All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S08E21.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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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 THERE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

WE'RE OFF TO ENCOUNTER EARTH'S
MOST EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS RIGHT

HERE ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

COMING UP, A YOUNG FOX SETS OUT
ON A SOLO ADVENTURE, BUT HIS

BROTHER IS ITCHING FOR A FIGHT.

AND FLAMBOYANT VISITORS FLY IN
BY THE THOUSANDS TO THIS

INCREDIBLE SPANISH LAGOON.

PLUS, SLIP-SLIDING AWAY UNDER
THE DESERT SANDS, WE UNEARTH A

CLEVER SURVIVAL TACTIC.

AND THIS FIELD OF FLOWERS HIDES
A CUNNING TRAP.

A WARM WEATHER WILDLIFE
ADVENTURE IS JUST AHEAD ON EARTH

ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]

ON SPAIN'S SOUTHERN COAST,
RUGGED MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE

SHELTERS ANIMALS IN ALL STAGES
OF LIFE.

WHILE SOME STAY WITH THEIR
FAMILIES FOREVER, OTHERS HAVE TO

STRIKE OUT ON THEIR OWN.

FOR A YOUNG MALE FOX, LEAVING
HOME AND LEARNING TO LIVE SOLO

IS AN INESCAPABLE RITE OF
PASSAGE.

IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR MALAGA,
SPAIN, REMARKABLE LIMESTONE

STACKS MAKE AN OTHERWORLDLY
LANDSCAPE.

ONCE A SHALLOW SEA, WATER AND
WIND HELPED CARVE THIS NOW DRY

LANDSCAPE.

[MAJESTIC MUSIC]

HERE, A YOUNG PREDATOR IS TAKING
HIS FIRST STEPS TOWARDS

ADULTHOOD.

AFTER A YEAR WITH HIS FAMILY,
THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY KICKED HIM

OUT.

BUT FOR NOW, THIS RED FOX ISN'T
ENTIRELY ALONE.

HIS BROTHER HAS FOLLOWED HIM.

FOX SIBLINGS MAY STICK TOGETHER
AFTER LEAVING THE DEN, BUT THEIR

BROTHERLY LOVE IS ONLY
TEMPORARY.

THEIR SPECIES IS SOLITARY BY
NATURE.

HE WON'T STAY WITH HIS BROTHER
FOR LONG.

[FOXES SCREECHING]

[FOXES YELPING]

THEIR FIGHTS FOR DOMINANCE WILL
ONLY INTENSIFY.

GOING IT ALONE IS A FACT OF
LIFE FOR A FOX.

AT THIS AGE, HE'S FAR FROM BEING
A PROFICIENT HUNTER.

BUGS TURN OUT TO BE A RELIABLE
FOOD SOURCE.

INSECTS MAKE UP AT LEAST ONE
FIFTH OF A FOX'S DIET.

SO IT MAKES SENSE NOT TO BE A
FUSSY EATER.

STORING EXTRA FOOD IS ALSO A
SMART MOVE.

HE CAN RELY ON A BURIED HOARD IF
TIMES GET TOUGH.

FOXES IN GENERAL ARE CAGEY ABOUT
FOOD.

SECRETIVE EATERS, THEY TURN
THEIR BACKS ON EACH OTHER WHEN

EATING TO REDUCE AGGRESSION.

BACK HOME, HIS MOM IS ALREADY
EXPECTING ANOTHER LITTER,

SO SHE NEEDS A BIGGER MEAL.

THE MAJORITY OF HER DIET IS
SMALL MAMMALS.

TO FIND THEM, SHE HAS TWO HIGHLY
TUNED TOOLS...

...HER EARS.

THEY MOVE INDEPENDENTLY,
FUNNELING SOUND.

[RODENT SQUEAKING]

SHE'S A LOW FREQUENCY
SPECIALIST, CAPABLE OF HEARING A

RODENT DIGGING 100 FEET AWAY.

LIKE TWO RADAR DISHES, HER EARS
PINPOINT HER TARGET.

[SQUEAKING CONTINUES]

SHE'S FORCED THE RAT INTO A
THICKET.

FOR THE RAT, A BREAK FOR FREEDOM
IS THE ONLY CHANCE.

BUT THE RAT SLIPS AWAY.

AT FOUR YEARS OLD, THE VIXEN IS
AT THE PEAK OF HER LIFE'S

JOURNEY WHILE HER SON'S PATH IS
JUST BEGINNING.

NOW THAT HE'S ON HIS OWN, HE'LL
NEED ALL HIS CLEVERNESS TO MAKE

IT IN HIS MOUNTAIN HOME.

COMING UP, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THESE BIRDS STAND NEARLY FIVE

FEET TALL AND THEY CAN DO IT ON
ONE FOOT.

