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Planet Earth is so spectacular,
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it's easy to miss
the smaller things in life.
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But take a closer look...
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and there's a whole undiscovered world.
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A world where tiny heroes...
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and little monsters...
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need incredible superpowers...
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to help them triumph against giant odds.
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It's not easy being small...
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living in a land of giants.
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Constantly downtrodden.
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Occasionally worse.
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But there are places
beyond the reach of large animals.
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Places where being tiny
gives you the edge.
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Baking hot...
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bone-dry...
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battered by wind.
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These dunes are so hostile...
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only those smart enough...
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and small enough...
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have any hope of survival.
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This is some of the most
inhospitable terrain on the planet.
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The dunes of the Namib Desert
are the largest and oldest on earth,
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and still shifting in the wind.
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In just six months,
the whole landscape changes.
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But somehow...
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tiny animals must find their way
in this vast sea of sand.
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The Namaqua chameleon.
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About the size of your hand.
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He doesn't seem quite so well
adapted to life in the dunes
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as other little creatures here.
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A shovel-snouted lizard...
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only a quarter the size,
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can race across three meters
of hot sand in a single second.
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The chameleon?
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Not so much.
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His feet are designed to grasp branches.
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Not sand.
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But this unlikely nomad wanders
the dunes on an important mission.
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To find a mate...
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somewhere out there.
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Traveling over sand
is a lot easier by air.
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Sandgrouse are well suited
to a life in the dunes.
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But there's nothing to drink here.
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So every day, these little birds embark
on an epic journey to find water.
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Eighty kilometers away...
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they arrive in a different world.
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One of large, hungry predators.
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Like all the grouse that flock here...
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this male must drink.
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And so he waits.
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Just enough time for a quick sip.
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The male returns to his lifelong partner,
nesting in rocks between the dunes.
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This devoted pair take turns
brooding the eggs,
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so the other can head off to drink.
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But life is about to get
even more complicated.
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Their eggs are due to hatch.
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And the newborn chicks will need water,
or they will perish in the sun.
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By midday, keeping cool becomes
a matter of life and death.
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This time, the chameleon
is better equipped to cope...
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turning his skin white
to reflect the sun's rays.
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But the shovel-snouted lizard,
as ever, is one step ahead...
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with his cool moves.
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The sand's surface can reach
a scorching 70 degrees Celsius.
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But one centimeter above,
it's ten degrees cooler.
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So by raising his big feet,
he can quickly lose heat.
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When it gets too hot...
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that shovel snout is a lifesaver.
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Just 20 centimeters below,
it's a comfortable 30 degrees.
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This pompilid wasp is
unfazed by the heat.
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And with sensitive antenna, she can
detect creatures hiding in the sand.
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No longer than a paper clip,
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she will move over two buckets of sand
to unearth her victim.
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A golden wheel spider.
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The wasp's sting will paralyze.
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The spider's bite is lethal.
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When these desert gladiators clash,
the spider rarely comes out on top.
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But it does have...
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an amazing exit strategy.
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Out of the wasp's range of vision.
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And out of danger.
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Almost.
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Midafternoon...
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the dunes are deserted.
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Air temperature peaks
at 50 degrees Celsius.
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The heat only begins to ease
towards evening.
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Enough for a troop of young baboons to
venture onto the fringes of the dunes.
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Playful and curious...
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but not welcome visitors.
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Desert rain frogs are nocturnal.
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Wake them at your peril.
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Only the size of a golf ball...
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but full of attitude.
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There's still a little time to snooze
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before the creatures of the day
make way for the night shift.
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As darkness falls...
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so does the temperature.
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The desert becomes busier.
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And noisier.
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A lullaby for the weary.
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A wake-up call for nocturnal beasts.
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And a dinner bell for hunters.
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Barn owls comb the dunes,
listening for small prey.
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But a more insidious predator...
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prowls below.
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Swimming...
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beneath the sand.
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The shark of the desert.
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The Namib golden mole.
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Totally blind and smaller than an egg.
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His oversized skull acts
as a satellite dish,
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picking up the
pitter-patter of termites.
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They provide all his water and food...
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as long as he catches about 60 a night.
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Many other night stalkers
join the feeding frenzy.
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The sleepy frog transforms
into a termite terminator.
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But termites bite back.
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And that huge head makes it hard
to brush them off.
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The sand is the mole's only escape
from biting termites...
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and other unseen dangers.
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Early morning.
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The chameleon is famished and freezing.
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To warm up, he darkens
the side of his body facing the sun.
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So by the time beetles emerge...
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the chameleon is ready.
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A rookie error.
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This species of beetle
tastes so disgusting,
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no chameleon makes the
same mistake twice.
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A darkling beetle has
an incredible journey ahead of him.
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350 meters of sand is no easy climb
for a dune bug the size of a bottle cap.
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But well worth the effort.
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On a few special mornings,
the dunes are blanketed in fog.
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Just what this little beetle
has been waiting for.
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Dimpled ridges on his back
cause the mist to condense there...
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and channel it towards his mouth.
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He conjures water from thin air.
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They can drink almost
half their weight in water.
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Beetles coming down the hill...
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are a lot juicer than those going up.
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The chameleon may not be
as well suited to life here as some.
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But if you can't beat them...
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eat them.
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The sandgrouse chicks are hatching.
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Even in the low morning sun,
they need their mother's shade.
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Soon it'll be so hot,
they'll die without water.
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Dad is their one hope.
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He's found a new water hole
with fewer big predators.
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But for such a small bird...
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even negotiating gentle
giants is tricky.
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Carrying water back to his chicks
will be even harder.
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A goshawk...
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here to prey on the thirsty.
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To save his chicks,
the father risks his own life.
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With special absorbent feathers
on his belly,
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a male sandgrouse can soak up
enough water to fill a shot glass.
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Ready to carry it back to his chicks.
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A two-hour flight home, heavily laden.
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Just in time.
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The chicks take their first sip of water
from dad's feathers.
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He'll have to risk the same journey
every day for two months,
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until his chicks can fly.
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The chameleon's mission has led him
to a Nara bush.
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A good place to find shade.
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And with luck...
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a female.
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Could this be his moment?
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To show her feelings,
she changes color...
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and dances.
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It appears he's not quite
what she had in mind.
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But mates are very hard
to find out here.
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Perhaps he'll have to do.
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She doesn't hang around.
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Soon she'll be laying eggs.
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Leaving the male fulfilled...
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but totally exhausted.
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Fifty-five million years of evolution
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has produced
the most incredible desert adaptations.
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With resilience and ingenuity...
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tiny animals triumph
in Namibia's desolate dunes.
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After months buried in the sand,
a baby smaller than a golf tee.
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The chameleon's legacy continues.
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So many challenges ahead.
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Best to take one slow step at a time.
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