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

TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI, I M DYLAN DREYER AND
IT'S TIME FOR A WILDLIFE TRACK

TO THE MOUNTAINS OF INDIA.

ON TODAY'S EPISODE, FOR THESE
MACAQUES, TREETOP LIVING CAN BE

VERY FRUITFUL AND FRIGHTENING.

AND INDIA'S NOBLEST GIANTS TREK
UP A MOUNTAIN FOR LIFE-SAVING

WATER.

PLUS IT'S TIME FOR THESE SUITORS
TO SHAKE A LEG.

AND THIS SURE-FOOTED SPECIES
FORAGES IN A SPECTACULAR

SETTING.

BUT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

IT'S ALL JUST AHEAD ON EARTH
ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
IS DEFINED BY ITS MOUNTAINS,

FROM THE SNOWY HIMALAYAS TO
THE RAINFOREST PEAKS INHABITED

BY RARE MACAQUE MONKEYS.

TO SURVIVE HERE, EVERYTHING IN
THE MACAQUE'S JUNGLE TERRITORY

HAS TO BE WATCHED AND OUTWITTED,
INCLUDING A 15-FOOT PYTHON.

TAKE A LOOK.

DOWN INDIA'S WESTERN COAST
STRETCHES A NEARLY THOUSAND MILE

LONG MOUNTAIN CHAIN KNOWN AS THE
WESTERN GHATS.

IT IS DEEP IN THE SUMMER MONSOON
SEASON.

THE FORESTS HERE ARE HOME TO
MORE THAN 30% OF INDIA'S

SPECTACULAR WILDLIFE, INCLUDING
INCLUDING ITS LARGEST SNAKE

SPECIES.

THE INDIAN PYTHON CAN BE MORE
THAN 10 FEET LONG.

SHE'S NOT VENOMOUS, BUT SHE CAN
KILL ALMOST ANY ANIMAL IN THESE

MOUNTAINS.

HUNTING IN THE TREES THAT LINE
THE SLOPES.

UP ABOVE IS ONE OF INDIA'S MOST
ENDANGERED PRIMATES, THE

MAGNIFICENT LION-TAILED MACAQUE.

FEWER THAN 4,000 REMAIN IN THE
WILD.

THEY SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE
MOUNTAIN FOREST, SEARCHING FOR

FRUIT.

THIS ALPHA MALE'S MAIN JOB IS TO
WATCH OVER HIS TROOP.

HE'S UNAWARE THAT THEY'RE ALSO
BEING WATCHED.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: DISTRACTED MONKEYS
PRESENT OPPORTUNITY.

THE PYTHON IS LARGE ENOUGH TO
BRING DOWN A WILD BOAR.

A LION-TAILED MACAQUE WON'T PUT
UP MUCH OF A FIGHT.

BUT THE ALPHA SEES HER COMING.

[MACAQUES SCREECHING]

DYLAN: THE PYTHONS COVER IS
BLOWN.

THE MACAQUES CAN REFOCUS ON
FORAGING.

AND IN THE WESTERN GHATS, THE
SUMMER MONSOON IS JACKFRUIT

SEASON.

GROWING AT ELEVATIONS OF MORE
THAN 5,000 FEET, THEY'RE THE

LARGEST TREE-BORN FRUITS IN THE
WORLD.

WEIGHING UP TO 40 POUNDS, ONE IS
ENOUGH TO FEED AN ENTIRE TROOP

OF MACAQUES.

BUT THEY PREFER TO FEED ON THE
RIPEST FRUIT, SO THEY RELY ON AN

UNLIKELY HELPER TO TELL THEM
WHEN A JACKFRUIT IS READY TO

EAT.

A GIANT INDIAN SQUIRREL FORAGES
NEARBY.

SHE HAS A KEEN SENSE OF SMELL
AND CAN EASILY SNIFF OUT RIPE

FRUIT.

THE MACAQUES WATCH HER EVERY
MOVE.

THIS IS WHAT THE TROOP HAS BEEN
WAITING FOR.

THEY SURROUND THE SQUIRREL,
INTIMIDATING IT WITH THEIR

CALLS, READY TO MUSCLE IN AND
STEAL THE FRUIT.

SHE'S FORCED TO SURRENDER.

A SNEAKY AND SUCCESSFUL TACTIC
TO HARVEST A HEAVILY FAVORED

FOOD IN THIS MOUNTAIN HABITAT.

COMING UP, HOW ELEPHANTS FIND
THEIR WAY THROUGH A LANDSCAPE

ALTERED BY HUMANS.

AND FIND OUT WHICH ONE OF THESE
FROGS WILL TURN OUT TO BE A

REAL-LIFE PRINCE CHARMING.

PLUS, THIS ANCIENT EQUINE
SPECIES TRIES TO STAY SAFE AT

15,000 FEET ELEVATION.

WHEN EARTH ODYSSEY RETURNS.

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DYLAN: THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
IS TEEMING WITH WILDLIFE.

NEARLY 8% OF THE WORLD'S SPECIES
THRIVE IN THIS COUNTRY'S DESERT,

WETLANDS,

RAINFORESTS

AND MOUNTAINS.

