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{\an7}ANTHONY MENDEZ: MEXICO,
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{\an7}A LAND DOMINATED
BY GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGES...
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{\an1}STRETCHING THE LENGTH
OF THE COUNTRY
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{\an1}FOR OVER 2,000 MILES.
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{\an1}COME ON A JOURNEY
DOWN ITS ROCKY SPINE
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{\an1}TO DISCOVER AN INCREDIBLE
DIVERSITY OF LIFE...
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{\an1}IN ITS MANY DIFFERENT
MOUNTAIN WORLDS.
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{\an1}FROM THE ANCIENT MOUNTAINS
OF THE NORTH...
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TO THE YOUNGER,
MORE VOLATILE HEART...
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{\an1}AND ON TO ITS TROPICAL
CLOUD FORESTS IN THE SOUTH.
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EXPLORE OUR
SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR--MEXICO,
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{\an1}A COUNTRY FULL OF WONDER.
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THE BIRTHPLACE
OF GREAT CIVILIZATIONS...
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{\an1}ABLAZE WITH COLOR AND CULTURE.
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{\an1}A FESTIVAL OF LIFE.
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{\an8}[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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{\an1}[ANIMAL CHITTERING]
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{\an1}IN THE FAR NORTHEAST OF MEXICO
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{\an1}IS AN ANCIENT MOUNTAIN WORLD...
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{\an1}SERRANIAS DEL BURRO.
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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{\an1}IT'S HOME TO A WILD ARRAY
OF CREATURES...
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{\an1}[TURKEYS GOBBLING]
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[CRACK]
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{\an1}[TURKEYS GOBBLING]
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{\an1}AND ITS MOST SURPRISING RESIDENT
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{\an1}IS THE BLACK BEAR.
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{\an1}THIS MOTHER HAS 3 YOUNG CUBS
JUST 8 MONTHS OLD.
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{\an1}[GROWLS]
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[GROWLS]
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{\an1}[GROWLS]
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IT'S AUTUMN,
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{\an1}AND THE FAMILY NEEDS
TO FATTEN UP
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{\an1}BEFORE THE WINTER HIBERNATION.
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{\an1}LUCKILY, THE OAK TREES
ARE LADEN WITH ACORNS,
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{\an1}AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FAT.
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{\an1}THE BEARS HAVE PLENTY TO EAT,
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{\an1}BUT THEIR CHALLENGE HERE
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{\an1}IS FINDING ENOUGH TO DRINK.
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[BIRDS TWEETING,
ANIMAL CALLING]
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{\an1}THESE LIMESTONE MOUNTAINS
ACT LIKE SPONGES,
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{\an1}SOAKING UP THE RAIN,
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{\an1}SO THERE ARE NO PERMANENT
STREAMS OR RIVERS.
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[GROWLING]
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{\an1}FORTUNATELY FOR THE BEARS,
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{\an1}THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE
SOURCE OF WATER.
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[SNUFFLING]
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[CATTLE LOWING]
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{\an1}MENDEZ: SERRANIAS DEL BURRO
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{\an1}IS PRIME CATTLE COUNTRY,
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{\an1}AND THE RANCHERS PROVIDE
YEAR-ROUND WATER
FOR THEIR HERDS
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{\an1}BY TAPPING INTO
UNDERGROUND SPRINGS.
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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[COW MOOS]
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[BIRD CALLS]
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[SNORTS]
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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[COWS MOOING]
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{\an1}THESE WATER TANKS ARE
A MAGNET FOR EVERYONE,
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{\an1}BUT THIS MOTHER BEAR,
WITH HER 3 CUBS,
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{\an1}MUST APPROACH WITH CAUTION.
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{\an1}MALE BEARS SOMETIMES
KILL CALVES...
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{\an1}SO THE RANCHERS LET
THEIR COWS' HORNS GROW LONG...
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{\an1}AS A NATURAL BEAR DETERRENT.
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{\an1}MENDEZ: THE FAMILY GETS
THE MESSAGE,
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LOUD AND CLEAR.
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{\an7}MENDEZ: THE CATTLE
HAVE HAD THEIR FILL.
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{\an7}NOW IT'S THE FAMILY'S CHANCE.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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{\an1}BUT SOMEONE ELSE HAS GOT
HIS EYE ON THE TANK.
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{\an1}[SNORTS]
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[SQUEALING]
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A 300-POUND MALE.
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{\an1}HE'S BEST AVOIDED.
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[SQUEALING]
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{\an1}THIS MALE WANTS MORE
THAN A DRINK.
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{\an1}HE WANTS TO COOL OFF IN HIS TUB.
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AT LAST.
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{\an1}MEXICO'S BLACK BEARS WERE ONCE
ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION...
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{\an1}BUT THEY CLUNG ON
IN MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAYS
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{\an1}LIKE SERRANIAS DEL BURRO.
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{\an1}BY ALLOWING THE BEARS TO DRINK
FROM THE WATER TANKS,
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{\an1}AND EVEN GIVING THEM A LEG UP,
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{\an1}THE RANCHERS HAVE REALLY HELPED
THE BEARS' RECOVERY.
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{\an1}THE POPULATION IS FLOURISHING...
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{\an1}MAKING THIS MOUNTAIN WORLD
AN IMPORTANT STRONGHOLD
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{\an1}FOR BEARS IN NORTH AMERICA.
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{\an1}MEXICO IS A VAST COUNTRY,
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{\an1}ABOUT 2,000 MILES LONG,
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{\an1}DOMINATED BY THE SIERRA MADRE--
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{\an7}A GREAT RANGE OF MOUNTAINS
THAT STRETCH ALL THE WAY
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{\an7}FROM THE COUNTRY'S NORTHERN
BORDER WITH THE UNITED STATES
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{\an7}TO ITS SOUTHERN BORDER
WITH GUATEMALA.
