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NARRATOR: FROM HIGH IN SPACE,
WE CAN SEE
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THE FAMILIAR SHAPES
OF COUNTRIES AND CONTINENTS.
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BUT LOOK CLOSER, AND OUR PLANET
BECOMES A PATCHWORK
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OF EXTRAORDINARY PATTERNS
AND SHAPES.
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SOME HAVE BEEN CARVED INTO
THE EARTH
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BY POWERFUL NATURAL FORCES,
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SCULPTED BY WEATHER AND GEOLOGY.
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OTHER PATTERNS
ARE BEING CREATED EVERY DAY
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BY REMARKABLE ANIMALS
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AS THEY BUILD THEIR
HOMES AND FIND FOOD.
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AND NOW WE ARE ADDING SHAPES
OF OUR VERY OWN.
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BEHIND EVERY PATTERN,
THERE'S A STORY.
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SATELLITES ORBITING THE EARTH
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CAN NOW LOOK DOWN AT OUR HOME
IN EXTRAORDINARY DETAIL.
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THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE IS
TRANSFORMING
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OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF THE NATURAL WORLD.
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AT A TIME WHEN EARTH'S SURFACE
IS CHANGING FASTER
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THAN AT ANY
POINT IN HUMAN HISTORY,
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THESE CAMERAS ARE REVEALING
OUR PLANET IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.
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[STUDENTS CHANTING]
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NARRATOR: THIS IS OUR HOME
AS WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
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NARRATOR:
FROM ABOVE, EARTH'S SURFACE IS
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COVERED IN ASTONISHING SHAPES...
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AND INTRICATE PATTERNS...
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SOME SPANNING HUNDREDS
OF MILES...
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CAUSED BY POWERFUL
GEOLOGICAL SHIFTS...
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WHILE OTHERS ARE FLEETING--
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THE RESULT OF
THE CHANGING SEASONS.
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IN A FEW SPECIAL PLACES,
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IN A FEW SPECIAL PLACES,
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THERE ARE EVEN SHAPES THAT
HAVE BEEN CREATED BY ANIMALS.
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THE CONGO JUNGLE IN
CENTRAL AFRICA.
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AT FIRST, IT APPEARS AS LITTLE
MORE THAN A BLANKET OF GREEN.
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BUT LOOK DOWN ON ONE
REMOTE CORNER...
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AND THERE'S A TEAR IN
THE FOREST CANOPY...
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A CLEARING...
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WITH DOZENS OF TRAILS LEADING
IN FROM THE SURROUNDING FOREST.
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THIS SHAPE WAS CREATED
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BY THE CONGO'S MIGHTIEST
RESIDENTS.
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THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR LIVES
HIDDEN IN THE THICK JUNGLE...
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BUT TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF
MILES TO GATHER HERE.
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[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING]
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FOREST ELEPHANTS.
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LOCALS CALL THIS
PLACE DZANGA BAI...
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THE VILLAGE OF ELEPHANTS.
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FOREST ELEPHANTS SPEND MOST
OF THEIR LIVES
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IN SMALL FAMILY GROUPS.
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BUT EVERY DAY,
UP TO 150 INDIVIDUALS
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ARE DRAWN
TOGETHER IN THIS CLEARING.
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THEIR DIET OF TOUGH LEAVES
AND JUNGLE FRUIT IS LACKING
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IN VITAL MINERALS AND SALTS.
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TO KEEP THEMSELVES HEALTHY,
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GENERATIONS OF ELEPHANTS
HAVE COME
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TO THIS
ONE SPOT IN THE FOREST...
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WHERE A QUIRK OF GEOLOGY MEANS
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RICH MINERAL DEPOSITS LIE
CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.
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USING THEIR TUSKS TO
DIG AT THE SOIL
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AND THEIR TRUNKS TO
BLOW INTO THE WATER...
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AND THEIR TRUNKS TO
BLOW INTO THE WATER...
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THE ELEPHANTS HERE
HAVE EXCAVATED
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A NETWORK OF BORE-HOLES...
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ALLOWING THEM TO EXTRACT
MINERALS FROM UNDERGROUND.
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OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
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THE CONSTANT DIGGING
AND MOVEMENT OF ELEPHANTS HERE
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HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT
FOR PLANTS TO TAKE ROOT...
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CAUSING THE CLEARING TO GROW.
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IT'S NOW MORE THAN
1,500 FEET LONG...
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MAKING IT CLEARLY VISIBLE
FROM SPACE.
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FOR A YOUNG FOREST ELEPHANT,
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A FIRST VISIT TO THE CLEARING
IS FULL OF NEW EXPERIENCES.
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WHILE THE ADULTS EFFORTLESSLY
DRINK...
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SHE'S STILL LEARNING
TO USE HER TRUNK.
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INFANTS SPEND UP TO FOUR YEARS
BEING RAISED BY THEIR MOTHERS.
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AND LEARNING HOW TO DRINK
FROM THESE WELLS
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IS A VITAL LIFE LESSON.
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FOR A YOUNGSTER WHO SPENDS
MOST OF HER TIME WITH MOM...
