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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,419 --> 00:00:03,919 [bird caw]. 2 00:00:03,988 --> 00:00:07,856 NARRATOR: In a dark land of shadowy creatures. 3 00:00:08,125 --> 00:00:10,626 [owl screeches]. 4 00:00:10,695 --> 00:00:14,630 One extraordinary mammal is armed to the teeth. 5 00:00:21,005 --> 00:00:24,873 He tracks prey with bat-like senses. 6 00:00:25,309 --> 00:00:29,078 And uses venom to strike like a cobra. 7 00:00:32,083 --> 00:00:35,317 But nature has dealt this knight of darkness 8 00:00:35,386 --> 00:00:38,187 a cruel blow. 9 00:00:40,691 --> 00:00:45,394 He must eat every three hours or die. 10 00:00:47,698 --> 00:00:50,783 [chewing sounds]. 11 00:00:50,901 --> 00:00:54,770 Such is the curse of the killer shrew. 12 00:00:54,839 --> 00:00:56,939 [screeching]. 13 00:01:06,333 --> 00:01:11,453 Beware the danger that lurks below. 14 00:01:17,328 --> 00:01:21,163 This is a northern short-tailed shrew... 15 00:01:21,232 --> 00:01:25,434 one of the most remarkable species on the planet. 16 00:01:27,838 --> 00:01:33,208 Don't be fooled by his mousy coat or his tiny eyes. 17 00:01:33,277 --> 00:01:37,079 He is a formidable predator. 18 00:01:38,132 --> 00:01:43,018 He devours up to three times his body weight every day 19 00:01:43,087 --> 00:01:46,922 and leaves carnage in his wake. 20 00:01:48,392 --> 00:01:51,660 There is a reason why taming a shrew is 21 00:01:51,679 --> 00:01:54,496 notoriously difficult. 22 00:01:54,565 --> 00:01:58,901 This footage is not sped up: shrews... 23 00:01:58,969 --> 00:02:03,405 when awake... just never sit still. 24 00:02:03,474 --> 00:02:06,575 The hearts of some shrews can race at more than 25 00:02:06,577 --> 00:02:10,312 1,200 beats per minute... 26 00:02:10,381 --> 00:02:12,648 sounding something like this. 27 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:15,267 [heart beating rapidly]. 28 00:02:15,352 --> 00:02:17,953 This hyper heart rate is one of Mother Nature's 29 00:02:18,022 --> 00:02:20,322 cruelest blows... 30 00:02:20,391 --> 00:02:26,528 a metabolism so fast shrews must feed almost non-stop. 31 00:02:27,798 --> 00:02:32,901 Miss a meal and they perish within hours. 32 00:02:51,222 --> 00:02:54,656 Shrews are animals of the underworld... 33 00:02:54,725 --> 00:03:00,229 burrowers most at home within the earth. 34 00:03:01,065 --> 00:03:04,800 But the need to feed will force this one 35 00:03:04,869 --> 00:03:06,919 into the open... 36 00:03:07,004 --> 00:03:09,271 to a kingdom where... 37 00:03:09,323 --> 00:03:13,775 to eat... he must risk being eaten. 38 00:03:19,049 --> 00:03:20,682 High up... 39 00:03:20,751 --> 00:03:26,021 his lordship watches and hears all; while amphibious 40 00:03:26,090 --> 00:03:30,926 soldiers surround a pond; and a wily thief... 41 00:03:32,029 --> 00:03:35,497 a weasel... patrols the woods. 42 00:03:35,566 --> 00:03:40,502 Meanwhile... deadly assassins stalk a fence-line; 43 00:03:40,571 --> 00:03:44,640 and peasant mice work the crops. 44 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,878 In the underground: voles. 45 00:03:50,748 --> 00:03:53,215 And around a farmer's barn... 46 00:03:53,284 --> 00:03:56,852 the nobility. 47 00:03:56,921 --> 00:03:58,820 Now... 48 00:03:58,889 --> 00:04:00,822 enter a knight of darkness... 49 00:04:00,891 --> 00:04:03,892 a forest-dweller on a quest: 50 00:04:03,961 --> 00:04:07,462 A northern short-tailed shrew. 51 00:04:18,309 --> 00:04:24,346 Nightfall signals a lucrative time to hunt; 52 00:04:27,284 --> 00:04:31,853 the shrew is driven by an insatiable appetite. 53 00:04:32,690 --> 00:04:36,692 But around the pond there's competition. 54 00:04:38,762 --> 00:04:42,097 The green leopard frog or meadow frog... 55 00:04:42,166 --> 00:04:46,335 is also known for its voracious appetite. 56 00:04:48,372 --> 00:04:52,507 It will eat anything it can fit into its mouth... 57 00:04:52,576 --> 00:04:55,978 including its own kind. 58 00:04:56,046 --> 00:05:00,115 He is an ambush hunter and another who takes his meals 59 00:05:00,184 --> 00:05:04,453 alive and writhing. 60 00:05:51,719 --> 00:05:54,836 Where there is abundant food like this... 61 00:05:54,905 --> 00:05:59,207 the shrew is not far away. 62 00:06:05,549 --> 00:06:09,618 But why just have a juicy worm when you could have a 63 00:06:09,686 --> 00:06:14,222 whole juicy frog? 64 00:06:44,855 --> 00:06:48,774 The frog has leg power. 65 00:06:48,859 --> 00:06:52,160 But the short-tailed shrew has a far more powerful 66 00:06:52,229 --> 00:06:55,931 weapon in its arsenal. 67 00:06:58,335 --> 00:07:04,573 It's one of the few mammals on the planet with venom. 68 00:07:11,381 --> 00:07:14,883 It's delivered via grooves in his teeth. 