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{\an7}TRAVEL DOWN THE LENGTH
OF MEXICO'S ROCKY SPINE
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{\an7}TO DISCOVER MANY MORE
DIVERSE MOUNTAIN WORLDS.
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{\an1}THE GRANDEST OF THEM ALL
IS FOUND IN THE NORTHWEST
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{\an1}OF THE COUNTRY IN A REGION
KNOWN AS COPPER CANYON,
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{\an1}COVERING 25,000 SQUARE MILES
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OF WILDERNESS.
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{\an1}IT'S CUT BY A MAZE OF GORGES,
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SOME EVEN DEEPER
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{\an1}THAN THE GRAND CANYON.
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{\an1}[BIRD OF PREY SCREECHES]
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{\an1}THIS MOUNTAIN WORLD IS HOME
TO A UNIQUE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
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THE RARAMURI,
KNOWN AS FOOT RUNNERS,
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HAVE LIVED HERE
FOR OVER 2,000 YEARS...
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{\an1}SOME IN THE MOST
INACCESSIBLE PLACES.
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{\an1}TO NAVIGATE THE CANYON'S
VAST TERRAIN QUICKLY,
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{\an1}THE RARAMURI BECAME SKILLED
LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS...
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{\an1}ABLE TO COVER 200 MILES
WITHOUT STOPPING.
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{\an1}CENTURIES OF RUNNING
AT HIGH ALTITUDE
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{\an1}HAS MADE THEM UNRIVALED
ENDURANCE ATHLETES.
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{\an1}TODAY, THE RARAMURI STILL LIVE
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{\an1}IN HIGH, REMOTE REGIONS
OF THE CANYON,
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{\an1}AND RUNNING REMAINS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF THEIR CULTURE.
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{\an1}SISTERS CARMEN, MEQUEJILDA,
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{\an1}AND ELIDA ARE FROM
A PROUD FAMILY OF RUNNERS.
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{\an1}THEIR BROTHER SANTOS IS
ALREADY A LOCAL CHAMPION,
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{\an1}WINNING MARATHONS AGAINST
STRONG COMPETITION.
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BUT TODAY,
IT'S HIS SISTERS' TURN.
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{\an1}THE TRADITIONAL RUNNING SANDALS,
CALLED HUARACHES,
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{\an1}ONCE FASHIONED FROM ANIMAL HIDE,
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{\an1}ARE NOW MADE FROM OLD CAR TIRES.
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{\an1}WEARING THEM FROM CHILDHOOD
STRENGTHENS THE FOOT MUSCLES
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{\an1}AND STIFFENS THE ARCHES...
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{\an1}PREPARING THIS NEW GENERATION
OF RARAMURI
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{\an1}FOR A LIFE ON THE MOVE.
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{\an1}THEY'RE HEADING TO
THE NEAREST TOWN FOR A RACE.
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{\an1}[CHILDREN GIGGLING]
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{\an1}[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
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MENDEZ: HERE,
IN THE TOWN OF POROCHI,
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{\an1}A RACE DAY IS A CHANCE FOR
DISTANT NEIGHBORS TO CATCH UP.
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{\an1}[CHATTER CONTINUES]
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THE GIRLS' RACE
IS THE FIRST OF THE DAY.
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{\an1}[SPEAKING SPANISH]
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{\an1}MENDEZ: THEY WILL BE
COMPETING OVER 3 MILES.
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{\an1}UNO...
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{\an1}DOS, TRES.
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{\an1}[SHOUTS FOREIGN WORD]
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MENDEZ: IN THIS
TRADITIONAL TEAM EVENT,
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{\an1}THE GIRLS TOSS A HOOP CALLED
AN ARIWETA FOR THE FIRST LAP.
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{\an1}MENDEZ: ONE LAP DOWN, ONE TO GO.
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THE TEAM LEADER
NOW TAKES THE ARIWETA.
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[CROWD SHOUTING]
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{\an1}MENDEZ: THIS TIME, IT'S A SPRINT
TO THE FINISH LINE.
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{\an1}SISTER ELIDA TAKES
THE HOOP FOR HER TEAM.
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{\an1}AT LAST, THE HOMESTRETCH...
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[MEN SHOUTING]
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{\an1}AND ELIDA IS FIRST
TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE...
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[APPLAUSE]
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{\an1}UPHOLDING HER FAMILY'S
RACING HERITAGE.
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{\an1}THE RACES CONTINUE LONG
INTO THE NIGHT.
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{\an1}MENDEZ: MEXICO HAS ONE OF THE
LARGEST INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
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{\an1}IN LATIN AMERICA...
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{\an1}MORE THAN 25 MILLION PEOPLE
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{\an1}WITH 68 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
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{\an1}LIVING IN THE COPPER CANYON
HAS MOLDED THE RARAMURI
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{\an1}INTO THE REMARKABLE ATHLETES
THEY ARE TODAY.
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{\an1}EACH OF MEXICO'S
MOUNTAIN WORLDS SHAPES LIFE
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{\an1}IN PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT WAYS.
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[WIND HOWLING]
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{\an1}TRAVEL 1,000 MILES FURTHER
SOUTH, DOWN THE SIERRA MADRES,
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{\an1}AND YOU'LL DISCOVER A VERY
UNUSUAL GROUP OF MOUNTAINS...
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{\an1}THE SIERRA GORDA,
OR "FAT MOUNTAINS."
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{\an1}HERE, THE TEMPERATE
AND TROPICAL COLLIDE,
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{\an1}CREATING A MOSAIC
OF DIFFERENT HABITATS.
