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♪ ♪
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The monsoon.
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(thunder)
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The greatest weather system on earth.
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(thunder)
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The giver of life and the destroyer.
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Shaping magical lands, from the himalaya to australia.
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Its impact felt by giants...
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Exquisite...
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And bizarre.
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Where spectacular nature coincides
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With the colorful celebrations of life.
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(screeching)
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Our story begins when all of life is waiting.
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(hissing)
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It's a time when wildlife is pushed to extremes.
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A time when ancient cultures anxiously await the great rains
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To deliver the wonders of the monsoon.
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(thunder)
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From india to australia,
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Life is dominated by an immense weather system.
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The monsoon.
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Throughout the year
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Unimaginable quantities of water
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Are moved about this swath of our planet
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In rhythms sometimes unpredictable and mysterious.
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The monsoon delivers a deluge,
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And with it the miracle of rejuvenation.
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(chirping)
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(screeching)
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But the monsoon can also bring drought.
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Such extremes test the endurance
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Of every creature... And everybody.
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We begin our journey
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In the far southern extreme of the monsoon world.
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It's dry season in northern australia.
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(bird squawking)
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(insect buzzing)
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Six long months without rain.
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(birds chirping)
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But there is an escape from this dry and thirsty land.
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(birds chirping)
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The roper river.
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Fed by underground springs, it flows throughout the year.
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It's a vital refuge for a small mammal
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With an intense dislike for the sun.
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(chirping)
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The little red flying fox.
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(chirping)
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These bats are waiting for the monsoon rains.
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But right now, it's 100 degrees fahrenheit.
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Just a few degrees more, and they will die.
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(screeching)
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Squabbles break out for shade.
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(screeching)
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They're dehydrating.
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300,000 bats are desperate for water.
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(screeching)
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Only the roper river can save them.
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(screeching)
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By soaking their chests,
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They collect a little water to lick off back at the roost.
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This is probably the most dangerous thing
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They will ever do.
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Australian freshwater crocodiles.
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Warmed by the summer heat.
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A crocodile's jaws snap shut in the blink of an eye.
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The bats' reactions must be quicker.
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They must choose a spot and run the gauntlet.
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(screeching)
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The survivors will brave the river every day
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Until the monsoon rains break.
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(chirping)
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Which must be soon.
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(screeching)
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The pre-monsoon.
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It's a tense, menacing time that can last for weeks,
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And brings an unexpected danger.
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(thunder)
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Dry lightning.
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(thunder)
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The spark that ignites the fire devil.
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(roaring)
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(roaring)
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(crackling)
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This raging tornado of fire
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Can grow to more than 300 feet high.
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It incinerates everything in its path.
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(roaring)
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At its core, the temperature can reach over 1,800 degrees.
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(rumbling)
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From all around, air is sucked into the furnace,
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Feeding the flames before being blasted high into the sky.
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(whooshing)
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(rumbling)
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(rumbling)
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By a similar process of heat rising
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That right now the monsoon winds
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Are drawn toward australia.
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(wind howling)
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But on a scale that's continental.
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The entire landmass is now a vast hot plate.
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It heats the air above, causing it to rise,
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Which then sucks in more air from all around.
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These are the monsoon winds.
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And as they hit australia's coast,
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Great storms begin to build.
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(wind howling)
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As the humid air hits the heated land,
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It's thrust upward...
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Rapidly cooling, condensing...
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And forming clouds taller than the world's highest mountains.
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Giant cumulonimbus.
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The biggest and most powerful clouds on the planet.
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Inside, vast electric charges build on a monumental scale.
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The energy released from just a single storm cell
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Can be equivalent to an exploding atom bomb.
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These clouds can release 1,000 lightning strikes an hour.
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With every discharge, the air around explodes
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At over 45,000 degrees,
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Four times hotter than the surface of the sun.
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(thunder)
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(thunder)
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At last the flying foxes are free.
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No longer tied to the crocodiles' river,
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They can return to their nomadic life
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And disperse across the outback.
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(thunder)
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For the next few months,
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One of the biggest weather systems on earth
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Sits over northern australia,
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Transforming the land and stirring dragons.
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A frill-necked lizard.
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He's endured the dry season heat
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And lack of food
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By drifting in and out of a state of suspended animation.
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But the monsoon rains have triggered a bounty.
