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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SYMBOL, YOU KNOW YOU'RE
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WATCHING TELEVISION THAT IS
EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.
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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: HI, EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER, AND WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE
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A TREK INTO THE WILD ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".
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TODAY, WE'RE OFF TO THE HEART OF
EUROPE TO SEE ONE OF THE MOST
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REMARKABLE RIVERLANDS ON THE
PLANET.
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WE'LL SEE HOW THIS LOIRE VALLEY
LOOKOUT MAKES ITS WARNING HEARD
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FOR MILES AROUND.
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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AND A LEGLESS LIZARD THAT HAS
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PERFECTED ITS SNAKE IMPRESSION.
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PLUS, THIS TAIL-SLAPPING TWOSOME
SHOWS US HOW TO AVOID GETTING
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ANY UNINVITED GUESTS.
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BUT FIRST, THROUGH THE FOG COMES
A COUPLE OF FOX CUBS READY TO
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GET INTO SOME MOUNTAIN MISCHIEF.
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THIS AND SO MUCH MORE ON TODAY'S
"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[MUSIC]
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FRANCE IS MOSTLY KNOWN FOR ITS
RICH CULTURE, BREATHTAKING
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CITIES, AND AMAZING FOOD.
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BUT FRANCE IS ALSO A WILD PLACE
WITH AMAZING BIODIVERSITY.
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FROM THE FRENCH MOUNTAINTOPS,
SMALL TRICKLES OF WATER QUICKLY
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COMBINE TO BECOME ONE OF THE
MOST VIBRANT AND ICONIC RIVERS
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IN THE WORLD.
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ALONG ITS BANKS, YOU'LL FIND A
WONDERFULLY DIVERSE COLLECTION
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OF WILDLIFE.
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MOUNT GERBIER DE JONC IN THE
ARDECHE, THIS IS WHERE THE LOIRE
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HAS ITS SOURCE.
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EVEN IN THIS EARLY SPRING, THE
CLIMATE IS STILL UNUSUALLY
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HARSH, AS IF THIS WERE THE HIGH
MOUNTAINS.
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LITTLE DROPS OF SNOW MELT TO
BECOME A THIN STREAM OF WATER
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WHICH WILL GRADUALLY SWELL TO
BECOME A MIGHTY RIVER, THE LAST
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GREAT UNTAMED WATERCOURSE IN
EUROPE.
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THE SOURCE OF THE LOIRE IS STILL
HIDDEN WITHIN A DENSE FOG FROM
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WHICH EMERGE THREE FOX CUBS.
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THEY WERE BORN HERE JUST SEVEN
WEEKS AGO AND ARE JUST STARTING
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TO LEAVE THEIR DEN.
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WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG, FOXES LIVE
IN SMALL FAMILY GROUPS KNOWN AS
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SKULKS; HOWEVER, THE
TOGETHERNESS DOESN'T LAST LONG.
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FOXES ARE MOSTLY SOLITARY
ANIMALS, HUNTING AND SLEEPING
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ALONE AT JUST SEVEN MONTHS OLD.
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BUT FOR NOW, IN THE VAST AND
BEAUTIFUL GREENERY OF THE LOIRE,
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THESE CUBS ARE STICKING
TOGETHER.
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[FOXES GROWLING]
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THEIR FATHER SETS OFF HUNTING A
FEW MILES AWAY.
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HE HAS FOUND A MEADOW WHICH HAS
RECENTLY BEEN MOWN, AND THERE IS
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NO LONGER ANY GRASS FOR VOLES TO
SHELTER IN.
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FOXES PROTECT CROPS FROM RODENTS
AND CAN CATCH MORE THAN 40 OF
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THEM IN A DAY.
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THE FATHER ONLY NEEDS 15 OR SO
VOLES TO SUSTAIN HIMSELF, BUT
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BRINGS BACK MANY MORE FOR HIS
FAMILY.