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[BIRDS CALLING]
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{\an1}IN THIS ONE REGION,
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{\an1}THERE ARE MORE THAN 2,000
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS,
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{\an1}OVER 340 BIRD SPECIES...
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[HOOTS]
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{\an1}AND 800 KINDS OF BUTTERFLY.
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{\an1}FAIRY-TALE OAK FORESTS
ARE A SECRET GARDEN
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{\an1}FOR MORE COLORFUL
TROPICAL SPECIES...
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{\an1}THE MOST BEWITCHING
OF ALL, ORCHIDS.
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{\an1}OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS,
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{\an1}THESE FLOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED
AN UNUSUAL RELATIONSHIP
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{\an1}WITH A VERY COLORFUL
CHARACTER...
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[BUZZING]
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THE ORCHID BEE.
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{\an1}FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS EACH YEAR,
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{\an1}WHEN THE ORCHIDS ARE IN BLOOM,
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{\an1}THE BEES VISIT THEM IN DROVES,
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{\an1}NOT TO SIP THEIR NECTAR,
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{\an1}BUT TO SWEEP UP FRAGRANT OILS
FROM THEIR PETALS,
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USING BRUSHES
ON THEIR FRONT FEET.
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{\an1}THEY SCRAPE THE OILS
INTO A SPECIAL POUCH
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{\an1}ON THEIR HIND LEGS.
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{\an1}THESE ORCHID BEES ARE MIXING
THEIR OWN COLOGNE,
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MADE FROM UP
TO 80 DIFFERENT SCENTS.
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{\an1}THIS COMPLEX FRAGRANCE
HELPS THE MALES
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{\an1}ATTRACT THE FEMALES.
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{\an1}THE MOST FRAGRANT OILS
ARE PRODUCED
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{\an1}BY ONE VERY SPECIAL KIND
OF ORCHID...
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STANHOPEA.
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{\an1}THIS ORCHID BLOOMS
FOR JUST ONE DAY EACH YEAR.
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{\an1}IN THIS CRUCIAL 24 HOURS,
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{\an1}IT MUST SPREAD ITS POLLEN
FAR AND WIDE.
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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{\an1}AS SOON AS IT OPENS,
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{\an1}THE FLOWER EMITS
A HYPNOTIC PERFUME
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{\an1}THAT SMELLS LIKE
FRESHLY GROUND CINNAMON...
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{\an1}SENDING THE ORCHID BEES
INTO DELIRIUM.
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[BUZZING]
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{\an1}BUT STANHOPEA'S SWEET SMELL
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{\an1}BELIES A CUNNING MOTIVE.
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{\an1}ITS PETALS ARE COVERED
IN SWEETENED OIL DROPLETS...
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{\an1}AND THEIR INTRICATE SHAPE FORCES
THE BEE TO WALK BACKWARDS.
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THE BEE SLIPS,
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{\an1}AND THE ORCHID STICKS A PACKET
OF POLLEN ON ITS BACK,
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{\an1}WHICH IT WILL UNWITTINGLY CARRY
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{\an1}TO OTHER SWEET-SMELLING
STANHOPEA FLOWERS.
213
00:20:39,733 --> 00:20:42,633
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
214
00:20:42,733 --> 00:20:47,233
{\an1}BY FLOWERING AND DISTRIBUTING
ITS POLLEN IN JUST A SINGLE DAY,
215
00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:49,933
{\an1}THE ORCHID'S JOB IS DONE.
216
00:20:55,433 --> 00:20:58,333
{\an1}NOW, AS THE SUN SETS,
217
00:20:58,433 --> 00:21:02,100
{\an1}THE FLOWER WILTS AND DIES.
218
00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:16,400
{\an1}TRAVEL FURTHER SOUTH,
219
00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:19,366
{\an1}DOWN MEXICO'S SPINE,
220
00:21:19,466 --> 00:21:22,966
{\an1}AND ANCIENT MOUNTAINS GIVE WAY
221
00:21:23,066 --> 00:21:25,966
{\an1}TO MUCH YOUNGER MOUNTAINS
222
00:21:26,066 --> 00:21:29,466
{\an1}IN THE FERTILE HEART
OF THE COUNTRY.
223
00:21:37,666 --> 00:21:42,466
{\an1}MUCH OF THIS LAND IS
6,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
224
00:21:45,066 --> 00:21:50,066
{\an1}IT'S A LANDSCAPE OF EXTENSIVE
FARMLAND AND PINE-OAK FOREST.
225
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:08,600
{\an1}THE SOILS HERE ARE
ESPECIALLY RICH
226
00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:13,700
{\an1}BECAUSE THIS IS A LAND
OF FIERY GIANTS.
227
00:22:29,666 --> 00:22:33,166
{\an1}RISING MORE THAN 3 MILES
ABOVE SEA LEVEL,
228
00:22:33,266 --> 00:22:37,766
{\an1}POPOCATEÉPETL IS MEXICO'S
SECOND-HIGHEST PEAK
229
00:22:37,866 --> 00:22:40,633
{\an1}AND STILL ON THE RISE.
230
00:22:40,733 --> 00:22:44,733
{\an1}IT'S THE COUNTRY'S
MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO.
231
00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:51,500
{\an1}YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT
MIGHT ERUPT NEXT.
232
00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:29,600
{\an1}MEXICO IS ONE OF THE MOST
VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE PLACES
233
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,366
{\an1}ON EARTH BECAUSE IT LIES
AT THE COLLISION POINT
234
00:23:33,466 --> 00:23:35,966
{\an1}OF 3 TECTONIC PLATES,
235
00:23:36,066 --> 00:23:39,566
{\an1}CONSTANTLY WRESTLING
FOR POSITION.
