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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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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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The exquisite...
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And the bizarre.
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This is the story of the monsoon at its most extreme.
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Each year, from cambodia to india,
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The hot months of summer herald a life-changing deluge.
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The rains bring great danger...
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And enormous opportunity.
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(thunder)
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There's a mystical world
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Where tree roots reach across the sky.
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A twisted landscape holding its breath
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In anticipation of the coming storm.
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Beneath the surface a giant stirs.
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She must act while there's still time.
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She's a frog-faced softshell turtle.
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Her eggs must develop in dry sand
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Before the monsoon turns her world upside down.
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This is the "mother of water," the mekong river.
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It's April in cambodia,
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And the first rains are yet to arrive.
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After two months incubating in the sand,
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The baby softshell turtles are ready to emerge.
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Their goal is to reach water,
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But first they have a desert to cross.
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(frogs croaking)
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Baby shells are just rubbery skin, light and flexible.
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Their flattened shape will be key to their survival.
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These turtles will spend their lives hidden in the sand.
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Here, they are ready
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For anything the monsoon will throw at them.
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(birds calling)
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Everyone seems restless.
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Cormorants are waiting to nest on a nearby lake.
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But most of the lakebed is dry.
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This village sits where the lake should be.
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It's a fishing village, with no fish.
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(chickens clucking)
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(dog barking)
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Cambodians depend on freshwater fish
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More than any other nation on earth.
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So they need the rains to flood this land.
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(children laughing)
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For kids like thom, the world revolves
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Around an annual wonder of nature.
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The summer deluge and the gifts of the mother river.
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(dog barking)
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The mekong flows south from the himalaya
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For over 2,500 miles...
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Feeding six countries across southeast asia.
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It's may in thailand.
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The monsoon begins with a whisper on the wind.
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A pre-monsoon shower.
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(thunder)
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Not yet the full deluge,
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But enough to spark a little magic in the forest.
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(screeching)
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It's been bone dry for months.
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So for these young assamese macaques,
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This is a new experience.
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(screeching)
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(screeching)
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But their parents know
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The rains deliver something much more enticing.
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If only they could find it.
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A water snail! Delicious!
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These snails survived the drought under rocks,
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Locked away in their shells.
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But getting to the meat is a bit tricky.
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So the monkeys pocket them in their cheek pouches
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To be pried open later.
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As spring turns to summer, warm air rises over the land,
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Sucking in moist monsoon winds from the indian ocean.
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Storm clouds form at sea.
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In india, the southern state of kerala
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Is where they strike first.
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It's June.
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The long wait is over.
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This is the indian monsoon.
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Heavy, unceasing rain.
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Rainfall is usually measured in inches.
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But during the monsoon
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Three feet can fall in just one day.
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(sheep bleating)
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Clouds roll in.
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Wave after wave.
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Even if the fierce sun breaks through,
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The dampness never dries.
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For four long months, the deluge overwhelms the land.
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Transforming the lives of everyone and everything.
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Like the great hindu god shiva, southeast asia's monsoon
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Can be a destroyer, bringing chaos and destruction.
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But like shiva,
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The monsoon also brings rebirth and new life.
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The challenge for all is not only to survive the monsoon,
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But to grasp every opportunity it offers.
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Puddles and pools are forming everywhere.
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Perfect for frogs...
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And toads.
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(croaking)
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For this female indian common toad,
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The first rains mean she can breed at last.
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And she must hurry, for it's a one-day event.
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A suitor waits.
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In fact, there's a whole crowd of them.
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Prompted by the monsoon rains,
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The males have all turned yellow
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For this one special day.
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They may dress to impress,
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But they don't waste time with niceties.
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(croaking)
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You might think the color
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Would help tell the girls from the boys,
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But it doesn't seem to make any difference.
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(croaking)
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They better sort themselves out quickly.
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(croaking)
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(croaking)
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The first tadpoles to hatch will have a crucial head start
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In the race to grow before the waters recede again.
