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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SYMBOL, YOU KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING

TELEVISION THAT’S EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI EVERYONE, I’M DYLAN
DREYER.

WE’RE HEADED TO EUROPE FOR A
WORLD-CLASS WALK IN THE WOODS.

THIS IS EARTH ODYSSEY.

ON TODAY’S EPISODE, THIS RARE
FELINE IS ON THE PROWL, BUT CAN

THIS YOUNG CAT CATCH HIS
FAVORITE PREY.

AND WHEN THE TIDE COMES IN,
PREDATORS ARE ON THE WING

AND IN THE WATER.

PLUS THIS MAGNIFICENT MAMMAL
ISN’T AFRAID TO BUST A MOVE, BUT

JUST WHAT IS HE AFTER?

AND WE GET DOWN TO EYE LEVEL
WITH SOME SMALL BUT MIGHTY

CREATURES.

JOIN US FOR THESE EXTRAORDINARY
ANIMAL ADVENTURES HERE ON EARTH

ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: MUCH OF EUROPE IS IN A
TEMPERATE CLIMATE ZONE, WHICH IS

IDEAL FOR LEAFY FORESTS
AND FLOWING RIVERS.

AND WHERE THOSE RIVERS MEET THE
SEA, A MIX OF WILDLIFE COMES

TOGETHER, EAGER TO FIND FRESH
FOOD AND AVOID BEING EATEN.

TAKE A LOOK.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: A MAJOR FEATURE IN
ITALY’S MAREMMA LANDSCAPE IS THE

OMBRONE RIVER.

ITS MEANDERING BANKS, COVERED
WITH VEGETATION, CARVE THE PLAIN

LIKE THE COILS OF A GIANT SNAKE.

TOWARDS THE MOUTH, THE RIVER’S
WATERS SLOW DOWN THEIR RACE TO

THE SEA.

THE RISING TIDE PUSHES SCHOOLS
OF YOUNG FISH, MULLETS AND

SMELTS TOWARDS THE RIVER, WHERE
THEY’RE AT HOME IN THE BRACKISH

WATERS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: THE HERONS ARE AMONG THE
FIRST TO NOTICE THE FISH FEAST

THAT MOVES IN THE MURKY WATERS
OF THE OMBRONE.

HOWEVER, THE BIRDS ARE NOT THE
ONLY ONES LYING IN WAIT.

LARGE SEA BASS ARE HUNGRY, TOO.

THESE HIGHLY ADAPTABLE SEA
PREDATORS PATROL THE FINAL

STRETCH OF THE RIVER.

[WATER SPLASHES]

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE LITTLE EGRETS,
FLOCKING TO THE SHORE IN LARGE

NUMBERS, ALSO FEEL THE
ANTICIPATION.

BUT THE SEA BASS ARE THE FIRST
TO START THE ATTACK.

[WATER SPLASHING]

DYLAN: THE LITTLE EGRETS JOIN
THE HUNT.

MULLETS SEEK SAFETY BY JUMPING
OUT OF THE WATER.

IT LOOKS LIKE A HOPELESS
CARNAGE.

BUT THE SMALL FISH ARE FAST AND
VERY, VERY ABUNDANT.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM
MANAGE TO ESCAPE.

WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THE TIDE
PULLS BACK TO THE SEA, AND THE

SEA BASS HUNTERS RETREAT BACK TO
THE MEDITERRANEAN.

COMING UP, IN EUROPE’S RUGGED
MOUNTAINS, WE’LL MEET A RARE

WILDCAT ON THE PROWL.

AND FINDING A MATE WHEN YOU’RE
ALONE IN THE FOREST TAKES SOME

TALENT.

PLUS, THIS ARMY OF SERIOUSLY
STRONG INSECTS ARE MASTER ROAD

BUILDERS AND PREDATORS.

STAY TUNED.

EARTH ODYSSEY WILL BE RIGHT
BACK.

NARRATOR: WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK
TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS
CUT OFF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

FROM THE REST OF EUROPE.