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THE CUBS ARE STILL SUCKLING
THEIR MOTHER, BUT ARE ALSO
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STARTING TO EAT SMALL RODENTS.
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THE MOTHER STAYS CLOSE TO THE
DEN TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER YOUNG.
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THESE FOXES ARE IN FACT
SQUATTERS.
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THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO AVOID
HAVING TO DIG UP THIS HARD,
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ROCKY SOIL BY RELYING ON AN
EXCELLENT SET OF ALLIES...
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...MARMOTS.
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THEY HAVE TURNED THE SOIL AROUND
THE SOURCE OF THE LOIRE INTO A
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VERITABLE SWISS CHEESE, AND THE
FOXES RECYCLE THEIR
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ABANDONED DENS.
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IN THE SPRING, THE MARMOTS
EMERGE FROM A SIX-MONTH PERIOD
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OF HIBERNATION.
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THEY HAVE LOST UP TO HALF THEIR
BODYWEIGHT.
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THE MEADOWS OFFER THE PERFECT
PANTRY FROM WHICH TO REPLENISH
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THEIR RESERVES OF BODYFAT.
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HERE AT ITS SOURCE, THE LOIRE IS
FAR FROM THE MIGHTY RIVER IT
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WILL BECOME LATER.
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IT IS EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, A
NETWORK OF TINY WATERCOURSES
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WHICH ARE HOME TO SOME
REMARKABLE SPECIES.
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THIS MALE ALPINE NEWT IS SHOWING
OFF HIS FINEST COLORS.
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IT'S THE MATING SEASON, AND HE'S
LOOKING FOR A FEMALE.
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THESE RAPID TAIL MOVEMENTS ARE
PART OF HIS SEDUCTION STRATEGY,
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A SECRET WEAPON.
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THIS IS HOW HE WILL SEND OVER
HIS PHEROMONES, BUT IT'S GOING
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TO TAKE MORE THAN A CASUAL WAVE
OF THE TAIL TO ATTRACT THIS
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AMOROUS AMPHIBIAN.
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WHEN WE COME BACK, THIS
MOUNTAIN-DWELLING MAMMAL HAS A
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VOICE THAT CARRIES FAR AND WIDE.
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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AND ALONG THE RIVER'S EDGE, A
WANNABE WORM SLITHERS IN SEARCH
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OF A MEAL.
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PLUS, A RIVER RODENT THAT
OUTWEIGHS THE COMPETITION.
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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: HERE IN THE LOIRE VALLEY
IN FRANCE, THESE CAREFREE FOX
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CUBS CONTINUE THEIR GAMES.
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THIS IS IN FACT ESSENTIAL
TRAINING, WHICH WILL IMPROVE
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THEIR REFLEXES AND STAMINA.
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THEY SHARE THEIR PLAYGROUND WITH
THE MARMOTS.
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THE SIBLINGS SPEND A LARGE PART
OF THEIR DAY FIGHTING.
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THEY NEED TO BE WELL-TRAINED
BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE FAMILY
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MEADOW TO GO AND ESTABLISH THEIR
OWN TERRITORY NEXT SPRING.
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A COMMON BUZZARD HUNTS ABOVE THE
FIELD.
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FACE TO THE WIND, HOVERING
MOTIONLESS, SHE FOCUSES ON
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HER PREY.
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A MARMOT IS FAR TOO BIG FOR A
BUZZARD, BUT NOT FOR A
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GOLDEN EAGLE.
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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A SENTRY SOUNDS THE ALARM WITH
A WHISTLE THAT CAN BE HEARD
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SEVERAL MILES AWAY.
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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SOME DISTANCE AWAY, BENEATH
MOUNT GERBIER, THE LITTLE
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STREAMS COME TOGETHER.
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THE LOIRE IS ALREADY A
THREE-FOOT-WIDE BROOK.
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IT SWELLS, WIDENS, AND GROWS
BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.
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IT TUMBLES DOWN FOR ANOTHER
SEVERAL DOZEN MILES.
