MUMBAI: Humans are used to considering themselves at the top of the food chain, so when an animal turns man-eater and terrorises their neighborhood, it plays upon their most primal fears.

Discovery will air the special The Man-Eating Leopard Of Rudrayag on 16 October at 8 pm. This is a true tale of the famous hunter-turned-conservationist Jim Corbett and the big cat that slaughtered 126 people over a period of eight years in the Himalayan foothills, shortly after the end of World War I.

The special is part of the 13-episode series Discovery Marquee currently airing on Discovery Channel. Reconstructing some of the most fascinating historical epics, combining archival footage with recreated images generated using computer generated imagery (CGI) and latest animation techniques, backed by meticulous research, investigation and first-person accounts,

Other programmes that are a part of the Discovery Marquee line-upare Deep Ocean. This airs on 23 October at 8 pm. This is an exploration of Earth's final frontier seen through the eyes of its greatest inhabitant and the world's largest predator, the sperm whale.

Genghis Khan will airs on 30 October at 8 pm., It shows how an illiterate outcast turned the feuding tribes of Mongolia into a powerful nation controlling territories from the outermost reaches of eastern Asia to the heart of Europe.