69 00:07:14,952 --> 00:07:19,955 Just one drop is enough to paralyze his prey. 70 00:07:21,692 --> 00:07:26,094 The frog still breathes but can no longer move. 71 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:30,332 It will stay fresh while it's eaten alive... 72 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,136 bit by bit. 73 00:07:34,188 --> 00:07:37,072 Green leopard frogs have been known to make the menu 74 00:07:37,141 --> 00:07:40,142 in French restaurants. 75 00:07:41,411 --> 00:07:45,580 Bon appetite. 76 00:07:53,457 --> 00:07:55,857 It's a good meal... 77 00:07:55,926 --> 00:08:00,262 and not a moment too soon. 78 00:08:00,330 --> 00:08:06,301 The shrew is only awake for five minutes at a time. 79 00:08:06,637 --> 00:08:10,305 His metabolism is so fast he'll sleep for the 80 00:08:10,374 --> 00:08:14,242 next 25 minutes. 81 00:08:14,311 --> 00:08:18,113 His entire life must be lived within five-minute 82 00:08:18,115 --> 00:08:20,448 bursts of energy. 83 00:08:20,517 --> 00:08:25,086 There's no time to waste. 84 00:08:32,529 --> 00:08:36,198 All manner of dangers lay within the farmland 85 00:08:36,266 --> 00:08:39,401 to the east. 86 00:08:39,453 --> 00:08:43,471 But where the crops meet the forest is a likely spot 87 00:08:43,540 --> 00:08:46,942 to find a mouse. 88 00:08:50,597 --> 00:08:54,149 His eyes are small and his vision poor; 89 00:08:54,218 --> 00:08:57,969 he can barely make out more than shapes and shadows. 90 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:02,224 But his delicate nose senses a trail. 91 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:13,702 He's not the only hunter here in the woodlands. 92 00:09:16,540 --> 00:09:20,008 The least weasel is a cousin of the wolverine. 93 00:09:20,077 --> 00:09:22,477 He is a ferocious hunter... 94 00:09:22,546 --> 00:09:26,681 able to kill animals five times his size. 95 00:09:27,951 --> 00:09:30,652 This shrew is much smaller than the weasel. 96 00:09:30,721 --> 00:09:32,887 But they are competitors; 97 00:09:32,956 --> 00:09:37,342 they both share a fondness for mice. 98 00:09:58,949 --> 00:10:01,916 The weasel is the stronger of the two. 99 00:10:01,985 --> 00:10:07,355 But the short-tailed shrew has a secret weapon. 100 00:10:16,266 --> 00:10:19,601 [screech]. 101 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:50,165 He wears invisible armor. 102 00:10:50,217 --> 00:10:53,601 Scent glands on his belly and sides produce a 103 00:10:53,670 --> 00:10:57,439 musky odor that repels other mammals. 104 00:11:00,811 --> 00:11:03,778 The weasel backs off... 105 00:11:03,847 --> 00:11:08,783 leaving the shrew to pursue the prize. 106 00:11:15,859 --> 00:11:18,643 To get this next meal... 107 00:11:18,729 --> 00:11:22,864 he must follow it to the farm... 108 00:11:24,868 --> 00:11:29,371 crossing a perimeter patrolled by deadly assassins. 109 00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:58,516 NARRATOR: In these hunger games... 110 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:03,588 the winner gets to eat the loser. 111 00:12:15,302 --> 00:12:18,236 Reptiles like this garter snake can go weeks 112 00:12:18,305 --> 00:12:22,340 without a meal. 113 00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:26,778 But this shrew must eat its body weight every 114 00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:30,865 12 hours or perish. 115 00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:22,200 It's a standoff. 116 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:32,210 The shrew has earned a pass to enter the farmland 117 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:35,580 but his heart still races. 118 00:13:35,649 --> 00:13:40,919 Now he has only minutes to find a life-saving meal. 119 00:13:48,061 --> 00:13:52,730 And out here in the open; he's being watched. 120 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:59,070 [owl sounds]. 121 00:14:13,587 --> 00:14:17,555 This dark knight scurries through the crop fields... 122 00:14:17,574 --> 00:14:22,060 desperate for a field mouse. 123 00:14:25,682 --> 00:14:28,600 He finds passageways... 124 00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:32,537 tracks made by another omnivore... 125 00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:37,208 the vole. 126 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:40,278 The vole is still a rodent. 127 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,881 But larger than a mouse... 128 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:46,484 a heavy-weight contender. 129 00:14:48,288 --> 00:14:51,522 Voles are notorious for killing plants... 