All language subtitles for One.Life.2011.1080i.BluRay.REMUX.AVC.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-EPSiLON.en

A universe of stars shines down
on one special planet.

Our planet. Our home.

The only planet we know that has life.

Life began when the Earth was young
and it started small...

when one tiny molecule
managed to make a copy of itself.

Since then...

since that magical moment...

life has swept across the globe...

filling every corner of our world.

Today there are some 5 million
different species on the planet.

5 million different ways
of staying alive.

This is a story that connects us all.

lt's a story of hope and of triumph.

A story of our journey through life.

Every life begins with a birth.

And every mother must choose
where her baby's life begins.

A Weddell seal has come to this desert
of snow and ice to have her pup.

The pup is only a few hours old
and is helpless.

He is entirely dependent
on his mother.

lt may be spring,

but the temperature can still drop
to minus 20 degrees

and winds of 70 miles an hour
roar across the ice.

All his mother can do is try to shelter him
with her own body.

Trust that she can keep
her infant alive.

So why has she chosen here,
of all places, to have her pup?

lt's because here,
they're safe from their enemies.

ln the middle of this vast frozen sea,
no predator can reach her or her baby.

but there's no food here.

So the mother keeps this ice hole open,
the only route to her hunting ground.

And it must become
his hunting ground, too.

She has to persuade him
into the water.

He's not keen.
And who can blame him?

but he soon discovers
this is where he was born to be.

Now, life's adventure can begin.

Wherever you look in the world,

so much of growing up

depends on the skill and determination
of your parents.

These snow monkeys
live in a volcanic mountain range

in the cold North.

They have wonderfully thick furry coats,
but they still feel the cold.

And the winter here is hard
on the little ones.

Some snow monkeys have discovered
there is a better way.

Steamy hot thermal springs.

These resourceful mothers
bring their babies here

to escape the worst of the winter

in a long warm bath.

ln here, the water
is a delightful 100 degrees.

So why aren't all the monkeys
in the pool?

Well, it's a privilege
which is jealously guarded.

lnside the pool,
a royal family.

A queen and a ruling dynasty
of snow monkeys.

Outside the pool...

everyone else.

The youngest princess can luxuriate
because she has an extended family

determined to give her the best in life.

Not everyone has the advantage
of such a supportive family.

Some have to depend
on a dedicated single mother.

And here she is.

A strawberry poison arrow frog
no bigger than your fingernail.

She's laid her eggs
on the forest floor.

For most frog mothers
that would be the job done.

but her maternal instinct is so strong
she guards them until they've hatched,

and then she moves her tadpoles
out of danger.

She hitches a tadpole on her back,

then sets off.

Surprisingly, she starts to climb.

And this is what she's looking for:

a special plant way up in the branches
of a tree, ¤0 feet above the ground.

There's water trapped in its leaves
that makes it a perfect nursery pool.

She has to leave him
because she still has 4 more tadpoles

waiting on the forest floor,

and each must be carried up
to its own private nursery.

There's nothing to eat in these pools,

so she feeds each tadpole
with one of her own unfertilized eggs.

A single egg won't sustain
a hungry tadpole for long,

so every few days,

she has to climb back up
to each youngster...

and do it all over again.

One day, this fine young frog
emerges from his pool,

and leaves his devoted mother behind.

(growling)

(adult gorilla snorting)

There are fathers
who do their bit, too.

A male silverback gorilla
left in charge.

(upbeat music)

(snorting)

but he's not what you might call
a hands-on dad.

(snorting)

(growling)

(birds chirping)

(distant growling)

(growling)

babysitting.

lt's so exhausting.

(growling)

(screaming)

(distant whooping)

(distant thumping)

That sound is another male.

A rival. A challenge.

(whooping)

(echoing sound effects)

The rival would steal his territory,

and that would be the end of his family
and everything he holds dear.

(distant whooping)

(distant thumping)

(whooping)

(echoing sound effects)

No reply.

(soft music)

When it comes to
the important things in life,

he's actually a pretty good dad.

(wind gusting)

(whimpering)

Often, being a good parent
comes naturally.

but there are times
when you have to learn the hard way.

This baby elephant was born last night
to a first-time mother.

These are the first steps on a life
that could last 70 years,

if the baby survives
these critical early days.

To produce enough milk to feed her calf,
the mother must find water.

The baby has no option,
she has to join the march.

(soft music)

She manages 5 miles,

but there's still a long way to go.

(growling)

(soft music)

(trumpeting)

(growling)

(trumpeting)

She's not sure what to make
of a waterhole.

(whimpering)
And no idea how to get out of it.

As the herd moves deeper
into the swamp,

the young mother and her calf follow.

This is dangerous.

