All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E22.1080p.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, EVERYBODY, I'M DYLAN
DREYER AND

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE OFF TO THE SNOWIEST
PLACES ON EARTH.

IN MONGOLIA, WE'LL JOIN A HERD
OF WILD HORSES WHO'VE MADE AN

UNLIKELY FRIEND.

AND LATER, DISCOVER HOW THESE
MUSKOXEN GET THROUGH THE HARSH

WINTER, EVEN WHEN TENSIONS ARE
HIGH.

PLUS, THIS PRIMATE REALLY TURNS
HIS NOSE UP AT THE COLD.

BUT FIRST, WE'LL DIVE RIGHT IN
TO WATCH THIS SLY FOX SEARCH FOR

SUPPER IN THE SNOW.

ALL OF THIS AND MUCH MORE TODAY
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: THE COLDEST PLACES ON
EARTH ARE SOME OF THE MOST

DANGEROUS FOR THE ANIMAL
KINGDOM.

IN THESE EXTREME CLIMATES, A
LACK OF SHELTER AND SCARCITY OF

FOOD CAN SNOWBALL INTO
LIFE-THREATENING CIRCUMSTANCES

FOR THOSE UNPREPARED.

SO, THE ANIMALS WHO CALL THIS
PLACE HOME HAVE LEARNED TO ADAPT

TO THE SEVERE CONDITIONS,
ALLOWING THEM TO THRIVE WHERE

MOST WOULDN'T SURVIVE.

LIKE THE ARCTIC FOX YOU'RE ABOUT
TO MEET, WHO IS LEFT ON THIN ICE

ALONE IN THE WILD.

WINTER CAN TAKE ITS TOLL ON ALL
ANIMALS, BUT FOR THOSE LIVING IN

THE EARTH'S COLDEST REGIONS, IT
CAN BE BRUTAL.

BY OCTOBER IN NORTHERN ALASKA,
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES DROP WELL

BELOW FREEZING, RIGHT AROUND THE
TIME WHEN SUMMER'S NEWBORNS

BEGIN TO SHOW FLASHES OF
INDEPENDENCE.

THIS ARCTIC FOX IS JUST THREE
MONTHS OLD.

LIFE IS ALL FUN AND GAMES NOW,
BUT SOON, HE AND HIS SIBLINGS

WILL BE CAST OUT BY THEIR MOTHER
AND MUST SURVIVE THE WINTER

ALONE.

BUT WITH SNOW COVERING THE
GROUND, IT WILL BE A TOUGH TIME

TO LEARN HOW TO HUNT.

JUST A FEW DAYS LATER AND HE'S
LEFT HIS FAMILY BEHIND.

FURRY SOLES PROTECT HIS FEET ON
SNOW AND ICE.

SHORT EARS AND A SHORT MUZZLE
REDUCE HIS SURFACE AREA,

MINIMIZING HEAT LOSS.

HIS THICK INSULATING FUR HAS
TURNED FROM AUTUMN'S TAWNY BROWN

TO A PERFECT WHITE.

THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT
ADAPTATIONS TO LIFE IN THESE

BARREN WASTELANDS.

BUT THEY'RE USELESS UNLESS HE
FINDS FOOD.

OLDER, MORE EXPERIENCED FOXES
KNOW HOW TO STASH RESOURCES FOR

TIMES SUCH AS THESE.

BUT SCAVENGING FROM OTHERS IS A
MEAGER EXISTENCE.

AND WHERE THERE'S CARRION,
THERE'S ALWAYS COMPETITION.

BY MIDWINTER, DEEP SNOW MAKES
FINDING FOOD NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE

FOR A YOUNG FOX.

BUT THIS IS WHERE ANOTHER OF HIS
SKILLS COMES INTO PLAY.

HE NOT ONLY HAS EXCELLENT SIGHT,
BUT PERFECTLY TUNED HEARING.

HIS EARS PICK UP THE FAINTEST
RUSTLE FROM BENEATH THE SNOW.

UNDERNEATH HIS FEET, ANOTHER
ANIMAL HAS TAKEN REFUGE FROM THE

COLD.

