All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E34.1080p.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, EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

GET READY TO EMBARK ON AN EPIC
ADVENTURE AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'LL LEAVE NO STONE
UNTURNED AS WE SEARCH THE

AFRICAN WILD TO DISCOVER THE
CONTINENT'S MOST BIZARRE

ANIMALS.

LIKE IN ARABIA, WHERE THESE
ROTUND ROCK DWELLERS ARE

ACTUALLY EXPERT ESCAPE ARTISTS.

THEN IN ETHIOPIA, WE'LL DISCOVER
AN ANIMAL THAT'S A CROSS BETWEEN

TWO OF AFRICA'S MOST ICONIC
MAMMALS.

AND LATER, WE'LL HEAD TO
MADAGASCAR WHERE THIS BIZARRE

BRANCH DWELLER HAS A WILD WAY OF
GETTING AROUND.

BUT FIRST, THIS CAMEL SPIDER IS
JUST TRYING TO GET OVER THE

HUMP.

THIS AND SO MUCH MORE COMING UP
TODAY ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
WHY AFRICA IS HOME TO SO MANY

UNIQUE ANIMALS IS ITS RELATION
TO THE EQUATOR, WHICH

PRACTICALLY CUTS THE CONTINENT
IN HALF.

THE FLORA AND FAUNA IN BOTH THE
NORTH AND SOUTH RECEIVE THE

BENEFITS OF A WARM AND CALM
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S THE PERFECT
PLACE TO SUPPORT A WIDE VARIETY

OF ANIMALS, AND THIS SPECIES OF
CREEPY CRAWLERS PREFERS ITS

WEATHER HOTTER THAN HOT.

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THE
SCORPION AND ITS TOXIC TAIL MADE

ITS MARK ON THE EARLIEST
SETTLERS OF THE NILE REGION.

NOT ONLY WAS IT USED AS A KING'S
NAME, IT BECAME THE SYMBOL OF A

GODDESS, SERKET, THE HEALER OF
VENOMOUS STINGS AND BITES.

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DYLAN: LIKE SPIDERS AND ALL
OTHER ARACHNIDS, SCORPIONS HAVE

EIGHT LEGS.

THESE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A PAIR
OF POWERFUL PINCERS, USED FOR

GRABBING AND TEARING UP PREY.

COMPARED TO OTHER SCORPIONS, THE
FOUR-INCH-LONG DEATH STALKER IS

SLIGHTLY BUILT.

HOWEVER, ITS THIN TAIL AND
SLENDER PINCERS ARE MORE THAN

COMPENSATED FOR BY ITS DEADLY
STING.

IT IS POSSIBLY THE MOST VENOMOUS
SCORPION ON THE PLANET.

THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS SPOTTED A
POTENTIAL MEAL.

CAMEL SPIDERS AREN'T TRUE
SPIDERS.

ALTHOUGH THEY SHARE THE SAME
NUMBER OF LEGS, THE SIMILARITIES

END THERE.

DYLAN: THEY LACK BOTH THE SILK
AND VENOM GLANDS OF THEIR

NAMESAKES.

INSTEAD, CAMEL SPIDERS RELY ON
SPEED, STEALTH, AND A PAIR OF

POWERFUL, OVERSIZED JAWS TO
SUBDUE THEIR PREY.

RELATIVE TO SIZE, THEY HAVE THE
LARGEST JAWS OF ANY CREATURE ON

THE PLANET.

THEY ARE THE GREAT WHITE SHARKS
OF THE ARACHNID WORLD.

CAMEL SPIDERS SHY AWAY FROM THE
DESERT SUN, SO EVERY FEW DAYS,

THEY DIG A NEW BURROW IN WHICH
TO SHELTER DURING THE DAY.

THIS BULLDOZER METHOD OF
SHIFTING SAND AND ROCKS ENSURES

THE JOB IS DONE SWIFTLY.

WHILE THE CAMEL SPIDER FOCUSES
ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO ITS

LAIR, THE SCORPION MOVES IN.

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DYLAN: WITH THE BATTLE OVER, IT
SEEMS VENOM HAS TRIUMPHED OVER

BRUTE FORCE.

THE SUBDUED VICTIM IS
DISMEMBERED.

THE COOLER NIGHT AIR DRAWS OUT
OTHER DESERT DWELLING CREATURES.

DYLAN: INCLUDING A UNIQUE
MAMMAL THAT HAS ALSO EVOLVED TO

AVOID THE NEED TO DRINK.

THE FENNEC FOX IS NOT ONLY THE
SMALLEST FOX IN THE WORLD, IT'S

ALSO THE SMALLEST MEMBER OF THE
DOG FAMILY.

WITH A BODY LENGTH OF AROUND 10
INCHES, IT CAN WEIGH LESS THAN

TWO POUNDS.

