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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.
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WELCOME TO AN ADVENTURE ACROSS
THE CONTINENTS.
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I'M DYLAN DREYER AND THIS IS
"EARTH ODYSSEY."
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TODAY, WE'RE TRAVELING ACROSS
THE LANDSCAPES OF EUROPE TO FIND
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SOME OF THE MOST CAPTIVATING
CREATURES THAT CALL THIS
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CONTINENT HOME.
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LIKE ON THE RIVERBANKS WHERE
CARPENTRY ISN'T AN ART FORM BUT
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AN INSTINCT.
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IN THE MOUNTAINS, ROUGH-HOUSING
IS A TOP TRAINING TACTIC.
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AND AMONG THE HIGH GRASS,
AVOIDING PREDATORS
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IS A TALL TASK.
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BUT OUR EURO TRIP BEGINS WHERE
URBAN AND WILD WORLDS COLLIDE IN
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ONE OF NATURE'S BIGGEST
BIRDHOUSES.
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ALL OF THIS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: I'VE GOT DR. MIKE
ADKESSON WITH ME HERE AT
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BROOKFIELD ZOO AND
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P. J. THE PORCUPINE.
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P. J. SEEMS DANGEROUS.
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HOW DOES SHE USE THESE QUILLS TO
PROTECT HERSELF?
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DR. MIKE: SO, THEY'RE VERY SHARP
AND THEY'VE GOT A BARB ON THE
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END OF THEM, SO WHEN THEY GET
STUCK, THEY STAY THERE.
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DYLAN: SO, THEY DON'T SHOOT THEM
OUT?
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DR. MIKE: THEY DON'T SHOOT THEM
OUT.
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COMMON MISCONCEPTION.
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WE ALL SAW IT ON CARTOONS WHEN
WE WERE KIDS.
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BUT THEY DON'T SHOOT OUT, THEY
JUST POKE AND STICK.
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DYLAN: HOW DO MOST ANIMALS IN
THE WILD PROTECT THEMSELVES?
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DR. MIKE: SO, THE BEST...THE
BEST DEFENSE IS TO GET AWAY.
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SO, GOOD EYESIGHT, GOOD HEARING,
SPEED TO GET AWAY FROM A
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POTENTIAL PREDATOR.
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DYLAN: IT'S SO FASCINATING.
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DR. MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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HIDDEN AMONG THE LUSH GRASSES OF
EUROPE'S FOOTHILLS, THIS VOLE
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MOTHER DOESN'T HAVE SHARP QUILLS
AT HER DISPOSAL, BUT IS USING
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HER OWN DEFENSE MECHANISMS TO
PREPARE FOR A FORAGING MISSION.
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WITHOUT THE COVER OF NIGHT,
SHE'LL HAVE TO RELY ON HER
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INCREDIBLE HEARING, SPEED, AND
AGILITY TO GO UNSCATHED.
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BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUALLY HIGH
WATER LEVEL, SHE HAS TO SWIM A
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LITTLE TO REACH HER FAVORITE
FORAGING GROUNDS.
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DYLAN: THE FEMALE VOLE
CONTINUES WITH
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HER FRANTIC ACTIVITY.
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AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR HER
NERVOUS ENERGY.
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SHE HAS JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO FOUR
TINY BABIES; PINK AND BLIND.
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SHE NEEDS TO EAT A LOT OF GRASS
AND SEEDS TO PROVIDE MILK
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FOR HER LITTER.
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BUT TO RAISE HAPPY AND HEALTHY
BABIES, THE WORK
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IS ALWAYS WORTH IT.
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300 MILES DOWN RIVER, THE
ESTUARY BETWEEN NANTES AND
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SAINT-NAZAIRE IS HOME TO AN
IMPRESSIVE AVIAN FAMILY.
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STORKS HAD ONCE LEFT THE REGION,
BUT HERE IN THIS ESTUARY THEY
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HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE TO
RE-ESTABLISH THEMSELVES.
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SINCE THE FIRST BIRDS WERE
SPOTTED AROUND 30 YEARS AGO,
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THEIR NUMBERS HAVE KEPT ON
GROWING.
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THIS SPRING, THERE ARE MORE THAN
100 MATING PAIRS NESTING AROUND
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THE ESTUARY.
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STORKS HAVE MANY RULES THAT THEY
MUST OBSERVE.
