All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E01.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING

TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI, I'M DYLAN DREYER AND
WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON

ANOTHER "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE VISIT SOME OF THE MOST
EXTREME PLACES ON EARTH.

IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN CHINA, THESE SNUB-NOSED

MONKEYS ARE WALKING ON THE EDGE.

THEN, WE'LL HEAD TO THE SAHARA
DESERT WHERE THIS SAND FISH

FEELS AT HOME MILES AWAY FROM
THE OCEAN.

THEN, WE HEAD TO THE POLAR
OPPOSITE CLIMATE WHERE WE

DISCOVER THE WORLD'S LARGEST
SPECIES OF BEAR.

PLUS, WE HEAD TO JAPAN WHERE
THIS FREEZING VALLEY IS HOME TO

THESE NATIVE MACAQUES AND WHERE
LIFE IS ALWAYS EXTREME.

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DYLAN: FROM PHYSICAL TO
BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS, ANIMALS

IN THE WILD HAVE FOUND WAYS TO
EXCEL IN THE MOST EXTREME

ENVIRONMENTS.

THE ROCKHOPPER PENGUINS HERE AT
THE DETROIT ZOO CAN DIVE MORE

THAN 300 FEET TO PURSUE THEIR
PREY.

ONE OF THE MANY SKILLS THEY'VE
LEARNED TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS

OF THEIR ARCTIC HOME.

AND WHILE SOME ANIMALS DIVE,
OTHERS CLIMB, LIKE THE DARING

MONKEYS YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET.

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN
CHINA, AT TWO AND A HALF MILES

ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WINTER
CERTAINLY IS EXTREME.

THE TREES IN THESE MYSTERIOUS
HIGH-ALTITUDE FORESTS HAVE

SOMEHOW FOUND A WAY TO SURVIVE.

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DYLAN: BUT BLANKETED IN SNOW
FOR MONTHS ON END, AND WITH

AVERAGE WINTER TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW FREEZING, FEW ANIMALS CAN

WITHSTAND THE CONDITIONS AT THIS
HEIGHT.

YET, THESE MOUNTAINS ARE
INFAMOUS FOR STRANGE YETI-LIKE

CREATURES, BELIEVED TO ROAM
THESE FROZEN FORESTS.

BUT THIS IS NO MYTH.

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DYLAN: SOMEHOW CAPABLE OF
WITHSTANDING THESE PUNISHING

CONDITIONS, SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
LIVE AT THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE OF

ANY PRIMATE ON EARTH.

THESE STRANGE MONKEYS LIVE IN
COLONIES OF AROUND 60.

ISOLATED ON MOUNTAINTOPS,
THEY'VE EVOLVED TRICKS TO COPE

WITH THE EXTREME CONDITIONS.

TO AVOID FROSTBITE, THEY HAVE NO
NASAL BONES.

AND THE UPTURNED NOSTRILS MEAN
THEY HAVE LESS FLESH EXPOSED TO

THE BITTER COLD.

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DYLAN: THEIR THICK, SHAGGY FUR
IS ALSO PERFECTLY DESIGNED TO

KEEP IN BODY HEAT.

NO FRUIT OR LEAVES GROW IN THIS
HARSH ENVIRONMENT, SO THESE

MONKEYS HAVE TO SETTLE FOR PINE
NEEDLES AND TREE BARK.

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DYLAN: LUCKILY, THERE'S PLENTY
TO GO AROUND.

WITH FEW ANIMALS ABLE TO SURVIVE
IN THIS BRUTAL CONDITIONS, THESE

MONKEYS ARE LEFT IN ALMOST TOTAL
PEACE.

BUT SOMETIMES, AN OUTSIDER WILL
TRY AND INVADE A RIVAL COLONY'S

TERRITORY.

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DYLAN: CAUSING TENSION TO RISE.

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DYLAN: WHEN A RIVAL MALE TRIES
HIS LUCK, IT'S THE ALPHA'S JOB

TO DEFEND THE COLONY.

