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Our planet is home to millions of different animals.
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The big and the powerful capture our attention.
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But there is another story to tell.
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Beneath our feet are hidden, almost magical worlds...
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..teeming with extraordinary little creatures.
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ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
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The world looks very different to them.
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A falling acorn...
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..becomes a meteor.
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A tiny trickle,
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a tsunami.
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And every enemy...
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is a giant.
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Now, using the latest technology,
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we can recreate the world from their perspective.
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In this episode,
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we enter the secret worlds of two urban jungles -
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the chaos and commotion of Rio...
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..and the futuristic metropolis that is Tokyo.
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These are dramatic tales of life inside the Hidden Kingdoms.
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BIRDS CHIRP
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HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLING
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Tiny marmoset monkeys,
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small enough to sit in the palm of your hand.
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They're a close-knit family,
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at home in the tree tops of the forest.
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But this is no ordinary forest.
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CAR ALARM BLARES
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DISTANT SHOUTING
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Rio de Janeiro.
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This vast city
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crammed with over six million people
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is eating into the jungle.
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But some jungle creatures
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are standing their ground.
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The only way to survive
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is by making the most of what humans can offer.
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For a gang of marmosets,
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finding food in the city
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means leaving the safety of the trees.
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It's a journey fraught with danger.
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HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLING
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One young male is bold enough to lead the way.
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To marmosets,
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these power cables are like tree branches...
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..if a little more slippery.
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Surveying the streets below, they can spot any opportunity for a meal.
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HORN BLARES
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The streets of Rio
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are strewn with discarded litter.
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BACKGROUND CHATTER
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CAR HORN TOOTS
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CAT MEOWS
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CAT PURRS
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But they are also patrolled by cats and dogs.
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CAT PURRS
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CAT MEOWS
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To survive, the marmosets must work as a team.
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CAT MEOWS
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HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLING
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Look-outs sound the alarm.
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Young marmosets are more inquisitive than the adults.
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INDISTINCT CHATTER
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The city is so noisy,
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it's hard to hear the others calling time to move on.
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SIRENS WAIL AND HORNS BLARE
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MARMOSETS SQUEAK
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The link to the rest of the family has been severed.
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He has no choice but to take to the streets.
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ALARM BLARES HORNS BEEP
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How can this young marmoset survive
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without the protection of his family?
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HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLING
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On the other side of the planet...
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..Tokyo.
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With well over 30 million people,
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there's barely room for any green space.
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This concrete jungle
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is one of the most inhospitable places on earth
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for wild animals.
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But there is one out tonight,
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an armour-plated mini monster...
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..a rhinoceros beetle.
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Removed from the forest, he's now a captive...
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..and a gladiator.
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BELL RINGS Introduced to another male,
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all he needs to do
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is what comes naturally to him...
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..fight.
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The winner is the one who throws the other on his back.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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He wins.
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BEETLE CHIRRUPS
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Beetles usually eat high-energy tree sap.
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Here, some fruit will have to do.
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Then he's back in the ring.
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For their size,
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rhinoceros beetles are the strongest creature on Earth -
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able to lift over 100 times their own body weight.
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Males with longer horns are more likely to win
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and this male's horn is as big as they get.
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But even he's not invincible.
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Nonstop fighting is exhausting.
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CROWD GROANS
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MAN SHOUTS
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No longer a hero,
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he's just an unwanted bug.
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Now the only hope for survival
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is to find an oasis amongst the concrete.
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CROWD SHOUT
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Back in Rio,
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the young marmoset is searching for his lost family.
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HORN BLASTS
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Down at street level,
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he is far from alone.
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A cane toad -
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quite at home in the gutter...
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..and poisonous to the touch.
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RATTLING
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The warning rattle of a snake...
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HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLING
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..mimicked by a burrowing owl to keep intruders away.
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Burrowing owls have adapted well to city life...
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..and even enjoy a trip to the beach.
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Rotten food isn't on the menu,
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but collecting it is all part of a plan.
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Just one more trip is needed.
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This time, to visit the local agouti.
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Agouti usually live in the forest,
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but these have come to feast on scraps left by the residents.
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CAR HORN TOOTS
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It looks like the owl has hit the jackpot, too.
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A crowd this size would never occur in the forest
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but here, food is abundant.
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The agouti barely notice one more mouth to feed.
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Cats, on the other hand, miss nothing.
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MEOWING The city owl is too quick for a cat.
