All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E10.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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

IT'S TIME FOR AN INCREDIBLE
ADVENTURE ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE ON AN EXCURSION TO
FIND THE STRANGEST AND BOLDEST

BEHAVIORS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

LIKE HERE WHERE A RAVENOUS
REPTILE SHOWS US HIS FAVORITE

BUFFALO BUFFET.

HIDDEN IN THE TREES, A YOUNG
GAZELLE CATCHES THE EYE THANKS

TO A UNIQUE COAT.

AND LATER, FOR THIS GROUP OF
RARE ZEBRAS, STRIPES ARE A THING

OF THE PAST.

BUT FIRST, WE HEAD TO AFRICA TO
SEE ITS MOST FAMOUS AMPHIBIAN IN

AN AMOROUS ENTANGLEMENT.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE ON TODAY'S
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: NO TWO ANIMAL SPECIES
ARE THE SAME.

SOME MAY LOOK IDENTICAL, SOUND
SIMILAR, EVEN WALK THE SAME, BUT

EACH SPECIES HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE
FLAIR.

OFTEN DIFFERENCES COME IN THE
FORM OF ODD AND UNEXPECTED

BEHAVIORS.

WELL, STANDING OUT AMONG
THOUSANDS OF OTHER ANIMAL

SPECIES IS EASY FOR OUR FIRST
CREATURE--

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST
STUNNINGLY STRANGE.

IN THE SWAMPS OF AFRICA, THE
SOUNDS OF THE HIPPOS MIX WITH

THE STRANGE SONG OF ONE OF THE
MOST AMAZINGLY ODD AMPHIBIANS IN

AFRICA; THE BULLFROG.

JUST AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS, THE
BULLFROGS, WHO SPENT ALL THE DRY

SEASON IN THEIR BURROWS, HAVE
RUSHED TO THE POND TO REPRODUCE.

THE MALES WHO CAN WEIGH MORE
THAN 3 POUNDS, ARE MUCH BIGGER

THAN THEIR PARTNERS.

THE STRONGEST ONES, THE DOMINANT
MALES, HAVE THE GREATEST SUCCESS

WITH THE FEMALES.

COMPETITION IS FIERCE AS THE
MALES DISPLAY A VERY AGGRESSIVE

SENSE OF TERRITORY.

THEY CONTINUALLY TRY TO CHASE
AWAY THEIR RIVALS AND AREN'T

AFRAID TO PLAY A LITTLE ROUGH.

THE BULLFROGS AREN'T THE ONLY
ANIMALS FIGHTING FOR THEIR

PLACE.

THIS PAIR OF FISH EAGLES IS
BEING HARASSED BY SOME CLOVERS

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SETTLED
WITHOUT REALIZING IT NEAR WHERE

THE CLOVERS HAVE LAID THEIR
EGGS.

IN THIS SITUATION, IGNORANCE IS
MOST CERTAINLY NOT BLISS.

NOT ALL ANIMALS STAND OUT FOR
THEIR FIGHTING SKILLS.

SOME ARE MORE WELL-KNOWN FOR
THEIR UNIQUE STYLE.

THE WATTLED LAPWING PROUDLY
DISPLAYS ITS LONG WATTLES.

THE AFRICAN COMB DUCK DOES THE
SAME WITH THE IMPRESSIVE GROWTH

IT HAS ON ITS BEAK.

WHILE OTHERS STAND OUT FOR THEIR
UNEXPECTEDLY NASTY BEHAVIOR.

IN THE NESTS, HATCHLINGS ARE
TAKING CENTER STAGE.

SOME OF THE YOUNG ALREADY
ATTEMPTING TO FLY.

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DYLAN: UNLIKE MOST BIRDS IN THE
NEST, THESE PRECOCIOUS CHICKS

ARE ODDLY ROUGH WITH THEIR
LOVING PARENTS.