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Just two weeks after the first rains,
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Another creature emerges from the monsoon pools.
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Having grown up as an aquatic larva,
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The adult mosquito is water repellent.
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Her mission is also to reproduce.
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(buzzing)
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But it's a dangerous new world for one so small.
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Raindrops can reach speeds of almost 20 miles an hour.
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For a mosquito, it could be like getting hit by a bus.
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But scientific research has recently revealed
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How mosquitoes flying in the monsoon cheat death.
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(buzzing)
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They are so water-repellent
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That most raindrops simply fly off them.
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(buzzing)
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A direct hit looks fatal.
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(thud)
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But the insect is so light and flexible
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That she can absorb the impact
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And shake off the drop as though nothing happened.
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(buzzing)
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Insects multiply.
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(snort)
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For many they are the monsoon's curse.
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Female mosquitoes need blood to grow their eggs.
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Cases of malaria increase by ten times during the monsoon.
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(buzzing)
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The season brings dangers, but also wonders.
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That's the magic of the monsoon.
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Indian wolves wait for the monsoon's bounty.
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(whimpering)
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This female gave birth in winter,
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And the pups must soon be weaned.
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She is staking their lives on the monsoon
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To bring them fresh meat.
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(howling)
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(bleating)
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Sheep and goats are the staple diet of most indian wolves.
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And they go where the grass is greenest.
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(whistling)
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(bleating)
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A journey where old india meets new.
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(bleating)
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(bleating)
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(horn honking)
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(bleating)
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Mahendra leads his livestock and his extended family
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On a never-ending quest for fresh pasture.
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They've been on the move for eight months.
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Now with rain on the way,
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They're heading for their homeland.
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The striped hyena is
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The indian wolf's main competitor
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And will chase a wolf from a carcass.
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(cub mewing)
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This female needs to hunt and make a kill.
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Otherwise she and her cubs will die.
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Mahendra and his family are home at last,
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Just ahead of india's monsoon rains.
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The deluge will soon turn this barren land green again.
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♪ ♪
293
00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:21,826
♪ ♪
294
00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:27,798
♪ ♪
295
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:33,771
♪ ♪
296
00:19:33,773 --> 00:19:39,343
♪ ♪
297
00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:43,714
The only protection the sheep will have is a flimsy net.
298
00:19:43,716 --> 00:19:46,784
And it must be up before sundown.
299
00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:52,290
(bleating)
300
00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:54,158
Guard dogs have nail-studded collars
301
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,327
For their own protection.
302
00:19:57,897 --> 00:19:59,397
(howling)
303
00:19:59,399 --> 00:20:03,100
It's at night that the predators will come.
304
00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:06,137
(dog barking)
305
00:20:06,139 --> 00:20:08,372
When the light fades,
306
00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:14,512
A thermal camera reveals what the naked eye can't see.
307
00:20:14,514 --> 00:20:17,715
Warm bodies glow white.
308
00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:23,321
(dogs barking)
309
00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:29,093
♪ ♪
310
00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:32,496
♪ ♪
311
00:20:32,498 --> 00:20:37,602
♪ ♪
312
00:20:37,604 --> 00:20:39,971
The net is not secure.
313
00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:45,009
♪ ♪
314
00:20:45,011 --> 00:20:46,310
Hyenas!
315
00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:50,248
♪ ♪
316
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:54,285
(bleating)
317
00:20:54,287 --> 00:20:57,521
Their scent drifts on the wind.
318
00:20:57,523 --> 00:21:04,028
(barking)
319
00:21:04,030 --> 00:21:07,298
The dogs have been bred to be fearless.
320
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:09,634
(howling)
321
00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:13,070
And the hyenas can't afford to risk injury.
322
00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:17,241
(dogs barking)
323
00:21:17,243 --> 00:21:23,014
♪ ♪
324
00:21:23,016 --> 00:21:28,986
♪ ♪
325
00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:30,554
Wolves!