OVERSIZED EARS NOT ONLY PROVIDE
EXCELLENT HEARING, THEY ALSO

DISSIPATE BODY HEAT.

A BEETLE SCUTTLING ACROSS THE
SAND STANDS LITTLE CHANCE OF

AVOIDING THIS PREDATOR.

THE FENNEC'S HIGHLY SENSITIVE
EARS CAN EVEN LOCATE PREY MOVING

UNDERGROUND.

MOST MEALS ARE OBTAINED THROUGH
DIGGING.

SCORPIONS ARE A FAVORITE MEAL.

THE FOX'S SMALL NEEDLE-SHARP
TEETH ARE QUICK TO DISABLE THEIR

DEFENSIVE STINGS.

DOGS WERE HIGHLY REGARDED IN
ANCIENT TIMES.

ALONG WITH GUARDING PALACES,
THEY ALSO ACCOMPANIED PHARAOHS

WHEN HUNTING.

THE SALUKI IS THE OLDEST KNOWN
BREED OF DOMESTICATED DOG.

AND WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE
ROYAL DOG OF EGYPT.

SIMILAR IN FORM TO A GREYHOUND,
THEY ARE BUILT FOR SPEED,

HITTING ALMOST 40 MILES PER
HOUR.

DESERT RABBITS, A FAVORITE
QUARRY, STAND LITTLE CHANCE OF

ESCAPE.

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DYLAN: SALUKIS WERE SO REVERED;
THEIR BODIES WERE OFTEN FOUND

MUMMIFIED ALONGSIDE THOSE OF
THEIR EMBALMED PHARAOH MASTERS.

EGYPT'S RICH HISTORY HAS ALWAYS
BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE TIED

WITH THE ANIMALS WHO MAKE THESE
ANCIENT DESERTS HOME.

COMING UP, WE'LL SWING BY
MADAGASCAR TO MEET ONE OF ITS

MOST ACROBATIC ANIMAL LOCALS.

AND LATER, WE'LL SEE HOW THIS
FAMILY OF HYRAX PREFERS LIFE ON

THE EDGE.

PLUS, A PRIMATE SO PECULIAR IT
STANDS OUT IN A CROWD.

ALL WHEN WE RETURN TO "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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

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DYLAN: MANY OF AFRICA'S MOST
BIZARRE ANIMALS CAN BE FOUND ON

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ISOLATED
ISLANDS, MADAGASCAR.

AND ONE OF THESE ADORABLY ODD
RESIDENTS IS GIVEN THE HIGHEST

LEVEL OF PROTECTION BY ISLAND
VILLAGERS.

BAMBOO LEMURS.

GETTING THEIR NAME FROM AN
ALMOST EXCLUSIVE BAMBOO DIET,

THESE TREE-DWELLERS ARE THOUGHT
TO HOUSE THE SPIRITS OF THE

VILLAGERS' ANCESTORS.

WEIGHING IN AT AROUND TWO
POUNDS, THE HIGH LEVELS OF

CYANIDE CONTAINED IN LEAVES THEY
CONSUME WOULD KILL OTHER SIMILAR

SIZED ANIMALS ALMOST INSTANTLY.

HOW THEY MANAGE TO AVOID BEING
POISONED REMAINS A MYSTERY.

SELECTING A FOOD SOURCE THAT
OTHERS AVOID IS ALL PART OF THE

BAMBOO LEMUR'S LONG-TERM
SURVIVAL STRATEGY.

UNLIKE THE TWO CONTINENTS IT WAS
ONCE CONNECTED TO, SURPRISINGLY,

MADAGASCAR HAS NO DANGEROUSLY
VENOMOUS SNAKES.

WITH ITS ELLIPTICAL PUPILS AND
ARROW-SHAPED HEAD, THIS CAT-EYED

SNAKE MAY LOOK LIKE IT COULD
DELIVER A DEADLY STRIKE, BUT ITS

BITE IS TOTALLY HARMLESS TO
HUMANS.

ITS VENOM IS SO MILD IT CAN JUST
ABOUT SUBDUE ITS FROG AND LIZARD

PREY.

DESPITE POSING NO THREAT TO
PEOPLE, MANY SNAKES ARE KILLED

ON SIGHT.

ONLY A HANDFUL OF THE ISLAND'S
80 OR SPECIES ARE SPARED,

THROUGH ISOLATED LOCAL TABOOS.

IN MANY REGIONS, ONE MADAGASCAN
MAMMAL IS ALSO OFFERED NO

REPRIEVE.

YET THIS LEGENDARY CREATURE HAS
MANAGED TO DEFY ALL ODDS OF

SURVIVAL.

REMAINING HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE
DAY, IT FILLS THE HEARTS OF

LOCAL PEOPLE WITH DREAD.