YOU CAN SEE STRAIGHTAWAY THAT
THE YOUNG ARE NOT GENTLE WHEN

THEIR PARENTS COME BACK WITH
SOME FISH.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE JUST HOW FAR
THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT CAN GO.

LUCKILY, THERE ARE MORE TENDER
MOMENTS IN NATURE, EVEN WITH

SPECIES WHERE YOU WOULDN'T
EXPECT IT.

THESE TWO SLUGS SLOWLY EMBRACING
LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW ARE

PREPARING FOR THEIR OFFSPRING.

THESE SLUGS HAVE BOTH MALE AND
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND

HAVE TO MIX UP THEIR SECRETIONS
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO

FERTILIZE.

AS THE WATERING HOLES ARE NOW
FULL AGAIN, THE HIPPOS ARE MUCH

MORE RELAXED.

THIS ONE CLEARLY LIKES TO PLAY,
WHICH IS RARE FOR HIPPOS.

THESE ANIMALS TEND TO BE QUITE
IRRITABLE.

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DYLAN: HE'S PLAYING WITH A
BRANCH AND ENJOYING THE SUN

WHILE HE HAS ONE OF AFRICA'S
BEST BATHS ALL TO HIMSELF.

COMING UP, A REPTILE KNOWN FOR
TAKING IT SLOW SHOWS US HIS

FAVORITE FAST FOOD.

WE'LL SEE A YOUNG BUCK THAT'S
BOLD FOR WEARING BLACK.

PLUS, AN ANIMAL THAT'S LEFT ITS
ICONIC MONOCHROME MARKINGS

BEHIND.

THIS AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WHEN IT COMES TO THE
AFRICAN SAVANNAH, EVERY ANIMAL

HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF MAKING THEIR
MARK ON THE LOCAL WATERING

HOLES.

THOUGH SOME ARE LESS ANIMATED
ABOUT IT, LIKE THIS

SHARP-CLAWED TURTLE.

IT'S A TERRAPIN, AN AQUATIC
SPECIES THAT LOVES TO LAZE

AROUND ON THE ROCKS IN THE SUN.

THE FEMALES OF THIS SPECIES ARE
BIGGER THAN THE MALES; THEIR

SHELL CAN MEASURE MORE THAN A
FOOT AND A HALF AND THEY WEIGH

NEARLY 15 POUNDS.

AS THE DAY WEARS ON, THEY
ALTERNATE RESTING ON DRY LAND

AND SWIMMING.

THIS TURTLE FEEDS ESSENTIALLY IN
THE WATER WHERE IT FINDS SNAILS,

SMALL FISH, CRABS AND FROGS.

THIS ONE IS CHURNING UP THE
RIVERBED LOOKING FOR DECOMPOSING

MATTER LEFT BEHIND BY
CROCODILES, ONE OF ITS MAIN

PREDATORS.

BUT IT'S WHEN ITS AROUND BUFFALO
THAT THE TERRAPIN STANDS OUT FOR

ONE VERY ORIGINAL FEEDING HABIT.

IT EATS THE TICKS THAT IT FINDS
ON THE BUFFALO'S BACKS.

THE TINY CREATURES ARE OFTEN A
LITTLE HIGH AND NOT EASY TO GET

AT, BUT THE TERRAPINS DON'T GIVE
UP AND ARE EXTREMELY PATIENT.

AT SOME POINT, THERE ARE BOUND
TO BE A FEW TICKS THAT COME

WITHIN REACH; THEY JUST HAVE TO
WAIT FOR THE BUFFALO TO MOVE

A BIT.

THERE'S NO DANGER FOR THEM IN
THIS BECAUSE THE BUFFALO

APPRECIATES THEIR CONTRIBUTION
TO ITS HYGIENIC WELL BEING.

THERE ARE OTHER HELPERS TOO THAT
ARE BETTER KNOWN.

LIKE THE OXPECKERS THAT CLEAN
NOT ONLY THE BUFFALO, BUT A

GREAT VARIETY OF OTHER MAMMALS.

