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EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

WE'RE OFF TO MEET THE
EXTRAORDINARY WILDLIFE OF THE

MIDDLE EAST.

THIS IS EARTH ODYSSEY.

COMING UP, ONE OF THE SMALLEST
SEALS ON EARTH IS TRULY TOP DOG

IN THE CASPIAN SEA.

FIND OUT WHAT KEEPS THEM SAFE.

AND WOLVES, WILDCATS, AND A
BREATHLESS CHASE FOR SNOW WHITE

PREY.

PLUS, WHEN IT'S HARVEST TIME, IT
TAKES A TINY TEAM LIKE NO OTHER.

AND WE VISIT THE LOWEST POINT ON
EARTH WITH A DEEP CONNECTION TO

THE DESERT.

A WORLD OF NATURAL WONDERS
BEGINS NOW ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]

THE LARGEST INLAND SEA IN THE
WORLD LIES AT THE CROSSROADS

OF EUROPE AND ASIA.

HERE, GEOLOGICAL CHANGES
ISOLATED THE OCEAN SPECIES,

INCLUDING ONE OF THE SMALLEST
AND ARGUABLY THE CUTEST SEALS

AROUND.

WHEN IT'S TIME TO NURTURE THEIR
PUPS, CASPIAN SEALS LIKE NOTHING

BETTER THAN A GOOD DAY AT THE
BEACH.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

ALONG THE SHORES OF THE CASPIAN
SEA, A MAZE OF CHANNELS AND

LAGOONS EXTENDS FOR MILES BEFORE
GIVING WAY TO DEEPER WATERS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

SMALL MARINE FISH LIKE HERRING
DOMINATE THE CENTRAL AND

SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THIS INLAND
SEA, WHICH IS ONLY ONE THIRD AS

SALTY AS THE OPEN OCEAN.

MILLIONS OF SMALL FISH ATTRACT
THE ATTENTION OF THE CASPIAN

SEA'S TOP PREDATOR.

SEALS HAVE BEEN HAULING OUT ON
SANDBANKS IN THE CASPIAN FOR

MORE THAN A MILLION YEARS.

[SOFT MUSIC]

THEY'RE THE ONLY MARINE MAMMALS
LIVING HERE, SO CASPIAN SEALS

HAVE BECOME UNLIKELY APEX
PREDATORS.

WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF SHARKS,
ORCAS, OR OTHER THREATS IN THE

ENCLOSED SEA, THEY CAN RELAX,
SAFE AND UNCHALLENGED, AT THE

TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN IS
STOPPING SEABIRDS FROM STEALING

THEIR FISH.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING AND HONKING]

THEY SHARE THESE SPOTS WITH
TERNS, WHO FLOCK IN THE

THOUSANDS TO REMOTE ISLANDS IN
THE CASPIAN TO BREED.

THE STAGE IS SET FOR A FEEDING
FRENZY.

HERRINGS PROVIDE VITAL PROTEIN,
BUT COMPETITION IS FIERCE.

[PLAYFUL MUSIC]

DESPITE BEING TOO BIG FOR ONE
CHICK TO EAT, THERE'S STILL A

RAGING TUG-OF-WAR OVER DINNER.

ITS NEIGHBOR DWARFS THE CHICK.

CASPIAN SEALS ARE ONE OF THE
SMALLEST SEAL SPECIES IN THE

WORLD, AT AROUND THREE FEET
LONG.

AND EXCEPT FOR AN OCCASIONAL
PLAY FIGHT AND COMPETITION FOR

FISH, THE SEALS GET ALONG WITH
THE ISLAND'S SEABIRDS.

IT'S A SEA ISLAND STORY OF LIVE
AND LET LIVE.

COMING UP, IT'S A HARE-RAISING
DECISION.

STAY PERFECTLY STILL OR RUN AS
FAST AS YOU CAN.

WE CATCH A TUMBLE-DOWN CHASE.

AND SOMETIMES IT REALLY DOES
TAKE A VILLAGE TO BRING HOME

DINNER.

PLUS, WHAT SURVIVES IN A DESERT
SEA?