236
00:23:39,666 --> 00:23:43,166
{\an1}THIS HAS PRODUCED
A GREAT CHAIN OF MOUNTAINS
237
00:23:43,266 --> 00:23:46,366
{\an1}THAT STRETCHES RIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL MEXICO
238
00:23:46,466 --> 00:23:50,933
KNOWN AS THE
TRANSVOLCANIC BELT...
239
00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:57,266
WITH MORE THAN 20
ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
240
00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:05,000
{\an1}THEY CAN CAUSE DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION,
241
00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:09,500
BUT THEY ARE
ALSO GIVERS OF LIFE.
242
00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:25,466
{\an1}THEIR ASH FERTILIZES
AND ENRICHES THE SOIL,
243
00:24:25,566 --> 00:24:29,566
{\an1}MAKING THIS A HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE
REGION OF MEXICO...
244
00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:36,900
{\an1}AND THE MOST INHABITED.
245
00:24:42,266 --> 00:24:45,966
{\an1}THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL,
MEXICO CITY,
246
00:24:46,066 --> 00:24:48,966
{\an1}LIES IN THE SHADOW OF VOLCANOES
247
00:24:49,066 --> 00:24:53,066
{\an1}ON A HIGH PLATEAU
IN CENTRAL MEXICO.
248
00:24:56,300 --> 00:25:01,366
{\an1}PEOPLE FIRST SETTLED HERE
ALMOST 10,000 YEARS AGO.
249
00:25:02,766 --> 00:25:05,133
{\an1}IT'S A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE
OF COLOR...
250
00:25:05,233 --> 00:25:06,933
[TRAFFIC NOISE]
251
00:25:07,033 --> 00:25:10,266
SOUND, CULTURE.
252
00:25:17,066 --> 00:25:21,966
{\an1}THIS SPRAWLING MEGA-CITY IS HOME
TO OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE,
253
00:25:22,066 --> 00:25:25,966
{\an1}AND 80% OF ALL THE FOOD
CONSUMED HERE
254
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:29,633
{\an1}COMES FROM A SINGLE PLACE--
255
00:25:29,733 --> 00:25:33,633
{\an1}THE LARGEST WHOLESALE
FOOD MARKET IN THE WORLD,
256
00:25:33,733 --> 00:25:36,733
{\an1}LA CENTRAL DE ABASTO.
257
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,333
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
258
00:25:47,033 --> 00:25:51,400
{\an1}OVER 30,000 TONS OF PRODUCE
CHANGES HANDS EVERY DAY...
259
00:25:56,866 --> 00:26:01,366
{\an1}MUCH OF IT GROWN ON MEXICO'S
VOLCANIC BELT.
260
00:26:11,933 --> 00:26:13,333
{\an1}MAN: HEY!
261
00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,200
{\an1}THE COUNTRY'S MOST
ICONIC FOODS--
262
00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:35,200
{\an1}CHILIS, CORN, AND AVOCADOS--
263
00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:39,200
{\an1}ALL ORIGINATE IN
MEXICO'S HIGHLANDS.
264
00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:42,400
{\an1}MANY ARE EXPORTED WORLDWIDE.
265
00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:47,833
{\an1}AND THERE'S ONE PRODUCT THAT'S
EARNED AN INFAMOUS REPUTATION.
266
00:26:47,933 --> 00:26:49,900
[BELL TOLLING]
267
00:26:52,266 --> 00:26:53,866
TEQUILA.
268
00:26:56,266 --> 00:26:58,266
{\an7}[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
269
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,900
{\an1}16-YEAR-OLD MARTIN
IS A JIMADOR,
270
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,300
{\an1}A FARMER WHO HARVESTS
BLUE AGAVE...
271
00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:38,300
{\an1}THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT
IN TEQUILA.
272
00:27:44,466 --> 00:27:46,300
{\an7}[MARTIN SPEAKING SPANISH]
273
00:28:06,333 --> 00:28:10,000
AGAVE PLANTS
CAN TAKE A DECADE TO MATURE
274
00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:12,333
{\an1}BEFORE THE PLANT IS CUT DOWN.
275
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:15,933
[BARKING]
276
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,233
{\an1}AFTER SLICING AWAY
THE SPIKY LEAVES,
277
00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:25,233
{\an1}THE JIMADORES EXPOSE
WHAT THEY'RE AFTER--
278
00:28:25,333 --> 00:28:28,933
{\an1}THE SUGAR-RICH HEART,
THE PINA.
279
00:28:31,333 --> 00:28:34,400
{\an1}MARTIN TOILS IN THE SHADOW
OF VOLCAN DE TEQUILA,
280
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:39,300
{\an1}WHICH LAST ERUPTED
220,000 YEARS AGO...
281
00:28:42,833 --> 00:28:46,900
{\an1}ITS ANCIENT ASH FERTILIZING
THESE RICH, RED SOILS.
282
00:28:51,066 --> 00:28:54,566
{\an1}HERE, IN THE WESTERN
REGION OF MEXICO,
283
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:59,200
{\an1}THE STATE OF JALISCO PRODUCES
80% OF THE COUNTRY'S TEQUILA
284
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:02,366
{\an1}CRAFTED IN SPECIAL DISTILLERIES.
285
00:29:10,066 --> 00:29:15,566
{\an1}THE PINAS ARE FIRST ROASTED,
THEN CRUSHED,
286
00:29:15,666 --> 00:29:19,700
{\an1}SQUEEZING OUT THE
SUGAR-RICH JUICES.
287
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,533
{\an1}THESE ARE THEN FERMENTED.
288
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,333
{\an1}FINALLY, IT'S DISTILLED...
289
00:29:32,133 --> 00:29:36,066
PRODUCING THE
HIGHEST-GRADE TEQUILA.
