All language subtitles for Alaska Animal Rescue S02 E07_track3_[eng]

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Sonia: Baby ruth! High five!

(whistle tweets)

That was such a good one.

Evelyn: Good, wait.

Good, down.

Kara: Flying like a champ.

Awesome! Yes!

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Howie: Alaska is bear country.

Everybody wants to see bears
when they come to alaska.

The awcc is home
to three brown bears.

They have over 14 acres of land
that they get to call their own.

(laughs)

Brittany: Sit pretty!

(whistle tweets)

Howie: We have hugo
the grizzly bear.

Brittany: Hugo.
Austin: Come on, jb!

Howie: And jb and patron,
the brother-sister brown bears.

Austin: Patron!
That's my fat bear!

Jamie: What were you doing?
Your face is a mess.

Howie: Jb and patron
were brought here

Because their mom was put down
to protect human life,

And hugo arrived here
as an orphan

Because she was found
abandoned on a trail

And rescued by hikers.

Thankfully when these
three cubs were orphaned

We had room for them

And we were able to give them
a permanent home.

Austin: They're super smart.
They're ridiculously cute.

And it's really important for us

To keep them
mentally stimulated.

Howie: When we get it loaded,
I'll tell you to back up.

Today's a big day.

We actually do this once a year;

The state fair
donates their veggies.

Look at it compared
to the size of my head.

That's a...Cabbage.

We make it a really fun
enrichment day for the bears.

We're going to doll them up,
make them really delicious

And entice the bears
to dig into it.

I'm gonna shove some jam
into the leaves.

Austin: Like most children,
bears prefer the sweet stuff

Over the healthy vegetables.

Howie: It's kind of
like tricking your kids

Into eating spinach.

Sweet.

I've got my whole team
working today.

So jamie, austin, and sonia

Are going to keep the bears
occupied up by the boardwalk.

And then brittany and I

Are gonna manhandle
that gate in the back

So the tractor can get in.

We don't go into the adult
brown bears very often,

But when we do,
it's always with equipment.

It's not stressful for them.

It's not stressful
for the operator.

Austin: Come on, jb!

Sonia: Come on, hugo!

Austin: Once we bring the bears
over to the tractor,

Our role is just making sure
everything's okay,

Everything stays safe.

A little nervous,
because at the end of the day

They are still bears.

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Howie: There we go.

So it looks like patron
was actually the first one

To take that plunge there.

(laughing)

Jb and patron are
16 years old this year,

And they're our
biggest bears at awcc.

Sonia: Oh, my god, jb, stop it.

Howie: Jb's easily
a thousand pounds,

And patron's not
too far behind him.

Austin: They have a lot of fun
getting in the bucket.

Brittany: Aw.

Sonia: The bears definitely have

Their own little
social hierarchy,

And hugo is not
on the top of that.

So when the other two bears

Were exploring the bucket
of fruit and veggies,

We were able
to toss her some things.

Hugo!

Austin: Oh.

Howie: Hugo is actually
20 years old.

She's our oldest bear
that we have here at awcc.

Sonia: Hugo!

Howie: She took
a little cabbage leaf,

And she's on her merry way.

Certainly was a huge sugar rush
that all these bears got today.

But they don't get it
every day,

So it's not harmful
to their diet.

That's the whole point
of enrichment

Is to kind of enrich
their lives.

They're gonna go
for a really long nap.

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Dr. Victoria: Do you want me
to take that off?

Jen: Another baby.

This looks to be
about a 3-year-old eagle

That was sent to us
from the juneau raptor center.

What's up, bud?

He wasn't able to fly.

So we don't really know
what's going on.

Dr. Victoria: So this bird
is out of it.

Jen: He ain't
altogether with it.

Got him.

Oh, he's skinny.

It does seem like
it's a little depressed.

Its eyes don't look
really bright,

And doesn't really
pay much attention

To the fact that there's
people standing around it.

Dr. Victoria: X-ray?
Jen: Yeah.

Dr. Victoria:
What happened to this bird?

We need to try
to piece things together

By evaluating its injuries.

It does seem goofy, doesn't it?

Jen: Yeah.

Well, his tail's
off to the side.

Dr. Victoria: It's acting
as if it has a head injury.

(beep)

See what he did?
Jen: Yeah.

Dr. Victoria:
It's kind of interesting

That it's so asymmetric.

One, two, three.

His feet were asymmetric:

One was hanging out
and one he pulled in.

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But we might have gotten lucky.

X-ray looks good!

We didn't see any signs
of a head injury.

Jen: What's the matter, bub?

Dr. Victoria: We still
really don't know

What's going on with this bird.