THE AYE-AYE IS POSSIBLY THE MOST
BIZARRE CREATURE ON THE PLANET.

GROWING UP TO 20 INCHES LONG,
THIS UNIQUE LEMUR IS ALSO THE

LARGEST NOCTURNAL PRIMATE IN THE
WORLD.

BAT-LIKE EARS TUNE IN TO THE
SLIGHTEST SOUND, BEFORE ITS

INCREDIBLY ACUTE SENSE OF SMELL
CONFIRMS A MEAL IS IN THE

MAKING.

BUT TO PINPOINT ITS VICTIM, THE
AYE-AYE LETS LOOSE ITS SECRET

WEAPON.

THIS EXTRA LONG BONY MIDDLE
FINGER IS LESS THAN HALF THE

WIDTH OF ITS OTHER DIGITS.

TAPPING FOR HOLLOWS WITHIN THE
BRANCH REVEALS THE HIDING PLACE

OF WOOD-BORING LARVAE, AN
AYE-AYE DELICACY.

THE FINGER IS LINED WITH
SENSITIVE NERVE ENDINGS THAT

SENSE THE SLIGHTEST OF
VIBRATIONS INSIDE THE TREE.

ONCE LOCATED, SHARP
FORWARD-FACING INCISORS TEAR

AWAY THE OUTER BARK.

THEN IT'S TIME FOR THE FINGER TO
REALLY GO TO WORK.

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DYLAN: A BALL AND SOCKET JOINT
ALLOWS THE LIMB TO BEND AND

ROTATE BEFORE HOOKING OUT THE
PROTEIN-RICH PRIZE.

THIS SOLITARY LIVING LEMUR CAN
COVER UP TO TWO AND A HALF MILES

A NIGHT IN SEARCH OF FOOD.

THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT IN THE
1930'S, THIS ELUSIVE LEMUR WAS

REDISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY 20
YEARS LATER.

ALTHOUGH SUPERSTITION AND LEGEND
LIVES ON, RECENT RESEARCH HAS

SHOWN THE AYE-AYE TO BE MUCH
MORE WIDESPREAD THAN PREVIOUSLY

THOUGHT.

COMING UP, WHAT HAS THESE
MONKEYS MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF

THEIR OWN DRUM?

AND FIND OUT WHY THIS REGION IS
WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE.

WHEN WE RETURN ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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

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DYLAN: THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
SPECIES ENDEMIC TO AFRICA.

THIS MEANS THEY ARE FOUND
NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

ONLY ABLE TO SURVIVE IN AFRICA'S
DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS.

WHILE MANY OF THESE REGIONS MAY
SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE IN FOR

ANY HUMAN, WILD ANIMALS HAVE
ADAPTED TO THRIVE IN THESE

UNLIKELY HOMES.

LIKE IN ETHIOPIA, WHERE ONE
TROOP OF BABOONS HAS FOUND A

SPECIAL WAY TO SURVIVE.

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, IT'S
ALWAYS TIME TO EAT.

AND WHILE SOME CREATURES WILL
FEAST ON WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE,

OTHERS TAKE A SLIGHTLY CHOOSIER
APPROACH TO DINING.

KNOWN AS THE ROOF OF AFRICA, THE
SIMIAN MOUNTAINS OF ETHIOPIA ARE

HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S
RAREST PRIMATES, WHICH ARE ALSO

ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE.

AS THE SUN RISES OVER THESE
AFRICAN HIGHLANDS, A TROOP OF

GELADA BABOONS MAKES ITS WAY UP
THE CLIFFS, TO THE HIGH MOUNTAIN

MEADOWS TO SEARCH FOR FOOD.

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DYLAN: THEY MAY LOOK LIKE A
CROSS BETWEEN A LION AND A

GORILLA, BUT THEY'RE SOME OF THE
MOST SOCIABLE AND PEACEFUL

PRIMATES.

AND THESE BABOONS WON'T BE
LOOKING FOR MEAT OR FRUIT ON THE

MOUNTAINS.

THEY'LL SPEND THEIR DAY FEEDING
ON GRASS.

GELADAS ARE THE ONLY PRIMATES IN
THE WORLD THAT ARE PRIMARILY

GRAZERS.

SPENDING UP TO TEN HOURS A DAY
PICKING THE BLADES AND SEEDS

OF GRASSES.

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DYLAN: THE TROOP ARE WELL
ADAPTED TO THIS LIFESTYLE, WITH

FATTY SITTING PADS, PROVIDING
COMFORT WHILE THEY FEED.

THEIR HIGHLY OPPOSABLE THUMBS
AND FINELY TUNED INDEX FINGERS

ALSO MAKE PLUCKING GRASS A
BREEZE.