326
00:21:30,556 --> 00:21:33,557
(bleating)
327
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:39,563
♪ ♪
328
00:21:39,565 --> 00:21:45,503
♪ ♪
329
00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:51,509
♪ ♪
330
00:21:51,511 --> 00:21:57,515
♪ ♪
331
00:21:57,517 --> 00:22:01,652
♪ ♪
332
00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:05,189
(dogs barking)
333
00:22:05,191 --> 00:22:10,594
(bleating)
334
00:22:10,596 --> 00:22:13,831
♪ ♪
335
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:15,700
(dogs barking)
336
00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:18,202
A wolf bit through the top rope of the net.
337
00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:21,972
(dogs barking)
338
00:22:28,114 --> 00:22:29,880
(bleating)
339
00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:35,219
But it doesn't shake mahendra.
340
00:22:48,568 --> 00:22:50,368
It's a small price to pay
341
00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:53,671
For the bounty he hopes the monsoon will bring.
342
00:22:53,673 --> 00:22:59,210
♪ ♪
343
00:22:59,212 --> 00:23:02,513
By the end of July, all of india,
344
00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:05,116
From the coast to the himalaya,
345
00:23:05,118 --> 00:23:08,219
Is transformed by a cloak of green.
346
00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:14,625
♪ ♪
347
00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:17,261
(thunder)
348
00:23:17,263 --> 00:23:20,398
This is rudyard kipling country.
349
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,334
The jungle book
in all its splendor.
350
00:23:23,336 --> 00:23:29,507
♪ ♪
351
00:23:29,509 --> 00:23:31,842
Baloo, the sloth bear,
352
00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:34,812
Knows the rains will bring tasty termites.
353
00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:39,550
♪ ♪
354
00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:42,620
Colonel hathi and the troop have eked out a living
355
00:23:42,622 --> 00:23:46,223
On leaves, twigs and bark.
356
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:50,594
But now fresh grass means they can roam far and wide.
357
00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:57,368
♪ ♪
358
00:23:57,370 --> 00:24:01,972
For shere khan the monsoon is a double-edged sword.
359
00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:07,378
Chital deer no longer gather at waterholes
360
00:24:07,380 --> 00:24:10,347
Where they can be easily ambushed.
361
00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:17,221
♪ ♪
362
00:24:17,223 --> 00:24:21,692
But the fresh growth nurtures a new generation of prey.
363
00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:28,666
♪ ♪
364
00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:34,004
♪ ♪
365
00:24:34,006 --> 00:24:38,943
The chital team up with langur monkeys.
366
00:24:38,945 --> 00:24:41,812
The deer's noses and the langurs' eyes
367
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,781
Signal potential threats.
368
00:24:43,783 --> 00:24:50,788
♪ ♪
369
00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:56,460
♪ ♪
370
00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:57,561
(barks)
371
00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:02,766
♪ ♪
372
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:06,971
Danger and opportunity are everywhere,
373
00:25:06,973 --> 00:25:10,674
And both increase as the monsoon rains continue.
374
00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,310
(thunder)
375
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:19,950
At their peak, more than 17 million tons of water
376
00:25:19,952 --> 00:25:23,487
Falls on the subcontinent every minute.
377
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:36,600
♪ ♪
378
00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:41,672
Rivers across southern asia are swollen with monsoon rains.
379
00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:46,277
♪ ♪
380
00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:51,515
♪ ♪
381
00:25:51,517 --> 00:25:55,686
It's what all life along the mekong have been waiting for.
382
00:25:55,688 --> 00:26:00,391
♪ ♪
383
00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:05,763
The flow of the mother river has increased 400%.
384
00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:08,999
Her influence is colossal.
385
00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:13,404
♪ ♪
386
00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:16,273
She's created a whole new habitat,
387
00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:19,810
A flooded forest, where fish swim.
388
00:26:22,848 --> 00:26:26,483
Now they can feed and grow fat.
389
00:26:34,694 --> 00:26:38,062
But it's never safe to hang out for too long.
