All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E18.1080p.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'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON ANOTHER

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'LL DISCOVER THE
DIVERSE WILDLIFE LIVING ON THE

CONTINENT OF ASIA.

STARTING IN EASTERN ASIA WHERE
THESE MACAQUES HAVE CRACKED THE

CASE OF HOW TO GET TO THEIR
FAVORITE MEAL.

THEN, WE'LL TRY TO GRAB A BITE
WITH ASIA'S BIGGEST CAT.

AND LATER, WE'LL DISCOVER THE
WILDLIFE THAT COMES OUT AT NIGHT

IN THE ARABIAN DESERT.

ALL THAT AND MORE ON TODAY'S
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: THE ASIAN CONTINENT IS
SO LARGE, IT'S SEPARATED INTO

THREE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
CLIMATE ZONES.

COLD ARCTIC WINDS DEFINE THE
NORTH CENTRAL ZONE.

THE HOT AND DESOLATE SOUTHWEST
ZONE IS HOME TO THE GOBI DESERT

AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA.

AND FINALLY, THERE'S THE
SOUTHEAST ZONE WHERE TODAY'S

ODYSSEY BEGINS.

THIS LUSH, TROPICAL CLIMATE IS
PERFECT FOR THE INCREDIBLE

PRIMATES YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET.

WELCOME TO THE FAR EAST OF
ASIA'S BORDER WHERE THE LAND IS

RENOWN FOR ITS ICONIC WILDLIFE.

MOST NOTORIOUS THAN ANY OTHER
ANIMAL WITH MORE THAN 50

SPECIES, THE MONKEY DOMINATES
THIS REGION.

AND HERE IN THAILAND, A GROUP OF
MACAQUES HAVE DEVELOPED AN

ABILITY THEY DISPLAY ALMOST
NOWHERE ELSE.

LONG-TAILED MACAQUES ARE USUALLY
FOUND AMONGST THE TREES EATING

FRUIT.

BUT AT LOW TIDE, THIS
EXTRAORDINARY TROOP HAVE LEARNED

TO HARVEST A SURPRISING FOOD
SOURCE.

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DYLAN: TWICE A DAY THE MACAQUES
GATHER,

WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE
TIDE TO GO OUT.

AS THE WATER RECEDES, IT EXPOSES
A COASTLINE ENCRUSTED WITH

SHELLFISH.

DUE TO THEIR TOUGH ARMOR, THEY
WOULDN'T GENERALLY APPEAR ON THE

MACAQUES' MENU.

IT CAN BE A STRUGGLE TO CRACK
THE MOLLUSKS OPEN.

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DYLAN: AND BASHING THEM AGAINST
THE ROCKS IS A SLOW AND OFTEN

WASTED EFFORT.

SO, OUT OF NECESSITY CAME
INVENTION.

INCREDIBLY, THESE MACAQUES HAVE
LEARNED TO USE STONES AS TOOLS.

MUCH THE SAME AS OUR EARLY
ANCESTORS, THESE MACAQUES USE

STONES AS MAKESHIFT HAMMERS;
APPLYING THE PERFECT FORCE TO

GENTLY OPEN THE MOLLUSKS.

AND THIS ISN'T JUST BRUTE FORCE.

MACAQUES ACTUALLY SELECT
DIFFERENT SHAPED STONES

DEPENDING ON THE JOB.

OYSTERS REQUIRE A POINTED STONE.

WHILE A HEAVY, FLAT STONE IS
USED FOR COLLECTED SHELLFISH,

NUTS AND CRABS.

FEW ANIMALS ON EARTH ARE ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE SUCH DEXTERITY WITH

STONE TOOLS.

FOR SOME MACAQUES, LEARNING THE
TECHNIQUE TAKES TIME.

BUT PATIENCE IS EVENTUALLY
REWARDED.

BUT THEY ARE ALSO WORKING
AGAINST THE CLOCK.

