All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E02.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI, EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER, AND IT'S TIME FOR A WILD

JOURNEY ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE TRAVELING AROUND
THE WORLD TO DISCOVER THE

WEIRDEST WONDERS OF THE ANIMAL
KINGDOM.

IN THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH, THESE
BABOONS SURVIVE THE DROUGHT BY

MUNCHING ON A VERY UNUSUAL
TREAT.

PLUS, WHAT DOES THIS TALL DRINK
OF WATER DO WHEN IT NEEDS A

DRINK OF WATER?

AND LATER, THIS FLOCK OF
FEASTING CARNIVORES HAS A UNIQUE

WAY TO SIT BACK AND RELAX.

ALL OF THIS COMING UP ON TODAY'S
EPISODE OF "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: A VAST ARRAY OF THE
STRANGEST BEHAVIORS IN THE WILD

ARE PURELY SEASONAL, A DIRECT
REACTION TO A SPECIFIC

TIME OF YEAR.

FOR SOME ANIMALS, THAT MEANS
HIBERNATING, WHILE FOR OTHERS IT

CAN MEAN TURNING FROM CARNIVORE
TO HERBIVORE OR VICE VERSA.

BUT FOR ONE OF AFRICA'S
MIGHTIEST MINI-BEASTS, WHEN THE

TIME OF YEAR IS RIGHT, IT MEANS
STARTING A NEW LIFE BY LEAVING A

PIECE OF THEMSELVES BEHIND,
LITERALLY.

THESE BABOONS, INQUISITIVE AND
OPPORTUNISTS AS USUAL, ARE

TAKING AN INTEREST IN SOME
STRANGE ANIMAL-LIKE SHELLS UP

AND DOWN THIS TREE TRUNK.

THESE ARE EXUVIAE, THE SHED SKIN
LEFT BEHIND BY INSECTS WHEN THEY

HAVE FINISHED THEIR
TRANSFORMATION.

FROM THE SHAPE OF THESE DRIED
MEMBRANES, YOU CAN'T EASILY

IDENTIFY WHAT ANIMAL WAS INSIDE:
CICADAS,

ALTHOUGH THEY ARE CLEAR
AND VIRTUALLY INTACT.

IT ALL BEGAN IN THE SOIL AT THE
FOOT OF THE TRUNK.

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF LIFE AS
LARVAE, THE PUPAE CAME OUT OF

THE EARTH AND SET OFF TO CONQUER
THE TREE.

THE AIM OF THIS LIFE IN THE OPEN
AIR IS TO GO THROUGH ONE LAST

METAMORPHOSIS.

IT JUST HAS TO LEAVE ITS SHELL
TO CHANGE INTO A CICADA AND

START SINGING.

DURING THE DRY SEASON, DROUGHT
HAS MADE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR THE

ANIMALS WHO ARE IN SEARCH OF
FOOD AND WATER.

EACH ANIMAL MAKES DO AS BEST IT
CAN.

THESE WARTHOGS USE THEIR SNOUT
AS A SHOVEL.

THEY DIG IN THE SAND OF THE
RIVER AND EVENTUALLY FIND

SOMETHING TO DRINK.

THIS BABOON HAS DECIDED TO EAT
AN OLD BIT OF CACTUS.

IT'S TOUGH AND COMPLETELY DRIED
OUT, BUT IT'S BETTER THAN

NOTHING.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT
YOU CAN GET.

THE DROUGHT LEADS TO MANY OTHER
STRANGE BEHAVIORS.

THIS GIRAFFE HASN'T TURNED
CARNIVOROUS, YET WE CAN'T IGNORE

THE FACT THAT IT IS ACTUALLY
CHEWING ON A BONE.

IT FOUND THE BONE ON THE GROUND,
AND IT'S ALL THAT REMAINS OF A

LONG PASSED ANIMAL.

THIS BEHAVIOR IS ONLY TO BE SEEN
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DRY SEASON

WHEN THE GIRAFFE IS SUFFERING
FROM LACK OF NUTRITION.

IT CAN NO LONGER FIND THE
CALCIUM AND PHOSPHOROUS THAT IT

NEEDS IN THE FOLIAGE THAT IT
FEEDS ON.