So these are special tubes
for getting a lead reading.

We test every eagle at admit

To see how much lead
is in their system.

So it will be interesting
to see what we find.

In alaska, lead poisoning
is a growing concern

With bald eagles.

It's a big issue when hunters
shoot animals with lead pellets,

Then bald eagles
eat the remains.

We're wondering,
is this a head injury

Or is this lead poisoning?

What's wrong with you?

Huh?

I'm worried
it's going to be lead.

Jen: Cross our fingers.

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Dr. Victoria: 40. Nice.

40 implies no lead.

Blood looks good.

Mystery bird!

Jen: We have decided
to name the bird mystique

Because he's
a big mystery to us.

Dr. Victoria: It's got to be
a head injury.

The salmon are running,
and we've had a lot of eagles

Fighting or tumbling
or chasing each other over food

That have then injured
themselves in that way.

Jen: Oh, he's stumbling, too.

Dr. Victoria: So we're
just gonna keep mystique

In icu for a couple days

And give it a safe place to be
while that brain injury heals.

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Pam: I heard some barking,

And it appeared to be
a little seal.

Just was hanging around crying.

We could hear him at night even.

We could tell
something wasn't right.

Al: I had seen seals
up close before,

But this one looked
a little different.

It was almost jet black.

It breaks your heart, you know.

You want to do something...

(phone ringing)

...So we called
the sealife center in seward.

Natalie: Okay.

We got a call about a stranded
harbor seal pup in juneau

Off a private beach.

They're going to send it
on a plane to anchorage.

And I'm on my way
to turnagain pass.

(seal cries)

Oh, hi, buddy.

What's up, dude?

(crying)

This pup looked very young
to be away from its mom,

So it's hard to tell
what age it is.

But it definitely needed
more time with its mother.

All right, buddy.

So he's pretty thin.

I'm going to go ahead and try
to get a temp from him.

It looks to be
a little dehydrated,

So it definitely looks like it
needs some food and tlc from us.

So his temperature is 102.

That is a little warm.

What I'm going to do is get him
into the other kennel,

And I'm going to put
some ice down there, too.

Okay, buddy.

And then we can hit the road

And get him back to the center
as quick as we can.

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(crying)

Dr. Elizabeth: Typically in the
summers at the sealife center

We tend to get a lot
of baby animals that strand.

Sometimes mommies
feel like their babies

Aren't gonna make it,
and so they'll let it go.

Natalie: He's so dark!

Dr. Elizabeth: This seal is what
we're calling a dark morph seal.

And that just means
that he's a darker color

Than our typical seals.

Typically our seals
are a light gray color,

But they can vary from
light gray all the way to black.

(crying)

I know, handsome.

Most of our critters come in,

Their eyes are
kind of pasty shut,

So when I see that, I know
my animal's dehydrated,

And fluids are going to be

The first thing
I'm gonna throw at it,

So that I can get
their systems back in order.

There you go, my friend.

(pup crying)

Natalie: The main concern

Is to see how well it does
in our care,

And it's responding
to the treatment

That we're giving it.

Sorry, little one.

(crying)

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Jen: Look at those
beautiful salmon, though. Woo.

Jennifer: Oh, wow!

Jen: Look at them!

Jennifer: Right now
is the time of year

Where we see salmon
coming upriver to spawn.

Any animal that eats fish
is in heaven right now.

What comes with those salmon
are bears.

The alaska raptor center
is within the city of sitka,

But we are unique in that we are
completely surrounded by forest.

We're on what's known
as an ancient bear highway.

Jen: Hey, bear!

Jennifer: Hey, bear.

And the bears use this

As they're going to
and from the mountains,

To the coast and back.

Pretty much every single bear
that comes to this area

Will come through here.

Jen: God, look it,
you can tell.

Jennifer: Mm-hmm.

With all this bear activity
that's happening,

We start worrying about
our signs and our structures.

Jen: Hey, bear!

Jennifer: So, we're going
to walk the nature trail

To see if any damage
has been done.

Jen: There's fish.

Jennifer: Oh, yeah.
Some remains.

Jen: Damn, I don't like
being out here!

Jennifer: Oh, it's okay.

Jen: I seriously don't!

Jennifer: What we have
in southeast alaska

Is called coastal brown bears.

They have a genetic link to both
polar bears and grizzly bears.

Jen: It does feel
like you've walked

Into the middle of their space,
and they're everywhere.

Oh, great.

Well, this kind of looks
like it could be new.

Jennifer: Oh, yeah,
that does look fresh.

Little bit of bear fur on there.

As we feared, the bears did
get into a bit of mischief.

Oh, the eagle release sign!

Jen: Oh, man.

