All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E07.1080p.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, AND WE ARE ABOUT TO MEET

SOME INCREDIBLE ANIMALS ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE ON AN ADVENTURE TO
AFRICA TO SEE HOW THE ANIMALS OF

THE SAVANNAH SPEND THEIR
YULETIDE SEASON, LIKE THESE

LOCAL LAY-ABOUTS THAT HAVE
PERFECTED THE ART OF TAKING IT

EASY.

WE'LL SEE A HERD OF HEAVYWEIGHTS
WHO ARE STRICT ABOUT PROPER

PLAYTIME.

AND LATER, WE FIND OUT HOW THESE
GAZELLES MAINTAIN THE CLEANEST

COAT ON THE CONTINENT.

BUT FIRST, WE HEAD TO THE
WATERFRONT WHERE AN AFRICAN

AMPHIBIAN IS WHIPPING UP A HOME
FOR THEIR YOUNG.

GET READY FOR ALL OF THIS AND
MORE ON

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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EACH DAY, LIFE IN THE WILD IS A
TEST OF SURVIVAL.

NEW CHALLENGES, UNPREDICTABLE
RESOURCES, AND CHANGING

ENVIRONMENTS MEAN THAT ANIMALS
MUST STAY ON THEIR TOES, OR

HOOVES, YEAR-ROUND, YET THERE
ARE CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR THAT

ACT AS A RESPITE FROM THIS
EXTREME LIFESTYLE, TIMES WHEN

FOOD AND WATER ARE PLENTIFUL AND
SURVIVING IN THE WILD TURNS TO

THRIVING IN THE WILD.

IT'S DECEMBER HERE, AND THE DAY
HAS STARTED CHEERFULLY, LIKE

MOST DAYS IN THE SAVANNAH.

AT SUNRISE, ALL IS LIVELY AND
RELAXED.

IT'S NEARING THE NEW YEAR, WHICH
MEANS IT'S THE WET SEASON, A

TIME OF BOUNTY AND REVIVAL.

BUT WHILE ELSEWHERE THEY'RE
DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAY

SEASON, HERE, THEY HAVE TO MAKE
DO WITH LUSH ACACIA.

AROUND THE SAVANNAH, THERE ARE
MANY LITTLE CLUES THAT SUGGEST

THAT HERE TOO, IT'S A SPECIAL
TIME OF YEAR.

HANGING FROM PARASITIC CREEPERS
TANGLED UP IN THE FOLIAGE, THESE

FRUITS ARE NOT MERELY FOR
DECORATION.

EVERYWHERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE
WET SEASON HAS BROUGHT LUSH

BLOOMS.

THESE ARE THE FLOWERS OF A
MIMOSA.

THE MIMOSA CINEREA.

THEY FLOWER AT PRECISELY THIS
TIME OF YEAR,

AND THEY MAKE SUCH A GOOD
DISPLAY,

THAT THE SHRUB
IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE KALAHARI

CHRISTMAS TREE.

BUT THERE'S ONE THING MORE
NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PICTURE

AND CREATE THE ILLUSION.

IT ONLY LASTS A FEW DAYS AND
ALWAYS AT THIS EXACT TIME OF

THE YEAR.

HERE AND THERE, AS YOU APPROACH
THE AREA WHERE THE TERRAPIN

LIVES, YOU CAN SEE A FEW PATCHES
OF WHAT

SURPRISINGLY LOOKS LIKE SNOW.

IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THIS
ODD FOAM-LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT IS

ATTACHED TO THE TRUNKS, THE
GRASSES, AND THE BRANCHES,

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN EVERY
CASE, IT IS ABOVE WATER.

WE OWE THESE UNUSUAL PATCHES TO
AN ANIMAL, WHICH LIKE THE

PYTHON, CAN DISAPPEAR INTO THE
BACKGROUND AND WHICH IS ALSO A

COLD-BLOODED ANIMAL.

THIS IS THE GRAY TREE FROG.

