All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E25.1080p.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, THERE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL WITH THE WILDEST AND

WEIRDEST CREATURES ON THE
PLANET, RIGHT HERE ON

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE TRAVERSING THE
GLOBE TO FIND THE MOST UNIQUE

AND ODDLY AWESOME ANIMALS
AROUND.

LIKE THIS AFRICAN ICON WHO KNOWS
HOW TO THRIVE WHEN

THE LAND IS BONE DRY.

LATER, WE'LL MEET SOME LIZARD
LOCALS THAT LOVE TO TUCK INTO

TOXIC FRUIT.

AND FOR THIS YOUNG BACHELOR,
LOVE IS JUST A HOP, SKIP, AND A

JUMP AWAY.

BUT FIRST, WE VENTURE DOWN TO
THE WATER'S EDGE WHERE A REPTILE

FOOTRACE IS ABOUT TO START.

GET READY FOR A WILD ADVENTURE.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: WE'RE HERE AT BROOKFIELD
ZOO AND I HAVE DR. MIKE ADKESSON

JOINING ME, ALONG WITH SAFI, THE
LEOPARD TORTOISE.

I'VE HEARD THEM DESCRIBED AS THE
SMALL FIVE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

DR. ADKESSON: SO, THE BIG FIVE
IN AFRICA ARE SOME OF THE

TOUGHEST ANIMALS.

LIONS, LEOPARDS, CAPE BUFFALO,
RHINOCEROS, AND ELEPHANTS.

AND THE SMALL FIVE ARE ANIMALS
THAT HAVE THOSE SAME NAMES IN

THEIR NAME.

SO, THE LEOPARD TORTOISE,
BUFFALO WEAVER, ANT LION,

RHINOCEROS BEETLE, AND THE
ELEPHANT SHREW.

DYLAN: OH, THAT'S REALLY COOL.

THE SAVANNA SEEMS LIKE A HARSH
PLACE FOR, REALLY, ANY ANIMAL.

BUT FOR SOMETHING SO SMALL, HOW
DOES IT THRIVE IN THE SAVANNA?

DR. ADKESSON: SO, SHE'S ABOUT
SIX YEARS OLD, SO WHEN SHE'S

FULL-SIZE, SHE'LL BE ABOUT 30 OR
40 POUNDS AND

A LOT BIGGER THAN THIS.

SO, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS HELPFUL.

BUT THEN, JUST THE TOUGHNESS OF
THEIR SHELL AND THEN THESE TOUGH

SCUTES ON THE FRONT OF THEIR
LEGS.

WHEN SHE PULLS INSIDE THAT
SHELL, SHE'S GOT GREAT

PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS.

DYLAN: AND CAMOUFLAGE, TOO.

DR. ADKESSON: AND CAMOUFLAGE,
YEAH.

SO, SHE BLENDS IN PERFECTLY WITH
THE DRY GRASS SAVANNA.

IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO SEE
HER.

DYLAN: DR. MIKE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.

NO ONE ENJOYS THE WILD'S WET
WEATHER LIKE A LEOPARD TORTOISE.

SO CALLED BECAUSE OF THE
MARKINGS ON ITS SHELL.

IT'S A LARGE HERBIVOROUS
TORTOISE.

AT THE ADULT STAGE, IT CAN
MEASURE UP TO TWO FEET LONG AND

WEIGH ALMOST 50 POUNDS.

THE YOUNG ARE MUCH SMALLER, SO
WE'LL PUT IT DOWN TO THE FOLLY

OF YOUTH, AS THESE THREE
INDIVIDUALS SUDDENLY SET OFF ON

A SORT OF MAD DASH.

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DYLAN: THEY MIGHT JUST BE TWO
YOUNG MALES RUSHING IN PURSUIT

OF A FEMALE, BUT WHATEVER THE
MOTIVATION, THE RACE IS ON.

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DYLAN: THE RAIN BRINGS
REVIVAL IN THE WILD.

GREENNESS AND LIFE FLOW BACK TO
THE LAND.

THE BLACKSMITH PLOVER HAS TO
ADAPT TO THE WHIMS OF ITS BROOD.

