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<i>You might think
life is simple</i>

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<i>for an ant no bigger
than a grain of rice,</i>

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<i>or a little peanut-sized bee.</i>

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<i>Both just starting out</i>

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<i>still safe in their nests.</i>

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<i>But now it's time to venture
into the outside world,</i>

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<i>and life is about
to get complicated.</i>

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<i>Welcome to the jungle,</i>

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<i>a bewildering tangle of life.</i>

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<i>The rain forests
of Latin America</i>

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<i>are home to a third
of all species on Earth.</i>

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<i>This place is bug-tropolis.</i>

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<i>With thousands of different
kinds of bugs</i>

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<i>living on each tree.</i>

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<i>The only way to survive
somewhere so crowded</i>

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<i>is to find your place,
do your job,</i>

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<i>and watch your back.</i>

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<i>Now, our two young rookies must
figure out where they fit in.</i>

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<i>Turns out, even the smallest,
most insignificant-looking bug</i>

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<i>has a huge role to play.</i>

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<i>Basking in tropical sun
and full of growth,</i>

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<i>the canopy is the perfect place</i>

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<i>for an eager young orchid bee
to find flowers.</i>

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<i>He's fueling up
for a busy first day.</i>

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<i>A very special mission
for a very special bee.</i>

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<i>He's a handsome little guy
for sure,</i>

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<i>but lady bees are more
interested in how he smells.</i>

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<i>So, to attract a mate,
he needs to create a scent</i>

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<i>that smells
as sweet as he looks.</i>

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<i>But becoming a master perfumier</i>

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<i>takes more than visiting
a few flowers.</i>

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<i>There are more interesting
fragrances in the forest.</i>

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<i>The trick is finding them.</i>

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<i>Good thing orchid bees
can travel 15 miles a day.</i>

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<i>In bee terms, that's like
flying from New York to LA.</i>

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<i>Only his flight path
won't be so straightforward.</i>

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<i>Down on the forest floor,
it's a whole other world.</i>

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<i>Only 2% of sunlight
reaches here,</i>

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<i>so there's not
much fresh growth.</i>

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<i>Not a great start
for the newest recruit</i>

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<i>to the leafcutter labor force.</i>

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<i>Her only job is to collect
fresh green leaves.</i>

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<i>Slim pickings down here.</i>

44
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<i>So, somehow she has
to get way up there.</i>

45
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<i>But it's her first day.</i>

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<i>Where to begin?</i>

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<i>Luckily, a quarter a million
sisters can show her the way.</i>

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<i>The trail: nature's most
impressive production line.</i>

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<i>A highway leading
right into the canopy.</i>

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<i>Signposted all the way
with pheromones.</i>

51
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<i>But to a first-timer,
it's chaos.</i>

52
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<i>Every few inches,
she gets stopped.</i>

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<i>Everyone's telling her
where to go, what to do.</i>

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<i>Stay calm.</i>

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<i>There's a method
to this madness.</i>

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<i>The ants coming in
tell the ants going out</i>

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<i>where the best leaves are.</i>

58
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<i>And today's tree
is 300 feet away.</i>

59
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<i>In ant land,
that's a 10-mile commute.</i>

60
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<i>Oh, man.</i>

61
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<i>This could take a while.</i>

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<i>Nothing slow about
this little explorer.</i>

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<i>With three extra eyes
sensitive to polarized light,</i>

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<i>he can navigate by the sun
even when he can't see it.</i>

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<i>Buzzing at 20 miles per hour,</i>

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<i>he's searching
for perfume ingredients,</i>

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<i>with antennae that can detect a
single molecule on the breeze.</i>

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<i>Mmm.</i>

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<i>What's that sweet smell
coming from the forest floor?</i>

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<i>Oh.</i>

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<i>Nothing sweet
about an elephant beetle.</i>

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<i>Maybe it's the cocoa pod
he's munching on.</i>

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<i>Mmm, chocolate!</i>

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<i>He soaks up the scent
with his fluffy front feet...</i>

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<i>...then squeezes it
into special perfume pouches</i>

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<i>on his back legs.</i>

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<i>A good start.</i>

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<i>Who doesn't like chocolate?</i>

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<i>But that's only one ingredient.</i>

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<i>He needs to blend
a perfume cocktail.</i>

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<i>So this mixologist
better move quick.</i>

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<i>Thankfully, he's one of
the best flyers in the forest.</i>

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<i>Hold up. A challenger?</i>

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Eee! Ow!