IN NORMAL TIMES, IT'S HARD TO
SEE AGAINST THE BRANCHES.

IN THE PERIOD OF REPRODUCTION,
IT SHOWS ITSELF SPECTACULARLY.

THANKS TO THESE ADHESIVE DISCS,
THE TREE FROG HANGS ON VERY

TIGHTLY IN A VERTICAL POSITION.

THE MALES, ALWAYS SMALLER THAN
THE FEMALE, HANG ONTO HER BACK,

OFTEN SEVERAL AT A TIME.

WHAT THEY ARE CREATING IS A
NEST, THOUGH IT MAY LOOK MORE

LIKE THEY ARE WHIPPING EGG
WHITES.

THE MORE THEY BEAT, THE MORE THE
FOAM RISES.

IT WILL HARDEN IN CONTACT WITH
THE AIR, AND THE FEMALE WILL LAY

HER EGGS IN IT.

THE TADPOLES WILL BE BORN INSIDE
THIS FOAM NEST AND THEN FALL

INTO THE WATER BELOW TO CONTINUE
THEIR TRANSFORMATION.

THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE SEVERAL
WEEKS FOR THE TADPOLES TO FULLY

MATURE INTO THEIR TREE-DWELLING
ADULT COUNTERPARTS.

IN THE SAVANNAH, THERE IS ONE
ASPECT OF THIS TIME OF YEAR THAT

APPEALS UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

IT'S THE SAME EVERY YEAR, AND
YET EVERY YEAR, THE ANIMALS

WELCOME IT WITH THE SAME JOY.

THIS IS IT, LOTS AND LOTS OF
GREEN GRASS.

THE ADULTS LOVE IT AS MUCH AS
THE YOUNG.

FOR THE RED-BILLED BUFFALO
WEAVER, THIS TALL GRASS ISN'T AS

MUCH THE PRESENT, BUT THE
WRAPPING PAPER AROUND IT.

WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT'S INSIDE,
NOURISHMENT AND HOLIDAY FEAST

THAT ONLY COME ONCE A YEAR.

COMING UP, WE JOIN THE BIGGEST
SLEEPOVER IN THE SAVANNAH.

AND LATER, IT'S BATH TIME FOR
THESE MASSIVE MAMMALS, AND

THEY'VE BROUGHT THEIR OWN
SHOWERHEAD.

PLUS, AN ANIMAL THAT'S SERIOUS
ABOUT SELF-CARE FROM THE DAY

THEY WERE BORN.

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: DURING THE WET SEASON,
IT'S THE HERBIVORES WHO ARE THE

MOST SPOILED.

THIS GRASS IS FRESH AND TENDER
AND SO NOURISHING,

SO EASY TO COLLECT, THEY'LL HAVE
TO

SPEND MUCH LESS TIME GRAZING.

IT'S A TREAT FOR EVERYONE,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE FEMALES WHO

ARE THINKING ABOUT MOTHERHOOD.

IN THE SAVANNAH, AT THAT SPECIAL
TIME OF YEAR, YOU CAN SEE HUGE

NUMBERS OF LITTLE GAZELLES.

THEY'RE ALL UNDER THREE WEEKS
OLD AND ARE MORE OFTEN TOGETHER

THAN WITH THEIR MOTHERS.

THE MOTHER IMPALAS USUALLY HAVE
ONLY ONE BABY, AND QUITE

HONESTLY, PREFER TO GIVE THEM
THEIR OWN SPACE.

AND SO WHILE THEY GO AND GRAZE
SOMEWHERE ELSE, THE BABIES

GATHER TOGETHER SOMEWHERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE HERD UNDER THE

WATCHFUL EYE OF ONE OR TWO
FEMALES ON GUARD DUTY.

THESE GATHERINGS OF BABIES HAVE
A NAME.

THEY'RE CALLED A CRECHE.

EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER,
BY 11 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING,

THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS ALREADY
MORE THAN 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

MOST OF THE ANIMALS ARE LOOKING
FOR SOMEWHERE COOL.

