All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E21.1080p.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 MEET SOME OF THE
MOST INTELLIGENT CREATURES IN

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

WE'LL HEAD TO SOUTH AMERICA
WHERE THIS BIRD REALLY USES ITS

HEAD TO FIND A TASTY TREAT.

PLUS, THIS PACK OF WILD DOGS
TRIES TO OUTWIT AND OUTRACE

THEIR PREY.

AND LATER, THESE SMART STORKS
CHOOSE TO LIVE LIFE ON THE EDGE.

BUT FIRST, THESE SEASONED
EXPERTS REALLY KNOW HOW TO

PREPARE A MEAL.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: TO THRIVE IN NATURE'S
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS, ANIMALS

HAVE TO BE RESOURCEFUL, BRAVE,
AND MOST OF ALL, SMART.

THE MARGIN FOR ERROR IS THIN
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE THICK OF THE

WILD.

TODAY, WE'RE TREKKING AROUND THE
WORLD FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME

OF EARTH'S CLEVEREST CREATURES,
STARTING WITH A GROUP OF HUNGRY

MACAQUES, WHO REALLY KNOW HOW TO
CLEAN THEIR PLATES.

TAKE A LOOK.

HERE ON THE BEACHES OF KOSHIMA,
A GROUP OF JAPANESE MACAQUES

HAVE EVOLVED A CULINARY
PREFERENCE FOR WASHING THEIR

FOOD BEFORE EATING.

SCIENTISTS HAVE COME HERE TO
MONITOR THIS UNIQUE BEHAVIOR.

LIKE ANY PICNIC ON THE BEACH,
THE MACAQUE'S FOOD ALWAYS GETS

COVERED IN SAND.

AND NO ONE LIKES SAND IN THEIR
MOUTH.

SO, THE MACAQUES HAVE COME UP
WITH A SOLUTION.

THEY ALWAYS WASH WHAT THEY EAT.

USING THEIR HIGHLY DEXTEROUS
FINGERS, THEY CLEAN AND PEEL

THEIR FOOD.

AND EVEN SEASON THEIR LUNCH,
DIPPING IT IN THE SALTY WATER

BETWEEN BITES.

IT'S THE FACT THAT THIS BEHAVIOR
IS SELF-TAUGHT THAT MAKES IT SO

FASCINATING.

CHOOSING TO WASH THEIR FOOD
SEEMS TO DEMONSTRATE A FAR

HIGHER LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE
THAN SIMPLY EATING IT AS THEY

FIND IT.

THE YOUNG MACAQUES WITNESS THE
ELDER'S EATING HABITS AND CHOOSE

TO FOLLOW SUIT, IN ORDER TO FIT
IN.

BY THE TIME THEY'VE MASTERED THE
TECHNIQUE, AT AROUND TWO AND A

HALF, THEY'VE DEVELOPED A TASTE
FOR THE SALTY SNACKS.

AND SOME SIMPLY CAN'T GET
ENOUGH.

SOME RESEARCHERS ARGUE THE FACT
THAT ONLY THIS GROUP OF MACAQUES

HAS DEVELOPED AND PASSED DOWN
THIS UNIQUE BEHAVIOR SHOWS IT'S

A LEARNED CULTURE AND A
SELF-TAUGHT BEHAVIOR INDICATES

AN ANIMAL'S UNDERLYING
INTELLIGENCE.

HERE IN AFRICA, THE WEAVER BIRD
IS ONE ANIMAL THAT MANY BELIEVE

DEMONSTRATES ADVANCED PROBLEM
SOLVING.

THEY BUILD NESTS SO COMPLEX AND
INTRICATE, EVEN HUMANS FIND IT

DIFFICULT TO EMULATE.

EACH SPECIES' NESTS ARE UNIQUE.

BUT THEY ALL REQUIRE CAREFUL
PLANNING AND DESIGN.

THEY USE A VARIETY OF PLANT
MATERIALS TO BUILD WITH.

AND USING ONLY ITS BEAK, THE
WEAVER BIRD CAN ACTUALLY TIE

KNOTS.

IT'S THIS SKILL THAT ALLOWS THEM
TO CREATE SUCH STRONG AND

ELABORATE CONSTRUCTIONS.

CHOOSING A BRANCH HANGING OVER
WATER, THE BIRDS ALSO BUILD A

NARROW TUBE-LIKE ENTRANCE TO
DETER PREDATORS.

