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FOR THE WORLD'S UGLIEST
ANIMALS.
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TO FIND OUT WHY THEY LOOK
THE WAY THEY DO,
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WE'LL COME FACE TO FACE
WITH FRIGHTFUL FISH,
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NOSE TO NOSE WITH MONKEYS,
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AND HEAD-ON
WITH BEASTLY BIRDS
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THAT ARE GRISLY GOURMETS.
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WE'LL DISCOVER REPELLANT PIGS
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WITH EYE-CATCHING FEATURES...
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MEET A MYSTERIOUS MOLE...
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AND PRIZE-WINNING
BEASTLY BUGS.
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WE'LL TRAVEL
TO THE DEEP SEA,
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TO MEET A HOST OF DEVILISH
BOTTOM-DWELLERS...
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AND FIND THE UGLIEST FACE --
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ALL TO CELEBRATE
THE SECRET BEAUTY
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OF UGLINESS.
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Narrator: OUR QUEST BEGINS
IN THE SWAMPS
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OF FLORIDA.
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TURTLE EXPERT JOE WASILEWSKI
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SEARCHES FOR A CREATURE
THAT MANY PEOPLE THINK
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IS ABSOLUTELY GROTESQUE.
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THIS SWAMP MONSTER
HAS POWERFUL JAWS
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THAT CAN SNIP OFF A TOE.
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YET THE WAY TO FIND ONE
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IS TO FEEL IN THE MUD
WITH YOUR BARE FEET.
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Wasilewski:
THREE RIDGES...
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YEP!
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AH!
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THIS IS
AN ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE.
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THIS IS THE LARGEST FRESH-WATER
TURTLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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THIS TURTLE HERE
PROBABLY WEIGHS
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WELL OVER A 100 POUNDS,
AND THEY CAN GET TO BE
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A RECORD OF ABOUT 300.
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IF YOU'LL LOOK IN THAT MOUTH,
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YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT
APPEARS LIKE A FISHING LURE.
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Narrator: IN FACT,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
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WHEN DEPLOYED,
THE FLESHY PROTUBERANCE
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WIGGLES LIKE A WORM
TO DRAW IN HUNGRY FISH.
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BIG TURTLES LIKE THIS --
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OOPH! --
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EAT ALMOST ANYTHING
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SMALLER THAN THEMSELVES.
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IN FACT,
THEY'LL EVEN EAT OTHER TURTLES.
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THEY LOVE FISH.
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THESE POINTS, THEY'RE DESIGNED
THAT IF THE TURTLE
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MISSES THE FISH AND JUST GRABS
A LITTLE PIECE OF IT,
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THEY'LL HANG ON,
KIND OF JUST LIKE A SPEAR.
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Narrator:
ONCE PREY IS LURED
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WITHIN RANGE,
ALLIGATOR SNAPPERS
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SLAM THEIR MOUTHS SHUT.
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I GUESS YOU COULD CALL THEM
UGLY, GROTESQUE,
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BUT I KIND OF THINK
IT'S PRETTY.
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OKAY, WELL,
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I'D BETTER LET THIS GUY GO.
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YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE ---
GO AHEAD.
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Narrator: SO, FEATURES
THAT MANY OF US FIND UGLY
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CAN PROVE TO BE VITAL.
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THE TURTLE'S MOUTH
MAY LOOK HIDEOUS,
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BUT THOSE CAMOUFLAGED JAWS ARE
CRUCIAL FOR THE TURTLE
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IF IT'S TO HUNT SUCCESSFULLY.
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COLD-BLOODED CREATURES
AREN'T THE PIN-UPS
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OF THE ANIMAL WORLD.
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IT'S HARD TO SYMPATHIZE
WITH SCALES,
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UNBLINKING STARES, AND
FLICKERING FORKED TONGUES...
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OR WARM TO THE SLIMY
LOOSE FOLDS OF SKIN
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OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN
BUDGETT'S FROG.
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BUT THAT BAGGY SKIN
HELPS THIS AMPHIBIAN
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ABSORB TRACES OF OXYGEN
FROM DWINDLING POOLS.
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SO THEY HAVE THE LAST LAUGH.
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BEFORE WE MEET MORE UGLIES,
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WE NEED TO DEFINE BEAUTY.
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[ BABY LAUGHING ]
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HUMAN BABIES HAVE FEATURES
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THAT NATURE HAS EFFECTIVELY
PROGRAMMED US
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TO FIND BEAUTIFUL.
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THESE LOVELY SAUCER EYES,
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LITTLE SNUB NOSE, AND TINY CHIN
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ALL HELP TO MAKE US WANT
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TO PROTECT AND LOVE OUR CHILDREN
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WHEN THEY NEED US MOST.
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THAT'S A CLUE TO WHY WE FIND
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CREATURES LIKE CALIFORNIA
SEA OTTERS SO CUTE.
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THE BIG HEAD AND EYES,
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THE LITTLE CHIN,
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AND THAT INNOCENT EXPRESSION --
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WE CAN'T HELP
BUT RESPOND TO THEM
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AS WE WOULD TO A CHILD.
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BUT WE'RE A LOT HARDER
ON ANIMALS
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THAT DON'T CONFORM TO OUR IDEAL
OF PHYSICAL PERFECTION.
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TAKE THE PECULIAR SNOUT
WE'RE HOPING TO UNEARTH
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IN THE WOODS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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DR. KEN CATANIA
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STUDIES A MOLE
WITH A FACE THAT'S UNIQUE
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IN THE WHOLE ANIMAL KINGDOM,
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BUT FIRST
HE HAS TO FIND ONE.
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AND HE'S GOT A NOVEL WAY
TO CATCH IT.
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OH, THERE IT GOES.
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OH, YEAH, THERE'S
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A TUNNEL HERE FOR SURE.
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I BET HE'S TRACKING IN THERE.
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AND I'M THINKING,
WHAT WE DO --
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WE'LL SET UP A LITTLE
TRAP AREA FOR HIM HERE
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SO WE'LL KNOW
HE'S COMING THROUGH
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FROM WHEN
THOSE STICKS MOVE.
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I'LL JUST PUT THREE IN HERE,
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MAKE SURE
THAT HE CAN'T GET THROUGH.
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Narrator: THESE STICKS BECOME
BARS THAT BLOCK THE TUNNEL.
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IF A STICK MOVES,
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THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING.
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HERE HE COMES.
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ALL RIGHT, GO --
GET HIM, RIGHT THERE.
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GOT HIM.
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GREAT.
NICE CATCH.
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LET'S SEE WHAT WE
GOT IN THERE.
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LOOKS LIKE WE GOT
A STAR-NOSED MOLE.
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FANTASTIC.
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WON'T NEED THE GLOVES
FOR THIS GUY.
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REALLY SMALL TEETH.
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Narrator:
THERE IT IS --
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THE EXTRAORDINARY
STAR-NOSED MOLE.
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JUST FOUR TO FIVE INCHES LONG,
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A LITTLE BUNDLE
OF DIGGING ENERGY.
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AND ONE OF THE STRANGEST NOSES
IN NATURE.
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KEN IS CATCHING MOLES
AS PART OF HIS RESEARCH.
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Catania: LET'S SEE HOW MUCH
THIS GUY WEIGHS.
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50 GRAMS.
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SO HE'S A BIG MALE.
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Narrator: HIS STUDIES
ARE REVEALING
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EXTRAORDINARY INFORMATION
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ABOUT HOW THESE MOLES
USE THEIR NOSES.
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OKAY, LET'S
LET HIM GO BACK
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INTO HIS
LITTLE BURROW HERE.
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Narrator: WHAT IS THAT STRANGE
STAR ALL ABOUT?
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IT'S MADE UP
OF 22 FLESHY TENTACLES,
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ALL SUPER-SENSITIVE TO TOUCH.
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IT MAY LOOK PECULIAR,
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BUT IT'S THE CORNERSTONE
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OF THIS MOLE'S SUCCESS.
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THAT STAR ALLOWS IT TO HUNT
14 TIMES FASTER
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THAN ANY OTHER MOLE.
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AND THEY EAT A LOT.
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THEY CAN CONSUME
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THEIR OWN BODY WEIGHT
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IN WORMS AND INSECTS
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EVERY DAY.
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WHEN A MEAL
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DROPS INTO THEIR TUNNELS,
IT'S SMELL
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THAT FIRST ALERTS THE MOLE.
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BUT UP CLOSE,
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HE TURNS TO THOSE
TOUCH-SENSITIVE TENTACLES.
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EACH ONE CAN MOVE INDEPENDENTLY
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TO GRASP THE WORM
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AND THRUST IT INSIDE
THE MOLE'S MOUTH.
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A SEGMENT OF THE WORM
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HAS BEEN MISSED.
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BUT NOT FOR LONG.
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HERE COMES THE SUPERSTAR!
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IT'S EQUIPPED WITH OVER
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160,000 TOUCH SENSORS
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PER SQUARE INCH.
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THE WORM HAS BEEN BURIED,
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BUT THAT'S ONLY A MINOR SNAG
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IF YOUR SNOUT'S EQUIPPED WITH
A TOUCHY-FEELY ATTACHMENT.
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HERE'S THE SEARCH,
SLOWED DOWN 20 TIMES.
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HE'S FOUND IT.
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STAR-NOSED MOLES ARE
RECORD-BREAKERS.
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THEY'RE THE WORLD'S
FASTEST EATERS,
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CATCHING AND EATING PREY
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IN UNDER A FIFTH OF A SECOND.
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FROM WET WOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA
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TO A RAINFOREST IN INDONESIA,
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FOR A MAMMAL
WITH SOME FACIAL ADORNMENTS
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THAT ARE JUST AS BIZARRE.
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[ RUMBLE ]
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MEET THE BABIRUSA.
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IT'S CALLED THE PIG-DEER
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BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN SULAWESI,
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AND YOU CAN SEE WHY.
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BUT THOSE ARE TUSKS,
NOT ANTLERS,
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AND ONLY THE MALES HAVE THEM.
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THEY MAY BE NATURE'S
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MOST ECCENTRIC TEETH.