390
00:26:38,064 --> 00:26:44,034
♪ ♪
391
00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:50,040
♪ ♪
392
00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:56,046
♪ ♪
393
00:26:56,048 --> 00:27:02,119
♪ ♪
394
00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:05,022
♪ ♪
395
00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:09,026
The softshell turtle can strike faster than a cobra.
396
00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:14,164
♪ ♪
397
00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:16,900
Downstream, the monsoon kicks off
398
00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:20,638
An extraordinary phenomenon.
399
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,407
The mekong is met by the river sap,
400
00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:26,243
Which flows from a large lake.
401
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:29,013
(rooster crows)
402
00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:32,983
The river's natural flow is from west to east,
403
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:34,618
Into the mekong.
404
00:27:38,691 --> 00:27:42,793
But the mekong becomes so swollen with monsoon rain
405
00:27:42,795 --> 00:27:47,765
That it pushes water uphill, back up the sap river.
406
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:56,373
The river's flow has reversed,
407
00:27:56,375 --> 00:28:00,644
Taking with it many thousands of fish.
408
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:04,048
The fish head for a lake called tonlé sap.
409
00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:11,655
It balloons to six times its former size...
410
00:28:11,657 --> 00:28:14,324
A vast inland sea.
411
00:28:14,326 --> 00:28:18,562
♪ ♪
412
00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:25,803
Thom's world is now transformed.
413
00:28:25,805 --> 00:28:28,605
(dog barking)
414
00:28:39,185 --> 00:28:42,386
The only way to reach his village is by boat.
415
00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:47,491
(people talking)
416
00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:55,766
Nurses paddle to their patients,
417
00:28:55,768 --> 00:28:59,737
And traders sell their wares from door to door.
418
00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:03,941
(motor chugging)
419
00:29:05,478 --> 00:29:10,380
There's no dry land to grow vegetables.
420
00:29:10,382 --> 00:29:13,917
And they keep their pigs in floating sties.
421
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:18,722
(grunting)
422
00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:21,759
But they can trade fish and shrimp from the lake
423
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:23,227
For other goods.
424
00:29:32,071 --> 00:29:35,472
So thom and his dad go fishing every day.
425
00:29:35,474 --> 00:29:40,077
♪ ♪
426
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:43,413
♪ ♪
427
00:29:43,415 --> 00:29:49,319
The lake is huge...
428
00:29:49,321 --> 00:29:51,922
And full of millions of fish.
429
00:29:51,924 --> 00:29:55,325
♪ ♪
430
00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:59,830
♪ ♪
431
00:29:59,832 --> 00:30:04,735
They swam in from the mekong and are now in fish paradise.
432
00:30:04,737 --> 00:30:08,338
♪ ♪
433
00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:11,241
In these warm, rich waters,
434
00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:14,178
Young fish rapidly grow to maturity...
435
00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:20,884
♪ ♪
436
00:30:20,886 --> 00:30:23,220
...Amid the drowned trees.
437
00:30:25,524 --> 00:30:27,658
That is, if they're not snatched up
438
00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:29,760
By hungry predators above.
439
00:30:29,762 --> 00:30:33,063
(squawking)
440
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:37,701
But a much graver danger is approaching.
441
00:30:37,703 --> 00:30:43,674
The monsoon is about to deliver a devastating blow.
442
00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:55,252
In india's kaziranga national park,
443
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:58,555
The rains have been unusually heavy this year.
444
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:06,263
The brahmaputra river has burst her banks, flooding the plains.
445
00:31:06,265 --> 00:31:09,132
♪ ♪
446
00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:12,169
The park is disappearing fast.
447
00:31:12,171 --> 00:31:18,675
♪ ♪
448
00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:21,011
Elephants must escape.
449
00:31:21,013 --> 00:31:27,784
♪ ♪
450
00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:34,591
♪ ♪
451
00:31:34,593 --> 00:31:39,830
♪ ♪
452
00:31:39,832 --> 00:31:42,733
Small creatures are flushed from the undergrowth.
