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In nature,
villains are everywhere.
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All this fly wants
is sweet nectar.
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But he's landed in the
jaws of a predatory plant.
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Just another wicked fiend with
the weirdest of appetites.
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The Creatures of Earth
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are wilder than you
could possibly imagine.
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Among the fast and fearsome
are the astoundingly crazy.
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Strange behavior and
outrageous fashion sense.
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They're all in a
competition to survive.
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And weirdness always wins.
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Welcome to the mind-bending
world of fungi.
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A fascinatingly weird kingdom of
creatures that rule our planet.
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More than one and a
half million species.
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Greater than all
plants combined.
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And they proudly let
their freak flags fly.
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Fungi eat the dead
to create new life.
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Returning nutrients
to the ground.
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And feeding the soil on which
all living things depend.
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For all the benefits they bring,
some fungi have a darker side.
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Their urge to multiply
has mushroomed like
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a fiendish contagion.
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Most fungi throw their spores
to the wind, mingling with
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the soil wherever they land.
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But some have more
ghoulish tastes.
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As this ant forages, fungal
spores contaminating the forest
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floor have latched on and
penetrated its exoskeleton.
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The body snatcher is
known as Cordyceps.
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Days after contact, the
spores have bypassed the
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creature's brain, taking
control of its movements.
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The ant is now a
walking time bomb.
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The fungus drives its host
towards the perfect destination
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to complete its life cycle.
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A place that's warm and humid.
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The ant's nest.
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Ants are usually good at
spotting the sick and
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forcing them from the colony.
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But nobody detects the
zombie in their midst.
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The enslaved ant is now a Trojan
horse, ready to burst forth.
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The Cordyceps fungus eats
it from the inside out.
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Nourishment for its final act.
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Spores erupt from the
carcass, zombifying
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one ant after another.
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The ants that survive?
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Cordyceps always
need fresh hosts.
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But these body snatchers don't
limit themselves to ants.
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There are more than 700
species of Cordyceps,
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each infecting a different
species of invertebrate.
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Victims litter the forest floor.
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Prey to a parasite that's
neither plant nor animal,
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but something in between.
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Imagine the world of a meerkat.
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Sweethearts of the
African savannah.
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But surrounded by
skilled killers.
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Despite it all, they
remain eccentric.
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Funny.
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And totally adorable.
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An easy mark for a
clever manipulator.
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The fork-tail Drongo is
watching the meerkats closely.
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She's one of nature's
shrewdest con artists.
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When meerkats forage for
food, it's a family outing.
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It hunts scorpions and
insects nine to five.
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While the meerkats take care of
business, crafty Drongos wait.
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Oddly, meerkats trust the
Drongos to help them.
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From the bird's vantage
point, it can see and hear
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danger before anyone else.
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A martial eagle, the
meerkat's arch nemesis.
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The Drongos sound
their alarm call,
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alerting the meerkats.
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Crisis averted.
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But the double-dealing
Drongos can exploit a flaw
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in this escape strategy.
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When the meerkats catch
their prey, they wait for
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their pups to join in.
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The juvenile meerkats handle
their meal carelessly.
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The Drongos take note.
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Again, the bird sounds
the Drongo alarm call.
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But this time, there's no eagle.
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In their haste, the meerkats
abandon their food.
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The Drongo swoops in
to pick up the scraps.
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The meerkat has no idea.
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The Drongo's cunning use of
mimicry is crooked genius.
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Orcas stalk every
ocean on the planet.
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But each hunting ground
sports unique prey.
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Different families have a
trusted method to capture
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their favorite meal.
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Putting the killer
into killer whale.
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It may not be
summer, but school is out for these herring.
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As spring brings a
touch of warmth to the frigid
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northern oceans, this school
of herring migrates south.
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Hoping to sow their wild
oats with other graduates.
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Incoming!
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The Norwegian orca pod
surrounds the school.
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Herding the herring closer
and closer together.
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These orca are a tight-knit
family of hunters.
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Emitting a cacophony of calls
to coordinate their attack.
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They slap their tails,
stunning some of the fish.
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The rest of the herring form a
defensive bait pool, exposing
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the least of their numbers
to the circle of predators.
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Finally, the leader dives
below the mass of fish
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and emits a fountain of bubbles.
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Escaping the wall of
air, the herring are
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forced to the surface.
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The scene is black and white,
with red herrings all over.
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In Alaskan waters, a
transient pod have
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developed a richer palate.
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This sea lion colony balloon
during summer breeding.
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The size of an orca
pod is determined by
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their preferred prey.
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This is one large family.
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They rush the frolicking sea
lions, who make a quick escape.
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One of the herd is
injured in the chaos.
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But armed with large canines,
he is far from an instant meal.
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The pod keep their distance
before launching their attack.
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They take turns
ramming the sea lion.