THIS LITTLE ONE WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE SHELTER BUT THE PLACE IS

ALREADY TAKEN AND NO ONE IS
MOVING OVER TO MAKE ROOM.

FOR THE REJECTED LITTLE PLOVER,
THE SOLUTION WILL COME QUITE

SIMPLY WHEN IT STOPS RAINING.

NATURE USUALLY PROVIDES ENOUGH
RESOURCES TO RESOLVE, TO A

LESSER OR GREATER EXTENT, MOST
NUTRITIONAL ISSUES.

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DYLAN: THE REAL PROBLEM IS
WHEN THE WATER DISAPPEARS.

EVEN BIRDS ADAPTED TO THE ARID
CONDITIONS, LIKE THE SECRETARY

BIRD, NEED TO DRINK REGULARLY.

WITHOUT LOSING CONCENTRATION
BECAUSE OF THE CROWD, THIS GREAT

RAPTOR QUENCHES ITS THIRST WITH
ELEGANCE

AND IMPECCABLE TECHNIQUE.

BEND AND STRETCH.

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DYLAN: ON ONE HAND, THERE
ARE LOTS OF BIRDS

AROUND THE POND.

ON THE OTHER, THERE ARE LOTS OF
FISH TRAPPED IN THE LAKE THAT'S

NOW REDUCED TO THE SIZE OF A
LARGE PUDDLE.

THE ONLY REMAINING FISH ARE
LARGE ONES.

THE OTHERS, HAVING BEEN EATEN BY
THE FISHING BIRDS.

THE LAST SURVIVORS OFTEN WEIGH
SEVERAL POUNDS, WHICH LEAVES THE

HERON WITH A PROBLEM.

THEIR EYES ARE BIGGER THAN THEIR
STOMACHS.

HOWEVER, FOR EVERY WATER WADING
INHABITANT OF THE SAVANNA, A

BOUNTY OF FOOD IS NEVER
SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

COMING UP, HE'S NO DOG, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THIS GIRAFFE CAN'T

ENJOY A GOOD CHEW TOY.

AND THESE CAMO CRITTERS ARE BORN
TO BLEND IN.

PLUS, A SWAMP-SIDE SOIREE IS THE
PERFECT PLACE TO FIND A MATE,

WHEN "EARTH ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

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DYLAN: INQUISITIVE AND
OPPORTUNISTIC, BABOONS ARE

ALWAYS CAPTIVATING TO OBSERVE.

THIS TROOP HAS THEIR INTEREST
AND APPETITE PIQUED BY SOME

ANIMAL-LIKE SHELLS ON THIS TREE
TRUNK.

THESE ARE EXUVIA.

THE SHED SKIN LEFT BEHIND BY
INSECTS WHEN THEY HAVE FINISHED

THEIR TRANSFORMATION.

FROM THE SHAPE OF THESE DRIED
MEMBRANES, YOU CAN EASILY

IDENTIFY WHAT ANIMAL WAS INSIDE.

CICADAS.

ALTHOUGH, THEY ARE CLEAR AND
VIRTUALLY INTACT.

IT ALL BEGAN IN THE SOIL AT THE
FOOT OF THE TRUNK.

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF LIFE AS
LARVAE, THE PUPAE CAME OUT OF

THE EARTH AND SET OFF TO CONQUER
THE TREE.

THE AIM OF THIS LIFE IN THE OPEN
AIR IS TO GO THROUGH

ONE LAST METAMORPHOSIS.

IT JUST HAS TO LEAVE ITS SHELL
TO CHANGE INTO A CICADA AND

START SINGING.

DURING THE DRY SEASON, DROUGHT
HAS MADE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR THE

ANIMALS WHO ARE IN SEARCH OF
FOOD AND WATER.

EACH ANIMAL MAKES DO AS BEST IT
CAN.

THESE WARTHOGS USE THEIR SNOUT
AS A SHOVEL.

THEY DIG IN THE SAND OF THE
RIVER AND EVENTUALLY FIND

SOMETHING TO DRINK.

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DYLAN: THIS BABOON HAS
DECIDED TO EAT AN

OLD BIT OF CACTUS.

IT'S TOUGH AND COMPLETELY DRIED
OUT, BUT IT'S

BETTER THAN NOTHING.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT
YOU CAN GET.