AS A RESULT, MANY SPECIES ARE
ENDEMIC ONLY TO IBERIA,

INCLUDING ONE OF THE RAREST
WILDCATS ON THE PLANET.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE IBERIAN LYNX.

THIS YOUNG WILDCAT IS
EXPERIENCING HIS FIRST SPRING

AS AN ADULT.

THIS SPECIES HAS A
CHARACTERISTIC BEARD AROUND ITS

FACE, PROMINENT BLACK EAR TUFTS
AND A BOBBED TAIL.

THE LYNX, ALTHOUGH SMALL FOR A
WILDCAT, IS EUROPE’S THIRD

LARGEST PREDATOR, AFTER THE
BROWN BEAR AND THE WOLF.

FULLY SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTHER,
THIS SOLITARY MALE IS MASTERING

THE ART OF THE HUNT.

AT AROUND 25 POUNDS, HE’S A
SMALL PREY SPECIALIST.

AND ONE ANIMAL MAKES UP ALMOST
95% OF HIS DIET,

THE EUROPEAN RABBIT.

TO SURVIVE, THE LYNX NEEDS TO
CATCH AT LEAST ONE RABBIT A DAY.

THEY PREFER TO HUNT AT DUSK,
DAWN, OR AT NIGHT.

BUT WHEN FOOD IS SCARCE, ANY
TIME OF DAY WILL DO.

THEIR SPOTTED COAT HAS EVOLVED
TO MATCH THE SPARSE SCRUBLAND.

THERE’S LITTLE COVER, SO STAYING
LOW IS HIS ONLY CHOICE.

IF ONE RABBIT SPOTS HIM, THEY’LL
ALL HEAD UNDERGROUND TO THEIR

NETWORK OF BURROWS CALLED A
WARREN.

IF THE LYNX CAN CATCH JUST ONE,
HE WON’T HAVE TO EAT FOR THE

REST OF THE DAY.

A FEW MILES AWAY, ANOTHER
IBERIAN LYNX IS FOCUSED ON HER

OFFSPRING.

HER SPECIES USUALLY HAS JUST
THREE CUBS, BUT SHE’S GOT FOUR.

THE YOUNG LYNX HAVE SURVIVED ON
THEIR MOTHER’S MILK AND THE

SAFETY OF THEIR DEN.

NOW IT’S TIME TO START
EXPLORING.

AND DO A LITTLE PLAY FIGHTING.

[GROWLING]

DYLAN: IT’S ALL FUN AND GAMES,
BUT IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT

SKILL SINCE THEY’LL NEED TO
DEFEND A TERRITORY WHEN THEY

LEAVE THE DEN.

[GROWLING]

DYLAN: ONE YOUNGSTER IS SHOWING
GOOD INSTINCTS, FOLLOWING HIS

MOTHER ON A HUNT.

LEARNING FROM HER WILL BE KEY.

BUT THE LITTLE CUB’S STRONG PREY
DRIVE IS A DISTRACTION.

HE CAN’T RESIST INVESTIGATING A
TEMPTING BIRD.

GOING OFF COURSE CAN MEAN A
FAILED HUNT OR WORSE.

[CLUCKING]

DYLAN: NOW HE’S BEEN SEPARATED
FROM HIS MOM.

THE CUB NOW NEEDS TO FIND HIS
WAY BACK TO THE DEN.

HE DETECTS A FAMILIAR SMELL--
ONE OF HIS SIBLINGS.

HE’S HOME.

IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT
CONQUERING HIS FIRST CHALLENGE

WILL SERVE HIM WELL.

THE CUBS WILL ALL HAVE TO LEAVE
IN JUST FOUR MONTHS.

[GROWLING]

DYLAN: SPREADING FAR AND WIDE
IS CRUCIAL TO CREATING A MORE

DIVERSE GENE POOL FOR ONE
OF THE WORLD’S RAREST SPECIES.