MORE THAN 13,800 PEAKS MAKE
UP THE MOUNTAINS HERE,

INCLUDING THOSE IN THE MIGHTY
HIMALAYAS.

THE HIMALAYAS ARE ONE OF THE
WORLD'S YOUNGEST MOUNTAIN

RANGES, FORMED LESS THAN 50
MILLION YEARS AGO.

ALTHOUGH NOT AS TALL AS THE
HIMALAYAS, THE WESTERN GHAT

MOUNTAINS ARE A HOT SPOT OF
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.

SPANNING 62,000 SQUARE MILES,
THESE MOUNTAINS HAVE PLENTY OF

ROOM FOR AN ANIMAL GIANT, THE
INDIAN ELEPHANT.

HERE AT 2,500 FEET UP, THERE ARE
NO GRASSLAND SAVANNAS TYPICAL OF

ELEPHANT DIETS.

BUT INCREDIBLY, 25% OF
ALL ASIAN ELEPHANTS LIVE

IN THESE FORESTS.

IT'S UP TO 20 DEGREES COOLER
HERE THAN IN THE LOFTY

MOUNTAINS.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AND THIS FAMILY IS ON
THEIR ANNUAL MIGRATION TO FIND

FOOD.

IT'S A STEEP CLIMB TO A SECRET
EDEN PRODUCED BY THE GHAT'S

INTENSE MONSOON RAINS.

[ELEPHANT GRUMBLING]

DYLAN: THE MATRIARCH IS 8 FEET
TALL AND WEIGHS 4 AND A HALF

TONS.

SHE'S SURPRISINGLY SURE-FOOTED
ON THE STEEP TERRAIN.

SHE'S MADE THIS JOURNEY DOZENS
OF TIMES BEFORE, USING TRAILS

ESTABLISHED BY HER ANCESTORS.

BUT OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES,
THE AGE-OLD CORRIDORS HAVE BEGUN

TO DISAPPEAR.

THE FORESTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED
WITH TEA PLANTATIONS.

BUT THE MATRIARCH'S DEEP
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOUNTAINS HELPS

HER TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: SHE'S FOUND A WAY TO MAKE
THE MOST OF THIS TRANSFORMED

WORLD.

THE MIGRATING ELEPHANTS GRAZE ON
THE WEEDS BETWEEN THE CROPS,

LEAVING THE BITTER-TASTING TEA
LEAVES BEHIND.

THE MATRIARCH URGES THE HERD ON.

THERE'S A GREATER FEAST WAITING
HIGHER UP THE MOUNTAIN.

AFTER DAYS OF CLIMBING, THE
MATRIARCH AND HER FAMILY CAN

FINALLY SEE THEIR DESTINATION.

A SECRET PASTURE, 5,000 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

THE MATRIARCH'S WISDOM PASSED
DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS HAS

PAID OFF.

EACH MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY HAS A
330 POUND A DAY APPETITE.

AND HERE, THANKS TO THE MONSOON
RAINS, THERE'S ENOUGH FOR

EVERYONE.

IT'S AN ELEPHANT-SIZED BUFFET
WITH AN EPIC VIEW.

COMING UP, THIS TINY SPECIES IS
A REAL SHOW-OFF WHEN IT COMES TO

LOVE.

AND THESE ANCIENT MEMBERS OF THE
HORSE FAMILY HAVE ONLY ONE

PREDATOR, AND IT'S DANGEROUSLY
CLOSE.

FIND OUT IF THERE'S STRENGTH IN
NUMBERS WHEN EARTH ODYSSEY

RETURNS.

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: ANIMAL COURTSHIP CAN BE
COMPLEX.

SOMETIMES THE MALES OF A SPECIES
HAVE BRUISING BATTLES BUT ONE

FOREST CREATURE HAS DEVELOPED
A MORE SUBTLE WAY TO COMPETE

FOR A MATE.

IT'S LESS OF A DUEL AND MORE
OF A DANCE OFF.

THE WESTERN GHATS ARE RECOGNIZED
AS ONE OF THE WETTEST PLACES ON

EARTH.

AS THE LAND HEATS UP DURING THE
SUMMER, IT PULLS IN WATER LAID

IN AIR FROM THE OCEAN.

TURRENTS OF WATER THEN FALL OVER
THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS MONSOON DRENCHES THE
WESTERN GHATS FOR SIX MONTHS OF

THE YEAR.

AND THESE WET CONDITIONS ARE
IDEAL FOR AMPHIBIANS.

ONE TINY SPECIES FOUND NOWHERE
ELSE HAS CARVED OUT A NICHE

ALONG A MOUNTAIN STREAM.

THIS YOUNG MALE DANCING FROG
LIVES HERE YEAR-ROUND.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AS THE SUMMER MONSOON
COMES TO AN END, HIS CALLS

SIGNAL THE START OF THE BREEDING
SEASON.

[FROG CHIRPING]

DYLAN: BUT BEFORE HE CAN SECURE
A MATE, HE MUST ESTABLISH AND

DEFEND A TERRITORY.