AND THE TROOP MUST MOVE QUICKLY
ALONG THE COASTLINE AT EACH LOW

TIDE.

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DYLAN: THEY JUST HAVE A FEW
HOURS BEFORE THE SEA WILL

SUBMERGE THE ROCKS ONCE MORE.

COMING UP, WHEN THE SUN GOES
DOWN, THE DESERT WAKES UP.

THIS JUMPING JIRD IS JUST TRYING
TO AVOID THE STEALTHY SIDEWINDER

HIDING IN THE SAND.

THEN, IN ASIAN WILDERNESS, THIS
BENGAL TIGER TRIES TO EARN ITS

STRIPES.

PLUS, IT'S A DESERT FACE-OFF
LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.

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

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DYLAN: WELCOME TO ARABIA'S
DEMANDING DESERT.

WHERE THE SMALLEST CREATURES
MUST HAVE THE BIGGEST SENSE OF

DANGER.

TENTATIVELY TESTING THE AIR FOR
DANGER, A JIRD EMERGES FROM HIS

BURROUGH.

HAVING JUST WOKEN UP FROM HIS
DAYTIME SLUMBER, IT'S TIME TO

FEED.

RELATED TO THE GERBIL, HE'S ONE
OF THE SMALLEST MAMMALS FOUND IN

THE DESERT.

HOWEVER, APPEARANCES CAN BE
DECEIVING.

HE'S ABLE TO JUMP DISTANCES 3
TIMES HIS OWN LENGTH, AND WILL

VIGOROUSLY DEFEND HIS FOOD FROM
COMPETITORS.

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DYLAN: HE WINS, BUT HIS
TROUBLES AREN'T OVER YET.

A HORNED VIPER IS ALSO SEARCHING
FOR A QUICK BITE.

BUT SHE HAS A DIFFERENT TRICK.

SHE WILL SEEMINGLY VANISH INTO
THIN AIR.

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DYLAN: CAMOUFLAGE HELPS HER
AMBUSH.

BUT IN ARABIA'S DESERTS, THE
JIRD IS A MASTER ESCAPE ARTIST.

SUNRISE REVEALS ANOTHER ILLUSION
OF THIS LAND.

THE MOUNTAINOUS DUNES OF OMAN'S
WAHIBA SANDS ARE CONSTANTLY

MOVING.

DRIVEN BY THE ELEMENTS, THEY
TRAVEL AROUND 30 FEET EACH YEAR.

HOWEVER, SINCE THEY ARE UNABLE
TO MOVE, MANY TREES DROWN IN

THESE SHIFTING SANDS.

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DYLAN: MORNING WINDS ARE
BEGINNING TO PICK UP.

ANIMAL TRACKS TELL THE STORY OF
THE NIGHT BEFORE.

YET THESE WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.

COOL LIQUID-LIKE DUNES ALLOW THE
ARABIAN SAND BOA

TO ESCAPE THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

SPOOKY SOUNDS REVERBERATE ACROSS
THE SHIFTING SEA.

THIS SCORPION MUST ALSO KEEP
MOVING.

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DYLAN: WITH POOR EYESIGHT, IT
USES THE COMB-LIKE STRUCTURES

CALLED PECTINES UNDER ITS BODY
TO BUILD UP A PICTURE OF THIS

ENVIRONMENT.

HOWEVER, AS DARKNESS FALLS ONCE
AGAIN, NOT ALL OF ARABIA'S SANDS

ARE STIRRED BY THE CLIMATE.

COMING UP, CAN THIS BENGAL TIGER
FIND A FEAST IN ASIA'S DANGEROUS

WILDERNESS?

PLUS, WE'LL DIG IN WITH THIS
AGAMA TO DISCOVER HOW IT BEATS

THE DESERT HEAT.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT
THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTINENT

HAS SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
PREDATORS.

AND FEW ARE MORE ICONIC THAN THE
BENGAL TIGER.