130 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:54,926 even ringing entire trees. 131 00:14:54,995 --> 00:14:59,397 But they also eat meat. 132 00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:05,503 This one has made countless pathways and tunnels 133 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:09,507 through the fields. 134 00:15:11,678 --> 00:15:16,814 But there's never room for a dangerous intruder. 135 00:15:23,306 --> 00:15:25,757 To defend its terrain... 136 00:15:25,809 --> 00:15:29,594 the vole must fight. 137 00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:45,209 The vole fights for territory; 138 00:15:48,632 --> 00:15:53,384 the shrew fights for survival. 139 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:04,996 He has a repulsive odor and deadly venom on his side. 140 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:10,001 But this shrew has an even greater imperative. 141 00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:15,139 If he doesn't eat in the next few minutes... 142 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:19,544 he will die. 143 00:16:49,376 --> 00:16:54,312 It's a bloody meal in the nick of time. 144 00:16:59,986 --> 00:17:06,591 [chewing sounds]. 145 00:17:08,962 --> 00:17:11,729 Survival and rule... 146 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:17,068 over the tunnels made by the vole. 147 00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:46,431 Piece-by-piece the shrew dines on the vole every 148 00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:50,001 meal time until it's gone. 149 00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:54,472 Then his doomsday clock starts again. 150 00:17:58,144 --> 00:18:01,979 [bird caw]. 151 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:04,916 He must head out... 152 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:09,120 a starving stranger in a hostile land. 153 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:20,665 [owl sounds]. 154 00:18:29,409 --> 00:18:32,176 NARRATOR: If he is to survive... 155 00:18:32,245 --> 00:18:34,345 this the short-tailed shrew will need breakfast 156 00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:37,815 in the next few hours. 157 00:18:38,017 --> 00:18:42,220 Time to deploy one of his most amazing secret weapons. 158 00:18:45,358 --> 00:18:47,925 [clicking sound]. 159 00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:52,563 This is the sound of sonar. 160 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,534 With a special recording device we can hear that this 161 00:18:56,603 --> 00:19:01,105 shrew is making ultrasonic noises... 162 00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:06,144 which bounce off objects ahead. 163 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:10,114 The echo allows him to see with his ears... 164 00:19:10,183 --> 00:19:16,354 like a bat or a whale and navigate to his next meal. 165 00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:26,430 Finally a mouse. 166 00:19:40,713 --> 00:19:43,514 Grasses form a dense jungle when you're only 167 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:48,152 about four inches long. 168 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:55,660 The shrew's echolocation is hard at work 169 00:19:55,728 --> 00:19:59,730 but how good is it? 170 00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:18,282 He is on a deadline; but the mouse is still and silent. 171 00:20:43,643 --> 00:20:48,312 [footsteps] 172 00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:52,550 Then...a fateful move. 173 00:20:59,158 --> 00:21:04,996 And the dark knight is ready to track and to tackle. 174 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:15,172 [making battle cries]. 175 00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:06,157 It's a fast battle but it's out in the open. 176 00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:14,632 [chewing sounds]. 177 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:17,802 The shrew is vulnerable. 178 00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:22,340 [chewing sounds]. 179 00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:33,984 He must eat quickly. 180 00:22:34,053 --> 00:22:36,587 The whole time he risks being discovered 181 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:40,057 by an overlord. 182 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:48,699 Owls hunt as much by sound as they do by sight. 183 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:55,773 [owl hoots]. 184 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:04,348 Nighttime has been a slaughter of the weak. 185 00:23:05,518 --> 00:23:09,787 Often in the shrew's favor. 