453
00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:46,136
♪ ♪
454
00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:50,741
♪ ♪
455
00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:53,277
But they have nowhere else to go.
456
00:31:53,279 --> 00:32:00,284
♪ ♪
457
00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:03,020
The floods show no mercy.
458
00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:09,660
♪ ♪
459
00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:16,667
♪ ♪
460
00:32:16,669 --> 00:32:20,237
The park is now under 16 feet of water,
461
00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:23,473
Too deep even for elephants.
462
00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:26,343
Their only choice is to head for the hills.
463
00:32:26,345 --> 00:32:31,949
♪ ♪
464
00:32:31,951 --> 00:32:36,320
Not even water buffalo can survive in this much water.
465
00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:42,459
♪ ♪
466
00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:52,035
♪ ♪
467
00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:54,037
Solid ground.
468
00:32:54,039 --> 00:32:57,040
But this is no place for elephants.
469
00:33:01,513 --> 00:33:05,148
(vehicles passing)
470
00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:07,818
Many have died making this crossing.
471
00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:09,586
(vehicles passing)
472
00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:11,822
(horn honking)
473
00:33:11,824 --> 00:33:13,991
Hog deer are nimble.
474
00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:16,360
But the elephants must wait.
475
00:33:19,064 --> 00:33:20,897
(horn blowing)
476
00:33:22,868 --> 00:33:25,902
(vehicle passing)
477
00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:30,374
(growling)
478
00:33:36,115 --> 00:33:38,382
(grumbling)
479
00:33:40,285 --> 00:33:44,154
♪ ♪
480
00:33:44,156 --> 00:33:47,491
It's still a long way to the hills,
481
00:33:47,493 --> 00:33:50,894
And the herd is now outside the protection of the park.
482
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:55,465
♪ ♪
483
00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:58,435
♪ ♪
484
00:33:58,437 --> 00:34:02,339
Thousands of people have to leave their homes.
485
00:34:02,341 --> 00:34:04,608
It's a national disaster.
486
00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:10,580
♪ ♪
487
00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:16,586
♪ ♪
488
00:34:16,588 --> 00:34:18,321
♪ ♪
489
00:34:18,323 --> 00:34:20,023
Everywhere people and animals
490
00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:23,360
Are fleeing the rising waters of the monsoon.
491
00:34:23,362 --> 00:34:27,030
And when their paths cross, neither is safe.
492
00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:29,399
♪ ♪
493
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:32,969
A lone bull elephant is desperate for dry land.
494
00:34:32,971 --> 00:34:38,942
(banging)
495
00:34:38,944 --> 00:34:41,078
But the villagers are afraid
496
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,214
For their houses and their lives.
497
00:34:44,216 --> 00:34:49,119
♪ ♪
498
00:34:49,121 --> 00:34:52,489
(banging)
499
00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:57,294
He'll have to seek sanctuary elsewhere.
500
00:34:59,465 --> 00:35:04,101
♪ ♪
501
00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:09,940
♪ ♪
502
00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:11,842
Finally, the hills.
503
00:35:11,844 --> 00:35:13,310
♪ ♪
504
00:35:13,312 --> 00:35:15,112
(trumpeting)
505
00:35:15,114 --> 00:35:16,746
They've all survived.
506
00:35:16,748 --> 00:35:22,519
♪ ♪
507
00:35:22,521 --> 00:35:27,457
(grumbling)
508
00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:32,829
♪ ♪
509
00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:35,665
For this youngster it's been a dramatic awakening
510
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:38,869
To the terrifying power of the monsoon.
511
00:35:38,871 --> 00:35:44,841
♪ ♪
512
00:35:44,843 --> 00:35:51,548
♪ ♪
513
00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:55,685
As fast as they rise, the floods recede.
514
00:35:57,523 --> 00:36:00,824
It's a good time for scavengers.
515
00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:04,060
Griffon vultures have found a dead rhino.
516
00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:10,167
The stench is overpowering.
517
00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:13,103
But this tiger has sniffed out an opportunity.
