All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E24.1080p.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 THIS IS PETERSON.

JOIN US AS WE MEET THE CREATURES
OF THE CARIBBEAN.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE ARE HEADED FOR THE
TROPICS TO GET A GLIMPSE AT ONE

OF EARTH'S MOST DIVERSE
ENVIRONMENTS.

THIS PACK OF POLLINATORS ACTS AS
CARETAKERS OF THE FORESTS.

LATER, WE'LL MEET A TROPICAL
TROOP THAT'S NEVER AFRAID TO

MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

[MONKEY HOWLING]

AND WE'LL GET COMFY IN A COCOON
WITH THESE FLYING FANCIES, BUT

WE BEGIN OUR JOURNEY WHERE SOME
ADORABLE ISLAND INFANTS BEGIN

THEIRS, ON THE SUNNY SANDS OF
THE CARIBBEAN SHORES.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE COMING UP
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

[MUSIC]

FOR ANY ANIMAL, BEING BORN IN
THE WILD COMES WITH ITS FAIR

SHARE OF CHALLENGES, BUT FOR
CERTAIN SPECIES, THEIR TOOLS FOR

SURVIVAL ARE PUT TO THE TEST
IMMEDIATELY.

SEA TURTLES ARE A TRULY
REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF RESILIENCE

AND ENDURANCE FROM THE MOMENT
THEY LEAVE THEIR SHELL.

HATCHLINGS ARE LEFT ON THEIR OWN
TO FIND THEIR WAY ACROSS

TREACHEROUS PREDATOR-FILLED
BEACHES TO THE UNPREDICTABLE

DANGERS OF THE OPEN SEA, WHERE
THEY WILL SPEND THE REST OF

THEIR LIVES.

IT'S NO EASY TASK, BUT ONE THAT
EACH MUST UNDERTAKE TO SURVIVE.

ON THE COASTS OF THESE CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS, SALT MARSHES OFFER

SANCTUARY TO MANY SPECIES OF
SHOREBIRD.

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 HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE TO
SETTLE AND ENSURE THE ARRIVAL OF

THE NEXT GENERATION, LIKE THIS
SNOWY PLOVER GETTING COMFORTABLE

ON THE WATER'S EDGE.

MEANWHILE, ALONG THE CARIBBEAN
SHORES,

SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING.

AFTER A TWO-MONTH INCUBATION
PERIOD, THE YOUNG SEA TURTLES

ARE GETTING READY TO EMERGE FROM
THE SAND TO HEAD FOR THE OCEAN.

THEY HAVE SURVIVED THE BATTERING
OF THE HURRICANES.

IT TAKES TRUE PERSEVERANCE FOR
THESE TURTLES TO REACH ADULTHOOD

AND BE ABLE TO COME AND LAY
THEIR OWN EGGS ON THESE SHORES.

THESE SMALL MANGROVE ISLANDS
SERVE AS RESTING PLACES FOR

BIRDS COMING IN FROM THE OPEN
SEA.

ONE OF THEM LEADS QUITE AN
UNBELIEVABLE LIFE...

...A BIRD WHOSE LIFE IS
INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO THE OCEAN

THAT HUNTS AND EATS ONLY MARINE
PREY.

IT SPENDS ITS LIFE GLIDING ABOVE
THE SEA DAY AND NIGHT.

IT SLEEPS WHILE IN THE AIR,
CARRIED BY POWERFUL TROPICAL

UPWARD CURRENTS, WHICH CAN LIFT
IT TO AN ALTITUDE OF ALMOST

10,000 FEET.

ITS FIVE-FOOT WINGSPAN, NARROW
WINGS, AND LIGHT BODY ALLOW IT

TO GLIDE WITHOUT EFFORT.

IRONICALLY, ITS PLUMAGE IS NOT
WATERPROOF, AND ITS FEATHERS

MUST HAVE NO CONTACT WITH WATER,
OR ELSE IT WILL DROWN.

BUT THEY HAVE ADAPTED, ABLE TO
LIVE ON THE EDGE OF LIFE AND

DEATH WITH PRACTICED EASE.

THE MAGNIFICENT FRIGATE BIRD IS
A LIVING PARADOX AND PROOF THAT

MOTHER NATURE IS ALWAYS
UNEXPECTED.

WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL MEET A
MINI-MAMMAL THAT IS VITAL TO THE

FUTURE OF THE FOREST AND SOME
PRECOCIOUS PRIMATES YOU'LL

ALWAYS HEAR COMING.

[MONKEY HOWLING]

PLUS, A LOOK AT THE LIFE CYCLE
OF EARTH'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUG.

ALL THIS AND SO MUCH MORE ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

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 DARKEST 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 BLOOMS, 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 BAT'S 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 WELLBEING 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.

UP NEXT, THESE TROPICAL
TREE-HUGGERS HAVE A HOWL YOU CAN

HEAR FOR MILES.

[MONKEY HOWLING]

AND AMONG THE MEADOWS, AN
INSECT ICON IS TAKING SHAPE.

BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME FOR
WILDLIFE A TO Z.

