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NARRATOR: A WORLD LIKE ANOTHER
PLANET--THE ISLANDS OF NEW
ZEALAND AND NEW CALEDONIA.
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HERE, THE BIRDS RULED SINCE
TIME IMMEMORIAL.
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THERE WERE NO MAMMALS UNTIL
HUMANS INTRODUCED THEM.
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IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE
BIRDS SCALED NEW HEIGHTS
WITH UNIQUE CAPABILITIES.
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THIS IS WHERE CROWS LIVE WHO
CAN USE TOOLS LIKE NO OTHER
CREATURE IN ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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AND THIS IS WHERE KEAS LIVE,
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PARROTS WHO EXPLORE
THE WORLD AND SOMETIMES
ALSO DECONSTRUCT IT.
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WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THESE
BIRDS SO INTELLIGENT,
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AND HOW HIGH DOES THEIR FLIGHT
OF THE INTELLECT SOAR?
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AT LAST, IT'S STARTED SNOWING
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW ZEALAND.
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THIS SUITS THE KEAS DOWN TO THE
GROUND. THEY ARE THE ONLY
PARROTS WHO ACTUALLY LIKE SNOW,
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ICE, AND COLD.
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BUT ONE THING THEY DON'T LIKE
IS BEING ALONE.
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THEY ENJOY COMPANY AND, LIKE US,
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THEY OFTEN GO VISITING FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES, AND THEY CALL IN
ADVANCE TO ANNOUNCE THEIR VISIT.
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[KEA SQUAWKING]
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BUT THERE'S NO RUSH; THE LAST
FEW METERS CAN BE DONE ON FOOT.
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THAT WAY, YOU CAN CHECK WHETHER
YOU'RE WELCOME AND MAKE YOUR
OWN GOOD INTENTIONS CLEAR.
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THE TACTIC PAYS OFF;
THE GREETING IS NICE AND
FRIENDLY.
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BUT THESE TWO ARE STILL YOUNG,
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AS ONE CAN TELL FROM THE YELLOW
CIRCLES AROUND THEIR EYES,
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AND VERY SOON, THE CUDDLES
BECOME RATHER LESS GENTLE.
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AN UNAMBIGUOUS GESTURE.
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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[KEA SQUAWKS LOUDLY]
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NO PROBLEM. ONE CAN GO LET OFF
STEAM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND LOOK
FOR ADVENTURE.
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[LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
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THE MORE BUSTLE, THE MERRIER.
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THE SKI CIRCUIT TURNS INTO AN
AMUSEMENT PARK.
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"COME ON, LET'S GO."
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IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME GAME
WITH THE BAGS.
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AS SOON AS YOU RUN TO GET IT,
THE KEA RUNS AWAY.
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IN THE MEANTIME, REAL WINTER
SPORTS--THE CAMPER ROOF
AT A TOBOGGAN RUN.
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[SLIDE WHISTLE SOUND EFFECT]
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NOT BAD, BUT TODAY THERE'S
AN EXTRA-SPECIAL ATTRACTION.
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WHAT A STRANGE DEVICE.
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MUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
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AMANDA GREER BUILT THIS
THING IN THE SNOW.
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SHE IS CONDUCTING
RESEARCH INTO WHAT KEAS EAT,
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AND SO SHE MUST KNOW AS
ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE
WHAT THEY WEIGH.
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[AMANDA WHISTLES]
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NARRATOR: THE WHOLE CABOODLE
IS A SCALE,
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ESPECIALLY MADE FOR KEAS,
AS EYE-CATCHING AS
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POSSIBLE TO AROUSE
THEIR CURIOSITY,
BUT ALSO AS STABLE AS POSSIBLE.
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WELL, WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT IT?
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JUST UNDER A KILO.
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WE'LL RETURN TO AMANDA'S
KEA RESEARCH LATER.
RIGHT NOW,
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THE BIRDS ARE CONDUCTING
THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
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"WHAT HOLDS THE WORLD TOGETHER?
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BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
HOW CAN I TAKE IT APART?"
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GANGS OF YOUNG KEAS ARE
THE SCOURGE OF THE SKI RESORTS.
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THEIR BEAK IS AS VERSATILE AS A
SWISS ARMY KNIFE. IT CAN CUT,
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PRESS, PRY OPEN,
AND IT BEARS FRUIT.
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A KEA BEAK IS THE IDEAL TOOL
TO TAP INTO NEW SOURCES OF FOOD.
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BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY
TO DO IT.
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1,000 MILES AWAY IN THE CLOUD
FORESTS OF NEW CALEDONIA LIVES
A UNIQUE SPECIES OF CROW.
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THESE BIRDS DO NOT RELY ON THEIR
BEAKS AS A TOOL, RATHER THEY
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MAKE TOOLS TO GET
TO HIDDEN FOOD.
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LIKE OTHER CROWS, THEY ARE
OMNIVOROUS, ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
FRUIT, NUTS, OR INSECTS.
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INDEED, THEY WOULDN'T TURN UP
THEIR BEAKS AT THIS HEFTY
LONGHORN BEETLE...
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IF ONLY THEY COULD
CATCH THE CRITTER.
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FOR TWO FULL YEARS, HE HAS
GNAWED HIS WAY AS A LARVA
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THROUGH THE WOOD, AND THERE ARE
MORE LIKE HIM GNAWING AWAY...
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IN THE OLD, HALF-ROTTEN TRUNK.
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LONGHORN BEETLE LARVAE ARE RICH
IN FAT AND PROTEIN.
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JUST A COUPLE ARE ENOUGH
TO SATISFY THE CROW'S
ENTIRE DAILY NUTRITION
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REQUIREMENT, SO THAT MAKES
THE EXERTION WORTH THE WHILE.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE MOSTLY
HIDDEN DEEP IN THE WOOD,
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MUCH TOO DEEP FOR
THE BEAK OF THE CROW--
VERY VISIBLE,
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BUT WAY OUT OF REACH.
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WHAT WE NEED HERE IS A TOOL;
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FOR EXAMPLE,
A STRONG LEAF STALK.
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BUT THIS ONE IS TOO LONG,
AND ABOVE ALL, TOO BENT.
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LOOKS LIKE ALL IT NEEDS
IS A BIT OF POKING AROUND,
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BUT THAT WOULD ONLY
PUSH THE LARVA
DEEPER INTO THE TRUNK.
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NO, ONE NEEDS TO IRRITATE AND
ANNOY IT UNTIL IT BITES.
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THAT'S THE TRICK.
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WELL, IT WOULD HAVE WORKED IF
THE CROW HAD BEEN MORE CAREFUL.
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[OTHER BIRD SQUAWKING]
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AND IT MAKES ITS OWNERSHIP CLAIM
QUITE CLEAR: "MY LARVA."
