All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E03.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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

GET READY FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE
INTO THE WILD ON

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE TAKING A TROPICAL
TRIP TO THE CARIBBEAN TO SEE

SOME OF THE ICONS OF THESE WILD
ISLANDS.

LIKE THESE PRO POLLINATORS WHO
PREFER THINGS PITCH BLACK.

WE'LL SEE A WASP THAT
UNCHARACTERISTICALLY THRIVES

AWAY FROM THE HIVE.

AND LATER, WE DISCOVER A
ONE-OF-A-KIND LOCAL LIZARD

THAT'S ALWAYS READY TO RUMBLE.

ALL OF THIS AND SO MUCH MORE ON
TODAY'S EPISODE OF

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: NESTLED BETWEEN NORTH
AND SOUTH AMERICA IN THE

ATLANTIC OCEAN IS A PARADISE
UNLIKE ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENT IN

THE WORLD.

SANDY, CORAL-LINED COASTS AND
LUSH GREENERY DOMINATE THE

LANDSCAPES OF THE CARIBBEANS
ISLANDS, WHICH STRETCH MORE THAN

ONE MILLION SQUARE MILES FROM
CUBA TO THE COAST OF VENEZUELA.

THIS REGION IS HOME TO RICH
BIODIVERSITY AND THERE'S A

NATURAL FEATURE THAT MAY BE THE
REASON FOR THE FLORA AND FAUNA

FIREWORKS.

MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO IN A PLACE
WHERE THERE HAD BEEN NO VISIBLE

LAND, TELLURIC FORCES IN THE
EARTH'S CRUST THRUST UP ISLANDS

FROM BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE
SEA.

SLOWLY, THE AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN PLATES CAME TOGETHER

AND BUCKLED, OVERLAPPING.

AND THIS CLASH OF TITANS GAVE
BIRTH TO THE WEST INDIES.

GRADUALLY, EVERYTHING FELL INTO
PLACE AND THE BARREN LANDS SOON

BECAME HAVENS FOR BIODIVERSITY.

WANDERING THESE SHORES AND
CLIMBING THESE SLOPES REVEAL THE

IMPORTANCE OF VOLCANOES IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WEST INDIES.

THESE LANDSCAPES, WITH THEIR
TROPICAL CLIMATES, HAVE BEEN

FAVORABLE TO THE EMERGENCE OF A
GREAT VARIETY OF NATURAL

HABITATS.

THE ISLAND TERRAINS PRODUCE THE
IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR LIFE TO

THRIVE.

BOTH VEGETAL AND ANIMAL SPECIES
HAVE TAKEN ROOT HERE AND

DIVERSIFIED OVER THE AGES TO
CREATE ONE OF THE MOST

REMARKABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF
ENDEMIC SPECIES ON THE PLANET.

UNIQUE SPECIES WHICH LIVE ONLY
IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

THE VOLCANOES MAY BE MASTER
BUILDERS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A

DESTRUCTIVE SIDE AND OVER THE
YEARS HAVE IMPOSED THEIR WILL ON

LIVING BEINGS.

BORN FROM THE EARTH'S OWN KILN,
THE WEST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO IS

HOME TO SOME OF THE PLANET'S
MOST DANGEROUS VOLCANOES.

ACTIVE, SULFUROUS TITANS WHOSE
ANGER CAN BE AS SUDDEN AS IT IS

VIOLENT.

ON THE SUMMIT'S PLATEAU, LIFE IS
SUSPENDED ACCORDING TO THE WINDS

OF THE VOLCANO.

HERE, IN THE BELCHING, TOXIC
FUMES, THE PROSTRATED VEGETATION

IS PURELY EPHEMERAL.

MERELY TOLERATED.

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DYLAN: THE FLOWERS OF THE
MOUNTAIN PINEAPPLE

ARE THE MOST DARING, DEPLOYING
THEIR FLORAL STEMS

HIGHER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER
PLANTS, WHICH LAY AT

GROUND LEVEL, SUCH AS MOSSES,
PEAT MOSSES, AND LYCOPODIUM.

THESE GAPING CHASMS ARE LIKE SO
MANY WIDE OPEN MOORS,

LEADING TO THE MOUNTAIN'S
ENTRAILS, WHERE THE

EARTH'S HOT AND VISCOUS HEART
BEATS.

THE VOLCANO IS ALIVE, AND STILL
BREATHING.

HERE ON THESE ISLANDS, LIFE HAS
EXPLORED EVERY POSSIBLE PATH TO

HELP IT FLOURISH.