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Back at the burrow,
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it's time to put the plan into action.
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WHISTLING It's not long
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before visitors are attracted to the smell.
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He's been setting a trap all along.
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Burrowing owls live on a diet of bugs.
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In the wild, owls use animal dung as bait,
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but this one has adapted brilliantly to city life
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and can now enjoy its own home delivery service.
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Life is not proving quite so easy for the marmoset.
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Without the rest of the gang to help him,
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the youngster is very hungry...
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..and very alone.
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In Tokyo, the rhinoceros beetle is not just alone,
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but still miles from any oasis.
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He does have one trick up his sleeve, though...
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..a huge pair of wings...
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..and the strength to perform a vertical take-off.
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He may have escaped the back streets,
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but flying around Tokyo's skyscrapers
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is a precarious business.
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He isn't alone.
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The sky is filled with other nocturnal bugs.
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Insects normally navigate by the light of the moon.
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Tokyo's lightscape plays havoc with their map reading.
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Light radiates in all directions...
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..and the confused bugs are lured closer and closer...
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..right into the path of a predator.
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RADAR PULSES
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The glaring lights don't distract bats.
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They see with sound.
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Listening to the echoes from its high-pitched calls
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allows the bat to form a detailed picture
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of the world around it.
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A large, clumsy rhinoceros beetle
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might seem a tempting target.
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One way to avoid capture is to drop out of the sky.
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That's one thing a heavy beetle can do well.
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Bats aren't the only animals up here feasting on the glut of bugs.
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BUZZING
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It's warmer in the busy city than in the surrounding countryside,
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so very attractive to cold-blooded geckos.
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The extra heat speeds up the lizard's metabolism,
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allowing it to strike with lightning speed.
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In the forests,
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geckos hunt on the trunks of tall trees,
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so a Tokyo skyscraper is home from home.
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Gecko feet can normally stick to anything.
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Unfortunately, the tall buildings and the warm city air
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can create a problem never found in the forest.
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The swirling currents of air
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form millions of mini tornadoes.
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There's too much turbulence, even for a gecko.
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When its grip fails, a gecko can glide to safety.
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But he's landed on someone else's patch.
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The hungry rhinoceros beetle has gate-crashed too...
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..all in the sight of the deadliest man-eater in Tokyo.
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In Rio's labyrinthine streets,
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there are endless places for animals to hide.
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A leafcutter ant has left the security of its family
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to scout for food.
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CAR DRIVES PAST
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Ants use their antennae to detect food.
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This is fuel for the colony.
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Within minutes, fellow workers are by her side,
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having followed a trail of chemicals
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that she has deliberately left behind her.
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The ants must work fast.
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Down here, exhaust fumes can create a thick toxic smog.
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Now they must take the long road home,
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back to the rest of the colony.
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As the first worker ants
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reach the safety of the underground colony,
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city life is about to come crashing in on their world.
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Washed away from the colony,
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any chance of finding the way back seems impossible.
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But there's help to guide them.
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Despite the flood, the chemical trail is still strong.
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A single gram of it would be powerful enough
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to create a trail around the entire globe.
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Such extraordinary communication and teamwork enables leafcutter ants
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to overcome whatever the city throws at them.
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The only way marmosets can keep in touch is by calling.
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For a moment, the young male thinks his calls are being returned.
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SQUEAKING
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But the noises of the city can be deceptive.
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It's not the call of his family, but the sound of a truck braking.
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Down on the streets, there are trucks everywhere.
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SQUEAKING AND RATTLING
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HORN BLASTS
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Back in Tokyo, the beetle has landed in the lair of a man-eater.
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This praying mantis is trying to attract a mate.
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The breeze will carry her scent to the city beyond.
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Out on the town, a male is quickly hooked.
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But he's aware of this lady's reputation.
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He has to exercise a bit of caution.
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This city breeze will work in his favour,
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distracting her from his approach.
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He's lucky. Most males don't even make it this far.
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Success.
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But the lady wants more...
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His head.
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It may look gruesome,
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but the extra protein that the female gets from eating him
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will actually improve the chance of his young surviving.
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A bamboo house plant provides a mantis with all she needs,
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but it's not enough for a rhinoceros beetle.
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He needs tree sap.
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The scent is on the air, but it's drawing him deeper into the city.
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Saved by his armour.
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A jumping spider -
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no bigger than a grain of rice.
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Up on a traffic light, the spider is looking for a meal.