A MESMERIZING LOOK AT A SECRET
WATER WORLD WHEN EARTH ODYSSEY

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[MUSIC]

DYLAN: BIGGER THAN ALL OF
AMERICA'S GREAT LAKES COMBINED,

THE CASPIAN SEA COVERS MORE THAN
142,000 SQUARE MILES.

IT'S THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED BODY
OF WATER ON THE PLANET.

HERE, A RARE AND ELUSIVE
PREDATOR HAS MADE A SURPRISING

COMEBACK.

THE EURASIAN LYNX SHIES AWAY
FROM THE OPEN AREAS IN FAVOR OF

DENSE TREE COVER.

THIS FEMALE IS ON THE PROWL.

HER LARGE, ROUND, PADDED PAWS
ACT LIKE SNOWSHOES.

HER TOES ARE SPREAD OUT TO
DISTRIBUTE HER WEIGHT.

WITH HER SHORT, POWERFUL LEGS,
SHE TRAVELS WITH EASE ACROSS THE

TREACHEROUS SNOW FIELDS.

[LYNX GROWLING, GENTLE MUSIC]

HER FOUR KITTENS WERE BORN IN
MAY AND WON'T SURVIVE THEIR

FIRST WINTER WITHOUT HER, SO
SHE'LL RAISE THEM UNTIL THEY'RE

10 MONTHS OLD.

THEN THEY'LL BECOME INDEPENDENT
AND STRIKE OUT ON THEIR OWN.

IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER, FOOD IS
SCARCE.

AND THE CUBS' APPETITES ARE
GROWING AS FAST AS THEY ARE.

THERE'S TIME TO PLAY NOW.

BUT IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE
THEY'RE HUNGRY AGAIN.

THEIR MOTHER WORKS TIRELESSLY TO
FIND FOOD.

WITHOUT LEAVES ON THE TREES OR
VEGETATION FOR COVER, STAYING

HIDDEN WHILE HUNTING WILL
REQUIRE ALL HER SKILL AND

CUNNING.

ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER PREDATORS
ON THE PROWL.

[WOLF HOWLING]

WHILE THE LYNX IS A SOLITARY
HUNTER, GRAY WOLVES ARE HIGHLY

SOCIAL PACK ANIMALS.

[WOLVES GROWLING]

WOLVES ARE THE PRIMARY PREDATOR
OF THE LYNX, BUT THESE TWO TOP

HUNTERS TEND TO PREFER DIFFERENT
KINDS OF PREY.

WITH HUNGRY KITTENS TO FEED, THE
LYNX LIES IN WAIT, UNSEEN AND

UNHEARD, WHILE THE WOLVES FIGHT
OVER THEIR PREY.

SHE HAS HER MIND SET ON ANOTHER
PRIZE.

[TENSE MUSIC]

A WHITE WINTER COAT IS THE
PERFECT CAMOUFLAGE FOR A

MOUNTAIN HARE, WHO'S BETRAYED
ONLY BY THE BLACK TIPS OF ITS

EARS.

ON THE MOVE, HE'S EASY TO SPOT.

BUT WHEN LYING PERFECTLY
STILL, CONCEALED IN THE SNOW...

BLINK AND YOU'D MISS HIM.

MAINTAINING THE ELEMENT OF
SURPRISE IS CRUCIAL FOR A LYNX.

SHE'S NOT AS FAST AS SOME OF HER
FELINE RELATIVES.

LYNX PREFER TO STALK THEIR PREY
RATHER THAN WASTE ENERGY ON LONG

CHASES.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

ON THE FLATS, THE LYNX COULD HIT
A TOP SPEED OF 50 MILES PER

HOUR.

BUT ACROSS THIS RUGGED HILLSIDE,
THE HARE COULD EASILY OUTRUN

HER.

THE LYNX RELIES ON A COMBINATION
OF RAZOR-SHARP EYESIGHT AND

SUPERB HEARING, PICKING UP SOUND
VIBRATIONS WITH THE HELP OF THE

TUFTS ON HER EARS.

TIMING IS CRUCIAL.

SHE'S ABLE TO SPOT THE LYNX ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

THE HARE ESCAPES BY A WHISKER.

IT'S A MISS FOR THE LYNX, BUT IT
LIKELY WON'T BE THE LAST TIME

THESE TWO ANIMALS MEET IN THE
CASPIAN FOREST.