AND THIS ANIMAL HAS FOUND AN
ELEGANT SOLUTION TO STIFLING

HEAT.

PLUS, HOW DECEPTION CAN BE
PRETTY AND DEADLY.

MORE MEDITERRANEAN MARVELS 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: THIS SALTWATER LAGOON IS
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

PLACES IN ANDALUSIA.

AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE
HOTTEST.

THE WATER REACHES 86 DEGREES IN
SUMMER.

IT'S A PARADISE FOR FLAMINGOS.

THIS IS THE BIRD THAT LENT ITS
SPANISH NAME, FLAMENCO, TO THE

REGION'S STYLE OF SONG AND
DANCE.

[FLAMINGOS VOCALIZING]

IT TAPS ITS FEET WHEN IT EATS,
DANCES WHEN IT COURTS A MATE,

AND WHEN IT WALKS, ITS ELEGANCE
IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, PURE

FLAMENCO.

IN SUMMER, WHEN THE WATER LEVEL
IS HIGH ENOUGH, THE LAGOON HOSTS

NEARLY ALL OF THE FLAMINGOS IN
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FLAMINGO
PARENTS HERE, TAKING CARE OF

SOME 10,000 CHICKS.

THE HATCHLINGS ARE COVERED IN
SOFT GRAY COLOR DOWN AND CAN'T

FLY.

VARIOUS ADULTS TAKE TURNS
WATCHING OVER NURSERIES OF

CHICKS.

HERE, EVERYONE'S OFFSPRING ARE
CARED FOR TOGETHER.

THAT ALLOWS HUNGRY MOMS AND DADS
TO HEAD OFF TO EAT.

THIS FEEDING TIME IS VITAL.

A FLAMINGO'S DIET CONSISTS
MAINLY OF SMALL CRUSTACEANS.

AND IN ORDER TO GET ENOUGH, THE
BIRDS MUST SPEND MOST OF THEIR

DAY FILTERING WATER WITH THEIR
BEAKS.

THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT
AND CARE FOR THEIR SOLE

OFFSPRING IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE
FLAMINGO DAYCARE.

WHEN MOM OR DAD RETURNS WITH
THEIR CRAW FULL, THEY GIVE THEIR

YOUNG A SPECIAL MUSH, WHICH WILL
HELP THEM GROW QUICKLY.

IT TAKES A FULL TWO YEARS BEFORE
THE GRAY, IMMATURE PLUMAGE GIVES

WAY TO THE WHITE AND
ROSE-COLORED HUES.

YOUNG FLAMINGOS HAVE TO EAT
ENOUGH SMALL CRUSTACEANS

THEMSELVES TO TAKE ON A MORE
FIERY COLOR.

IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY THESE
ELEGANT, COLORFUL, AND VERY

SOCIAL BIRDS HAVE INSPIRED
MUSIC, ART AND LITERATURE.

[RELAXING MUSIC]

AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT A GROUP
OF FLAMINGOS IS CALLED A

FLAMBOYANCE.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

IT'S AN UNFORGETTABLE SIGHT
ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST.

COMING UP, WE MEET A TRUE
ORIGINAL IN THE SANDS OF EGYPT.

AND WILL THIS CREATURE'S BIG
JUMP BE ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OUT OF

TROUBLE?

PLUS, A FANTASTIC UNDERSEA WORLD
COMES TO LIFE.

DON'T GO AWAY.

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: 22 COUNTRIES BORDER THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA, INCLUDING

EGYPT.

THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE
COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT FROM

THOSE FOUND ON SHORES FARTHER
NORTH.

THEY ARE DESERT ADAPTED, LIVING
IN A SEA OF SAND.

ONE BRIGHTLY COLORED CREATURE
HAS AN UNUSUAL WAY OF NAVIGATING

THIS MERCILESS TERRAIN.

ON ITS SOUTHEASTERN SHORE, THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA MEETS THE

GREAT CONTINENT OF AFRICA IN
EGYPT.

ALTHOUGH IT BORDERS TWO SEAS,
MUCH OF EGYPT IS HOT AND DRY.

HERE, TEMPERATURES CAN MAX OUT
AT MORE THAN 120 DEGREES

FAHRENHEIT.

MORE THAN 95% OF THE COUNTRY IS
COVERED IN DESERT.

AND FOR MOST WILDLIFE, THE HEAT
OF THE SAHARA IS HARD TO

SURVIVE.

THERE'S NO WATER TO TAKE A DIP,
BUT THIS SURVIVOR DOESN'T NEED A

DROP TO SWIM.

TUCKING HER LIMBS IN, SHE'S A
SAND SWIMMER.

[MUSIC]

THE SANDFISH SKINK HAS FOUND
AN ELEGANT SOLUTION TO STIFLING

HEAT.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

SHE HAS AN INGENIOUS WAY OF
AVOIDING THE BAKING SURFACE WITH

A TROWEL-SHAPED SNOUT AND FLAT
BODY.