290
00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:37,933
{\an1}[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
291
00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:43,200
{\an1}AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF THEIR CROPS,
292
00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:47,200
{\an1}SOME FARMERS ARE
TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
293
00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:50,300
{\an1}FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 2 CENTURIES,
294
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,900
{\an1}THEY'RE LETTING A PORTION
OF THEIR AGAVE FLOWER.
295
00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:04,366
{\an1}THE PLANT FUNNELS ALL ITS SUGARS
INTO THESE TOWERING BLOOMS,
296
00:30:04,466 --> 00:30:08,333
{\an1}RENDERING THEM USELESS
FOR TEQUILA,
297
00:30:08,433 --> 00:30:12,166
{\an1}BUT THEY ARE NOW AN IMPORTANT
DRAW FOR ANIMALS
298
00:30:12,266 --> 00:30:15,166
{\an1}IN NEED OF A SIP OF NECTAR...
299
00:30:15,266 --> 00:30:18,266
{\an1}LESSER LONG-NOSED BATS.
300
00:30:20,866 --> 00:30:25,166
{\an1}THOUSANDS OF FEMALES MIGRATE UP
MEXICO'S MOUNTAIN SPINE
301
00:30:25,266 --> 00:30:27,500
{\an1}TO REACH BREEDING CAVES
IN NORTHWEST MEXICO
302
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,266
{\an1}IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES.
303
00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:37,266
{\an1}ALONG THE WAY, THEY NEED
FREQUENT SIPS OF NECTAR.
304
00:30:40,266 --> 00:30:44,400
{\an1}AS THEY SIP THE NECTAR,
THEY HELP POLLINATE THE AGAVE.
305
00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:47,833
{\an1}AND BY GIVING THE PLANTS
A GREATER MIX OF POLLENS,
306
00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:52,233
{\an1}THEY'RE HELPING TO MAKE
THEM STRONGER AND MORE
RESILIENT TO DISEASE.
307
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:05,200
{\an1}WITH THESE FARMING PRACTICES,
THE AGAVE FARMERS ARE HELPING
THEIR OWN FUTURE
308
00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:11,000
{\an1}AND ENSURING THE CONTINUED
LEGACY OF MEXICO'S MOST
ICONIC DRINK...
309
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:12,300
[GLASSES CLINK]
310
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,300
TEQUILA.
311
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:18,166
[SCRAPING]
312
00:31:18,266 --> 00:31:20,266
{\an1}[MEN TALKING AND LAUGHING]
313
00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:36,866
[CLINK]
314
00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:48,966
{\an1}CENTRAL MEXICO'S MOUNTAINS
315
00:31:49,066 --> 00:31:52,133
{\an1}HAVE ATTRACTED PEOPLE
FOR MILLENNIA.
316
00:32:02,933 --> 00:32:07,800
{\an1}IMMENSE ANCIENT EMPIRES
GREW IN THIS VOLCANIC HEARTLAND,
317
00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:12,300
{\an1}AND THE REMNANTS OF SOME OF
THEIR CITIES STILL STAND.
318
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:22,266
{\an1}1,500 YEARS AGO,
TEOTIHUACAN WAS A THRIVING
MESOAMERICAN METROPOLIS,
319
00:32:22,366 --> 00:32:26,266
{\an1}HOME TO OVER 100,000 PEOPLE.
320
00:32:29,566 --> 00:32:34,166
{\an1}BUT PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUS
OF ALL MEXICO'S ANCIENT EMPIRES
321
00:32:34,266 --> 00:32:36,266
WAS THE AZTECS.
322
00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:45,266
{\an1}THEY DOMINATED CENTRAL MEXICO
IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.
323
00:32:47,866 --> 00:32:53,566
{\an1}AZTECS BELIEVED MOUNTAINS
WERE COLUMNS CONNECTING
EARTH TO THE HEAVENS
324
00:32:53,666 --> 00:32:55,266
{\an1}AND THE UNDERWORLD.
325
00:32:57,266 --> 00:33:00,133
{\an1}JUST 50 MILES SOUTH
OF MEXICO CITY,
326
00:33:00,233 --> 00:33:03,066
{\an1}IS THE TEMPLE OF TEPOZTECO.
327
00:33:03,166 --> 00:33:05,700
{\an1}IT WAS ABANDONED LONG AGO,
328
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:10,200
{\an1}BUT A VERY RESOURCEFUL ANIMAL
HAS SINCE MADE IT HOME...
329
00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:12,033
{\an1}[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
330
00:33:12,133 --> 00:33:14,300
COATIS.
331
00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:27,800
{\an1}THEY'RE THE MOST SOCIAL
OF THE RACCOON FAMILY,
332
00:33:27,900 --> 00:33:31,900
{\an1}FORMING BANDS
OF UP TO 30 STRONG.
333
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,966
{\an1}THEY NORMALLY LIVE
IN TROPICAL WOODLANDS
AND OPEN FORESTS.
334
00:33:37,066 --> 00:33:38,866
[SNIFFING]
335
00:33:42,866 --> 00:33:45,266
{\an1}COATIS ARE OMNIVORES.
336
00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:50,266
THEY CAN EAT
PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.
337
00:33:58,066 --> 00:34:02,333
{\an1}HERE AT TEPOZTECO,
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPTIONS.
338
00:34:03,966 --> 00:34:05,900
[CHITTERING]
339
00:34:12,666 --> 00:34:14,900
{\an1}[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
340
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:23,200
{\an1}THIS IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SITE ATTRACTS MANY VISITORS,
341
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:27,300
{\an8}AND TOURISTS
BRING OPPORTUNITIES.
342
00:34:36,133 --> 00:34:39,266
{\an1}THIS IS NO ORDINARY COATI CLAN.