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THE TUSKS PROTRUDING
FROM THE LOWER JAW
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ACTUALLY RESTRICT HOW FAR
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THE PIG CAN OPEN ITS MOUTH
TO FEED.
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AND THOSE TOP TUSKS
ARE EVEN WEIRDER.
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THEY'VE GROWN FROM THE TOP JAW
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RIGHT UP THROUGH THE SNOUT.
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SOMETIMES BABIRUSA TEETH
CAN GROW SO LONG
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THAT THEY CURVE RIGHT AROUND
INTO THE SKULL
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AND KILL THE PIG.
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BUT THESE ADORNMENTS
DO HAVE A USE...
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IN THE COURTSHIP SEASON.
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MALES FIGHT WITH THEM,
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AND BIG TUSKS MAKE A BOAR
MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE
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TO THE ADMIRING FEMALES.
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THE BABIRUSA IS EASILY
THE ODDEST-LOOKING PIG IN ASIA.
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BUT AFRICA, TOO,
HAS ITS SHARE OF ODDITIES.
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THOUGH NOT ALL ANIMALS
THAT CARRY WEAPONS
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ARE CONSIDERED UGLY.
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THESE NYALA ARE DAINTY ANTELOPE.
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THE HORNLESS FEMALES,
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WITH THEIR BIG LIQUID EYES,
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ARE BEAUTIFUL.
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THE MALES, WITH THEIR GRAND
HORNS, ARE STATUESQUE.
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FEW PEOPLE THINK RHINOS ARE
CLASSICALLY BEAUTIFUL.
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BUT EVEN THEIR LUGUBRIOUS LOOKS
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PALE IN COMPARISON
TO THEIR WALLOW MATE.
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MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT THIS IS
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THE UGLIEST MAMMAL IN AFRICA.
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WARTHOG MOTHERS
AND THEIR PIGLETS
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OFTEN VISIT MUD HOLES.
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THEY'RE ONE OF THE ONLY PIGS
ACTIVE DURING THE DAY.
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SO, LIKE THE RHINO, THEY NEED
TO PROTECT THEIR SKIN
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FROM THE FIERCE SUN.
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AND PROTECTION IS PART
OF THE REASON
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FOR THAT STRANGE,
DISPROPORTIONATE HEAD.
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IT'S ROCK HARD, A HELMET
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THAT EVEN A LEOPARD'S TEETH
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CAN'T PENETRATE.
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BUT IT HAS OTHER USES, TOO.
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THE WARTHOG'S MUZZLE
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IS SHAPED LIKE A SHOVEL
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SO IT CAN TURN OVER HARD EARTH
FOR TASTY
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BULBS AND ROOTS, BUT THEY OFTEN
HAVE TO GET
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DOWN ON THEIR KNEES TO SUPPORT
THAT HEAVY ARMORED HEAD.
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[ GRUNTING ]
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NO ONE WOULD
CALL WARTHOGS HANDSOME,
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BUT TO ADD INJURY TO INSULT,
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THIS ONE'S LOST AN EYE --
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PROBABLY ESCAPING
FROM A HUNGRY LION.
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FORTUNATELY,
WARTHOGS ARE WELL ARMED.
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THESE TUSKS
ARE FORMIDABLE WEAPONS.
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THE BIGGEST ONES EVER SEEN WERE
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TWO FEET LONG
ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE.
235
00:12:12,465 --> 00:12:14,265
BUT IT'S THE SMALLER,
LOWER TUSKS
236
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THAT ARE THE DANGER.
237
00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:18,236
THEY CAN BE VERY SHARP,
238
00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,575
AND THEY'RE THE MAIN WEAPON
IN ATTACK.
239
00:12:30,783 --> 00:12:32,851
AND WHAT ABOUT THE WARTS
240
00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:34,986
THAT GIVE THESE PIGS THEIR NAME?
241
00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:36,855
MALES HAVE FOUR.
242
00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:38,423
FEMALES, TWO.
243
00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:39,624
THEY'RE NOT REALLY WARTS,
244
00:12:39,692 --> 00:12:41,626
BUT PROTECTIVE PADS
245
00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:44,562
OF CARTILAGE AND GRISTLE.
246
00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:49,534
IN BATTLE,
THE STRATEGICALLY PLACED PADS
247
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DEFLECT THRUSTING TUSKS
248
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AWAY FROM SOFT PARTS
OF THE FACE,
249
00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,108
SHIELDING THE EYES AND MOUTH.
250
00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:27,105
FOR WARTHOGS, AN UGLY SNOUT CAN
LITERALLY BE A LIFESAVER.
251
00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:29,774
AND THAT'S JUST AS WELL,
252
00:13:29,842 --> 00:13:31,209
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO FINISH
253
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AS A FEAST FOR THE NEXT ANIMAL
254
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IN OUR LACK-OF-BEAUTY PARADE --
255
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THE VULTURE.
256
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IN NAMIBIA, SOUTHERN AFRICA,
257
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THERE'S A VULTURE RESTAURANT
WHERE HUNDREDS OF THEM GATHER.
258
00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:48,626
OTHER BIRDS HAVE THICK FEATHERS
ON THEIR HEADS AND NECKS,
259
00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:51,663
BUT VULTURES ARE THREADBARE...
260
00:13:51,730 --> 00:13:53,631
AND WITH GOOD REASON.
261
00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:57,969
IN THIS RESERVE,
A NATURE CHARITY DELIVERS
262
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MEALS ON WHEELS,
263
00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,538
AND THE GHASTLY GOURMETS
264
00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:02,974
GORGE ON OFFAL.
265
00:14:03,042 --> 00:14:06,678
BECAUSE OF THEIR GRISLY HABITS
AND LOOKS,
266
00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:10,481
VULTURES HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED
FOR YEARS.
267
00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:13,151
MARIA DIEKMANN
RUNS THIS VULTURE SANCTUARY.
268
00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:17,922
SHE'S HOPING TO IMPROVE
THEIR FORTUNES.
269
00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:19,757
HI!
270
00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:24,462
THESE ARE CAPE GRIFFON VULTURES.
271
00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:26,364
THIS IS THE MOST
ENDANGERED SPECIES IN NAMIBIA.
272
00:14:26,432 --> 00:14:27,665
WE'VE ONLY GOT 11 LEFT.
273
00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:31,135
AND THE FEMALES DOMINATE.
274
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[ LAUGHING ]
275
00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:33,705
EVERY ANCIENT CULTURE
276
00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:35,206
IN THE WORLD RESPECTED VULTURES
277
00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:36,841
AND REVERED VULTURES
278
00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,243
BECAUSE OF THE ROLE
THAT THEY PLAY
279
00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:40,678
IN THE ENVIRONMENT --
AND THAT'S THE CLEAN-UP ROLE.
280
00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:42,947
WITHOUT THEM,
THE SPREAD OF DISEASE
281
00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:44,682
WOULD PROBABLY KILL A LOT
OF OUR OTHER MAMMALS
282
00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:45,884
AND SCAVENGERS.
283
00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:48,052
SO, IF YOU LOVE
THE ANIMALS OF AFRICA,
284
00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,188
YOU HAVE TO LOVE A VULTURE,
285
00:14:50,256 --> 00:14:51,256
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KEEPS
286
00:14:51,323 --> 00:14:52,857
EVERYTHING ELSE GOING.
287
00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,765
Narrator: WHITE-BACKED VULTURES
ARRIVE EN MASSE,
288
00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:03,968
UP TO 300 AT A TIME.
289
00:15:09,942 --> 00:15:12,977
VULTURES CAN'T PREEN
THEIR OWN HEADS.
290
00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:16,214
FEATHERS WOULD SOON BE MATTED
WITH GUTS AND GORE.
291
00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:21,586
EVEN LARGER,
292
00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:24,622
LAPPET-FACED VULTURES
BEGIN TO ARRIVE.
293
00:15:31,363 --> 00:15:33,798
THEY CAN FLY
MORE THAN 40 MILES AN HOUR
294
00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:37,201
AND USE THEIR NINE-FOOT WINGSPAN
TO BRAKE AND LAND
295
00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:38,636
RIGHT BY THE FOOD.
296
00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:43,775
THE KINGS OF THE CARCASS.
297
00:15:43,842 --> 00:15:46,177
LAPPET-FACE VULTURES DOMINATE
AT THE FEAST,
298
00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:50,014
BUT SPECIALIZE IN EATING
SKIN AND BONES.
299
00:15:50,082 --> 00:15:52,116
THOUGH THEY'RE BULLIES,
THEIR PRESENCE IS VITAL
300
00:15:52,184 --> 00:15:54,852
TO THE OTHER BIRDS
AROUND THE CARCASS.
301
00:15:57,489 --> 00:16:00,425
THEY'VE GOT THE BIGGEST BEAK
OF ANY VULTURE,
302
00:16:00,492 --> 00:16:02,160
THE ONLY ONE STRONG ENOUGH
303
00:16:02,227 --> 00:16:04,529
TO RIP OPEN TOUGH ANIMAL HIDE.
304
00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:07,966
[ SCREECHES ]
305
00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:10,201
A LAPPET IS
A FLESHY FOLD OF SKIN,
306
00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:13,705
AND THESE VULTURES CERTAINLY
HAVE SKIN TO SPARE.
307
00:16:13,772 --> 00:16:16,307
THEIR BALD HEADS HELP THEM
TO STAY CLEAN
308
00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:17,608
AND LOSE HEAT.
309
00:16:17,676 --> 00:16:20,645
PLUS, THEY'RE A STATUS SYMBOL --
310
00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:22,013
THE PINKER THE SKIN,
THE HIGHER UP
311
00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:23,147
IN THE PECKING ORDER.
312
00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:36,094
A VULTURE'S VILE LOOKS
ARE DICTATED
313
00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:37,929
BY ITS MESSY LIFESTYLE.
314
00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:45,236
BUT, IN FACT, VULTURES ARE
EXTREMELY HYGIENIC ANIMALS.
