Planet Earth II has become a regular part of people's Sunday evenings the last few weeks. Sure it's just like Love/Hate, but with animals. Sir David Attenborough narrates this remarkable documentary series that has been in the making for years and the BBC's first ever show to be shot in the Ultra High Definition format, while Hans Zimmer himself provides the soundtrack.

In previous weeks, the series has had episodes focused on animals living on islands, to the creatures of the jungle, while last night we got to see how animals survived on one of the planet's toughest terrains - the desert.

As usual, the series was a roller coaster of emotion, from epic duels to dedicated bird daddies, and a plague of mother truckin' LOCUSTS.

It was all go.

1. Giraffe vs pack of lions

A lion taking on a giraffe is not a common sight but desperate times call for desperate measures in desert life, as a starving pack of lions decided to take down a giraffe. Mr Lion and his mates chased down the giraffe into a trap where the lioness was waiting to pounce, and well, nobody messes with giraffe.


2. Butcherbird

Well, this was terrifying, but also incredibly smart. This bird impales its kills on spikes, and then uses it as a larder to store food for their young.

Hannibal Lecter has nothing on these guys

3. Locusts - A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS [on both your houses]

It's one of the most amounts of locusts ever caught on camera, and as the later Planet Earth II diaries showed us, it was no easy feat trying to capture this on camera. About a million of them were travelling together and wreaking havoc on the land all along the way. This was end of days stuff.

4. Dancing lizard

Some light relief was provided by this sassy little dude. The sand on the desert can reach insane temperatures so this dance is actually a way to stop its hands and feet getting too hot. We're definitely busting this move out at the Christmas party.

5. Stallion fight

This here was like something out of a Western. A herd of wild horses were gathered around a watering hole in the desert (yes, a literal watering hole), which one stallion had made himself sheriff of. That is until a stranger rocks up into town with all his mares after his local water source dried up. However, these two can't just sit and have a drink together. Nope, they must FIGHT TO THE DEATH. Well okay, neither of them were killed, but things did get pretty gruesome in a fight scene that resembled something from a Chuck Norris movie.

6. The tripping baby elephant

Because who doesn't love a baby elephant?

7. The 'water cooler' for animals.

In yet another movie reference, this had The Lion King written all over it. 'A wimmma weh, a wimmeh weh...'

8. Sandgrouse make damn good dads

These male birds have to make 120 mile round trips every day to get water to feed their chicks. The dads have to do this every day for two months until their babies are old enough to fly themselves. How do they carry water? They soak it up with their breast feathers and can carry a quarter of their body weight back home. Nature is just amazing sometimes, isn't it?

9. The blind mole

Forget a dog, we want one of these for Christmas. Totally adorable yet a nifty little killer. Someone get this mole an agent fast and into the next Fantastic Beasts movie.