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE FEATS
OF ACCREDITED ZOOS AND WILDLIFE

PARKS IS THEIR ABILITY TO CARE
FOR ANIMALS FROM

ALMOST ANY ENVIRONMENT...

[TIGER GROWLING]

...WHETHER FROM LAND, AIR, OR
SEA.

[DOLPHIN WHISTLING]

PROFESSIONAL CARE FOR MARINE
MAMMALS, LIKE THE BOTTLENOSE

DOLPHIN, COMES WITH UNIQUE
CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THEIR

AQUATIC HABITAT.

AS WITH ANY OTHER ANIMAL
INHABITANT OF THE ZOO, DOLPHINS

NEED A SPECIALLY CURATED DIET
AND DAILY ENRICHMENT.

VETERINARY TEAMS LIKE HERE AT
BROOKFIELD ZOO MUST BE FULLY

EQUIPPED TO HANDLE DAY-TO-DAY
HEALTH AS WELL AS

ANY EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK, BUT A
VITAL ONE TO KEEP THESE MAJESTIC

MARINE MAMMALS FIT AND
FLOURISHING.

[DOLPHIN WHISTLING]

STAY TUNED.

WE'VE GOT MORE "EARTH ODYSSEY"
COMING UP NEXT.

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

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK.

I'M HERE AT BROOKFIELD ZOO WITH
DR. MIKE ADKESSON, AND WE'VE GOT

TIMO THE SLOTH.

OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A SPECIAL
ANIMAL.

AND THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR
LIVES IN THE TREES, RIGHT?

DR. ADKESSON: YEAH, SO SLOTHS
SPEND THEIR

ENTIRE LIVES IN THE TREES.

THEY'LL COME DOWN OCCASIONALLY,
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE

ALWAYS UP HIGH.

DYLAN: SO FOR ANIMALS THAT LIVE
UP IN THE TREES, WHAT SORT OF

QUALITIES AND TRAITS DO THEY
NEED TO HAVE?

DR. ADKESSON: SO THEY'VE GOT TO
HAVE A REALLY GOOD ABILITY TO

STAY UP THERE.

SO IN THE CASE OF TIMO, HE'S GOT
REALLY LONG TOENAILS THERE TO

HELP HIM HOLD ONTO BRANCHES AND
VERY STRONG MUSCLES TO KEEP HOLD

OF THE TREE.

A LOT OF ANIMALS THAT ARE UP IN
THE TREE, VERY AGILE, VERY

QUICK, MOVE VERY FAST, JUMP FROM
BRANCH-TO-BRANCH.

SLOTHS, ON THE OTHER HAND, JUST
KIND OF TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW.

DYLAN: DR. MIKE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.

DR. ADKESSON: YOU'RE WELCOME.

DYLAN: NOW BACK TO OUR SHOW.

THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN AND THE
MAJORITY OF CENTRAL AMERICA,

LIVING IN TREES IS A POPULAR
LIFESTYLE.

[MONKEY HOWLING]

DYLAN: BUT UNLIKE THE SLOTH,
THESE NOISY NEIGHBORS ARE QUICK

TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN.

IT'S THE HOWLER MONKEY, OR MORE
SPECIFICALLY,

THE MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY.

LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE FOREST
ENVIRONMENT, TREES PROVIDE THIS

SPECIES WITH FOOD AND A PLACE TO
LIVE.

THIS NEW WORLD PRIMATE MANAGES
TO PRODUCE THE LOUDEST SOUNDS

IN THE FOREST.

[MONKEY HOWLING]

THE HOWLER MONKEY GROUP IS MADE
UP OF NINE SPECIES.

WHILE THE MANTLED HOWLER IS NOT
THE NOISIEST OF THEM, ITS VOCAL

DEMONSTRATIONS CAN STILL BE
HEARD FROM MILES AWAY...

...CLEARLY LOUD ENOUGH TO MARK
ITS TERRITORY.

IN DOING SO, IT WARNS OTHER
GROUPS OF HOWLERS THAT THIS

TRIBE IS OCCUPYING THIS
PARTICULAR RESTING

OR FEEDING SITE.

TO PRODUCE SUCH A SOUND, THE
MONKEY HAS A PARTICULARLY

EFFECTIVE VOICE BOX.

HUMANS POSSESS SPOKEN LANGUAGE.

THIS IS THANKS TO A CERTAIN
SKELETAL ELEMENT,

THE HYOID BONE.

THIS BONE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT
ARTICULATES WITH NO OTHER BONES,

BUT IS ATTACHED TO THE ROOT OF
THE TONGUE BY MUSCLES

IN THE JAW.

IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES, THIS BONE
IS NOT POSITIONED IN QUITE THE

SAME MANNER, AND IN THE HOWLER
MONKEY, IT'S 20 TIMES LARGER, AN

ENLARGEMENT WHICH CHARACTERIZES
THE SPECIES AND GIVES IT THIS

UNIQUE LOOK.

THEIR LARYNX THEN AMPLIFIES ANY
SOUNDS THAT ARE PRODUCED.

[MONKEYS HOWLING]

THE MONKEY'S CRY IS POWERFUL,
BUT ITS STRENGTH IS GENTLE.