SO, IT CHEWS ON BONES UNTIL THE
NUTRIENTS THEY CONTAIN PASS INTO

THE SALIVA.

THE DANGER IS THAT THE GIRAFFE
COULD SWALLOW A LONG BIT OF BONE

THAT COULD INJURE IT.

BUT DEXTEROUS USE OF ITS ALMOST
TWO-FOOT-LONG TONGUE MAKES SURE

THAT IT REGURGITATES ANY
DANGEROUS BITS IN TIME.

WHEN RESOURCES ARE SCARCE, ODD,
BUT EFFECTIVE MEASURES MUST BE

TAKEN.

COMING UP, FOR THIS COLLECTION
OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS, SURVIVAL

IS A RACE AGAINST TIME.

THEN, A RIVERBANK REPTILE THAT'S
ALWAYS READY TO ROLL.

PLUS, THE SAVANNAH'S MOST ODD
AND IMPRESSIVE FLYING FISHERMEN.

THIS AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

DYLAN: NATURE USUALLY PROVIDES
ENOUGH RESOURCES TO RESOLVE, TO

A LESSER OR GREATER EXTENT, MOST
NUTRITIONAL ISSUES.

THE REAL PROBLEM IS WATER.

EVEN BIRDS ADAPTED TO THE ARID
CONDITIONS, LIKE THE SECRETARY

BIRD, NEED TO DRINK REGULARLY.

WITHOUT LOSING CONCENTRATION
BECAUSE OF THE CROWD, THIS GREAT

RAPTOR QUENCHES ITS THIRST WITH
ELEGANCE AND IMPECCABLE

TECHNIQUE, BEND AND STRETCH.

ON ONE HAND, THERE ARE LOTS OF
BIRDS AROUND THE POND.

ON THE OTHER, THERE ARE LOTS OF
FISH TRAPPED IN THE LAKE THAT'S

NOW REDUCED TO THE SIZE OF A
LARGE PUDDLE.

THE ONLY REMAINING FISH ARE
LARGE ONES, THE OTHERS HAVING

BEEN EATEN BY THE FISHING BIRDS.

THE LAST SURVIVORS OFTEN WEIGH
SEVERAL POUNDS, WHICH LEAVES THE

HERON WITH A PROBLEM.

THEIR EYES ARE BIGGER THAN THEIR
STOMACHS.

WHEREVER THERE'S A LITTLE WATER
LEFT, IT'S SHORT OF OXYGEN OR

IT'S MUDDY OR FULL OF WEEDS.

IT WILL HAVE TO DO UNTIL THERE'S
SOME RAIN.

AND THE RAIN COMES SUDDENLY,
LIKE A MIRACLE BRINGING

GREENNESS AND LIFE BACK TO THE
LAND.

APPEARING AS IF FROM NOWHERE,
MILLIPEDES SET OFF TO INVADE THE

WET EARTH.

THE BLACKSMITH PLOVER HAS TO
ADAPT TO THE WHIMS OF ITS BROOD.

THIS LITTLE ONE WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE SHELTER, BUT THE PLACE IS

ALREADY TAKEN, AND NO ONE IS
MOVING OVER TO MAKE ROOM.

FOR THE REJECTED LITTLE PLOVER,
THE SOLUTION WILL COME QUITE

SIMPLY WHEN IT STOPS RAINING.

THE WET WEATHER HAS ALSO BROUGHT
OUT THE TORTOISES.

THIS ONE IS A LEOPARD TORTOISE,
SO CALLED BECAUSE OF THE

MARKINGS ON ITS SHELL.

IT'S A LARGE, HERBIVOROUS
TORTOISE.

AT THE ADULT STAGE, IT CAN
MEASURE UP TO TWO FEET LONG AND

WEIGH ALMOST 50 POUNDS.

THE YOUNG ARE MUCH SMALLER, SO
WE'LL PUT IT DOWN TO THE FOLLY

OF YOUTH AS THESE THREE
INDIVIDUALS SUDDENLY SET OFF ON

A SORT OF MAD DASH.

