All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S04E35.1080p.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 JOIN ME ON A WILD,
NEW ADVENTURE ON THIS EPISODE OF

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE TRAVERSE FROZEN WINTER
LANDS TO SEE THE MAMMALS THAT

THRIVE IN THE COLD, LIKE IN
SNOWY SIBERIA, WHERE THE

BACTRIAN CAMEL HAS LEFT ITS
FOOTPRINT IN THE SANDS OF TIME.

PLUS, THIS PUMA CUB DEFEATS THE
ODDS USING ITS INCREDIBLE

INSTINCTS.

[PUMA YELPING]

AND WE'LL FIND OUT HOW THE LYNX
BECAME ONE OF THE MOST

SUCCESSFUL HUNTERS OF THE
WINTERY WILD.

BUT FIRST, THE SUPER SENSE THAT
ALLOWS POLAR BEARS TO SURVIVE

WHERE FEW OTHERS CAN.

THIS AND SO MUCH MORE ON TODAY'S
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: EVERY MAMMAL HAS TWO
DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS, WARM

BLOOD AND HAIR.

THESE TWO TRAITS GIVE THEM A
NATURAL EDGE WHEN IT COMES TO

KEEPING WARM IN FREEZING
ENVIRONMENTS.

HOWEVER, A THICK AND WARM, FURRY
COAT ISN'T THE ONLY ADVANTAGE TO

HAVING HAIR.

FUR ALSO ALLOWS THE WORLD'S
BIGGEST BEAR TO HIDE IN PLAIN

SIGHT.

SVALBARD,

A LAND OF FROZEN ICE AND
TUNDRA...

...HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST
LAND PREDATOR.

MORE THAN
TWO-AND-A-HALF-THOUSAND POLAR

BEARS SOMEHOW MANAGE TO SURVIVE
IN THIS FROZEN WILDERNESS.

ON ITS HIND LEGS, THIS ADULT
POLAR BEAR IS ALMOST TEN FEET

TALL AND WEIGHS MORE THAN 1,300
POUNDS.

FOUR INCHES OF FAT AND HOLLOW
FUR INSULATE THE BEAR AGAINST

THE ARCTIC CLIMATE AS HE ROAMS
THE SEA ICE SEARCHING FOR SEALS.

HE HAS A POWERFUL SENSE OF
SMELL, DETECTING PREY FROM 18

MILES AWAY.

A RINGED SEAL AND HER PUP ARE
RELAXING BY A BREATHING HOLE.

SEAL PUPS NEED TO SPEND THE
FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES

ON DRY LAND UNTIL THEIR FUR IS
FULLY WATERPROOF.

THIS GIVES THE POLAR BEAR HIS
OPPORTUNITY.

THE RINGED SEAL'S VISION IS POOR
AND REMAINS UNAWARE OF THE

APPROACHING DANGER.

THIS TIME THE POLAR BEAR MISSES
OUT.

ONLY ONE IN 50 HUNTS AT THIS
TIME OF YEAR ARE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT IT'S JUST ENOUGH TO SURVIVE.

FEW ANIMALS ARE BETTER DESIGNED
TO WITHSTAND EXTREME

TEMPERATURES THAN THE MASSIVE
POLAR BEAR.

COMING UP, THE FANCY FOOTWEAR
THAT HELPS THIS WINTER WALKER

STALK THEIR PREY IN SILENCE.

AND LATER, HOW THIS COURAGEOUS
PUMA CUB SURVIVED IN THE SNOW

AFTER A SEPARATION FROM MOM.

PLUS, HOW THIS MAMMAL GETS OVER
THE HUMP IN THE SEVERE SIBERIAN

CLIMATE.

ALL OF THIS WHEN WE RETURN ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: A BIRCH FOREST.

IN THE DEPTHS OF EUROPE'S
WINTER,

HOME TO A SOLITARY AND SECRETIVE
HUNTER...

...THE EURASIAN LYNX.

FOR HALF THE YEAR, THESE ANCIENT
WOODLANDS ARE BLANKETED IN SNOW,

WHICH MAKES FINDING FOOD
INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING.

BUT THIS BIG CAT HAS SOME CLEVER
ADAPTATIONS TO SEE IT THROUGH.

A THICK FUR COAT OFFERS
PROTECTION AGAINST THE FREEZING

TEMPERATURES.

LONG LEGS WITH HUGE
SNOWSHOE-LIKE WEBBED PAWS HELP

HIM MOVE EFFORTLESSLY THROUGH
THE SNOW.

