All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E24.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI, EVERYBODY, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

WELCOME TO "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE SOARING TO GREAT
HEIGHTS TO FIND THE ANIMALS THAT

THRIVE AT SOME OF THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS ON EARTH, LIKE IN THE

ALPS, WHERE AFTER A SUDDEN SHIFT
IN WEATHER, THIS LITTLE MARMOT

MUST MODIFY ITS WINTER
PREPARATION.

AND IT'S TIME FOR THIS FLEDGLING
VULTURE TO LEARN TO SOAR.

PLUS, WE DISCOVER THE PRIDE OF
THIS LOVING TROOP OF PRIMATES.

BUT FIRST, AFTER A LONG DAY IN
SNOW, THESE MACAQUES REALLY KNOW

HOW TO GET WARM.

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

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DYLAN: AT EARTH'S HIGHEST
ALTITUDES, ANIMALS MUST BE IN

PEAK CONDITION TO SURVIVE IN
THESE TREACHEROUS HABITATS.

TODAY, WE'RE GETTING A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE CREATURES THAT HAVE

LEARNED TO THRIVE WHILE LIVING
THE HIGH LIFE.

FROM THE TALLEST FOREST CANOPIES
TO THE MOST TOWERING

MOUNTAINTOPS, SOME OF EARTH'S
MOST AMAZING ANIMALS RULE THE

HECTIC HEIGHTS, AND YOU WON'T
BELIEVE HOW THEY STAY ON TOP.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE FOURTH LARGEST ISLAND
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, JAPAN

CONSISTS OF ALMOST 7,000
ISLANDS, AND THREE-FOURTHS OF

ITS LANDMASS IS COVERED BY
MOUNTAINS.

JIGOKUDANI IS ONE OF ITS MANY
HIGH-PEAKING REGIONS.

IT SITS ABOUT A HALF-MILE ABOVE
SEA LEVEL.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[MONKEYS SCREECHING]

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

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

THE POOL.

REACHES 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.

WHEN WE RETURN, WE JET OVER TO
TURKEY, WHERE A DAY OF SOARING

IS NEVER BORING FOR THIS
WORLD-CLASS SCAVENGER.

PLUS, THIS TROOP IN THE TREES IS
GROWING BY THE DAY.

AND LATER, IF THIS MARMOT WANTS
TO MAKE IT THROUGH WINTER, IT

MUST LEARN HOW TO GO WITH THE
SNOW.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE COMING UP
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: IN A COUNTRY ICONIC FOR
ITS BLISTERING HEAT AND ARID

LANDSCAPES LIES A SECRET EDEN,
THE PROVINCE OF KARS,

TURKEY'S EMERALD CROWN.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH
ELEVATION AND HIGH RAINFALL

MAKE KARS A REMOTE, YET
FLOURISHING NATURAL PARADISE.

IN THIS MIDSUMMER SUN, THESE
SLOPES BURST INTO LIFE.

FLOWER MEADOWS BLOOM,

AND VALLEYS RING OUT TO THE
SOUND OF BIRDSONG,

INCLUDING THE CALL OF ONE OF
THE WORLD'S LARGEST RAPTORS.

WEIGHING ALMOST 30 POUNDS AND
WITH A WINGSPAN OF NEARLY TEN

FEET, THE CINEROUS VULTURE IS A
TRUE KING OF TURKEY'S SKIES.

BUT THIS YOUNG MALE STILL HAS
SOME GROWING TO DO.

[VULTURE SCREECHING]

AT JUST OVER EIGHT WEEKS OLD,
HE RELIES ON HIS PARENTS TO FEED

HIM.

THEY'VE NOT RETURNED FOR SEVERAL
DAYS, AND THE CHICK IS BECOMING

WEAK.

EVEN IN THIS BOUNTIFUL HABITAT,
STUCK HERE, STARVATION IS A VERY

REAL THREAT.

SO, THIS FLEDGLING WILL NEED TO
TAKE FATE INTO HIS OWN HANDS.

URGED ON BY INSTINCT AND HUNGER,
HE TESTS HIS DEVELOPING WINGS.

BUT HE'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH.

OTHER RAPTORS CIRCLE IN THE
SKIES...