COMING UP, EUROPE’S LARGEST
PREDATOR IS PRIMARILY A

VEGETARIAN.

HOW THE MAGNIFICENT BROWN BEAR
IS MAKING A COMEBACK.

AND TALK ABOUT TEAMWORK.

THESE INCREDIBLE ANTS GO
ALL IN WHEN EARTH ODYSSEY

COMES RIGHT BACK.

NARRATOR: WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK
TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: OUR PLANET BOASTS AN
IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF MORE

THAN 8 MILLION SPECIES OF
ANIMALS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN

UNIQUE ABILITY TO FLOURISH.

ONE GREAT EXAMPLE IS EUROPE’S
BROWN BEAR, A CONSUMMATE

SURVIVOR THAT HAS RETURNED FROM
THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION ON THE

IBERIAN PENINSULA.

WHETHER WITH CUBS OR ON THEIR
OWN, THESE RARE BEARS HAVE A

STYLE ALL THEIR OWN.

IN NORTHERN SPAIN, AN IMPRESSIVE
MOUNTAIN CHAIN STRETCHES FOR

MILES.

THE HIGHEST PEAKS SET THE STAGE
FOR FIERCE CONFRONTATIONS.

[ROARING, HORNS CLASHING]

DYLAN: THEY’RE THE REFUGE OF
THE LAST GREAT PREDATORS

OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.

THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE CONTAINS
SOME OF THE WILDEST AND ROUGHEST

LANDSCAPES IN THE REGION.

[WHISTLING]

DYLAN: EVEN SO, FOR SOME
ANIMALS, IT’S THE PERFECT

HABITAT.

A GROUP OF CHAMOIS, A EUROPEAN
GOAT-ANTELOPE, IS GRAZING ON A

STEEP SLOPE.

THEN SOMETHING CATCHES THEIR
ATTENTION.

A RARE MOUNTAIN DWELLER
IS SEARCHING FOR FOOD,

THE IBERIAN BROWN BEAR.

AS LONG AS THEY KEEP THEIR
DISTANCE, EVERYONE IS SAFE.

ALTHOUGH THE BEAR COULD HUNT A
CHAMOIS, THE CHASE IS NOT WORTH

THE EFFORT.

THIS ANCIENT LAND, RIPPED BY
HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAKS, STILL HOLDS

SOME OF THE MOST PRISTINE
HABITATS ON THE PENINSULA.

[GROWLING]

DYLAN: BROWN BEARS ARE
ESSENTIALLY VEGETARIAN AND HAVE

PLENTY OF FOOD OPTIONS HERE.

[CHUFFING]

DYLAN: THREATENED BY CENTURIES
OF PERSECUTION, RELENTLESS

HUNTING AND HABITAT LOSS, ITS
PRESENCE IN THE TERRITORY HAS

BEEN REDUCED TO AROUND 200
INDIVIDUALS.

[MUSIC, BIRDS SINGING]

[CHUFFING CONTINUES]

DYLAN: IN THESE MOUNTAINS, THEY
RESIDE IN THE LARGEST REMAINING

PATCHES OF NATIVE FOREST IN
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

FINDING FOOD IS NOT A PROBLEM IN
THIS WELL-PRESERVED ECOSYSTEM.

THE FOREST HAS A LOT TO OFFER.

THE BROWN BEARS ARE EXTREMELY
OPPORTUNISTIC ANIMALS.

ANYTHING WILL SERVE AS A MEAL.

THIS ANT HILL IS A NICE FIND FOR
THIS MOTHER AND HER CUB.

BETWEEN SPRING AND AUTUMN, ALL
BROWN BEARS MUST GATHER THE MUCH

NEEDED ENERGY RESERVES FOR THE
NEXT HIBERNATION PERIOD.

BUT FOOD IS NOT THEIR ONLY
CONCERN.

ONE THING THAT IS HARD TO FIND
IN THESE LARGE AREAS IS A MATE.

HERE A BEAR CAN GO FOR WEEKS
WITHOUT SEEING ANOTHER BEAR.