315
00:16:45,304 --> 00:16:46,571
AFTER FIGHTING OVER A FEED,
316
00:16:46,638 --> 00:16:49,207
THEY'LL WASH
WHENEVER THEY CAN FIND
317
00:16:49,274 --> 00:16:50,608
FRESH WATER.
318
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:52,410
BUT AT A COST --
319
00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:56,214
VULTURES WITH WET FEATHERS
AND A THROAT FULL OF CARRION
320
00:16:56,281 --> 00:16:58,583
CAN'T EASILY TAKE OFF.
321
00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:01,119
THEY'RE SITTING TARGETS
FOR A GOOD HALF HOUR
322
00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:03,654
UNTIL THE SUN DRIES THEM OUT.
323
00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:18,469
AN EVEN UGLIER BIRD LIVES HERE
IN GUWAHATI,
324
00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:22,640
NORTHERN INDIA, AND HAS
A REPUTATION AS A GRAVE ROBBER.
325
00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:28,513
LESS THAN 1,000 OF THEM
SURVIVE NOW,
326
00:17:28,580 --> 00:17:30,381
BUT YOU CAN STILL FIND THEM...
327
00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:31,849
AT THE LOCAL GARBAGE DUMP.
328
00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,056
IT'S ONE OF THE RAREST
OF THE REVOLTING...
329
00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:43,694
THE GREATER ADJUTANT STORK.
330
00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:46,164
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT
CLASSICALLY HANDSOME,
331
00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:48,032
THEY'RE CERTAINLY IMPOSING,
332
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,735
STANDING OVER FIVE FEET TALL.
333
00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:53,304
BUT EVEN ORNITHOLOGISTS
334
00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:56,374
INSULTED THESE BIRDS,
WRITING THAT THEY WERE
335
00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:57,675
PRODIGIES OF UGLINESS,
336
00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:01,913
THE MOST MASSIVE AND UGLY
OF THE ASIAN STORKS.
337
00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:09,087
LIKE VULTURES,
338
00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:11,155
ADJUTANT STORKS POSSESS THE SAME
339
00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:12,890
NEAR-NAKED HEADS AND NECKS
340
00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:16,727
FOR THE SAME REASON --
THEIR DIET.
341
00:18:16,795 --> 00:18:19,597
EVEN THOUGH THEY DO EAT
LIVE FISH AND OTHER ANIMALS,
342
00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:20,865
THEY'RE NOT AVERSE
343
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:23,868
TO DELVING INTO CARRION
AND ROTTING RUBBISH.
344
00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:25,703
THEIR UNATTRACTIVENESS
345
00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,272
IS INCREASED
BY TWO INFLATABLE AIR SACS --
346
00:18:28,340 --> 00:18:30,875
A POUCH AT THE FRONT
AND A GIANT
347
00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,711
STRAWBERRY-SHAPED ONE
AT THE BACK.
348
00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:37,315
THIS DOMINANT BIRD HAS INFLATED
THEM TO SHOW WHO'S BOSS.
349
00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:44,021
THESE STRANGE STORKS NEST IN
TALL TREES AT THE EDGE OF TOWN.
350
00:18:44,089 --> 00:18:47,391
GREATER ADJUTANTS
ARE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION,
351
00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:50,728
AND EVEN THOUGH MANY PEOPLE
THINK THEY'RE UGLY,
352
00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,797
IT HASN'T STOPPED OTHERS
353
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:55,233
FROM TRYING TO SAVE THEM.
354
00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:58,136
AND THESE NETS UNDER THE TREES
CAN HELP.
355
00:18:58,203 --> 00:19:01,639
STRONG WINDS
CAN BLOW THE YOUNGSTERS
356
00:19:01,707 --> 00:19:02,940
OUT OF THE EXPOSED NESTS.
357
00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:05,143
THE SAFETY NETS
BREAK THEIR FALL.
358
00:19:05,210 --> 00:19:07,111
SO FAR, OVER 40 CHICKS
359
00:19:07,179 --> 00:19:09,013
HAVE BEEN RESCUED.
360
00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,414
THEY'RE CARED FOR
361
00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:12,817
AT THIS REHABILITATION CENTER
362
00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:15,987
UNTIL THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH
TO GO BACK INTO THE WILD.
363
00:19:18,857 --> 00:19:21,726
THEY'RE RAISED
ON A FISH DIET HERE,
364
00:19:21,793 --> 00:19:23,094
BUT HOPEFULLY, ON THEIR RELEASE,
365
00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:24,762
THEY'LL DO WHAT COMES NATURALLY,
366
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:27,832
CLEARING UP ROTTING CARCASSES
367
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,234
THROUGHOUT NORTHERN INDIA.
368
00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:34,372
IN NATURE, LOOKS --
GOOD OR BAD --
369
00:19:34,439 --> 00:19:36,307
ARE THERE FOR A PURPOSE.
370
00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:39,844
TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE NOBLE PEACOCK.
371
00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,213
IT'S ONE
OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BIRDS,
372
00:19:42,281 --> 00:19:45,349
WITH NEARLY EVERY COLOR
UNDER THE SUN.
373
00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:49,453
BUT THAT FIVE-FOOT-LONG TAIL
IS ALSO TOTALLY IMPRACTICAL --
374
00:19:49,521 --> 00:19:50,588
MORE OF A HINDRANCE
375
00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:52,757
THAN A HELP
EN FLEEING FROM PREDATORS
376
00:19:52,824 --> 00:19:53,991
SUCH AS TIGERS.
377
00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:04,769
SO WHY HAVE A TAIL TO DIE FOR?
378
00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,840
IF THE MALE CAN SURVIVE
379
00:20:09,908 --> 00:20:11,842
DESPITE BEING HANDICAPPED
BY HANDSOMENESS,
380
00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:15,079
HE'S LIKELY TO BE SEEN
AS HYPER-HEALTHY...
381
00:20:17,249 --> 00:20:19,016
A TRAIT ANY PROSPECTIVE MOTHER
382
00:20:19,084 --> 00:20:21,752
WOULD WANT TO PASS ON
TO HER CHILDREN.
383
00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:26,991
THE WHOLE POINT
OF THIS DANDY'S DANCE
384
00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,993
IS FOR THE MALE TO ADVERTISE
385
00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:32,430
HIS GORGEOUSNESS.
386
00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:41,973
AMONG PEACOCKS,
THE GOOD-LOOKING GUY
387
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,975
ALWAYS GETS THE GIRL.
388
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:55,586
BUT THE PRECISE OPPOSITE IS TRUE
389
00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:59,857
AT AÑO NUEVO RESERVE
ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
390
00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:03,828
HERE, IT'S MONSTROUS MALES
THAT ATTRACT MATES.
391
00:21:03,895 --> 00:21:07,031
THESE ARE
NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL BULLS,
392
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:09,767
AND THAT PROBOSCIS, OR NOSE,
393
00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,435
CAN BE OVER TWO FEET LONG.
394
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:18,476
DURING THE BREEDING SEASON,
THEY SHOW OFF THEIR NOSES
395
00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:19,944
WITH TREMENDOUS BELLOWING
396
00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:22,113
THAT CAN BE HEARD
UP TO A MILE AWAY.
397
00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:26,984
IT'S THEIR WAY
OF CHALLENGING RIVALS.
398
00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:31,155
[ BELLOWING ]
399
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,734
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S WINTER,
400
00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:46,270
THE BEGINNING
OF THE BREEDING SEASON.
401
00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:55,313
NEWLY ARRIVED FEMALES
402
00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:58,449
ARE STAINED WITH YELLOW
WHERE MARINE MICROBES
403
00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:00,618
ARE DYING OFF,
OUT OF SALTWATER.
404
00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:05,256
THE MOMS AND PUPS
ARE FAR FROM FRIGHTFUL --
405
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,591
BIG EYES, SNUB NOSES,
406
00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:10,494
THOSE BABY-FACE FEATURES AGAIN.
407
00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,101
RATHER THAN ROAST IN THE SUN,
408
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,071
THE SEALS SLIP ON
A COOLING SAND WRAP.
409
00:22:23,308 --> 00:22:25,343
TWENTY DAYS AFTER GIVING BIRTH,
410
00:22:25,410 --> 00:22:28,612
FEMALES ARE READY TO MATE AGAIN.
411
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,781
THIS IS WHY THE BULLS
COME LUMBERING
412
00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:33,484
OUT OF THE WATER
AND BEGIN WARMING UP
413
00:22:33,552 --> 00:22:34,919
FOR THE BATTLES TO COME.
414
00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:42,993
DURING THE WHOLE THREE-MONTH
BREEDING SEASON,
415
00:22:43,061 --> 00:22:46,197
THEY WON'T FEED AT ALL
AND CAN LOSE
416
00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:48,699
MORE THAN A QUARTER
OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT.
417
00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:50,067
USUALLY, IT'S ONLY
418
00:22:50,135 --> 00:22:53,237
THE BIGGEST BULLS,
THE BEACHMASTERS,
419
00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:56,640
THAT GET GOOD OPPORTUNITIES
FOR MATING.
420
00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:58,242
BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT
421
00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:02,213
LOW-RANKING MALES
FROM TRYING THEIR LUCK.
422
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,949
[ CALLING ]
423
00:23:05,016 --> 00:23:08,853
A BEACHMASTER IS IN THE CENTER
OF HIS HAREM, NOT FAR AWAY.
424
00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:12,723
AND THIS FEMALE DOESN'T WANT
THE LESSER MALE.
425
00:23:12,791 --> 00:23:16,961
HER WARNING WILL ALERT
THE BIG BULL.
426
00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,896
HERE HE COMES.
427
00:23:18,964 --> 00:23:21,732
MOVING IN TO PROTECT HIS HAREM,
USING HIS NOSE
428
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,534
TO INTIMIDATE HIS RIVAL.
429
00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:25,469
[ BELLOWING ]
430
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:36,614
WEIGHING IN AT OVER TWO TONS,
431
00:23:36,681 --> 00:23:37,882
THE BEACHMASTER ENJOYS
432
00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:40,584
A SIZEABLE ADVANTAGE.
433
00:23:40,652 --> 00:23:41,886
BUT THE CHALLENGER DECIDES
434
00:23:41,953 --> 00:23:43,187
TO MAKE A STAND.
