upload its character. "Heatproof Life on the Lacroix Steppe: Hermann's Tortoise, Bee-Eaters and Fire Reborn" has drawn nearly 4,800 views. Narrated by Sharon Mann, the Tales of Nature episode follows a Mediterranean landscape from morning activity into the difficult business of surviving midday. Bee-eaters excavate sandy nesting burrows; plants conserve moisture with waxy surfaces and deep roots. A female Hermann's tortoise even uses moisture from her bladder to soften the ground before digging her nest.

The film follows wildfire with autumn rain and new growth, ending with hatchling tortoises emerging through softened soil. One viewer picked out that tiny beginning as the detail that stayed with them, alongside the wildlife's adaptations to heat.

Elsewhere, two uploads revisit Cassie Giles and explosive-search spaniels Mags and Molly at Camp Bastion, tracing the training and care behind military working dogs. The fourth release, a collection of historical shark-attack accounts, currently has the strongest daily viewing among the channel's active uploads, despite arriving late in the week.

Real Wild added roughly 243,000 views over the week, while subscribers remained unchanged. Its current daily viewing is above its usual level, though the weekly total is modest beside documentary neighbors such as Spark and Wonder. Here, the week's most-watched new film found its subject close to the ground: insects, burrows and a tortoise's carefully dug nest.

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What viewers say

Absolutely fascinating! 🌿🔥 Nature never ceases to amaze me, especially how wildlife adapts to extreme heat and how life comes back after a wildfire. The tiny tortoise beginning its journey at the end is such a beautiful reminder of nature’s resilience. 🐢❤ Which species surprised you the most while making this documentary?
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The facts

Channel: Real Wild
Subscribers: 1,900,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 243,157
Videos published this week: 4
Video published: October 27, 2026
Video views so far: 4,767
Views on its first day: 2,634

The numbers

Here is how Real Wild's uploads and audience moved this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

3,310,578

2,996,807

953,353

800,113

779,476

543,536

292,372

243,157

80,779

subscribers

1,900,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

304,399,766

views per day

62,964

typical day: 45,536

first-day views of each video posted this week

Heatproof Life on the Lacroix Steppe: H…

2,634

Helmand 2013: Cassie, Molly and the Bom…

1,649

Cassie, Mags and Molly: British Army Bo…

1,754

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

2,610,000

2,420,000

2,320,000

2,000,000

1,900,000

1,540,000

1,380,000

1,310,000

1,170,000

As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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