IN THE SUMMER, THIS ADEPT HUNTER
IS ABLE TO BRING DOWN PREY FOUR

TIMES ITS SIZE.

BUT IN WINTER, MANY LARGE PREY
SPECIES MIGRATE OUT OF THE

LYNX'S RANGE.

HE MUST EAT NEARLY FIVE POUNDS
OF MEAT A DAY.

HE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE PICKY, SO
HE'S LEARNED TO ADAPT HIS

HUNTING STYLE TO SUIT WHAT'S ON
OFFER IN THESE CHALLENGING

MONTHS.

EURASIAN LYNX HAVE VISION SO
SHARP, THEY CAN SPOT A SMALL

RODENT FROM 245 FEET AWAY.

BUT WITH VOLES TUNNELING FAR
BELOW THE THICK SNOW,

THAT WON'T HELP HIM NOW.

INSTEAD, HE MUST LISTEN.

BLACK TUFTS OF FUR ON HIS EARS
ENHANCE HIS HEARING...

[VOLE CHIPPING]

...PICKING UP EVEN THE FAINTEST
SOUND.

HE MUST TIME HIS AMBUSH
CAREFULLY.

ONE WRONG MOVE, AND HE'LL LOSE
HIS CHANCE.

AS HE GETS CLOSER, HE CAN
PINPOINT THE VOLE'S EXACT

LOCATION.

BUT THIS EXPERT PREDATOR KNOWS
NOT TO RUSH.

HE TAKES HIS TIME...

...UNTIL HE'S WITHIN STRIKING
DISTANCE.

IT MIGHT BE A SMALL MEAL, BUT IT
WILL KEEP HIM GOING.

FOR THE LYNX, LITTLE AND OFTEN
IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DINE.

COMING UP, WE HEAD TO CHILE,
WHERE THIS PUMA CUB WILL CROSS

SNOWY MOUNTAINS TO REUNITE WITH
ITS MOTHER.

THEN, IN SIBERIA, WE'LL SEE HOW
THIS CAMEL MAKES THE MOST OF

BEING A MAMMAL.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: SPANNING THE COUNTRIES
OF ARGENTINA AND CHILE,

PATAGONIA COVERS MORE THAN
400,000 SQUARE MILES OF SOUTH

AMERICA, BUT PATAGONIA'S
UNPREDICTABLE CLIMATE CHANGES

AND WILD, ROUGH TERRAIN MEAN
LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF EACH

COUNTRY'S HUMAN POPULATION CALL
THIS REGION HOME.

THE EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OF
PATAGONIA ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER,

AND ONE ANIMAL'S INSTINCTS ARE
ALL IT HAS AFTER BEING SEPARATED

FROM ITS MOTHER.

ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF CHILE
LIES TORRES DEL PAINE

NATIONAL PARK.

AT THE FOOT OF THE ANDES, THE
WEATHER HERE IS UNPREDICTABLE.

SNOWSTORMS CAN ERUPT WITHOUT
WARNING, CATCHING SOME ANIMALS

UNAWARE.

THIS 15-MONTH-OLD PUMA HAS LOST
HIS MOTHER.

HE'S NOT YET ABLE TO SURVIVE
ALONE.

SHE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THEIR
TERRITORY OF NEARLY 40 SQUARE

MILES.

HE JUST NEEDS TO HOLD OUT LONG
ENOUGH TO FIND HER.

THANKFULLY, PUMAS ARE ONE OF THE
MOST ADAPTABLE BIG CATS USED TO

FACING A VARIETY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

HIS THICK FUR PREVENTS HIM FROM
GETTING WET AND KEEPS OUT

THE COLD.

[PUMA YELPING]

HE DESPERATELY CRIES FOR HIS
MOTHER.

[YELPING CONTINUES]

BUT HIS CALLS GO UNANSWERED.

[PUMA YELPING]

[YELPING CONTINUES]

WITH THE WEATHER CLOSING IN,
HIS BEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS

TO FIND A PLACE TO HIDE.

BUT IN THIS OPEN TERRAIN, THE
OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.

HE'S FORCED TO SPEND ANOTHER
COLD NIGHT ALONE.

THE NEXT MORNING, THE MOTHER IS
OUT SEARCHING FOR HER

MISSING CUB.

RETRACING HER STEPS AROUND THE
BOUNDARIES OF THEIR TERRITORY,

SHE CHECKS FOR HIS SCENT OR ANY
SIGN HE MAY HAVE BEEN CLOSE.

THEN, SHE HEARS A SOUND COMING
FROM THE VALLEY BELOW.

[PUMA YELPING]

IT'S HER CUB.