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WHEN AN ADULT RETURNS TO THE
NEST, THEY BRING THEIR PARTNER A
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GIFT IN THE FORM OF TWIGS.
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THE PARTNER IN TURN WELCOMES
THEM BACK BY
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CLACKING THEIR BEAK.
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THESE SMALL COURTESIES HELP TO
STRENGTHEN THE BOND
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BETWEEN THE COUPLE.
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BUT THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE;
THE YOUNG ARE HUNGRY AND THE
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PARENTS MUST SPEND THE DAY
HUNTING.
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DYLAN: THE FIELDS BY THE LOIRE
OFFER A VARIED MENU OF SMALL
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CRUSTACEANS, INSECTS, AND FROGS.
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DYLAN: THE YOUNG ALSO TRY OUT
THEIR GOOD MANNERS WHEN THEY
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GREET THEIR MOTHER AS SHE COMES
TO FEED THEM.
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THIS DIET WILL ALLOW THE CHICKS
TO REACH THE SAME SIZE AS THEIR
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PARENTS IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
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THE YOUNGSTERS DO THEIR PART
HELPING TO MAINTAIN AND CLEAN
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THE NEST.
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EACH YEAR THIS NEST IS USED BY A
PAIR OF STORKS, AND EACH YEAR IT
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IS REINFORCED WITH NEW BRANCHES.
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THIS ONE ALREADY WEIGHS NEARLY
1,000 POUNDS.
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HERE IN THE LOIRE ESTUARY,
STORKS HAVE FOUND A HOME TO
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THRIVE IN FROM THE TOP FLOOR TO
THE BOTTOM.
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COMING UP, WE'LL MEET EUROPE'S
WILDEST WOOD WORKERS AND SOME
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INSEPARABLE SPRINGTIME SIBLINGS.
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PLUS, SEE WHAT HAS THIS
HERBIVORE ON HIGH ALERT.
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WHEN WE RETURN ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY."
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: AFTER THE WETTEST MONTHS
IN EUROPE, ONE OF ITS MOST
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IMPRESSIVE WATERWAYS CONTINUES
FLOWING STRONG.
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BUT THE WATER LEVEL IS DROPPING,
REVEALING BANKS DAMAGED
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BY 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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THE EARTHWORMS HAVE SPENT A
CAREFREE WEEK BENEATH THE WATER.
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NOW THE LEVEL HAS DROPPED, THEY
CAN ENJOY A NOCTURNAL EXCURSION.
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BUT THE SHREW'S HYPER-ACUTE
SENSES LEAVE ITS PREY NEXT TO NO
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CHANCE AND ITS BITE,
PROPORTIONAL TO ITS SIZE, IS ONE
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OF NATURE'S MOST POWERFUL.
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IT CONTINUES ITS EXPLORATION.
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THIS PILE OF WOOD AMASSED BY THE
FLOOD WATERS IS THE IDEAL PLACE
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TO SETTLE DOWN.
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IT MAKES ITS HOME IN A LITTLE
HOLLOW BRANCH WHERE IT CAN SLEEP
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IN PEACE.
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DYLAN: AT DAWN, JUST LIKE THE
SHREW, ANOTHER MAMMAL EXPLORES
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THE BANKS OF THE LOIRE.
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THE RECEDING WATERS REVEAL
SANDBANKS, BUT SOME LEAVES STILL
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BEAR TRACES OF THE MUD DEPOSITED
BY THE RIVER.
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THIS PAIR OF BEAVERS HAS
RETURNED TO RECLAIM THE
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TERRITORY THEY HAD TO ABANDON
BECAUSE OF THE RISING WATER.
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THE SCENT MARKS WHICH IDENTIFY
THIS LAND AS THEIRS WERE WASHED
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AWAY BY THE FLOOD WATERS AND IT
IS IMPERATIVE
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THAT THEY BE RENEWED.
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THEY MARK THEIR TERRITORY WITH A
PUNGENT SUBSTANCE WHICH THEY
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SECRETE CALLED CASTOREUM.
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THE GLAND WHICH PRODUCES IT IS
AT THE BASE OF THEIR TAIL.
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BY SPREADING THIS SCENT ALONG
THE BANK, THE BEAVERS LET OTHERS
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KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT WELCOME.
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ONCE THEY HAVE SCENT-MARKED THE
AREA, THE COUPLE CAN INDULGE IN
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A LONG SESSION OF MUTUAL
GROOMING.