THE GELADAS HAVE PROVEN TO BE
PICKY EATERS.

IF A BLADE SEEMS TOO DRY, THEY
WILL PASS IT OVER FOR ONE THAT

LOOKS FRESHER.

THESE ADAPTATIONS AND THEIR KEEN
EYE FOR QUALITY ALLOW THE GROUP

TO MAXIMIZE THEIR DAILY
NUTRITIONAL INTAKE, BEFORE

RETURNING BACK DOWN THE CLIFFS
TO SLEEP.

WHILE IT MAY SEEM STRANGE,
RELYING ON THIS WIDELY AVAILABLE

FOOD SOURCE ALLOWS THE GELADAS
TO FORM AN IMMENSE GROUP, WITH

SOME HERDS REACHING MORE THAN
1,000 INDIVIDUALS.

SOME OF THE LARGEST OBSERVED
AMONG ANY PRIMATE.

COMING UP, WE HEAD TO ARABIA TO
SEE WHY THESE HUNGRY HYRAX

PREFER LIFE ON THE ROCKS.

THAT AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

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DYLAN: THE ARABIAN PENINSULA,
AN ANCIENT LAND OF ILLUSION.

WHERE SEARING DESERT SAND NEVER
STOPS MARCHING.

WHILE SUNBAKED MOUNTAINS RISE
LIKE INACCESSIBLE FORTRESSES,

THE UNFORGIVING HEAT APPEARS TO
SAP LIFE FROM EVERY CORNER.

YET, TRICKS OF THE LIGHT AND THE
ART OF DECEPTION ARE THE FABRIC

OF LIFE.

MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS ARE SAID TO
ROAM HERE.

PLANTS APPEAR TO BLEED.

NOTHING IS QUITE AS IT SEEMS.

THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE MYTHS
ARE BORN, BUT WILDLIFE FACES THE

HARSH REALITY OF SURVIVAL.

FLORA AND FAUNA BOTH RELY ON
THEIR OWN ILLUSIONS AND TRICKS

OF SURVIVAL.

OMAN'S DHOFAR MOUNTAINS ALSO
CONJURE CHANGE.

AS THE SUMMER HEATS UP, THERE
ARE SIGNS SOMETHING IS IN

THE AIR.

THE RAMPARTS OF JABAL SAMHAN
TOWER OVER SOUTHERN OMAN.

RISING TO MORE THAN A MILE, IT
DEFENDS THE COAST LIKE A

FORTRESS.

THE SHEER DROP OF EVEN HALF OF A
MILE GIVES A VERREAUX'S EAGLE A

LIFT ON THE MORNING THERMALS.

WITHIN THE DRIED-UP RIVERBEDS
AND WATTIE CANYONS, COLONIES OF

ROCK HYRAX, THE PERFECT FOOD
WHILE TRAVELING BY WING.

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DYLAN: BASKING IN THE MORNING
SUN, LIFE SEEMS BLISSFUL.

AT AROUND 15 INCHES IN LENGTH,
THESE FURRY, UNASSUMING MAMMALS

ARE ARABIA'S ULTIMATE ESCAPE
ARTISTS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE OTHER
THINGS ON THEIR

MINDS...BREAKFAST.

LIVING IN LARGE COLONIES, THEY
CAN SPREAD OUT TO FIND FOOD.

HOWEVER, WATER IS NOT SO EASILY
AVAILABLE.

SO, HYRAX PERFORM THEIR FIRST
ACT OF SORCERY AND EXTRACT THE

WATER THEY NEED FROM THE JUICY
PLANTS.

THESE NERVOUS FORAGERS
CONSTANTLY CHECK THE VICINITY

FOR DANGER.

IF THE TERRITORIAL MALE GIVES
THE SHRILL SHRIEK OF ALARM,

THEY'LL BOLT.

THIS VERREAUX'S EAGLE HAS
SPOTTED THE HYRAX HIGHRISE.

HE USES THE SUN TO HIDE HIS
PRESENCE.

BUT HYRAX KNOW THIS GAME.

A UNIQUELY SHAPED IRIS ALLOWS
THEM TO LOOK ALMOST DIRECTLY

INTO THE SUN.

AND THE ALARM CALL IS RAISED.

NOW YOU SEE THEM...

...NOW YOU DON'T.

THE ROCK TOP SANCTUARY PROVIDES
A NETWORK OF BURROWS AND THEIR

ESCAPE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON OUR
EPIC ADVENTURE TO DISCOVER THE

MOST BIZARRE AND AMAZING ANIMALS
IN AFRICA.

FROM BEHAVIOR TO APPEARANCE,
THESE CREATURES DEFY THE ODDS,

ADAPTING PERFECTLY TO SOME
UNIQUELY EXTREME HABITATS.

I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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