Jennifer: They used this
to pick their teeth.

The worst was the eagle platform
was pretty damaged.

Jen: Well, the top is gone.

Jennifer: Oh, no.

Jen: So the eagle release
platform

Is a great place for us
to release eagles.

Woman: Woo!
(applause)

Jen: And it's taken us many
years to come up with the fact

That this is probably the best
way for us to release them.

Jennifer: Oh, yeah.

Definitely been ripped apart
a little bit.

Jen: Oh.

Jennifer: I think we
should close down the trail.

Jen: Bears.

Jennifer: I'd really like
to get to the bottom

Of how many bears
we're dealing with here.

Jen: I know.

Jennifer: So, I think we should
set up some trail cameras.

Jen: Yeah.

Jennifer: Okay. It's hooked.

We've decided we're gonna
put those trail cams up

And try to capture some footage
of them in their element.

It's a whole different world
out here after dark.

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We kind of want to know,

Is it a mother and cubs,
is it a big boar?

Is it a sow?

We just kind of want a handle
on what we're dealing with.

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(crunching)

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Jennifer: Hey, jen!

Jen: Hey. How's it going?

Jennifer: Pretty good!

We got some hits
on the trail camera we set up.

Jen: Oh, cool.
Jennifer: Yeah.

We've had some trouble
with bears

Roaming around the property and
damaging things along the way,

So we set up some trail cameras

To try to catch the culprits
in action.

Here we go.

Jen: Ooh!

Jennifer: Oh, my gosh.

Are you kidding me?

Jen: Oh, my god.
That's so cool!

Jennifer: A mom and two cubs
is a very exciting thing to see.

Usually you don't
get to see cubs.

Mom is very protective
and elusive with them.

Jen: Oh, my god, trail cams
are the best things ever.

Jennifer: Yeah.

Jen: I just want to hug
those little babies.

(laughs)
they're just so cute.

They're like little teddy bears,

And I probably would hug them

If it wasn't for mom,
because she would kill me.

Jennifer: Okay,
now we're nighttime.

In sitka where
there's lots of people,

The bears that live
in the surrounding area

Have adapted to be
more nocturnal

So they can avoid negative
interactions with people.

Um...

(crunching)

Jen: Whoa.
That was weird!

Oh! Are you kidding me?

Jennifer: Well,
there's your evidence!

Jen: What a little poop.

I think they're young bears,
they're bored,

Because they've got all
of this free food in the river

And just looking
to get in trouble.

Jennifer: I can't believe
they didn't destroy the camera.

Coastal brown bears'
sense of smell

Is seven times greater
than a bloodhound's.

So they know we're here.

Let's, uh, you know,
let everybody know what we found

And reiterate that we need
to be cautious and noisy

And extra cautious after-hours.

Jen: Yeah.

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(frogs chirping)

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(birds squawking)

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Brittany: Sorry, buddy.

They are actually
the smartest invertebrate.

So he is highly,
highly intelligent.

Just a little bit more water,
and then we'll get him.

Savannah:
One really tasty herring.

Dr. Elizabeth:
Our new seal came from juneau,

About three days ago, so we
decided to call him juneau.

So far he's doing okay,
but he's not eating yet,

So we're concerned about him.

Jane: One of our challenges
with juneau

Is it's hard for us to get him
to focus on eating fish.

Savannah: Today I'm actually
going to go into the condo

And wiggle the fish in front
of his face with some tongs.

Sometimes this helps
the predator drive

Of our harbor seals kick in,
and they eat the fish.

So I'm just going
to take the herring

And kind of rub it
under his whiskers

So he gets the feel
of the herring.

And the smell.

Juneau is actually
shunning his fish.

We don't really know why, but it
breaks your heart, to be honest.

He just hasn't quite realized,
"this is food.

I need to swallow this

In order to get
the calories that I need."

Dr. Elizabeth: We have to
make sure that our little juneau

Gets a certain amount every day
so that he continues to grow

And be healthy and
eventually can be released.

So if he won't take it
willingly,

Then we will actually
have to force feed that fish

Into his system to get
those calories that he needs.

Savannah: I don't think
today's going to be the day

That he decides to tong feed.

Hopefully I'll come back later
and the fish is gone,

That's always our hope.

But we'll see.

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Howie: When you live in alaska

And you get to go fishing
all the time,

You kind of become
a salmon snob.

It's kind of hard
not to take advantage

Of having dinner
in your backyard

That you can just go out
and catch every day fresh

While they're running.

Morning!

Austin: Good morning!

Howie: I have a friend that also
likes to go fishing,

So he goes down
on the russian river.

And he let me know that he saw
a whole family of brown bears.