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DYLAN: THIS INTIMATE MOMENT
HELPS THEM TO
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STRENGTHEN THEIR BOND.
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THESE BANKS COVERED IN SHRUBS
ARE IDEAL FOR STARTING A FAMILY.
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IT TAKES A LOT OF WILLOW AND
POPLAR BARK TO FEED EUROPE'S
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LARGEST RODENT.
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THIS FEMALE WEIGHS 35 POUNDS,
BUT A LARGE MALE CAN BE
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TWICE AS HEAVY.
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DYLAN: ONE LAST BIT OF MARKING
BEFORE SHE RETURNS TO HER LODGE
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TO FIND COMFORT AND REST ALONG
ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE
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WATERWAYS IN THE WORLD.
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WHEN WE COME BACK, A COLLECTION
OF KITS THAT WILL MELT YOUR
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HEART, AND THE WINTER SNOW.
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PLUS, SEE HOW AVOIDING PREDATORS
ONLY TAKES A HOP,
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SKIP, AND A JUMP.
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BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME FOR
WILDLIFE A-Z.
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NEW LIFE IS SOMETHING TO BE
TREASURED FOR EVERY MEMBER OF
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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BUT FEW SHOW THE LOVE MORE THAN
MAMMALS.
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THE SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN MOTHER
AND BABY IS CRUCIAL TO EVERY
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MAMMAL'S SURVIVAL AND THE
SUCCESSFUL CONTINUANCE
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OF THEIR SPECIES.
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IN PROFESSIONAL CARE LIKE HERE
AT BROOKFIELD ZOO, WE CAN SEE
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FIRSTHAND JUST HOW STRONG THAT
BOND IS.
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WHETHER MOM IS HELPING WITH THE
GROOMING, GIVING TIPS ON THE
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BEST GRAZING SPOTS, OR SIMPLY
BEING A RELIABLE METHOD OF
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TRANSPORTATION, BABY MAMMALS OF
EVERY SIZE AND SHAPE RELY ON
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FAMILY TO SHOW THEM THE ROPES.
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STAY TUNED, THERE'S MORE "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: WHEN LOOKING AT ALL THE
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS
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EUROPE, ONE STANDS OUT AS A TRUE
HUB OF WILDLIFE ACTIVITY IN THE
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WEST; THE LOIRE VALLEY.
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MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE
ANIMAL SPECIES IN FRANCE CAN BE
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FOUND IN THIS LUSH RIVER-RUN
REGION THAT STRETCHES MORE THAN
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625 MILES.
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THIS BUSY WATERWAY SEES
THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS VYING FOR
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THE BEST FEEDING GROUNDS,
NESTING SITES, AND,
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OF COURSE, A PLACE TO
START A FAMILY.
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AND FOR ONE SPECIES OF MAMMAL,
THERE'S NO BETTER REAL ESTATE
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THAN WHERE THE RIVER ITSELF
BEGINS.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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MONT GERBIER DE JONC IN THE
ARDECHE REGION IS THE SOURCE OF
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ONE OF EUROPE'S BIGGEST
WATERWAYS.
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THOUGH IT'S EARLY SPRING, THE
CLIMATE IS
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STILL UNUSUALLY HARSH.
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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 TOWERING MOUNTAINTOP IS
STILL HIDDEN WITHIN A DENSE FOG
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FROM WHICH EMERGE THREE FOX
CUBS.
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THEY WERE BORN HERE JUST 7 WEEKS
AGO AND ARE JUST STARTING TO
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LEAVE THEIR DEN.
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WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG, FOXES LIVE
IN SMALL FAMILY GROUPS
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KNOWN AS SKULKS.
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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 7 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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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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DYLAN: THE FATHER ONLY NEEDS 15
OR SO VOLES TO SUSTAIN HIMSELF,
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BUT 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 AND
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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
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THEIR ABANDONED DENS.
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IN THE SPRING, THE MARMOTS
EMERGE FROM A 6-MONTH
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PERIOD OF HIBERNATION.
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THEY HAVE LOST UP TO HALF THEIR
BODY WEIGHT.
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THE MEADOWS OFFER THE PERFECT
PANTRY FROM WHICH TO REPLENISH
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THEIR RESERVES OF BODY FAT.
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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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THE RIVERS IN THIS REGION ARE 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, BUT THIS
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IS ANOTHER MALE.