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Finally, the matriarch
delivers the death blow.
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The feast will fuel the
family as they search for
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their next hunting ground.
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Killing comes easy
to this spider.
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Its cold, blooded eyes scan
the jungle for movement.
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It's picky.
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Nothing too big to tackle.
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The arachnid knows the
right victim is out there.
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The net-casting spider, AKA
ogre-face, sees 2,000 times
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better than a human in the dark.
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One pair of specialized
eyes track her prey.
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While the other six
scan for danger.
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She's got to be patient.
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As the mark approaches, she
prepares her secret weapon.
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A net of webbing.
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Accuracy is everything.
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The white dot on the leaf below
is a splat of her own poop.
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A marker to help her aim.
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Another one in the bag.
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Most spiders must wait for their
prey to ensnare themselves.
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But ogre-face strikes
while the iron is hot.
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Unlike ordinary spider silk,
her woolly net is fine,
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sticking to the cricket's
waxy shell like velcro.
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She turns the cricket
into a bug burrito.
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Now for the hot sauce.
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Her neurotoxic venom
paralyzes the cricket,
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dissolving its tissues
into gooey liquid.
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So she can drink to
her own success.
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25 years ago, this
female green sea turtle left the
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island where she was born.
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To build a life for herself
in the wide open ocean.
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Now it's time to return
home and start a family.
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To succeed, she'll need to
get the shy turtle guys to
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come out of their shells.
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But be careful
what you wish for.
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When female green sea turtles
are ready to breed, they
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instinctively migrate towards
the beach where they hatched.
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After a quarter of a century
at sea, the journey is epic.
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This homecoming
queen needs a king.
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She releases a heady
perfume of pheromones to
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attract potential mates.
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Using special claws
on his flippers,
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the male clings to his date.
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But there are more suitors.
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By attracting multiple
mates, the female ensures
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her eventual mate is the
strongest and fittest.
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Two weeks later, she and
others are ready to move
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ashore and lay their eggs.
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Hungry tiger sharks
patrol the shallows.
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The reef will hide
her for a while.
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Others forge ahead,
driven by instinct.
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Straight into the jaws
of the waiting sharks.
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While the sharks are distracted,
she makes a break for it.
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Exhausted, she lies on the
very strip of beach where
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generations of ancestors once
returned to start a new family.
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She digs as deep as her
flippers will reach.
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Across the summer
nesting season,
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she'll lay hundreds of eggs.
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And then she's gone.
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Two months later,
her babies hatch.
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Instinctively, they head
straight for the sea.
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But first, they must run
the gauntlet of hungry
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birds and fish, all waiting
for turtle take away.
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Just one out of a
thousand will make it.
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On the far edges
of the natural kingdom,
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savage gardens of
carnivorous plants thrive
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on their powers of seduction.
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To survive, they must consume
the flesh of the living.
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In some small corners
of the world,
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there's a rogue's gallery of
meat-eating villains.
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The round-leaved sundew
beckons to its victims like an
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all-you-can-eat smorgasbord.
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The scent and taste of
nectar makes promises
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to hungry insects.
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It's the original honey trap.
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Just as alluring are the
jaws of the Venus flytrap.
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The plant secretes
digestive enzymes,
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killing the insect within and
absorbing its life juices.
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In just a few days,
the trap opens again.
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Only an empty husk remains.
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While some plants
wield jaws of death,
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in the nutrient-poor soils
of Australian forests,
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the pitcher plant works
hard to feed its need
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for essential nitrogen.
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Once their leaves have
sprouted and their lids
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been popped, pitcher plants
are open for business.
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Sugary syrup coats its rim,
a one-stop shop for insects.
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The sweet offerings draw
hungry crowds of ants.
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For the plant, it's
a two-for-one deal.
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The ants defend their supply
of syrup, protecting the
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plant from leaf-eating bugs.
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But these ants walk a tightrope.
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It's difficult to keep a
foothold on the waxy surface.
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One wrong step on
the pitcher's patio,
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and the plant's defender
becomes its dinner.
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The viscous liquid within
is like quicksand.
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The more the ant struggles,
the deeper it sinks.
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The ant decomposes, and
the pitcher has its
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nitrogen fix for the day.
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On first impression,
these lesser flamingos
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are delicate creatures.
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But don't be fooled by their
long necks and vibrant colours.
255
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These birds are truly hardcore.
256
00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:06,592
This is Africa's
most toxic lake.
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00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:16,235
But for almost two
million flamingos,
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it's paradise on earth.
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Tough, scale-like skin on their
legs prevents caustic burns.
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♪ ♪
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They live on poisonous
algae that grows in the lake,
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with no ill effects.
263
00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:51,904
But things aren't as
rosy as they seem.
264
00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:57,309
An intruder prowls the banks.