518
00:36:16,341 --> 00:36:18,542
Why waste energy hunting
519
00:36:18,544 --> 00:36:21,578
When such a feast is here for the taking?
520
00:36:23,482 --> 00:36:26,816
(flies buzzing)
521
00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:35,625
He has strong jaws and a strong stomach.
522
00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:41,631
♪ ♪
523
00:36:41,633 --> 00:36:48,471
Though it can be devastating, the monsoon is also a provider.
524
00:36:48,473 --> 00:36:51,408
And it is about to make its greatest gift.
525
00:36:59,184 --> 00:37:03,053
As the waters of india's brahmaputra river recede,
526
00:37:03,055 --> 00:37:06,289
They leave everything coated in fine silt.
527
00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:10,961
♪ ♪
528
00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:13,630
It's like a sprinkling of magic dust,
529
00:37:13,632 --> 00:37:16,933
Creating fertility and new life.
530
00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:18,835
♪ ♪
531
00:37:18,837 --> 00:37:21,938
The elephant grasses in kaziranga national park
532
00:37:21,940 --> 00:37:26,343
Now reach more than 15 feet tall.
533
00:37:26,345 --> 00:37:30,013
(growling)
534
00:37:30,015 --> 00:37:33,917
♪ ♪
535
00:37:33,919 --> 00:37:38,822
Downstream, in bangladesh, monsoon floods cover the land.
536
00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:43,927
♪ ♪
537
00:37:43,929 --> 00:37:48,231
♪ ♪
538
00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:50,600
But the brahmaputra joins the ganges
539
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:54,771
To create some of the most fertile soils on earth.
540
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,506
♪ ♪
541
00:37:56,508 --> 00:38:00,844
In some places the silt is more than half a mile deep.
542
00:38:00,846 --> 00:38:07,217
♪ ♪
543
00:38:07,219 --> 00:38:10,553
By October the days are shortening,
544
00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:14,457
Cool air arrives, and the rains cease.
545
00:38:20,332 --> 00:38:24,301
In cambodia, tonlé sap lake is emptying again,
546
00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:27,103
And fishermen face six months of drought.
547
00:38:27,105 --> 00:38:33,943
(birds chirping)
548
00:38:38,050 --> 00:38:40,450
Tola has been fishing on the river sap
549
00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:43,186
Every day for the past few months.
550
00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:51,127
But it's so large now fish have plenty of places to hide out,
551
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:53,630
Leaving fishermen empty-handed.
552
00:38:59,938 --> 00:39:03,907
Tola has a family to feed through the dry months ahead.
553
00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:14,250
So the catch is preserved by making prahok,
554
00:39:14,252 --> 00:39:17,053
A kind of fish paste.
555
00:39:17,055 --> 00:39:20,056
It helps, but it won't be enough.
556
00:39:23,195 --> 00:39:25,729
(rooster crows)
557
00:39:25,731 --> 00:39:32,202
♪ ♪
558
00:39:32,204 --> 00:39:34,738
The monsoon has a final parting gift
559
00:39:34,740 --> 00:39:37,707
For those with the ingenuity to grasp it.
560
00:39:39,144 --> 00:39:43,079
Falling water levels trigger a mass migration.
561
00:39:43,081 --> 00:39:46,082
Millions of fish flee down the sap river
562
00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:47,851
From the shrinking lake.
563
00:39:47,853 --> 00:39:50,320
The challenge is how to catch them.
564
00:39:50,322 --> 00:39:53,690
♪ ♪
565
00:39:53,692 --> 00:39:57,861
Enormous nets are built for this one fleeting event.
566
00:39:57,863 --> 00:40:02,732
♪ ♪
567
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:07,337
Tola signed up to join one of the fishing crews.
568
00:40:07,339 --> 00:40:09,105
But with many channels,
569
00:40:09,107 --> 00:40:12,642
No one knows when or where the fish will run.
570
00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:19,983
Each crew gambles on one channel or another.