You definitely
don't get to see that

Very often with brown bears,

So it's kind of something
we can't pass up.

Austin: It'd be kind of cool
to see if they're eating

The whole fish
or just eating parts of it.

Howie: Our bears around here

Are starting to get really picky
this time of year

With the fish
that we're giving them,

So it'll be really interesting
to see if the wild bears

Are still going nutso
for the fish.

The other day I threw
a whole fish in there,

And jb looked at me like,
"what else?"

It'll just be some good insight,

Just some good information
for our pocketbook,

And then we'll go have some fun.

All right, well, let's mount up.

Brittany: It's definitely
going to be different

Than dealing with our bears
here at the center.

The bears here know us,
they know we bring food,

They're our friends almost.

While we still take precautions
with our bears,

We have to take more extreme
measures with bears in the wild.

Howie: We're going
on an adventure!

Follow the sounds of the river!

Austin: Okay!

So hiking through bear country.

It's exciting, but it's also
a little nervous as well

Because those bears
definitely know where you are

Before you know where they are.

Howie: Well, it's important
to stay loud,

Because the louder we are,

The less likely we are
to surprise a bear.

Hey, bear, ho, bear,
my name's yogi bear.

Austin:
We're just constantly aware

Of what's going on around us.

Brittany: I'm in the middle,

Which means I have the least
chance of getting eaten.

(laughing)

Howie: I like your logic.

Brittany: Oh, wow.

Howie: There's a lot
of people here.

So, as soon as we showed up,

Of course there was
tons of fishermen around.

Hello.

So unfortunately,
we kind of got skunked.

Austin: Jb, patron, and hugo

Usually aren't this active
this time of day either.

Howie: Yeah.
It's quieter down this way.

Brittany:
When it's hot and sunny

At the conservation center,

The bears are out of it.

They are lazy,
hanging out in the shade

Or just, like, floating
in the water,

But most of the time
they're just asleep.

Howie: I'm not giving up.

We're just going to hike around
and see what we stumble upon.

Here, bear bear.

(whistling)

The river has a bend
right there,

Which means the fish
are going to tunnel

Into a certain part
of the stream.

So, if we're going to see bears
fishing today,

I feel like this is our spot.

Good bear country.

Rivers, trees,
and mountains and fish.

Brittany: All the fish.

Howie: If we want to see bears,

We're just gonna have to be
patient and stick it out.

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Austin: Bear!
Howie: Look at that!

Howie: Brown bear, brown bear,
what do you see?

Brittany: So, no bears yet.

Howie: I'm gonna knock
on wood pretty hard today

Because I really hope
we get to see them.

Austin: Bear!

Howie: Oh, jeez!

Look at that!

Your heart stops.

You're like a five-year-old kid
in the toy store again.

Get it buddy, get it!

(laughing)

Aw, that's so cool!

Brittany: Oh, he got a fish.

Someone is so happy
to have that fish.

Howie: (gasps) yes!

Those are brownies.
Look at that shoulder.

But then another one showed up!

Oh. Oh, there's the third one!
There's a third one!

Austin: Oh, yeah.

Howie: And then
another one showed up.

(gasps)
oh, look at him!

Austin: Oh.
Here comes mom! Yeah.

Howie: Oh, yeah, that's mom.

God, look how big she is.

Brittany: We see the brown bear,
which is just super, super cute.

And then to see like three more
come up behind it,

Its siblings and its mom,
is incredible.

She looks tired.

Howie: She's like I got three,

Wouldn't it be something
if they were all boys, too?

She must be a really good mom to
have three youngsters like this,

All coming of age.

Mom was teaching her cubs
how to fish,

And they have to know
how to do that

If they want to live to be
as old as their mother.

Look at those two hams.

I think, did he get one?

He got a fish.

Oh, I can't get enough
of these little guys.

Austin: Definitely looks like
they are eating the entire fish.

Howie: Yeah. And they're excited
about it too, so. (laughs)

It was really interesting to see
the lifestyle of our bears

At the wildlife center

Versus the lifestyle
of bears in the wild.

It's kind of fun to see a bear
have to use their brain

To figure out
what they're doing.

They've all got a fish.

I'm stoked, man.

Austin: Seeing the animals
in the wild

Gives us a whole new perspective
in working with our bears.

Austin: It can give us new ideas
for enrichment,

New ideas
for feeding strategies,

And just hopefully make
their lives a little bit better.

That was awesome.

Howie: That was a good day
of bear viewing.

All right, austin,
you lead the way.

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Jen: Who do we need to look at?

Dr. Victoria:
We need to look at mystique.

What's wrong with you, huh?