186 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:17,595 But he is not only a predator; he is prey. 187 00:23:29,976 --> 00:23:35,846 Time for the shrew to stash his food and run. 188 00:23:46,976 --> 00:23:50,344 [owl sounds]. 189 00:23:50,413 --> 00:23:54,548 NARRATOR: The great horned owl swoops for the kill. 190 00:23:54,617 --> 00:23:58,919 The shrew digs down for cover. 191 00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:05,459 [owl screeches]. 192 00:24:18,274 --> 00:24:22,510 [owl screeches]. 193 00:24:27,617 --> 00:24:31,685 It works but the short-tailed shrew knows he 194 00:24:31,754 --> 00:24:35,289 cannot hide here for long. 195 00:24:35,892 --> 00:24:40,528 [owl hoots]. 196 00:24:44,333 --> 00:24:49,170 [owl screeches]. 197 00:24:54,944 --> 00:24:57,912 He's trapped... 198 00:24:57,980 --> 00:25:00,848 forced to find food... 199 00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:04,785 surrounded by predators. 200 00:25:14,263 --> 00:25:20,501 Now the rising sun's warmth awakens even more hunters. 201 00:25:20,570 --> 00:25:25,239 [rattle]. 202 00:25:28,978 --> 00:25:32,779 Heat-seeking sensors are an advantage. 203 00:25:32,815 --> 00:25:37,918 Rattlesnakes threaten every small mammal in the area... 204 00:25:39,388 --> 00:25:43,724 especially the weak and the vulnerable... 205 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:47,962 like these vole babies. 206 00:25:52,351 --> 00:25:55,436 Voles are prolific breeders. 207 00:25:55,504 --> 00:25:59,840 They are sexually mature after just one month... 208 00:26:00,776 --> 00:26:04,111 after that they can have a litter of three to five 209 00:26:04,213 --> 00:26:08,115 babies almost every month. 210 00:26:08,184 --> 00:26:11,218 That would be an explosive 50 or so new voles every 211 00:26:11,254 --> 00:26:15,222 year for each mother... 212 00:26:15,291 --> 00:26:20,694 if nature didn't have its checks and balances. 213 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:29,770 This mother must head out for food. 214 00:26:32,275 --> 00:26:37,745 She wanders close to the fence-line... 215 00:26:41,750 --> 00:26:44,985 maybe too close. 216 00:27:32,969 --> 00:27:36,704 This rattlesnake just delivered a death blow to 217 00:27:36,772 --> 00:27:40,774 this mother vole. 218 00:27:45,181 --> 00:27:50,617 The venom digests the vole from the inside out. 219 00:27:50,686 --> 00:27:55,456 A cocktail of proteins and enzymes breaks down tissue. 220 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,861 One part causes blood cells to rupture... 221 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:04,965 while another prevents clotting. 222 00:28:05,034 --> 00:28:09,770 Fiery pain... rapid breathing... 223 00:28:10,139 --> 00:28:15,709 shock... then total organ failure. 224 00:29:05,794 --> 00:29:07,828 Without their mother... 225 00:29:07,897 --> 00:29:13,967 these vole babies face a slow death. 226 00:29:18,441 --> 00:29:21,141 But the short-tailed shrew... 227 00:29:21,210 --> 00:29:23,644 with its own highly toxic venom... 228 00:29:23,712 --> 00:29:27,981 will take care of that. 229 00:29:47,236 --> 00:29:52,973 A quick bite puts the young ones out of their misery; 230 00:30:04,587 --> 00:30:10,390 the dark knight wastes nothing. 231 00:30:10,860 --> 00:30:13,827 For a cursed creature that must dine every 232 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:17,197 two to three hours or die... 233 00:30:17,266 --> 00:30:21,702 this is a feast. 234 00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:32,045 Away from the rattler... 235 00:30:32,114 --> 00:30:37,985 the shrew creates a cache in the old vole tunnel... 236 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:50,397 putting some of these dead infants away for future meals. 237 00:30:58,073 --> 00:31:02,910 The shrew mus be brutal if it is to survive and have 238 00:31:02,978 --> 00:31:06,647 young of its own. 239 00:31:28,871 --> 00:31:32,573 Such a cache gives the shrew some comfort; 240 00:31:32,641 --> 00:31:37,044 he knows where his next meal awaits. 241 00:31:38,647 --> 00:31:44,351 Finally he can sleep sound or can he? 242 00:32:16,502 --> 00:32:20,671 NARRATOR: A farmer's tiller seems harmless above ground. 243 00:32:20,739 --> 00:32:25,609 But beneath the surface. 244 00:32:46,932 --> 00:32:51,068 It's a double blow: The tunnels that once hid the 245 00:32:51,136 --> 00:32:56,873 short-tailed shrew are lost; his food cache gone. 246 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:25,369 The farmer's field may now look in order. 247 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:29,039 But life becomes chaos for small creatures across 248 00:33:29,108 --> 00:33:33,310 this kingdom. 