343
00:34:47,066 --> 00:34:48,866
[SNIFFING]
344
00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:06,333
{\an1}THESE ADAPTABLE ANIMALS
HAVE BECOME ARTFUL THIEVES.
345
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:20,200
{\an1}BUT COATIS ARE THRIVING HERE
THANKS TO TEAMWORK
346
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:22,300
{\an1}AND A SHAMELESS STREAK.
347
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:44,766
{\an1}ALL THE VOLCANIC UPHEAVAL
IN MEXICO'S CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
348
00:35:44,866 --> 00:35:48,266
{\an1}HAS CREATED A DIVERSITY
OF DIFFERENT HABITATS.
349
00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:55,766
{\an1}ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
IS LAKE CHAPALA,
350
00:35:55,866 --> 00:35:58,266
{\an1}THE LARGEST FRESHWATER
LAKE IN MEXICO...
351
00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:05,233
{\an1}FED BY WATER RUNOFF
FROM THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.
352
00:36:05,333 --> 00:36:08,433
ITS BASIN SPANS
9 MEXICAN STATES
353
00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:13,466
{\an1}AND CAN HOLD ALMOST
2 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER.
354
00:36:13,566 --> 00:36:15,333
[ENGINE RUNNING]
355
00:36:18,166 --> 00:36:21,500
{\an1}THE TOWN OF PETATAN
ON CHAPALA'S SHORES,
356
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,200
{\an1}IS HERE BECAUSE
OF THE RICH FISHING.
357
00:36:28,133 --> 00:36:29,900
{\an7}[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
358
00:36:51,866 --> 00:36:57,266
{\an1}CHAPALA'S WATERS ALSO
ATTRACT ONE OF THE
LARGEST BIRDS IN MEXICO...
359
00:37:06,566 --> 00:37:09,333
{\an1}AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS.
360
00:37:16,933 --> 00:37:22,700
{\an1}EVERY AUTUMN, OVER 5,000
BIRDS MAKE THE ARDUOUS
JOURNEY FROM CANADA
361
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,300
{\an1}TO THESE MORE TEMPERATE WATERS.
362
00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:31,700
[SPLASH]
363
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:39,000
{\an1}THEY ARE WELCOMED
BY THE PETATAN FISHERMEN.
364
00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:40,900
{\an1}[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
365
00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:51,300
{\an1}THE PELICANS THAT GET
CLOSEST TO THE FISHING
BOATS ARE IN FOR A TREAT.
366
00:38:04,466 --> 00:38:06,333
[SPLASHING]
367
00:38:18,933 --> 00:38:20,333
{\an1}[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
368
00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:18,233
{\an1}SOUTH OF CENTRAL MEXICO,
THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN CHAIN
369
00:39:18,333 --> 00:39:22,233
{\an1}CONTINUES ON TOWARDS
THE TROPICS.
370
00:39:22,333 --> 00:39:25,233
{\an1}HERE, AT ITS SOUTHERNMOST TIP,
371
00:39:25,333 --> 00:39:28,100
{\an1}IT MEETS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
372
00:39:29,933 --> 00:39:34,333
{\an1}THE MOUNTAINS CATCH THE
MOISTURE FROM CLOUDS
ROLLING IN OFF THE SEA.
373
00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:45,200
{\an1}10% OF ALL OF MEXICO'S RAIN
IS CAPTURED HERE,
374
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:48,600
{\an1}HELPING TO CREATE
A LUSH CLOUD FOREST
375
00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:51,900
{\an1}KNOWN AS EL TRIUNFO.
376
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:07,333
{\an1}THE COMBINATION OF HUMIDITY,
ALTITUDE, AND WARMTH
377
00:40:07,433 --> 00:40:13,166
{\an1}MAKES THE PERFECT CONDITIONS
FOR LIFE TO FLOURISH.
378
00:40:13,266 --> 00:40:15,533
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
379
00:40:15,633 --> 00:40:22,366
{\an1}THIS SECRET MOUNTAIN WORLD
IS HOME TO SOME OF THE
RAREST CREATURES ON EARTH,
380
00:40:22,466 --> 00:40:26,266
{\an1}BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW
JUST WHERE TO LOOK.
381
00:40:28,866 --> 00:40:32,766
{\an1}HIGH IN THE CANOPY,
100 FEET OFF THE GROUND,
382
00:40:32,866 --> 00:40:35,266
{\an1}LIVE THE ALLIGATOR
TREE LIZARD...
383
00:40:38,266 --> 00:40:41,833
{\an1}AND THE HORNED GUAN...
384
00:40:41,933 --> 00:40:43,166
[SQUAWK]
385
00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:46,466
THE LAST SURVIVOR
OF AN ANCIENT BIRD FAMILY.
386
00:40:46,566 --> 00:40:51,233
{\an1}IT'S BEEN EVOLVING INDEPENDENTLY
FOR MORE THAN 30 MILLION YEARS.
387
00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:10,800
{\an1}IN THIS FOREST, THERE ARE
ALSO CREATURES KNOWN FOR
THEIR EXTRAVAGANT BEAUTY...
388
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:14,833
{\an1}LIKE LONG-TAILED MANAKINS.
389
00:41:14,933 --> 00:41:18,766
{\an1}MALE PAIRS PERFORM AN ELABORATE
DANCE TO ENTICE FEMALES,
390
00:41:18,866 --> 00:41:22,866
{\an1}A RITUAL THAT MAY TAKE
A DECADE TO PERFECT.
391
00:41:25,266 --> 00:41:27,266
{\an1}[MALE MANAKIN CALLING]
392
00:41:35,333 --> 00:41:40,166
{\an7}BUT THE MALES ARE NOT COMPETING.
THEY'RE COLLABORATING,
393
00:41:40,266 --> 00:41:43,133
{\an7}AS MASTER AND APPRENTICE,
TO GET HER ATTENTION.