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KEEP FISHING UNTIL IT BITES.
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A MAGNIFICENT CATCH.
THE CROW KNOWS EXACTLY HOW TO DO
IT AND WHAT TO USE.
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[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
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IN NEW ZEALAND,
THE SAME GAME
LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT.
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THE KEAS DON'T NEED TOOLS;
THEIR BEAK IS TOOL ENOUGH.
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THEY BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN
INTO SMALL PIECES...
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AND THEY'RE NOT ABOUT TO MAKE
ANYONE ELSE A PRESENT...
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[KEAS SQUAWKING LOUDLY]
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APART FROM THEIR
LIFELONG PARTNER.
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WITH THEM, THINGS ARE SHARED,
ALMOST TENDERLY.
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"HALF FOR YOU, HALF FOR ME"...
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UNLESS ONE IS JUST PRETENDING.
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WHAT A SUPER WAY TO PASS THE
TIME, EVEN IF THE LARVAE HAVE
LONG SINCE BEEN GOBBLED UP.
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NOW THE WOOD HAS COMPLETELY
DISINTEGRATED, THE FUN IS OVER.
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LUCKILY,
A NEW ADVENTURE FLOATS IN--
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MIST,
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FLYING EXERCISES
IN HIGH WINDS WITH BAD
VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.
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[WIND HOWLING]
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AT THE SAME TIME,
AN APPRENTICESHIP FOR
YOUNG KEAS IN AERODYNAMICS.
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WIND-SURFING...
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[WIND CONTINUES HOWLING]
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LANDING BACKWARDS...
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BUT THIS HERE IS EVEN MORE
ATTRACTIVE. TINTED GLASSES
ARE MEANT TO BE GOOD IN MIST,
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AREN'T THEY?
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AND APPARENTLY HIGHLY DESIRABLE.
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BACK TO NEW CALEDONIA,
WHERE NEW THINGS ARE AFOOT.
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THE ORNITHOLOGIST GAVIN HUNT IS
WELL-ACQUAINTED WITH THE CLOUD
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FORESTS. FOR YEARS,
HE HAS BEEN OBSERVING
BIRDS HERE.
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EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL HE
MAKES A SURPRISING DISCOVERY...
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STRANGE INCISIONS IN THE LEAVES
OF THE PANDANUS TREE.
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ALWAYS THE SAME PATTERN,
ALWAYS THE SAME DEPTH.
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GAVIN HAS A HUNCH.
FOR DAYS,
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HE EXAMINES THE GROUND WITH
A KEENER EYE UNTIL HE FINDS IT--
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THE MATCHING PART.
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LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF TOOL.
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AT THE BOTTOM, A WIDE HANDLE,
AT THE TOP,
A SHARP TIP WITH BARBS
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ALONG THE EDGE...
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WITH THE SPINES OF THE PANDANUS
LEAF--AN EXACT FIT.
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GAVIN BETS IT'S THE CROWS.
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SURELY THEY CREATED THIS,
BUT HOW CAN HE PROVE IT?
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HE DECIDES TO OPEN A RESTAURANT
FOR CROWS IN THE FOREST.
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WOOD TRUNKS WITH PRE-DRILLED
HOLES, IN WHICH HE STOWS
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TEMPTING PORTIONS OF MEAT,
BUT TOO DEEP
FOR A CROW'S BEAK.
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CONCEALED IN THE CAMOUFLAGED
TENT, HE HAS A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW.
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HE HOPES THE CLEVER CROWS WILL
USE THEIR TOOLS AGAIN IN FRONT
OF HIS VERY EYES.
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BUT THE GUESTS ARE
A LONG TIME COMING.
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[THUNDER]
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ARE THEY SUSPICIOUS, OR IS IT
BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS RAPIDLY
DETERIORATING?
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LOOKS LIKE GAVIN'S FOREST
RESTAURANT IS A FLOP.
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THE KEAS IN NEW ZEALAND
ARE ON ANOTHER WAVELENGTH.
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THEY ARE NOT AT ALL
DISINCLINED TO EATING OUT,
NOT EVEN AT NIGHT...
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[KEAS SCREECHING]
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AND THAT CAUSES SOME CONFUSION
IN THE FAMOUS WOBBLY KEA.
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[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
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GLENN IS THE BOSS HERE,
AND THE BOSS TAKES CARE
OF THE COOKING HIMSELF.
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BUT NOW IT'S CLOSING TIME.
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ONLY ONE THING STILL TO DO--
SHUT EVERYTHING UP
FOR THE NIGHT, A DAILY RITUAL.
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[CAT MEOWS]
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TURNS OFF ALL THE LIGHTS...
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[DOOR LOCKS]
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AND CLOSES THE SLIDING DOOR TO
THE KITCHEN. SO FAR, SO GOOD.
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[DISTANT ANIMAL HOOTING]
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BUT DURING THE NIGHT, STRANGE
THINGS HAPPEN IN THE WOBBLY KEA.
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[CLATTERING]
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AND THE NEXT MORNING,
THE CLUES ARE HIGHLY
CONSPICUOUS.
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A LID IS LYING ON
THE KITCHEN FLOOR,
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AND SOMEONE'S BEEN
AT THE MARGARINE.
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GLENN SETS UP
A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.
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HE HAS HIS SUSPICIONS,
BUT TWO LOCKED DOORS?
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THE CAMERA LIES IN WAIT.
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[CAMERA BEEPING]
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S WORTH
JUMPING BACK TO NEW CALEDONIA
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BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING
AFOOT IN THE CLOUD FOREST
OF THE TOOLED CROWS.
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THE WORD ABOUT THE OPENING OF
GAVIN'S RESTAURANT HAS
EVIDENTLY GOTTEN AROUND.
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THE FIRST GUESTS ARRIVE.
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WHAT'S ON THE MENU TODAY?
HMM. NOT BAD.
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ONLY THE CUTLERY'S MISSING,
BUT IN THAT DEPARTMENT,
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THE CROWS ARE IN THEIR ELEMENT.
A FRESH TREE SHOOT.
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CUT OFF THE GREEN BIT.
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THAT SHOULD DO THE TRICK.
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QUICK, BACK TO THE TABLE.
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BUT AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT,
IT'S ABUNDANTLY CLEAR
THE STICK IS TOO SHORT.
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JUST AN OVERSIGHT,
OR IS IT LACK OF EXPERIENCE?
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IN ANY CASE,
GAVIN'S NEXT GUEST OPTS
FOR A LONGER DEVICE.
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CAREFULLY PRY OUT THE MEAT,
USE THE FOOT TO PUSH
AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE HOLE.
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SEEMS THE FIRST BITE IS TASTY.
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OK, NOW FOR THE WHOLE PIECE.
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BUT WATCH OUT.
THE TRUNK IS ROUND,
AND IT'S ROLLING AWAY.