249 00:33:43,221 --> 00:33:47,023 Predators on the perimeter see opportunity 250 00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:50,394 and seize it. 251 00:34:10,632 --> 00:34:15,585 These fields leave our shrew exposed and vulnerable. 252 00:34:20,692 --> 00:34:26,463 He has little choice... he's starving... 253 00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:34,337 and he's not alone. 254 00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:37,374 A relative...the pygmy shrew... 255 00:34:37,443 --> 00:34:41,812 is also displaced by the farmer's tiller. 256 00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:47,818 It's a face-off of killer cousins. 257 00:34:50,322 --> 00:34:53,123 Two shrews... 258 00:34:53,192 --> 00:34:56,626 both must kill and eat in the next few minutes or 259 00:34:56,695 --> 00:35:00,130 die of hunger. 260 00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:13,637 It's an incredible burst of energy and a battle 261 00:36:13,705 --> 00:36:16,573 to the death. 262 00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:37,393 The pygmy shrew is out-gunned in size and it 263 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:41,932 lacks the venom glands of the short-tailed shrew. 264 00:37:00,786 --> 00:37:03,620 Our knight of darkness gets to live for at least 265 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:08,158 several hours more. 266 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:19,236 But now he needs a new plan. 267 00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:34,417 Death patrols the perimeter... 268 00:37:34,486 --> 00:37:38,822 so he heads to a barn for shelter. 269 00:37:44,162 --> 00:37:49,299 Desperate for a guaranteed source of food. 270 00:37:55,741 --> 00:37:59,742 Barns usually provide a reliable source of prey for 271 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:03,279 a venomous carnivore like the shrew. 272 00:38:03,315 --> 00:38:08,551 But this one seems void of any signs of rodents. 273 00:38:18,430 --> 00:38:22,332 Something has beaten him to it. 274 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:37,714 Our dark knight has unwittingly entered the 275 00:38:37,783 --> 00:38:41,885 domain of a queenly killer. 276 00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:53,863 [cat meows]. 277 00:38:53,932 --> 00:38:59,903 She's on it; a shrew would be a perfect cat snack. 278 00:39:16,988 --> 00:39:19,089 It's a narrow escape. 279 00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:24,994 [cat meows.] 280 00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:44,681 He seeks cover under some old hay; 281 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,483 bad idea. 282 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:49,519 [rattle]. 283 00:39:56,862 --> 00:39:59,195 NARRATOR: This short-tailed shrew has spent 284 00:39:59,264 --> 00:40:01,865 all his waking minutes dodging one threat after 285 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:06,136 another and another. 286 00:40:30,395 --> 00:40:34,531 It's a lucky escape. 287 00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:42,672 But he's expended valuable energy. 288 00:40:42,741 --> 00:40:47,210 And he's had no time to hunt. 289 00:40:57,022 --> 00:41:00,223 Desperate... this carnivore tries nibbling 290 00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:03,893 some spilled corn. 291 00:41:04,463 --> 00:41:09,098 But it's not meat... not enough. 292 00:41:16,408 --> 00:41:20,910 He's weak...vulnerable... and those who watch from 293 00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:23,446 above know it. 294 00:41:23,515 --> 00:41:26,916 [owl screeches]. 295 00:42:46,398 --> 00:42:51,334 [chewing sounds] 296 00:42:51,436 --> 00:42:53,303 It was a short... 297 00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:58,007 dirty life for this knight of darkness. 298 00:42:58,376 --> 00:43:03,146 Armed with venom and echolocation but cursed by 299 00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:09,052 the constant need to feed. 300 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:27,370 There is no happy ending for this dark knight. 301 00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:31,441 No time for a mate. 302 00:43:32,344 --> 00:43:36,479 Never enough time to rest. 303 00:43:41,386 --> 00:43:44,621 Such is the lot of shrews... 304 00:43:44,689 --> 00:43:47,957 a creature stuck in a Middle Earth... 305 00:43:48,026 --> 00:43:53,396 both vulnerable prey and savage predator. 306 00:43:53,465 --> 00:43:58,401 [screeching]. 27070

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