THE MALES DO ALL THIS AS PART OF
THEIR COURTSHIP AND ONLY THE

MOST IMPRESSIVE NESTS WILL
ATTRACT A FEMALE.

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DYLAN: OFTEN, THEY MUST BE TORN
DOWN MANY TIMES UNTIL IT MEETS

HER REQUIREMENTS.

AND IT'S THIS PROCESS WHERE THE
WEAVERS DISPLAY THEIR ABILITY TO

LEARN.

THEY ARE NOT BORN WITH AN INNATE
ABILITY TO MAKE THE PERFECT

NEST.

INSTEAD, THEY MUST USE THEIR
INTELLIGENCE TO ADJUST THEIR

TECHNIQUE AND HONE THEIR SKILLS.

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DYLAN: ALL SO THAT THEY CAN
BUILD THE PERFECT HOME.

COMING UP, THESE WISE WHITE
STORKS WINTER AT THE WATER'S

EDGE.

AND LATER, THESE AFRICAN WILD
DOGS WORK TOGETHER TO WIN THE

RACE.

PLUS, WE SEARCH HIGH AND LOW FOR
THE SMARTEST CREATURES IN SOUTH

AMERICA.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE WHEN WE
RETURN TO "EARTH ODYSSEY".

[MUSIC]

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

DYLAN: THE NEXT STOP ON OUR
JOURNEY TO FIND SOME OF THE

WORLD'S MOST INGENIOUS ANIMALS
IS THE ROCKY CLIFF OVERLOOKING

THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

LUCKILY, ONE HEARTY BIRD IS
PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THIS

HARSH ENVIRONMENT.

THE WHITE STORK.

THIS COASTLINE IS HOME TO THE
ONLY COLONY OF CLIFF-NESTING

WHITE STORKS IN THE WORLD.

MOST MIGRATE TO AFRICA TO SPEND
THE WINTER MONTHS IN WARMER

CLIMATES.

HOWEVER, THIS COLONY HAS SETTLED
ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, THANKS

TO ITS ISOLATED CLIFFS.

THE SAME NEST SITES ARE USED
YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THE STRUCTURES MIGHT LOOK
FRAGILE, BUT AT SIX FEET WIDE,

TEN FEET DEEP, AND WEIGHING
1,100 POUNDS, THEY ARE STURDY

ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THEIR
EXTREME LOCATION.

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DYLAN: THIS MOTHER IS
REBUILDING A NEST FOR HER

UPCOMING ARRIVALS.

TWIGS TO STRENGTHEN THE WALLS
AND FOLIAGE TO PROVIDE SOME

MUCH-NEEDED SOFT FURNISHINGS.

HOWEVER, OTHER STORKS AREN'T
QUITE AS PROACTIVE AT REPAIRING

THEIR NESTS.

SOME TURN TO THIEVERY.

IT'S A RISKY MOVE AND THIS
CULPRIT HAS BEEN CAUGHT.

THE ORIGINAL RESIDENT FIERCELY
DEFENDS HER NEST.

STORKS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BREAK
OPPONENT'S WINGS DURING FIGHTS.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: SOON, THE DISPUTE IS
SETTLED AND PEACE RESUMES.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE FEMALE SETTLES INTO
HER NEST AND UP TO SIX EGGS ARE

LAID OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

FOR THEIR FIRST THREE WEEKS, THE
YOUNG CAN'T REGULATE THEIR OWN

BODY TEMPERATURE, SO ONE PARENT
SHELTERS THE BROOD WHILE THEIR

PARTNER FORAGES FOR INSECTS AND
REPTILES.

THE MALE RETURNS FROM A LONG DAY
HUNTING, REGURGITATING THE

PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD FOR HIS
OFFSPRING FROM A STORAGE

COMPARTMENT IN HIS THROAT.

THE CHICKS CAN CONSUME UP TO 60
PERCENT OF THEIR OWN BODY WEIGHT

EACH DAY.

DESPITE THIS, ONLY HALF ARE
LIKELY TO SURVIVE, SINCE

YOUNGER, WEAKER CHICKS STRUGGLE
TO COMPETE FOR FOOD.

BUT STARVATION IS NOT THE ONLY
THREAT IN THIS REMOTE

NEIGHBORHOOD.

PREDATORS ARE LURKING.

GULLS SOAR ABOVE AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR.