265
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,349
This hyena
mother is extremely smart.
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00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:08,153
And opportunistic.
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00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:12,291
Her cubs haven't had
anything to eat in two days.
268
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:21,400
Flamingos flock towards
the edge of the lake,
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drinking the fresh water
that streams in during
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the early morning.
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00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:31,476
They're nervous.
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00:28:33,011 --> 00:28:34,780
But there's safety in numbers.
273
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:41,353
Straying from the flock
could be a deadly mistake.
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00:28:42,421 --> 00:28:47,359
Exactly what the
hyena is waiting for.
275
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,997
But today, there are no
chinks in the armour.
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00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:56,802
The hyena must improvise.
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00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:16,288
The birds scatter, but
they know the hyena is
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00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:17,889
racing against the clock.
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00:29:18,991 --> 00:29:21,960
♪ ♪
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Their determination quickly
dissolves in the alkaline water.
281
00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:36,808
Back on dry land, the
hyena's paws are burning.
282
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,717
But the flamingos have
someone else to worry about.
283
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An olive baboon.
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00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:04,636
Fast and agile over
short distances,
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00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:08,674
the monkey does what
the hyena couldn't.
286
00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:26,925
Baboons are usually vegetarian.
287
00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:30,629
But when an opportunity
calls, they eat it.
288
00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:39,304
For the hyena, this
baboon-shaped cloud has a
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00:30:39,438 --> 00:30:41,006
flamingo-coloured lining.
290
00:30:45,877 --> 00:30:48,580
A young bird has hurt
its leg in the fray.
291
00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:53,318
Just the break the mother needs.
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00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:58,623
♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
294
00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:14,873
Success. Finally.
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00:31:16,742 --> 00:31:19,144
This time, she'll have
more to show for her
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00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:21,012
efforts than burning paws.
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00:31:21,947 --> 00:31:24,783
♪ ♪
298
00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:28,920
Yet facing toxic waters
and plundering predators,
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the flamingos of Africa stand
tall, tough and brilliant.
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00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:49,741
On the banks of the Mangoro
River in Madagascar,
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a wave of break-ins are
sweeping the neighbourhood.
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00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:02,287
♪ ♪
303
00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:15,133
The meanest things on wings.
304
00:32:16,001 --> 00:32:18,970
These wasps are in
no mood for mercy.
305
00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:25,410
Time for the locals
to take cover.
306
00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:35,353
This frog seeks refuge
in its panic room.
307
00:32:39,224 --> 00:32:41,526
But she's not the
wasp's intended victim.
308
00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:49,501
High above, a new
brood of tadpoles,
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00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:53,004
encased in a mucus nest.
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00:32:54,005 --> 00:32:56,975
♪ ♪
311
00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:01,012
Easy pickings for hungry wasps.
312
00:33:11,623 --> 00:33:13,925
The green
frog watches as her kids
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00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:16,428
are picked off one by one.
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00:33:28,974 --> 00:33:30,709
Wasp a frog gonna do?
315
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,184
♪ ♪
316
00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:44,322
But when the going gets tough,
the weird whip into action.
317
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:54,699
These younglings know their
emergency evacuation routine.
318
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,637
♪ ♪
319
00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:03,275
Sensing danger, frog babies can
hatch days before they are due.
320
00:34:17,689 --> 00:34:19,858
They escape into
the waters below.
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00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,930
♪ ♪
322
00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:27,299
It's sink or swim.
323
00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:32,637
Hungry eyes are a
constant threat.
324
00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:37,976
♪ ♪
325
00:34:38,944 --> 00:34:43,248
The premature tadpoles swim in
schools to avoid predators.
326
00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:48,253
Born early, they can't feed for
a month while their teeth grow.
327
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:57,262
From an early start, less
than one in a hundred
328
00:34:57,395 --> 00:34:58,663
make it to adulthood.
329
00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:03,802
These tadpole youngsters
play the odds.
330
00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:09,174
One percent survival beats
one hundred percent chance
331
00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:11,309
of being eaten by wasps.
332
00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:15,480
♪ ♪
333
00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:18,483
With bellies full,
the wasps retire.
334
00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:26,558
But soon they'll return in
search of their next score.
335
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:41,706
Sharks.
336
00:35:43,408 --> 00:35:46,778
One of evolution's
greatest success stories.
337
00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:50,949
♪ ♪
338
00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:59,691
Over four hundred million years
old, they predate the dinosaurs.
339
00:36:02,594 --> 00:36:05,597
Surviving five mass extinctions.
340
00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:10,335
♪ ♪
341
00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:20,812
Today, the mac daddy of
them all reigns supreme.
342
00:36:22,714 --> 00:36:26,584
Armed with an array of
freakish sensory abilities.
343
00:36:43,101 --> 00:36:47,739
Nineteen and a half feet long,
packed to the teeth with teeth.