435
00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:54,432
THE BLOATED FAT
OF THE SUPER-SIZED NECKS
436
00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:56,267
CUSHIONS THE TREMENDOUS BLOWS.
437
00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:05,543
THE BEACHMASTER IS VICTORIOUS.
438
00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:08,679
HIS NOSE AND CALLS
USUALLY DETER CHALLENGERS.
439
00:24:08,747 --> 00:24:13,384
THESE UGLY BRAWLS ARE RARE.
440
00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:16,487
FOR ELEPHANT SEALS,
441
00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:19,457
AN IMPRESSIVE PROBOSCIS
IS A WINNING ASSET.
442
00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:25,796
NATURALISTS ARE INVESTIGATING
443
00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:30,000
WHETHER THE SAME HOLDS TRUE
IN THE JUNGLES OF BORNEO.
444
00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:32,636
THEY'RE ON THE TRAIL
OF A PRIMATE,
445
00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:34,238
BUT NOT THIS ONE.
446
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,974
THIS IS A CRAB-EATING MACAQUE.
447
00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:39,844
THEY'RE COMMON HERE
IN GARAMA NATIONAL PARK.
448
00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:42,146
THEY HANG OUT DOWN
BY THE RIVERSIDE,
449
00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:44,982
FORAGING FOR FRUITS, FLOWERS,
450
00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:47,117
AND CRABS, AND KEEPING WELL AWAY
451
00:24:47,185 --> 00:24:49,854
FROM A HUNGRY MONITOR LIZARD.
452
00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:55,860
THERE'S THE ANIMAL
WE'RE LOOKING FOR --
453
00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:58,429
A MALE PROBOSCIS MONKEY.
454
00:25:04,369 --> 00:25:06,904
WHAT A PREPOSTEROUS,
PENDULOUS NOSE.
455
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,744
BUT IT'S THE BOSS'S
STATUS SYMBOL,
456
00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:17,948
HELPING HIM HANG ON TO HIS HAREM
OF UP TO NINE FEMALES.
457
00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:25,723
THE NOSES OF THE FEMALES
458
00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:27,892
AND THEIR BLUE-FACED BABIES
459
00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:29,360
AREN'T NEARLY AS LARGE.
460
00:25:29,427 --> 00:25:30,561
BUT THEY'RE STILL BIGGER
461
00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:33,664
THAN OTHER MONKEYS'.
462
00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:38,769
PROBOSCIS MONKEYS
DINE MAINLY ON LEAVES.
463
00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:41,338
IT'S A SUPER-HIGH-FIBER DIET.
464
00:25:41,406 --> 00:25:45,075
BUT THE NUTRIENTS IN LEAVES
ARE HARD TO EXTRACT.
465
00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:54,485
SO BOTH MALES AND FEMALES SHARE
466
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:57,454
AN EQUALLY UNATTRACTIVE
FEATURE --
467
00:25:57,522 --> 00:25:59,557
A PROTRUDING POTBELLY.
468
00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:03,794
INSIDE, BACTERIA
FERMENT THE FOLIAGE
469
00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:05,462
TO RELEASE ALL THE ENERGY.
470
00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:07,998
THE PROCESS PRODUCES HEAT.
471
00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:15,406
THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THESE
MONKEYS HAVE THEIR NOTABLE NOSE.
472
00:26:15,473 --> 00:26:17,374
THE GREATER SURFACE AREA
473
00:26:17,442 --> 00:26:19,543
HELPS COOL DOWN ITS OWNER.
474
00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:28,919
FOR MALES, THE PROBOSCIS
HAS A DUAL PURPOSE.
475
00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:36,827
[ MONKEYS CALLING ]
476
00:26:36,895 --> 00:26:41,298
A RIVAL MALE HAS DISHONORABLE
DESIGNS ON THE FEMALES.
477
00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:47,538
TIME FOR THE BOSS
TO STICK HIS NOSE IN.
478
00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:51,609
[ CALLS ]
479
00:26:51,676 --> 00:26:54,778
THE INTRUDER GAUGES
THE MALE'S SIZE AND FITNESS
480
00:26:54,846 --> 00:26:56,513
FROM THAT DISTINCTIVE HONK.
481
00:26:58,883 --> 00:27:02,086
AND THE CALL RALLIES
THE EXTENDED FAMILY GROUP.
482
00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:03,454
[ SCREECHING ]
483
00:27:08,026 --> 00:27:09,093
[ HONKS ]
484
00:27:12,597 --> 00:27:13,864
[ HONKING ]
485
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,567
[ HONKING ]
486
00:27:18,903 --> 00:27:21,338
THE INTERLOPER IS OFF.
487
00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,709
THE WINNER...
488
00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:28,779
BY A NOSE.
489
00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:32,783
NOW TO MINI-MAMMALS
WHO LIVE LIFE
490
00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:35,252
IN THE RAW --
NAKED MOLE RATS.
491
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,088
THESE SMALL RODENTS
LIVE IN COLONIES
492
00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:40,791
UP TO 300 STRONG.
493
00:27:40,859 --> 00:27:43,861
THEY NORMALLY BURROW UNDERGROUND
IN EAST AFRICA,
494
00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:46,030
BUT THIS COLONY HAPPILY SCAMPERS
495
00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:48,766
AROUND A LAB
IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
496
00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:52,436
[ SQUEAKING ]
497
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:55,105
SAM CRISH IS STUDYING THEM.
498
00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,074
Man:
THIS IS A NAKED MOLE RAT.
499
00:27:57,142 --> 00:27:59,410
WHILE SOME PEOPLE
FIND THEM REPULSIVE,
500
00:27:59,477 --> 00:28:00,911
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THEM
501
00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:03,947
FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS,
AND I'M A BIG FAN.
502
00:28:04,015 --> 00:28:07,751
THESE GUYS ARE
FASCINATING CREATURES.
503
00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:09,887
THEY'RE NOT MOLES
AND THEY'RE NOT RATS.
504
00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:12,289
THEY'RE RODENTS
MORE CLOSELY RELATED
505
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,458
TO CHINCHILLAS AND PORCUPINES.
506
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:18,028
LET'S SEE WHY THEY LOOK SO ODD.
507
00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:24,134
Narrator: NAKED MOLE RATS
HAVE SHED THEIR HAIR FOREVER.
508
00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:25,669
WITH NO FUR
509
00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:27,037
TO TRAP MUD OR SAND,
510
00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:30,474
THESE BURROWERS
CAN SLIDE ALONG SMOOTHLY.
511
00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:35,179
KEEPING WARM ISN'T A PROBLEM.
512
00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:36,213
UNDERGROUND,
513
00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:39,516
IT'S USUALLY A COMFY 86 DEGREES.
514
00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:40,551
ANOTHER BONUS --
515
00:28:40,618 --> 00:28:43,087
HEAT TRANSFERS QUICKLY
516
00:28:43,154 --> 00:28:44,922
IN THEIR GROUP HUDDLES.
517
00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:47,725
AND WITH NO FUR,
518
00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:50,961
THERE'S NOWHERE FOR FLEAS
AND MANY OTHER PARASITES
519
00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:52,296
TO HIDE.
520
00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:54,565
THERE'S THE QUEEN.
521
00:28:54,632 --> 00:28:56,100
SHE'S MUCH BIGGER THAN THE REST.
522
00:28:56,167 --> 00:28:59,303
SHE WASN'T ALWAYS ROYALTY,
BUT, INCREDIBLY,
523
00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,739
WHEN SHE BECAME QUEEN,
HER BACKBONE
524
00:29:01,806 --> 00:29:03,841
ACTUALLY GREW LONGER.
525
00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,275
QUEEN NAKED MOLE RATS
526
00:29:05,343 --> 00:29:06,744
ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS
IN THE WORLD
527
00:29:06,811 --> 00:29:09,446
THAT CAN LENGTHEN
THEIR VERTEBRAE.
528
00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:12,483
THE QUEEN BULLIES HER WORKERS
529
00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:14,718
AND PRODUCES PHEROMONES,
530
00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:16,520
INVISIBLE CHEMICALS,
531
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:21,091
TO KEEP HER SUBJECTS IN LINE.
532
00:29:21,159 --> 00:29:24,128
THEY WORK CONTINUOUSLY
TO PROTECT HER,
533
00:29:24,195 --> 00:29:26,029
MAINTAIN THE BURROWS,
534
00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:28,031
AND BABYSIT HER OFFSPRING.
535
00:29:35,673 --> 00:29:38,375
BUT WHY THOSE UGLY BUCK TEETH?
536
00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:40,244
ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT
537
00:29:40,311 --> 00:29:44,014
NAKED MOLE RATS
GNAW ROOTS AND TUBERS.
538
00:29:44,082 --> 00:29:47,651
OUTSIZE INCISORS CAN TEAR
THROUGH TOUGH FIBERS.
539
00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:57,261
A QUARTER OF ALL
MOLE RAT MUSCLE-POWER
540
00:29:57,328 --> 00:29:58,862
MOVES THOSE GIANT JAWS.
541
00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:10,240
THEIR LIPS CAN SHUT
BEHIND THEIR FRONT TEETH.
542
00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:12,342
AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON
FOR THAT.
543
00:30:12,410 --> 00:30:17,247
MOLE RATS LITERALLY
BITE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SOIL.
544
00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,516
WITH LIPS CLOSED
BEHIND THEIR AMAZING TEETH,
545
00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:22,119
THEY CAN TUNNEL MORE THAN A MILE
546
00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:23,253
IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS,
547
00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:25,722
WITHOUT SO MUCH
AS A MOUTHFUL OF MUD.
548
00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,763
THEY'RE SUCH
INDUSTRIOUS DIGGERS,
549
00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:34,498
ONE COLONY'S TUNNELS CAN STRETCH
550
00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:36,633
OVER THE AREA
OF 20 FOOTBALL FIELDS,
551
00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:42,172
ALL IN THE SEARCH FOR FOOD.
552
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,908
COLONY-DWELLERS
UNDER THE CONTROL OF A QUEEN,
553
00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:48,645
MOLE RATS ARE LIKE
TERMITES OR ANTS.