A BATTLE ERUPTS AND THE REST OF
THE GROUP SHOUTS THEIR SUPPORT.

SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS HAVE HUGE
CANINE TEETH THAT MAKE ANY

CONFLICT A DANGEROUS AFFAIR.

THE CHALLENGER PUTS UP A
SPIRITED DISPLAY.

BUT THE PACK'S ALPHA MALE
ASSERTS HIS STRENGTH.

AND THE INVADER IS FORCED TO
RETREAT BACK TO HIS OWN COLONY

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
MOUNTAIN.

HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
ALL THE DANGER IS GONE.

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DYLAN: AS NIGHT STARTS TO FALL,
THE TEMPERATURES PLUNGE EVEN

LOWER.

AND THEIR SHAGGY IS NOT ENOUGH
TO FULLY INSULATE THEMSELVES

AGAINST THE COLD.

TO SURVIVE HERE, THE MONKEYS
MUST HUDDLE TOGETHER IN THE

TREES AS A UNIT.

USING THEIR COMBINED BODY HEAT
TO FIGHT THE MOUNTAIN'S

POTENTIALLY DEADLY COLD.

COMING UP, THESE JAPANESE
MACAQUES HAVE A SPECIAL

ADAPTATION THAT GIVES THEM A
HAND WHEN SEARCHING FOR A FROZEN

DINNER.

AND LATER, WE HEAD TO THE
EXTREME ENDS OF THE EARTH WHERE

THE TEMPERATURE IS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO BARE.

BUT FIRST, WE HEAD TO THE DESERT
WHERE ONE CREATURE LOOKS LIKE A

FISH OUT OF WATER.

ALL THIS AND MORE COMING UP
NEXT.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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DYLAN: THE SAHARA DESERT IS THE
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A SUBTROPICAL

DESERT.

SURPRISINGLY, NIGHTTIME
TEMPERATURES CAN DROP BELOW

FREEZING, BUT IN THE DAY, THINGS
WARM UP RAPIDLY.

VERY RAPIDLY.

JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE
AND IT'S ALREADY A SCORCHING 95

DEGREES.

THE INTENSE HEAT AND CONSTANT
SANDSTORMS MAKE THIS A

TREACHEROUS PLACE TO LIVE.

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DYLAN: BUT FOR ANIMALS ADAPTED
TO THESE EXTREME CONDITIONS,

THIS HEAT IS A VITAL SOURCE OF
ENERGY.

THIS SANDFISH IS COLD-BLOODED
AND NEEDS THE SUN TO RECHARGE

AFTER A COLD NIGHT.

THE SANDFISH'S SMOOTH BODY AND
SHORT, STURDY LEGS ARE IDEAL FOR

MOVING ACROSS THE DESERT
TERRAIN.

HIS EARS AND NOSTRILS ARE ALSO
SMALL ENOUGH TO STOP SAND FROM

GETTING INTO HIS NOSE AND LUNGS.

THE SANDFISH IS PERFECTLY
DESIGNED FOR THIS EXTREME

ENVIRONMENT.

BUT SO IS ITS DEADLY ENEMY.

THE HORNED VIPER IS A FEARSOME
PREDATOR WITH A TASTE FOR

SANDFISH.

MOST ANIMALS STRUGGLE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE SANDY DUNES.

BUT THE HORNED VIPER HAS
DEVELOPED THE PERFECT TECHNIQUE

TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE BURNING
SAND AT HIGH SPEED.

TO AVOID SINKING, IT GRIPS WITH
TWO POINTS OF ITS LONG BODY,

REPEATEDLY THROWING THE REST OF
ITSELF SIDEWAYS.

PRODUCING THE SMOOTH MOVEMENT
THAT GIVES THE SNAKE ITS

NICKNAME: THE SIDEWINDER.

