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[narrator] This is The Americas,
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an extraordinary journey
across Earth's great supercontinent.
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[epic orchestral music playing]
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The widest variety of life on the planet.
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[both whinnying]
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The untold story...
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[trilling]
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...of our home.
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{\an8}[epic orchestral music continues]
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{\an8}Tonight on The Americas...
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Patagonia.
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[dramatic music playing]
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Patagonia is an untamed wilderness
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at the far south of the world.
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[dramatic music playing]
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From ancient mystical forests...
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and sky-high ice worlds...
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[yowls]
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...to the bountiful coast.
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[whooshes]
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This is a world
of both rugged beauty and...
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[cracks]
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...dramatic change.
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[burbling]
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Here,
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all life must do battle...
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[dramatic music continues]
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[barking]
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[barking continues]
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...at the very end of the supercontinent.
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[light upbeat music playing]
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Patagonia straddles both Chile in the west
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and Argentina to the east.
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Its most southerly point
lies only 600 miles from Antarctica,
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a place where three great oceans collide.
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Here, the island of Los Estados
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is a vital refuge...
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for the world's most devoted parents,
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rockhopper penguins.
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[water lapping]
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[penguins chirping]
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Every spring, over a quarter
of a million come ashore,
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all hoping to raise a family.
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[gentle music playing]
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[all chirping]
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Couples pair for life
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and return to the same nest
year after year.
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They take turns caring for their chicks.
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And today,
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Dad is on duty.
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[chirping]
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His chick is just a few days old.
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And it's hungry.
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[chirping]
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But there is no food here.
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The chick must wait for Mom
to return with a meal.
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[stirring music playing]
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And she is on her way.
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[stirring music swells]
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But getting ashore means risking her life.
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[penguins chirping]
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On this jagged coast,
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there is no easy landing.
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[stirring music continues]
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[dramatic music playing]
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[dramatic music fades]
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[chirps]
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- Looks like she made it.
- [chirps]
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[roars]
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[tense music playing]
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[frantic chirping]
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A sea lion.
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[penguins chirping]
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A penguin predator.
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[tense music playing]
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- [sea lion grunting]
- [penguins chirping]
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[chirping continues]
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[grunting]
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[snorts]
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[penguins squawking]
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[low growling]
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[growling]
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[chirping]
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There is no match
for a mother's determination.
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[seagulls squawking]
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To get home, however,
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there's still a mountain to climb,
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literally.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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And with a belly full of krill,
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it's slow going.
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[chirping]
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[plodding music playing]
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One wrong step, and...
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it's back to square one.
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[plodding music continues]
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But Mom's not called
a rockhopper penguin for nothing.
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[upbeat music playing]
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Strong claws...
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and a sharp beak
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are put to good use.
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Now, she just needs to find her partner.
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[flock chirping]
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One somewhere
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amongst hundreds of thousands of penguins.
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[mass chirping continues]
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Her partner's unique call...
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[throaty clucking]
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...helps guide her to him.
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[clucking]
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[gentle music playing]
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[both cackling]
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Reunited.
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[peeps]
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And at last, it's dinner time.
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[peeps]
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Only the courageous
can raise a family down here.
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[peeps]
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- [penguins chirping]
- [seagulls squawking]
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And tomorrow, they must do it all again.
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[stirring music playing]
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{\an8}From Cape Horn,
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Patagonia's towering, rocky backbone
runs north for over a thousand miles.
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[dramatic music playing]
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The weather is ferocious
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and unpredictable.
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Yet, the symbol of Patagonia's mountains
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calls this place home.
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[light orchestral music playing]
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In Patagonia's mountains,
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it can seem like all four seasons
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in one day.
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Life here is as hard as it gets.
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[indistinct screeching]
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This is a female puma,
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known as "Petaca."
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She's an experienced hunter.
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[indistinct screeching]
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But since the sudden arrival of snow,
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it's been difficult for her
to make a kill.
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[soft music playing]
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A guanaco could feed her for a week.
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But to succeed,
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she will need to get close.
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In the snow,
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she's lost her camouflage.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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So she must use whatever cover
she can find.