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[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING]
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THIS GATHERING PROVIDES A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALIZE.
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SHE MAY NEVER HAVE MET
AN ELEPHANT HER OWN AGE BEFORE.
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RELATIONSHIPS FORMED AT THIS
YOUNG AGE MAY LAST A LIFETIME.
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BUT WHILE THEY PLAY,
MOTHER MUST KEEP A CLOSE WATCH.
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MALE FOREST ELEPHANTS
ARE ALSO DRAWN HERE.
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THIS MASS GATHERING IS
THE IDEAL PLACE
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TO SEARCH FOR FERTILE FEMALES.
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TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SIZE
AND STRENGTH...
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BULL ELEPHANTS CHARGE
AROUND THE CLEARING.
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IF MORE THAN ONE MALE APPEARS,
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TENSIONS RUN HIGH,
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AND FIGHTS CAN EASILY BREAK OUT.
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CHARGED WITH TESTOSTERONE,
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THEY LET NOTHING
GET IN THEIR WAY.
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YOUNG FOREST ELEPHANTS
HAVE BEEN KILLED HERE
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BY CHARGING MALES.
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MOM DECIDES IT'S BEST
TO HEAD BACK
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TO THE SAFETY OF THE FOREST.
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HER BABY SHOULD BE ABLE
TO RETURN TO THE CLEARING
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THROUGHOUT ITS LIFETIME.
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BUT FOREST ELEPHANTS FACE
AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
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IN THE LAST 20 YEARS,
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MORE THAN HALF OF ALL THE FOREST
ELEPHANTS IN THE WORLD
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HAVE BEEN KILLED
BY POACHERS FOR THEIR IVORY.
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BUT CAMERAS IN SPACE
MAY BE ABLE TO HELP.
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USING SATELLITE IMAGES,
SCIENTISTS CAN NOW IDENTIFY
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OTHER CLEARINGS USED BY
FOREST ELEPHANTS
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SO THEY CAN BE PROTECTED
BEFORE POACHERS ARRIVE.
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BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE
AS BIG AS AN ELEPHANT
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TO MAKE A PATTERN VISIBLE
FROM SPACE.
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AROUND THE WORLD,
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TROPICAL COASTLINES
ARE FRINGED WITH CORAL REEFS.
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AT FIRST GLANCE THEIR PATTERNS
APPEAR TO BE RANDOM.
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BUT A CLOSER LOOK REVEALS
MORE ORDERED, CIRCULAR SHAPES--
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PALE RINGS SURROUNDING
PATCHES OF DARK CORAL.
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PALE RINGS SURROUNDING
PATCHES OF DARK CORAL.
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THESE PATTERNS WERE
FIRST SPOTTED IN THE CARIBBEAN
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DURING THE 1960S.
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BUT USING SATELLITE IMAGES,
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SCIENTISTS HAVE NOW FOUND THEM
ON CORAL REEFS AROUND THE WORLD.
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UNDERSTANDING HOW
THEY ARE FORMED OFFERS
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AN INSIGHT
INTO THE HEALTH OF OUR OCEANS...
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AND THE ANIMALS
THAT CALL THEM HOME.
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FOR FISH THAT LIVE
ON CORAL REEFS,
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THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
FOR FINDING FOOD.
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SOME STAY CLOSE TO THE REEF,
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FEEDING FROM THE CORAL ITSELF.
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OTHERS VENTURE OUT TO FEED
ON THE SURROUNDING SEABED.
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BUT FEEDING IN THE OPEN
CAN BE DANGEROUS.
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PREDATORS LIKE
CORAL GROUPERS AND SHARKS
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PATROL THE REEF PERIMETER...
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SO SMALL FISH ONLY FEED
AS FAR FROM THE CORAL
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AS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...
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STAYING WITHIN
EASY REACH OF SAFETY.
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OVER TIME,
THE SEABED CLOSEST TO THE CORAL
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IS STRIPPED OF FOOD...
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CREATING RINGS OF BARE SAND THAT
SCIENTISTS CALL GRAZING HALOS.
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THE VIEW OF THESE HALOS
FROM SPACE SHOWS
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THAT LIFE ON
THE REEF IS IN BALANCE.
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BUT WHERE THEY DISAPPEAR,
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IT COULD BE A SIGN THAT
MARINE LIFE IS IN TROUBLE.
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THE PATTERNS MADE
BY WILDLIFE GIVE SCIENTISTS
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A POWERFUL NEW WAY
TO MONITOR ANIMAL POPULATIONS.
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A POWERFUL NEW WAY
TO MONITOR ANIMAL POPULATIONS.
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IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
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THE OUTBACK IS SPECKLED
WITH MYSTERIOUS LIGHT PATCHES...
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INTERLINKED WITH
NARROW TRAILS...
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[FLIES BUZZING]
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THE WORK OF
AN UNLIKELY ARCHITECT.
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BUT EVEN FOR THE MOST
INDUSTRIOUS OF CREATURES,
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THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY IS
STRICTLY RESERVED FOR SLEEPING.