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THAT'S THE WAY
THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
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THE PERFECT PROBING TOOL
NEEDS A HOOK AT THE TIP.
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AHA! THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
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IT WORKS!
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EXPERIENCED CROWS KNOW THIS,
OF COURSE, AND THEY SEEM TO
KNOW OTHER THINGS, TOO.
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GAVIN HOLDS HIS BREATH;
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HIS SUPER TOOL IS ALSO
BEING PUT TO USE.
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THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT;
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THESE CROWS ARE NO FOOLS WHEN
IT COMES TO TOOLS, BUT DO THEY
REALLY UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY,
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AND CAUSE AND EFFECT?
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THE QUESTION LEADS US
TO SOUTH GERMANY.
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THERE ARE NEW CALEDONIAN CROWS
THERE, TOO.
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THEY BELONG TO
AUGUSTE VON BAYERN'S
RESEARCH STATION,
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WHERE THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE
EXAMPLES OF THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
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DO THEY THINK LIKE US WHEN IT
COMES TO TECHNICAL THINGS?
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SOMEWHAT FORMALLY,
AUGUSTE OFFERS US A CHOCOLATE.
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WE MUST TAKE IT
WITHOUT LIFTING THE APPARATUS.
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NO CHANCE.
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[CROWS CAWING]
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BUT HER CROWS COULD DO IT,
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AUGUSTE CLAIMS,
AND SHE SETS THEM THE SAME TASK.
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HERE YOU GO.
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[CAWING CONTINUES]
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MIGHTY EXCITING...
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ESPECIALLY BECAUSE,
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TUBE,
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INSTEAD OF A CHOCOLATE,
IS AN ENTICING MEALWORM.
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BUT HOW CAN ONE GET AT IT?
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AT THE BOTTOM,
EVERYTHING IS SEALED.
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HOW ABOUT FROM THE TOP?
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THE BOTTOM IS MUCH TOO DEEP.
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THE BIRD SEEMS JUST AS BAFFLED
AS US, SOMEHOW A RELIEF FOR US.
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AUGUSTE NOW GIVES A HINT--
THE BOTTOM IS ACTUALLY
A TRAP DOOR.
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USING A WIRE AS A LEVER,
YOU CAN TRIGGER IT OPEN.
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00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,119
ALTHOUGH YOU CAN'T TELL THE CROW
THAT IN SO MANY WORDS,
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00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:20,839
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE
IT FINDS OUT FOR ITSELF.
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00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:25,440
A SLIGHT PRESSURE, AND THE TRAP
DOOR DROPS OPEN, AND THE CROW
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00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,600
GETS THE WORM.
BUT DOES IT UNDERSTAND
THE TECHNICAL
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00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:33,040
PRINCIPLE, THAT WHEN YOU EXERT
PRESSURE ONTO THE BOTTOM,
IT FALLS OPEN?
211
00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:43,320
LET'S SEE.
AUGUSTE REMOVES THE LEVER.
NOW EVERYTHING IS AS IT
212
00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:46,360
WAS BEFORE, EXCEPT THAT
THE CROW IS A BIT WISER.
213
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,040
THE WORM IS LYING READY.
214
00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:55,120
THE WIRE IS GONE,
BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE AN IDEA.
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00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:12,480
IT HAS NEVER HANDLED
STONES BEFORE,
A BRILLIANT TECHNICAL IDEA.
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00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,920
HEY, THANKS FOR THE ADVICE.
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00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,960
QUICKLY, BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS
OF NEW ZEALAND.
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00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:35,840
AT THE WOBBLY KEA RESTAURANT,
219
00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,920
IN GLENN'S KITCHEN, THE NIGHT
PHANTOM IS ON THE VERGE OF
BEING EXPLAINED.
220
00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,840
THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA THROWS
LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
221
00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,840
[CAMERA BEEPING]
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00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:03,440
PUSH IT OPEN AND
SQUEEZE THROUGH.
223
00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:08,520
BUT TOMCAT BENNY CERTAINLY
DOESN'T LIKE MARGARINE.
224
00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:16,560
NO, HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN
HUNTING MICE OUTSIDE.
225
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:25,120
AND SO THE CAT FLAP
BECOMES A KEA FLAP,
226
00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,640
AS IF THAT'S WHAT
HE'D BEEN EXPECTING ALL ALONG.
227
00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,560
THERE'S NOTHING
STANDING IN HIS WAY.
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00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,280
OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR,
AND JUST LIKE
A REGULAR CUSTOMER,
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00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,000
HE MARCHES DIRECTLY UP TO
THE BAR WHERE
THE MARGARINE BOX IS SITTING.
230
00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:50,480
OPEN THE LID?
NO-BRAINER WITH
THE ALL-PURPOSE BEAK.
231
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,760
[LID CLATTERS]
232
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,920
AND FOR KEAS, FAT IS A FEAST.
233
00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,120
AFTER THE GLUTTONY,
HE CAN BARELY SQUEEZE
BACK THROUGH THE DOOR.
234
00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:13,040
INDEED, A MORE FITTING
NAME FOR THE WOBBLY KEA
WOULD BE THE CLEVER KEA.
235
00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,880
AND IN NATURE, THE KEAS ALSO
NEED THIS CLEVERNESS TO GET
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00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,280
ENOUGH TO EAT, NOT EASY IN
THESE BLEAK MOUNTAINS.
237
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,720
WE HAVE ARRANGED TO MEET UP
WITH AMANDA TO ACCOMPANY HER
ON A RESEARCH TOUR.
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00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:34,800
TOGETHER WITH HER COLLEAGUE,
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00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,760
RAOUL SCHWING, SHE WANTS TO
DOCUMENT HOW AND WHAT KEAS EAT
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00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,160
IN THE WILDERNESS,
FAR AWAY FROM RESTAURANTS
OR SKI CIRCUITS.
241
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,160
BUT SO FAR, NOT
A SINGLE ONE HAS SHOWED
THEIR FACE, AND TO
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00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,600
TOP IT ALL, IT STARTS RAINING
CATS AND DOGS,
243
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,320
AND NOBODY LIKES RAIN.
244
00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:02,160
[THUNDER]
245
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,880
AMANDA'S OBJECTS OF RESEARCH
HAVE RETREATED FAR OFF
INTO THE DISTANCE.
246
00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:09,400
[KEA SQUAWKS]
247
00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:14,680
NEVERTHELESS, CAMERAMAN BRIAN
HAS DISCOVERED TWO KEAS ON A
STEEP SLOPE.
248
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,920
IT'S WET AND SLIPPERY THERE,
249
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,880
BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD
CAMERAMAN DOWN.
250
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,720
BRIAN: I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
GET THAT BIRD. HE'S DEFINITELY
NOT WANTING US TO FOLLOW HIM.