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[suspenseful music continues]
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[guanaco chuffs]
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Now speed is her only hope.
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[thrilling music playing]
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But in this deep snow,
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she is no match for the guanaco.
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[chatters]
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She'll go hungry today.
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[snarls]
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[puma screeches]
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And so will her cubs.
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[squeaks]
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[grunts, yowls]
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[gentle music playing]
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[cubs mewling]
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At just four months old,
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they are entirely dependent on Mom.
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[cubs mewling]
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They need a change in their fortunes.
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[puma screeches]
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And in these mountains,
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change...
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is never far away.
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[wind howling]
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Within days,
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the snow disappears.
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[bird clucking]
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Now Petaca has her camouflage back.
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[distant birds chirping]
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[thrilling music playing]
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And her speed.
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She must get a firm grip on the neck.
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[guanaco bleating loudly]
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If she gets it wrong,
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a single kick could be fatal.
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[tense music playing]
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[guanaco grunting]
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[guanaco bleating loudly]
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[somber music playing]
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It's now been a week
since Petaca and her cubs last ate.
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- [sniffing]
- [distant rustling]
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- On the wind...
- [sniffing continues]
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...a scent.
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A carcass.
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But it belongs to someone else.
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[tense music playing]
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Conflict with another puma
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could be deadly.
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[hisses]
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Petaca is taking a huge risk.
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[hisses]
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[hisses, growls]
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[low growling]
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[tense music playing]
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But this is no stranger.
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It's Petaca's older sister
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with her two larger cubs.
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[gentle music playing]
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And she seems happy to share.
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Pumas have long been considered solitary.
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But rarely-seen encounters like these
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reveal that they are far more social
than we once thought.
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[yowls]
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[hissing]
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Petaca's cubs aren't sure
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what to make of their cousins just yet.
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But there is a lesson to be learned here.
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[growls]
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A family that shares
can provide a lifeline
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in Patagonia's hostile mountains.
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[wind howling]
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Mountains that have been carved
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by a colossal force.
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Glaciers.
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Monsters on the move.
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[glaciers groaning]
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- [crackling]
- [loud rumbling]
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[cracks, crashes]
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This is San Rafael.
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And for a glacier,
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this one moves fast.
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It travels more than 60 feet a day.
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Millions of tons of ice break away.
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[whooshing]
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Some slabs are the size of a skyscraper.
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[light orchestral music playing]
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Glaciers are so powerful,
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they can cut through solid rock.
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And they've sliced Patagonia's coast
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into over 40,000 islands,
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creating isolated lost worlds.
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[sweeping music playing]
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[birds chirping]
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Home...
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to the weird and the wonderful.
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[birds chirping]
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Patagonia's west coast
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is cloaked in ancient forests.
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[birds screeching]
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[whimsical music playing]
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It's a strange legacy of the Jurassic.
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[indistinct screeching]
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And there are certainly
strange creatures here
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found nowhere else on Earth.
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Perhaps the most bizarre...
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is the Chilean stag beetle.
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These aren't antlers.
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They are, in fact, giant jaws.
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The bigger they are,
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the greater his chances of winning a mate.
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But first, he has to find one.
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[quirky music playing]
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Microscopic hairs can detect
the scent of a female.
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And it seems there is one...
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all the way up here.
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Three, two, one.
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[dramatic music playing]
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We have liftoff.
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[dramatic music rises]
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These beetles are known as "flying deer."
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You can see why.
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[dramatic music continues]
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And it's hard to gain any altitude.
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[dramatic music ends]
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Looks like he's got to do it the hard way.
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It's a hundred feet to the top,
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the equivalent of you or I trying to scale
the Empire State Building...
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twice over.
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[intense music playing]
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Finally,
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there she is.
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[gentle music playing]
281
00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:09,600
But he's not the only one attracted
by her scent.
282
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,440
[ominous music playing]
283
00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:16,840
A rival.
284
00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,200
It's time to put these jaws into action.
285
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,959
[jaws clicking]
286
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,760
[rousing music playing]
287
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,119
[creaks]
288
00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,880
And it seems his opponent
has the upper hand.
289
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,960
[rousing music ends]
290
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,800
Has his rival got it in the bag?