THE SKINK IS PERFECTLY
STREAMLINED TO CUT THROUGH THE

SAND.

LIKE A SUBMARINE, SHE CAN STAY
SUBMERGED.

ALL THE BETTER TO FIND THE
CRICKETS AND MEALWORMS SHE EATS.

SKINKS EVOLVE TO ONLY NEED A LOW
INTAKE OF OXYGEN.

ANY SAND SHE ACCIDENTALLY
INHALES IS LET OUT WITH A GOOD

SNEEZE.

BEAUTIFUL, SENSITIVE, AND YET
VERY STRONG.

SHE'S A TRUE SAHARAN SURVIVOR.

COMING UP, A PATIENT PREDATOR IS
WAITING IN THIS CHEERFUL LOOKING

FLOWER.

AND CAN YOU TELL WHICH LIVING
THING IS FLORA AND WHICH IS

FAUNA?

FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT 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: SPRING IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN BEGINS A FESTIVAL

OF COLOR.

[BIRDS SINGING]

WILDFLOWERS CREATE A UNIQUE
BREEDING GROUND ON A MICRO

SCALE.

[CURIOUS MUSIC]

THIS OTHERWORLDLY LOOKING BLOB
IS A MASS OF 200 EGGS.

AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE,
THEY'LL HATCH.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

THIS EUROPEAN MANTIS WILL BE A
DEADLY PREDATOR, BUT NOT YET.

THIS MALE NYMPH, A TENTH OF THE
SIZE OF AN ADULT, IS JUST OVER A

THIRD OF AN INCH LONG.

HE HAS TO HEAD OFF ON HIS OWN.

IF NYMPHS STAY TOGETHER, THEY
TURN CANNIBALISTIC.

HIS SPECIES HAS EVOLVED AN
EXTREMELY ACCURATE FORM OF

TRANSPORT.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

A TENTH OF A SECOND IS ALL HE
NEEDS, FROM TARGETING TO

LANDING.

HE'LL BE A CARNIVORE WHEN HE'S
OLDER, BUT RIGHT NOW, POLLEN

WILL HAVE TO DO.

IT'S A PLENTIFUL FOOD SOURCE,
BUT THE NYMPH IS AT THE BOTTOM

OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

HE NEEDS TO WATCH WHERE HE
TREADS.

[TENSE MUSIC]

THE MANTIS NYMPH HAS WANDERED
INTO THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S A TRAP.

FROM MAY TO OCTOBER, THE WATER
TEMPERATURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

WILL SIGNIFICANTLY RISE DUE TO
THE PREDOMINANT WINDS FROM NORTH

AFRICA.

THE RESULT IS AN EXPLOSION OF
LIFE UNDER THE SURFACE.

LARGE SCHOOLS OF FISH SWIM CLOSE
TO THE SHORE, TAKING ADVANTAGE

OF THE NUTRIENT-RICH CURRENTS.

THE EXUBERANT COLORS RESEMBLE
THE TROPICAL SEAS FROM OTHER

LATITUDES.

BUT THE LIFE FORM THAT BRINGS
THE MOST COLOR TO THESE WATERS

IS DEFINITELY THE GORGONIAN, A
SOFT CORAL.

[MAJESTIC MUSIC]

LIKE SMALL CITIES, THEY FORM THE
BASE FOR A WHOLE COMMUNITY.

THESE WONDERFUL LIVING
STRUCTURES OFFER A REFUGE FOR

MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS.

THIS TYPE OF CORAL IS FORMED BY
COLONIES OF TINY POLYPS THAT

FILTER THE WATER IN SEARCH OF
PLANKTON AND SMALL ORGANIC

PARTICLES.

CORAL ARE ANIMALS, NOT PLANTS.

THEIR GROWTH RATE IS VERY SLOW,
WHICH MAKES THEM VULNERABLE.

IN EUROPE, THE LARGEST
CONCENTRATIONS ARE FOUND

IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

THE COLONIES BENEFIT FROM A
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH

CERTAIN TYPES OF ALGAE.

THE ALGAE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE CORAL'S BRIGHT AND INTENSE

COLORS.

THESE INCREDIBLE CREATURES CLING
ONTO THE STEEP WALLS OF

MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS, CREATING
A DAZZLING AND DREAMY UNDERWATER

LANDSCAPE.

THE LIFE-GIVING MEDITERRANEAN
SEA AND THE LANDS THAT SURROUND

IT HOST THOUSANDS OF SPECIES,
MANY FOUND NOWHERE ELSE.

I'M DYLAN DREYER.

I HOPE YOU'LL COME ALONG SOON ON
OUR NEXT WILDLIFE ADVENTURE HERE

ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]