554
00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:56,753
INSECTS ARE ARTHROPODS,
555
00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:59,990
A GROUP THAT INCLUDES 95 PERCENT
556
00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:01,892
OF ALL ANIMALS ON EARTH.
557
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,463
A PRECIOUS FEW, LIKE BUSY BEES
AND BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES,
558
00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:07,564
ARE FAMILIAR TO US,
559
00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:09,333
AND WE DON'T FIND THEM
560
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,034
THREATENING OR UGLY.
561
00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:18,141
IN FACT,
THEIR COLORS ENCHANT US.
562
00:31:23,014 --> 00:31:25,782
BUT MOST CREEPY-CRAWLIES AREN'T
SO FAMILIAR,
563
00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:30,687
AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY
NOT AS PRETTY.
564
00:31:30,755 --> 00:31:35,058
THE WHIP SCORPION IS A GRUESOME
CASE IN POINT.
565
00:31:35,126 --> 00:31:37,127
LIKE OTHER BUGS,
THEY'RE INVERTEBRATES.
566
00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:39,396
THEY HAVE NO BACKBONE.
567
00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:43,133
AND SO BODY DESIGN RULES
ARE THROWN OUT THE WINDOW.
568
00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:45,202
THEY LOOK SO ALIEN,
569
00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:48,171
IT'S NO WONDER
PEOPLE ARE REPULSED BY THEM.
570
00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:51,108
BUT THEY DO HAVE
THEIR OWN BEAUTY PAGEANT --
571
00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:52,542
WELL, ACTUALLY,
572
00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:55,145
IT'S AN UGLY PAGEANT.
573
00:31:55,213 --> 00:31:57,180
THESE ARE CLOSE-UPS
574
00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:59,449
OF SOME OF THE CONTESTANTS.
575
00:32:05,823 --> 00:32:07,357
A DAMSELFLY.
576
00:32:07,425 --> 00:32:10,460
WHEN THESE CREATURES
ARE MAGNIFIED
577
00:32:10,528 --> 00:32:12,896
MANY TIMES LIFE SIZE,
578
00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:15,065
THEY REALLY DO LOOK
UTTERLY BIZARRE.
579
00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:18,068
EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS
580
00:32:18,136 --> 00:32:20,003
ACROSS OKLAHOMA COMPETE
581
00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:23,106
TO FIND
THE STATE'S UGLIEST BUG.
582
00:32:23,174 --> 00:32:24,374
TODAY IS THE DAY
583
00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:25,876
THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT
584
00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:28,278
AND TRY TO FIND THE UGLIEST BUG
585
00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:30,247
TO REPRESENT JACKSON ELEMENTARY.
586
00:32:30,315 --> 00:32:31,281
SO ARE YOU READY?
587
00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:32,683
Students:
YEAH!
588
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:33,951
CAN YOU DO IT?
589
00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:35,719
Narrator: THERE ARE MILLIONS
590
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,454
OF INSECT SPECIES WORLDWIDE.
591
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,022
A SINGLE GARDEN
592
00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:41,358
CAN HOLD
OVER 8,000 DIFFERENT KINDS.
593
00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:43,427
AND NOT JUST ON DRY LAND.
594
00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:46,530
DRAGONFLY LARVAE SPEND
595
00:32:46,597 --> 00:32:48,031
UP TO FIVE YEARS UNDERWATER.
596
00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:51,535
THOSE POP EYES
COULD MAKE THEM WINNERS.
597
00:32:54,739 --> 00:32:55,839
OH!
A STINK BUG!
598
00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:58,608
Narrator: BUT EACH KID
HAS A FAVORITE.
599
00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:00,844
AWESOME!
600
00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:06,216
Narrator: THE PRAYING MANTIS
IS A BEAUTIFUL BUG.
601
00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:07,918
BUT SHE DISAGREES.
602
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,053
[ Gasps ]
EW, EW, EW!
603
00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:13,156
Teacher: YOU THOUGHT CATCHING
THE BUG WAS HARD?
604
00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:14,358
Student: YES.
605
00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:15,559
WE NOW HAVE TO DECIDE
606
00:33:15,626 --> 00:33:19,062
WHICH BUG IS THE UGLIEST.
607
00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:22,699
Narrator: HOW DO YOU
JUDGE UGLINESS
608
00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:24,534
IN CREATURES
SO DIFFERENT FROM US?
609
00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:31,775
Teacher:
OUR FIRST-PLACE,
610
00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:35,645
UGLIEST BUG IN OUR SCHOOL
GOES TO
611
00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:37,914
THE VELVET ANT.
612
00:33:37,982 --> 00:33:41,218
Narrator:
BUT WILL IT WIN THE STATE TITLE?
613
00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:43,353
THE ENTRIES GO
TO DR. PAIGE JOHNSON.
614
00:33:44,989 --> 00:33:48,058
HER ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
MAGNIFIES THE BUGS
615
00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,160
UP TO 200 TIMES.
616
00:33:52,363 --> 00:33:57,334
WHAT DOES SHE THINK
MAKES A CHAMPION?
617
00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,202
WE GET ALL KINDS OF UGLY BUGS
IN THE CONTEST,
618
00:33:59,270 --> 00:34:00,971
LOTS OF VARIETIES.
619
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,139
I THINK ANYTHING WITH FANGS
620
00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:03,573
IS ALWAYS VERY SINISTER
621
00:34:03,641 --> 00:34:04,641
AND THREATENING.
622
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:06,243
THE ANT LION HAS FANGS
ALMOST AS LONG
623
00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:08,211
AS ITS BODY.
624
00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:10,280
BUT I THINK MY FAVORITES
ARE THE WEEVILS.
625
00:34:10,348 --> 00:34:11,348
THEY TEND TO HAVE
626
00:34:11,416 --> 00:34:12,449
A LONG SNOUT THAT THEY USE
627
00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:13,683
FOR GATHERING THEIR FOOD,
628
00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:15,318
AND I ACTUALLY THINK,
RATHER THAN BEING UGLY,
629
00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:18,655
THEY'RE KIND OF CUTE.
630
00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:20,857
SO THIS IS THE VELVET ANT
FROM JACKSON ELEMENTARY.
631
00:34:20,925 --> 00:34:24,061
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS
A TRULY UGLY BUG.
632
00:34:24,128 --> 00:34:25,562
UNDER HERE, UNDERNEATH ITS CHIN,
633
00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:27,731
YOU CAN SEE WHY
IT'S CALLED THE COW-KILLER ANT.
634
00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:31,168
THESE ARE THE BIG FANGS
THAT IT WOULD BITE A COW
635
00:34:31,235 --> 00:34:33,203
OR I GUESS EVEN A PERSON WITH.
636
00:34:33,271 --> 00:34:35,872
AS ALWAYS, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH
CONTEST AND A CLOSE DECISION,
637
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:38,642
BUT THE MEMBERS OF THE OKLAHOMA
MICROSCOPY SOCIETY HAVE MET
638
00:34:38,709 --> 00:34:40,644
AND VOTED, AND WE'VE DECIDED
THAT THE WINNER
639
00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:42,412
OF THE NINTH ANNUAL
UGLY BUG CONTEST
640
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,047
IS...
641
00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:46,049
Narrator:
A DUNG BEETLE.
642
00:34:46,117 --> 00:34:47,751
TIED FOR SECOND WERE...
643
00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,853
A CODLING MOTH...
644
00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:52,089
AND A NET-WINGED BEETLE.
645
00:34:53,958 --> 00:34:56,093
BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY
NO PRIZES
646
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,227
FOR THE ABHORRENT ANIMALS
647
00:34:57,295 --> 00:35:00,030
WE'RE GOING TO MEET NEXT.
648
00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:02,466
DR. PHIL CRAIG
649
00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:04,668
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
IN ENGLAND
650
00:35:04,735 --> 00:35:07,337
IS AN EXPERT ON PARASITES.
651
00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:10,373
PARASITES ARE, BROADLY SPEAKING,
652
00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:11,641
ANIMALS THAT LIVE
653
00:35:11,709 --> 00:35:13,743
WITHIN OTHER ANIMALS OR HUMANS.
654
00:35:13,811 --> 00:35:16,313
AND ABOUT TWO-THIRDS
OF THE HUMAN POPULATION
655
00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:18,014
ARE INFECTED WITH PARASITES,
656
00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:20,851
AND VIRTUALLY 100 PERCENT
OF ANIMALS ARE INFECTED.
657
00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:26,223
THIS IS A TAPEWORM.
658
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:27,424
THEY'RE SEGMENTED.
659
00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:29,259
THEY DON'T HAVE A GUT,
THEY DON'T HAVE A MOUTH,
660
00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,361
AND THEY LIVE
IN THE HUMAN INTESTINE.
661
00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:32,729
THIS ONE IS ABOUT
662
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:36,233
TEN FEET LONG,
AND IT GREW IN A VOLUNTEER
663
00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,601
IN 10 WEEKS.
664
00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:38,969
BUT IT'S NOT THE RECORD.
665
00:35:39,036 --> 00:35:40,570
IN HUMANS, TAPEWORMS CAN GROW
666
00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:43,073
TO 35 OR 40 FEET.
667
00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:49,946
TAPEWORMS CAN LIVE
A VERY LONG TIME,
668
00:35:50,014 --> 00:35:52,582
ACTUALLY UP TO 25 YEARS,
IN THE HUMAN GUT.
669
00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:54,851
AND THEY ARE VERY WELL ADAPTED
TO DO THAT
670
00:35:54,919 --> 00:35:57,387
WITH PERHAPS THE MOST UGLY PART
OF THE WORM,
671
00:35:57,455 --> 00:35:58,522
WHICH IS A HEAD,
672
00:35:58,589 --> 00:36:00,557
BUT MORE CORRECTLY KNOWN
AS A SCOLEX.
673
00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:02,392
AND YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE FOUR
674
00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:04,394
LARGE SUCKERS ON THIS HEAD,
675
00:36:04,462 --> 00:36:07,964
WHICH ARE USED FOR IT
TO HANG INTO THE GUT.