291
00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,960
[rousing music resumes]
292
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,239
Not yet!
293
00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,999
[jaws clicking]
294
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,200
[rousing music continues]
295
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,440
[whooshes]
296
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,520
We have a winner.
297
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,200
But it could be short-lived.
298
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:18,280
A female is a magnet for dozens of males.
299
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,320
[rousing music continues]
300
00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,760
Time to get back into the ring.
301
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,240
[jaws clicking]
302
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,200
It's win or go home.
303
00:21:34,821 --> 00:21:37,439
[rousing music continues]
304
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,560
[jaws clicking]
305
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,320
[whooshes]
306
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,360
[jaws clicking]
307
00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,159
[whooshes]
308
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:53,600
[jaws clicking]
309
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,760
[whooshes]
310
00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,999
[birds chirping]
311
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,200
After all that,
312
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,280
he just has to summon up
the energy to reach her.
313
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,480
[gentle music playing]
314
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,320
[gentle music continues]
315
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,640
Mating complete.
316
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,560
She now needs to lay her eggs
on the forest floor.
317
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,840
And he can help her get there.
318
00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,359
[quirky music playing]
319
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,640
[whooshes]
320
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,200
Turns out, these jaws
aren't just for fighting.
321
00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,960
[stirring music playing]
322
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,080
Journeying east,
323
00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,520
mountains strip the clouds of moisture.
324
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,600
[stirring music continues]
325
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,960
Creating a stark, arid heart.
326
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,600
This is the Patagonian Steppe.
327
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,360
And it's home to living dinosaurs.
328
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:33,360
The Patagonian Steppe
stretches 260,000 square miles,
329
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,800
nearly the size of Texas.
330
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,559
There is so little shelter
from the elements
331
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,720
that many here seek sanctuary underground.
332
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,760
[whimsical music playing]
333
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,800
[animals chittering]
334
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,840
But some are way too big for that.
335
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,880
[footsteps thumping]
336
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,520
A Darwin's rhea,
337
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,520
South America's answer to the ostrich.
338
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,999
Three feet tall,
339
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,800
it's one of the largest birds
in the world.
340
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,999
And this super-sized male
341
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,120
is father to a super-sized family.
342
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,440
Most birds share parenting duties.
343
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:43,730
But with rheas,
344
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:45,720
things are different.
345
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,280
After laying the eggs,
346
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,600
the females leave.
347
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,960
So it's up to Dad to raise the family...
348
00:24:57,961 --> 00:24:59,679
alone.
349
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,079
[rustling]
350
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,479
[tense music playing]
351
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,080
And he's not the only one out here.
352
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,559
All across the plains,
353
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,719
dedicated dads are on duty
354
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,720
around the clock.
355
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,120
[rumbling]
356
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,559
For 40 days and 40 nights,
357
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,960
they barely move.
358
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:29,680
[birds chirping]
359
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,200
[mysterious music playing]
360
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,120
- [animal squawks]
- [faint chirping]
361
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,920
[birds chirping]
362
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,159
By late spring,
363
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,240
Dad's efforts have been rewarded.
364
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,079
[birds chirping]
365
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,880
[quirky music playing]
366
00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:00,680
Fourteen healthy chicks.
367
00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,240
[chicks peeping]
368
00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,520
Now the real work begins.
369
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,600
It will be six months
before his chicks are independent.
370
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,440
And they have a lot to learn,
371
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:23,840
like what's good to eat,
372
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,920
and how to keep well-groomed.
373
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,720
[chicks chirping]
374
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,720
But the most important lesson
is to stick together.
375
00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:45,400
Out here, it's easy to get lost.
376
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,000
[hawk chitters]
377
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,040
[tense music playing]
378
00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,879
And keen-eyed hawks
379
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,799
would soon grab a lone chick.
380
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,440
[hawk chitters]
381
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,240
[hawk call echoes]
382
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,000
This neighbor has only three chicks left.
383
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,440
And for our dad,
384
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,050
it's a warning.
385
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,360
- Keep your family close.
- [squawks]
386
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,600
[gentle music playing]
387
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,680
[distant screech]
388
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,040
[distant screech]
389
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,570
What is that?