THEY PROVIDE A REAL SERVICE
BECAUSE THE SKIN OF THESE

ANIMALS ITCHES AND IRRITATES ALL
OVER.

TO HAVE A SCRATCH HERE OR THERE,
ANIMALS USE ANYTHING THAT'S

AVAILABLE.

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DYLAN: TREE TRUNKS.

BRANCHES.

OR EVEN ROCKS.

PARADOXICALLY, BIRDS USE DUST TO
CLEAN THEMSELVES.

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DYLAN: NOT ONLY DOES THE CLOUD
OF DUST GET RID OF PARASITES,

IT'S MAINLY TO ABSORB THE EXCESS
NATURAL OILS FROM THEIR

FEATHERS.

THE HONEY BADGER SCRATCHES IN A
CLASSIC AND VERY EFFICIENT WAY;

BY USING ITS LONG CLAWS.

IN THE LIST OF TOILETRY AND
HYGIENE ACCESSORIES, ONE THING

IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT AMONG THE
HERBIVORES,

AND THAT'S THE TAIL.

IT'S PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR
SWATTING AWAY THE FLIES THAT IT

ATTRACTS.

TAILS ARE AS UNIQUE AS THE
ANIMALS THEMSELVES.

SOME ARE SHORTENED, CUT OFF
QUITE HIGH, LIKE THIS GIRAFFE'S.

THIS ELDERLY MALE HAS SOME OLD
SCARS.

THEY'RE NOT MARKS LEFT BY SOME
PREDATOR'S ATTACKS, BUT THE

RESULTS OF HIS CONFRONTATIONS
WITH OTHER MALE GIRAFFES.

IT'S LIVING PROOF THAT LIFE IN
THE WILD COMES WITH PLENTY OF

CHALLENGES, EVEN AMONG FAMILY.

WHEN WE RETURN, ONE GAZELLE
STANDS OUT FOR BEING TALL, DARK,

AND DIFFERENT.

AND LATER, A FAMILIAR
FOUR-LEGGED BREED WITH AN

UNFAMILIAR LOOK.

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.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AMONG EVERY SPECIES OF
ANIMAL THERE ARE TRADITIONS AND

RITUALS THAT DEFINE THEM.

WHILE THEY MAY LOOK STRANGE OR
SEEM INCONSEQUENTIAL, THESE ODD

BEHAVIORS PLAY AN INTEGRAL PART
IN ESTABLISHING HIERARCHY,

CHOOSING A PARTNER, OR EVEN
REMINDING A RIVAL WHO'S BOSS.

IN THE WILD, AGE-OLD TRADITIONS
LIKE A CEREMONIAL BATTLE CAN

SHAPE AN ANIMAL'S ENTIRE FUTURE.

THIS ENTANGLEMENT MAY BE SILENT,
CODIFIED, LOOKING ALMOST

PEACEFUL, BUT IT CAN TURN OUT TO
BE VERY DANGEROUS.

NEITHER ANIMAL WANTS TO BACK
DOWN IN THIS TRIAL OF STRENGTH.

THERE IS EXTREME THRUST AT THE
POINT OF THE HORN.

IT PRESSES INTO THE SKIN ONLY A
FEW INCHES FROM THE EYE.

CONFLICT IS INHERENT TO THE LIFE
OF ALL GROUPS, BUT IN MOST

ANIMALS' SOCIETIES, FIGHTING IS
RITUALIZED.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE ACTUAL
DANGER IS LIMITED.

IT'S MORE FOR SHOW, BUT STILL A
CRUCIAL ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES.

WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, YOU LOSE A
HORN.

IT'S PAINLESS, IT HAS NO EFFECT
ON THE STATE OF HEALTH, BUT IT

ISN'T WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.

IT'S OFTEN THE END OF A WHOLE
PERIOD OF SOCIAL LIFE.