THE DROUGHT LEADS TO MANY OTHER
STRANGE BEHAVIORS.

THIS GIRAFFE HASN'T TURNED
CARNIVOROUS, YET WE CAN'T IGNORE

THE FACT THAT IT IS ACTUALLY
CHEWING ON A BONE.

IT FOUND THE BONE ON THE GROUND
AND IT'S ALL THAT REMAINS OF A

LONG PASSED ANIMAL.

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DYLAN: THIS BEHAVIOR IS ONLY
TO BE SEEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE

DRY SEASON, WHEN THE GIRAFFE IS
SUFFERING FROM

LACK OF NUTRITION.

IT CAN NO LONGER FIND THE
CALCIUM AND PHOSPHOROUS THAT IT

NEEDS IN THE FOLIAGE THAT IT
FEEDS ON.

SO IT CHEWS ON BONES UNTIL THE
NUTRIENTS THEY CONTAIN PASS INTO

THE SALIVA.

THE DANGER IS THAT THE GIRAFFE
COULD SWALLOW A LONG BIT OF BONE

THAT COULD INJURE IT.

BUT DEXTEROUS USE OF ITS ALMOST
TWO-FOOT-LONG TONGUE MAKES SURE

THAT IT REGURGITATES ANY
DANGEROUS BITS IN TIME.

WHEN RESOURCES ARE SCARCE, ODD
BUT EFFECTIVE

MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL MEET AN
INCOGNITO ISLAND INHABITANT.

AND CHECK OUT THE DATING SCENE
FOR THIS AMOROUS AMPHIBIAN.

BUT FIRST, WE'RE HEADED TO
BROOKFIELD ZOO FOR

WILDLIFE A TO Z.

EVEN AMONG THE MOST UNUSUAL
ANIMALS, THERE ARE STILL A RARE

FEW THAT STAND OUT FROM THE
REST.

NONE MORESO THAN THE PANGOLIN.

A RARE AND FASCINATING ANIMAL OF
EQUATORIAL AFRICA.

BUT BEING ONE-OF-A-KIND CAN
SOMETIMES BE A DISADVANTAGE IN

THE WILD.

PANGOLINS ARE NOW ENDANGERED DUE
TO ILLEGAL POACHING.

THANKFULLY, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
BROOKFIELD ZOO ARE LEADING THE

CHARGE IN PANGOLIN CONSERVATION,
RESEARCH,

AND SPECIES REHABILITATION.

THEY HAVE BECOME GLOBALLY
RECOGNIZED IN PANGOLIN HEALTH,

REPRODUCTION, AND NUTRITION.

ALL WHILE FOSTERING THE
SUCCESSFUL ARRIVAL

OF NEW GENERATIONS.

WITH THEIR DRIVE AND ACTION,
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS CAN HELP

REVIVE THE POPULATION OF THIS
RARE BEAUTY IN THE WILD.

STAY TUNED, "EARTH ODYSSEY" WILL
BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: ADAPTABILITY IS WITHOUT
QUESTION ONE OF THE MOST

IMPRESSIVE TRAITS OF ANIMALS
EVERYWHERE.

IT'S ALSO WHAT CREATES SUCH RICH
DIVERSITY WITHIN

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

EVEN LIVING IN THE SAME
ENVIRONMENT, NEW SPECIES CAN

ARISE THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY
SUITED TO CLIMATE OR RESOURCE

CHANGES, NEW PREDATOR THREATS,
OR EVEN HUMAN ENCROACHMENT.

ADAPTABILITY NOT ONLY CREATES A
BETTER CHANCE AT SURVIVAL BUT

CAN REVEAL SOME TRULY UNIQUE
ITERATIONS OF WILD CREATURES.

THESE CARIBBEAN SHORES ARE HOME
TO MANY SPECIES UNIQUE

IN THE WORLD.

ENDEMISM IS VERY COMMON HERE.

THE ISLANDS HAVE CREATED
RESERVOIRS OF BIODIVERSITY,

ISOLATED IN TIME AND SPACE.

THIS HAS ALLOWED A NUMBER OF
SPECIES TO DIVERSIFY.