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This is his chance.
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He must cram a year of life into these few short months.
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But he's not the only predator the monsoon wakes.
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The black-headed python has a taste for lizards.
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(hissing)
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His frill is a bluff to look big and ferocious.
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But if it doesn't work, he's off.
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He sprints so fast that his upper body lifts off.
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At speeds of up to 9 miles an hour,
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No snake is going to catch him.
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This is a lizard that lives life in the fast lane,
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At least while the southern monsoon is overhead.
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More than 900 miles to the north,
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On a remote, tiny island, the rains have triggered
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Another extraordinary emergence.
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One of the greatest wonders of the monsoon.
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Across the island, the forest floor is erupting.
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More than 40 million burrows are opening up.
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The red crabs of christmas island.
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For most of the year they hid below ground
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Feeding on rotting leaves.
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But now, with the monsoon and rising humidity,
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They begin to March.
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It's time to spawn.
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The forest is a colossal assault course.
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And the neighbors are indignant at the sudden swarm.
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(squawking)
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A nesting booby is best avoided.
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(squawk)
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But the crabs face a more insidious danger.
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Suffocation.
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Crabs, even land crabs,
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Breathe with gills that must remain moist.
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They attempt this journey
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Only when the monsoon brings damp air.
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But every time the clouds part, water evaporates
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And gets increasingly difficult to breathe.
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But that's not the end of their troubles.
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Monster-size robber crabs.
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Their legs span up to 3 feet across.
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And with little competition,
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They've become the top predator.
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(crunch)
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(crunch)
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But no matter how many they kill,
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They won't dent red crab numbers.
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There are just too many of them.
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The island's entire population, over 45 million of them,
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Are on the March.
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Journey's end.
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(waves lapping)
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More than two weeks have passed
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Since these crabs left the darkness of their burrows.
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(waves lapping)
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And this is why they've come so far.
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Tonight, when the tide is at its highest,
292
00:19:16,222 --> 00:19:20,758
Billions of red crab eggs will be released into the sea.
293
00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:26,831
♪ ♪
294
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,799
Mission complete.
295
00:19:28,801 --> 00:19:30,868
They'll return to their forest burrows
296
00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:33,971
Before the island dries out once more.
297
00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:36,274
♪ ♪
298
00:19:36,276 --> 00:19:39,277
Thanks to the moisture brought by the monsoon,
299
00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:42,513
These crabs can make their incredible journey.
300
00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:45,616
♪ ♪
301
00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:46,951
The colossal weather system
302
00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:51,122
Revives australia and its neighboring islands.
303
00:19:51,124 --> 00:19:55,826
But further north, it's making life surprisingly difficult.
304
00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:07,171
Monsoon winds draw away moist air,
305
00:20:07,173 --> 00:20:12,476
Creating a dry season in one of the most unexpected places.
306
00:20:12,478 --> 00:20:15,813
Southeast asia's equatorial islands.
307
00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:21,519
♪ ♪
308
00:20:21,521 --> 00:20:23,321
♪ ♪
309
00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:25,423
The annual rainfall for some islands
310
00:20:25,425 --> 00:20:27,225
Can be as much as 20 feet.
311
00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:34,165
(birds chirping)
312
00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:36,701
But even here it's seasonal.
313
00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:42,540
♪ ♪
314
00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,775
What amounts to a sort of dry spell
315
00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:46,978
Is actually crucial for the survival
316
00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:49,146
Of some forest species.
317
00:20:49,148 --> 00:20:50,982
♪ ♪
318
00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:56,787
Dipterocarp trees, some up to 230 feet tall.
319
00:20:56,789 --> 00:21:01,926
As the forest dries out, something magical happens.
320
00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:06,030
They all flower and fruit at the same time.
321
00:21:06,032 --> 00:21:11,836
♪ ♪
322
00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:19,577
Which means all their winged seeds ripen,
323
00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:21,279
Then drop together.
324
00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:27,285
♪ ♪
325
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:33,824
♪ ♪
326
00:21:33,826 --> 00:21:40,765
♪ ♪
327
00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:44,802
Each tree sheds as many as 20 million seeds,
328
00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:48,306
So there are billions carpeting the forest floor.