344
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:54,779
Great white sharks love the
taste of juvenile seals.
345
00:36:56,614 --> 00:36:59,551
♪ ♪
346
00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:11,563
Australia's Neptune Islands are
home to the continent's largest
347
00:37:11,696 --> 00:37:14,799
colony of long-nosed fall seals.
348
00:37:22,607 --> 00:37:26,211
For months now, the white
sharks have been dining on
349
00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:28,480
seal pups learning to swim.
350
00:37:47,332 --> 00:37:50,101
But the seals will soon
leave the rocks to
351
00:37:50,235 --> 00:37:51,002
hunt in the open ocean.
352
00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:57,675
The hunter needs a
new hunting ground.
353
00:38:05,250 --> 00:38:09,087
More than five thousand miles
to the west, South Africa's
354
00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:13,658
young Cape fur seals are taking
their first swimming lessons.
355
00:38:18,463 --> 00:38:20,198
Attracted to the Cape
Tide ranges,
356
00:38:20,331 --> 00:38:24,235
underwater visibility
and cooler water.
357
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:29,240
For great whites, South
Africa is the perfect
358
00:38:29,374 --> 00:38:31,810
place to hunt baby seals.
359
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:38,516
The shark embarks on an
epic three-month journey.
360
00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:43,588
To navigate the
vast Indian Ocean.
361
00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:48,960
Sharks have evolved a sense
that still confounds science.
362
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:53,665
Electro-reception.
363
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:56,601
The same sensitivity that
364
00:38:56,734 --> 00:39:00,805
helps them locate prey lets
them read the Earth's magnetic
365
00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:03,675
variations like a map.
366
00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:09,781
Guiding them with
accuracy across an ocean.
367
00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:15,420
To hit land right where
the fur seals are popping.
368
00:39:30,602 --> 00:39:34,839
When hunting, special
hormones darken their skin,
369
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:36,908
matching the surrounding water.
370
00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:45,483
The baby seal is oblivious.
371
00:39:47,919 --> 00:39:52,557
Until... It's too late.
372
00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:10,708
400 million years of survival
unleashed in seconds.
373
00:40:12,477 --> 00:40:17,749
Proof that nature's designs
can attain perfection.
374
00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:27,191
In this ancient tropical
forest, Borneo's dense
375
00:40:27,325 --> 00:40:32,630
vegetation and stable climate
form a high-speed production
376
00:40:33,298 --> 00:40:34,666
line for new species.
377
00:40:37,468 --> 00:40:41,773
Here, nature constantly
tinkers with its prototypes,
378
00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:45,343
refining them to deal
with life's challenges.
379
00:40:52,517 --> 00:40:58,756
Which explains how flat-pack
office workers evolved into
380
00:40:58,890 --> 00:41:07,532
a lone hunter that's both
flamboyant and secretive.
381
00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:19,544
The dead leaf mantis is the
culmination of millions of
382
00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:22,013
years of evolutionary testing.
383
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:28,786
Her camouflage mimics the
immediate surroundings.
384
00:41:30,722 --> 00:41:32,190
Dead vegetation.
385
00:41:36,361 --> 00:41:39,097
♪ ♪
386
00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:44,736
A cloak of invisibility and a
killer look that rarely fails.
387
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,809
♪ ♪
388
00:41:55,446 --> 00:41:58,850
This uptown katydid has
travelled from the green,
389
00:41:58,983 --> 00:42:03,821
green grass of home to a
tough neighbourhood where
390
00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:06,624
conspicuous can get you killed.
391
00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:14,866
Bad timing.
392
00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:22,206
The mantis is hidden
on a dry branch.
393
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:25,910
♪ ♪
394
00:42:26,044 --> 00:42:30,915
With her compound eyes,
she gets a 245 degree
395
00:42:31,048 --> 00:42:32,984
view of her surroundings.
396
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:37,855
Like a coiled spring, she waits.
397
00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:42,360
♪ ♪
398
00:42:46,964 --> 00:42:48,966
But the katydid has wings.
399
00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:59,877
This calls for
patience and stealth.
400
00:43:23,868 --> 00:43:27,371
The mantis's forelimbs
have interlocking spines,
401
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,975
making escape impossible.
402
00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:38,082
The lesson?
403
00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:41,319
When travelling
abroad, blend in.
404
00:43:42,887 --> 00:43:45,923
♪ ♪
405
00:43:46,858 --> 00:43:50,828
On a weird planet full of
villains, camouflage secures
406
00:43:50,962 --> 00:43:52,463
a predatory edge.
407
00:43:52,597 --> 00:43:54,532
And drawing
attention can get
408
00:43:54,665 --> 00:43:56,000
you whacked.
409
00:43:56,134 --> 00:43:56,968
Like katydid.
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