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These spiders don't make webs. Instead, they hunt.
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Using his silk safety line, the spider gets within range.
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It locks eight eyes on the target, focuses, jumps...
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..and misses.
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In the forest, jumping spiders rarely miss their target.
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And they certainly don't miss it again...
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..and again...
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..and again.
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In red light, the spider can't judge distance properly.
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But when the light turns green,
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everything snaps back into focus.
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This time, the aim is perfect.
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Unfortunately, in a city with this much traffic,
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it's only a matter of time before the lights turn red again.
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Caught in the rush, the rhinoceros beetle hasn't the energy to fly.
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Any chance of finding sanctuary seems impossible.
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Night in Rio.
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Marmosets normally retreat to the treetops
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and huddle together for warmth and security.
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This young marmoset isn't so lucky.
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Under the cover of darkness, unsavoury characters appear.
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SQUAWKING
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SQUEAKING
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Rats are the ultimate city winners -
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opportunists that can adapt to any environment
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and consume almost anything they find.
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The city offers a tarantula
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countless places to make a burrow.
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DRAMATIC MUSIC
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MUSIC BUILDS
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Night also brings out the city's most ruthless hunter.
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Silent and supple, with superb night vision,
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cats are the kings of Rio's back streets.
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And a marmoset's worst enemy.
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CAT MEOWS
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Even a cat can't match the agility
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of a marmoset that's learnt to live on the high wires of Rio.
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CATS YOWL
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At last, dawn is near, bringing relative safety to the marmoset.
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But in Tokyo, dawn brings a beetle's nemesis.
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BIRDS CAW LOUDLY
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The skyscrapers echo with their calls.
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In the forest, beetles bury themselves in the ground
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to sit out the perils of the day.
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THUD
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A crow.
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THUDDING
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For the beetle, it's like facing a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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With every step, the beetle tests the ground,
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looking for somewhere to hide.
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Crows are one of the world's most intelligent animals.
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They always rise to a challenge, especially where food is concerned.
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To a beetle, these wrappers are the closest thing
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to burying itself in fallen leaves.
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THUDDING
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A crow's beak can crack a beetle's armour like an egg.
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The beetle makes a break for it.
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With size comes strength -
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he can force his way between the heavy sacks.
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CROW CAWS
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CROW CAWS LOUDLY
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Safe for a moment,
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the beetle catches the scent of trees on the warm air.
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At last they're close.
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It's a temple - a sanctuary for humanity in the heart of the city.
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At last, trees flowing with delicious sap.
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The garden has attracted other beetles.
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A female.
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He's not the only male to be interested.
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At last, there's everything to fight for.
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He has lost before.
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This will be the battle of his life.
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He searches for some extra grip, then makes his move.
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For the beetle, life has just got a whole lot better.
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Back in a world he knows,
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he can now spend the rest of his short life
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surrounded by everything he needs.
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Outside this oasis in the unforgiving world of Tokyo,
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only the most resilient and most adaptable can survive.
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Dawn in Rio.
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It's now nearly a day
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since the young marmoset was separated from his family.
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Suddenly he hears them,
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far over on the other side of the road.
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The only way to them is to cross the wire
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and he's seen how dangerous that can be.
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But the alternative is the danger of life alone.
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At last, he's back.
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For any social animal, the only way to survive
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is with the support and protection of friends and family.
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Only a few animals have the skills
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to meet the challenges of city life.
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But for those who can, there are great rewards.
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With over half the world's population now living in cities,
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animals and humans are forced to live side by side.
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Wherever you are, you're never far
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from the tiny heroes of the Hidden Kingdoms.
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Marmosets are the miniature stars of Rio.
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Mastering life on the electric cables is key to their survival.
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To show the marmoset's high-wire perspective
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required a whole range of filming techniques.
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But before filming could even start, we had to find the monkeys.
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Cameraman Mark Payne-Gill and director Gavin Maxwell
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have filmed monkeys in the jungle countless times.
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Filming monkeys in the urban jungle is a whole new challenge.
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This is good down here, lots of trees and wires.
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This way. There, over there. There.
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The traffic, the people and the buildings
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make keeping up with the marmosets surprisingly difficult.
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It's a bit daunting to start with,
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all the motorbikes and all the people and all the noise.
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I think they are up here. Up that alley way, that way.
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Argh, this is so frustrating. They are always one step ahead of me.