329
00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:54,245
♪ ♪
330
00:21:54,247 --> 00:21:59,016
♪ ♪
331
00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:01,218
Though triggered by the unpredictable failure
332
00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:03,554
Of the monsoon,
333
00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:08,392
The reason for this spectacle is the trees' greatest foe.
334
00:22:11,230 --> 00:22:15,599
A tiny weevil, less than the width of a matchstick.
335
00:22:15,601 --> 00:22:19,537
♪ ♪
336
00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:22,840
This is a voracious seed predator.
337
00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:26,143
But because the trees have not fruited for several years,
338
00:22:26,145 --> 00:22:29,113
The weevil population has starved
339
00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:30,681
And has been kept in check.
340
00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:37,254
♪ ♪
341
00:22:37,256 --> 00:22:39,323
By fruiting now as one,
342
00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:43,260
The remaining weevils are swamped by a glut of food...
343
00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:50,368
♪ ♪
344
00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:52,536
...Guaranteeing that many of the seeds
345
00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:54,772
Will survive and germinate.
346
00:22:54,774 --> 00:22:57,842
♪ ♪
347
00:22:57,844 --> 00:23:00,811
The trees have used a rare failed monsoon
348
00:23:00,813 --> 00:23:04,215
As a cue to outwit their number one enemy.
349
00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:07,952
♪ ♪
350
00:23:07,954 --> 00:23:12,289
♪ ♪
351
00:23:12,291 --> 00:23:13,991
(seeds landing)
352
00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:16,694
But there was a time when the monsoon cycles
353
00:23:16,696 --> 00:23:21,399
Mysteriously changed and weakened for almost a century.
354
00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:24,402
♪ ♪
355
00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:28,806
♪ ♪
356
00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:31,041
In the forests of cambodia
357
00:23:31,043 --> 00:23:35,112
Lie the remains of a once thriving city.
358
00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:37,782
♪ ♪
359
00:23:37,784 --> 00:23:40,084
The temple angkor wat.
360
00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:46,257
♪ ♪
361
00:23:46,259 --> 00:23:48,459
Nearly 1,000 years ago
362
00:23:48,461 --> 00:23:52,263
Angkor was the pre-industrial world's greatest city.
363
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:54,165
♪ ♪
364
00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:56,867
Built on the bounty of the monsoon.
365
00:23:56,869 --> 00:24:01,539
♪ ♪
366
00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:07,378
♪ ♪
367
00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:10,714
Superb engineers constructed vast reservoirs
368
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:13,017
To collect monsoon waters,
369
00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:17,321
Used for irrigation and pushing food production to the maximum.
370
00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:20,291
♪ ♪
371
00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:25,496
♪ ♪
372
00:24:25,498 --> 00:24:30,434
At its peak, over a million people lived in angkor,
373
00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:32,503
But then the monsoon weakened,
374
00:24:32,505 --> 00:24:34,738
Causing a cycle of severe droughts
375
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:37,942
That lasted nearly 100 years.
376
00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:40,811
♪ ♪
377
00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:46,183
♪ ♪
378
00:24:46,185 --> 00:24:48,552
Drought brought famine
379
00:24:48,554 --> 00:24:51,355
And an end to the wealth and prosperity.
380
00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:55,092
♪ ♪
381
00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:58,462
♪ ♪
382
00:24:58,464 --> 00:25:00,865
Angkor's population collapsed.
383
00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:04,235
♪ ♪
384
00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:08,405
♪ ♪
385
00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:13,310
The kingdom fell, its buildings consumed by the forest.
386
00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:16,714
♪ ♪
387
00:25:16,716 --> 00:25:21,719
♪ ♪
388
00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:24,188
Its people had created a system
389
00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:26,857
That relied totally on the monsoon.
390
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:30,094
♪ ♪
391
00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:33,831
Too fragile to survive such drastic change.
392
00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:37,201
♪ ♪
393
00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:43,140
♪ ♪
394
00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:45,809
Today, over half the world's population
395
00:25:45,811 --> 00:25:49,346
Is dependent on the monsoon's fickle nature.
396
00:25:51,684 --> 00:25:54,385
Each year in india, people's hopes focus
397
00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:57,154
On whether the rains will come to them.
398
00:25:57,156 --> 00:26:02,459
♪ ♪
399
00:26:02,461 --> 00:26:05,262
An explosion of color welcomes spring
400
00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:07,865
As rainbow playfights take to the streets
401
00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:10,334
In the joyous celebration of holi.