251
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,600
NARRATOR: BRIAN WANTS TO GET
CLOSE-UPS OF THE KEAS...
252
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,040
AND THEY SEEK OUT A PLACE
IN THE FRONT ROW...
253
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,840
[KEA SQUAWKS]
254
00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,320
AND GET THEIR ACTION SHOW...
255
00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:41,240
[BRIAN GRUNTING]
256
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,040
[EQUIPMENT CLATTERING]
257
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,040
BRIAN: DAMN!
258
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,120
OH, FUCK!
259
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,160
[KEAS SQUAWKING]
260
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:58,680
NARRATOR: AS IF THEY WANTED TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU CAN ALSO
TAKE GRAVITY MORE LIGHTLY.
261
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,280
IN THE EVENING, ALL'S RIGHT
WITH THE WORLD AGAIN.
262
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:18,800
CAMERA AND CAMERAMAN ONLY
SUFFERED MINOR SCRATCHES.
263
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,960
AND BECAUSE THE REAL KEAS HAVE
MADE THEMSELVES SCARCE, AMANDA
264
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,760
AND RAOUL CONJURE UP THEIR OWN
ON THE TENT WALL.
265
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,840
[AMANDA IMITATES SQUAWKING]
266
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,640
[RAOUL IMITATES SQUAWKING]
267
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,000
[KEAS SQUAWKING]
268
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:39,600
AMANDA: HERE, LOOK AT THIS ONE.
269
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,520
NARRATOR: THE MAIN FOCUS OF
RAOUL'S RESEARCH ARE THE CALLS
OF THE KEA.
270
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,520
AMANDA, AS WE ALREADY KNOW,
IS INTERESTED IN THEIR DIET.
271
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,120
AMANDA: I'VE DISCOVERED THAT
THEY USE A GREAT DEAL OF
272
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,920
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD,
SO THEY'RE EXTREMELY SELECTIVE
273
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,760
ON WHAT THEY TAKE.
THEY DON'T JUST EAT PLANTS,
FOR EXAMPLE.
274
00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,600
THEY EAT THE POLLEN OF A
PARTICULAR TYPE OF PLANT,
AND THEN THEY
275
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,480
MIGHT MOVE ON AND EAT
THE ROOTS OF ANOTHER.
276
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:08,920
THEY ALSO EAT INVERTEBRATES,
SO THEY HAVE A HUGE
VARIETY OF DIET.
277
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:13,680
NARRATOR: AND THEY WANT TO
EXPERIENCE AS MUCH OF IT AS
POSSIBLE THE NEXT MORNING.
278
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,440
CAMOUFLAGE IS NOT NECESSARY;
279
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:20,200
KEAS LIKE COLORFUL THINGS,
GARISH AND EYE-CATCHING.
280
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:29,360
RAOUL DOES HIS BIT.
HE PLAYS SPECIAL KEA CALLS.
281
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,480
HEY, THE ACTION'S OVER HERE.
COME ON OVER.
282
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,760
[KEA SQUAWKING]
283
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,280
[MORE KEAS SQUAWKING]
284
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:47,120
THE KEAS' BREAKFAST RIGHT IN
FRONT OF AMANDA'S EYES...
285
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,560
SUGAR FOOD,
IMPORTANT FOR
THEIR LARGE BRAINS.
286
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:56,520
THEY HAVE LEARNED WHEN
WHICH BERRIES ARE FULLY RIPE.
287
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:06,040
ANIMAL PROTEIN IS UNDERGROUND,
IF YOU'VE GOT A NOSE FOR IT.
288
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,240
AND GIVE IT A RINSE.
289
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:22,920
OVER 100 VEGETARIAN INGREDIENTS
ENRICH THE KEA CUISINE.
290
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,360
HERE, GRASS SEED PASTRIES.
291
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,200
ALMOST EVERY DAY, THEY TRY OUT
SOMETHING NEW OR REFINE WHAT
292
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,640
THEY ALREADY KNOW.
THE ONLY WAY TO FIND
NOURISHING FOOD IN
293
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,680
THESE BARREN SURROUNDINGS IS
THROUGH INTELLIGENCE AND THE
JOY OF TASTING.
294
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,680
RAOUL GETS TO SEE IT
WITH HIS VERY OWN EYES,
295
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,920
HOW A KEA PICKS
FLOWERS--STRICTLY SPEAKING,
296
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,440
ONLY THE BLOSSOM--
AND HOW IT LICKS THE POLLEN OUT,
297
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,920
AS IF IT HAD BEEN LISTENING TO
AMANDA YESTERDAY EVENING.
298
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,400
NOW RAOUL GETS DOWN TO WORK.
299
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,440
"STRANGE. WHAT'S THAT MAN UP TO?
300
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,480
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK."
301
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,120
WHITE LOOP...
302
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,160
BLUE RIBBON.
303
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,760
ONE FINAL STEP...
304
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,640
AND THE YOUNG KEA IS IN GOOD
HANDS AND CAN BE RINGED.
305
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:44,440
HE DOESN'T WRIGGLE OR FIGHT,
JUST SEEMS SLIGHTLY PUZZLED.
306
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,720
THE PLUMAGE IS HEALTHY
AND LOOKS FINE.
307
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:59,320
BLOOD SAMPLE FOR THE GENETIC
TEST, AND THE SERVICE TO SCIENCE
IS OVER IN A JIFFY.
308
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:08,440
WITHOUT HASTE, LET ALONE PANIC,
THE BIRD HOPS AWAY.
309
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,800
KEAS SEEM TO ENJOY VARIETY,
310
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,920
PASSING THE TIME WHEREVER THEY
ARE FOOLING AROUND AND TEASING
EACH OTHER.
311
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,640
[KEAS SQUEAKING]
312
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:29,080
AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A PARTNER,
THEN THEY PLAY WITH TOYS.
313
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,400
THIS TAKES STRENGTH AND ENERGY,
314
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,640
BUT HERE,
THEIR NUTRITIOUS DIET PAYS OFF.
315
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,600
WONDERFULLY TRICKY STOPPERS,
AND THAT'S HOW
YOU GET THEM OPEN.
316
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:45,000
PURE COINCIDENCE OR
TECHNICAL TALENT?
317
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:51,560
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA,
THEY ARE ASKING EXACTLY
THIS QUESTION.
318
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,240
HOW MUCH TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING
DOES THE KEA POSSESS?
319
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:03,400
GYULA GAJDON PUTS THE FINISHING
TOUCHES TO THE LARGE NEW AVIARY.
320
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:08,680
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT HIS
KEAS FIND IT EXTREMELY EXCITING.
321
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,800
THEY LEND A HAND WHERE THEY CAN.
