"It was magic; it was like fire on four legs, and it pulled at things in me that went back further than being born." In an eye-opening journey across the volcanic islands of Indonesia and through Nepal’s Himalayan foothills, Hoskins tries to find this extraordinary animal in the wild. Once a conservation success story, tigers are once again in critical decline. In addition to the destruction of their habitat and the dangers of inbreeding, tigers are disappearing due to their own mystique. Many cultures believe the animal’s body parts hold medicinal properties, creating a highly lucrative poaching and black market trade. On his journey, Hoskins gains new insight from the villagers who live alongside the striped killer. Each meeting shapes his appreciation of the tiger’s violent shadowy world, turning his childhood curiosity into fear, and then respect. But Hoskins could never have imagined he would come so close to the awesome power and ferocity of the tiger; nor that he would end up owing his life to an elephant.

Inquisitive about people, dolphins are among the most endearing of all wild animals. Comic genius Robin Williams seems to be just about the perfect human match. "Dolphins are smooth, fast, bright and playful. When you’re swimming with dolphins trying to crank up to their speed, you feel like a sumo wrestler trying to do a speed swim. Basically, they’re Carl Lewis and I’m Fatty Arbuckle." This entertaining and touching hour reveals a Robin Williams who is both a hilarious performer, and a spirited and curious adventurer capable of remarkable feats. Williams, whose adventure takes him to Hawaii and the Bahamas, chose the dolphin because he’s long been intrigued by the animal’s intelligence and liking for human contact. They even seem to have the ability to communicate in ways that seem human. In Hawaii, Williams gets the chance to talk with experts in dolphin language and discovers they even watch TV! Then, in the Bahamas, he frolics with sixty spotted dolphins forty miles out in the Atlantic Ocean and compares one frisky youngster to his young son Cody. Especially touching is his sense of kinship with one older dolphin he meets, who leaves him with a strong and emotional feeling of real communication.