402
00:26:10,336 --> 00:26:14,939
♪ ♪
403
00:26:14,941 --> 00:26:21,645
♪ ♪
404
00:26:21,647 --> 00:26:23,914
It marks the end of the dry winter
405
00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:28,118
And anticipates what all hope is soon to come.
406
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:34,291
♪ ♪
407
00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:36,760
In mathura temple, in northern india,
408
00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,697
Families gather in a centuries-old tradition.
409
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:43,567
♪ ♪
410
00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:45,402
They're honoring a symbolic victory
411
00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:50,541
Of the future over the past and good over evil.
412
00:26:50,543 --> 00:26:53,611
♪ ♪
413
00:26:53,613 --> 00:26:58,515
And for this, they call on the monsoon.
414
00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:05,556
♪ ♪
415
00:27:05,558 --> 00:27:11,795
♪ ♪
416
00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:17,768
♪ ♪
417
00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:24,642
♪ ♪
418
00:27:24,644 --> 00:27:28,412
Water is colored with the spring flowers of the forest.
419
00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:30,848
Symbolic of the monsoon rains,
420
00:27:30,850 --> 00:27:36,120
It washes away the dust of the dry season and the old year.
421
00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:39,256
♪ ♪
422
00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:42,393
This is a rebirth for everyone.
423
00:27:42,395 --> 00:27:48,365
♪ ♪
424
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:54,371
♪ ♪
425
00:27:54,373 --> 00:28:00,644
♪ ♪
426
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:07,584
♪ ♪
427
00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:10,821
But underlying the color and good humor
428
00:28:10,823 --> 00:28:13,657
Is something far more serious.
429
00:28:13,659 --> 00:28:15,225
♪ ♪
430
00:28:15,227 --> 00:28:19,463
Economic success, and even a family's very survival,
431
00:28:19,465 --> 00:28:21,398
Depend on the rains.
432
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,332
♪ ♪
433
00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:32,910
The himalaya, the highest peaks on earth.
434
00:28:32,912 --> 00:28:38,449
And beyond, the great tibetan plateau.
435
00:28:38,451 --> 00:28:42,553
This is the other driver of the monsoon,
436
00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:44,688
Even more powerful than australia.
437
00:28:46,158 --> 00:28:50,127
As the plateau heats up in spring, hot air rises,
438
00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:51,995
Drawing in monsoon winds
439
00:28:51,997 --> 00:28:54,998
From far beyond the southern tip of india.
440
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,234
♪ ♪
441
00:28:57,236 --> 00:29:02,740
♪ ♪
442
00:29:02,742 --> 00:29:05,743
When the winds pull at the surface of the indian ocean,
443
00:29:05,745 --> 00:29:08,145
They create currents so powerful
444
00:29:08,147 --> 00:29:10,180
That even the waters of the deep sea
445
00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:13,784
Turn to follow...
446
00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:17,454
Bringing great change beneath the waves.
447
00:29:17,456 --> 00:29:20,958
♪ ♪
448
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:25,395
In the maldives, an unusual gathering takes place
449
00:29:25,397 --> 00:29:29,333
Triggered by the pull from the distant tibetan plateau.
450
00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:31,802
♪ ♪
451
00:29:31,804 --> 00:29:37,608
♪ ♪
452
00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:42,279
A giant manta ray almost 13 feet across.
453
00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:46,583
♪ ♪
454
00:29:46,585 --> 00:29:49,052
They're normally solitary wanderers,
455
00:29:49,054 --> 00:29:53,824
But now many arrive together in one small, shallow bay.
456
00:29:53,826 --> 00:29:59,596
♪ ♪
457
00:29:59,598 --> 00:30:01,698
They're here for a feast.
458
00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:06,470
♪ ♪
459
00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:11,275
♪ ♪
460
00:30:11,277 --> 00:30:17,247
♪ ♪
461
00:30:17,249 --> 00:30:20,150
Mantas feed on microscopic plankton--
462
00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:23,287
Relatively scarce in the tropics.
463
00:30:23,289 --> 00:30:26,890
But the monsoon winds pull up cold nutrient-rich water
464
00:30:26,892 --> 00:30:30,394
From the depths, full of plankton.