322
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,360
[KEAS SQUAWKING]
323
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:19,120
AND THEY HOLD ON FIRMLY TO
THEIR RIGHTS, VERY FIRMLY.
324
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,840
[GYULA SPEAKING GERMAN]
325
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:42,280
NARRATOR: THEY HAVE RUNNING
WATER AND A SWIMMING POOL...
326
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,640
WHERE THEY CAN DO
THE BACKSTROKE.
327
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,360
[KEA SQUAWKS]
328
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:57,240
AND THEY EVEN HAVE THEIR
VERY OWN RUBBER DUCK...
329
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:02,920
BUT THEY IMMEDIATELY LOSE
INTEREST IN ALL THIS WHEN
TULIA COMES INTO THE AVIARY.
330
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,520
GYULA'S WIFE SEEMS TO EXERT A
MAGICAL ATTRACTION ON THE KEAS.
331
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,880
KERMIT IS BEWITCHED BY
THE SCENT OF HER SKIN.
332
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:21,320
HE SNIFFS AT HER HAIR.
333
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,800
AGAIN AND AGAIN, THEY RUB HER
SCENT INTO THEIR OWN FEATHERS,
334
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:30,440
AS IF THEY WANTED
TO SMELL LIKE TULIA.
335
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,000
BUT LET'S NOT GET
TOO CARRIED AWAY.
THIS IS A RESEARCH STATION,
336
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,600
AFTER ALL, AND TODAY
BOWLING WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
337
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,080
8 CROOKED LANES
AND THE PEANUT AS THE GOAL.
338
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,120
IT IS OUT OF REACH
UNDERNEATH THE PANE OF GLASS.
339
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,480
NOT EVEN RAKU CAN GET
AT THE NUT,
HOWEVER HARD HE STRETCHES.
340
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:02,320
ONLY THE BOWLING BALLS
ARE MISSING.
341
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:07,160
SOMEWHAT SLAPDASH AT FIRST,
BUT THEN...
342
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,960
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
343
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,800
RAKU AIMS, THROWS,
AND HITS THE TARGET.
344
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,240
BUT NOW IT GETS MORE DIFFICULT.
345
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,360
GYULA BUILDS A PIT TRAP.
346
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,840
THE BALLS LAND IN THE PIT.
347
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,160
CAN RAKU DRAW CONCLUSIONS
FROM THIS?
348
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,360
WHICH OF THE TWO NUTS
WILL HE TARGET?
349
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,880
RIGHT CHOICE, BUT A NARROW MISS.
350
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:06,360
HE HAS PASSED THE TEST WITHOUT
ANY PRACTICE OR TRAINING.
351
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:12,360
KEAS UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY THAN WAS LONG
CONSIDERED POSSIBLE...
352
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:21,280
AND YET, DESPITE THEIR
INTELLIGENCE, THE SPECIES IS
ENDANGERED IN NEW ZEALAND.
353
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,080
THERE MAY STILL BE A COUPLE
OF THOUSAND OF THEM.
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY.
354
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,400
THEY CHANGE THEIR
TERRITORY TOO OFTEN,
355
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,440
AND THEIR BREEDING CAVES
BECOME INACCESSIBLE.
356
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:39,320
COREY MOSEN IS A RANGER,
AND CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
357
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,440
ON BEHALF OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION,
358
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,800
HE UNDERTAKES A KIND
OF KEA COUNT.
359
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,640
HE CHECKS IN THEIR BREEDING
CAVES HOW MANY CHICKS THEY HAVE.
360
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,320
HE IS NOT CLAUSTROPHOBIC;
THE NARROWER THE BETTER.
361
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:07,800
CAVES LIKE THIS WERE ONCE
COMPLETELY SAFE FOR KEAS; THERE
WERE NO PREDATORS ON THE GROUND.
362
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,600
TODAY IS DIFFERENT,
AS COREY IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
363
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,760
NOW HE HOLDS BACK;
HE HAS HEARD SOMETHING.
364
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,480
[KEA SQUAWKING]
365
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,600
A KEA MOTHER WITH TWO CHICKS.
366
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,680
THEY ARE TEN DAYS OLD...
367
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,280
FEEDING FROM BEAK TO BEAK.
368
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,520
NOW THE OTHER ONE,
SO THAT NEITHER MISSES OUT.
369
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:47,320
BUT WHAT GOES
IN MUST COME OUT.
370
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,320
THEY ARE RAISED FOR 3 MONTHS,
371
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,280
COMPLETELY CUT OFF
FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
372
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,360
THERE'S STILL TIME FOR ANOTHER
DETOUR TO NEW CALEDONIA AT LAST,
373
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,520
TO THE WISE CROWS.
374
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:11,200
THEY ARE ALSO SOCIAL ANIMALS,
AND EVERYONE IN THE GROUP
KNOWS THE VALUE OF A GOOD TOOL.
375
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:15,920
YOU DON'T JUST GO
GIVING IT AWAY,
EVEN UNDER PRESSURE.
376
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,800
[CROW SQUAWKS
377
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:30,320
IF YOU WANT TO FISH, IT'S BEST
TO MAKE YOUR OWN ROD, EVEN IF
IT TAKES A BIT OF EFFORT.
378
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,920
AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE
LEARNED HOW TO USE IT.
379
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,600
ANNOY THE MAGGOT UNTIL IT BITES.
380
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,440
BUT TO REACH GAVIN'S FODDER
RATIONS, BARBS ARE REQUIRED...
381
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:01,240
UNTIL THE MEAT IS
HANGING ON A HOOK.
382
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,880
A HANDMADE POKING DEVICE.
383
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,240
BUT THERE WAS MORE
IN THEIR TOOLBOX.
384
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,560
THE TOP TOOL THAT
GAVIN ENCOUNTERED WAS...
385
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:20,800
WILL HE FINALLY SEE WHAT IT CAN
BE USED FOR AND HOW IT IS MADE?
386
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,800
THE CROW IN THE PANDANUS TREE
IS OBVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR FOOD.
387
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,400
QUITE UNSPECTACULAR.
388
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,080
BUT THEN, AS IF IT WERE THE MOST
OBVIOUS THING IN THE WORLD,
389
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:41,720
IT CHOOSES A LEAF AND SETS ABOUT
PRODUCING OUR MYSTERIOUS TOOL.
390
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,960
[BIRD SQUAWKS]
391
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,600
FIRST, IT RIPS OFF A THIN STRIP.
392
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,360
THIS IS THE TIP.
393
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,160
SLIGHTLY WIDER,
THE MIDDLE PIECE.
394
00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:01,280
AND NOW THE WIDE,
COMFORTABLE HANDLE. PERFECT.
395
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,880
A TOOL TAILOR-MADE TO GET IN
BETWEEN THE DENSE PANDANUS
396
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,800
LEAVES TO WHEEDLE OUT
SMALL SNAILS OR WORMS.