Jen: Mystique is
a three-year-old eagle

That came to us from juneau.

We don't really know
what happened to this bird.

We're thinking
that it's just a head trauma

And he's got some neurological
issues because of that.

We're just checking
for flight, right?

Dr. Victoria: Yeah.

Jen: He's been eating great.

We kept him in a kennel in icu,
and then we decided

That we would move him
out to main flight.

When we first put him there,

It was a little concerning
because he wasn't really flying.

So on 7/1 it said,

"not flying, having a hard time
getting around."

Toward the left side there.

Dr. Victoria: Oh, yeah.

Jen: He's the second one down.

Dr. Victoria: Yeah.

Obviously he's flying
if he's up on the high perch.

Ooh, he's thinking about it.

Jen: Come on! Come on!

Dr. Victoria: Ooh, look at that!

Jen: He's looking amazing.

That looks good.

Dr. Victoria: That was lovely.

Jen: This bird
is flying amazingly.

He can go from one end
of main flight to the other,

Turn corners, and he even did
a little loop-de-loop

Down by the swing perch.

Woo!

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Birds like mystique
are the reason

That main flight is amazing.

They can move around.

They can experience
a somewhat natural setting,

And yet still take the time
that they need to heal

And work through their issues.

I'm so happy for him.
(chuckles)

You're just so cute!

Dr. Victoria:
Well, I think we've seen
everything we need to see, huh?

Jen: I mean, I'd let
mystique go today.

We want to get mystique captured
quickly and release him.

But we've had a lot of trouble
with bears this summer.

Not many other places have to
worry about dealing with a bear

Ripping up
their release platform

Before they can get
an eagle out the door.

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Dr. Elizabeth: Juneau,
our dark morph harbor seal

That we rescued,

Is having trouble
eating fish from tongs

When our staff are offering it.

So today we're going
to give him a quick exam

Just to make sure
everything is okay.

(seal crying)

Let's start with the body parts
that don't bite.

Jane: Okay.

Dr. Elizabeth: Juneau
absolutely doesn't like people.

(snarling)

Teeth look great.

Keep him where you got him.

Jane: Oh. Now he's doing
his gator rolls.

He's just very bitey.
He likes to roll.

Dr. Elizabeth: I think I'll
go ahead and get a heart rate

While we're in this position
if that sounds good to you.

Jane: Sounds good.

Dr. Elizabeth: I think
the dark morphs are crankier.

(growling)

I've seen other dark morphs
be as feisty as him, too.

There we go.

Hi.

So I don't know if it's a trait
of that morph of seal,

But, man, he does
not like people.

(growling)

Jane: You stay angry, mister.

Dr. Elizabeth:
He's a cranky pants.

It makes exams challenging.

(growling)

I can hear that.

But we, we work with that.

Yeah, I don't feel any weird
inflammation under there,

Any lumps or bumps.

That's great. Good job!

Jane: Let's give him
water access.

Dr. Elizabeth: Okay.
Jane: Go get his breakfast.

Dr. Elizabeth:
Juneau looks great.

There's no reason why he
shouldn't be eating whole fish.

So we're gonna try
a new strategy

And see if we can help him
figure this out.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Jane: All right.

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Dr. Elizabeth:
When we're present,

He does not want to eat.

He's scared. He's nervous.
He's protecting himself.

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Jane: He's pretty focused
on you?

Dr. Elizabeth: He was
too focused on me, so I left.

But when we throw
from a distance

And he doesn't know it's us,
he's willing to eat.

(snarling)

(laughing)

(snarling)

And that's actually the perfect
behavior that I want.

I don't want him to associate
humans and food

Because when he goes
back to the wild,

I want him to be able to forage
and find food all by himself.

So we need to keep everybody
away while he eats.

Jane: Mm-hmm.

Dr. Elizabeth:
That would be good.

But that noise that he makes
when he eats?

That's priceless!

Jane: Yeah, that is,
that's a new noise.

Dr. Elizabeth:
I've never heard that before.

(snarling)

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(squawking)

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(cawing)

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Austin:
Well, we were walking by,

We saw quite a commotion

With a bunch of ravens
on the roof.

And upon closer inspection,

Saw one of the ravens
was stuck in the gutter.

So we called the raptor center
to assist

In, uh, helping the raven.

Jen: He's really wedged
in there, and he can like,

He can flap,
looks like his right wing.

But he's stuck.
He's like stuck.

I just feel bad
for this poor guy.

He's like got to be hurting.

Ravens are very, very
intelligent birds.

It's kind of like
curiosity killed the cat.

It's kind of the same thing
with ravens.

They're very curious
about everything,

And sometimes
it gets them in trouble.