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HE'S A SOUTHERN
HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT--
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A MARSUPIAL FOUND
ONLY IN THIS PART OF AUSTRALIA.
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EXPOSING THE THINNER FUR OF HIS
BELLY HELPS TO KEEP HIM COOL...
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AS HE WAITS FOR
THE WORST OF THE HEAT TO PASS.
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THEN THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
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IT'S SPRINGTIME.
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AND WITH EACH PASSING DAY,
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TEMPERATURES
ARE STEADILY RISING.
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IN JUST A FEW WEEKS,
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IT'LL BE CLOSE TO
120 DEGREES.
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FOR A WOMBAT WRAPPED
IN A THICK FUR COAT,
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THE COMING HEAT COULD BE DEADLY.
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BUT HE HAS A SOLUTION.
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WITH SHARP CLAWS
AND SHORT, POWERFUL LIMBS,
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HE'S BUILT FOR DIGGING.
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IT'S MUCH COOLER BELOW GROUND--
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A HIDING PLACE FROM
THE WORST OF THE SUMMER SUN.
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BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES AREN'T
THE ONLY THREAT WOMBATS FACE.
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HABITAT LOSS AND THE IMPACT
OF INVASIVE SPECIES
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CAUSED WOMBAT NUMBERS TO PLUMMET
IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY.
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BUT BY USING SATELLITE IMAGES
TO COUNT THEIR BURROWS...
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SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE
THEY'RE BOUNCING BACK...
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SCIENTISTS NOW BELIEVE
THEY'RE BOUNCING BACK...
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WITH AROUND ONE MILLION
SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBATS
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IN THIS CORNER
OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA.
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A FEW EXTRAORDINARY SPECIES
ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING SHAPES
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THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE,
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BUT THESE ARE DWARFED
BY MUCH LARGER PATTERNS.
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LONG BEFORE ANIMALS APPEARED,
POWERFUL NATURAL FORCES
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WERE SHAPING THE SURFACE
OF OUR PLANET.
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AND THEY'RE STILL
ACTIVE TODAY...
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CREATING SOME OF EARTH'S
MOST ICONIC LANDSCAPES.
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IN THE NAMIB DESERT,
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THE WIND HAS BLOWN SAND INTO
A MESMERIZING FIELD OF DUNES,
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COVERING 30,000 SQUARE MILES...
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WHILE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
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TECTONIC FORCES
HAVE DRIVEN UP FROZEN PEAKS
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14,000 FEET INTO THE AIR.
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IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL,
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AN UNEXPECTED PATTERN
REACHES IN FROM THE COAST.
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TROPICAL VEGETATION
IS BEING SWALLOWED UP BY SAND...
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WASHED UP BY THE OCEAN
AND BLOWN INLAND
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OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
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KNOWN AS
THE LENCOIS MARANHENSES,
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THIS FIELD OF SAND DUNES
NOW COVERS 500 SQUARE MILES.
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THE SURFACE OF THE SAND
CAN REACH 170 DEGREES.
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TO SURVIVE HERE,
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YOU HAVE TO BE MADE
FROM TOUGH STUFF.
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A PANINGA TURTLE.
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SHE'S LEFT THE SURROUNDING
FOREST BEHIND...
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AND IS MAKING HER WAY
INTO THE HEART OF THIS DESERT.
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AND IS MAKING HER WAY
INTO THE HEART OF THIS DESERT.
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SHE'LL WALK FOR DAYS
BENEATH THE BURNING SUN...
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EACH STEP ON THE SOFT SAND
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SAPPING AWAY
HER PRECIOUS ENERGY.
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WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER,
SHE WON'T SURVIVE FOR LONG.
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BUT SHE'S MAKING THIS
JOURNEY FOR A REASON.
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[THUNDER]
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IT'S JANUARY.
THE WET SEASON HAS ARRIVED.
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AND IN THESE DUNES,
THE RAIN CHANGES EVERYTHING.
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ONLY FROM SPACE CAN WE SEE
THE SCALE OF THE TRANSFORMATION.
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ONCE A YEAR,
THE DESERT IS FLOODED.
211
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AS RAINWATER GATHERS
BETWEEN THE DUNES,
212
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FORMING THOUSANDS OF
FRESHWATER LAGOONS...
213
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JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE,
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A LAYER OF SOLID ROCK STOPS
RAINWATER FROM ESCAPING...
215
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CREATING A LANDSCAPE
LIKE NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
216
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AND THAT'S
JUST WHAT SHE CAME FOR.
217
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FISH HAVE MADE THEIR WAY
INTO THE LAGOON SYSTEM
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FROM SURROUNDING RIVERS.
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THEY'LL PROVIDE ENOUGH FOOD
TO KEEP HER FED FOR WEEKS.
220
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BUT THE WATER
WON'T LAST FOREVER.
221
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IN THE TROPICAL SUN,
222
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THESE SHALLOW POOLS WILL SOON
EVAPORATE.
223
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SO DOZENS OF
DESERT SPECIES RACE
224
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TO MAKE THE MOST
OF THE LIFE-GIVING WATER.