571
00:40:19,985 --> 00:40:25,889
(engine chugging)
572
00:40:25,891 --> 00:40:28,658
Tola hopes he's joined the right team.
573
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:31,861
(engine chugging)
574
00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:35,865
♪ ♪
575
00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:37,867
They're about to bring up their first haul.
576
00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:42,572
♪ ♪
577
00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:45,008
Will it be feast or famine?
578
00:40:45,010 --> 00:40:51,014
♪ ♪
579
00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:57,020
♪ ♪
580
00:40:57,022 --> 00:41:02,125
♪ ♪
581
00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:04,260
A ton of fish.
582
00:41:04,262 --> 00:41:08,898
♪ ♪
583
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:13,102
And every hour another ton is swept into the net.
584
00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:15,338
♪ ♪
585
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:18,942
In all, over 30,000 tons of fish are hauled
586
00:41:18,944 --> 00:41:21,611
From the sap river yearly.
587
00:41:21,613 --> 00:41:23,413
♪ ♪
588
00:41:23,415 --> 00:41:25,949
It's the peak catch in the mekong,
589
00:41:25,951 --> 00:41:29,219
The biggest freshwater fishery in the world.
590
00:41:29,221 --> 00:41:31,588
♪ ♪
591
00:41:31,590 --> 00:41:33,790
It's so important for cambodia
592
00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:38,161
That their word for fish is also the word for money.
593
00:41:38,163 --> 00:41:45,101
♪ ♪
594
00:41:45,103 --> 00:41:52,075
♪ ♪
595
00:41:52,077 --> 00:41:54,344
For tola and his family,
596
00:41:54,346 --> 00:41:57,747
The monsoon has finally delivered.
597
00:41:57,749 --> 00:42:04,254
♪ ♪
598
00:42:04,256 --> 00:42:10,627
♪ ♪
599
00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:16,199
The rains that were blown in from the ocean five months ago
600
00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:21,137
Finish their journey back to where they started.
601
00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:23,339
The waters of the brahmaputra
602
00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:28,378
Flow into the largest river delta on earth.
603
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:32,148
Plumes of sediment wash hundreds of miles out to sea,
604
00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:35,552
Where they seed one final monsoon bonanza.
605
00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:40,890
(whoosh)
606
00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:44,961
Sperm whales,
607
00:42:44,963 --> 00:42:48,197
The largest-toothed predators in the world.
608
00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:51,668
They eat squid and fish...
609
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:54,971
Prey fattened by the nutrient-rich waters
610
00:42:54,973 --> 00:42:56,573
Brought by the monsoon.
611
00:42:56,575 --> 00:42:58,074
(whoosh)
612
00:42:58,076 --> 00:43:04,380
♪ ♪
613
00:43:04,382 --> 00:43:09,452
(squeaking)
614
00:43:09,454 --> 00:43:14,724
♪ ♪
615
00:43:14,726 --> 00:43:17,060
But even sperm whales are dwarfed
616
00:43:17,062 --> 00:43:20,763
By the largest animal that's ever lived.
617
00:43:20,765 --> 00:43:27,737
♪ ♪
618
00:43:27,739 --> 00:43:32,542
♪ ♪
619
00:43:32,544 --> 00:43:36,980
♪ ♪
620
00:43:36,982 --> 00:43:39,682
This is the blue whale.
621
00:43:39,684 --> 00:43:43,686
And the only place on earth they can be seen year-round
622
00:43:43,688 --> 00:43:47,090
Is here, in the waters around sri lanka.
623
00:43:47,092 --> 00:43:51,694
♪ ♪
624
00:43:51,696 --> 00:43:57,233
♪ ♪
625
00:43:57,235 --> 00:44:01,170
Waters that are fertile thanks to the monsoon,
626
00:44:01,172 --> 00:44:04,874
The destroyer and giver of life,
627
00:44:04,876 --> 00:44:10,513
From tiny mosquitoes to the giants of the deep.
628
00:44:10,515 --> 00:44:12,415
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