Man on radio:
Sitka fire. Craig.

Jen: Hi! This is jen
from the raptor center.

I was wondering if you could
come over to centennial hall

And help me get a bird
out of the gutter

That's like stuck in the gutter.

(man laughing)

I don't need a very tall ladder.

I just need a ladder,
and I can't get up on the roof.

Man: All we have are tall ones.

(horn blows)

Austin: It's the calvary.

Jen: Here they come!

I can always count
on these guys to help me out.

♪ ♪

Oh, baby hold on, hold on!

Jen: A raven somehow found
himself trapped in a gutter.

I'm not exactly sure
how he did it, but he did.

Had to call the fire department
to come and help me with a bird.

Oh, man!

Dr. Victoria:
Ravens are very curious.

They're always exploring
new things.

Jen: The ladder was pressing
on the gutter,

So they moved the ladder.

He climbed up on the roof
and holy cow.

Oh, baby!

That poor bird.

Dr. Victoria: We are
very lucky here in sitka.

We have a fire department
that is happy to help us.

Jen: Oh, my god, he's
bringing out the jaws of life.

Thank goodness, the poor thing

Is not stuck
in the gutter anymore.

Thank you, sir!

Firefighter: All for you. Yeah.

Jen: My package.
Firefighter: Your package.

Jen: You guys are the best.
Thank you so much!

Honey, honey,
oh, my god, you're okay.

Hopefully this little bird
is none the worse for wear,

And we can get him
back out pretty quick,

So cross our fingers.

Dr. Victoria: Are you a baby?

Jen: Yes, he is.

Dr. Victoria: You are a baby.

Oh, you're all wet.

Jen: He is.

Look at those brown eyes!

Oh, I'm in love.

Dr. Victoria:
It's a hatch-year bird,

So it's only
a couple months old maybe,

Even though it appears
to be full sized.

Hey!

Jen: Oh! Sorry!

I don't know if he has
any cuts or anything.

He's gonna be squirmy.

Dr. Victoria: Yeah.

Jen: This bird doesn't seem to
have any substantial injuries

From being stuck
down in the gutter.

Dr. Victoria:
Can we call him gutter?

Jen: Yeah.

We started calling him gutter
for obvious reasons.

Kara: Yeah, you're so cute.

Dr. Victoria: I'm fairly sure
that he is completely healthy.

But I'm going
to check out his wings

And make sure that he is fat
and sassy and ready to go.

And what I do
is I drop the bird.

And then I'll be able to see,
one, can he extend his wings?

And two, is he doing it
in a fairly symmetric manner?

You are being a raven!

Jen: Yep.

(squawking)

Dr. Victoria:
That looks nice and symmetrical.

Jen: Yeah.

Dr. Victoria: Fortunately,
gutter appears to be

A healthy bird that just got
into a bad situation.

One, two, three.

So I think gutter's good to go.

So should we do it
at this totem pole up here?

Jen: Sure.
Dr. Victoria: Okay.

Jen:
That looks like a good spot,
I think. He's getting jumpy.

Dr. Victoria:
Our little raven agrees.
He's ready.

So we've decided to release
gutter in the national park.

It's a great habitat.

There's a lot of food
to be found here,

And most importantly,
there are no gutters.

Dr. Victoria: Here you go.

Come on.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Jen: Aw, look at him go!
That's a great flight.

Dr. Victoria:
That was a nice flight.

Jen: He's still going.

That's a happy bird.

The release went really well.

The one message
I hope that gutter got

Out of this whole thing is,
don't mess around with gutters.

They're not a safe place.

Dr. Victoria: All right,
back to other birds.

Jen: Okay.

Another successful release.

Dr. Victoria: Yes.

♪ ♪

Ollie: Want to try a peanut?

Yesterday she loved
her apples and her grapes.

Got to try new things.

No pineapple?

Mango? You don't get
the bowl yet.

♪ ♪

Austin: Seeing the animals
in the wild

Gives us a whole new perspective
in working with our bears.

Howie: (gasps) uh! Look at them!

Austin: Oh, here comes mom.

In the wild, bears,
their main priority

Is just simply to survive.

Howie: When you come out
and see wild bears

And you see
how intelligent they are,

It really drives that home.

We need to be creative with our
enrichment that we come up with.

Austin: Hey, come on!

As soon as they can
start predicting

Their day-to-day routine

Is when it all
really goes downhill.

They develop
really bad behaviors.

So we like to mix it up for
them, keep them on their toes.

Patron!

One of the ways that we're
doing that with patron

Is with painting.

We're currently
teaching her how to paint.

Good girl!

Paint!

(whistle tweets)
there we go.