...EVERY PASSING BIRD TO BE
MISTAKEN FOR A PARENT.

FORTUNATELY, HIS LUCK IS ABOUT
TO CHANGE.

HIS MOTHER RETURNS.

THE YOUNG FLEDGLING IS QUICK TO
DEMAND HIS FEED.

[VULTURE SCREECHING]

BUT FIRST, THE MOTHER MUST
PREPARE HER YOUNGSTER'S MEAL BY

REGURGITATING FLESH SCAVENGED
FROM A DISTANT CARCASS.

VULTURES ARE TYPICALLY
SCAVENGERS, OFTEN FEEDING ON THE

REMAINS OF ANIMALS KILLED BY
CARNIVOROUS PREDATORS.

AND TO AVOID THE PREDATORS
THEMSELVES, THESE VULTURES FLY

HIGH IN THE SKY TO STAY TOWARDS
THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

AFTER THE BREAK, LOOK UP,
BECAUSE THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF

THE CANOPY HAVE NEW ROYALTY IN
THEIR TROOP.

PLUS, THIS MARMOT SCURRIES AND
HURRIES TO PREPARE FOR THE

UNPREDICTABLE ALPS.

ALL OF THIS AND MUCH MORE COMING
UP ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: FOR MANY ANIMAL SPECIES,
THEIR FAMILY ROOTS ARE ACTUALLY

HIGH UP IN THE TREES, AND FEW
ARE MORE FAMOUS THAN MONKEYS,

LIKE THE ONES WE'RE ABOUT TO
MEET, WHO HAVE MADE THEIR HOMES

IN THE HARD-TO-REACH HEIGHTS OF
TREES JUST LIKE GENERATIONS

BEFORE THEM.

AND HERE, IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE
TRUE THAT THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL

FAR FROM THE TREE.

OVER THE YEARS, DECADES, AND
EVEN CENTURIES, BUILDINGS HAVE

RAPIDLY TAKEN THE PLACE OF TALL
TREES, AND INDIA IS NO

EXCEPTION.

THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE
CITY IS A FAR CRY FROM THE

FOREST.

BUT THERE IS PLENTY HAPPENING IN
THE CANOPY,

ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD OF
LION-TAILED MACAQUES.

THESE PRIMATES LIVE IN TROOPS OF
UP TO 20 INDIVIDUALS.

AND THIS FAMILY HAS RECENTLY
WELCOMED A NEW ADDITION,

A BABY FEMALE.

SHE WILL STAY WITH THE TROOP ALL
HER LIFE, FITTING INTO THE

HIERARCHY AS SHE GETS OLDER.

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FOR THE
MALE OFFSPRING.

THIS YOUNG MALE WILL EVENTUALLY
HAVE TO BREAK AWAY FROM HIS

FAMILY AND JOIN A BACHELOR
GROUP.

BUT WITH THE FORESTS BECOMING
EVER MORE FRAGMENTED, FINDING

HIS OWN PATCH IS ONLY GOING TO
GET HARDER.

HE'S ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF
INDEPENDENCE BY INVESTIGATING

EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY IN THE
CANOPY FOR THINGS TO EAT.

TREE BARK CAN HIDE NUTRITIOUS
INSECTS, AND HE'S LEARNING WHICH

TREES PROVIDE THE TASTIEST
FRUITS.

THE FOREST SHOULD PROVIDE HIM
WITH EVERYTHING HE'LL NEED.

A MORE EXPERIENCED BACHELOR MALE
IS ONE STEP AHEAD OF HIM AND HAS

ALREADY FOUND A GOOD MEAL.

BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM.

HE IS LOWER DOWN IN THIS
HIERARCHY, SO HE MUST QUICKLY

AND QUIETLY GATHER AS MUCH FOOD
AS POSSIBLE BEFORE A MORE

DOMINANT MEMBER ARRIVES.

LUCKILY, HIS EXTENDABLE CHEEK
POUCHES CAN HOLD AS MUCH FOOD AS

HIS STOMACH.

SO, THIS BACHELOR CAN ENJOY HIS
MEAL IN PEACE.

NEGOTIATING THE STRICT HIERARCHY
OF MACAQUE SOCIETY CAN BE TOUGH,

BUT IT'S A USEFUL LESSON THE
YOUNG MALE WILL HAVE TO LEARN.