225
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BEFORE THE RAINS EASE,
226
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THE LAGOONS DISAPPEAR
227
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AND SAND ONCE AGAIN RECLAIMS
THIS CORNER OF BRAZIL.
228
00:25:00,633 --> 00:25:03,600
[WIND BLOWING]
229
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THE PASSING SEASONS ARE
A POWERFUL NATURAL FORCE...
230
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CAUSING THE PATTERNS
OF EARTH'S SURFACE
231
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TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
232
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,766
AND AS THEY CHANGE, THEY CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILDLIFE.
233
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IN CENTRAL ASIA, THE SHAPES
OF SNOWCAPPED MOUNTAINS STRETCH
234
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FROM PAKISTAN TO CHINA.
235
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THE HIMALAYA.
236
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WHEN WINTER ARRIVES,
THE HENGDUAN RANGE
237
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IN THE EAST OF THE HIMALAYA
BECOMES LOCKED IN ICE.
238
00:26:05,966 --> 00:26:09,166
MOST ANIMALS
HAVE LEFT THESE MOUNTAINS,
239
00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:13,600
CHOOSING LOWER VALLEYS
TO ESCAPE THE EXTREME COLD...
240
00:26:16,066 --> 00:26:19,200
BUT NOT ALL.
241
00:26:25,866 --> 00:26:30,966
LIVING 13,000 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL,
242
00:26:31,066 --> 00:26:35,733
BLACK SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS.
243
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WITH DENSE SIX-INCH-LONG FUR
AND NO NOSE TO GET FROSTBITTEN,
244
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THEY'RE WELL-ADAPTED
TO THE COLD.
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BUT IN WINTER, FOOD IS LIMITED
TO HANDFULS OF DRY LICHEN.
246
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IT'S NOT MUCH,
BUT IT WILL KEEP THEM ALIVE.
247
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:45,533
THESE MONKEYS ENDURE WINTER ON
THESE PEAKS FOR A GOOD REASON,
248
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WHICH BECOMES CLEAR WHEN YOU
LOOK DOWN FROM SPACE.
249
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MOST OF THE HIMALAYA
RUN WEST TO EAST,
250
00:28:00,433 --> 00:28:05,766
FORMING A BARRIER TO
TROPICAL AIR MOVING NORTH,
251
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BUT THE VALLEYS OF THE HENGDUANS
RUN NORTH TO SOUTH...
252
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:19,766
ALLOWING WARM, MOIST AIR TO
FUNNEL UP THE DEEP VALLEYS.
253
00:28:26,966 --> 00:28:30,966
BY COMBINING SATELLITE IMAGES...
254
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,200
WE CAN SEE THE PATTERN
OF THE MOUNTAINS TRANSFORM
255
00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:40,733
AS SPRING ARRIVES.
256
00:28:45,533 --> 00:28:49,300
THE TROPICAL AIR
INCREASES PLANT GROWTH...
257
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,700
BRINGING LIFE BACK
TO THE VALLEYS.
258
00:28:57,433 --> 00:29:03,833
AMONGST THE LUSH GREEN,
BURSTS OF COLOR.
259
00:29:11,933 --> 00:29:14,200
[BIRD CALLING]
260
00:29:18,466 --> 00:29:24,933
RHODODENDRONS BLOOM
IN THEIR THOUSANDS.
261
00:29:39,233 --> 00:29:43,133
BY TOUGHING IT OUT
UP HERE THROUGH THE WINTER...
262
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THE MONKEYS ARE FIRST
ON THE SCENE
263
00:29:50,066 --> 00:29:54,133
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE BOUNTY OF FOOD.
264
00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:06,800
SWEET RHODODENDRON NECTAR
IS A REAL TREAT.
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SWEET RHODODENDRON NECTAR
IS A REAL TREAT.
266
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,533
FOR MONKEY FAMILIES,
267
00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:27,933
THE INCREASE IN FOOD
MAKES THIS THE PERFECT TIME
268
00:30:28,033 --> 00:30:30,900
FOR A NEW ARRIVAL.
269
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EVERY YEAR OF THIS
YOUNGSTER'S LIFE
270
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WILL BE GOVERNED
BY THE CHANGING SEASONS...
271
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AND THE SHAPE OF HER
MOUNTAIN HOME.
272
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MOUNTAIN SUMMERS MAY BE SHORT,
273
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,366
BUT THEY TRIGGER ANOTHER
NATURAL FORCE THAT CREATES
274
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SOME OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
PATTERNS ON THE PLANET.
275
00:31:15,233 --> 00:31:21,400
AROUND THE WORLD, THE SUN'S
WARMTH MELTS MOUNTAIN SNOW.
276
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FROM SPACE,
THE RESULTING WATER CAN BE SEEN
277
00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:36,300
FLOWING OUT FROM
EARTH'S GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGES.
278
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AT THE FOOT OF THE ANDES,
MULTIPLE STREAMS COMBINE
279
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:52,000
TO FORM THE HEADWATERS OF
THE MIGHTY AMAZON RIVER.