390
00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:59,960
[distant screech]
391
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,240
[distant screech continues]
392
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,119
It's a distress call.
393
00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:09,360
- [distant screech]
- From a chick.
394
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,040
[tense music playing]
395
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,600
But not one of his.
396
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:19,560
[trilling chirp]
397
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,440
[distant trilling chirp]
398
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:29,600
[trilling chirp]
399
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,999
That's no problem for this super dad.
400
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,920
[light music playing]
401
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,319
Male rheas have such
strong paternal instinct
402
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,039
that if they find any lost chick,
403
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,560
they will adopt it
404
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:48,999
on the spot.
405
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,080
[uplifting music playing]
406
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,000
And when you already have 14,
407
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,520
well, what's another one?
408
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,360
[gentle music playing]
409
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,119
[gentle music ends]
410
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,159
[rustling]
411
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,559
The summer in the Patagonian Steppe
412
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,359
brings ferocious westerly winds.
413
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,960
[rustling]
414
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:24,959
[wind howling]
415
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:30,320
Gusts of over 70 miles per hour
scour the land,
416
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,320
triggering events so large,
417
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,560
they can be seen from space.
418
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,959
[dramatic music playing]
419
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,520
Dust storms.
420
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,520
They rage for hundreds of miles,
421
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,840
until they reach
Patagonia's Atlantic Coast.
422
00:29:55,320 --> 00:30:00,160
Millions of tons of iron-rich dust
are swept into the ocean,
423
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,439
flooding it with nutrients.
424
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,640
[dramatic music continues]
425
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,440
And fueling life
426
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,999
on an astonishing scale.
427
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,319
[seagulls squawking]
428
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,559
[dolphins squealing]
429
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,280
[squealing continues]
430
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,039
- [birds squawking]
- [indistinct barking]
431
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:35,040
Patagonia's rich seas attract giants.
432
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,959
[barking]
433
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,639
Weighing over four tons,
434
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,239
these are the largest seals on Earth.
435
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,680
[grunts]
436
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,759
[barking]
437
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,360
Fully grown bulls
are the size of a pickup truck.
438
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,130
[chuffs]
439
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,599
But it's their colossal trunk-like nose
440
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,999
that has earned them their name...
441
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,799
[snorting]
442
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,599
...elephant seals.
443
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,079
[quirky music playing]
444
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,680
[chuffs]
445
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,080
[growling]
446
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,799
Sixty thousand gather
447
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,040
on the remote shores
of Peninsula Valdes to breed.
448
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,840
[growls]
449
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:25,999
[tense music playing]
450
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,279
But only the most dominant bulls
have the right to mate.
451
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,039
[snorts]
452
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,480
[barking]
453
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:48,279
Meet the undefeated heavyweight
champion...
454
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,439
[chuffing]
455
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,000
...the beachmaster.
456
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,120
[quirky music playing]
457
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:01,000
For two months,
he's guarded his harem from rivals.
458
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,760
And not surprisingly,
459
00:32:03,761 --> 00:32:05,359
he's exhausted.
460
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,119
[snorts]
461
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:08,280
[grunts]
462
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,959
But he can never really rest.
463
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,399
[splashing]
464
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:24,200
A contender is trying his luck
with one of the females.
465
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,560
[seal barking]
466
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,759
[growls]
467
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:36,240
The beachmaster sounds a warning.
468
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:43,039
His huge nose amplifies
the sound to 130 decibels.
469
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,599
[growling]
470
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,199
[growling continues]
471
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,919
It's as loud as a jackhammer.
472
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,480
[growling continues]
473
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,559
But it's not enough to deter his opponent.
474
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,120
[growling]
475
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,479
Time for this beachmaster
476
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,599
to throw his weight around.
477
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,280
[grunting]
478
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:17,879
[grunting continues]
479
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,519
[whimpering]
480
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,560
[growling]
481
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,560
Both bulls stand ten feet tall
482
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,560
and are armed with razor-sharp teeth.
483
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,760
[both grunting]
484
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:50,359
The beachmaster is paying the price
for enduring months of fighting.