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<i>Nah, never mind.</i>

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<i>Onwards, mix master!</i>

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<i>There's plenty of scents
to choose from</i>

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<i>on the forest floor.</i>

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<i>Fancy flowers,</i>

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<i>funky fungi,</i>

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<i>even earthy aromas.</i>

92
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<i>But there's also
danger down here.</i>

93
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<i>The jungle's top predator
is on patrol.</i>

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<i>No, not these guys.</i>

95
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<i>They're just pussy cats.</i>

96
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<i>This forest is haunted
by something far deadlier.</i>

97
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<i>A creature that can kill
30,000 times a day.</i>

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<i>And it's not just one of them;</i>

99
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<i>it's a swarm.</i>

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<i>Army ants.</i>

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<i>Each one is only half an inch,</i>

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<i>but when half a million
are on the march...</i>

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<i>...they destroy any bug
in their path.</i>

104
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<i>And once they've
decimated one area...</i>

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<i>...they move on to the next.</i>

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<i>The little leafcutter
hasn't met</i>

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<i>her carnivorous cousins yet,</i>

108
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<i>but sooner or later,
their paths will cross.</i>

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<i>Two hours
into her first day,</i>

110
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<i>and she's almost at the tree.</i>

111
00:10:17,533 --> 00:10:21,621
<i>But down here, you're always
at the mercy of the heavens.</i>

112
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<i>It's gridlock.</i>

113
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<i>Debris on the highway can make
traffic 10 times slower.</i>

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<i>She's running late.</i>

115
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<i>But don't worry,</i>

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<i>there's a dedicated team
of road workers</i>

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<i>for jobs like this.</i>

118
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<i>Finally, time
for her first ascent.</i>

119
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<i>Getting to the canopy</i>

120
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<i>is like scaling
20 Empire State Buildings.</i>

121
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<i>Just keep following the trail.</i>

122
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<i>Don't mind King Kong,
he's a big softy.</i>

123
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<i>The bee can home in
on ant pheromones, too.</i>

124
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<i>But they're not pungent enough.</i>

125
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<i>Mmm. Millipede smells
kinda almondy.</i>

126
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<i>On the right track,</i>

127
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<i>but full of cyanide.</i>

128
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<i>Keep trying, though.</i>

129
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<i>The best scents have
the most unlikely sources.</i>

130
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<i>Once a week, sloths descend
to the ground.</i>

131
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<i>Like all things they do,</i>

132
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<i>it's a slow process.</i>

133
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<i>All that time just to find
a place to--</i>

134
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<i>Hmm.</i>

135
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<i>Could that be?</i>

136
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<i>Oh, man.</i>

137
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<i>Is he really?</i>

138
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<i>Oh, that's, that's
a little disgusting.</i>

139
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<i>Okay, maybe not the sweetest
thing he'll land on,</i>

140
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<i>but dung is a source
of skatole.</i>

141
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<i>It helps keep a scent
lingering on the air.</i>

142
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<i>Even human perfumiers use it.</i>

143
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<i>And lady bees love it.</i>

144
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<i>Just don't tell her
where it came from.</i>

145
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<i>Well, that's number two
in the bag.</i>

146
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<i>Just one last ingredient
to finish off this fragrance.</i>

147
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<i>Up in the treetops,
there's a fresher breeze.</i>

148
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<i>Finally our little leafcutter
has reached the canopy.</i>

149
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<i>So this is where
the harvest happens.</i>