280
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AS THEY WORK THEIR WAY
INTO THE JUNGLE,
281
00:32:01,066 --> 00:32:03,733
THESE AMAZON TRIBUTARIES
282
00:32:03,833 --> 00:32:08,766
ARE SURROUNDED BY STRANGE
ARCS AND HORSESHOE SHAPES.
283
00:32:12,033 --> 00:32:16,133
SATELLITE IMAGES
TAKEN OVER 30 YEARS
284
00:32:16,233 --> 00:32:20,933
REVEAL JUST HOW
THIS PATTERN WAS FORMED.
285
00:32:24,466 --> 00:32:30,000
RAINFOREST RIVERS ARE
CONSTANTLY CHANGING COURSE...
286
00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:32,533
THE FORCE OF THEIR WATER
287
00:32:32,633 --> 00:32:36,900
CARVING NEW ROUTES
THROUGH THE SOFT JUNGLE SOIL.
288
00:32:38,933 --> 00:32:44,366
OVER TIME, ENTIRE SECTIONS
ARE CUT OFF...
289
00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:50,833
AND LEFT BEHIND...
290
00:32:50,933 --> 00:32:55,800
CREATING ISOLATED OXBOW LAKES...
291
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:04,400
LIKE EL DORADO
IN NORTHERN PERU...
292
00:33:06,233 --> 00:33:09,333
A HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE...
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A HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE...
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AND MUCH LOVED BY THE LOCAL
HUMAN POPULATION.
295
00:33:19,233 --> 00:33:21,200
[CONVERSATION
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
296
00:33:31,133 --> 00:33:35,500
NARRATOR: ELVIRA REATEGUI IS
NINE YEARS OLD.
297
00:33:38,833 --> 00:33:40,333
SHE AND HER FRIENDS LIVE
298
00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:44,633
IN A SMALL VILLAGE CLOSE TO
THE OXBOW LAKE.
299
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THEY'RE FASCINATED BY ANIMALS.
300
00:33:52,166 --> 00:33:57,866
AND THEIR FAVORITE
IS THE AMAZONIAN MANATEE.
301
00:34:03,766 --> 00:34:07,566
MANATEES LIVE THEIR
ENTIRE LIVES HIDDEN
302
00:34:07,666 --> 00:34:11,400
IN THE MURKY WATER
OF JUNGLE RIVERS...
303
00:34:14,133 --> 00:34:18,833
SURFACING ONLY BRIEFLY
TO TAKE A BREATH
304
00:34:18,933 --> 00:34:22,166
OR FEED ON FLOATING PLANTS.
305
00:34:25,233 --> 00:34:31,533
BUT THEIR SEDENTARY PACE MAKES
THEM AN EASY TARGET FOR HUNTERS.
306
00:34:31,633 --> 00:34:33,933
AND THEIR NUMBERS ARE DECLINING
307
00:34:34,033 --> 00:34:36,433
IN MANY PARTS OF THE AMAZON.
308
00:34:39,700 --> 00:34:42,100
ELVIRA HAS NEVER LAID EYES
309
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,100
ON ONE OF THESE ELUSIVE
CREATURES...
310
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GIRL: VAMOS, CHICAS.
311
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NARRATOR:
BUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE.
312
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[LAUGHTER]
313
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THE OXBOW LAKE HAS ALL
THE BENEFITS OF A RIVER...
314
00:35:16,466 --> 00:35:20,566
BUT ITS ISOLATION MAKES
IT A SAFE HAVEN...
315
00:35:26,933 --> 00:35:32,733
PERFECT FOR MANATEES
IN NEED OF A SECOND CHANCE.
316
00:35:58,133 --> 00:36:02,400
NARRATOR: FOR ELVIRA,
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO FINALLY COME FACE TO FACE
WITH HER FAVORITE ANIMAL.
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00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:20,833
TO FINALLY COME FACE TO FACE
WITH HER FAVORITE ANIMAL.
319
00:36:20,833 --> 00:36:24,200
NARRATOR: THIS MANATEE
IS ONE OF A LUCKY FEW.
320
00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:26,166
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
321
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WOMAN: READY?
322
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NARRATOR: THEY WERE RESCUED
FROM ILLEGAL CAPTIVITY
323
00:36:30,866 --> 00:36:35,166
AND REHABILITATED BY AN
INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF EXPERTS.
324
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THEY'RE NOW FIT AND WELL
ENOUGH TO BE RELEASED.
325
00:36:45,166 --> 00:36:50,333
A RADIO TAG WILL ALLOW THEIR
PROGRESS TO BE MONITORED...
326
00:36:50,433 --> 00:36:53,066
ELVIRA: WOW!
327
00:36:53,166 --> 00:36:54,300
[APPLAUSE]
328
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,133
NARRATOR: AS THEY START
THEIR NEW LIFE
329
00:36:58,233 --> 00:37:00,800
IN THE SAFETY OF
THE OXBOW LAKE.
330
00:37:25,033 --> 00:37:29,766
NARRATOR: FROM ABOVE,
EARTH'S GREATEST NATURAL FORCES
331
00:37:29,866 --> 00:37:35,733
AND SOME REMARKABLE SPECIES
OF ANIMALS SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE,
332
00:37:35,833 --> 00:37:37,966
CREATING PATTERNS
THAT HAVE EVOLVED
333
00:37:38,066 --> 00:37:43,733
OVER MILLENNIA OR THAT COME
AND GO WITH THE SEASONS.