THIS BEAUTIFUL AND BRUTISH BEAST
EARNED ITS STRIPES BY BEING ONE

OF THE BEST HUNTERS IN THE ASIAN
JUNGLE; ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT

FOR A QUICK MEAL.

THIS FOREST IS THE HUNTING
GROUND OF ONE OF INDIA'S APEX

PREDATORS.

SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY
TOWARDS THEM,

THE LEGENDARY BENGAL TIGER.

THIS FEMALE IS A MASTER OF
STALKING AND AMBUSH.

THERE ARE EYES IN THE TREES
READY TO RAISE THE ALARM IF THE

BIG CAT IS SPOTTED.

BUT A SMALL GROUP OF DEER HAS
LEFT THE SAFETY OF THE HERD.

IT HASN'T GONE UNNOTICED.

THE DEER ARE FAST.

SHE NEEDS TO GET CLOSE BEFORE
SPRINGING HER TRAP.

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DYLAN: TO SUCCEED, SHE MUST GET
WITHIN A FEW FEET OF HER PREY.

SPOTTED DEER HAVE EXCELLENT
HEARING AND AN INCREDIBLE SENSE

OF SMELL.

BUT IT'S THE LANGURS WHO SPOT
HER FIRST.

THE ALARM CALL RINGS OUT,
ALERTING EVERY ANIMAL WITHIN

RANGE.

FOR THE TIGER, THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR A SURPRISE ATTACK HAS NOW

SLIPPED AWAY.

BUT ALTHOUGH THIS ELUSIVE
PREDATOR USUALLY PREFERS TO

REMAIN HIDDEN, THERE ARE CERTAIN
ANIMALS IN THIS FOREST THAT SHE

WANTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH.

TIGERS ARE HIGHLY TERRITORIAL.

AND RIVALS ROAM NEARBY.

SHE MUST MARK OUT HER BORDERS OR
RISK A POTENTIALLY DEADLY

CONFRONTATION.

FIRST, SHE SNIFFS FOR OTHER
TIGERS.

AND THEN IT'S TIME TO LEAVE HER
SCENT INFORMING THE COMPETITION

TO KEEP AWAY.

HER RANGE CAN STRETCH MORE THAN
7 SQUARE MILES.

IN THE HEAT OF THIS FOREST, JUST
MARKING OUT HER HUNTING GROUND

IS THIRSTY WORK.

SO, TO AVOID DEHYDRATION, SHE'LL
NOW REST THROUGH THE HOTTEST

PART OF THE DAY, KNOWING ALL
OTHER TIGERS WILL STAY OUT OF

HER DOMAIN.

THE ONLY TIME SHE'LL BREAK THIS
RULE IS DURING BREEDING SEASON.

BUT SOME ANIMALS IN THIS PART OF
INDIA ARE FAR MORE OPEN WHEN IT

COMES TO ROMANCE.

A HERD OF SAMBAR DEER AMBLE
THROUGH THE FOREST.

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DYLAN: THE INFANTS NEVER STRAY
FAR FROM THEIR MOTHERS.

AND LUSTFUL MALES ARE ALWAYS
CLOSE BEHIND.

SAMBAR DEER MATE YEAR-ROUND, SO
ROMANCE IS ALWAYS ON THE CARDS.

AND THIS FEMALE IS ABOUT TO HAVE
HER MORNING BATH RUDELY

INTERRUPTED.

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DYLAN: THE HOPEFUL MALE
SEARCHES FOR ANY SIGN OF AN

INVITATION, BUT HIS PRIVATE
PARTY IS ABOUT TO BE

GATE-CRASHED.

ANOTHER MALE IS ON THE SCENE.

HE'S DISTRACTED BY THE INTRUDER,

LEAVING THE FEMALE ALONE.

AND SHE COULD BE IN SERIOUS
TROUBLE.

COMING UP, THE UNDERCOVER LIFE
OF RUSSIA'S TOAD-HEADED AGAMA.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME TO RUSSIA, WHERE
WINTER HAS TAKEN OVER THE

COUNTRY.