THEY'RE KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR
OWN CHICKS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE

THEIR EYES ON THE NEWLY HATCHED
STORKS.

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DYLAN: THEY DIVE BOMB THE
STORKS, CAUSING PANIC IN THE

NEST.

THEIR MOTHER STANDS GUARD, HER
BEAK AN EFFECTIVE DETERRENT.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: EVENTUALLY, THE GULL
RETREATS, LEAVING THE STORK

FAMILY SAFE FOR NOW.

BATTERED BY ATLANTIC WAVES AND
CONSTANT WINDS, CHOOSING TO LIVE

ON THIS COASTLINE BRINGS ITS
CHALLENGES.

BUT THE STORKS BENEFIT FROM
MILDER TEMPERATURES AND AN

ABUNDANCE OF FOOD.

AND THEY NOW THRIVE HERE.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: BY WORKING TOGETHER TO
PROTECT THEIR YOUNG, THOUSANDS

OF GREETING PAIRS OF STORKS HAVE
TURNED THIS HOSTILE LOCATION

INTO THEIR WINTER HOME.

COMING UP, THESE IMPALA FEAR THE
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.

PLUS, THE SMART SOUTH AMERICAN
SPECIES THAT YOU'LL REALLY DIG.

[MUSIC]

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

DYLAN: IN THE WILD, IT'S A
DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD, WHERE BOTH

PREDATOR AND PREY ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR THE UPPER HAND, OR

IN THIS CASE, PAW.

ACROSS THE OPEN PLAINS AND
SPARSE WOODLANDS OF THE

SUB-SAHARAN REGION, AFRICAN WILD
DOGS ARE NO DIFFERENT, USING A

PACK MENTALITY AS THEIR
ADVANTAGE WHEN HUNTING.

THIS CANINE CREW RELIES ON EACH
MEMBER DOING THEIR PART.

AND YOU'LL BE IN THE DOGHOUSE IF
YOU MISS YOUR MARK.

HERE IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA,
THESE IMPALA HAVE LEARNED TO

ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
PREDATORS.

BUT OTHER THAN THEIR CONTINUOUS
SURVEILLANCE, WITH NO REAL

LANGUAGE, IMPALA ARE UNABLE TO
DEVELOP ANY EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES

AGAINST INTELLIGENT PREDATORS.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: SUCH AS A PACK OF WILD
DOGS, ONE OF AFRICA'S MOST

EFFICIENT HUNTERS.

USING COMMUNICATION TO OUTWIT
THEIR PREY.

ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS
PACK'S HUNTS END IN A MEAL.

THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE
SUCCESS RATE OF A PRIDE OF

LIONS.

EVER ALERT, ONE OF THE DOGS
THINKS IT'S SPOTTED AN

OPPORTUNITY.

HE'S SINGLED OUT A TARGET BUT
THE IMPALA HAVE NO IDEA WHICH

ONE OF THEM THE DOGS ARE AFTER.

IN A CAREFULLY REHEARSED MOVE,
THE PACK SPREADS OUT,

ANTICIPATING THE IMPALA'S ESCAPE
TACTICS.

OVER SHORT DISTANCES, THE IMPALA
MAY BE ABLE TO OUTRUN THE DOGS,

BUT THIS IS NO SPRINT.

AS THE LEADING DOGS TIRE, THE
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PACK MOVE

UP TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON THE
IMPALA.

SOON, THE IMPALA'S INFERIOR
ENDURANCE BEGINS TO SHOW.

AND THE DOGS WASTE NO TIME IN
DISPATCHING THEIR PREY.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE DOGS FEAST QUIETLY,
HOPING TO AVOID ATTRACTING

SCAVENGERS.

THE ENTIRE CARCASS IS CONSUMED,
BEFORE RETREATING BACK

TO THE DEN.

HERE, MEAT IS REGURGITATED FOR
THE ALPHA FEMALE, WHO STAYED

BEHIND TO PROTECT HER PUPS, WHO
AREN'T YET STRONG ENOUGH TO JOIN

THE HUNT.

ONLY THE ALPHA IS ALLOWED TO
MATE, CREATING A STRONG

BLOODLINE AND A POWERFUL FAMILY
BOND.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: ENDURANCE, TEAMWORK, AND
PHYSICAL STRENGTH ARE VITAL TO

THE WILD DOG'S SUCCESS AS
HUNTERS.