WHILE THE AFRICAN HOOPOE HAS
FOUND SOME COOL SHADE TO GROOM

ITSELF...

...A GROUP OF ELEPHANTS IS
MOVING AROUND IN FULL SUNLIGHT.

THIS IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE
THERE'S A WATERING HOLE, AND

THEY'RE GOING THERE TO COOL OFF.

ONLY THE CHAMELEON AT THIS
MOMENT IS KEEPING VERY BUSY.

AS HIS METABOLISM INCREASES WITH
THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, IT'S

JUST THE RIGHT TIME FOR HIM TO
GO HUNTING.

HOWEVER, IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE
FOR THE WILD DOGS.

THE WHOLE PACK SETTLES DOWN IN
THE SHADE AND ENJOYS A VERY

WELCOME REST.

THEIR BELLIES ARE FULL, AND IT'S
AN EASY GUESS AS TO WHAT WAS FOR

DINNER.

FOR THESE CARNIVORES, THE IMPALA
IS PRACTICALLY THE ONLY SOURCE

OF FOOD.

THE PACK HAS A VERY CLEAR
HIERARCHY, AND YET THERE IS NO

NOTICEABLE TENSION BETWEEN THE
MEMBERS.

AND WHEN A LATECOMER WANTS TO
FIND ITS PLACE IN THE SHADE IN

THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE OTHERS,
THERE'S NO VISIBLE SIGN OF AN

ANNOYANCE OR IRRITATION FOR THE
DISTURBANCE.

WHETHER DURING AN AFTERNOON
SIESTA OR WHEN HUNTING, THESE

DOGS ARE INSEPARABLE.

THEY ARE HIGHLY EFFICIENT
PREDATORS, HAVING EXTRAORDINARY

HEARING AND SENSE OF SMELL.

WILD DOGS EASILY DETECT ANY
POTENTIAL PREY BY ITS ODOR, BUT

THE DOGS THEMSELVES GIVE OFF
SUCH A VERY STRONG SMELL, THAT

OTHER ANIMALS KNOW WHEN THEY'RE
NEARBY OR RECENTLY HAVE BEEN.

THIS ENCOURAGES PREY TO STAY
AWAY AND MAKE HUNTING NO EASY

GAME FOR THESE CARNIVOROUS
CANINES.

WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL SEE A
ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ELEPHANTS TO

EAT, PLAY, DRINK, AND BATHE.

AND IN THE HIGH GRASS, A HERD OF
IMPALA TAKES GROOMING TO THE

NEXT LEVEL, ALL COMING UP ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: BEING A SUCCESSFUL
HUNTER IS ABOUT UTILIZING YOUR

STRENGTHS.

EVERY PREDATOR IN THE WILD HAS
THEIR OWN UNIQUE METHOD OF

CAPTURING THEIR NEXT MEAL, BUT
IT TAKES A DIFFERENT KIND OF

INGENUITY WHEN THE PREDATOR IS
MORE THAN TEN TIMES SMALLER THAN

ITS PREY.

FOR TINY INSECTS, LIKE ANTS, THE
BEST HUNTING SKILLS ARE HAVING

THE RIGHT TEAM AND PROVING THAT
STRENGTH CAN BE FOUND IN

NUMBERS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A FIERCE
GIANT TO BE AN EFFECTIVE

PREDATOR.

HERE, WE CAN OBSERVE THE
PREDATION BETWEEN MINI

CARNIVORES, ANTS ATTACKING A
CENTIPEDE.

THIS TIME, THE POISONOUS HOOKS
THAT THE CENTIPEDE GENERALLY

USES TO KILL ITS VICTIMS ARE OF
NO USE TO IT.

HERE'S ANOTHER SPECIES OF ANT
AND THE SAME DEMONSTRATION.

BY ATTACKING AS A GROUP, YOU CAN
GET THE BETTER OF AN ENEMY

BIGGER THAN YOURSELF.