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The monkeys always have the advantage of their aerial runways,
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leaving Gavin and Mark trailing behind.
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Marmosets are so agile. There's nothing in their way, really,
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whereas I've got to navigate all these streets,
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go round corners and I can lose them very quickly.
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And then, of course, they can go back that way.
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To try to beat the traffic, they head up to higher ground
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and a better vantage point.
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Just when they think they've found the answer...
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DOG BARKS
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HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLING
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RADIO PLAYS FROM CAR
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So it's not going that well.
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It's probably one of the hardest places
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I've ever come to film monkeys
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in all the years that I've been filming them in jungles, in their natural habitat.
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After three days racing round the hectic city,
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they still don't have a single decent shot of a marmoset.
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To increase their chances of finding a settled troop,
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the two decide to split up.
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I think I can hear one down here.
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'Mark, I've got some up here.
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'There are about four of them up on the hill now.' I'm on my way.
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'Come on, quick, quick.'
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Gavin has found an area
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where a family of marmosets come together to socialise.
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They're doing some really cool stuff.
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Finding them is one thing,
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but now the crew need to encourage the group to stay around
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as long as possible.
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It will take time to get the monkeys used to their presence.
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We're trying to mimic their calls and make a very high-pitched call.
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So I'm going to go... Sss!
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Sss!
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That sounds nothing like them.
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A proper recording might do better.
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We're on Led Zeppelin at the moment. Hang on.
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I'm sure they like heavy metal, but not today.
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There we go, there we go. Listen to that.
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RECORDING PLAYS OF MARMOSET SQUEAKS
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It certainly seems to help and over the next few days,
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the group start to ignore the cameras
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and the crew get some key shots.
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It means we can get some really nice behaviour of them
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just doing what they do normally.
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Now it's time to get closer
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to see what life on the wires looks like
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from the marmosets' own perspective.
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We're just slowly, slowly building their trust.
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They want to get the camera as near as possible.
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But those are high-voltage cables
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and there are enough reminders that the wires are live.
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If we can get the marmosets running along the wires here,
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literally we'll be looking eye to eye to them.
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He's really using his tail then,
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to keep himself balanced when he's running quickly like that.
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From this unique viewpoint,
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the acrobatic skills of the marmosets come sharply into focus.
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How on earth does it do that? He's up on a wobbly wire
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and he leaps over another marmoset and lands on the wire again.
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That's incredible.
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They leap from wire to wire
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and for a moment they're just in midair.
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I think that looks really dangerous.
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Eventually the crew reach the limits
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of how much more they can safely achieve here.
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They will need to move to a more controlled environment
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to film their stars in any greater detail.
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Leaving the glamour of Rio behind them,
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they head to a small shed... in Cumbria.
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Here, in a wildlife sanctuary, lives a troop of marmosets -
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the high-wire stunt doubles for the next phase of the filming.
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First the marmosets' home needs to be transformed
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into a special effects studio.
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Using a blue screen will allow them
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to superimpose images of Rio in the background.
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For the marmosets themselves,
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there's a state-of-the-art slow-motion camera.
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We're going to use this to show how agile they are
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and how they can actually grip on to the wire
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and what's going on as they're moving at such high speed.
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Once the studio is set up, it doesn't take long
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for the curious marmosets to take an interest.
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Unfortunately, it's an interest in our cameras rather than the wire.
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Oi, get off my lens.
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They're everywhere except on the wire.
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The wire is over there.
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Here we go.
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It's not long before these intelligent monkeys
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are exploring the wires...
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..and it's all captured in super-slow motion.
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OK, well, that's very, very promising.
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Rolling.
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Now it's time to replicate the acrobatic leaps
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made by their cousins in Rio.
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Yeah, I guess it's exaggerated by the wide-angle lens as well.
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One at a time, they're queuing up.
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But will our stunt doubles show the same level of skills?
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Oh, wow. Oh, that's lovely! Wow, that's nice.
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It's like he's floating in the air in that one.
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Very pleased. Hello. Hello. Oop! He's pleased as well.
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Well, final shot of the sequence.
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What I want is a big close-up.
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It's one small leap for a marmoset...
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and one extraordinary shot.
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Hey! Brilliant.
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The Cumbrian marmosets are just as agile as their Brazilian relatives.
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Throughout the whole series,
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the combination of wild filming and special effects
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has enabled us to recreate
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the extraordinary lives of the heroes in the Hidden Kingdoms.
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