BUT IT'S THEIR INTELLIGENCE THAT
TRULY MAKES THEM ONE OF THE MOST

EFFICIENT PREDATORS ON THE
AFRICAN SAVANNAH.

COMING UP, IT'S DINNERTIME IN
SOUTH AMERICA AND THESE BIRDS

ARE A LITTLE PECKISH.

WHILE THESE ARMADILLO WILL
REALLY TIP THE SCALES.

[MUSIC]

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

DYLAN: HIGH UP IN CHILE'S
FOREST CANOPY IS A NOISY

NEIGHBOR THAT NO ONE CAN IGNORE.

THIS MAGELLANIC WOODPECKER IS
HUNGRY,

BUT HIS PREY IS IN HIDING.

HIS NOISY TABLE MANNERS CAN BE
HEARD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE

FOREST.

AND HE'S NOT THE ONLY WOODPECKER
IN THE TREES TODAY.

HE'S JOINED BY A FEMALE.

BOTH ARE LOOKING FOR THE SAME
PRIZE.

THE RACE IS ON TO FIND THE JUICY
TREAT HIDING UNDERNEATH THE

BARK.

THE WOODPECKER'S TOES FACE BOTH
FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS, TO HELP

KEEP A FIRM GRIP.

ADDITIONALLY, STIFFENED TAIL
FEATHERS ACT AS A TRIPOD,

PROVIDING PERFECT STABILITY.

THE FEMALE'S PERSISTENCE PAYS
OFF AND SHE FINDS

A BEETLE LARVAE.

BASKING IN THE DELIGHT OF
VICTORY, SHE DIGESTS HER

WELL-EARNED FEAST.

WHILE THE MALE MAY HAVE LOST THE
FIRST FOOD FIGHT, HE DECIDES TO

BATTLE ON IN THE SEARCH FOR
LUNCH.

TO SURVIVE SOUTH AMERICA'S
WILDERNESS, THE WOODPECKER'S

PERSEVERANCE AND UNIQUE HUNTING
SKILLS ARE VITAL.

WHILE ANOTHER SPECIES FOUND IN
SOUTH AMERICA HAS DEVELOPED AN

EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE HUNTING
TECHNIQUE.

HERE IN PATAGONIA'S WILDERNESS,
ONE ANIMAL IS PERFECTLY AND

PECULIARLY ADAPTED TO HARSH
DESERT LIFE.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE LARGE, HAIRY
ARMADILLO.

THIS CREATURE IS COVERED WITH
PROTECTIVE BONY PLATES.

ARMADILLOS ARE OMNIVORES AND
THOSE THAT LIVE CLOSER TO THE

EQUATOR MAINLY EAT INSECTS AND
PLANTS.

BUT HERE, THE ARMADILLO HAS TO
FIND A WAY TO COPE WITH A LACK

OF RESOURCES.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AND TO OVERCOME THIS
SCARCITY, THESE ARMADILLOS HAVE

DEVELOPED AN UNUSUAL TASTE.

FOR MEAT.

HE HAS FOUND AN ABANDONED KILL,
A HARE.

WHILE HIS EYESIGHT IS POOR, HIS
AMAZING SENSE OF SMELL HAS

TRACKED DOWN THIS NUTRITIOUS,
MEATY MEAL.

AS THE TEMPERATURES CLIMB, THE
ARMADILLO NEEDS TO RETREAT

UNDERGROUND WHERE HIS MEAL CAN
BE SAVED FOR LATER.

LUCKILY, THIS SPECIES IS AN
ACCOMPLISHED DIGGER AND ITS

POWERFUL CLAWS MAKE LIGHT WORK
OF BURYING.

SPECIAL MEMBRANES IN ITS NOSE
ALLOW IT TO EXTRACT OXYGEN FROM

THE SOIL.

QUITE A USEFUL TECHNIQUE FOR AN
ANIMAL THAT SPENDS HALF ITS TIME

WITH ITS HEAD IN THE DIRT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR
EXCURSION INTO THE WILD TO FIND

SOME OF EARTH'S SMARTEST
ANIMALS.

THESE BRILLIANT CREATURES HAVE
PERFECTED THEIR SURVIVAL SKILLS,

PASSING THEM DOWN TO ENSURE
THEIR SPECIES CAN THRIVE THROUGH

THE GENERATIONS.

WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR
ANOTHER ADVENTURE ON THE NEXT

"EARTH ODYSSEY".