All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S08E24.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI THERE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

WE'RE OFF TO ENCOUNTER SOME
WILD, WEIRD, AND WONDERFUL

ANIMALS RIGHT HERE ON EARTH
ODYSSEY.

COMING UP, A YOUNG OUTSIDER IS
BUCKING TO JOIN THE COOL KIDS.

[DONKEY BRAYING]

AND THIS ENORMOUS OCEAN
BIRD IS A FABULOUS FLYER

AND A DEDICATED THIEF.

PLUS, ONE SPECIES OF FISH HAS
HAD ENOUGH OF UNDERSEA LIFE,

AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW.

AND WHAT'S INSIDE A CAMEL'S
HUMP?

OUT OF THE ORDINARY CREATURES
ARE UP NEXT ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]

MANY ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY
GRAZERS, ARE HAPPIEST WITH ROOM

TO ROAM IN WIDE OPEN SPACES.

BUT ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT,
ONE ANIMAL'S NATURAL TERRITORY

IS SHRINKING.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME ANCIENT
MEMBERS OF THE HORSE FAMILY THAT

FIND REFUGE 13,000 FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

IN ONE OF THE HARSHEST
ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTH, A HERD OF

REMARKABLE EQUINES ARE SURVIVING
IN A POCKET OF THE INDIAN

WILDERNESS.

ONCE WIDESPREAD ON THE
CONTINENT, THE INDIAN WILD

DONKEY IS MOSTLY LIMITED TO A
REMOTE SALT FLAT.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

IT'S A SANCTUARY ONCE COVERED BY
THE ARABIAN SEA.

FOR NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR,
THERE'S NO RAINFALL.

SO THESE WILD DONKEYS HAVE
EVOLVED TO SURVIVE ON A DIET OF

GRASSES AND THE TOUGHEST PLANTS.

THIS YOUNG MALE, OR JACK, WAS
FORCED OUT OF HIS FAMILY HERD

ONCE HE MATURED.

BUT NOW, THE COMING RAINY SEASON
IS TELLING HIM IT'S TIME TO TRY

HIS LUCK AND JOIN ANOTHER HERD.

HIS NOSE NEVER LIES.

A GROUP OF FEMALES IS NEARBY.

BUT THEY WON'T STICK AROUND FOR
LONG.

THESE INCREDIBLY FAST EQUINES
CAN RUN 40 MILES PER HOUR IF

NEEDED.

HE CATCHES UP WITH THE HERD.

BUT HE'S ENTERING ANOTHER
STALLION'S TERRITORY.

THE FEMALES TIME MATING WITH THE
MONSOON.

THAT WAY THEY CAN GIVE BIRTH A
YEAR LATER WHEN FOOD IS ABUNDANT

IN THE SALT FLATS.

THIS IS HIS CHANCE.

BUT THE RESIDENT MALE HAS
RETURNED.

THIS HERD ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR
BOTH OF THEM.

[TENSE MUSIC]

HE'LL HAVE TO COMPETE FOR A
FEMALE'S ATTENTION.

[DONKEY SQUEALING]

FIGHTS CAN BE A BRUTAL AFFAIR.

LUCKILY THEY'RE BOTH YOUNG AND
STRONG.

NO PERMANENT HARM IS DONE.

BUT HE'S LOST THIS ROUND, AND
HE'LL REMAIN A BACHELOR, ROAMING

THE SALT FLATS ALONE FOR ANOTHER
YEAR AT LEAST.

COMING UP ON THE OPEN OCEAN,
PIRACY IS A WAY OF LIFE.

HOW THIS BIG BIRD GETS AWAY WITH
IT.

PLUS, WE EXPLORE THE STRANGE
STORY OF THE MUDSKIPPER.

AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WAY
THEY MOVE.

HOW CAMELS EVOLVED TO BEAT THE
HEAT 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]

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC]

DYLAN: WITH THEIR UNMISTAKABLE
SILHOUETTE, IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE

THESE SEABIRDS CRUISING THE
WORLD'S OCEANS IN THE TIME OF

THE DINOSAURS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

THE FRIGATE BIRD'S UNFORGETTABLE
LOOK IS THANKS TO ITS 7 TO 8

FOOT WINGSPAN AND FORKED TAIL.

THESE REMARKABLE FLIERS CAN
TRAVEL FOR WEEKS ON END WITHOUT

REST.

BUT TO ACHIEVE SUCH A LIGHTNESS
OF BEING, THEY'VE THROWN ANY

EXTRA WEIGHT OVERBOARD.

THEY HAVE MORE AIR IN THEIR
BONES THAN ANY OTHER BIRD, WHICH

MEANS THEIR SKELETON IS EVEN
LIGHTER THAN THEIR FEATHERS.

THEY HAVE TINY FEET, AND THEY'VE
DONE AWAY WITH THEIR OIL GLANDS,

MEANING THESE SEABIRDS ARE NOT
WATERPROOF.

IF THEY GET WET, FRIGATE BIRDS
CAN BECOME WATERLOGGED AND

DROWN.