THIS TECHNIQUE ALSO PREVENTS IT
FROM OVERHEATING, KEEPING AS

MUCH OF ITS BODY OFF THE SEARING
GROUND AS POSSIBLE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, HE SMELLS PREY.

THE SANDFISH APPEARS UNABLE TO
MOVE.

HE IS STILL WARMING UP HIS BODY
AS HIS NEMESIS NEARS.

THE SANDFISH KNOWS HE HAS NO
CHANCE OF OUTRUNNING THE VIPER.

THE SNAKE TAKES HIS TIME AS HE
PREPARES TO STRIKE.

THE OUTCOME APPEARS INEVITABLE,
BUT THE SANDFISH HAS A SECRET

WEAPON FOR SURVIVING IN THE
DESERT.

DISAPPEARING INTO THE SAND, THE
LIZARD ESCAPES THE VIPER'S

DEADLY FANGS.

IT'S THIS INCREDIBLE TRICK THAT
GIVES THE SANDFISH ITS NAME.

LITERALLY SWIMMING THROUGH THE
SAND TO SAFETY.

HIS STREAMLINED BODY AND SMOOTH
SKIN MEANS HE CAN TRAVEL WITH

GREAT SPEED UNDER THE DESERT,
AWAY FROM HIS ENEMIES.

LEAVING THE VIPER TO CONTINUE
HIS SEARCH FOR BREAKFAST.

COMING UP, WHAT SPECIAL
ADAPTATION IS KEEPING THESE

JAPANESE MACAQUE'S BELLIES FULL?

BUT FIRST, WE HEAD TO ONE OF THE
COLDEST REGIONS WITH THE LARGEST

LAND CARNIVORE ON EARTH.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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DYLAN: WHEN LIVING AT THE
EXTREME PARTS OF THE EARTH,

ANIMALS MUST BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL.

POLAR BEARS LIVE MUCH OF THEIR
LIVES ON THE SHEETS OF ICE THAT

COVER THE ARCTIC, AND THIS
SLIPPERY SURFACE CAN BE

TREACHEROUS.

THAT'S WHY THEY'VE DEVELOPED
HUGE FOOT-LONG PAWS BUILT FOR

ROAMING THE FROZEN TUNDRA.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
WAYS POLAR BEARS SURVIVE IN THE

WILD AND THRIVE AT EXTREMES.

SVALBARD, A LAND OF FROZEN ICE
AND TUNDRA.

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DYLAN: HOME TO THE WORLD'S
LARGEST LAND PREDATOR.

MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF
THOUSAND POLAR BEARS SOMEHOW

MANAGE TO SURVIVE IN THIS FROZEN
WILDERNESS.

ON ITS HINDLEGS, THIS ADULT
POLAR BEAR IS ALMOST TEN FEET

TALL AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 1,300
POUNDS.

FOUR INCHES OF FAT AND HOLLOW
FUR INSULATE THE BEAR AGAINST

THE ARCTIC CLIMATE.

AS HE ROAMS THE SEA ICE
SEARCHING FOR SEALS.

HE HAS A POWERFUL SENSE OF
SMELL, DETECTING PREY FROM 18

MILES AWAY.

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DYLAN: A RINGED SEAL AND HER
PUP ARE RELAXING BY A BREATHING

HOLE.

SEAL PUPS NEED TO SPEND THE
FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES

ON DRY LAND, UNTIL THEIR FUR IS
FULLY WATERPROOF.

THIS GIVES THE POLAR BEAR HIS
OPPORTUNITY.

THE RINGED SEAL'S VISION IS POOR
AND REMAINS UNAWARE OF THE

APPROACHING DANGER.

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DYLAN: THIS TIME, THE POLAR
BEAR MISSES OUT.

ONLY ONE IN 50 HUNTS AT THIS
TIME OF YEAR ARE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT IT'S JUST ENOUGH TO SURVIVE.

FEW ANIMALS ARE BETTER DESIGNED
TO WITHSTAND EXTREME

TEMPERATURES THAN THE MASSIVE
POLAR BEAR.