150
00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:07,221
<i>Everyone's working hard</i>

151
00:14:07,221 --> 00:14:09,682
<i>before the weather turns.</i>

152
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<i>Slicing through leaves</i>

153
00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:17,106
<i>and bouncing their booties
as they go.</i>

154
00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:22,069
<i>It creates rhythmic vibrations</i>

155
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<i>that other ants feel
in their feet.</i>

156
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<i>Like a leafcutter samba,</i>

157
00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:33,789
<i>it gets everyone joining in
where the good leaves are.</i>

158
00:14:49,805 --> 00:14:51,640
<i>After that long commute,</i>

159
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<i>she's getting
her groove on, too.</i>

160
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<i>With jaw muscles a quarter
of her body weight</i>

161
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<i>and serrated
syncline mandibles,</i>

162
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<i>even a first-timer
can power through her work.</i>

163
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<i>This is almost too easy.</i>

164
00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:31,221
<i>Rookie error.</i>

165
00:15:37,353 --> 00:15:40,856
<i>Well, that's certainly
a quicker way down.</i>

166
00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:45,361
<i>But this is no place
for a leafcutter</i>

167
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<i>to be lost and alone.</i>

168
00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:56,664
<i>The army ants have
set up camp close by.</i>

169
00:15:56,664 --> 00:16:00,542
<i>A living fortress
made of soldiers.</i>

170
00:16:02,169 --> 00:16:05,839
<i>But they don't rest for long.</i>

171
00:16:05,839 --> 00:16:09,218
<i>With half a million
mouths to feed,</i>

172
00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:12,930
<i>they need to hunt every day.</i>

173
00:16:22,022 --> 00:16:25,150
<i>The leafcutter better find
her sisters quick.</i>

174
00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,030
<i>The army is so close.</i>

175
00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:33,283
<i>She can almost smell them.</i>

176
00:16:37,746 --> 00:16:41,500
<i>Wait, that's not army ants.</i>

177
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,503
<i>It's something more familiar.</i>

178
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<i>Faint at first,
getting stronger...</i>

179
00:16:50,926 --> 00:16:52,553
<i>the trail!</i>

180
00:16:58,058 --> 00:16:59,643
<i>Back on track.</i>

181
00:16:59,643 --> 00:17:05,107
<i>Close to the nest and still
carrying her precious leaf.</i>

182
00:17:05,107 --> 00:17:08,819
<i>Just one tiny problem:
it's toxic.</i>

183
00:17:10,487 --> 00:17:12,197
<i>Hold on, you're telling me</i>

184
00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:15,117
<i>the ants can't even
eat these leaves?</i>

185
00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:17,453
<i>After all that effort?</i>

186
00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:23,167
<i>Yep. Seems so.</i>

187
00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:27,129
<i>They have a workaround
that will blow your mind.</i>

188
00:17:29,798 --> 00:17:33,594
<i>Leafcutter ants
are amazing farmers.</i>

189
00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:40,142
<i>They figured out how to turn
toxic leaves into compost.</i>

190
00:17:42,811 --> 00:17:47,316
<i>And they use it to cultivate
a very special fungus.</i>

191
00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:52,821
<i>It only grows
in leafcutter nests,</i>

192
00:17:52,821 --> 00:17:55,783
<i>and it feeds the entire colony.</i>

193
00:17:58,368 --> 00:18:01,622
<i>It's made them the most
successful vegetarians</i>

194
00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:03,290
<i>in the jungle.</i>

195
00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:10,214
<i>But this colony is small
and vulnerable.</i>

196
00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:14,301
<i>It needs to grow bigger.</i>

197
00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:25,395
<i>The queen can lay
25,000 eggs a day.</i>

198
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:30,067
<i>But more ants need more food.</i>