334
00:37:46,733 --> 00:37:51,933
BUT SOME PATTERNS
ARE MORE UNEXPECTED
335
00:37:52,033 --> 00:37:55,800
AND HAVE LED TO NEW
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.
336
00:37:58,766 --> 00:38:01,966
IN A REMOTE PART OF CANADA...
337
00:38:04,533 --> 00:38:07,766
A STRANGE ARCED SHAPE...
338
00:38:09,566 --> 00:38:15,766
HALF A MILE LONG
IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST.
339
00:38:23,033 --> 00:38:28,366
THIS IS THE WORLD'S
LARGEST BEAVER DAM,
340
00:38:28,466 --> 00:38:32,300
BUILT BY MULTIPLE GENERATIONS
OF BEAVERS
341
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:36,433
OVER MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
342
00:38:38,666 --> 00:38:41,466
NO ONE KNEW THAT
THE SPECIES WAS CAPABLE
343
00:38:41,566 --> 00:38:44,833
OF CONSTRUCTION ON
SUCH A SCALE.
344
00:38:55,900 --> 00:39:00,133
AND IN MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICA,
345
00:39:00,233 --> 00:39:04,400
SCIENTISTS, SCANNING THROUGH
SATELLITE IMAGES,
346
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:07,900
FOUND A LOST WORLD...
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00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:09,466
FOUND A LOST WORLD...
348
00:39:09,466 --> 00:39:12,600
AN ISOLATED RAINFOREST
349
00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:17,566
ON TOP OF CLIFFS
2,000 FEET HIGH...
350
00:39:25,566 --> 00:39:31,000
COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED
AND UNEXPLORED.
351
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,966
EXPEDITIONS
HAVE NOW BEEN LAUNCHED
352
00:39:37,066 --> 00:39:41,900
IN THE HOPE OF DISCOVERING
ENTIRELY NEW SPECIES.
353
00:39:48,066 --> 00:39:53,233
BUT OTHER IMAGES ARE
HARDER TO EXPLAIN.
354
00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:56,766
IN RUSSIA, LAKE BAIKAL STRETCHES
355
00:39:56,866 --> 00:40:01,933
ALMOST 400 MILES
ACROSS SIBERIA,
356
00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:05,933
THE LARGEST BODY
OF FRESHWATER ON THE PLANET.
357
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:18,500
ITS SURFACE IS FROZEN SOLID
FOR 5 MONTHS OF THE YEAR...
358
00:40:26,166 --> 00:40:31,700
MILE UPON MILE OF
ICY WILDERNESS.
359
00:40:37,733 --> 00:40:40,700
BUT SATELLITE IMAGES
HAVE REVEALED
360
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,500
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED
IN THE ICE...
361
00:40:48,433 --> 00:40:51,500
A HUGE DARK RING
362
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:56,700
SO BIG, IT CAN ONLY
BE SEEN FROM SPACE.
363
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,566
BROKEN ICE AND MELTWATER
364
00:41:02,666 --> 00:41:08,000
IN A CIRCLE
NEARLY THREE MILES WIDE.
365
00:41:11,633 --> 00:41:16,333
ONE OR TWO OF THESE RINGS
APPEAR ALMOST EVERY YEAR...
366
00:41:18,433 --> 00:41:21,566
AND IN DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE LAKE...
367
00:41:23,633 --> 00:41:29,866
EACH ONE TRIGGERING VAST AREAS
OF ICE TO BREAK APART...
368
00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:35,866
EXPOSING OPEN WATER.
369
00:41:38,266 --> 00:41:41,000
IT'S A POTENTIAL DISASTER
370
00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:45,900
FOR AN ANIMAL WHO DEPENDS
ON THE ICE.
371
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,400
THE BAIKAL SEAL.
372
00:42:04,166 --> 00:42:08,166
THIS PUP WAS BORN IN
THE DEPTHS OF WINTER
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00:42:08,166 --> 00:42:08,266
THIS PUP WAS BORN IN
THE DEPTHS OF WINTER
374
00:42:08,266 --> 00:42:14,200
AND SPENT THE FIRST WEEKS OF HER
LIFE IN AND AROUND AN ICY DEN.
375
00:42:18,233 --> 00:42:23,966
IN THE SPRING, THE ICE AROUND
HER WILL MELT AWAY COMPLETELY.
376
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:32,933
SHE HAS JUST 2 MONTHS TO
PREPARE FOR LIFE IN THE WATER.
377
00:42:41,833 --> 00:42:45,700
MOVING AROUND ON
THE FROZEN LAKE HELPS SEAL PUPS
378
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:49,000
TO SHED THEIR SOFT BABY COAT.
379
00:42:53,166 --> 00:42:55,466
WITH CLAWS LIKE ICE PICKS,
380
00:42:55,566 --> 00:43:00,333
PUPS HAUL THEMSELVES
ACROSS THE FROZEN SURFACE.