COMING UP, THEIR FINGERS MUST BE
FREEZING BUT IT'S ALL WORTH IT

AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR THESE
JAPANESE MACAQUES.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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DYLAN: JIGOKUDANI IS A
MOUNTAINOUS REGION IN JAPAN.

THE NAME MEANS HELL'S VALLEY.

TEMPERATURES HERE OFTEN DROP
BELOW 14 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

WITH A THICK BLANKET OF SNOW
COVERING THE GROUND FOR FOUR

MONTHS OF THE YEAR, FEW ANIMALS
CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THESE

CONDITIONS.

BUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY PRIMATE
IS ONE EXCEPTION.

THE JAPANESE MACAQUE.

AROUND 200 MACAQUES INHABIT THIS
BLEAK LANDSCAPE ALL YEAR-ROUND.

AND IN WINTER, THEY ARE FORCED
TO FORAGE FOR FOOD UNDERNEATH

THE SNOW.

LIVING OFF ROOTS OR EVEN SOIL.

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DYLAN: FORTUNATELY, A MACAQUE'S
FINGERS ARE NEARLY AS DEXTEROUS

AS A HUMAN'S, GIVING THEM THE
ABILITY TO DIG DOWN DEEP INTO

THE SNOW.

BUT THEIR FUR ONLY OFFERS THEM
LIMITED PROTECTION FROM THE

BLIZZARDS AND ICY WINDS.

LIFE IS HARD FOR THE MONKEYS
HERE IN JIGOKUDANI.

BUT THESE LUCKY CREATURES HAVE
MANAGED TO FIND A WAY TO GET OUT

OF THE COLD.

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DYLAN: JIGOKUDANI IS A VOLCANIC
HOTSPOT AND WATER BOILS UP FROM

DEEP IN THE EARTH'S CRUST,
CREATING NATURAL HOT SPRINGS.

THE WATER IN THIS NATURAL HOT
TUB REACHES 104 DEGREES,

PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED RESPITE
FROM THE WINTER CHILL.

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DYLAN: THE POOLS ARE USED
REGULARLY BY THE MONKEYS WHO

GATHER HERE, TO RELAX AFTER AN
EXHAUSTING DAY FORAGING.

THEY SPEND MUCH OF THEIR TIME
GROOMING EACH OTHER.

BUT NOT ALL MONKEYS ARE ALLOWED
IN.

MACAQUES HAVE AN INTENSELY
HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE.

THEY LIVE IN GROUPS RULED BY A
DOMINANT FEMALE AND MALE.

THE ALPHA MALE WON'T LET JUST
ANYONE INTO HIS THERMAL

PARADISE.

ENTRY IS FOR APPROVED MEMBERS
ONLY.

HE FAVORS HIGH-RANKING FEMALES
AND THE YOUNG.

THE REST ARE LOCKED OUT IN THE
COLD.

ONE UNVETTED MONKEY TRIES A SPOT
OF BATHING.

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DYLAN: HE'S TAUGHT A BRUTAL
LESSON IN HOT TUB ETIQUETTE.

WITH THE INTRUDER GONE, THE
MACAQUES GET BACK TO RELAXING BY

THE POOL.

REGIONS WITH ACTIVE VOLCANOES
USUALLY MAKE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE FOR

MOST ANIMALS.

YET, WITHOUT THE VOLCANIC WATERS
OF JIGOKUDANI, THESE MONKEYS

COULD NOT SURVIVE THIS HARSH
ENVIRONMENT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR
QUEST TO DISCOVER LIFE ON THE

EDGE, IN THE MOST EXTREME PLACES
ON EARTH.

WHILE OTHERS MIGHT NOT DARE TO
VENTURE INTO THESE

UNCOMPROMISING LOCALES, THE
ANIMALS WHO LIVE HERE HAVE

ADAPTED TO MAKE THEM HOME FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
ANOTHER ADVENTURE ON "EARTH

ODYSSEY".

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