IT'S A SERIOUS DRAWBACK WHEN
YOUR RESTAURANT IS THE SEA.

BUT FRIGATE BIRDS HAVE FOUND A
WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.

STEAL THE CATCH.

DOWN BELOW, A PACK OF SAILFISH
ARE HUNTING SARDINES, CHASING A

SMALL SCHOOL TO THE SURFACE.

IT'S A TRICK THE FRIGATE BIRDS
HAVE LEARNED TO EXPLOIT.

A SAILFISH INJURES A SARDINE.

THE FRIGATE BIRD IS READY.

BUT FEEDING FRENZIES ARE HARD TO
COME BY.

AND WHEN SURFACE FISH ARE IN
SHORT SUPPLY, THE FRIGATES WILL

NEED TO RESORT TO MORE DEVIOUS
TACTICS IN ORDER TO LAND A

CATCH.

THE GALAPAGOS ISLAND IS A HAVEN
FOR A VARIETY OF NESTING

SEABIRDS.

THEY CAN'T MATCH THE FLYING
EFFICIENCY OF THE FRIGATES, BUT

MOST ARE EXCELLENT DIVERS WITH A
FULLY WATERPROOF PLUMAGE.

THEY CAN GET WET AND STILL FLY,
UNLIKE THE FRIGATE BIRDS.

[ADVENTURE MUSIC]

BUT THESE SEABIRDS CAN'T FISH IN
PEACE.

TO TAKE HOME THEIR CATCH, THEY
HAVE TO FIGHT OFF MID-AIR

ASSAULTS FROM THE FRIGATE BIRDS.

THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THESE
ATTACKS IS TO MAKE THEM

REGURGITATE THEIR LOOT.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

THE BIRDS HOLD ON AS LONG AS
THEY CAN, BUT THE HARASSMENT

ONLY ENDS WHEN THE FISH ARE
SURRENDERED.

[SOFT MUSIC]

THE FRIGATE BIRD COULD EASILY BE
MISTAKEN FOR A

HEARTLESS OCEAN TRAVELER.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO RAISING
THEIR OWN CHICKS, THEY ARE THE

AVIAN WORLD'S MOST DEDICATED
PARENTS, PROVIDING AN EXTENDED

LEVEL OF CARE THAT'S LONGER THAN
ANY OTHER BIRD.

THEY FEED THEIR YOUNG FOR AROUND
SEVEN MONTHS AND SPEND MANY MORE

TEACHING THEM HOW TO SURVIVE THE
OPEN OCEAN.

SURVIVAL IS FAR FROM GUARANTEED,
BUT THOSE CHICKS THAT MAKE IT

GO ON TO SOAR ABOVE THE OCEAN
IN AN UNFORGETTABLE WAY.

COMING UP, WE MEET A REAL FISH
OUT OF WATER.

AND THESE TALL TRAVELERS HAVE A
UNIQUE KIND OF ELEGANCE.

DESERT MAGIC 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: SOME ANIMALS SEEM LIKE
THROWBACKS TO A PREHISTORIC

TIME, LIVING EXAMPLES OF
EVOLUTION IN ACTION.

THE MUDSKIPPER IS ONE OF THEM.

THIS FISH IS HAPPY ON LAND AND
NOT AT ALL AFRAID TO DEFEND

ITS SQUISHY TERRITORY.

MANGROVES ARE AN INTERTIDAL
WONDERLAND AND PERFECT FOR ONE

VERY UNUSUAL CREATURE.

THE MUDSKIPPER.

[MUSIC]

THIS DISTINCTIVE FISH IS
LIKE A WINDOW TO EVOLUTION

400 MILLION YEARS AGO.

A HALFWAY STEP BETWEEN THE LIFE
IN THE WATER AND ON LAND.

SPECIALLY ADAPTED FINS PROPEL
THEM ACROSS THE MUDFLATS.

AS LONG AS THEY STAY WET,
MUDSKIPPERS CAN REMAIN OUT OF

THE WATER FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.

THEY CARRY MOISTURE INSIDE THEIR
MOUTHS AND ENLARGED GILL SACS,

AND THEY CAN EXTRACT OXYGEN
DIRECTLY FROM THEIR DAMP SKIN.

THAT MEANS AS LONG AS
MUDSKIPPERS STAY WET, THESE

AMPHIBIOUS FISH CAN EFFECTIVELY
BREATHE THROUGH THEIR MOUTHS,

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM SO
SUCCESSFUL ON THESE MUDDY FLATS.

DURING HIGH TIDE, THE
MUDSKIPPERS WALLOW IN THE WARM

SHALLOWS.

BUT AS THE WATERS RECEDE, THE
TERRITORIAL MALE GETS A GOOD

LOOK AT THE COMPETITION.

[WATER SPLASHING]

AT LOW TIDE, THEY GET BUSY.

EACH HAS A U-SHAPED BURROW, SOME
MORE THAN THREE FEET DEEP.

THEY WORK TO KEEP THAT BURROW
OPEN, DESPITE THE CONSTANT

INFLUX OF WATER AND SEDIMENT.