Patron loves learning,
loves training.

It's such a fun game for her.

Paint!

(tweet)

I created a paint stick
made out of pvc pipe

That attaches to her fence.

On my side is gonna be
the paintbrush,

On her side, all she has to do

Is move it around
and move the paintbrush.

(tweet)

Good girl.

Patron is one of my favorites.

I do have her tattooed on me.

That's patty-cakes.

She has quite a few nicknames.

She has patty, patty-cakes,
patricia, fat patricia,

Love of my life...

Anything and everything patty.

She's perfect.
I love her.

Patty!

Lilly: So I get to put
my colors on here.

Austin: So next we're gonna
actually use the paint

And hopefully start getting
some artwork from her.

Lilly: Should I just
dip them in here?

Austin: Uh, yeah.

Everyone seems to be really
excited to help out with this

Because who all can say
they have a painting

From the best brown bear
on the face of the planet?

Paint!

No.

That's not it.

Patty.

I am excited to see this,

But I'm also definitely
a little nervous.

Paint!

Lilly: She'll stick
her tongue out for you.

Austin: Paint!

Nope, that one!

Wrong one!

Austin: Paint!

Nope, that one!

Wrong one!

This one!

Bears are incredibly
intelligent animals.

They're constantly needing
to be mentally stimulated.

Why aren't you doing it?

Because patron is so smart,

We want to find new ways
to challenge her.

We're currently teaching her
how to paint.

All right, we're gonna
try something new.

Closer together so that she
maybe doesn't have to go as far.

Patty.

Paint!

(tweet)

There we go!

Paint!

(tweet)

Let's switch to the other side
and see if she'll do it.

Patron seems to be
doing really well.

She picked up on it.

Paint!

She's moving
the paintbrushes around,

And she's also starting
to be able to introduce

A second paint stick.

Lilly: Oh, there's
some glitter in that one.

Yes.

Austin: Paint!

I think the paintings are
turning out pretty great,

But I think everything
she does is perfect.

So I'm a little biased.

Now, for the best part.

Lilly: Ooh, boy!

Austin: Patron did amazing.

She's going to get
an extra special treat,

Which is gonna be
a whole king salmon.

Lilly: Oh, my goodness.

Bye-bye!

Beautiful.

♪ ♪

(snarling)

Dr. Elizabeth: Juneau has hit
all of his milestones.

He's eating with gusto,
which is awesome.

(squawking)

Jane: Oh, boy.

Dr. Elizabeth: So today
we'll give him a final exam

To make sure he can be released.

Uh, 18...

Jane: Yes!

Dr. Elizabeth: 45.
Without towel.

Dr. Elizabeth: Yay!

His belly button is healed.

He looks amazing, jane.

He's put on weight.

He's still as feisty
as the day he came in.

Jane: Mr. Alligator boy.

Dr. Elizabeth: You guys
have done fantastic.

(groans)

Juneau is absolutely
ready to go.

Savannah: Hey, you're
facing the wrong way!

There you go!

♪ ♪

Jane: So juneau is from an area

That is actually
several hundred miles from us.

♪ ♪

Savannah: Yep. (laughs)

Jane: Once he gets to juneau,

He's gonna meet up with folks
who helped rescue him,

And they're going to release him
back to where he was found.

Savannah: Don't put your hands
in there! (laughing)

Jane: Every minute he's getting
closer to going back home,

So that's pretty exciting.

Bye!

Savannah:
Oh, it was so bittersweet.

At the end of the day,

Our goal is to release them
back out to the wild,

But we're gonna miss him.

Jane: Bye!
Savannah: Bye!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Sheila:
Flash came to us in 2017.

She came in
with a right wing injury.

We did some x-rays,

Found shotgun pellets
and broken metacarpals.

Good job.

You're dropping food.

(chirp)

Jennifer: Today we are releasing

The juvenile bald eagle
mystique.

We thought he had a head injury,

But he healed up in main flight
and is doing great.

♪ ♪

But before we can release
mystique, we've got a problem.

♪ ♪

The bears have returned.

I came upon the entrance to the
muskeg here and I saw nothing.

The platform was supposed to be
here, and there's no platform.

It's destroyed.

Not only did they take apart
the wooden structure,

Uh, they moved the fish tote
part over there for some reason.

It's almost like we're in
this groundhog day situation

Because we set it up,

And then a couple days later,
it's torn down.

And then we set it up again,
and it's torn down again.

I just feel like it's
a bit of insanity going on.

I'm excited to see if we caught
any footage of the action.

♪ ♪

Oh!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Yep, just tipping it over,
one section at a time.

That is a big bear.

That's definitely not a cub.