397
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:26,000
GAVIN CAN HARDLY
BELIEVE HIS EYES.
398
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,760
IT'S AS IF THE CROW WANTED TO
PUT ON A SPECIAL SHOW FOR HIM,
399
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,800
CONFIDENT AND WELL THOUGHT OUT.
400
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:39,360
BUT DOES IT REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW A TOOL WORKS?
401
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:46,159
THE CROWS IN BAVARIA IN EXILE
DELIVER A CONVINCING ANSWER.
402
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:52,320
THIS LOG AROUSES THEIR INTEREST
BECAUSE AUGUSTE HAS PLACED
SPECIAL SANDWICHES IN IT...
403
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,840
MEALWORMS IN PISTACHIO SHELLS.
404
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,640
COULD PAY OFF.
405
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:07,560
THERE ARE ALSO TOOLS--
SKEWERS WITH FLEXIBLE ENDS,
LIKE PIPE CLEANERS.
406
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:15,840
HOW MEAN.
IT IS THE WRONG TOOL,
COMPLETELY UNSUITABLE...
407
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:22,720
EVEN THOUGH AIGAIOS MANAGES
TO MANEUVER THE NUT UPWARDS
WITH GREAT SKILL.
408
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,960
THERE'S NO WAY IT WILL MAKE IT
PAST THIS CORNER.
409
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:40,120
NO CHANCE...OR IS THERE?
410
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,120
IT MIGHT WORK LIKE THIS.
411
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,120
BRILLIANT! TWO AT ONCE!
412
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,720
OOPS. BACK DOWN TO ONE AGAIN,
413
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,520
BUT HE DEFINITELY
UNDERSTANDS TOOLS.
414
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,840
BACK TO THE WILDERNESS,
TO THE KEAS AND THEIR PROBLEMS.
415
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,840
[HELICOPTER
BLADES WHIRRING]
416
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:31,320
COREY IS STILL GOING
FROM CAVE TO CAVE,
BUT TODAY IS NOT A GOOD DAY.
417
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,160
MAN INTRODUCED PREDATORS,
SUCH AS WEASELS OR POSSUMS,
418
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:41,320
TO NEW ZEALAND.
THEY TURNED THIS ROOT CAVE
INTO A DEADLY TRAP.
419
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:49,400
A DEAD FEMALE KIA. COREY WILL
EXAMINE IT LATER FOR BITES AND
420
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:54,240
BLOOD TRACES.
THE BROOD WAS KILLED.
421
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:04,800
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT
DRAMA PLAYED OUT HERE...
422
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:11,080
OR DO THEY?
A SECURITY CAMERA
WAS MOUNTED ON THE CAVE WALL.
423
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,040
[CAMERA BEEPING]
424
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,480
ONE CAN'T MAKE MUCH OUT.
425
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,520
SHADOWY OUTLINES OF THE CHICKS.
426
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,120
THEN, FROM BELOW, A PREDATOR--
427
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,240
A STOAT.
428
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,520
PANIC IN THE DARK CAVE.
429
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,600
THE PREDATOR BITES INTO THE
THROATS OF THE CHICKS.
430
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:43,960
MARTENS WERE INTRODUCED
FROM ENGLAND BECAUSE
OF THE RABBIT PLAGUE...
431
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,400
AUSTRALIAN POSSUMS
FOR THEIR SOFT HIDE.
432
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:52,840
NOW THEY THREATEN TO
EXTERMINATE THE KEAS.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
433
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,880
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
434
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:02,240
MARTIN JENNETT WORKS FOR THE
GOVERNMENT, FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSERVATION.
435
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,400
HE IS PART OF A KIND
OF KEA RESCUE SQUAD.
436
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,360
HE GETS DROPPED OFF IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WILDERNESS.
437
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,120
NOW HE'S ALONE WITH HIMSELF
AND HIS MISSION.
438
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,640
[KEA SQUAWKS]
439
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:22,280
HIS GOAL IS TO HELP THE KEAS
AND DEPLETE THEIR ENEMIES,
440
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:28,920
WITH THE HELP OF EGG CARTONS
AND THE MARTEN TRAPS WHICH HE
SETS ALL AROUND.
441
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:36,920
THESE TRAPS WORK LIKE A MOUSE
TRAP--A NARROW ENTRANCE FOR
THE PREDATORS...
442
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,400
AND INSIDE,
443
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,720
A TEMPTING CHICKEN EGG.
444
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,960
BUT GETTING TO IT IS FATAL;
445
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,560
THE ANIMAL MUST CROSS
A METAL PLATE...
446
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,280
AND THAT RELEASES
THE COCKED CLAMP.
447
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,320
IN ONE FELL SWOOP,
THE PREDATORS PERISH
WITHOUT SUFFERING.
448
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,320
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
449
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:17,200
MARTIN CHECKS AND REPLACES
THE BAIT EGGS.
450
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:21,280
HE HAS BEEN DOING THE JOB FOR A
LONG TIME, AND INITIALLY IT WAS
451
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:25,200
THE KEAS THEMSELVES WHICH
THWARTED HIS SUCCESS.
452
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,320
OUT OF PURE PLEASURE AND
EXPERIMENTATION, THEY MANAGED
453
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,760
TIME AND AGAIN TO
DISARM THE TRAPS...
454
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,640
EVEN THOUGH THE TRAPS
WEIGH MORE THAN 9 KILOS.
455
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,840
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT
THEIR PURE PROTEIN FOOD.
456
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,480
THE TRAPS HAD TO BE ANCHORED
OR MADE HEAVIER.
457
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,520
THICKER WOOD WAS NECESSARY,
LONGER SCREWS, AND THE
METAL GRID HAD TO BE
458
00:39:55,560 --> 00:40:00,840
REINFORCED UNTIL THE TRAPS WERE
FINALLY KEA-PROOF.
459
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,640
BUT NOW MARTIN CAN'T
BELIEVE HIS EYES.
460
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,360
THIS TRAP IS UNTOUCHED,
OR SO IT SEEMS.
461
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,080
NEVERTHELESS, IT HAS GONE OFF,
462
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:24,040
AND BETWEEN THE EGGSHELLS
ARE TWIGS.
DID THE KEAS DO THIS, TOO?
463
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,880
DID THEY DELIBERATELY STICK
TWIGS THROUGH THE MESH TO
SET THE TRAP OFF?
464
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:37,400
HARDLY LIKELY.
THEIR BEAKS ARE FAR TOO CROOKED.
465
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,040
BUT THERE IS
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
466
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,080
HERE, TWIGS HAVE
BEEN BROKEN OFF.
467
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:50,560
NEARBY, MARTIN FINDS A KEA
FEATHER AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
468
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:55,040
HE FINDS MORE TRAPS WITH STICKS.