COMING UP, TINY TEAMWORK WITHOUT
MAKING A SOUND.

HOW AN ANT'S ANTENNAE MAKE ALL
THE DIFFERENCE.

AND WE TAKE AN UNDERSEA PLUNGE
AT THE EDGE OF THE DESERT.

COME ALONG FOR AN AQUATIC
TREASURE HUNT WHEN EARTH ODYSSEY

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[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AT FIRST GLANCE, THE
GREAT DESERTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

CAN SEEM EMPTY UNTIL YOU KNOW
WHERE TO LOOK.

LIFE FLOURISHES OUT OF RANGE OF
THE SUN'S FULL HEAT, AND THAT

MAKES SOME RESILIENT SPECIES
VERY CHOOSY ABOUT HOW AND WHERE

THEY SPEND THEIR DESERT DAYS.

LOCATED ALONG THE GREAT RIFT
VALLEY THAT BEGINS 3,700 MILES

AWAY IN EASTERN AFRICA,
THE DANA BIOSPHERE RESERVE

IS SHAPED BY LIMESTONE,
SANDSTONE, AND GRANITE.

IT'S HOME TO JORDAN'S MOST
DIVERSE SPECIES AND HABITATS.

[BIRDS TWEETING, SOFT MUSIC]

AS THE SUN RISES, SO DOES THE
TEMPERATURE.

AND THE EFFICIENT FARMERS OF
DANA AREN'T WASTING ANY TIME.

HARVESTER ANTS FORAGE BEFORE IT
GETS TOO HOT.

CLIMBING BLADES OF GRASS THE
EQUIVALENT SIZE OF AN 18-STORY

BUILDING, THEY PAINSTAKINGLY CUT
AND REMOVE INDIVIDUAL SEEDS.

MEANWHILE, OTHER FORAGERS MARCH
THEM HOME.

THERE'S NO ONE LEADER, BUT THERE
IS A METHOD TO THEIR MADNESS.

[CURIOUS MUSIC]

EACH TIME THEY MEET A FELLOW
COLONY ANT, THEY COMMUNICATE

THROUGH SMELL, TOUCHING THEIR
ANTENNAE.

PATROLLER ANTS DECIDE THE
DIRECTION OF FORAGING FOR THE

DAY.

CHEMICAL MARKERS LEFT ALONG THE
TRAIL RECRUIT MORE FORAGERS AND

BUILD THE ARMY.

THEY CONSTANTLY WEIGH THE
EFFICIENCY OF THEIR SPEED OVER

WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING HOME.

TOO HEAVY, AND IT'S NOT WORTH
MOVING.

THESE ANTS WON'T EAT WHAT THEY
COLLECT, THOUGH, AND ARE WORKING

TO FEED THE YOUNG LARVAE BACK AT
THEIR BASE.

WHILE THE HIGHWAY OF ANTS PLOWS
THROUGH THE GRASSLAND, OTHERS

ARE BACK AT THE COLONY'S
ENTRANCE AND CONCENTRATE ON

CLEANING.

PILING UP HUSKS OF THE STRIPPED
SEEDS IN A MIDDEN, THEY MAINTAIN

EXCELLENT ANT HYGIENE.

NO ONE ANT HAS A SET TASK, SO
THEY CAN QUICKLY REACT TO

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.

[QUIRKY MUSIC]

POOR, UNWELCOME GUESTS.

THE TORTOISE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
MORE THAN 220 MILLION YEARS.

MADE OF KERATIN, THE SAME
SUBSTANCE FOUND IN FINGERNAILS,

HIS SHELL PROVIDES AN
IMPENETRABLE ARMOR SHOULD HE

WANDER TO THE WRONG PLACE.

THE ANTS SWARM OVER HIM,
REACTING TO THE INVASION.

BUT OBLIVIOUS TO THE MAYHEM AND
UNINTERESTED IN LUNCH, THE

TORTOISE CONTINUES HIS SLOW AND
STEADY MARCH.

UP NEXT, A SURPRISING OASIS IN
THE SANDS.

CAN ANYTHING SURVIVE IN THESE
DESERT WATERS?