(trumpeting)

baby elephants can get fatally stuck
in mud.

(calf crying)

The mother's trying to help,

but she's actually pushing her baby
deeper into the mud.

(trumpeting)

The grandmother sees the problem.

(trumpeting)

She barges her daughter out of the way
just in time.

(soft music)

Whether it's a baby elephant
or a baby frog,

a snow monkey or a gorilla,

they're all cared for by parents
who do their best to keep them safe.

Too soon, childhood ends...

(trumpeting)

...and they'll discover it's time
to make their own way in the world.

The lifelong search for food begins.

(birds chirping)

lmagine trying to feed
10 million hungry mouths.

Well, that's the challenge facing
the inhabitants of this underground city.

The city is surrounded by grassland.

Unfortunately its citizens,
grass-cutter ants,

can't actually eat grass.

(crunching)

(thumping)

(upbeat music)

Yet they collect
every blade of grass they can,

and they carry it all the way back
to the colony.

(upbeat music)

And they do this all day.

Every day.

365 days a year.

(upbeat music)

So why are they doing it?

The answer lies deep underground.

(cringing)

They chop it up and feed it to a fungus
that can eat grass.

And then they eat the fungus.

The anthill is a massive
underground farm.

lt's a perfect arrangement,

except that the fungus produces
so much carbon dioxide

it poisons the air down here.

The ants have sorted that problem, too.

They've built specially designed
ventilation shafts to keep their air clean.

They're farmers,
architects and engineers.

Each individual ant has a brain
the size of a pinhead.

but somehow, together,

they have invented a solution
to feeding themselves

that we would be proud to match.

Sometimes in life, the best way
is to follow your own path.

Choose food that no one else
has a taste for.

(distant squawking)

Here's a lammergeier,

a huge bearded vulture,

scanning the ground for his next meal.

(squawking)

(distant squawking)

A lot of rival scavengers
have beaten him to this carcass.

(squawking)

but a lammergeier is happy
to miss out on the meat.

lt's the bones he's after.

Why? because inside,
they are full of rich marrowfat.

The problem: how to get at it.

(epic music)

Here's how.

(cawing)

Now the juices in his stomach -
as corrosive as battery acid -

can get to work dissolving the bone.

(squawking)

Every young lammergeier
wants to learn the trick.

lt's not as easy as it looks.

And a beginner needs
to be closely watched.

(angry squawking)

lf at first you don't succeed...

try...

(squawking)

try...

try again.

A unique and inventive way
to get food.

One that lammergeiers
have made their own.

(crickets chirring)

For centuries, these rocks have been
a special place for preparing food

by a really clever animal.

ln fact it's so clever

it's changed the way
we think about animals

and even about ourselves.

These caves are home to a monkey:

the brown tufted capuchin.

Capuchins love palm nuts.

The problem is they're incredibly tough
to crack, even harder than bone.

(birds chirping)

An old hand knows
that first a nut should be peeled.

Then given a week or so
drying in the sun.

Here's some he prepared earlier.

Long ago, these clever capuchins
worked out

that this is what they needed
to finish the job.

Now the final step.

(soft dramatic music)

(music intensifying)

We used to think only humans
were clever enough to use tools like this.

(joyful music)

Youngsters watch
and imitate their elders,

just as human toddlers do.

(thumping)

They learn very early
that to do a job properly,

you've gotta have the right tool.

(fly buzzing)

lt takes 8 years to become
a master nutcracker.

(birds squawking)

ln many parts of the world,
you need more than just skill.

You need courage to find food.

(birds squawking)

A couple of weeks ago,
this ibex gave birth to her kids

at the top of this cliff,

out of the reach of predators.

Now they need food and water.

And that is down in the valley.

Getting there is going to be tough.

(pebbles falling down)

(hooves echoing)

(wind gusting)

(birds squawking)

Trailing behind,
this little one is almost down,

when she runs right into trouble.

(dramatic music)

The kid has never seen a fox before
but she knows she must run for her life.

One wrong turn, one hesitation

and the ibex's short life will be over.

The kid has the good sense

to make for a place
where only an ibex could stand.

(soft music)

Today the little kid
made all the right choices...

and the fox goes home hungry.

(birds chirping)

So being a hunter isn't always easy.

You have to be
at the top of your game to survive.

(crunching)

A praying mantis.

Sharp-eyed and lightning quick.

A perfect hunter.

And a cricket, a perfect meal.

(sound effects)

but he's outgunned by something
even more deadly:

a chameleon.

She can camouflage her skin
to melt into the background.

She can move her eyes independently
to lock on to her target.

Her tongue is a guided missile,

striking her victims at 50 feet a second.

And it comes totally out of the blue.

Delicious.

You don't have to work alone.
You can be part of a team.