EACH ANTS INJECTS A SMALL DOSE
OF VENOM INTO THIS DUNG BEETLE.

ITS ATTEMPTS TO SHAKE OFF ITS
ATTACKERS ARE OF NO AVAIL.

IT WILL BE POISONED RAPIDLY.

THIS UNFORTUNATE ENDING ISN'T IN
THE CARDS FOR ALL HERBIVORES,

THOUGH.

FOR THESE FEMALE WATERBUCKS,
IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

THEIR COATS, LONGEST OF ANY
GAZELLES, WHICH WOULD BE PERFECT

FOR DECEMBER CLOSER TO THE
POLES, BUT HERE, IT'S A

HOT TOPIC.

FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS BELIEVED
THAT THE WATERBUCK'S LONG HAIR

SERVED TO PROTECT THEM FROM
PREDATORS.

THEY ARE COVERED WITH AN OILY
LAYER SMELLING STRONGLY OF MUSK,

AND THAT WOULD SPOIL THE TASTE
OF THE MEAT.

IN REALITY, LIONS REGULARLY
PARTAKE FROM AMONG THEIR RANKS,

NOT BECAUSE OF THIS MARK WHICH
SHOWS UP AS A TARGET, BUT

BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND
THEM.

WATERBUCKS TRAVEL LESS THAN A
FEW MILES A DAY AND HAVE TO

DRINK REGULARLY.

DON'T WORRY, THIS CHEETAH
SHOULDN'T PRESENT ANY DANGER FOR

THESE ANTELOPES.

THE ELEPHANTS HAVE FOUND THEIR
WATERING HOLE.

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF
THE BEST PRESENTS THAT AN

ELEPHANT CAN DREAM, TO COOL OFF
BY IMMERSING ITSELF COMPLETELY

AND USING ITS TRUNK AS A
SNORKEL.

IF ONE OF HIS FRIENDS JOINS IN
THESE WATERSPORTS, THE PLEASURE

IS COMPLETE.

BETWEEN THESE TWO MALES OF
PRETTY WELL THE SAME SIZE, THE

HIERARCHY HASN'T BEEN CLEARLY
ESTABLISHED.

BATH TIME IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GIVE A FEW DEMONSTRATIONS OF

STRENGTH AND SHOW A SPIRIT OF
COMPETITION.

THE ELEPHANTS THEMSELVES
PROBABLY CAN'T TELL THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS PLAY
AND WHAT ISN'T IN THESE FAIRLY

HARMLESS CONFRONTATIONS.

DURING THIS HOLIDAY PERIOD WHEN
THE POOLS ARE FULL, ELEPHANTS

PREFER TO TAKE A DAILY BATH.

THEY ALWAYS BATHE AFTER
QUENCHING THEIR THIRST AND

GENERALLY END UP SQUIRTING MUD,
WHICH, AS IT DRIES, FORMS A

PROTECTIVE LAYER ON THE SKIN.

IT'S AN ESSENTIAL MOMENT IN THE
ELEPHANT'S DAILY PROGRAM, A

PROGRAM WITH NO SURPRISES FOR
THOSE TO WHOM NOTHING UNTOWARD

CAN HAPPEN.

THIS DELIGHTFUL DAY WILL BE
SPENT EATING.

THEY WILL STUFF THEMSELVES WITH
GRASS, EVEN IF THE SILICA IT

CONTAINS PREMATURELY WEARS OUT
THEIR TEETH, A WORTHWHILE PRICE

TO PAY FOR GETTING WHILE THE
GETTING IS GOOD.

COMING UP NEXT, IT'S NEVER TOO
EARLY FOR THESE BABY IMPALAS TO

LEARN PROPER CARE FOR THEIR
WINTER COATS.

THIS AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

DYLAN: AS THIS HOT DECEMBER DAY
COMES TO AN END, THE ANIMALS OF

THE SAVANNAH OFTEN STAY IN THE
SHADE.