465
00:30:30,396 --> 00:30:32,362
It's trapped for just a few hours
466
00:30:32,364 --> 00:30:34,498
In the confines of this bay.
467
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:40,571
♪ ♪
468
00:30:40,573 --> 00:30:43,841
Remarkably, the mantas know when to be here,
469
00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:47,144
Almost to the minute.
470
00:30:47,146 --> 00:30:49,813
Just how they know is still a mystery.
471
00:30:49,815 --> 00:30:55,619
♪ ♪
472
00:30:55,621 --> 00:31:01,792
♪ ♪
473
00:31:01,794 --> 00:31:03,994
For a fleeting moment,
474
00:31:03,996 --> 00:31:08,799
It's the greatest gathering of giant mantas in the world.
475
00:31:08,801 --> 00:31:10,167
And all brought about
476
00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:13,604
By the winds blowing toward the tibetan plateau.
477
00:31:13,606 --> 00:31:18,408
♪ ♪
478
00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:24,414
♪ ♪
479
00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:28,719
♪ ♪
480
00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:32,689
After just a few hours the plankton disperses,
481
00:31:32,691 --> 00:31:36,026
And conditions won't be as good again until next year.
482
00:31:43,202 --> 00:31:45,135
♪ ♪
483
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:48,405
Above the waves, through the monsoon season,
484
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:52,776
The winds hold steady and strong heading toward india.
485
00:31:52,778 --> 00:31:57,514
(birds chirping)
486
00:31:57,516 --> 00:32:00,717
It's April in kanha, northern india,
487
00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:03,687
And the forest wakes to a new summer day.
488
00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:09,493
♪ ♪
489
00:32:09,495 --> 00:32:14,331
Soon it will be unbearably hot.
490
00:32:14,333 --> 00:32:17,567
But there's a sure sign that change is coming.
491
00:32:17,569 --> 00:32:21,838
(honking)
492
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,640
According to local folklore,
493
00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:28,412
The peacock's call means the monsoon is just weeks away.
494
00:32:30,616 --> 00:32:34,251
(rustling)
495
00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:40,490
Right now, his one desire is a partner.
496
00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:41,558
(squawk)
497
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,994
♪ ♪
498
00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:45,929
(rustling)
499
00:32:45,931 --> 00:32:47,297
♪ ♪
500
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:50,567
But peahens aren't so easily impressed.
501
00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:53,403
(rustling)
502
00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:58,008
♪ ♪
503
00:32:58,010 --> 00:33:02,646
♪ ♪
504
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:04,715
If only he could mate now,
505
00:33:04,717 --> 00:33:08,151
Eggs would hatch just in time for the monsoon.
506
00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:14,157
♪ ♪
507
00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:20,163
♪ ♪
508
00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:26,136
♪ ♪
509
00:33:26,138 --> 00:33:32,109
♪ ♪
510
00:33:32,111 --> 00:33:38,115
♪ ♪
511
00:33:38,117 --> 00:33:39,483
♪ ♪
512
00:33:39,485 --> 00:33:44,254
(honking)
513
00:33:44,256 --> 00:33:49,659
♪ ♪
514
00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:52,929
But intruders are hampering his chances.
515
00:33:52,931 --> 00:33:56,500
♪ ♪
516
00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:07,244
The April sun in northern india
517
00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:11,081
Is scorching hot by mid-morning.
518
00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,016
The forest is drying out,
519
00:34:13,018 --> 00:34:16,920
Toughest perhaps for the chital deer.
520
00:34:16,922 --> 00:34:18,355
The ground is parched
521
00:34:18,357 --> 00:34:22,325
And food out of reach for even the tallest stags.
522
00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:26,797
But they've learned that, for now,
523
00:34:26,799 --> 00:34:28,298
It's a good idea to hang out
524
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:33,170
With fellow forest dwellers hanuman langur monkeys.
525
00:34:35,374 --> 00:34:38,375
Mahua trees produce their strange fleshy flowers
526
00:34:38,377 --> 00:34:43,113
Before the rains, just when the animals most need them.
527
00:34:47,653 --> 00:34:50,520
There's so much that the monkeys can take their fill
528
00:34:50,522 --> 00:34:51,955
And leave the rest.