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BY THE TIME IT REACHES LE
PUY-EN-VELAY IN AUVERGNE, THE
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LOIRE IS OVER 70 FEET WIDE.
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OVER MILLENNIA IT HAS DUG VAST
GORGES SURROUNDED BY
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HIGH CLIFFS.
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THESE ROCK FACES ARE WHERE THE
WHITE-THROATED DIPPERS CHOOSE TO
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MAKE THEIR NESTS OF MOSS.
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THE PARENTS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT
OUT.
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THEIR CHICKS ARE BIG ALREADY AND
DEMAND FOOD CONSTANTLY.
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THE WHITE-THROATED DIPPER
CATCHES ITS PREY BENEATH THE
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SURFACE OF THE WATER.
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IT DIVES LOOKING FOR INSECT
LARVAE.
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IN SPRING, MILLIONS OF LARVAE
SIMULTANEOUSLY METAMORPHOSE INTO
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ADULT INSECTS, WHICH MATE OVER
THE WATER IN A FRENETIC
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AERIAL BALLET.
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THIS IS A GODSEND FOR THE TROUT
WAITING TO GOBBLE UP ANY THAT
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LAND IN THE WATER.
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THE DIPPER, HOWEVER, PREFERS THE
LARVAE HIDDEN UNDER THE STONES.
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TODAY, IT'S THE TURN OF THIS
CHICK TO LEAVE THE NEST, BUT A
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WATERFALL BUBBLES BENEATH.
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WHEN A DIPPER LEAVES THE NEST,
IT CAN NEVER RETURN.
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THE YOUNGSTER IS HESITANT.
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[BIRD CHIRPING]
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HIS BROTHER, WHO FLEW THE NEST
THE DAY BEFORE, WAITS.
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THE YOUNGSTER CANNOT FLY YET,
AND IT IS NOT USED TO WALKING.
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ONE CHICK REMAINS IN THE NEST,
RELUCTANT TO TAKE THE PLUNGE.
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MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE THE DAY.
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COMING UP, WE HEAD TO THE
SHALLOW RIVERBANKS TO SEE A
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SLITHERING LIZARD THAT SEEMS TO
BE MISSING SOMETHING.
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AND A PAIR OF HAIRY HERMITS
LEAVE THEIR DEN TO PUT OUT THE
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UNWELCOME SIGN, ALL WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: A RIVER AS SUBSTANTIAL
AND ROBUST AS THE LOIRE CAN
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NURTURE LIFE FAR BEYOND ITS
BANKS, LIKE THE MOUNTAINS AT ITS
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SOURCE, THE GRASSLANDS IT RUNS
THROUGH, AND IN THE DEPTH OF THE
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WATER ITSELF, YET SOME ANIMALS
PREFER TO STAY RIGHT IN THE
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MIDDLE OF THE ACTION, LIKE THE
SANDPIPER, WHO MAKES ITS HOME IN
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A RATHER CONSPICUOUS PLACE.
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THE LOIRE VALLEY IN FRANCE HAS
WAYS OF ALLOWING ANIMALS TO HIDE
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IN PLAIN SIGHT, LIKE HERE, WHERE
A FEMALE SANDPIPER IS HUNTING.
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SHE HAS BUILT HER NEST ON THIS
LITTLE GRASSY ISLAND
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IN MIDSTREAM.
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THE LOIRE PROTECTS HER EGGS FROM
PREDATORS, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A
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MAJOR THREAT.
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THE NEST COULD BE DESTROYED
SHOULD THE RIVER FLOOD.
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JUST NEARBY IN THIS POOL, THE
TADPOLES OF THE MIDWIFE TOAD ARE
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INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF THE
CHICKS.
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ONLY THE MALE TOAD LOOKS AFTER
THE EGGS, WHICH ARE ATTACHED IN
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A CLUSTER TO HIS HIND LEGS.