SOME GRAZE WHILE OTHERS SLEEP,
BUT OVERALL, THERE'S A

DISTINCTLY CALM ATMOSPHERE ALL
AROUND.

IMPALAS ARE KEEN TIMEKEEPERS AND
WAIT UNTIL TWO HOURS BEFORE THE

SUN GOES DOWN BEFORE THEY GET
ACTIVE AGAIN.

THE BABY IMPALAS ARE TRYING OUT
THEIR MOBILITY FOR

THE FIRST TIME.

THE LITTLE GAZELLES CAN STAND
FOR BARELY TEN MINUTES AFTER

THEY'RE BORN.

AS SOON AS THEY ARE TWO DAYS
OLD, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO

FOLLOW THE GROUP.

THIS IMPRESSIVE CLAN OF ABOUT
100 IMPALAS IS LARGELY DOMINATED

BY THE FEMALES AND THEIR YOUNG,
BUT A FEW YOUNG UNATTACHED MALES

LIVE ALONGSIDE THEM.

THEY ARE EASILY RECOGNIZED
BECAUSE WITH IMPALAS, ONLY THE

MALES HAVE HORNS.

AND THEY USE THEM.

THESE YOUNG MALES WHO ARE
CONFRONTING EACH OTHER ALL THE

TIME, SOMETIMES SERIOUSLY,
SOMETIMES NOT, ARE ALREADY

CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING, BUT THEY
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE FOUR

YEARS OLD BEFORE IT'S THEIR
TURN.

AFTER MATING, THE FEMALES CARRY
THEIR YOUNG FOR ABOUT 200 DAYS.

AT THE END OF THIS LONG
PREGNANCY, ALL THESE VIGOROUS

AND WELL-BEHAVED BABIES ARRIVE
ALL AT ONCE.

THE MOST STRIKING TRAIT OF
IMPALAS, WHATEVER THEIR AGE, IS

THE CONDITION OF THEIR COATS,
NEARLY ALWAYS PERFECTLY CLEAN,

PERFECTLY SMOOTH.

IT IS BOTH A SIGN OF GOOD HEALTH
AND THE GUARANTEE OF GOOD

CONDITION IN GENERAL.

THIS IS THE RESULT OF SEVERAL
PARTICULAR THINGS.

NOT ONLY IS THE IMPALA THE
SMALLEST MAMMAL TO WELCOME THE

ASSISTANCE OF THE OXPECKERS, BUT
EVEN THE YOUNGEST OF THEM ACCEPT

THIS INVALUABLE HELP.

THEY SOMETIMES GET A BIT MUCH,
BUT ARE VERY USEFUL IN GETTING

RID OF TICKS.

IN FACT, THE IMPALA IS THE ONLY
MAMMAL TO PRACTICE MUTUAL

DELOUSING.

THIS RITUAL CAN BE OBSERVED IN
ANIMALS OF BOTH SEXES, AND EVEN

WITH YOUNG IMPALAS, IT'S THE
ONLY TIME THEY ALLOW ONE OF

THEIR FELLOW CREATURES TO COME
CLOSER THAN SIX FEET.

THIS CAUTION, BOTH OF ALLOWING
OTHERS TO BE NEAR AND TO

MAINTAIN ONE'S HEALTH, IS A GOOD
SYMBOL OF WHAT IT TAKES TO

SURVIVE IN THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH
AS DECEMBER CLOSES ANOTHER YEAR

IN THE WILD.

ON EVERY CONTINENT, CHANGING
SEASONS PROVIDE A SPECTACLE OF

INGENUITY AMONG ANIMALS.

SPECIES MUST WORK TO SURVIVE THE
COLD AND AVOID THE HEAT.

NO MATTER THE TEMPERATURE,
MOMENTS OF CALM AND SAFETY ARE

CHERISHED AND SHOW US THE BEAUTY
OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
TODAY'S ADVENTURE TO THE

AFRICAN SAVANNAH.

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

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