381
00:43:03,433 --> 00:43:10,533
SHE'S DEVELOPING THE MUSCLES
NEEDED TO SWIM AND TO HUNT.
382
00:43:10,633 --> 00:43:14,266
EACH DAY SHE GROWS STRONGER,
383
00:43:14,366 --> 00:43:17,566
BUT SHE MAY BE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME.
384
00:43:19,966 --> 00:43:25,133
WITHOUT HER ADULT COAT OR
FULL SWIMMING STRENGTH
385
00:43:25,233 --> 00:43:27,733
IF AN ICE RING APPEARS,
386
00:43:27,833 --> 00:43:31,900
SHE COULD BECOME STRANDED
ON AN ICE FLOE...
387
00:43:33,433 --> 00:43:38,100
OR DROWN IN THE OPEN WATER.
388
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:43,100
THESE RINGS OF MELTING ICE
INTRIGUED SCIENTISTS
389
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,500
WHEN THEY WERE FIRST SPOTTED.
390
00:43:47,266 --> 00:43:50,700
THEY STARTED TO LOOK
FOR ANSWERS.
391
00:43:52,566 --> 00:43:55,500
BY STUDYING SATELLITE IMAGES
392
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,300
AND TAKING MEASUREMENTS
FROM BENEATH THE ICE,
393
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:04,200
EVENTUALLY THEIR
TRUE CAUSE WAS UNCOVERED.
394
00:44:05,933 --> 00:44:11,133
EACH YEAR, POWERFUL
WARM WATER CURRENTS RISE UP
395
00:44:11,233 --> 00:44:13,566
FROM THE DEPTHS
OF LAKE BAIKAL...
396
00:44:13,666 --> 00:44:16,966
[CREAKING]
397
00:44:17,066 --> 00:44:23,100
CAUSING WARMER WATER TO SWIRL
IN CIRCLES BENEATH THE ICE...
398
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,333
WEARING AWAY
AT THE FROZEN SURFACE
399
00:44:26,433 --> 00:44:30,866
UNTIL IT BEGINS
TO CRACK AND BREAK APART
400
00:44:30,966 --> 00:44:35,033
TO FORM A RING.
401
00:44:35,133 --> 00:44:41,900
FOR NOW, THE ICE UNDER
THE PUPS' DEN HAS HELD SOLID.
402
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:48,100
SHE HAS TIME TO PREPARE...
403
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,700
FOR A LIFE IN THE DEEPEST
LAKE IN THE WORLD.
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00:45:09,666 --> 00:45:13,166
NATURAL FORCES
HAVE CREATED PATTERNS
405
00:45:13,266 --> 00:45:16,866
ON EARTH'S SURFACE
SINCE ITS VERY BEGINNING.
406
00:45:21,233 --> 00:45:26,666
AS LIFE EVOLVED, IT, TOO, BEGAN
TO LEAVE ITS MARK.
407
00:45:29,266 --> 00:45:32,533
AND 10,000 YEARS AGO,
408
00:45:32,633 --> 00:45:36,900
NEW SHAPES BEGAN TO APPEAR.
409
00:45:38,933 --> 00:45:42,333
AS HUMANS SPREAD ACROSS
THE PLANET,
410
00:45:42,433 --> 00:45:47,200
WE HAVE CREATED SHAPES
AND PATTERNS OF OUR VERY OWN.
411
00:45:51,666 --> 00:45:56,733
IN STARK CONTRAST TO NATURE'S
CHAOTIC CURVES,
412
00:45:56,833 --> 00:45:59,966
OUR PATTERNS ARE ORDERED...
413
00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:12,066
DESIGNED WITH GREAT PRECISION...
414
00:46:16,233 --> 00:46:19,966
TO HELP US FEED OURSELVES.
415
00:46:20,066 --> 00:46:24,766
AT FIRST, THE SHAPES OF OUR
FARMING COULD ONLY BE FOUND
416
00:46:24,866 --> 00:46:27,100
WHERE THERE WAS ENOUGH WATER.
417
00:46:29,233 --> 00:46:34,166
BUT NOW, EVEN IN
THE DRIEST DESERT,
418
00:46:34,266 --> 00:46:38,700
CROPS CAN BE GROWN.
419
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:44,433
AND ONE SHAPE HAS
COME TO DOMINATE--
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CIRCLES.
421
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BY USING ROTATING SPRINKLERS,
422
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FARMERS CAN WATER
A CIRCULAR FIELD
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MORE EASILY THAN ANY
OTHER SHAPE.
424
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IN THE MIDWEST,
425
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THESE IRRIGATION CIRCLES
STRETCH FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES.
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INTENSIVE FARMING LIKE THIS
CAN FORCE OUT WILDLIFE.
427
00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:28,966
BUT NO MATTER HOW TIGHTLY
CIRCLES ARE PACKED TOGETHER,
428
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THERE WILL ALWAYS BE GAPS
BETWEEN THEM.
429
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IN MISSOURI,
FARMERS ARE ENCOURAGED
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TO KEEP THESE SPACES WILD,
431
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CREATING POCKETS OF
HABITAT FOR ANIMALS...