485
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,640
[both growling]
486
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:03,959
He's flagging.
487
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,759
[both growling]
488
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,919
Defeat would mean losing everything.
489
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,039
[tense music playing]
490
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,640
[growling]
491
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,360
One final push...
492
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,120
[both grunting]
493
00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:37,999
[growling]
494
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,520
...forces his opponent back out to sea.
495
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,040
- He's the winner today.
- [snorts]
496
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:57,720
But there are deadlier challenges
on the way.
497
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:03,519
[seals barking]
498
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,639
Patagonia's Atlantic Coast
499
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,400
draws the ocean's smartest predator.
500
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,439
Orca.
501
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,960
[tense music playing]
502
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:24,520
Here, they have learned
to do something hardly ever seen...
503
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,880
[grunting]
504
00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:33,240
[seal whimpering]
505
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,960
...to hunt seals on dry land.
506
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,879
Along this coast,
507
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:47,800
this orca is one of only 16
known to hunt this way.
508
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,880
Scientists have named her "Jasmine."
509
00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:01,559
[barking]
510
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,760
[whooshing]
511
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,960
[seagulls squawking]
512
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:16,319
She is the matriarch responsible
for a family of growing adolescents
513
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,399
and now, a grandchild as well.
514
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,800
[spray bursts]
515
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,920
[sprays bursting]
516
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,880
The teenagers need to start
earning their keep.
517
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,800
But Patagonia's exposed coast
518
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,120
is no place for a beginner.
519
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,399
[whooshing]
520
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,159
Luckily, Jasmine knows
521
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,480
the perfect training ground.
522
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,520
[sweeping music playing]
523
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,080
Caleta Valdes,
524
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:04,520
a lagoon protected from the open ocean
by vast sand banks.
525
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,600
Here, the water is calm.
526
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,120
[light music playing]
527
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,680
And there is plenty of prey.
528
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,080
Young elephant seals.
529
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,280
[barking]
530
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,440
[foreboding music playing]
531
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,880
The orca students
might be eager to get started,
532
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:48,320
but no one is quite sure what to do.
533
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,640
[seal grunting]
534
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,439
They need to learn the trick,
535
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,600
how to actually reach the seals.
536
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,120
So that is today's first lesson.
537
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,799
Under Jasmine's supervision,
538
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,040
the students launch themselves
onto shore...
539
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,840
[light music continues]
540
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,440
...each time edging a little higher.
541
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,640
[seagulls squawking]
542
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,599
But you get it wrong,
543
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,440
and you could end up stuck.
544
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,680
Jasmine knows just what to do,
545
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,640
and comes to the rescue.
546
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:56,919
[sprightly music playing]
547
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,080
Next,
548
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,599
target practice.
549
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,440
[sprightly music continues]
550
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,240
[whooshes]
551
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,279
Now to try the real thing.
552
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,600
[dramatic music playing]
553
00:39:29,551 --> 00:39:31,599
Close.
554
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,840
[seals grunting]
555
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:41,800
Not close enough.
556
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,360
There is just one more skill to master.
557
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,680
How to conceal that giant dorsal fin
558
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,080
and learn the art of disappearing.
559
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:12,960
Turning on her side,
Jasmine demonstrates just how.
560
00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:17,290
[chuffs]
561
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,399
[dramatic music playing]
562
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,680
[seagulls squawking]
563
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:32,400
Every hunt needs an element of surprise.
564
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,960
[seal shrieking]
565
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:41,600
[dramatic music playing]
566
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,920
[dramatic music intensifies]
567
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,160
The youngsters will still need
plenty more practice.
568
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,160
But Jasmine is passing her knowledge
569
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,320
on to the next generation.
570
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,599
[stirring orchestral music playing]
571
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:19,879
And for now,
572
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,400
it's time to celebrate.
573
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,240
For all life in Patagonia,
574
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,439
conquering the elements
can unlock the riches
575
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,080
of this bountiful land.
576
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,680
- [puffs]
- The last great wilderness
577
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,279
in the Americas.
578
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,960
[stirring music continues]
579
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,840
[epic orchestral music playing]
580
00:41:56,890 --> 00:42:01,440
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