THEY MIGHT BE JUST TWO YOUNG
MALES RUSHING IN PURSUIT OF A

FEMALE, BUT WHATEVER THE
MOTIVATION, THE RACE IS ON.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL
WINNING THE RACE FOR SURVIVAL IN

THIS HARSH ENVIRONMENT.

WHEN WE RETURN, THIS CROCODILE
PREFERS ITS MEALS WITH A TWIST.

AND LATER, A POPULAR BIRD BATH
TURNS INTO A FISHING FRENZY,

COMING UP ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: SURVIVAL IN THE WILD
REQUIRES GREAT SKILL,

ADAPTABILITY, AND RESILIENCE.

IN RARE CASES, ANIMALS DEVELOP
EXCEEDINGLY STRANGE TRAITS AND

ODD PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS TO
MAKE THEM MORE PERFECTLY SUITED

TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

WHILE THESE STRANGE LOOKS MAY BE
EYE-CATCHING, EQUALLY AS

INTERESTING ARE THEIR STRANGE
BEHAVIORS.

JUST LOOK ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE
IN AFRICA, WHERE CROCODILES HAVE

PERFECTED A LOG-ROLLING
TECHNIQUE CRUCIAL TO THEIR

SUCCESS.

ON THE SHORES OF THIS AFRICAN
WATERING HOLE, A CROCODILE

PATIENTLY SITS AND OBSERVES THE
WILDLIFE.

ABSOLUTELY MOTIONLESS, HE IS
TOTALLY INSCRUTABLE.

THIS SPOONBILL ISN'T IN MUCH
DANGER.

THESE LARGE REPTILES RARELY
ATTACK BIRDS.

HOWEVER, THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE
TAKING AN INTEREST IN THE LARGER

ANIMALS DRINKING AT THE WATER'S
EDGE.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT.

THE CROC CHANGES COURSE AND
TRIES TO CATCH A FISH, BUT TO NO

AVAIL.

LUCKILY, HE FEELS SOME
VIBRATIONS IN THE WATER AND

HEADS OVER TO SEE WHAT'S CAUSING
THEM.

CROCODILES LIKE THESE TWO HERE
HAVE NO INCISOR TEETH OR MOLARS,

SO THEY DON'T CHEW THEIR FOOD.

THEY HAVE TO RELY ON A RATHER
SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUE.

THEY ROLL OVER AND OVER WITH
THEIR PREY FIRMLY GRIPPED IN

THEIR JAWS.

BUT CROCODILES DON'T JUST EAT
LARGE PREY.

WHEN THE WATER IS WELL-STOCKED,
FISH ARE THE MAIN PART OF THEIR

DIET.

NORMALLY, THESE GREAT REPTILES
HAVE A CLEAR PREFERENCE FOR

GENTLY SLOPING RIVERBANKS.

IT'S THE PERFECT TERRAIN FOR
RESTING THEIR HEAVY BELLIES AND

SHORT LEGS.

THEY LIKE FLAT BANKS AND SANDY
SPITS WHERE THEY CAN LULL UP AND

BASK IN THE SUN.

AND BEST OF ALL IS TO KEEP PART
OF THEIR BODY IN THE WATER SO

THEY CAN SLIP EASILY BACK INTO
THE RIVER.

BUT THIS ENORMOUS 16-FOOT-LONG
CROC HAS DONE JUST THE OPPOSITE.

WHO KNOWS WHY, BUT HE HAS
SETTLED DOWN HIGHER UP ON A

ROCKY PART OF THE SHORE.

IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO
GET HIS ENORMOUS BODY BACK DOWN

TO THE RAPIDS.

IN THE SWIRLING CURRENT, IT'S
CLEAR THE CROC IS NOT AT HOME IN

TURBULENT WATER.

BUT WITH A LAST PUSH, HE'LL MAKE
IT.

COMING UP, WE MEET A SCAVENGING
STORK WILLING TO BEND OVER

BACKWARDS FOR AN AFTERNOON NAP.

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

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

DYLAN: THE WATERING HOLES OF
AFRICA ARE FILLED WITH ALL SORTS

OF WONDEROUS CREATURES, LIKE
THIS BIRD, THE MARABOU.

ALTHOUGH TYPICALLY A SCAVENGER,
HE'LL OFTEN EAT ANYTHING HE

FINDS, LIKE POSSIBLY THIS
TURTLE.