Get it right and it can totally
change your life.

ln this corner of Africa,
things are changing.

Fast.

(birds squawking)

(soft music)

Cheetahs hunt alone.

They're very fast,

but not strong enough
to take down a big animal.

And the zebra know it.

but this cheetah is different.

He doesn't hunt alone.

He's joined forces with not just 1,

but his 2 brothers.

As fast as ever,

and now 3 times as strong.

They're turning their sights
on much bigger prey.

(distant zebra crying)

An ostrich knows a lone cheetah
is too small and weak to worry about.

but these brothers have changed the rules.

(dramatic music)

(ostrich squawking)

The female is slow to react
and the cheetahs switch target.

(squawking)

(groaning)

(cheetahs panting)

These brothers have figured out
how successful a team can be.

Strange circular scars on the sea floor

are the mark of a spectacularly
successful team.

Cunning, coordinated and creative.

These dolphins have worked out

that fish out of water
are much easier to catch.

(puffing)

by beating her tail down hard,

this bottlenose dolphin
stirs up the seabed.

And by swimming in a circle,

she creates a ring of mushrooming mud
around a shoal of fish.

A fishing net... made of mud.

As the net pulls tighter and tighter,
the fish are trapped,

till there's only one way out...

straight into the mouths
of the waiting dolphins.

(classical music)

(birds chirping)

What can you do if you're a hunter
that doesn't move, can't move?

There's only one option:
lure your victim in.

(fly buzzing)

The Venus flytrap does just that:

making itself irresistible,

oozing sugary nectar
around the brim of each leaf.

bait for hungry visitors.

The triggers, fine hairs,

which only work when 2 of them
are touched within 20 seconds.

(metallic clanging)
One...

(clock ticking)

(metallic clanging)
...two.

(buzzing)
(dramatic music)

(fly squirming)

Once the plant has digested the fly,

the trap reopens and resets itself,

ready for its next meal.

lt works brilliantly, except...

if it eats all the visiting flies,

there'll be nobody left
to pollinate its flowers.

No baby flytraps next year.

So it sends up its flowers on stems
a foot long,

well away from the traps below.

(birds chirping)

Up here, flies can safely graze
on nectar.

ln return, they fertilize the flowers.

(buzzing)

Down below, business as usual.

When it comes to the truly ruthless
pursuit of prey...

there is one hunter
you don't want to meet.

The Komodo dragon,
the biggest lizard on the planet.

10-feet long and weighing 300 pounds.

lt's the height of the dry season.

Perfect times for a dragon.

(insects buzzing)
(growling)

ln the pitiless heat, buffalo concentrate
at the shrinking waterholes.

The dragon is wary of getting too close.

A jab from those horns,

even a kick from those legs
could badly injure him.

He knows all he needs is just one bite.

lt's just a nip,

a flesh wound,
but it alerts the other dragons close-by.

Like sharks,
they're attracted by blood.

(grunting)

They gather round and watch
the buffalo's every move... for days.

The wound doesn't heal.

This is the Komodo dragon's
secret weapon.

lts bite injected a poisonous cocktail
of bacteria and venom.

As days turn into weeks,
the buffalo weakens.

And the dragons wait.

That's all they have to do.

Just bear the hunger, watch,

and wait for the poison to take effect.

(snorting)

(groaning)

The buffalo died in the night.

(flies buzzing)

The dragons can eat almost
their own body weight in one meal.

They strip the buffalo to the bone
in under 3 hours.

Hunters.

Resourceful, imaginative, determined.

They seem to hold all the aces.

So what can you do
if you're the one being hunted?

beneath this tree lives a tiny creature
called a sengi.

And she has a plan.

One needing speed, agility,

and a very good memory.

She's cleared an intricate network of trails
all around her territory.

And she's memorized
every twist and turn of this maze.

And here's why.

(dramatic music)

The monitor lizard is very fast
in short bursts.

but she's the one with the agility
to take the tight corners.

(dramatic music)

And she makes the most
of home advantage.

She's not only outrun the lizard,

she's outwitted him.

(insects buzzing)

Home safe,
in time to suckle her baby.

Her escape plan
has kept them both alive.

For every hunter
who thinks he's invincible,

there's an escape artist
to gladden your heart.

(soft music)

Meet the pebble toad.

And his sworn enemy,
the toad-eating tarantula.

The pebble toad has no armour.

He crawls very slowly...

and hopping is quite beyond him.

On the face of it,

no contest.

(gulping)

but he's not called a pebble toad
for nothing.

(dramatic music)

He rolls like a pebble

and he bounces like a pebble...

right out of danger.

(birds chirping)

Now meet the Jesus Christ lizard.