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HE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
EGGS DO NOT DRY OUT.
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HE REGULARLY TAKES TO THE WATER
AND SPENDS THE DAY HIDING IN
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A HOLE.
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THIS SLOW WORM IS ALSO SEEKING
SHELTER FROM THE HEAT.
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HE'S HUNTING.
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THIS LEGLESS LIZARD SEEKS OUT
UNDERGROUND WORMS AND
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SMALL INSECTS.
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THESE RED ANTS ARE ALSO HUNTERS,
CATCHING THOUSANDS OF INSECTS
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EVERY DAY.
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BUT THEY ARE FARMERS, TOO.
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THEY DISCOVERED FARMING MILLIONS
OF YEARS BEFORE WE DID.
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THEIR HERDS ARE SAP-SUCKING
INSECTS.
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WHEN THE ANTS TAP THEM WITH
THEIR ANTENNAE, THEY PRODUCE A
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SWEET LIQUID WHICH THE WORKER
ANTS DRINK AND SHARE WITH
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THEIR SISTERS.
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MID-AFTERNOON, AND THE SUN IS
ALREADY SETTING BEHIND THE
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CLIFFS OF SOLIGNAC-SUR-LOIRE.
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TWO YOUNG EURASIAN EAGLE OWLS
EMERGE FROM THE BUSH WHERE THEY
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WERE SHELTERING FROM THE SUN TO
RETURN TO THEIR NEST, A SIMPLE
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ROCKY PLATFORM.
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THEY KNOW THAT AT NIGHTFALL,
THEIR PARENTS WILL FLY OUT TO
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CATCH FOOD FOR THEM.
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THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE LOIRE
BECOMES A HUNTING GROUND FOR
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NOCTURNAL PREDATORS.
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A MARTEN BRAVES THE CURRENT TO
REACH A MEADOW TEEMING WITH
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SMALL RODENTS.
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FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, GANGIAN
CASTLE WATCHES OVER THE LOIRE.
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IT'S HOME TO A COLONY OF WESTERN
JACKDAWS.
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THREE HUNDRED MILES AWAY FROM
ITS SOURCE, THE LOIRE IS NOW A
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GREAT MAJESTIC RIVER.
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THE LOIRE ISLANDS, BUT WHEN BAD
WEATHER TAKES A HOLD, THE RIVER
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CAN SWARM OVER THE LANDSCAPE,
FLOODING ANIMAL DENS AND
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SHELTERS, REMINDING ALL
INHABITANTS OF THE POWER THIS
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MIGHTY RIVER HOLDS.
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WHEN WE RETURN, A COUNTRYSIDE
COUPLE WHO SHARE THE DUTIES OF
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SELF-CARE.
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ALL OF THIS AND MORE COMING UP
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: HERE IN FRANCE, THE FLOW
OF THE LOIRE IS STILL STRONG,
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BUT THE WATER LEVEL IS DROPPING,
REVEALING BANKS DAMAGED BY
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THE FLOODING.
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ONE OF THE FIRST ANIMALS TO
EXPLORE THE NEWLY EMERGED
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TERRITORY IS A GREATER
WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW.
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THIS IS A YOUNGSTER SEARCHING
FOR A TERRITORY.
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IT'S ONLY HALF THE SIZE OF A
MOUSE, BUT IT IS A REMARKABLE
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PREDATOR WITH AN INSATIABLE
APPETITE.
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IT CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THIS
FERTILE TERRITORY WITH NO FEAR
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OF COMPETITION.
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THE SHREWS THAT USED TO LIVE
HERE DIED IN THE FLASH FLOODS.
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00:16:02,896 --> 00:16:07,534
THE EARTHWORMS HAVE SPENT A
CAREFREE WEEK BENEATH THE WATER.
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00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:09,402
NOW THE LEVEL HAS DROPPED.
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00:16:09,402 --> 00:16:13,440
THEY CAN ENJOY A NOCTURNAL
EXCURSION.