NOPE.

NO SOONER CAUGHT THAN REJECTED.

PROBABLY A BIT TOO COMPLICATED
AS MEALS GO.

THESE BIRDS LOVE TO MAKE THE
LEAST EFFORT POSSIBLE AND ARE

ABOVE ALL OPPORTUNISTS.

IF IT MOVES AND IT ISN'T TOO
BIG, IT'S A POTENTIAL MEAL.

HOWEVER, THIS TIME, THEY WERE A
LITTLE AMBITIOUS.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THIS MONITOR
LIZARD HAS BEEN THREATENED BY

THESE BIRDS.

THE MARABOUS ARE VERY PRESENT IN
ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE

SAVANNAH.

THEY'RE CONSUMMATE ARTISTS WITH
AN INCREDIBLE BEARING AND A

LITTLE BIT OF AN ILL TEMPER.

WHEN THEY'RE PERCHED, YOU'D
SWEAR THEY HAD NO HEADS.

THEY CAN ALSO PLAY THE CLOWN OR
AN ACROBAT.

THIS MARABOU GETS CAUGHT UP
TRYING TO STEAL FROM HIS FELLOW

BIRD.

LUCKILY, HELP IS NEVER FAR AWAY.

TO AVOID THIS SORT OF MISHAP,
THE GREAT WADER CAN ABANDON ITS

INTEREST IN FINDING A MEAL ON
LAND AND TURN TO ITS OTHER AREA

OF EXPERTISE, FISHING.

A WHOLE COLONY OF MARABOUS HAS
MOVED INTO A BRANCH OF THE RIVER

THAT IS DRYING UP.

THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE

OPPORTUNITY.

THERE'S ALSO A HUGE VARIETY OF
FISHING BIRDS THERE...

...ESPECIALLY STORKS OF ALL
SORTS.

RARELY HAS SUCH A RANGE OF
AFRICAN STORKS BEEN OBSERVED IN

A SINGLE SPOT.

APART FROM THE MARABOUS, THERE
ARE BLACK STORKS WITH THEIR RED

BEAKS...

...WOOLLY-NECKED STORKS...

...AND YELLOW-BILLED STORKS.

THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER GIANT OF
THE FAMILY, THE SADDLE-BILLED

STORK WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT BEAK.

AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET TALL,
IT'S ALMOST AS BIG AS THE

MARABOU.

DESPITE ITS DULL COLORING, THIS
ONE IS ALSO A SADDLE-BILL, BUT A

YOUNG ONE THAT HASN'T YET GOT
ITS ADULT BEAK OR BEAUTIFUL

PLUMAGE.

FISHING IS IN FULL SWING.

WHAT'S SURPRISING IS THAT APART
FROM THE SOUNDS OF SPLASHING,

THIS SCENE HAPPENS IN COMPLETE
SILENCE.

NOT ONE CRY IS HEARD.

IN FACT, ALL STORKS ARE ALMOST
MUTE, UNABLE TO EMIT A SOUND

EXCEPT IN THE MATING SEASON WHEN
THEY CACKLE A LITTLE.

WHEN THEY'VE EATEN ENOUGH, THESE
GREAT BIRDS SIT BY BENDING THEIR

LEGS IN AN ASTONISHING WAY.

THEIR KNEES SEEM TO WORK
BACKWARDS.

BUT THIS IS NOT THEIR KNEE
JOINT.

IT'S THE ANKLE JOINT.

JUST ANOTHER STRANGE SPECIALTY
THAT MAKES THESE BIRDS A UNIQUE

PART OF THE WILD.

WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVING IN
THE WILD, BEING BIZARRE CAN BE

AN ADVANTAGE IN ANY ENVIRONMENT.

THE STRANGEST CREATURES AND
STRANGEST HABITS ARE OFTEN THOSE

THAT ARE BEST SUITED TO THEIR
SURROUNDINGS, ADAPTING OVER TIME

TO THRIVE UNLIKE ANY OTHER
ANIMALS ON THE PLANET.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR
ADVENTURE TO SEE THE WEIRD AND

WONDERFUL.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN FOR
ANOTHER EPISODE OF

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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