BUT FOR MATING, NATURE ALWAYS
FINDS A SOLUTION.

WHEN BEARS WANT TO MAKE THEIR
PRESENCE KNOWN, THEY COMMUNICATE

BY RUBBING THEMSELVES ON TREES
IN ORDER TO LEAVE THEIR SCENT.

AND THEY DO IT WITH STYLE.

[GROWLING, LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC]

DYLAN: ONCE SPREAD ACROSS
SEVERAL REGIONS OF THE IBERIAN

PENINSULA, BROWN BEARS ARE TODAY
REDUCED TO A SMALL TERRITORY

HERE IN CANTABRIA.

THANKFULLY, THEIR POPULATION HAS
BEEN RECOVERING IN NUMBERS,

MAINLY BECAUSE NOWADAYS THE BEAR
IS SEEN AS PART OF THE RICH

NATURAL HERITAGE OF THE REGION.

IN THIS CORNER OF EUROPE, THE
BROWN BEAR IS THE ULTIMATE

SYMBOL OF WILDLIFE RESILIENCE.

COMING UP, A TINY SPECIES
CONSTRUCTS ITS OWN ROAD THROUGH

THE FOREST.

MORE AMAZING WILDLIFE
STORIES RIGHT AFTER THIS

ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

NARRATOR: WE‘LL BE RIGHT BACK
TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

[BIRDS TRILLING]

DYLAN: IN AN ITALIAN PINE
FOREST, BIZARRE TRACKS RUN

ACROSS THE GRASS.

AMAZINGLY, THESE PATHS WERE MADE
BY INSECTS, SPECIFICALLY

THOUSANDS OF HARVESTER ANTS.

WITH PAINSTAKING CARE, THEY
BUILD TRACKS TO TRAVEL MORE

EFFICIENTLY.

THESE HORDES OF WORKER ANTS ARE
ALWAYS BUSY FORAGING FOR FOOD.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS INTENSE
ACTIVITY IS COLLECTING PLANTS

AND THEIR SEEDS.

NO FALLEN SEED IS WASTED.

ANTS CAN LIFT IMPRESSIVE
WEIGHTS, MANY TIMES THEIR OWN.

THEIR STRENGTH DERIVES FROM
THEIR SMALL BODY SIZE, WHICH

RESULTS IN A FAVORABLE RATIO OF
SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME AND

MUSCLE MASS.

BASICALLY, IT REQUIRES VERY
LITTLE EFFORT FOR ANTS TO LIFT

THEIR OWN BODY, WHICH LEAVES
THEM WITH A LOT OF MUSCLE POWER

TO LIFT OTHER THINGS.

HOWEVER, THESE INSECTS CAN RELY
ON THEIR DETERMINATION AND

MUTUAL HELP.

UNITY IS STRENGTH FOR HARVESTER
ANTS.

WHEN THE SEEDS FOUND ON THE
GROUND ARE NOT ENOUGH, HARVESTER

ANTS COLLECT THEM DIRECTLY FROM
THE PLANTS.

AND SOMETIMES EVEN THESE PLANT
EATERS WILL CONSIDER A

MEDITERRANEAN SNAIL A GOOD MEAL.

ALL THE ANTS NEED TO DO IS TAKE
IT DOWN FROM THE PLANT AND BREAK

THROUGH ITS SEMI-RIGID MUCUS
SEAL.

THAT’S TEAMWORK.

THE POPULATIONS OF SOME SPECIES
OF ANIMALS, LIKE IBERIA’S LYNX

AND BROWN BEAR, ONCE DROPPED TO
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LEVELS.

BUT CONSERVATION GROUPS AND
GOVERNMENTS ARE NOW COMMITTED TO

PRESERVING THESE MAGNIFICENT
ANIMALS AND THEIR HABITATS.

I’M DYLAN DREYER.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

WE HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US AGAIN FOR
ANOTHER WILDLIFE ADVENTURE HERE

ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]