IT RELIES ON DISSUASION, USING
ITS VOICE TO ELIMINATE THE NEED

TO ENGAGE IN CONFLICT.

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, IT IS
SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO

DISTINGUISH GENDER.

FOR THE HOWLER MONKEY, HOWEVER,
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

THIS IS AN ALPHA MALE.

HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING
THE SECURITY AND THE UNITY OF

THE GROUP, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF
FEMALES, ADOLESCENTS, AND A FEW

OTHER MALES.

HIERARCHY DEMANDS THAT EACH
INDIVIDUAL OBEY AND RESPECT THE

ALPHA'S SOCIAL RANK.

THIS TENDS TO KEEP THE PEACE
AMONG THE GROUPS.

THE PRIVILEGE OF THE ALPHA MALE
IS PROCREATION.

WHEN COURTING, HE STICKS OUT HIS
TONGUE IN A

PUBLIC DISPLAY OF INTENT.

IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST CHARMING
OF GESTURES, BUT IT'S

EFFECTIVENESS CAN'T BE DENIED
AND SPARKS A ROMANCE THAT WILL

BRING IT INTO THE NEXT
GENERATION.

STILL TO COME, A ROYAL ADDITION
TO THE CARIBBEAN'S INSECT

POPULATION NEXT ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: BEHIND THE CARIBBEAN'S
MANGROVES AND MARSHY FORESTS,

THERE ARE WATER MEADOWS.

THE FOREST CLEARINGS HAVE BECOME
MORE AND MORE POPULATED BY

FLOWERING PLANTS.

ONE OF THESE, THE TROPICAL
MILKWEED, PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN

THE LIFE OF A MONARCH BUTTERFLY.

MONARCHS ARE NORMALLY NOMADIC,
BUT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO SETTLE

DOWN PERMANENTLY HERE IN THE
CARIBBEAN.

FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, THIS IS
MATING SEASON.

ONCE FERTILIZED, THE FEMALES ARE
READY TO PRODUCE

A NEW GENERATION.

TROPICAL MILKWEED IS THE PERFECT
PLACE FOR A MONARCH

TO LAY ITS EGGS.

AFTER JUST A FEW DAYS, TINY
CATERPILLARS APPEAR.

THEY WILL GROW VERY QUICKLY.

AFTER TWO WEEKS AND A FEW
MOLTING MUTATIONS, THEIR SIZE

WILL INCREASE BY 200 TIMES.

THE MILKWEED THAT THEY FEED ON
CONTAINS TOXIC COMPOUNDS TO

WHICH THE CATERPILLARS ARE
IMMUNE.

BY CONCENTRATING THE TOXINS
WITHIN THEIR BODIES, THE LARVAE

ARE WELL-ARMORED AGAINST ANY
PREDATOR.

THE CATERPILLARS HAVE FINISHED
GROWING.

THEIR NEXT MOLT WILL BE THEIR
LAST.

AROUND TEN DAYS LATER, A
BRAND-NEW CREATURE

IS READY TO EMERGE.

THIS CHRYSALIS, THE FRAGILE
ENVELOPE WITHIN WHICH THE

CATERPILLAR'S SLOW METAMORPHOSIS
HAS TAKEN PLACE, NOW OPENS TO

REVEAL THE NEW CREATURE.

THE YOUNG BUTTERFLY SPREADS ITS
WINGS AND PUMPS HEMOLYMPH, OR

BLOOD, THROUGH ITS BODY.

THIS LIQUID WILL IRRIGATE AND
STRENGTHEN EACH OF ITS LIMBS.

THEN COMES THE ULTIMATE
CHALLENGE, THAT OF WARMING ITS

MOTOR MUSCLES ENOUGH TO ENABLE
IT TO FLY.

JUST LIKE ITS PREDECESSORS, THE
MONARCH WILL CRISSCROSS THE

CARIBBEAN SHORES IN SEARCH OF
ITS OWN HOME IN THE WILD.

THE ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN ARE
ONE OF THE 35 HOTSPOTS

OF GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY.

THEY ARE THE RICHEST, THE MOST
FRAGILE,

AND THE MOST VULNERABLE
ECOSYSTEMS ON THE PLANET.

THESE TREASURES ARE UNLIKE ANY
OTHERS AND OFFER US A GLIMPSE

INTO THE INCREDIBLE BEAUTY OF
THE CARIBBEAN WILD.

THE CARIBBEAN'S BIODIVERSITY IS
ONE OF THE MOST ASTONISHING ON

EARTH, BUT IT'S A DELICATE
BALANCE TO KEEP THE ECOSYSTEM

HERE THRIVING, SUPPORTING ITS
RICH PLANT

AND ANIMAL POPULATION.

THE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THIS
REGION HAVE PLAYED A CRITICAL

ROLE IN KEEPING SUCH A LUSH
ENVIRONMENT FROM LOSING ITS WILD

IDENTITY WHILE PROTECTING THE
CREATURES THAT CAN SURVIVE

NOWHERE ELSE.

IT'S AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW,
KEEPING SAFE THE RARE AND UNIQUE

CREATURES THAT ARE TRUE
TREASURES OF THE WILD.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

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

[MUSIC]