[CHIRPING CONTINUES]

DYLAN: HIS BRIGHT WHITE VOCAL
SAC HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF

A RIVAL MALE.

BOTH FROGS ARE JUST UNDER AN
INCH LONG, BUT THERE'S ONLY ROOM

FOR ONE OF THEM ALONG THIS
STRETCH OF STREAM.

WHO THAT IS WILL BE DECIDED, NOT
WITH A FIGHT, BUT WITH A FLASH

DANCE.

FIRST, THE FOOT TAP.

HIS OPPONENT RESPONDS WITH HIS
OWN BEAT.

THE YOUNG MALE DECIDES TO BRING
OUT THE BIG GUNS.

HE STRETCHES HIS HIND
LIMB TO ITS FULL LENGTH,

SPREADING OUT HIS TOES TO
EXPOSE THE FLASHY WEBBING.

[FROG CHIRPING]

DYLAN: IT'S A SHOW OF STRENGTH
AND BREEDING PROWESS.

A FEMALE IS QUIETLY OBSERVING.

NOW THE TWO MALES HAVE AN
AUDIENCE.

SO THERE'S EVEN MORE REASON TO
IMPRESS.

TIME TO TAKE THIS DANCE TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.

DETERMINED NOT TO LOSE THE FIRST
CONTEST OF THE SEASON, THE YOUNG

MALE'S DANCE MOVES LET'S GET
PHYSICAL.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE FEMALE LIKES WHAT
SHE SEES.

THE YOUNG KING OF THE DANCE
FLOOR HAS SECURED HIS TERRITORY

AND FOUND HIS PARTNER.

PASSING ON HIS WINNING DANCE
MOVES TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

COMING UP, THESE WILD GRAZERS
MIGHT BE THE SOURCE OF THE

UNICORN MYTH.

WE LL FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THESE
HIGH ALTITUDE BEAUTIES WHEN

EARTH ODYSSEY RETURNS.

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: BEYOND THE HIMALAYAS
COLD HIGH ALTITUDE DESERT.

THE MOUNTAIN RANGE CREATES A
RAIN SHADOW BLOCKING THE MONSOON

CLOUDS.

CONDITIONS IN THE REMOTE HIGH
DESERT ARE COOL AND DRY AND

VEGETATION IS SPARSE.

BUT SOME SPECIALIZED SPECIES OF
GRASS SURVIVE HERE AND AS LONG

AS GRASS SURVIVES SO CAN
GRAZERS...

...LIKE THE KIANG.

AROUND 1,500 OF THESE WILD
DONKEYS ROAM HERE.

MEMBERS OF THE HORSE FAMILY,
THEY'RE THE GREAT NOMADS OF

INDIA'S HIGHEST PLATEAU.

AT ALMOST 15,000 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL, AN OLD MATRIARCH LEADS

HER HERD, TREKKING MILES ACROSS
THE PARCHED PLAINS IN SEARCH OF

WATER.

WINTER IS COMING TO AN END, BUT
MOST WATER SOURCES IN THE

PLATEAU ARE STILL FROZEN OVER.

THE MATRIARCH GUIDES THE THIRSTY
HERD TO A PATCH OF TOUGH NEEDLE

GRASS.

ITS DRY STALKS HOLD LITTLE
NUTRITION.

BUT THEY'LL PROVIDE MOISTURE FOR
THE KIANGS IF THEY EAT ENOUGH

OF IT.

SPECIALIZED GUT MICROBES ALLOW
THEM TO BREAK DOWN THESE FIBROUS

GRASSES.

HUNGER AND THIRST ARE
SATISFIED.

THE LEADER FINDS A GOOD SPOT TO
HAVE A DUST BATH.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO REMOVE
PARASITES.

BUT SHE CAN'T RELAX FOR TOO
LONG.

GRASS MAY ATTRACT GRAZERS, BUT
GRAZERS OFTEN ATTRACT

CARNIVORES.

A HIMALAYAN WOLF

IS THE KIANG'S ONLY KNOWN
PREDATOR AND IT'S HEADING THEIR

WAY.

THE KIANG COULD RUN.

[KIANG BRAYING]

THEY CAN GALLOP MORE THAN 40
MILES PER HOUR.

BUT THIS IS A STAMINA HUNTER.

THE MATRIARCH KNOWS THAT THEIR
BEST BET IS TO STAY TOGETHER.

[KIANG BRAYING]

DYLAN: BUT THE WOLF DOESN'T COME
FOR THEM.

THERE WILL BE FAR EASIER TARGETS
THAN A UNITED HERD.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THESE ANCIENT WILD
ANIMALS SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY

TOGETHER.

ANIMALS LIKE THE ONES WE'VE JUST
SEEN ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR COMPLEX

SOCIAL LIVES AND THEIR CRUCIAL
ECOLOGICAL ROLES.

KEEPING THEM HEALTHY HELPS
PRESERVE ALL THE PLANTS AND

ANIMALS IN OUR PRECIOUS NATURAL
WORLD.

I'M DYLAN DREYER.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON EARTH
ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]