ELEMENTS VITAL TO PLANT LIFE ARE
IN ABUNDANCE HERE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ARE MINERALS
FROM THE VOLCANIC ASH, WHICH

FERTILIZE THE LAND FROM THE
HIGHLANDS TO THE COAST.

THEN, THERE IS THE LIGHT FROM
THE SUN, WHICH HERE IN THE

TROPICS, SHINES FROM 11 TO 13
HOURS A DAY ALL YEAR-ROUND.

AND FINALLY, WATER.

EVERY YEAR, MORE THAN 300 INCHES
OF RAIN FALLS ON EVERY SQUARE

FOOT OF THE HIGHEST WEST INDIAN
PEAKS, ALLOWING THICK, LUSH,

VERDANT FORESTS TO THRIVE.

WHEN WE RETURN, THIS DARK KNIGHT
PROVES YOU DON'T NEED A CAPE

TO BE A CARIBBEAN HERO.

WE'LL SEE A WINGED WARRIOR THAT
PREFERS LIFE UNDERGROUND INSTEAD

OF IN THE SKY.

AND AMONG THE TROPICAL TREES OF
THESE ISLANDS, WE DISCOVER A

LIZARD UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

ALL THIS WHEN "EARTH ODYSSEY"
RETURNS.

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

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DYLAN: DEEP IN THE TROPICAL
ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN, THERE

IS ONE TYPE OF MAMMAL
INDIGENOUS, THAT'S ROLE IS

PARAMOUNT TO THE SURVIVAL OF A
VAST ARRAY OF BOTH PLANT AND

ANIMAL SPECIES.

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
PROLIFERATION OF SEEDS AND THE

POLLINATION OF PLANTS.

BATS ARE A KEY SPECIES IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.

THEY ARE, IN A WAY, THE FOREST'S
LITTLE HELPERS.

THE ANTILLEAN FRUIT-EATING BAT
LIVES ONLY HERE.

THESE MEDIUM-SIZED BATS LIVE IN
TIGHTLY KNIT GROUPS IN GROTTOS

AND CAVES UPSIDE DOWN.

WHEN THEIR WINGS ARE SPREAD,
THEY HAVE A SPAN OF ALMOST TWO

FEET, DESPITE WEIGHING

LESS THAN TWO OUNCES.

THEIR WINGS ARE IN FACT THEIR
HANDS.

BUT BETWEEN THEIR ELONGATED
FINGERS, THERE'S A FINE MEMBRANE

OF SKIN, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO
FLY.

AS NIGHT FALLS, THESE LITTLE
FINGER WINGS ALLOW THEM TO FLY

OFF TO FEED ON SWEET FRUIT AND
NECTARS RICH IN SUGAR.

THE PERFECT FUEL FOR THEIR
METABOLISM.

THESE SMALL MAMMALS MAY
UNDENIABLY BE DEPENDENT ON THE

FOREST, BUT THEY RETURN THE
FAVOR BY BEING THE MOST LOYAL

ALLIES TO THE ISLAND'S FLOWERING
PLANTS.

THIS CARIBBEAN TREE IS THE
PERFECT EMBODIMENT OF THE

ALLIANCE BETWEEN PLANTS AND
BATS.

THE KAPOK TREE IS A VEGETAL
MONSTER.

A NATIVE OF THIS PART OF THE
WORLD, IT DOMINATES ITS REALM

LIKE A MONARCH.

ITS TRUNK GIVES IT AN
ANIMAL-LIKE APPEARANCE AND ALONG

WITH ITS INTIMIDATING SPINES,
HAS GIVEN IT PRIDE OF PLACE AT

THE HEART OF CARIBBEAN BELIEFS
AND LEGENDS, WHERE IT'S OFTEN

ASSOCIATED WITH DEATH AND THE
SPIRIT WORLD.

A TREE WHICH IS BOTH VENERATED
AND FEARED.

IN THE DRY SEASON, THE KAPOK
LOSES ALL OF ITS LEAVES, IT THEN

STARTS TO FLOWER.

DURING THE DAY, ONLY THE FULLY
CLOSED BUDS ARE VISIBLE.

THE TREE KING HAS DECIDED TO
WAIT UNTIL NIGHT FALLS BEFORE

ITS RETINUE OF LITTLE CREATURES
TAKES THE STAGE.

IT'S NOW DARK AS NIGHT AND
HUNDREDS OF BATS FLUTTER

FRANTICALLY AROUND THE GIANT
TREE.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT SPECIES OF
BAT COMMON THROUGHOUT

THE CARIBBEAN.