IT'S HERE THAT A FEMALE WILL LAY
HER EGGS.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS KEEPING
INTRUDERS OUT.

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

SOME MUDSKIPPERS BUILD WALLS
AROUND THEIR HOMES TO MARK OUT

THE NO-GO ZONE.

[WATER SPLASHING]

AND INVASIONS ARE NOT
APPRECIATED.

TEMPERS RAGE WHEN A HOME INVADER
REFUSES TO LEAVE.

[PLAYFUL MUSIC]

THE FISH USE THEIR GAPING MOUTHS
LIKE SUCKERS, AIMING TO GET A

HOLD.

LUCKILY, THESE FIGHTS ARE MOSTLY
JUST A DISPLAY OF POWER AND

DOMINANCE.

A WINNING MALE WATCHES AS HIS
CHALLENGER SLINKS AWAY.

MUDSKIPPER DADS WILL GUARD THE
EGGS IN THEIR BURROW, WARDING

OFF ANY INTRUDERS UNTIL A NEW
GENERATION HATCHES.

COMING UP, WE EXPLORE THE RUINS
OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WITH

A TRUSTY AND VERY TALL
COMPANION.

THE CAPABLE, CURIOUS CAMEL 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: THE MIDDLE EAST IS AMONG
THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST PLACES

ON THE PLANET.

AFTER A LONG, COLD DESERT NIGHT,
COLD-BLOODED ANIMALS NEED TO

RE-ENERGIZE FAST.

THIS LIZARD DOES HIS MORNING
SUN-WORSHIPING IN A CANYON WHERE

ORDINARY ROCKS AND STONES HAVE
BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING

MAGNIFICENT.

THE AGAMA LIZARD HAS CLAIMED
SQUATTER'S RIGHTS IN A LOST

CITY.

PETRA.

FACING EAST, SUNRISE REVEALS
THIS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.

DATING BACK MORE THAN 2,000
YEARS, THIS METROPOLIS OF TOMBS

AND MONUMENTS WAS ONCE THE
THRIVING CAPITAL OF THE

NABATAEAN EMPIRE.

AMID THE RUGGED DESERT MOUNTAINS
AND CANYONS, IT WAS A DEFENDABLE

CROSSROADS OF TRADE ALONG THE
SILK ROAD.

MEANING "ROCK" IN GREEK, PETRA
IS HALF-BUILT AND HALF-CARVED

FROM THE MOUNTAIN.

LOST FROM THE WESTERN WORLD, IT
WAS ONLY REDISCOVERED BY

EUROPEANS IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC]

TOMBS HIDE ANCIENT SNAKE
CARVINGS...

...WHILE MOSAICS DEPICT
CREATURES AND SIGNIFY THEIR

RESPECT FOR THE NATURAL WORLD.

BUT WITHOUT HARNESSING THE
NATURAL GIFTS OF ONE SPECIAL

ANIMAL, THE NEBATIANS MIGHT HAVE
NOT CREATED SUCH A MONUMENTAL

CITY.

WADI RUM WAS AN IMPORTANT ROUTE
FOR TRADERS.

THE TRADERS WHO BUILT PETRA OWED
THEIR WEALTH TO CONTROLLING THE

OASES OF THIS REGION,

[CAMEL GRUNTS]

AND TO THE CAMELS KNOWN AS SHIPS
OF THE DESERT.

TODAY, BEDOUIN TRIBES STILL LIVE
AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF WADI RUM

AND MAINTAIN THIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE CAMEL.

FOR GENERATIONS, THESE TOWERING
DROMEDARIES HAVE BEEN THEIR

SUPPORT AND MEANS OF SURVIVAL
HERE.

BY MID-MORNING, THE TEMPERATURE
IS ALREADY NEARING 100 DEGREES

FAHRENHEIT.

BUT THE CAMEL COMES WITH ITS OWN
PROTECTION.

ITS FUR COAT REFLECTS THE SUN,
INSULATING THE CAMEL FROM THE

HEAT.

IT MEANS THEY RARELY SWEAT.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[CAMEL GRUNTS]

CARRYING MORE THAN 200 POUNDS,
GOOD FOOTWEAR IS ESSENTIAL FOR

TRAVEL.

A LARGE LEATHERY PAD WITH TWO
TOES AT THE FRONT HELPS MAKE THE

GAIT OF A CAMEL SILENT AND KEEPS
IT FROM SINKING INTO THE SAND.

WHILE THICK LEATHERY SKIN ON ITS
LEG JOINTS ENABLE IT TO KNEEL ON

THE HOT SAND WHEN IT'S TIME TO
REST.

THE SUN SERVES AS THE BEDOUIN'S
NATURAL GPS.

SO IT'S TIME TO REST HIS CAMELS
AND MAKE A FIRE TO WARD OFF ANY

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT.

MANY ANIMALS DEVELOPED THEIR
PECULIAR AND WONDERFUL TRAITS BY

LIVING IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS.

WE STILL HAVE SO MANY EXCITING
THINGS TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE

NATURAL WORLD.

THANKS FOR WATCHING, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

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

EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]