469
00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:01,720
DO KEAS ALSO USE TOOLS,
LIKE NEW CALEDONIAN CROWS?
470
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,440
IT WOULD BE A
SCIENTIFIC SENSATION.
471
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:11,720
PERHAPS THE KEAS IN VIENNA MAY
SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.
472
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,320
HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE
BUSY DOING THE GARDENING FOR
473
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:20,280
THEIR AVIARY, BUT THAT DOESN'T
STOP THEM PLAYING THEIR GAMES.
474
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,840
BUT NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR
THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN A NEW
475
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:28,040
COMPARISON TEST--
KEAS VERSUS CROWS.
476
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,480
THE RULES ARE SIMPLE.
IN THE CUBE IS A PEANUT.
477
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,880
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO
IS GET IT OUT OF THERE.
478
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,760
THIS CAN BE DONE FROM ANY SIDE
OF THE CUBE, BUT FOR EACH SIDE,
479
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,880
ONE NEEDS A DIFFERENT TRICK.
480
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:49,840
ON THIS SIDE, YOU HAVE TO
OPEN A LITTLE DOOR.
481
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,640
ON THE NEXT SIDE, THERE IS A
HOLE THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN POKE,
482
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:57,720
AND SO ON.
EACH BIRD CAN CHOOSE
WHERE IT WANTS TO START.
483
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,960
THIS SIDE SEEMS THE EASIEST
BECAUSE THE NUT IS SIMPLY
484
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,080
ATTACHED TO A STRING WHICH ONE
CAN GRAB FROM THE OUTSIDE
485
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:20,120
AND PULL THE NUT OUT.
IT'S TIME TO START.
ALICE AUERSPERG WILL
486
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,600
CARRY OUT THE TEST...
487
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:28,240
AND SHE SENDS THE CLEVER KERMIT
INTO THE COMPETITION.
488
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:37,680
AS EXPECTED, HE CHOOSES
THE STRING FIRST AND PULLS.
489
00:42:37,720 --> 00:42:41,720
500 KILOMETERS AWAY,
AUGUSTE VON BAYERN CARRIES
OUT THE SAME
490
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:46,320
TEST WITH HER CROWS,
A KIND OF LONG-DISTANCE DUEL.
491
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:50,760
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE--
INSTEAD OF A NUT,
THERE'S A MEALWORM.
492
00:42:54,960 --> 00:43:00,440
JUNGLE THE CROW ALSO OPTS FOR
THE STRING; THAT SEEMS THE
EASIEST FOR JUNGLE.
493
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,000
[CANNED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
494
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:09,720
ONE ALL.
CHILD'S PLAY FOR BOTH OF THEM.
THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE
495
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,920
MORE DIFFICULT.
THE STRING HAS BEEN REMOVED.
ANOTHER SOLUTION
496
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:18,360
MUST BE FOUND.
KERMIT TAKES A LOOK.
497
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,160
THEN HE DISCOVERS THE DOOR
ON ONE SIDE.
498
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,280
[KERMIT SQUAWKS]
499
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:31,600
HE MUST BE BRAVE TO STICK
HIS HEAD INSIDE.
JUST OPEN IT A BIT WIDER.
500
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,600
HEY, PRESTO.
501
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,360
KERMIT GOES INTO THE LEAD.
502
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,760
[CANNED CHEERING
AND APPLAUSE]
503
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,400
AND BECAUSE HE IS ON A RUN,
HE LOOKS FOR THE NEXT SOLUTION
504
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:51,200
STRAIGHTAWAY--KNOCK
THE PEANUT DOWN WITH THE BALL.
505
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,320
WOULDN'T THAT BE FANTASTIC?
506
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,800
UNFORTUNATELY,
THIS IS THE WRONG HOLE...
507
00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,440
[KERMIT SQUAWKS]
508
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,520
AND OUT OF SHEER FRUSTRATION,
509
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:07,440
HE STARTS TO PUSH THE WHOLE
APPARATUS AND GIVES IT A REALLY
GOOD SHAKING.
510
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,360
THIS OBVIOUSLY BREAKS THE RULES,
511
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:14,680
ALTHOUGH IT DID ACTUALLY
ACHIEVE THE GOAL.
512
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,400
BUT THE POINT IS NOT AWARDED,
513
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:24,120
AND ANOTHER ATTEMPT
IS RULED OUT.
514
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:34,320
STRAIGHT BACK TO JUNGLE THE CROW
BECAUSE HE HAS ALSO DISCOVERED
THE HOLE IN THE SIDE WALL.
515
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,000
[JUNGLE CAWS]
516
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:41,000
AND THIS TOOL CROW KNOWS
EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
517
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:45,360
A STICK WILL DO THE TRICK.
518
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:46,520
[CANNED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
519
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:51,480
BOTH HAVE TWICE FOUND
THE RIGHT SOLUTION. ALL SQUARE.
520
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,960
BUT NOW KERMIT LOCATES THE
CORRECT INLET FOR THE BALL.
521
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,400
THE SPOUT LEADS TO THE NUT.
522
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:05,040
JUST HAVE TO SHOVE
THE DARNED THING IN.
523
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,440
A NUDGE WITH HIS TONGUE...
524
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,400
AND HE GOES BACK INTO THE LEAD,
525
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,160
3-2. KERMIT SENSES VICTORY.
526
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,040
[CANNED CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
527
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,880
HE ONLY NEEDS TO MANAGE TO DO
WHAT THE CROW FOUND SO EASY--
528
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:23,120
PUSH THE STICK THROUGH THE HOLE.
529
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:29,720
HIS BEAK MAY BE BENT, BUT HIS
FOOTWORK IS DAZZLING--THE FIRST
530
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:35,520
EVIDENCE THAT KEAS CAN ALSO
SYSTEMATICALLY HANDLE STICKS.
531
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,520
PITY THAT THIS HOLE IS BLOCKED.
532
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,320
ONLY THE STRING WORKS HERE.
533
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:45,960
TRY AS YOU MIGHT,
NOTHING ELSE WILL CRACK IT.
534
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,920
SWIFTLY, BACK TO JUNGLE THE
CROW, WHO HAS ALSO NOW
535
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:54,880
DISCOVERED THE SPOUT WHICH
LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE WORMS.
536
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:58,320
THE BALL'S JUST THE RIGHT THING.
537
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:05,320
AWESOME. NECK AND NECK, 3 ALL.
538
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:09,080
THEY BOTH HAVE JUST
ONE MORE TASK.
539
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,240
THE CROW MUST OPEN THE DOOR,
540
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:20,120
SWIVEL IT TO THE SIDE.
NO MEAN FEAT IF YOU'VE NEVER
OPENED A DOOR BEFORE.
541
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:27,720
THE DOOR IS OPEN.
BUT PUT MY HEAD IN THERE? ME?