676
00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:10,200
THIS SPECIES OF TAPEWORM
IS UGLY ENOUGH.
677
00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:12,402
BUT OTHER SPECIES,
UNDER HIGHER MAGNIFICATION,
678
00:36:12,470 --> 00:36:15,005
EVEN HAVE ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENTS ON THEIR HEAD,
679
00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:16,840
PARTICULARLY HOOKS,
680
00:36:16,908 --> 00:36:19,943
THAT IT USES TO ATTACH
TO THE LINING OF THE HUMAN GUT.
681
00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:23,180
TAPEWORMS AND ASCARIDS
MAY BE CONSIDERED BY MANY
682
00:36:23,247 --> 00:36:25,649
TO BE UGLY ORGANISMS,
BUT, IN FACT,
683
00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:28,518
THAT UGLINESS
IS A SUPREME ADAPTATION
684
00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:31,054
FOR THEIR PARASITIC WAY OF LIFE.
685
00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:32,455
AND IT'S ENABLED THEM TO EVOLVE
686
00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:34,157
AND SURVIVE
FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS.
687
00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:37,527
SO WE CAN'T CRITICIZE THEM
FOR BEING UGLY.
688
00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:39,296
IT'S PART OF THEIR SUCCESS,
IN ACTUAL FACT.
689
00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:45,001
Narrator: BUT WHAT ABOUT ANIMALS
THAT INHABIT
690
00:36:45,069 --> 00:36:48,638
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD?
691
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:52,876
THE SEA COVERS 70 PERCENT
OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
692
00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:56,079
BUT THIS DIVER WON'T FIND MANY
GRIM FACES
693
00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:57,847
IN THESE WARM SHALLOWS.
694
00:37:02,687 --> 00:37:03,987
RABBITFISH
695
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,722
AND CLOWN TRIGGERFISH.
696
00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:07,791
THEIR BRIGHT MARKINGS MAKE THEM
697
00:37:07,858 --> 00:37:09,960
APPEALING TO OUR EYES.
698
00:37:12,096 --> 00:37:14,464
AROUND THESE CORALS,
THERE'S ONE FISH SO CUTE
699
00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:18,902
THAT IT EVEN STARRED
IN ITS OWN ANIMATED ADVENTURE.
700
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:22,906
A SEA ANEMONE IS HOME
TO CLOWN FISH.
701
00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:24,608
WE'VE FOUND NEMO!
702
00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:32,148
A SCHOOL OF BUMPHEAD PARROTFISH.
703
00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:34,584
THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN
TO USE THEIR LUMPY HEADS
704
00:37:34,652 --> 00:37:36,786
TO RAM INTO THE REEF --
BREAKING OFF
705
00:37:36,854 --> 00:37:41,458
BITS OF CORAL TO EAT.
706
00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:47,597
BUT WE'RE AFTER
A STRANGER CHARACTER.
707
00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:50,800
A GIANT FROGFISH.
708
00:37:59,877 --> 00:38:02,879
THE SPONGE-LIKE SHAPE AND COLOR
709
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:04,614
ARE PERFECT CAMOUFLAGE,
710
00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:06,016
AND THEIR SPATULA-SHAPE FINS
711
00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:07,617
CAN HELP KEEP THEM
712
00:38:07,685 --> 00:38:09,052
PERFECTLY STILL.
713
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,255
THEY'RE A PHENOMENAL
AMBUSH PREDATOR.
714
00:38:12,323 --> 00:38:16,226
ANY SMALL FISH
SWIMMING INTO THE REACH
715
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,662
OF THOSE TELESCOPIC JAWS
716
00:38:18,729 --> 00:38:23,466
WILL BE SUCKED UP
IN A FLASH.
717
00:38:23,534 --> 00:38:27,037
ANOTHER AMBUSH PREDATOR
WITH INTRICATE MARKINGS.
718
00:38:27,104 --> 00:38:28,438
EVEN THE PUPILS OF ITS EYES
719
00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:31,174
ARE DISGUISED.
720
00:38:31,242 --> 00:38:33,710
THIS CAMOUFLAGE
BREAKS UP ITS SHAPE
721
00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:35,345
AGAINST THE SEA BOTTOM.
722
00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:36,813
BUT WHEN IT MOVES,
723
00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:39,849
IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY IT'S CALLED
724
00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:41,951
THE CROCODILE FISH.
725
00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:52,662
BUT FOR EVEN FUNNIER FACES,
726
00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:56,700
WE NEED TO LEAVE THE TROPICS
FOR CHILLIER SEAS.
727
00:38:59,970 --> 00:39:02,572
THE GIANT OCTOPUS LIVES
IN THE COLD WATERS
728
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,874
OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
729
00:39:07,778 --> 00:39:10,013
BUT WE'RE HERE
TO SEE ITS NEIGHBORS --
730
00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:13,416
WOLF EELS.
731
00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:24,194
THEY LOOK LIKE GRUMPY OLD MEN
OF THE SEA.
732
00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:28,765
TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THEM,
733
00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:31,835
WE NEED TO COAX THEM
OUT OF THEIR LAIR.
734
00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:35,438
A FEW CHOICE MORSELS
WILL TEMPT THEM.
735
00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:45,081
THOSE CURMUDGEONLY LIPS
HAVE REINFORCED SKIN.
736
00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:46,716
AT THE FRONT OF THE MOUTH,
737
00:39:46,784 --> 00:39:49,152
PEG-LIKE TEETH
CLAMP LIKE A VISE.
738
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,988
AT THE BACK, MASSIVE MOLARS
739
00:39:52,056 --> 00:39:53,189
CAN CRUSH CRABS
740
00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:55,258
AND GRIND SEA URCHIN SPINES.
741
00:40:07,271 --> 00:40:08,772
ITS OFF-PUTTING LOOKS
742
00:40:08,839 --> 00:40:11,040
ARE KEY TO ITS SURVIVAL.
743
00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:13,476
THE WOLF EEL IS NATURE'S OWN
LOBSTER CRACKER.
744
00:40:24,588 --> 00:40:25,655
BUT THESE WONDERFUL EELS
745
00:40:25,723 --> 00:40:28,191
AREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING
THE UGLIEST
746
00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:29,726
FISH IN THE SEA.
747
00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:31,995
THE DEEPER YOU VENTURE
INTO THE OCEANS,
748
00:40:32,062 --> 00:40:35,231
THE STRANGER LIFE BECOMES.
749
00:40:35,299 --> 00:40:38,501
THE DEEP SEA IS THE LARGEST
AND LEAST-EXPLORED HABITAT
750
00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:40,036
ON EARTH...
751
00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:42,138
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
752
00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:49,112
AT 600 FEET, WE'RE VENTURING
753
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:51,147
INTO A BRAND NEW WORLD.
754
00:40:51,215 --> 00:40:54,851
SOME EXTRAORDINARY CREATURES
HAVE EVOLVED TO THRIVE HERE --
755
00:40:54,919 --> 00:41:00,290
COMB JELLIES,
756
00:41:00,357 --> 00:41:03,793
SEA BUTTERFLIES,
757
00:41:03,861 --> 00:41:05,862
AND GHOSTLY SQUID.
758
00:41:09,867 --> 00:41:12,836
AT 3,000 FEET,
759
00:41:12,903 --> 00:41:16,739
90 PERCENT OF ALL CREATURES
PRODUCE THEIR OWN LIGHT.
760
00:41:16,807 --> 00:41:19,175
THIS SCINTILLATING JELLYFISH
761
00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:22,412
COULD ATTRACT SOME OF THE GRIM
PREDATORS OF THE DEEP.
762
00:41:25,182 --> 00:41:28,718
THIS SQUID, TOO, COULD SOON
BE A MEAL FOR A MONSTER.
763
00:41:31,722 --> 00:41:35,825
A CAPTURE JAR ON THE SUB DRAWS
IN A BIZARRE-LOOKING ODDITY
764
00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:38,795
THAT SEEMS TO COME
STRAIGHT FROM A NIGHTMARE --
765
00:41:38,863 --> 00:41:40,897
A GULPER EEL.
766
00:41:42,433 --> 00:41:44,467
FOOD IS SCARCE DOWN HERE,
767
00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:46,970
BUT THIS EEL
CAN MAXIMIZE ITS MEALS
768
00:41:47,037 --> 00:41:48,571
BY SWALLOWING PREY
769
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:49,873
LARGER THAN ITSELF.
770
00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:53,343
IT'S GOT THE BIGGEST MOUTH
IN RELATION TO BODY SIZE
771
00:41:53,410 --> 00:41:54,344
OF ANY VERTEBRATE.
772
00:41:54,411 --> 00:41:57,780
THE CONTENTS
OF THE EEL'S STOMACH
773
00:41:57,848 --> 00:41:59,883
WILL REVEAL ITS DIET,
774
00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:01,584
BUT NO ONE HAS EVER
SEEN IT FEED.
775
00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:09,792
THE SUB CAPTURES
A NEEDLE-TOOTHED VIPERFISH
776
00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:13,329
AND BRINGS BACK
A GHOUL'S GALLERY OF IMAGES.
777
00:42:13,397 --> 00:42:17,967
A HATCHETFISH
WITH BULGING EYES...
778
00:42:18,035 --> 00:42:20,837
A DEEP SEA ANGLERFISH...
779
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,208
THE WELL-NAMED FANGTOOTH...
780
00:42:27,244 --> 00:42:29,812
ONE VIPERFISH
FLEEING FROM ANOTHER.
781
00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:38,655
THESE ARE CREATURES THAT WILL
NEVER SEE THE SURFACE.
782
00:42:41,625 --> 00:42:44,794
BUT A REMARKABLE
RESEARCH PROJECT HOPES TO REVEAL
783
00:42:44,862 --> 00:42:47,230
WHY THESE UGLIES
LOOK THE WAY THEY DO
784
00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:51,668
BY FILMING THEM
IN THEIR DEEP-SEA LAIR.