199
00:18:32,486 --> 00:18:35,197
<i>So, it's up to every
little leafcutter</i>

200
00:18:35,197 --> 00:18:37,699
<i>to keep those leaves coming in.</i>

201
00:18:52,381 --> 00:18:55,175
<i>Our orchid bee
has been busy, too,</i>

202
00:18:55,175 --> 00:18:58,345
<i>searching for that
final ingredient.</i>

203
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:04,393
<i>Nothing going on down here.</i>

204
00:19:06,728 --> 00:19:11,108
<i>But an amazing aroma
is coming from above.</i>

205
00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,494
<i>Now, that's no ordinary
floral fragrance.</i>

206
00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:27,082
<i>It's a very special
kind of orchid.</i>

207
00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:31,879
<i>Unfortunately,
he's late to the party.</i>

208
00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:36,758
<i>Bucket orchids produce
a rare scent</i>

209
00:19:36,758 --> 00:19:39,094
<i>to attract orchid bees.</i>

210
00:19:40,762 --> 00:19:42,389
<i>And it works.</i>

211
00:19:51,982 --> 00:19:56,612
<i>So many males here, a little
bee must learn to muscle in.</i>

212
00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:05,245
<i>But most of the good stuff's
been taken.</i>

213
00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:13,170
<i>Gotta reach further.</i>

214
00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:18,550
<i>A bit further...</i>

215
00:20:21,637 --> 00:20:23,347
<i>A small slip-up.</i>

216
00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:28,185
<i>But it could lead
to big problems.</i>

217
00:20:32,522 --> 00:20:36,610
<i>Most afternoons,
dark, heavy clouds roll in.</i>

218
00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:46,745
<i>It's called the rain forest
for a reason.</i>

219
00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:53,710
<i>14 feet of the stuff
falls each year.</i>

220
00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:04,054
<i>These downpours are
the life source of the forest.</i>

221
00:21:09,017 --> 00:21:11,061
<i>But from a bug's perspective...</i>

222
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,400
<i>...it's Armageddon.</i>

223
00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:29,746
<i>Each drop hits like a bomb.</i>

224
00:21:41,383 --> 00:21:44,594
<i>And rain can be way more
destructive than that.</i>

225
00:21:47,431 --> 00:21:50,726
<i>Bromeliad plants are
designed to catch water.</i>

226
00:21:52,686 --> 00:21:55,480
<i>The biggest can hold
five gallons.</i>

227
00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:02,779
<i>Even when the storm stops...</i>

228
00:22:06,116 --> 00:22:10,454
<i>...a quarter of the rainfall
is still trapped in the canopy.</i>

229
00:22:16,585 --> 00:22:20,380
<i>One branch can only
take so much.</i>

230
00:22:24,551 --> 00:22:29,014
<i>And now the elephant beetle
is flying up to the canopy.</i>

231
00:22:34,061 --> 00:22:38,273
<i>One of the world's
heaviest insects.</i>

232
00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:44,780
<i>Uh-oh.</i>

233
00:23:03,423 --> 00:23:06,551
<i>Falling branches are
a daily hazard here.</i>

234
00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:12,015
<i>But to a bug...</i>

235
00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:19,856
<i>...it's like your whole world</i>

236
00:23:19,856 --> 00:23:22,275
<i>has come crashing down.</i>

237
00:23:40,544 --> 00:23:43,338
<i>The survivors emerge
from the wreckage.</i>

238
00:23:50,887 --> 00:23:54,099
<i>But the little bee is trapped.</i>

239
00:23:57,352 --> 00:24:00,439
<i>Right now, that might be
a good thing.</i>

240
00:24:06,653 --> 00:24:09,698
<i>Maybe just stay put.</i>

241
00:24:19,749 --> 00:24:23,837
<i>The army ants have located
the leafcutter nest.</i>

242
00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:41,062
<i>It's the perfect size;</i>

243
00:24:41,062 --> 00:24:44,316
<i>small enough to invade,</i>

244
00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:47,235
<i>big enough to plunder.</i>

245
00:24:49,237 --> 00:24:51,490
<i>It's eggs they're after.</i>

246
00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:02,209
<i>The leafcutter ants
fight valiantly.</i>