THE JAMAICAN FRUIT BAT HAS
STAKED EVERYTHING ON THE KAPOK

TREE.

THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR ONE
THING, FOR THE FLOWERS TO

FINALLY OPEN.

THAT'S WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS.

WITH THE FLOWERS NOW ACCESSIBLE,
THE FRUIT BATS THROW THEMSELVES

ONTO THE BALLOONS, GREEDILY
LAPPING THE NECTAR WITH THEIR

TONGUES.

ALMOST EVERY VISIT IS AN
OPPORTUNITY.

THE FRUIT BATS GUZZLE THE SWEET
LIQUID FROM THE TREE AND IN

RETURN THEY POLLINATE EACH AND
EVERY FLOWER.

TIME GOES BY BUT THE FRENZY
DOESN'T END.

THE BATS BROWN PELT IS NOW
STAINED WITH THE FLOWER'S

POLLEN.

THE HARVEST IS TURNING INTO A
PARTY.

ON THIS CARIBBEAN NIGHT, THE
FRUIT AND NECTAR-EATING BATS ARE

PERFORMING AN ACT CRUCIAL TO THE
SURVIVAL AND WELL-BEING OF THESE

TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS.

THEIR ROLE, WHILE ALMOST
INVISIBLE TO US, IS NONETHELESS

VITAL.

WITHOUT THE BATS, THESE TROPICAL
FORESTS WOULD BE QUITE

DIFFERENT.

IN FACT, WITHOUT BATS, THERE
WOULD BE NO TROPICAL FORESTS AT

ALL.

COMING UP, A FEARSOME HUNTER
THAT TRADES THE HEIGHTS FOR THE

UNDERGROUND.

AND LATER, WE GET A CLOSEUP LOOK
AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST

REPTILES.

WHEN WE COME BACK ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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

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DYLAN: THE CARIBBEAN IS HOME TO
A MYRIAD OF SPECIES THAT CAN BE

FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

EACH OF THESE ANIMALS IS AS
ECCENTRIC AS THEY ARE RARE.

WITH BEHAVIORS AND TRAITS TO
MATCH THEIR ONE-OF-A-KIND

EXISTENCE, LIKE ONE ICONIC
INSECT YOU MIGHT THINK IS PART

OF THE HIVE, BUT IN THE
CARIBBEAN, IT'S A CREATURE THAT

PREFERS LIFE ON ITS OWN.

FAR DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY
WERE BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF MAN,

THE WEST INDIAN SHORES ARE STILL
IMPORTANT NATURAL HAVENS FOR A

WHOLE COMMUNITY OF CREATURES.

SOME HAVE CLEARLY MADE THE
CHOICE TO SETTLE HERE AND

REPRODUCE.

WHETHER THEY ARE OR ARE NOT
AFFECTED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY, THE

SHORES OF THESE ISLANDS ARE
STILL ESSENTIAL TO THE SURVIVAL

OF SOME UNIQUE SPECIES.

SOMETIMES, SPECIES CONSIDERED
INSIGNIFICANT REVEAL THEMSELVES

TO BE THE MOST REMARKABLE.

LIKE THIS HYMENOPTERAN.

THE HORSE GUARD WASP IS AN
INSECT COMMON ON THE SHORES OF

THE CARIBBEAN AND IS EYED WITH
SUSPICION, WRONGLY.

AS LARGE AS IT IS, IT'S NOT
AGGRESSIVE.

SURPRISINGLY, THIS WASP IS A
SOLITARY CREATURE.

UNLIKE ITS SOCIAL COUSINS, EACH
WASP LIVES ITS OWN LIFE

INDEPENDENTLY, ALONGSIDE OTHERS.

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE
FEMALES ARE CLEARLY VERY BUSY.

THEIR MISSION IS TO DIG A
GALLERY IN THE HOT SAND SO THAT

THEY CAN LAY AN EGG.

BURROWING BUSILY, THE FEMALE
USES HER FORELIMBS LIKE SHOVELS

TO DIG OUT THE SAND.

THIS FEARSOME HUNTER THEN
RETURNS TO LEAVE PREY IN ITS

BURROW.

STILL LIVING FLIES WILL BE FOOD
FOR THE PATIENT LARVA.

ABOUT 30 SQUARE FEET OF SAND IS
ENOUGH FOR THIS BURROWING WASP

TO ENSURE ITS PROGENY.

BUT THE EFFORT IS IMMENSE.