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FINALLY, 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.
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BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN
A CASUAL WAVE OF THE TAIL TO
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ATTRACT THIS AMOROUS AMPHIBIAN.
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BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.
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UP NEXT, A MAMMAL WHO CAN SEE
360 DEGREES.
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THIS AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.
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.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: AS WE JOURNEY FARTHER
TOWARDS THE COAST, THE EUROPEAN
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LANDSCAPE STILL HAS SURPRISES TO
REVEAL.
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DYLAN: THIS IS A COYPU.
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IT MAY LOOK LIKE A BEAVER, BUT
IT IS A COUSIN
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
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DYLAN: THIS PARTICULAR SPECIES
IS FAR FROM ENDANGERED.
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IT HAS FOUND THE RICH VEGETATION
OF THE LOIRE MARSHES TO BE THE
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PERFECT PLACE TO PROSPER.
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00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:40,200
THIS FAMILY'S YOUNG WERE BORN 3
WEEKS AGO AND ARE JUST BEGINNING
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00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:42,235
TO LEAVE THE BURROW.
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00:16:49,409 --> 00:16:52,412
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
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DYLAN: WHEN THE COYPU TIRES OF
ITS VEGETARIAN DIET, IT TREATS
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ITSELF TO THESE YELLOW SHELLFISH
WHICH IT FINDS BURIED
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IN THE SEDIMENT.
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CLOSER TO THE OCEAN, THIS
ESTUARY TURNS INTO AN AMAZING
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00:17:11,664 --> 00:17:15,669
MOSAIC OF NATURE AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONES.
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00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:21,374
THIS CONCEALS AN ENVIRONMENT
RICHER THAN ONE WOULD THINK.
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00:17:24,511 --> 00:17:27,180
VAST QUANTITIES OF SAND WERE
SHIFTED WHEN THE LOIRE WAS
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DREDGED TO BUILD THE PORT OF
NANTES.
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THE SAND WHICH WAS DEPOSITED
ALONG THE BANKS, FORMED NEW
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MEADOWS WHICH ARE TEEMING WITH
LIFE.
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00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:47,334
NEAR A SMALL POND, THIS MALE
ADDER IS SOAKING UP THE LAST FEW
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RAYS OF SUNSHINE.
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00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:54,140
HE ABSORBS AS MUCH HEAT AS HE
CAN BEFORE LEAVING AT NIGHTFALL
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TO CATCH THE MEADOW'S SMALL
MAMMALS.
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DYLAN: THIS FOX HAS RECENTLY
BECOME INDEPENDENT.
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HE IS STILL TOO YOUNG TO BE AN
ACCOMPLISHED HUNTER.
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00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:23,103
IDEALLY, HE'S ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
A PARTICULARLY CARELESS RABBIT.
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BUT GOOD LUCK.
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[MUSIC CONTINUES]
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DYLAN: RABBITS ARE PERMANENTLY
ON HIGH ALERT AND THEIR
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00:18:38,051 --> 00:18:42,055
360-DEGREE FIELD OF VISION
ALLOWS THEM TO SEE ALL AROUND
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AND ABOVE THEM.
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00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:48,161
THEIR LARGE EARS ARE SENSITIVE
TO THE SLIGHTEST SOUND, SO THE
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YOUNG FOX WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO SNEAK UP ON THEM.
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00:18:52,265 --> 00:18:55,435
EVEN AMONG THE LUSH LANDSCAPES
OF EUROPE, AMONG THE DIVERSE
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00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:58,972
POPULATION OF PLANTS AND
ANIMALS, THERE'S STILL NO SUCH
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00:18:59,072 --> 00:19:01,007
THING AS A FREE LUNCH.
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EUROPE'S MOUNTAINS, FORESTS AND
RIVERS HIDE A WEALTH OF
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BIODIVERSITY THAT ENTICES US TO
DISCOVER MORE.
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FROM THE ODD AND UNEXPECTED
COYPU TO THE MAJESTIC AND
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ELEGANT STORK, THIS REGION OF
THE WORLD IS ALWAYS REVEALING
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NEW SURPRISES AMONG ITS WILD
INHABITANTS AS THEY MAKE THEIR
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HOMES ALONGSIDE THE BUSTLING
ACTIVITY OF HUMANITY.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE
HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE AGAIN ON
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"EARTH ODYSSEY."
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