785
00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:53,970
IT'S CALLED EYE IN THE SEA,
786
00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:56,773
AND IT'S THE BRAINCHILD
OF DR. EDIE WIDDER.
787
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,642
UNLIKE NORMAL LIGHTS,
788
00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:02,211
A BATTERY OF RED LIGHTS
WON'T DISTURB
789
00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:04,747
ANY DEEP SEA CREATURES
ATTRACTED BY THE BAIT.
790
00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:06,883
Woman: WE WANT TO BRING IN
THE SCAVENGERS BECAUSE,
791
00:43:06,951 --> 00:43:08,518
EVEN THOUGH SCAVENGERS
ARE SOMETHING
792
00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:09,852
THAT MOST PEOPLE
GET TO SEE,
793
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,321
THEN PREDATORS WILL COME IN
794
00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:12,855
AND FEED ON THE SCAVENGERS.
795
00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,024
SO IT'S WORTHWHILE
796
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:16,426
BRINGING THEM IN, AS WELL.
797
00:43:16,493 --> 00:43:18,761
Narrator: A SPECIAL
LIGHT-SENSITIVE CAMERA
798
00:43:18,829 --> 00:43:20,196
WILL RECORD
THEIR IMAGES.
799
00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:21,564
DR. WIDDER'S TEAM HAS EVEN
800
00:43:21,632 --> 00:43:24,467
FAKED A FLASHING JELLYFISH.
801
00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:26,402
BUT WILL THEY REALLY TEMPT
802
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:28,571
THE CHASM'S CHILLING PREDATORS
803
00:43:28,639 --> 00:43:30,006
TO PERFORM FOR THE CAMERA?
804
00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:42,385
THE EYE IN THE SEAMAKES ITS FIRST-EVER DIVE.
805
00:43:47,358 --> 00:43:51,160
A REMOTE-CONTROLLED SUB
TAKES THE CAMERA RIG
806
00:43:51,228 --> 00:43:55,665
2,300 FEET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
807
00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:58,968
YEP -- HERE IT IS.
808
00:43:59,036 --> 00:44:02,171
Narrator:
THE SEA FLOOR.
809
00:44:08,746 --> 00:44:11,547
THE SUBMARINE'S ROBOT ARM
810
00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:14,484
RELEASES EYE IN THE SEA.
811
00:44:16,687 --> 00:44:18,287
SOON THE FIRST RESULTS ARE BACK,
812
00:44:18,355 --> 00:44:21,157
THE IMAGES DOWNLOADED.
813
00:44:21,225 --> 00:44:23,393
AS THE DARKNESS WAKES,
814
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:25,662
THE BAIT AND DECOY JELLYFISH
815
00:44:25,729 --> 00:44:27,897
SUCCEED IN ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
816
00:44:30,534 --> 00:44:35,038
ALREADY, EYE IN THE SEA IS
RECORDING REVOLTING SCAVENGERS.
817
00:44:43,147 --> 00:44:46,382
A 10-FOOT-LONG SLEEPER SHARK.
818
00:44:52,256 --> 00:44:54,757
RATTAILS.
819
00:45:04,068 --> 00:45:09,372
BENEATH THEM IS A MASS
OF WRITHING SHAPES.
820
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,974
PACIFIC HAGFISH
821
00:45:12,042 --> 00:45:15,044
ARE SO ABUNDANT HERE,
IN NINE MONTHS,
822
00:45:15,112 --> 00:45:16,913
THEY CAN STRIP A 35-TON WHALE
823
00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:20,683
DOWN TO THE BARE BONES.
824
00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:25,188
THESE PRIMITIVE FISH
ARE VIRTUALLY BLIND,
825
00:45:25,255 --> 00:45:28,324
WITH RUDIMENTARY EYES
COVERED IN SKIN.
826
00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:29,425
THEY SNIFF OUT CARRION
827
00:45:29,493 --> 00:45:31,394
WITH A SINGLE NOSTRIL
828
00:45:31,462 --> 00:45:32,528
AND FEEL AROUND FOOD
829
00:45:32,596 --> 00:45:34,497
WITH THE TENTACLES
ABOVE THEIR MOUTHS.
830
00:45:34,565 --> 00:45:37,800
MOST HORRIFIC OF ALL,
831
00:45:37,868 --> 00:45:40,103
THESE CARRION FEEDERS
HAVE NO JAWS.
832
00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:44,841
INSTEAD, THEY TEAR AWAY FLESH
WITH THEIR RASPING TONGUES.
833
00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:47,610
WE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THEM
834
00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:50,480
BECAUSE HAGFISH CAN SURVIVE
IN THE SHALLOWS.
835
00:45:50,547 --> 00:45:53,549
AT U.C. IRVINE, ANDREW CLARK
836
00:45:53,617 --> 00:45:56,953
HAS BEEN STUDYING THEM
IN THE LAB.
837
00:45:57,020 --> 00:46:00,623
RIGHT, WELL, HAGFISH ARE AMONG
THE MOST INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL
838
00:46:00,691 --> 00:46:02,892
ANIMALS THAT YOU
COULD EVER IMAGINE.
839
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,061
THESE ANIMALS HAVE SLIME GLANDS
840
00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:06,896
THAT ARE SITUATED THROUGHOUT
THE LENGTH OF THE BODY,
841
00:46:06,964 --> 00:46:08,765
AND THEY SECRETE THIS MUCUS
842
00:46:08,832 --> 00:46:11,834
THROUGH TINY PORES IN THE SKIN.
843
00:46:11,902 --> 00:46:14,070
HAGFISH SECRETE SLIME
TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
844
00:46:14,138 --> 00:46:16,339
IT CAN BE USED TO CLOG UP
THE GILLS
845
00:46:16,406 --> 00:46:18,241
OF ATTACKING FISH PREDATORS.
846
00:46:18,308 --> 00:46:20,743
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT HAGFISH SLIME
847
00:46:20,811 --> 00:46:22,578
CAN BE USED FOR COOKING
848
00:46:22,646 --> 00:46:24,413
AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR EGG WHITES.
849
00:46:24,481 --> 00:46:26,249
SO JUST IMAGINE HAVING
850
00:46:26,316 --> 00:46:30,052
HAGFISH SLIME AND BACON
FOR BREAKFAST.
851
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:31,788
IT'S A REALLY, REALLY
PLEASANT THOUGHT.
852
00:46:31,855 --> 00:46:34,624
Narrator: JUST SO LONG
AS IT DOESN'T KILL OUR APPETITE
853
00:46:34,691 --> 00:46:37,560
FOR FINDING THE ULTIMATE UGLY.
854
00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,796
THIS IS CHAA CREEK
855
00:46:39,863 --> 00:46:42,999
IN BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA,
856
00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:47,770
HOME TO THE ANIMAL WITH MAYBE
THE UGLIEST FACE IN THE WORLD.
857
00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:51,707
TO CATCH THIS
AMAZINGLY BIZARRE CREATURE
858
00:46:51,775 --> 00:46:54,911
TAKES A NET BIGGER
THAN A WHOLE TENNIS COURT.
859
00:46:57,881 --> 00:46:59,115
Man: THERE WE GO.
860
00:46:59,183 --> 00:47:00,449
Man: OKAY, GOT IT.
861
00:47:00,517 --> 00:47:03,953
Narrator: IT HAS TO BE SET
IN THE PERFECT POSITION.
862
00:47:08,792 --> 00:47:11,227
DAVID JOHNSTON IS A WORLD EXPERT
863
00:47:11,295 --> 00:47:13,329
ON THE GROUP OF ANIMALS
THIS CREATURE BELONGS TO.
864
00:47:13,397 --> 00:47:15,865
HE'S BEEN CATCHING THEM
FOR YEARS.
865
00:47:15,933 --> 00:47:17,733
BUT DESPITE
THE NET'S ENORMOUS SIZE,
866
00:47:17,801 --> 00:47:20,736
THE ANIMAL HE'S LOOKING FOR
867
00:47:20,804 --> 00:47:22,338
IS NO MONSTROUS GIANT.
868
00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:29,178
THE CREATURE DAVE'S AFTER
IS A HIGH FLIER.
869
00:47:30,147 --> 00:47:34,016
AND, OF COURSE,
IT ONLY COMES OUT AT NIGHT.
870
00:47:34,084 --> 00:47:36,586
IT'S A BAT.
871
00:47:36,653 --> 00:47:39,689
BATTING IS A LOT LIKE FISHING.
872
00:47:39,756 --> 00:47:41,457
THERE ARE PROBABLY OVER 40
873
00:47:41,525 --> 00:47:43,326
SPECIES OF BATS HERE.
874
00:47:43,393 --> 00:47:45,795
I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
875
00:47:47,164 --> 00:47:49,365
Narrator: WHAT YOU CAN GUARANTEE
IS THAT
876
00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:51,934
MOST OF WHAT IS CAUGHT
WILL LOOK WEIRD
877
00:47:52,002 --> 00:47:53,402
OR UGLY.
878
00:47:53,470 --> 00:47:54,770
WHY?
879
00:47:54,838 --> 00:47:57,373
THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR BATS
TO LOOK BIZARRE.
880
00:47:57,441 --> 00:48:01,110
LET'S SEE
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
881
00:48:01,178 --> 00:48:02,511
OH, THIS IS GREAT!
882
00:48:02,579 --> 00:48:05,648
THIS IS THE GOLDEN BAT.
883
00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:07,083
IT'S CALLED THE GOLDEN BAT
884
00:48:07,150 --> 00:48:08,718
BECAUSE IT HAS THIS MARVELOUS,
885
00:48:08,785 --> 00:48:11,587
MARVELOUS FUR
THAT'S ACTUALLY
886
00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:12,622
IRIDESCENT.
887
00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:14,257
IT'S TRULY A GOLDEN BAT.
888
00:48:14,324 --> 00:48:17,627
IT HAS AN ENORMOUS LEAF NOSE.
889
00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:19,395
IT USES THAT
890
00:48:19,463 --> 00:48:21,497
TO FOCUS THE SONAR SOUNDS
891
00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:23,833
THAT GO OUT THROUGH THE NOSE
892
00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:26,769
TO HELP DIRECT THOSE CALLS
893
00:48:26,837 --> 00:48:30,039
WHERE IT WANTS TO.