AT LAST, THEY'RE REUNITED.

FOR THE YOUNG CUB, IT'S A LUCKY
ESCAPE.

THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN VERY
DIFFERENT.

THIS YOUNG PUMA WILL SPEND THE
NEXT NINE MONTHS WITH HIS

MOTHER, WHERE HE'LL LEARN HOW TO
ADAPT TO THE EVER-CHANGING

CLIMATE IN THE ANDES.

WHEN WE RETURN, THE HARSH
CLIMATE OF SIBERIA IS NO MATCH

FOR THIS ADAPTABLE DUNE-DWELLING
MAMMAL.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: IN MID-WINTER, WINDS
BLOWING IN FROM SIBERIA TURN THE

GOBI DESERT TOTALLY WHITE,
MAKING THIS PERHAPS THE TOUGHEST

DESERT OF ALL.

SUMMER TEMPERATURES CAN REACH
MORE THAN 100 DEGREES, BUT NOW

IT'S MINUS 40.

FEW ANIMALS CAN SURVIVE SUCH
BRUTAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES, BUT

THERE'S ONE THAT EXCELS IN THESE
EXTREMES...

...THE WILD BACTRIAN CAMEL.

DESERT SPECIALISTS, THE
ADAPTATIONS TO SAND WORK EQUALLY

WELL IN THE SNOW.

WIDE HOOVES PREVENT THEM FROM
SINKING.

PADS OF FAT ON THEIR BASE
PROTECT FROM COLD JUST AS THEY

DO HEAT...

...WHILE BUSHY EYEBROWS, TWO
ROWS OF LASHES, AND A THICK,

SHAGGY WINTER COAT KEEP THE COLD
AT BAY.

DURING SUMMER, THESE CAMELS
NEVER WANDER FAR FROM A

WATERING HOLE.

BUT WINTER GIVES THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VENTURE FARTHER

TO FIND FOOD.

WHAT LITTLE WATER THERE WAS IS
NOW FROZEN,

SO THE CAMELS EAT THE SNOW.

THEY MUST BE CAREFUL.

TOO MUCH TOO QUICKLY COULD BE
LETHAL, SO THEY TAKE WHAT THEY

NEED LITTLE AND OFTEN.

AND THE SNOW WILL NEVER MELT.

THE AIR IS TOO COLD AND TOO DRY.

INSTEAD, IT'S TURNED STRAIGHT TO
VAPOR BY THE SUN, WHICH IS NOT A

PROBLEM FOR THE CAMELS SINCE
THEIR NOSTRILS CAN REABSORB THE

WATER FROM THE AIR.

THEIR NEWFOUND WINTER FREEDOM
TIES IN WITH BREEDING SEASON.

[CAMEL GROANING]

[CAMEL GROANING]

MALES PUT ON A SOMEWHAT BIZARRE
PERFORMANCE IN THE HOPE OF

ATTRACTING A MATE.

[CAMEL GROANING]

USING HIS TAIL, HE FLICKS HIS
ALLURING SCENT OVER HIS BACK

TO DRAW IN THE FEMALES.

DESPITE HIS EFFORTS, IT DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE WORKING,

BUT IT'S EARLY IN THE SEASON.

HE'S GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO
PERFECT HIS TACTICS.

THE ADAPTATIONS THAT MAMMALS
HAVE DEVELOPED OVER GENERATIONS

IS THE SAFETY BLANKET THEY NEED
TO COMBAT THE COLD.

IN THESE HARSH CLIMATES, LIFE IS
EXTREME AND UNPREDICTABLE, SO

THESE WINTER WANDERERS MUST BE
PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.

FROM POLAR PREDATORS TO HIGHLY
SKILLED HUNTERS AND EVEN A

SEEMINGLY HELPLESS CUB, EACH
UNIQUE SPECIES HERE HAS

NATURALLY GIFTED PROTECTION THEY
USE TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

SO, EVEN IN THE HARSHEST
SNOW-COVERED ENVIRONMENTS, THESE

MAMMALS HAVE MASTERED THE ART OF
SURVIVING THE COLD.

[PUMA YELPING]

THANKS FOR JOINING OUR
ADVENTURE AROUND THE WORLD TO

WITNESS THE AMAZING MAMMALS THAT
THRIVE IN SOME OF THE COLDEST

CLIMATES ON EARTH.

BORN WITH SPECIAL ABILITIES,
THESE CREATURES OF THE COLD ARE

EXPERTS IN MAKING ANY WINTER
WONDERLAND THE PERFECT HOME.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
ANOTHER EPISODE OF

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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