ON THE LOWER COAST, THE SALT
MARSHES OFFER SANCTUARY TO MANY

SHORE BIRD SPECIES.

PERFECTLY SITUATED BETWEEN THE
TWO AMERICAS, THE WEST INDIES

ARE A STAGING POST FOR MIGRATORY
BIRDS.

SOME STOP HERE TWICE A YEAR ON
THEIR WAY TO THEIR BREEDING

GROUNDS IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
AND ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR

SOUTH AMERICAN WINTER HOMES.

OTHERS LIVE HERE ALL YEAR-ROUND
OR HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE TO

ENSURE THEIR PROGENY.

THE WINTER PLOVER IS ONE OF
THEM.

THESE BIRDS ARE NOT HERE BY
CHANCE.

THE SALT MARSHES HAVE TREASURE:

FLIES.

BILLIONS OF FLIES.

IT'S A BOUNTY NOT TO BE MISSED.

COMING UP, WE DISCOVER A LOCAL
LIZARD THAT LOVES A TOXIC

ENVIRONMENT.

THIS 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: THESE CARIBBEAN SHORES
ARE HOME TO MANY SPECIES UNIQUE

IN THE WORLD.

ENDEMISM IS VERY COMMON HERE.

THE ISLANDS HAVE CREATED
RESERVOIRS OF BIODIVERSITY,

ISOLATED IN TIME AND SPACE.

THIS HAS ALLOWED A NUMBER OF
SPECIES TO DIVERSIFY.

SOME OF THESE WEST INDIAN
ISLANDS ARE HOME TO AN

INDIGENOUS SPECIES OF REPTILE,

THE LESSER ANTILLEAN IGUANA.

THE YOUNGEST ONES BORN JUST A
FEW WEEKS AGO ARE PERFECTLY

CAMOUFLAGED AMONGST THE LEAVES.

THEIR NEW GREEN SKIN BLENDS IN
PERFECTLY WITH THE FOLIAGE OF

THE MANCHINEEL TREE.

THIS HIGHLY TOXIC TREE IS COMMON
THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN.

THE IGUANAS HAVE AN IMMUNITY TO
ALL OF ITS TOXINS.

BUT IF THE SLIGHTEST CONTACT
WITH ITS LEAVES WOULD CAUSE A

SERIOUS BLISTERING, WHAT AFFECT
COULD EATING ITS FRUIT HAVE?

THE FIRST EUROPEAN COLONISTS WHO
DISEMBARKED HERE PAID FOR THAT

ANSWER WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO, THESE BEACH APPLES ARE
SOLELY RESERVED FOR THE IGUANAS.

AS THE HOURS TICK BY, THE SUN
HAS SUFFICIENTLY WARMED THEIR

COLD-BLOODED BODIES AND IT'S
TIME FOR THEM TO GO ABOUT THEIR

SECOND TASK OF THE DAY:

FEEDING THEMSELVES.

THESE HERBIVORES FAVOR SHRUBS,
BUT THEY WILL EAT ON THE GROUND

IF IT'S OPEN.

THEY JUST NEED TO CRAWL TO
GATHER FOOD.

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DYLAN: THE OLDER MALES CLAIM
DOMINANCE OF THE GROUP'S FEMALES

FOR NOW.

BUT YOUNG PRETENDERS ARE
BECOMING INCREASINGLY BOLD.

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DYLAN: IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN
THEIR SENIORITY, THE DOMINANT

MALES HAVE TO BE PERSUASIVE.

A FLICK OF THE HEAD ALLOWS IT TO
DISPLAY ITS DEWLAP,

LIKE A STANDARD.

AND WHEN INTIMIDATION NO LONGER
WORKS, THEN THINGS HAVE TO

ESCALATE.

THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE
DETERMINES WHICH MALE WILL EARN

THE RIGHT TO MATE.

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DYLAN: WHEN THE DUST SETTLES,
THE LOSER LEAVES THE ARENA,

GIVING WAY TO THE VICTOR AND THE
NEXT GENERATION.

ISOLATED AND ICONIC, THE ISLANDS
OF THE CARIBBEAN GIVE US A

WINDOW INTO THE BEAUTIFUL
DIVERSITY OF NATURE, WITH UNIQUE

PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT HAVE
FOUND A WAY TO THRIVE WHERE

OTHERS SIMPLY COULD NOT EXIST.

EVEN IN A TROPICAL PARADISE,
ADAPTATION AND INGENUITY ARE KEY

FOR ANY ANIMAL'S SURVIVAL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU FOR THE

NEXT ADVENTURE ON

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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