He may look relaxed,

but he's actually about to do
something quite miraculous.

(squawking)

That hunter's too close.
Time to go.

(rhythmic music)

(soft music)

We'd have to run at more
than 65 miles an hour to do this.

He's got a talent for walking on water
and a name to match.

(joyful music)

There are places
where there's simply nowhere to run.

Then your best chance
is to hide in a crowd.

Each individual fish joins the shoal
to save its own skin,

but the synchronized flash of silver

makes it hard for the hunter
to pick out a victim.

(joyful music)

(squawking)

Unfortunately,
a crowd attracts attention.

And the fish find themselves
at the centre of a feeding frenzy.

(dramatic music)

A shoal reduced to a few survivors,

this time by calm,
surgical precision.

Sailfish combine speed
with skilful swordplay

to pick off one fish after another.

So is there anywhere to escape?

(epic music)

Fish... that fly.

Escaping the clutches of a hunter
is not just about self-preservation.

Often there is even more at stake.

(dramatic music)

Red-billed tropicbirds coming home
from a fishing trip.

(squawking)

Frigate birds patrolling offshore.

Waiting.

They don't want to kill him;
they want to steal his fish.

lt's easier than catching their own.

Another ambush.

(squawking)

There goes the fish.

Another victory for the robbers.

lt's nesting time here in Tobago
and this chick is hungry.

lts father has yet
to battle his way through.

(dramatic music)

Frigate birds are faster,
but tropicbirds are quicker on the turn.

(squawking)

(chirping)

He didn't fight off his attackers
to feed himself.

He did it for his chick.
(chirping)

because nothing is more important to him
than family.

lt's tempting to think
that the story of life

is just about survival,
staying alive,

but living here is an animal
who turns that idea on its head

because in life,
there is one greater purpose,

one greater goal.

(breathing)

This giant octopus is looking
for a new home.

(breathing)

lt has to be just right.

She's planning on raising a family,

and living there
for the rest of her life.

(breathing)

These translucent curtains of eggs
are her first brood.

Her only brood.

A giant octopus has only one chance
to be a mother.

For 6 long months,

she dare not leave her eggs
unprotected for a moment.

Not even to feed.

She's prepared to starve herself
to death...

for the sake of her young.

(soft music)

She softly blows water over her eggs
to encourage them to hatch.

As her life ebbs away,

she sees her babies
born into the world.

They mean so much to her

she's willing to die for them.

but she lives on, in her children
and in the generations to come.

(birds chirping)

(soft music)

To raise that next generation,
we all dream

of finding the perfect partner,
the love of our life.

lt's why, every spring,

these beautiful birds fly north
to find each other again

after a long, lonely winter apart.

To celebrate their reunion,

the male gives her
the most romantic gift he can.

A fish.

but the female still wants to test
her partner's true commitment,

so she invites him
to join her in a dance.

(soft music)

(splashing)

(birds chirping)

This stag beetle is in search
of his perfect mate,

and he thinks he's going to find her
at the top of this tree.

And sure enough here she is, waiting.

but the love life of a beetle

is never that simple.

Those aren't horns on his head.
They're jaws.

The male Darwin's beetle has
some of the biggest jaws in nature...

for fighting rivals.

(squeaking)

The bigger the jaws,
the better the fighter.

Just as well that armour's tough.

(amusing music)

A second rival.

And another.

One more.

And yet another.

Here she is at last.

After all he's been through,
she doesn't seem that impressed.

(amusing music)

Unfortunately for her,
the hurling habit dies hard.

(squeaking)

When it comes to winning a mate,
males may think they call the shots,

but often it's the females
that do the choosing.

This is a female humpback whale

and she's ready to mate.

As well as making a scene,
she's releasing her scent into the water,

attracting males from far and wide.

(whale singing)

but the minute they turn up,
she swims away,

enticing her suitors to chase her.

They challenge for the one position
that counts:

to swim right behind her.

They're doing exactly what she wants.

She wants them to fight.

(whales singing)

(epic music)

40-ton males lash out
at each other.

lt's an epic battle

where there can only be one winner.

(dramatic music)

Only when the female is sure
that the strongest male has won

will she allow him to take his place
at her side to be her mate.

(whales singing)

(whale singing)

A year later,

she comes back to Tonga
with her perfect newborn calf.

Her whole story,
her whole life

has brought her
to this moment.

Every living thing on our planet
shares the same desire:

not just to live,

but to foster new life.

And we're no different.

(soft music)

We see so much of us in them...

and them in us.

Whether it's intelligence
or ingenuity...

...strength, grace
or determination.

Courage...

even love.

Their lives...

our lives...

all life on Earth will be richer

if we choose to remember
everything we have in common.

To remember

we share one planet...

one future.