Oh, gosh.

Can't blame it
on kids being kids.

There must have been
something inside

That he was after, or she.

It is remarkable.

It's a problem because we have
a eagle release scheduled.

Channel my inner bear.

We need a safe platform in which
to launch the eagles off of.

So time is of the essence.

So I just gotta improvise
with what goes where.

Dang it.

It looks like a giant game
of jenga gone wrong.

Segment two: Done.

The bears are probably
watching me from the tree line,

Planning their next attack.

(whirring)

Okay. Done!

Now that we got the eagle
release platform back together,

We can finally release mystique.

As long as the bears stay away
for the next four hours,

We're gonna be fine!

Jen: That's mystique.

So the bears destroyed
our eagle release platform,

And jen cross went out
a few hours ago to fix it up.

Kara: I think mystique went in.

Jennifer: There are no bears
around at the moment,

So we are going
to release mystique

While the coast is clear.

♪ ♪

Jen: I am really, really
impressed with mystique.

You're all right, big guy.

It was just such a, such
a strange injury, you know.

We didn't know any information

About how the bird
was even injured.

It feels good.

We just gave him
the opportunity to heal,

And now he's doing amazing.

♪ ♪

We've been having
some trouble with bears.

Man: Bears, yeah.

Jennifer: Bears seemed to do
their darnedest

To prevent this release
from happening.

Kara: Yay, I'm so excited.

Jennifer: Maybe they just didn't
want more competition

For the fish in the area,
who knows,

But we prevailed in the end

And are going to be able
to release mystique

Back into the wild.

Kara: All right.

All: 1, 2, 3!

(clapping)

Kara: Woo!

There you go!
(laughing) yay!

Yay!

Jen: There he goes.

Kara: There you go, baby!

Beautiful flight.

And gone!

Jen: Excellent!

He did great.
He took off and was gone.

It's just great to see eagles
get back into the wild.

And no more bears destroying
our stuff! (laughs)

♪ ♪

Jane: For juneau,
this is full circle.

We don't normally
release the seals

Exactly where they were found.

And it's really cool that
the folks who helped rescue him

Are gonna be the folks
who are gonna release him.

Kit: Oh, my, there he is.

Kate: When we first saw him
in the kennel as he came back,

He looked great.

Isn't he a beauty?

Woman: Oh, my gosh.

Kate: He'll be happy
when he gets in the water.

Woman: Yeah.

♪ ♪

Pam: I wondered
how the seal was doing,

So we were very surprised
to get the phone call

That he was on his way back.

Woman: Hey, buddy.

Al: He looked fat!
(laughs)

Actually he looked well fed,
which was so exciting to see.

Woman:
Wow, what a beautiful spot.

He's like,
"I see water down here!"

Jane: I'm just so excited
this is happening.

When these seals come to us
so tiny and skinny,

You never know
how they're gonna do.

Kit: Do you want to bring him
maybe over there?

Woman: Good idea.
Kit: Close to the water?

Jane: He's a big fat happy seal,

And now he gets to go
back into the ocean.

♪ ♪

Man: Beautiful.

Jane: So it was really cool
that they were able to set up

A live feed for us
to see his release ourselves.

Woman: I'm just gonna
open it up.

Jane: There he is!

Dr. Elizabeth: Hey, baby.

Jane: "grass? What's that?"

(laughter)

Dr. Elizabeth: He's thinking
about it, though.

A whole new world out there.

Jane: Oh, he's looking so good!

So what's really cool
about juneau

Is we put a satellite tag
on him

To kind of see
does he stay in juneau

Or is he gonna migrate
to another part of the state.

Dr. Elizabeth: It's hard
to say goodbye to an animal

That you've been caring for
for months.

Jane: Juneau, go!
Go, juneau, go!

Dr. Elizabeth:
So that satellite tag gives me

A little extra connection to him

Just for a little while
before it falls off.

Woman: Yes!

Jane: There he goes.

Dr. Elizabeth:
Oh, look at you go!

(laughing)

♪ ♪

Yes, into the water.

This is why we do this,
this job,

And why we stay up late hours
and agonize over them,

So that we can have this day.

Aww, I love that.

Al: He acted like he
didn't want to leave.

He was looking at us and would
rear up out of the water.

It was so exciting.

Pam: It's so fun to watch him
check out the world now.

Jane: Yay!

Dr. Elizabeth:
Oh, I'm so excited.

Jane: Good job, guys!

Al: Gone now, and I hope
he doesn't come back!

Pam: No.

Al: He needs to go out there
and do his seal thing.

Pam: Yeah.

Jane: His time with us
is ending,

But his time in the great big
blue world is just starting.

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