A DEER MOUSE HIDING UNDER THE
SNOW KEEPS IT SAFE FROM THE

WEATHER, WHILE ALSO PROTECTING
IT FROM MOST PREDATORS.

IT WOULD MAKE A TASTY TREAT, BUT
IT'S NOT EASY TO CATCH SOMETHING

YOU CAN'T SEE.

WITH HIS PREY HIDING UNDER THREE
FEET OF SNOW, THIS ARCTIC FOX

WILL NEED BOTH SKILL AND LUCK.

HE LOOKS, LISTENS, THEN DIVES
RIGHT IN.

HE MUST JUDGE THE CORRECT
DISTANCE AND DEPTH OF SNOW.

MASTERING THIS ART WILL BE
CRUCIAL TO HIS SURVIVAL.

BUT IT TAKES PRACTICE.

WHILE AIRBORNE, HE ADJUSTS HIS
TRAJECTORY WITH A SLIGHT MOVE OF

THE TAIL, HELPING HIM MAKE...THE
PERFECT LANDING.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

THIS SKILL WILL SEE HIM THROUGH
THE WINTER AHEAD AND ENSURE HIS

SURVIVAL.

COMING UP, LIFE IN THE TREES
GETS PRETTY ROUGH WHEN ONE OF

THESE PRIMATES FEELS SNUBBED.

THEN, HOW THESE OXEN KEEP AWAY
THE BRR WITH THEIR WINTER FUR.

PLUS, WE DISCOVER THE MAIN
REASON THESE WILD HORSES STAND

THE SNOW.

LATER ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: IN OUR EXPLORATION OF
THE SNOWIEST PLACES ON EARTH,

IT'S TIME TO HEAD TO THE
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CHINA.

AT TWO AND A HALF MILES ABOVE
SEA LEVEL, THE CONDITIONS HERE

ARE EXTREME AND SO IS LIFE.

THE TREES IN THESE MYSTERIOUS
HIGH-ALTITUDE FORESTS HAVE

SOMEHOW FOUND A WAY TO SURVIVE.

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 EVADE 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, IT'S THE CLASH OF THE
ARCTIC TITANS.

AND LATER, FIND OUT HOW THESE
FOWL FAIR IN THE FREEZING

WINTERS OF SOUTH CHINA.

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

DYLAN: SOME OF THE TOUGHEST
ANIMALS IN THE WILD ARE BUILT

FOR FREEZING CONDITIONS.

THEY'RE QUITE LITERALLY MADE FOR
THE COLD, AS THEIR SPECIES HAS

ADAPTED OVER GENERATIONS TO
THRIVE WHERE MOST

WOULDN'T DARE TO LIVE.

AND IF YOU LIVE IN THE ARCTIC,
WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN DROP INTO

THE NEGATIVE 50'S, IT DOESN'T
HURT TO BE STRONG AS AN OX.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE HIGH ARCTIC.

A LANDSCAPE OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES, COVERED IN ITS

ENTIRETY BY ENDLESS WHITE SHEETS
OF SNOW.

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DYLAN: IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
THAT ANY CREATURE CAN SURVIVE

SUCH CONDITIONS.

BUT ONE DOES.

THE MUSK OX.

THESE ICE AGE RELICS ARE
PERFECTLY SUITED TO THIS

UNFORGIVING PLACE.

THEIR FUR ENABLES THEM TO
WITHSTAND THE HARSHEST WEATHER

CONDITIONS.

BLIZZARD-PROOF.

REACHING UP TO THREE FEET IN
LENGTH.

IT COVERS THEIR ENTIRE BODY.

GATHERING IN GROUPS OF UP TO 60
FOR THE WINTER, MUSK OX WORK

TOGETHER TO DEFEND THE HERD'S
YOUNG FROM WOLVES

AND EVEN POLAR BEARS.

THE DOMINANT MALE IN THE GROUP
IS ALWAYS ON GUARD.

COME SUMMER, HE'LL NEED TO FIGHT
FOR HIS RIGHT TO MATE WITH THE

FEMALES.

SO, HE'LL TAKE ANY CHANCE HE
GETS TO PRACTICE.

MALES CHARGE THEIR RIVALS AT UP
TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, CRASHING

HORNS AS THEY COME TOGETHER.