AS LONG AS THIS FOREST REMAINS
UNTOUCHED, THE TREES WILL

PROVIDE HIM AND THE OTHER
MACAQUES WITH EVERYTHING THEY

NEED.

COMING UP, WINTER IS ALWAYS
AROUND THE CORNER IN THE ALPS,

SO THIS ALTI-DUDE IS IN A HURRY
TO BE READY.

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

DYLAN: IN THE HIGHEST ALTITUDES
ON EARTH, THE WEATHER SEEMS TO

BE ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THAN
THE REST OF THE WORLD.

SO, THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE ATOP
THE WORLD MUST ALWAYS BE

PREPARED.

IT'S ONLY SEPTEMBER HERE IN THE
ALPS, BUT THE PEAKS ARE SHROUDED

IN WHITE, EVEN IN MIDSUMMER.

AND WHILE THESE LOWER SLOPES
MIGHT LOOK IDYLLIC NOW,

IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, THEY TOO
WILL BE BURIED IN SNOW.

SO, THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR
THIS ALPINE MARMOT.

HE'S TOO SMALL TO FACE THE
WINTER ABOVE GROUND,

SO HE NEEDS TO PILE ON THE
POUNDS BEFORE THE COLD SETS IN,

WHEN HE'LL RETIRE TO HIS DEN.

BUT HE'S PICKY ABOUT WHAT HE
EATS, CHOOSING GRASSES WITH THE

HIGHEST LEVELS OF FATS.

HE MUST DOUBLE HIS BODY WEIGHT
IF HE IS TO SURVIVE.

BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY HUNGRY
ANIMAL UP HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS GOLDEN EAGLE IS A MARMOT'S
NUMBER ONE ENEMY AT THIS TIME OF

YEAR.

SO, HIS MISSION WILL HAVE TO
WAIT.

[MARMOT CHIPPING]

THE MARMOT LETS OUT A WARNING
TO THE REST OF THE COLONY.

THEY MUST HEAD FOR SAFETY...

[MARMOT CHIPPING]

...AND QUICKLY.

[MARMOTS CHIPPING]

THIS TIME HE ESCAPES UNHARMED.

BUT THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE.

HE NEEDS TO GET BACK TO WORK.

BEING PREPARED FOR WINTER CAN
MEAN TAKING RISKS.

AS WELL AS EATING, HE NEEDS TO
COLLECT ENOUGH NESTING MATERIAL

TO KEEP HIM WARM.

BUNDLES OF DRY GRASS WILL LINE
HIS BURROW

AND ACT AS THE PERFECT
INSULATOR.

AS SOON AS THE WEATHER STARTS TO
TURN, HE HEADS FOR COVER...

...NINE FEET UNDERGROUND, SAFE
IN HIS BURROW.

IT'S TIME FOR HIS BIGGEST TRICK
TO SURVIVING THE COLD, SLEEP.

BUT THIS WILL BE NO ORDINARY
NAP.

FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS, HE'LL
BE BARELY ALIVE.

AS THE SNOW ARRIVES AND THE AIR
OUTSIDE COOLS,

SO DOES THE MARMOT'S BODY
TEMPERATURE...

...DROPPING TO JUST 39 DEGREES.

MARMOTS SHUT DOWN EVERY SYSTEM
IN THEIR TINY BODIES.

IT'S A DRASTIC SURVIVAL
TECHNIQUE, BUT THEY HAVE NO

CHOICE.

THE BIG CHILL IS COMING.

BY PREPARING FOR WINTER'S
ARRIVAL AND SPENDING THE HARDEST

MONTHS UNDERGROUND, THE MARMOT
ENSURES ITS SURVIVAL THROUGH THE

BLEAKEST SEASON.

THANK YOU FOR HITTING THE
HEIGHTS WITH US TO FIND THE

ANIMALS THAT LOVE SOME ALTITUDE.

WHETHER ESCAPING FROM PREDATORS
OR EYEING UP SOME PREY, THESE

SKYSCRAPING CREATURES HAVE TAKEN
THE HIGH LIFE

TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

JOIN US FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE ON
THE NEXT "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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