SOME OF THESE WEST INDIAN
ISLANDS ARE HOME TO AN

INDIGENOUS SPECIES OF REPTILE.

THE LESSER ANTILLEAN IGUANA.

THE YOUNGEST ONES BORN JUST A
FEW WEEKS AGO ARE PERFECTLY

CAMOUFLAGED AMONGST THE LEAVES.

THEIR NEW GREEN SKIN BLENDS IN
PERFECTLY WITH THE FOLIAGE OF

THE MANCHINEEL TREE.

THIS HIGHLY TOXIC TREE IS COMMON
THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN.

THE IGUANAS HAVE AN IMMUNITY TO
ALL OF ITS TOXINS.

BUT IF THE SLIGHTEST CONTACT
WITH ITS LEAVES WOULD CAUSE A

SERIOUS BLISTERING, WHAT EFFECT
COULD EATING ITS FRUIT HAVE?

THE FIRST EUROPEAN COLONISTS WHO
DISEMBARKED HERE PAID FOR THAT

ANSWER WITH THEIR LIVES.

SO, THESE BEACH APPLES ARE
SOLELY RESERVED FOR THE IGUANAS.

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DYLAN: AS THE HOURS TICK BY,
THE SUN HAS SUFFICIENTLY WARMED

THEIR COLD-BLOODED BODIES.

AND IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO GO
ABOUT THEIR SECOND TASK OF THE

DAY: FEEDING THEMSELVES.

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DYLAN: THESE HERBIVORES
FAVOR SHRUBS, BUT THEY WILL EAT

ON THE GROUND IF IT'S OPEN.

THEY JUST NEED TO CRAWL TO
GATHER FOOD.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE OLDER MALES CLAIM
DOMINANCE OF THE GROUP'S FEMALES

FOR NOW, BUT YOUNG PRETENDERS
ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY BOLD.

IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR
SENIORITY, THE DOMINANT MALES

HAVE TO BE PERSUASIVE.

A FLICK OF THE HEAD ALLOWS IT TO
DISPLAY ITS DEWLAP,

LIKE A STANDARD.

AND WHEN INTIMIDATION NO LONGER
WORKS, THEN THINGS

HAVE TO ESCALATE.

THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE
DETERMINES WHICH MALE WILL EARN

THE RIGHT TO MATE.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WHEN THE DUST
SETTLES, THE LOSER LEAVES THE

ARENA, GIVING WAY TO THE VICTOR
AND THE NEXT GENERATION.

WHEN WE RETURN, THESE
SWAMP-DWELLERS ARE LOOKING FOR A

KISS FROM THE PERFECT PRINCESS.

THIS AND SO MUCH MORE COMING UP
ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: IN THE SWAMPS OF AFRICA,
THE SOUNDS OF THE HIPPOS MIX

WITH THE STRANGE SONG OF ONE OF
THE MOST AMAZINGLY ODD

AMPHIBIANS IN THE WORLD: 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 THREE 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.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE BULLFROGS AREN'T
THE ONLY ANIMALS FIGHTING FOR

THEIR PLACE.

THIS PAIR OF FISH EAGLES IS
BEING HARASSED BY SOME PLOVERS

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SETTLED,
WITHOUT REALIZING IT, NEAR WHERE

THE PLOVERS 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 ARE ALREADY
ATTEMPTING TO FLY.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: UNLIKE MOST BIRDS IN
THE NEST, THESE PRECOCIOUS

CHICKS ARE ODDLY ROUGH WITH
THEIR LOVING PARENTS.

YOU CAN SEE STRAIGHT AWAY 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.

[MUSIC]

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

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

THE WILD IS BURSTING WITH ODD
AND FASCINATING CREATURES THAT

HAVE TAKEN INDIVIDUALITY TO THE
EXTREME.

YET, THEIR UNEXPECTED
CHARACTERISTICS ARE WHAT GIVE

THESE ONE-OF-A-KIND ANIMALS THE
ABILITY TO THRIVE WHERE MOST

OTHERS COULD NOT.

LIFE IN THE WILD IS ALWAYS FULL
OF SURPRISES AND THE ANIMAL

KINGDOM IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW
DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY CAN BE

THE BEST CHANCE FOR SUCCESS.

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US
AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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