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LIKE THE BOBWHITE QUAIL.
433
00:47:56,833 --> 00:48:02,466
ON THE EDGE OF THIS CIRCLE,
JUST ENOUGH SPACE HAS BEEN LEFT
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00:48:02,566 --> 00:48:06,766
FOR QUAIL TO RAISE THEIR CHICKS.
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FOR QUAIL TO RAISE THEIR CHICKS.
436
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WITH HUNGRY NEW MOUTHS TO FEED,
437
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:17,733
FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS ON
THE MOVE IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
438
00:48:22,633 --> 00:48:25,166
YOUNG CHICKS ARE INQUISITIVE,
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EAGER TO EXPLORE
THEIR NEW WORLD.
440
00:48:31,566 --> 00:48:36,366
BUT IN THE THICK UNDERGROWTH,
PARENTS CAN FIND IT DIFFICULT
441
00:48:36,466 --> 00:48:41,366
TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF THEIR
YOUNGSTERS.
442
00:48:41,466 --> 00:48:46,133
AN ADVENTUROUS CHICK
CAN EASILY BECOME LOST.
443
00:48:49,333 --> 00:48:51,800
[CHIRPING]
444
00:48:51,900 --> 00:48:57,933
AND THERE ARE OTHERS
HERE LOOKING FOR A MEAL.
445
00:48:58,033 --> 00:49:03,100
KESTRELS HAVE THEIR
OWN YOUNG TO FEED,
446
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:07,166
AND A QUAIL CHICK MAKES
AN EASY MEAL.
447
00:49:19,433 --> 00:49:21,500
WITH A PARENT TO GUIDE THEM,
448
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,033
MOST CHICKS FIND SAFETY
TOGETHER.
449
00:49:25,133 --> 00:49:27,766
MOTHERS KNOW THAT
THE BEST THING TO DO
450
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IS HUNKER DOWN AND STAY STILL.
451
00:49:38,066 --> 00:49:43,233
BUT A LONE CHICK'S INSTINCT
IS TO KEEP RUNNING.
452
00:49:59,933 --> 00:50:03,766
SHE'S INSIDE
THE CIRCLE OF CROPS.
453
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:11,033
FOR A QUAIL CHICK,
THIS IS AN ALIEN WORLD--
454
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:19,000
ROW AFTER ROW OF SOYBEANS...
455
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:23,133
ARRANGED IN A CIRCLE
HALF A MILE WIDE.
456
00:50:27,300 --> 00:50:29,133
THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN EAT.
457
00:50:29,233 --> 00:50:31,266
AND IN THE HEIGHT OF SUMMER,
458
00:50:31,366 --> 00:50:34,200
NOTHING TO DRINK.
459
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:41,700
THE DRY CONDITIONS ARE
BAD FOR THE CROPS, TOO.
460
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:46,633
BUT HERE IN MISSOURI, THEY
HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
461
00:50:49,333 --> 00:50:51,700
[POWERING UP]
462
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:57,900
MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER
PUMPED FROM DEEP UNDERGROUND
463
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:04,566
AND PIPED ALONG A ROTATING ARM
A QUARTER OF A MILE LONG--
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A LIFE-SAVER FOR THE CROPS
465
00:51:14,433 --> 00:51:18,433
BUT POTENTIALLY DEADLY
FOR A QUAIL CHICK.
466
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:10,200
LIFE BESIDE INDUSTRIAL FARMING
COMES WITH DANGERS...
467
00:52:13,433 --> 00:52:16,400
BUT EACH SMALL PATCH
OF WILD HABITAT IS
468
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:20,200
AN IMPORTANT OASIS
FOR ANIMALS.
469
00:52:32,833 --> 00:52:35,133
HUMAN AGRICULTURE NOW COVERS
470
00:52:35,233 --> 00:52:39,033
MORE THAN 1/3
OF THE EARTH'S LAND SURFACE.
471
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:51,900
ADD TO THAT THE SPACE TAKEN UP
BY OUR HOMES AND OUR INDUSTRY...
472
00:52:53,733 --> 00:52:56,500
AND HUMANITY'S IMPACT
CAN NOW BE SEEN
473
00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:00,833
ON MORE THAN
HALF OF THE PLANET'S LAND.
474
00:53:00,933 --> 00:53:04,300
THE SHAPES AND PATTERNS OF EARTH
475
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,966
HAVE CHANGED
OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS.
476
00:53:12,266 --> 00:53:17,366
AT FIRST, NATURAL FORCES
SHAPED ITS SURFACE...
477
00:53:20,333 --> 00:53:23,133
BUT AS LIFE HAS EVOLVED,
478
00:53:23,233 --> 00:53:28,433
THESE PATTERNS HAVE
BECOME MORE DIVERSE AND COMPLEX.
479
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:35,933
AND NOW, IT'S UNDOUBTEDLY
US WHO WILL DECIDE
480
00:53:36,033 --> 00:53:41,066
WHAT OUR HOME
WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
481
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,400
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00:53:44,066 --> 00:53:45,466
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