394
00:41:44,666 --> 00:41:48,900
{\an1}ALTHOUGH ONLY ONE OF THEM MAY
WIN HER HEART THIS SEASON,
395
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,733
{\an1}THE OTHER GETS VALUABLE DANCE
LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE.
396
00:41:53,833 --> 00:41:55,833
{\an1}[MANAKINS ALTERNATE CALLING]
397
00:42:29,266 --> 00:42:33,066
{\an1}TRAVEL DEEPER INTO THE HEART
OF THIS CLOUD FOREST,
398
00:42:33,166 --> 00:42:37,366
{\an1}AND YOU MIGHT DISCOVER THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL OF ALL:
399
00:42:37,466 --> 00:42:41,766
{\an1}THE SPIRIT OF EL TRIUNFO,
400
00:42:41,866 --> 00:42:44,600
{\an1}A MYTHICAL CREATURE
RARELY SEEN...
401
00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:51,866
{\an1}SACRED TO THE ANCIENT AZTECS,
402
00:42:51,966 --> 00:42:55,266
{\an1}WHO TREASURED ITS FEATHERS
MORE THAN GOLD...
403
00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:16,300
{\an1}THE APTLY NAMED
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL.
404
00:43:32,133 --> 00:43:37,166
{\an1}IT'S THE MATING SEASON,
AND THIS MALE'S 3-FOOT-LONG
TAIL FEATHERS
405
00:43:37,266 --> 00:43:40,266
{\an1}HELPED HIM SUCCESSFULLY
ATTRACT A FEMALE.
406
00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:50,266
{\an1}NOW HE HAS A YOUNG
FAMILY TO FEED...
407
00:43:54,700 --> 00:44:00,933
{\an1}AND WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR
A MONTH TO SATISFY HIS
BROOD'S VORACIOUS APPETITE.
408
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:12,900
{\an1}HIS LUSH MEXICAN HOME IS
BRIMMING WITH FRUIT AND INSECTS.
409
00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:29,000
{\an1}AT THE END OF
THE MATING SEASON,
410
00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:32,800
HE WILL DROP HIS
SPECTACULAR TAIL FEATHERS,
411
00:44:32,900 --> 00:44:38,266
{\an1}BUT THE QUETZAL GROWS
A NEW TRAIN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
412
00:44:41,466 --> 00:44:47,533
{\an1}ONLY IN SUCH A RICH HABITAT
CAN ANIMALS AFFORD TO
DEVOTE SO MUCH ENERGY
413
00:44:47,633 --> 00:44:49,866
{\an1}TO LOOKING THIS GOOD.
414
00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:07,900
{\an1}FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,
ALL OF MEXICO'S MOUNTAIN WORLDS
415
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,833
{\an1}ARE UNIQUELY DIFFERENT,
416
00:45:10,933 --> 00:45:14,800
BUT ONE ABOVE ALL
IS SO INVITING,
417
00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:20,300
{\an1}IT COMPELS CREATURES TO
UNDERTAKE MASSIVE FEATS
OF ENDURANCE TO REACH IT.
418
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:28,200
{\an1}EVERY WINTER, ONE ANIMAL
TRAVELS MORE THAN 3,000 MILES
419
00:45:28,300 --> 00:45:31,800
{\an1}TO THIS PARTICULAR FOREST
IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
420
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:34,900
{\an1}IN THE STATE OF MICHOACAN.
421
00:45:41,166 --> 00:45:44,200
{\an1}THE TREES SEEM TO BE
DRAPED IN LEAVES,
422
00:45:44,300 --> 00:45:49,866
{\an1}BUT, IN FACT, THEY'RE
COATED IN MILLIONS OF
DELICATE CREATURES...
423
00:45:51,866 --> 00:45:56,966
{\an1}SILENT...UNMOVING.
424
00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:00,933
{\an1}MONARCH BUTTERFLIES...
425
00:46:07,133 --> 00:46:09,933
{\an1}IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.
426
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:23,800
{\an1}THESE OYAMEL FIR FORESTS ARE
THEIR PERFECT WINTER SANCTUARY.
427
00:46:23,900 --> 00:46:28,133
{\an1}THE LOW TEMPERATURES SLOW
THE BUTTERFLIES' METABOLISM,
428
00:46:28,233 --> 00:46:32,300
{\an1}ALLOWING THEM TO HIBERNATE
FOR 5 LONG MONTHS.
429
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:43,200
{\an1}MOUNTAIN MISTS PREVENT THEM
FROM DRYING OUT...
430
00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:49,000
{\an1}AND THE TOWERING FIRS HELP
PROTECT THEM FROM WINTER STORMS,
431
00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:51,866
{\an1}ENSURING THEY DON'T FREEZE.
432
00:46:55,366 --> 00:47:00,666
{\an1}FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
THESE MONARCHS HAVE HAD
A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE
433
00:47:00,766 --> 00:47:04,200
FOR THE PEOPLE
OF MEXICO'S MOUNTAINS.
434
00:47:04,300 --> 00:47:07,833
{\an1}THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
435
00:47:07,933 --> 00:47:12,300
{\an1}RETURNING TO EARTH
FROM THE HEAVENS,
436
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:16,833
{\an1}AND THEIR ARRIVAL IN WINTER
COINCIDES WITH ONE OF THE MOST
437
00:47:16,933 --> 00:47:20,233
IMPORTANT EVENTS
IN THE MEXICAN CALENDAR...
438
00:47:20,333 --> 00:47:22,333
[CHIMES TINKLING]
439
00:47:29,300 --> 00:47:31,300
{\an1}[FLAMES FLICKERING]
440
00:47:34,333 --> 00:47:37,233
{\an1}DIA DE LOS MUERTOS--
441
00:47:37,333 --> 00:47:40,300
{\an1}THE DAY OF THE DEAD.