THERE ISN'T A SINGLE FEMALE IN
THE SAVANNAH WHO WILL CHOOSE A

MALE WHO'S MISSING HALF HIS
CROWNING GLORY.

EACH SPECIES IS DEFINED BY
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT

ARE COMMON TO ALL OF ITS
INDIVIDUALS;

A SORT OF STANDARD MODEL
FROM WHICH SOME OF THEM

DIFFER IN SOMETIMES SPECTACULAR
WAYS.

IT MIGHT BE A SIMPLE QUESTION OF
ITS COAT.

WITH THE GREATER KUDU, THE NORM
IS TO HAVE A FEW STRIPES ON THE

COAT.

THIS FEMALE STANDS OUT WITH ITS
ORIGINAL SPOTTED DESIGN.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS A WARTHOG.

USUALLY, IT HAS SOME LONG HAIRS
THAT HANG ON ITS NECK.

BUT THIS ONE HAS A STUNNING
BLONDE MANE.

YOU COULD SPOT HIM IN A GROUP OF
A THOUSAND.

OTHER AFRICAN PIGS DON'T HAVE
HIS UNLIKELY PONY-LIKE BEARING.

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DYLAN: THIS RATHER SPECIAL
ANIMAL IS ALSO THE RESULT OF A

GENETIC EXCEPTION.

THIS SMALL, BLACK GAZELLE DOES
NOT SEEM TO APPEAR ANYWHERE IN

THE LONG LIST OF MORE THAN 75
TYPES OF AFRICAN ANTELOPES.

TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THIS SPECIES,
WE CAN START WITH ITS SIZE.

IT'S AN AVERAGE-SIZED GAZELLE,
WHICH MUST WEIGH ABOUT 65 POUNDS

AND MEASURE MORE THAN 2-1/2 FEET
AT THE SHOULDER.

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DYLAN: WE CAN ALSO NOTE ITS
HORNS AND OBSERVE WHAT IT EATS.

HERE, IT'S FEEDING ON ACACIA
FLOWERS.

A FEW FEET AWAY, ANOTHER GAZELLE
OF ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AND

APPEARANCE IS EATING THE SAME
THING.

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DYLAN: THIS ONE, HOWEVER, IS
WELL-KNOWN.

IT'S A SPRINGBOK.

IT ALSO HAS POINTED EARS, BUT
THE COLOR OF ITS COAT AND THE

SHAPE OF ITS HORNS ARE QUITE
DIFFERENT.

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DYLAN: AND YET, IT'S OF THE
SAME SPECIES;

ADMITTEDLY IN AN UNUSUAL
VERSION.

THIS ONE HAS A CONDITION CALLED
MELANISM, MEANING THAT ITS FUR

HAS TURNED BLACK.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE
OCCURRENCE AMONG THE SPECIES.

EVEN IN THE WILD, BEING
ONE-OF-A-KIND IS SOMETHING

SPECIAL AND THIS YOUNG SPRINGBOK
IS A

STANDOUT EXAMPLE.

COMING UP NEXT, STRIPES ARE
ALWAYS POPULAR ON THE SAVANNAH,

BUT THESE ZEBRAS ARE BREAKING
THE MOLD.

THIS AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THERE ARE FEW ANIMALS IN
THE WILD WITH THE UNWAVERING

CONFIDENCE THAT BABOONS HAVE.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR EASE
WHILE HANGING AROUND CROCODILES.

EVEN A SMALL CROCODILE LIKE THIS
ONE CAN RUIN A TAIL.

BUT THESE PRIMATES RARELY TAKE
NOTICE.

OCCASIONALLY, A CROC WILL GO
AFTER A BABOON, BUT THE BIG

REPTILES ARE IN NO WAY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR MORE

COMMON INJURIES.

THE MONKEYS HAVE ONLY THEMSELVES

AND THEIR LOVE OF FIGHTING TO
BLAME.