247
00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:08,173
<i>But they're outnumbered.</i>

248
00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,767
<i>The army has breached
the nursery.</i>

249
00:25:20,227 --> 00:25:24,481
<i>The little leafcutter
can't save the eggs now.</i>

250
00:25:24,481 --> 00:25:27,609
<i>But sensing an alarm signal,</i>

251
00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:30,654
<i>she does something
extraordinary.</i>

252
00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,325
<i>Joining the other workers,</i>

253
00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:38,453
<i>she becomes part
of a living shield,</i>

254
00:25:40,497 --> 00:25:43,208
<i>surrounding their queen,</i>

255
00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:45,752
<i>keeping her safe from attack...</i>

256
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:52,425
<i>...while the invaders
just keep coming.</i>

257
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,224
<i>Once all the eggs
have been taken...</i>

258
00:26:02,102 --> 00:26:05,188
<i>...finally, the raid is over.</i>

259
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,910
<i>It's safe to come out now.</i>

260
00:26:21,496 --> 00:26:23,915
<i>But it's a tight squeeze.</i>

261
00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:28,128
<i>Just what the orchid intended,</i>

262
00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:31,756
<i>so it can stick two pollen sacs
to his back.</i>

263
00:26:35,885 --> 00:26:38,555
<i>The orchid needs someone
to carry its pollen</i>

264
00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:40,599
<i>to other flowers.</i>

265
00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:49,357
<i>And there's no better
delivery boy</i>

266
00:26:49,357 --> 00:26:51,568
<i>than this little bee.</i>

267
00:26:56,406 --> 00:26:59,409
<i>On his quest for new scents,</i>

268
00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:02,245
<i>he helps rare plants,</i>

269
00:27:02,245 --> 00:27:04,289
<i>strange mushrooms,</i>

270
00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:08,209
<i>even the biggest trees
to reproduce.</i>

271
00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:16,134
<i>His exploring ways keep the
whole forest growing strong.</i>

272
00:27:24,517 --> 00:27:26,895
<i>Back in the ant nest,</i>

273
00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:31,107
<i>one little leafcutter has made
a huge difference, too.</i>

274
00:27:33,234 --> 00:27:38,990
<i>Her selfless nature
helped save the day,</i>

275
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,117
<i>which saved the queen.</i>

276
00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:48,500
<i>As long as she's alive,
the colony can rebuild.</i>

277
00:27:52,962 --> 00:27:56,591
<i>But only with the help
and dedication</i>

278
00:27:56,591 --> 00:27:59,344
<i>of every little leafcutter.</i>

279
00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:09,229
<i>So, she better
get back to work.</i>

280
00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:18,571
<i>It's easy to overlook
the things little creatures do.</i>

281
00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:23,326
<i>But look closer.</i>

282
00:28:23,326 --> 00:28:25,578
<i>If these two tiny young bugs</i>

283
00:28:25,578 --> 00:28:30,542
<i>can play such vital roles
in the rain forest,</i>

284
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:35,547
<i>imagine the amazing things
all the others do</i>

285
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:39,050
<i>to keep this
wonderful world alive.</i>

286
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,143
<i>As for the bee,</i>

287
00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:52,021
<i>well, maybe all his hard work
was worth it after all.</i>

288
00:28:55,859 --> 00:28:59,988
<i>It's time to try out
his signature scent.</i>

289
00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:07,245
<i>The best perfumes are more than
a fragrance; they tell a story.</i>

290
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:12,459
<i>A tale of an intrepid bee</i>

291
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:17,297
<i>with the skill to survive
an epic jungle journey.</i>

292
00:29:19,215 --> 00:29:25,513
<i>And all because a lady loves
the scents of adventure.</i>

293
00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:31,811
<i>His very first display...</i>

294
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:38,610
<i>...and already he seems
to have an admirer.</i>

295
00:29:42,655 --> 00:29:45,074
<i>Not bad for a newbie.</i>