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00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:18,578
BUT THE SHREW'S HYPERACUTE
SENSES LEAVE ITS PREY NEXT TO NO
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00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:22,949
CHANCE, AND ITS BITE,
PROPORTIONAL TO ITS SIZE, IS ONE
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00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:26,186
OF NATURE'S MOST POWERFUL.
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00:16:26,186 --> 00:16:28,188
IT CONTINUES ITS EXPLORATION.
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00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:31,825
THIS PILE OF WOOD AMASSED BY THE
FLOODWATERS IS THE IDEAL PLACE
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00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:35,729
TO SETTLE DOWN.
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00:16:35,729 --> 00:16:38,631
IT MAKES ITS HOME IN A LITTLE
HOLLOW BRANCH WHERE IT CAN SLEEP
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00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:40,667
IN PEACE.
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00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:53,446
AT DAWN, JUST LIKE THE SHREW,
ANOTHER MAMMAL EXPLORES THE
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00:16:53,446 --> 00:16:56,082
BANKS OF THE LOIRE.
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00:16:56,082 --> 00:16:59,652
THE RECEDING WATES REVEAL SAND
BANKS, BUT SOME LEAVES STILL
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00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:03,690
BEAR TRACES OF THE MUD DEPOSITED
BY THE RIVER.
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00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:09,496
THIS PAIR OF BEAVERS HAS
RETURNED TO RECLAIM THE
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00:17:09,496 --> 00:17:13,533
TERRITORY THEY HAD TO ABANDON
BECAUSE OF THE RISING WATER.
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00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:18,104
THE SCENT MARKS WHICH IDENTIFY
THIS LAND AS THEIRS WERE WASHED
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00:17:18,104 --> 00:17:21,274
AWAY BY THE FLOODWATERS, AND IT
IS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY
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00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,309
BE RENEWED.
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00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:28,148
THEY MARK THEIR TERRITORY WITH A
PUNGENT SUBSTANCE WHICH THEY
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00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:31,117
SECRETE CALLED CASTOREUM.
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00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:34,387
THE GLAND WHICH PRODUCES IT IS
AT THE BASE OF THEIR TAIL.
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00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:37,257
BY SPREADING THIS SCENT ALONG
THE BANK, THE BEAVERS LET OTHERS
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00:17:37,257 --> 00:17:40,360
KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT WELCOME.
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00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:43,563
ONCE THEY HAVE SCENT-MARKED THE
AREA, THE COUPLE CAN INDULGE IN
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00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:46,599
A LONG SESSION OF MUTUAL
GROOMING.
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00:17:55,608 --> 00:17:59,646
THIS INTIMATE MOMENT HELPS THEM
TO STRENGTHEN THEIR BOND.
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00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:12,692
THESE BANKS COVERED IN SHRUBS
ARE IDEAL FOR STARTING A FAMILY.
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00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:16,463
IT TAKES A LOT OF WILLOW AND
POPLAR BARK TO FEED EUROPE'S
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00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:18,498
LARGEST RODENT.
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00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:25,872
THIS FEMALE WEIGHS 35 POUNDS,
BUT A LARGE MALE CAN BE
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00:18:25,872 --> 00:18:27,907
TWICE AS HEAVY.
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00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:46,126
ONE LAST BIT OF MARKING BEFORE
SHE RETURNS TO HER LODGE TO FIND
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00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:50,397
COMFORT AND REST ALONG ONE OF
THE MOST INCREDIBLE WATERWAYS
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00:18:50,397 --> 00:18:52,432
IN THE WORLD.
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00:18:56,069 --> 00:18:59,472
THE LOIRE RIVER IS A LUSH,
UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE WILD
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00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:03,009
ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE ARE AS
MUCH A PART OF THE BEAUTY AND
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00:19:03,009 --> 00:19:07,080
WONDER OF FRANCE AS THE EIFFEL
TOWER OR THE BAGUETTE.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:15,355
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