ALMOST EVERY INCH IS FROZEN.

WHILE RUSSIA'S ARCTIC SPECIES
HAVE ADAPTED TO THESE EXTREMES,

EVERYWHERE ELSE ANIMALS MUST
FIND WAYS TO BATTLE THE

ELEMENTS.

SOME MIGRATE.

OTHERS BURROW DOWN TO SIT OUT
THE MONTHS AHEAD.

BUT WHATEVER METHODS THEY USE TO
SURVIVE IN THIS VAST FROZEN

WILDERNESS, ALL MUST AWAIT THE
RETURN OF THE SUN.

AND IN RUSSIA, SPRING ARRIVES
FIRST HERE ON ITS SOUTHWESTERN

FRINGES IN THE DESERTS NEAR THE
CASPIAN SEA.

BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL APRIL THAT
TEMPERATURES ARE WARM ENOUGH FOR

ONE OF ITS MOST STRIKING
RESIDENTS TO EMERGE FROM ITS

WINTER HIDING PLACE.

AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS IS A
RATHER ORDINARY-LOOKING LIZARD.

BUT THIS SECRET TOAD-HEADED
AGAMA HAS A FEW HIDDEN TRICKS TO

HELP IT THRIVE IN THIS ARID
LANDSCAPE.

AND DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
REGULARLY EXCEED 80 DEGREES, SO

THE AGAMA ADOPTS A TIPTOE STANCE
TO LIMIT ITS CONTACT WITH THE

HOT SAND.

HE NEEDS THE SUN TO REGULATE HIS
BODY TEMPERATURE, BUT SOMETIMES

THE DESERT HEAT CAN BE TOO MUCH
FOR THE AGAMA.

TO ESCAPE THE SUN'S RAYS, HE
BURIES HIMSELF BY SHIMMYING INTO

THE SAND, ALMOST DISAPPEARING IN
SECONDS.

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DYLAN: BUT THIS ISN'T ONLY TO
KEEP COOL, IT ALSO PROVIDES

EXCELLENT CAMOUFLAGE FROM
PREDATORS AND PREY.

AFTER 4 MONTHS UNDERGROUND IN
HIS BURROUGH, THE AGAMA IS

HUNGRY.

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DYLAN: WITH HIS BELLY FULL,
SOMETHING ELSE TURNS HIS HEAD;

A FEMALE.

APRIL IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
AGAMA MATING SEASON.

WITH SPRING IN THE AIR, THINGS
COULD SOON BE HEATING UP.

BUT HE ISN'T THE ONLY MALE IN
THE AREA.

HE'LL NEED TO TAKE ON HIS
CHALLENGER IF HE WANTS TO EARN

THE RIGHT TO BREED.

FIGHTS OVER FEMALES CAN BE
BLOODY.

BUT THEY HAVE LESS VIOLENT WAYS
TO SCARE OFF THE COMPETITION.

PULLING OUT HIS MOST
IMPRESSIVE HIDDEN WEAPON,

THE CHALLENGER UNVEILS HIS
BRIGHTLY-COLORED SKIN FLAPS.

UNDETERRED, THE OTHER MALE
FLICKS HIS TAIL AT THE

CHALLENGER TO SIGNAL HIS INTENT
TO STAND HIS GROUND.

THE CHALLENGER REPLIES.

EVENTUALLY, IT WORKS AND THE
CHALLENGER BACKS DOWN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US IN
OUR ADVENTURE TO ASIA TO

DISCOVER THE ANIMALS THAT CALL
THIS MASSIVE CONTINENT HOME.

FROM CLIMATE TO THE ENVIRONMENT,
SO MANY FACTORS ARE STACKED

AGAINST THEM.

BUT THEIR ABILITY TO ADAPT IS
WHAT MAKES THE ANIMALS OF ASIA

SO SPECIAL.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
ANOTHER "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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