529
00:34:56,128 --> 00:35:01,898
(insects buzzing)
530
00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,100
Sticking with the langurs
531
00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:06,036
Means the chital can keep their strength,
532
00:35:06,038 --> 00:35:09,339
But there's also security in their combined numbers.
533
00:35:12,644 --> 00:35:18,548
(growling)
534
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:21,718
A tiger mother with two rapidly growing cubs.
535
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,186
(growling)
536
00:35:23,188 --> 00:35:26,656
♪ ♪
537
00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:30,627
♪ ♪
538
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:32,395
They're bouncing with energy.
539
00:35:32,397 --> 00:35:39,369
♪ ♪
540
00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:42,405
Not even the heat of the day stops their play.
541
00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:44,074
♪ ♪
542
00:35:44,076 --> 00:35:45,442
(growl)
543
00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:51,748
♪ ♪
544
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:54,718
(growling)
545
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,053
♪ ♪
546
00:35:57,055 --> 00:36:01,291
(growling)
547
00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:06,029
♪ ♪
548
00:36:06,031 --> 00:36:07,664
Despite the invitation,
549
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:11,234
Their mother is more intent on keeping cool than joining in.
550
00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:14,838
♪ ♪
551
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,975
Experience tells her it's only going to get hotter.
552
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,515
♪ ♪
553
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:31,621
Right across india, temperatures are soaring.
554
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:37,260
It's June, and the monsoon should be here by now.
555
00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:42,365
Roads must be repaired before the expected floods.
556
00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:44,034
But will they come?
557
00:36:45,604 --> 00:36:47,270
The city waits.
558
00:36:47,272 --> 00:36:50,307
♪ ♪
559
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:53,276
Traders monitor the market.
560
00:36:53,278 --> 00:36:58,014
When rains delay, food prices rocket.
561
00:36:58,016 --> 00:36:59,950
The impact of a failed monsoon
562
00:36:59,952 --> 00:37:03,019
Will ripple across the entire world.
563
00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:06,556
♪ ♪
564
00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:09,492
(men chanting)
565
00:37:09,494 --> 00:37:14,064
With the monsoon already late and the stakes so high,
566
00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,999
It calls for desperate measures.
567
00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:21,905
(chanting)
568
00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:27,877
(chanting)
569
00:37:27,879 --> 00:37:33,883
(chanting)
570
00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:39,856
(chanting)
571
00:37:39,858 --> 00:37:45,862
(chanting)
572
00:37:45,864 --> 00:37:46,896
(chanting)
573
00:37:46,898 --> 00:37:52,836
♪ ♪
574
00:37:52,838 --> 00:37:58,842
♪ ♪
575
00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:04,914
♪ ♪
576
00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:10,920
♪ ♪
577
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:16,893
♪ ♪
578
00:38:16,895 --> 00:38:22,866
♪ ♪
579
00:38:22,868 --> 00:38:26,236
♪ ♪
580
00:38:26,238 --> 00:38:28,238
In a sacred ceremony called upon
581
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:32,309
Only when fears of failure are greatest,
582
00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:36,713
Holy brahmins give voice to ancient vedic texts
583
00:38:36,715 --> 00:38:38,782
That are learned by heart.
584
00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:42,752
♪ ♪
585
00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:46,256
(chanting)
586
00:38:46,258 --> 00:38:50,560
They call on varuna, the god of water.
587
00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:56,666
(chanting)
588
00:38:56,668 --> 00:39:03,707
(chanting)
589
00:39:03,709 --> 00:39:09,512
♪ ♪
590
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:14,184
♪ ♪
591
00:39:14,186 --> 00:39:15,585
This centuries-old ritual
592
00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:19,789
Asks varuna to deliver india from drought.
593
00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:23,593
Prayers to bring the mighty monsoon.
594
00:39:23,595 --> 00:39:28,731
(chanting)
595
00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:34,871
(chanting)
596
00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:37,374
But will he answer?
597
00:39:47,686 --> 00:39:49,819
♪ ♪
598
00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:53,623
Surviving the drought is getting tougher by the hour.
599
00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:57,360
♪ ♪
600
00:39:57,362 --> 00:39:59,596
On the northern indian saltpans,
601
00:39:59,598 --> 00:40:02,565
The rains are now two weeks late.
602
00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:03,900
♪ ♪
603
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:05,268
And for one family
604
00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:08,037
The situation is becoming critical.