442
00:47:49,466 --> 00:47:51,300
[TINKLING]
443
00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,200
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
444
00:47:57,300 --> 00:47:59,866
{\an1}IN VILLAGES ACROSS
THE SIERRA MADRE,
445
00:47:59,966 --> 00:48:05,766
{\an1}FAMILIES LIKE CATALINA'S
ARE REMEMBERING THOSE
WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.
446
00:48:05,866 --> 00:48:07,933
{\an7}[SPEAKING SPANISH]
447
00:48:12,533 --> 00:48:14,333
{\an1}[WOMEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
448
00:48:31,333 --> 00:48:36,300
{\an1}CATALINA AND HER FAMILY GATHER
AROUND HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE.
449
00:48:46,100 --> 00:48:47,900
{\an7}[CATALINA SPEAKING SPANISH]
450
00:48:56,900 --> 00:48:58,900
{\an1}[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
451
00:49:23,933 --> 00:49:30,600
{\an1}CATALINA AND HER FAMILY
TEND TO THEIR CANDLES
UNTIL FIRST LIGHT...
452
00:49:30,700 --> 00:49:31,966
[STRIKES MATCH]
453
00:49:32,066 --> 00:49:35,466
{\an1}BUT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
454
00:49:35,566 --> 00:49:39,900
{\an1}TONIGHT, MILLIONS OF CANDLES
ARE LIT THROUGHOUT MEXICO...
455
00:49:42,766 --> 00:49:46,300
{\an1}HELPING TO GUIDE THE SPIRITS
OF LOVED ONES BACK HOME.
456
00:49:54,900 --> 00:50:00,466
{\an1}BUT THE PARTY FOR THE DEAD
HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
457
00:50:00,566 --> 00:50:02,800
{\an1}[FIREWORKS WHISTLING]
458
00:50:02,900 --> 00:50:04,900
{\an1}[WHOOPING AND CHEERING]
459
00:50:08,366 --> 00:50:12,266
{\an1}MANY MEXICANS DO NOT BELIEVE
DEATH IS AN ENDING.
460
00:50:14,866 --> 00:50:20,166
{\an1}THEY EMBRACE IT AS AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF AN
ONGOING NATURAL CYCLE.
461
00:50:20,266 --> 00:50:23,166
{\an1}[CHEERING CONTINUES]
462
00:50:23,266 --> 00:50:25,266
[BELLS JINGLING]
463
00:50:28,433 --> 00:50:31,933
{\an1}MEXICANS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING
THE DAY OF THE DEAD
464
00:50:32,033 --> 00:50:35,266
{\an1}FOR MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS...
465
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,233
{\an1}GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.
466
00:50:52,466 --> 00:50:56,400
{\an1}BUT THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
CANNOT STAY FOR LONG.
467
00:50:58,633 --> 00:51:03,566
{\an1}JUST AS THE SPIRITS MUST
RETURN TO THE HEAVENS,
468
00:51:03,666 --> 00:51:07,900
THE BUTTERFLIES
WILL ALSO LEAVE.
469
00:51:18,733 --> 00:51:20,866
{\an1}[JINGLING]
470
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:35,900
{\an1}THIS IS MEXICO'S GREATEST
NATURAL SPECTACLE.
471
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,866
{\an1}UP TO A BILLION BUTTERFLIES
TAKE FLIGHT.
472
00:51:47,066 --> 00:51:50,233
{\an1}THESE MONARCHS
WILL NEVER RETURN.
473
00:51:50,333 --> 00:51:53,833
{\an1}THEIR SHORT TIME ON EARTH
IS ALMOST OVER.
474
00:51:55,933 --> 00:52:00,566
{\an1}BUT THEY WILL LAY THEIR EGGS
ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE
NORTHERN UNITED STATES
475
00:52:00,666 --> 00:52:02,300
{\an1}AND SOUTHERN CANADA.
476
00:52:06,300 --> 00:52:12,800
{\an1}AND NEXT YEAR, THEIR
DESCENDANTS WILL CONTINUE
THIS ANCIENT TRADITION...
477
00:52:12,900 --> 00:52:17,966
{\an1}BY MAKING THE SAME
EPIC PILGRIMAGE ALONG
MEXICO'S ROCKY SPINE
478
00:52:18,066 --> 00:52:22,300
{\an1}BACK TO THIS UNIQUE
MOUNTAIN WORLD.
479
00:52:30,266 --> 00:52:36,266
{\an1}IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT
"SIERRA MADRE" MEANS
"MOTHER MOUNTAINS."
480
00:52:38,866 --> 00:52:44,166
{\an1}HER GREAT RANGES NURTURE
AN INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY OF LIFE
481
00:52:44,266 --> 00:52:50,266
{\an1}AND GAVE BIRTH TO SOME OF THE
GREATEST CIVILIZATIONS ON EARTH.
482
00:52:58,833 --> 00:53:05,200
{\an1}THE AZTECS BELIEVED
MOUNTAINS BROUGHT YOU
CLOSER TO THE HEAVENS.
483
00:53:05,300 --> 00:53:09,800
{\an1}IN MEXICO'S MOTHER MOUNTAINS,
IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY.
484
00:53:15,033 --> 00:53:17,500
{\an8}THIS PROGRAM IS
AVAILABLE ON DVD
485
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:20,100
{\an8}TO ORDER VISIT
SHOP.PBS.ORG
486
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:22,100
{\an8}OR CALL
1-800-PLAY-PBS
487
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:23,166
{\an8}ALSO AVAILABLE
ON ITUNES.
488
00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:27,266
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