894
00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:32,775
SO IMAGINE THE SOUND GOING
THROUGH THE NOSE,
895
00:48:32,843 --> 00:48:34,577
HITS AN OBJECT,
896
00:48:34,645 --> 00:48:36,279
BOUNCING BACK,
897
00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:39,248
THAT ECHOES THEN
AND IS RECEIVED
898
00:48:39,316 --> 00:48:42,518
BY THESE ENORMOUS EARS.
899
00:48:42,586 --> 00:48:44,053
NOW, THIS BAT CAN DO SOMETHING
900
00:48:44,121 --> 00:48:45,855
IN ADDITION TO THAT --
901
00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:48,024
THIS BAT TURNS OFF
ITS ECHOLOCATION.
902
00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:51,560
IT CAN LISTEN TO LITTLE CRICKETS
903
00:48:51,628 --> 00:48:53,362
AND WHATNOT MOVING
904
00:48:53,430 --> 00:48:54,764
THROUGH THE FOLIAGE,
905
00:48:54,831 --> 00:48:57,867
AND IT SIMPLY ZEROES IN
906
00:48:57,935 --> 00:49:00,436
ON EXACTLY WHERE THAT INSECT IS,
907
00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:03,606
SWOOPS DOWN, AND PICKS IT UP.
908
00:49:03,674 --> 00:49:08,177
Narrator: THE GOLDEN BAT
ISN'T THE BAT WE'RE AFTER.
909
00:49:08,245 --> 00:49:09,545
57.6.
910
00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:11,080
Narrator:
THAT LEAF NOSE IS WEIRD,
911
00:49:11,148 --> 00:49:13,449
BUT NOT QUITE WEIRD ENOUGH.
912
00:49:13,517 --> 00:49:16,319
DAVID COLLECTS
THIS BAT'S MEASUREMENTS.
913
00:49:16,386 --> 00:49:19,121
EACH FACE IS FASHIONED
TO HELP LISTEN IN
914
00:49:19,189 --> 00:49:23,359
TO ULTRASOUND ECHOES
FOR NOCTURNAL NAVIGATION.
915
00:49:23,427 --> 00:49:25,394
WHEN IT COMES
TO NIGHT-TIME AEROBATICS,
916
00:49:25,462 --> 00:49:26,662
WINGS ARE VITAL,
917
00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:27,763
BUT FACE SHAPE
918
00:49:27,831 --> 00:49:29,632
IS NO LESS IMPORTANT.
919
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:31,000
19.2...
920
00:49:32,869 --> 00:49:34,603
Narrator:
BUT NOW IT'S TIME
921
00:49:34,671 --> 00:49:35,905
TO LET THE GOLDEN BAT GO
922
00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,006
AND CHECK THE NET
923
00:49:37,074 --> 00:49:39,408
FOR AN EVEN UGLIER PRIZE.
924
00:49:39,476 --> 00:49:41,243
LET'S SEE
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
925
00:49:41,311 --> 00:49:42,445
OH!
926
00:49:42,512 --> 00:49:44,814
THIS IS
THE GREATER MUSTACHE BAT.
927
00:49:44,881 --> 00:49:47,183
IT'S CALLED
THE MUSTACHE BAT
928
00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:48,451
BECAUSE IT HAS THESE FOLDS
929
00:49:48,518 --> 00:49:50,619
JUST BELOW THE MOUTH,
IN FACT,
930
00:49:50,687 --> 00:49:53,723
THE CHIN AREA,
THAT IT USES
931
00:49:53,790 --> 00:49:56,692
TO PRODUCE PHEROMONES.
932
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,028
PHEROMONES ARE CHEMICALS
THAT HELP THE BAT
933
00:49:59,096 --> 00:50:01,697
COMMUNICATE
WITH OTHER MEMBERS
934
00:50:01,765 --> 00:50:03,466
OF ITS OWN SPECIES.
935
00:50:03,533 --> 00:50:04,467
AND THESE ARE
936
00:50:04,534 --> 00:50:06,302
PARASITIC FLIES.
937
00:50:06,370 --> 00:50:07,970
THEY SUCK
THE BLOOD OF THE BAT
938
00:50:08,038 --> 00:50:10,072
AND THEY OFTEN
HIDE IN THE FUR.
939
00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:12,675
[ SQUEAKS ]
940
00:50:12,743 --> 00:50:14,276
Narrator:
THAT'S STRANGE ENOUGH,
941
00:50:14,344 --> 00:50:15,911
BUT A BAT
CAUGHT IN THE TOP PART
942
00:50:15,979 --> 00:50:18,681
OF THE NET
PROMISES MORE.
943
00:50:18,749 --> 00:50:20,750
AH, LOOKS LIKE
WE HAVE A BAT,
944
00:50:20,817 --> 00:50:22,084
UP HIGH.
945
00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:30,760
OKAY.
946
00:50:30,827 --> 00:50:32,261
LET'S SEE
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
947
00:50:32,329 --> 00:50:33,362
OH!
948
00:50:33,430 --> 00:50:35,331
THIS IS FANTASTIC!
949
00:50:35,399 --> 00:50:37,633
MORMOOPS MEGALOPHYLLA,
OTHERWISE KNOWN
950
00:50:37,701 --> 00:50:41,604
AS THE GHOST-FACED BAT.
951
00:50:41,671 --> 00:50:45,674
AND IT'S GOT
THE MOST BIZARRE FACE.
952
00:50:45,742 --> 00:50:48,911
IT'S GOT THESE FLAPS OF SKIN
953
00:50:48,979 --> 00:50:50,179
UNDER THE CHIN AND THEN
954
00:50:50,247 --> 00:50:51,280
THIS DISH-LIKE HEAD
955
00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:55,551
THAT GIVE IT PRECISION
ECHOLOCATION
956
00:50:55,619 --> 00:50:57,186
TO HELP HUNT DOWN
957
00:50:57,254 --> 00:51:01,323
INSECTS IN DENSE
TROPICAL FORESTS.
958
00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:03,592
JUST INCREDIBLE,
959
00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:05,227
AND REALLY
960
00:51:05,295 --> 00:51:07,496
TRULY A RARE BAT.
961
00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:09,098
WELL, THANK YOU, LITTLE GUY.
962
00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,871
[ BELLOWING ]
963
00:51:17,674 --> 00:51:19,775
Narrator:
SURVIVING IN THE WILD
964
00:51:19,843 --> 00:51:21,377
TAKES MORE THAN A PRETTY FACE.
965
00:51:22,979 --> 00:51:25,281
WHAT AN ANIMAL NEEDS TO BE
966
00:51:25,348 --> 00:51:27,917
IS OFTEN
JUST WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
967
00:51:32,189 --> 00:51:35,357
WINNERS COME
IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES --
968
00:51:35,425 --> 00:51:39,095
AND THE MOST ECCENTRIC
CAN ALSO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
969
00:51:41,498 --> 00:51:43,265
STRANGE AS THEY MAY SEEM,
970
00:51:43,333 --> 00:51:45,234
EACH FORM HAS A FUNCTION,
971
00:51:45,302 --> 00:51:48,671
AN ABILITY
THAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE.
972
00:51:51,508 --> 00:51:55,177
AND AS WE DISCOVER THE AMAZING
WAYS THESE CREATURES
973
00:51:55,245 --> 00:51:56,645
MAKE THEIR WAY IN THE WORLD,
974
00:51:56,713 --> 00:51:57,746
WE CAN SEE
975
00:51:57,814 --> 00:51:59,281
THAT EACH ONE
HAS A BEAUTY
976
00:51:59,349 --> 00:52:01,383
ALL ITS OWN.
977
00:52:09,993 --> 00:52:10,659
On Masterpiece Mystery!...
978
00:52:10,727 --> 00:52:11,494
Oh, please help me!
979
00:52:11,561 --> 00:52:12,261
What is it?
980
00:52:12,329 --> 00:52:13,295
He's dead.
981
00:52:13,363 --> 00:52:15,131
I don't believe
it was a coincidence.
982
00:52:15,198 --> 00:52:16,632
Eh bien, it is a puzzle.
983
00:52:16,700 --> 00:52:19,401
He is a private detective
of excellent reputation.
984
00:52:19,469 --> 00:52:21,070
You believe I'm innocent,
don't you?
985
00:52:21,138 --> 00:52:23,172
WOMAN:
Sounds a most desperate cry!
986
00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:24,073
(screaming)
987
00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:25,474
POIROT:
Most desperate indeed.
988
00:52:25,542 --> 00:52:27,610
I know she's a good person.
989
00:52:27,677 --> 00:52:31,113
The world is full of good people
who do bad things, mon ami.
990
00:52:31,181 --> 00:52:32,615
CUMMING:
"The Clocks"... Poirot.
991
00:52:32,682 --> 00:52:34,984
On Masterpiece Mystery!
992
00:52:35,051 --> 00:52:37,453
Next on most PBS stations.
993
00:52:39,289 --> 00:52:41,023
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994
00:52:41,091 --> 00:52:42,625
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995
00:52:42,692 --> 00:52:44,126
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996
00:52:44,194 --> 00:52:48,564
VERSUS KURYAMA,HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGER.
997
00:52:48,632 --> 00:52:52,034
THIS COULD BE THE CLIMAXOF AN EPIC STORY
998
00:52:52,102 --> 00:52:54,103
SPANNING MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
999
00:52:55,939 --> 00:52:57,940
IT'S THE STORY OF A TINY BABY,
1000
00:52:58,008 --> 00:52:59,608
DESTINED TO BE AN ORPHAN
1001
00:52:59,676 --> 00:53:01,277
AND AN OUTCAST, WHO WOULD RISE
1002
00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:04,847
TO BECOME THE GREATEST GORILLAOF HIS GENERATION.
1003
00:53:08,785 --> 00:53:11,353
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1006
00:53:15,292 --> 00:53:16,358
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1007
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00:53:52,796 --> 00:53:53,963
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1009
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1010
00:53:55,198 --> 00:53:56,732
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