THE CLASHES CONTINUE.

UNTIL ONE BACKS DOWN.

THE VICTOR HAS WON THE BATTLE.

BUT ALL THE MUSK OXEN MUST
CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE WAR WITH

THE COLD.

COMING UP, THE LAST WILD HORSES
ON EARTH ARE LIVING THE HIGH

LIFE.

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

DYLAN: DESPITE THE CHALLENGES
THAT EXTREME WEATHER CAN BRING

IN EARTH'S MOST INHOSPITABLE
ENVIRONMENTS, SOME ANIMALS FIND

A WAY TO MAKE IT THROUGH ALIVE.

WINTER ARRIVES EARLY ON THE
MONGOLIAN STEP.

TURNING IT INTO ONE OF THE MOST
BITTER AND HOSTILE PLACES ON

EARTH.

BUT THERE'S ONE CREATURE HERE
WHO'S PREPARED FOR ITS

ONSLAUGHT, THE PRZEWALSKI'S
HORSE.

THESE ARE THE LAST WILD HORSES
ON EARTH.

THEY LIVE AT ALTITUDES UP TO
5,000 FEET.

WHERE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND
STRONG WINDS WOULD RESULT IN

RAPID FROSTBITE FOR ANY HUMAN.

FORTUNATELY, THEIR NEW WINTER
COATS HAVE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME.

ALONG WITH THICKER HAIR ON THEIR
MUZZLE AND NECK.

BUT THIS YEAR'S EARLY SNOWFALL
MEANS THE MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD

IS NOW BURIED BENEATH TWO FEET
OF SNOW.

THIS TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY GROUP IS
MADE UP OF A STALLION, A FEW

MARES, AND THEIR YOUNG FOALS.

BUT WITH LITTLE MORE THAN
WITHERED GRASS TO SUSTAIN THEM,

THE HERD MUST TRAVEL UP TO 13
MILES A DAY TO FIND ENOUGH FOOD.

FOR SOME OF THEM, KEEPING UP
WITH THE JOURNEY IS TAKING ITS

TOLL.

BUT WHENEVER THEY STOP FOR A
REST, THEY GAIN COMPANY.

WITH THE GROUND BLANKETED BY
SNOW, MAGPIES WILL RELY ON THE

HORSES FOR FOOD.

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DYLAN: THE MAGPIES EAT
PARASITES TAKING REFUGE DEEP IN

THE WARMTH OF THE HORSE'S COAT.

IN SUCH A BARREN LAND, THESE
TINY INSECTS ARE THE ONLY FOOD

FOR MILES.

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DYLAN: THE MAGPIES HELP KEEP
THE HORSE'S SKIN CLEAN.

HOWEVER, CARRYING EXTRA CARGO
CAN BE JUST AS IRRITATING.

HAVING ALREADY GIVEN THE BIRDS A
FREE MEAL, PROVIDING A FREE RIDE

IS A STEP TOO FAR.

TO SURVIVE THE HARSH SEASON
AHEAD, THESE HORSES WILL NEED TO

FIND ENOUGH FOOD BENEATH THE
SNOW ALL WINTER LONG.

FOR ALL ANIMALS, WINTER BRINGS
UNIQUE CHALLENGES.

BUT NATURE'S TOUGHEST CREATURES
HAVE FOUND INCREDIBLE WAYS TO

SURVIVE IN OUR PLANET'S COLDEST
REGIONS.

WHETHER IT'S FINDING FOOD.

IMPRESSING A MATE.

OR WITHSTANDING THE PLANET'S
MOST EXTREME COLD, THESE ANIMALS

HAVE EVOLVED REMARKABLE
ADAPTATIONS TO OUTSMART THE COLD

AND SUCCEED IN THE RELENTLESS
STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
AS WE BRAVED THE WINTERY WILDS

OF THE ARCTIC FOR A LOOK AT THE
ANIMALS WHO CALL THIS PLACE

HOME.

THESE ENVIRONMENTS AREN'T FOR
EVERYONE, BUT FOR THE CREATURES

THAT HAVE LEARNED TO THRIVE
HERE, EVERYDAY IS A WINTER

WONDERLAND.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
ANOTHER EPISODE

OF "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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