WE'LL DO A DEEP DIVE WHEN EARTH
ODYSSEY RETURNS.

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MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

THE SUN'S POWER DOESN'T JUST
AFFECT THE FLORA AND THE FAUNA,

IT SHAPES ENVIRONMENTS.

THE DEAD SEA IS THE LOWEST POINT
ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET.

FOR CENTURIES, IT HAS BEEN FED
BY THE JORDAN RIVER, BUT IT'S

DISAPPEARING.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

EVAPORATION CONCENTRATES SALT
INTO WHAT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE

GREATEST MINERAL RESERVOIRS
KNOWN TO MAN.

BUT WITH NO RIVERS THAT FLOW
FROM IT, THE SUN ALONE IS

ESTIMATED TO REDUCE IT BY SIX
FEET EACH YEAR.

AS A RESULT, THE DEAD SEA IS ONE
OF THE SALTIEST IN THE WORLD.

MORE THAN 43 BILLION TONS OF
SALT ARE THOUGHT TO BE IN THE

DEAD SEA.

PENINSULAS OF CAST SALT HAVE
BEEN CREATED.

LINES OF THIS FALSE LAND DEPICT
THE DROP IN WATER LEVEL, WHILE

DEPOSITS HAVE SHAPED ORNATE
CASTS.

BUT IT ALSO HIDES A HIDDEN
WORLD.

THE LAKE'S SALTINESS MEANS THAT
LARGER ORGANISMS, SUCH AS FISH

AND FROGS, CAN'T SURVIVE IN THE
DEAD SEA.

BUT RECENT DIVING EXPEDITIONS
HAVE REVEALED SEVERAL CRATERS.

LYING AT A DEPTH OF 100 FEET,
THEY WERE COVERED IN A FILM OF

NEW BACTERIAL AND MICROBIAL
FUNGI SPECIES.

PROOF THAT EVEN IN ONE OF
JORDAN'S MOST EXTREME HABITATS,

WHERE THE SUN REACHES, LIFE
EXISTS.

THE SUN HAS FAR-REACHING
POWERS, BUT ITS PENETRATING

RAYS ALSO HAVE MANY BENEFITS
FOR JORDAN'S WILDLIFE.

[DRAMTIC MUSIC]

THAT'S ALSO TRUE WHERE JORDAN'S
SOUTHERN COAST MEETS THE RED

SEA.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

CORAL NEEDS SUNLIGHT TO SURVIVE
AS THEY GROW.

THEY'RE FED BY THE ALGAE THAT
LIVE INSIDE THEM.

THE ALGAE PRODUCES OXYGEN FOR
THE CORAL AND PROVIDES FOOD,

HELPING THEM GROW FASTER.

CORAL ARE ACTUALLY ANIMALS, NOT
PLANTS.

CORAL POLYPS PULSE WATER THROUGH
THE COLONY, WHICH INCREASES

OXYGEN LEVELS.

AS NEW WATER IS PULLED IN, IT
IMPROVES THE ALGAE

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATES BY UP TO 10
TIMES.

[SOFT MUSIC]

IN TURN, THIS ECOSYSTEM PROVIDES
FOOD FOR LARGER MARINE LIFE,

LIKE THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE.

TURTLES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THIS
ECOSYSTEM'S HEALTH.

USING THEIR SHARP HAWK-LIKE
BEAKS TO PENETRATE THE SPONGE'S

OUTER ARMOR, THE TURTLES EXPOSE
THE SOFT INTERNAL PARTS TO OTHER

SPONGE-EATING ANIMALS.

THE SEA TURTLE'S PECULIAR DIET
ALSO HELPS KEEP SPONGE

POPULATIONS IN CHECK, FREEING UP
SPACE ON REEFS FOR OTHER

ORGANISMS TO SETTLE AND GROW.

IT'S A PERFECTLY BALANCED
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUN, SEA,

PLANTS, AND AMAZING ANIMALS.

FROM THE SNOWY CAUCASUS
MOUNTAINS TO THE JORDANIAN

DESERT, THE MIDDLE EAST IS HOME
TO A FASCINATING VARIETY OF

ANIMALS.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

I'M DYLAN DREYER.

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

EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]