605
00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:10,740
♪ ♪
606
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:14,878
New foals have been born into a herd of asian wild ass,
607
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,780
Their birth timed to coincide
608
00:40:16,782 --> 00:40:19,949
With the usual arrival date of the monsoon.
609
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,922
All around new grass should be growing,
610
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:28,925
But the frazzled ground offers nothing.
611
00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:34,030
♪ ♪
612
00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:38,935
A mother struggles to provide her youngster with enough milk.
613
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:42,939
And now there's danger coming from within the herd.
614
00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:46,876
♪ ♪
615
00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:52,515
Rain or not, the stallion has one thing on his mind.
616
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:59,556
(braying)
617
00:40:59,558 --> 00:41:05,595
(braying)
618
00:41:05,597 --> 00:41:11,568
(braying)
619
00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:17,540
(braying)
620
00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:19,342
He can't delay.
621
00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:22,979
Breed now and next year's foals will arrive on schedule
622
00:41:22,981 --> 00:41:27,283
In time for a normal monsoon and its fresh green grass.
623
00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:32,856
(braying)
624
00:41:32,858 --> 00:41:35,024
♪ ♪
625
00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:40,663
♪ ♪
626
00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:41,798
(braying)
627
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:42,932
(growling)
628
00:41:45,437 --> 00:41:47,637
But the mares have barely enough energy
629
00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:52,075
To care for this year's foals, let alone carry another.
630
00:41:52,077 --> 00:41:56,513
♪ ♪
631
00:41:56,515 --> 00:42:00,450
They'll resist, but there's nowhere else to go.
632
00:42:00,452 --> 00:42:05,622
The herd must endure the rising tensions
633
00:42:05,624 --> 00:42:09,058
And wait for the life-giving monsoons to return.
634
00:42:09,060 --> 00:42:13,629
♪ ♪
635
00:42:13,631 --> 00:42:19,802
♪ ♪
636
00:42:19,804 --> 00:42:21,237
In the forest,
637
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,908
Chital deer are tied to the last muddy waterholes.
638
00:42:28,747 --> 00:42:33,283
♪ ♪
639
00:42:33,285 --> 00:42:36,119
♪ ♪
640
00:42:36,121 --> 00:42:41,457
A hungry tigress is enticed to come out, even in this heat.
641
00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:47,096
♪ ♪
642
00:42:47,098 --> 00:42:52,368
♪ ♪
643
00:42:52,370 --> 00:42:55,204
But chital have a keen sense of smell.
644
00:42:55,206 --> 00:42:56,739
(stomps and barks)
645
00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:59,275
♪ ♪
646
00:42:59,277 --> 00:43:01,044
(barks)
647
00:43:01,046 --> 00:43:06,916
♪ ♪
648
00:43:06,918 --> 00:43:09,419
(barking)
649
00:43:09,421 --> 00:43:10,820
♪ ♪
650
00:43:10,822 --> 00:43:14,924
Still the tigress brings down a large stag,
651
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:18,061
A sort of gift from the delayed monsoon.
652
00:43:19,264 --> 00:43:25,301
(thunder)
653
00:43:25,303 --> 00:43:29,806
Finally, a sign that the rains could be on their way.
654
00:43:29,808 --> 00:43:34,010
♪ ♪
655
00:43:34,012 --> 00:43:37,046
(thunder)
656
00:43:37,048 --> 00:43:39,382
India has endured months of drought.
657
00:43:39,384 --> 00:43:41,451
(thunder)
658
00:43:41,453 --> 00:43:45,588
Could the long wait be over?
659
00:43:45,590 --> 00:43:47,724
(thunder)
660
00:43:47,726 --> 00:43:52,629
♪ ♪
661
00:43:52,631 --> 00:43:56,566
When the deluge comes, the land will be green again.
662
00:43:56,568 --> 00:44:01,471
♪ ♪
663
00:44:01,473 --> 00:44:05,208
But the monsoon can bring both welcome relief
664
00:44:05,210 --> 00:44:07,610
And complete devastation.
665
00:44:07,612 --> 00:44:11,014
♪ ♪
666
00:44:11,016 --> 00:44:15,118
♪ ♪
667
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,656
The only certainty is that all of life here
668
00:44:19,658 --> 00:44:21,124
Is about to change.
669
00:44:21,126 --> 00:44:23,026
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