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DYLAN: THEIR BATTLES ARE MORE
OFTEN THAN NOT JUST SIMPLE

ROUGHHOUSING THAT THEY INDULGE
IN FROM AN EARLY AGE.

WHEN THEY GROW UP, THEIR
CONFRONTATIONS BECOMES RATHER

MORE SPECTACULAR.

SO MUCH SO, THAT YOU WONDER IF
THEY'RE REALLY JUST PLAYING.

THEIR REACTIONS MAKE IT HARD TO
TELL.

THIS ONE RESPONDS WITH A
SOMERSAULT; AN ODD RESPONSE TO A

BROTHERLY BRAWL.

WHEN THEY HAVE NO OBVIOUS
PECULIARITY, INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS

ARE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY AT A
GLANCE.

THIS IS TRUE WITH ZEBRAS.

AND YET, EACH ZEBRA'S COAT IS
COMPLETELY UNIQUE.

THE STRIPES CAN BE THICK OR THIN
AND ARE ALWAYS

IN DIFFERENT DESIGNS.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN SHADED.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ONE CONSTANT;
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BODY OF

THE ZEBRA.

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DYLAN: BUT HERE'S ONE THAT'S AN
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.

ONE OF THE FEW RARE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE MISSING SOME STRIPES.

THE MARKINGS ARE CLEARLY
LESSENED, IF NOT COMPLETELY

MISSING, FROM THE HIND QUARTERS.

AND YET, THEY BELONG TO THE SAME
SPECIES AS THE OTHERS.

THEY ARE BURCHELL'S ZEBRAS;
PLAINS ZEBRAS.

THEY ARE REMINISCENT OF THE
QUAGGA, A SPECIES THAT'S BEEN

EXTINCT SINCE THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY.

THE QUAGGA HAD CLEARLY-DEFINED
STRIPES ONLY ON THE NECK AND THE

HEAD.

FROM THERE, THEY FADED UNTIL
THEY DISAPPEARED TOWARDS THE

REAR OF THE ANIMAL.

RECENT RESEARCHERS HAVE PROVEN
THAT THE QUAGGA WASN'T A

DIFFERENT SPECIES, BUT A BRANCH
DESCENDED FROM THE PLAINS

ZEBRAS.

IF THESE HAVE FEWER STRIPES THAN
THE OTHERS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY

HAVE IN THEIR GENES THIS TRAIT

IN COMMON WITH THEIR DISTANT
ANCESTOR.

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DYLAN: ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM
THAT ANIMALS IN THE WILD LIVE

WITH PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR
PATTERNS IN

COMMONPLACE SITUATIONS,

NATURE CAN STILL SURPRISE US
WITH THE IMPRESSIVE

MAJESTY OF SOME EXCEPTIONAL
CREATURES.

WITH THE ECCENTRICITIES AND
RHYTHMS OF THE LITTLE ANIMALS.

BECAUSE WE CAN ADMIRE A VAST
VARIETY OF INSECTS,

AND SEE THAT BABOONS TOO CAN GET
HICCUPS,

AND THAT GIRAFFES SOMETIMES SIT
DOWN.

IN FACT, YOU CAN EVEN SEE THAT
WHEN HYENAS ARE NOT FEEDING,

THEY ARE PLAYFULLY CELEBRATING
SUNRISE.

EACH SPECIES SHOWS US THAT WHAT
MAKES THE ANIMAL KINGDOM SO

WONDERFUL IS THAT THERE IS
ALWAYS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

FROM THE BEAUTIFUL TO THE
BIZARRE, EVERY SPECIES HAS THEIR

OWN WAY OF THRIVING IN THE WILD.

AS THEY EVOLVED AND ADAPTED,
THEIR HABITS HAVE GIVEN THEM

SPECIAL TOOLS TO ENSURE THEIR
SURVIVAL AND PASS ALONG THEIR

KNOWLEDGE TO YOUNGER
GENERATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

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