542
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,760
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
543
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,760
KERMIT IS STILL WRESTLING
WITH HIS STICK.
544
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,160
FOR HIM, THIS IS THE GREATEST
CHALLENGE OF THEM ALL.
545
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:47,360
IT'S THE RIGHT OPENING...
BUT NOW THE STICK IS JAMMED.
546
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:52,720
DRAT! ALICE FEELS FOR HIM.
547
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:57,280
KERMIT'S BAD LUCK GIVES JUNGLE
THE CHANCE TO PREVAIL, AND SURE
548
00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:03,520
ENOUGH, HE PULLS IT OFF WITHOUT
EVEN PUTTING HIS HEAD AT RISK.
549
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:12,560
BUT RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT,
KERMIT ALSO FINALLY SUCCEEDS.
550
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,840
NEITHER OF THEM GAVE AN INCH,
551
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,520
EINSTEINS OF THE
BIRD POPULATION.
552
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,400
[KERMIT AND JUNGLE SQUAWK]
553
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:26,120
WHERE DOES THIS AMAZING
INTELLIGENCE COME FROM?
554
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:31,480
WHY ARE KEAS SO SMART, NOT TO
MENTION NEW CALEDONIAN CROWS?
555
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,600
FOR A START,
THEY ARE SOCIAL ANIMALS.
THEY LIVE LIKE US,
556
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:40,440
IN GROUPS AND FAMILIES.
557
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,480
AND FOR THAT,
INTELLIGENCE IS REQUIRED.
558
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,960
ONE MUST CONSTANTLY
RECKON WITH THE OTHERS.
559
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:54,080
ONE MUST MAINTAIN
ONE'S POSITION.
560
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,000
[CROWS SQUAWKING]
561
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:02,040
ONE MUST KEEP ON ONE'S TOES AND
BE READY FOR SURPRISE ATTACKS.
562
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,200
[KEAS SQUAWKING]
563
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:09,600
KEAS CAN BE QUITE RAMBUNCTIOUS,
564
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:13,800
BUT SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
IS ALSO ESSENTIAL HERE.
565
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:18,560
IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE RIGHT
FRIENDS AND NURTURING
FRIENDSHIPS.
566
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,520
[KEA SQUEAKS]
567
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:25,680
ONE NEEDS TO FIND PARTNERS TO
PLAY WITH, ENJOY A BIT OF ROUGH
568
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:30,320
AND TUMBLE,
WITHOUT HURTING EACH OTHER...
569
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:35,480
NOW AND THEN,
INVENT NEW ALTERNATIVES...
570
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,840
AND ALWAYS GO ALONG WITH
WHAT THE PARTNER WANTS.
571
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:44,200
WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE,
THAT WOULD HARDLY BE POSSIBLE.
572
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,880
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER
CRUCIAL ELEMENT.
573
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,880
JUST LIKE US, THESE BIRDS HAVE
AN UNUSUALLY LONG CHILDHOOD,
574
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:55,560
AND THAT MEANS TIME TO LEARN
TO TRAIN THE MIND
AND TO DEVELOP...
575
00:48:57,600 --> 00:48:59,360
RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET,
576
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,880
FROM THEIR TIME IN THE CAVE.
577
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,160
GAMES WITH STICKS.
578
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,800
IT'S NO DIFFERENT FOR THE YOUNG
CROWS IN THE CLOUD FOREST.
579
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,520
THEY LEARN AND PRACTICE FOR
AN UNUSUALLY LONG TIME,
580
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:18,720
ALMOST TWO YEARS,
TO DO THINGS LIKE
THE OLD CROW DOES.
581
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:21,880
FIRST,
WATCH HOW MOTHER DOES IT.
582
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,200
SHE WILLINGLY LEAVES THEM
THE POKING STICK.
583
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:31,840
A PROBING LOOK.
THE NEXT GENERATION SEEMS
INTERESTED AND EAGER TO LEARN...
584
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:38,560
ONLY THEIR STAMINA LEAVES
SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED.
585
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,280
HARDLY HAS THE MOTHER
FLOWN AWAY...
586
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,000
THAN THE STICK IS DISCARDED.
587
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,920
THIS YOUNG BIRD HAS
FOUND A PANDANUS TOOL.
588
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:56,360
HOWEVER, IF YOU HOLD IT
THE WRONG WAY ROUND,
WITH THE WIDE HANDLE DOWN,
589
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,000
IT WON'T GET YOU VERY FAR.
590
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:04,680
ON THE CONTRARY,
THE TIP CAUSES PROBLEMS,
SO THINGS CAN ALSO GO
591
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:10,080
WRONG FOR YOUNG CROWS.
THIS ONE HAS YET TO LEARN,
FOR EXAMPLE,
592
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:14,720
THAT NOT EVERYTHING
THAT FITS IN THE BEAK
IS ALSO GOOD FOR POKING.
593
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:20,640
NO,
THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO IT.
594
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:25,960
YOUNG KEAS ALSO HAVE TO
LEARN FROM SCRATCH;
595
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:27,840
WHAT YOU CAN EAT
AND WHAT NOT,
596
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,880
WHAT DRINKS TASTE GOOD
AND WHICH ONES DO NOT...
597
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:41,160
HOW SNOW FEELS AND WHAT YOU CAN
DO WITH IT, AND SO ON.
598
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:47,800
THEY ARE CRAZY ABOUT ANYTHING
NEW, AND EVERY EXPERIENCE
TRAINS THEIR MIND.
599
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:56,080
THEY EVEN TEST OUR MINI-CAMERA.
600
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,240
[KEAS SQUEAKING]
601
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:04,600
AMANDA: THEY MAKE ME LAUGH ALL
THE TIME, BUT MOSTLY I'M JUST
FASCINATED BY WATCHING THEM.
602
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:06,480
THEY ARE ALWAYS DOING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
603
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:10,800
THEY'RE ALWAYS EXPLORING
AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS IF THEY DO THIS,
604
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:14,280
AND IN SOME WAY
THAT'S INSPIRING.
605
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:16,880
THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE SCIENTISTS
WHEN THEY'RE EXPLORING
AND DOING ALL THEIR
606
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:21,320
DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS,
IF YOU LIKE. HEH!
607
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:30,040
NARRATOR: THEIR AMAZING DESIRE
TO LEARN AND EXPLORE IS THE
KEY TO THEIR INTELLIGENCE.
608
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:34,600
THEY WANT TO FIND OUT
HOW THINGS ARE CONNECTED
AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER,
609
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,520
AND HOW THEY CAN USE
THIS FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.
610
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:42,080
IN THAT RESPECT, THEY ARE ALMOST
IRRITATINGLY SIMILAR TO US--
611
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:46,120
THE HIGH FLYERS FROM THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
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