All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E26.1080p.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

IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE THE WORLD'S
WILDEST SKIES.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE TAKING AN UP-CLOSE
LOOK AT SOME UNIQUE AND

ASTONISHING AVIANS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD.

LIKE THIS GRACEFUL GIANT, AN
IMPRESSIVE

FIVE FEET OF FEATHERS.

AND AN EXOTIC EXAMPLE OF
UNQUESTIONABLE BEAUTY.

LATER, WE'LL WADE THROUGH THE
WEEDS WITH THIS HUNGRY PARENT.

BUT WE START BY MEETING A BIRD
THAT BREAKS THE NORM, GIVING UP

FLYING FOR CLIMBING.

GET READY FOR A WILD ADVENTURE.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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DYLAN: IN GENERAL, FOR US,
BIRDS EQUAL FLYING, WINGED,

GRACEFUL CREATURES SOARING
THROUGH THE SKY.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A WHOLE GROUP
OF BIRDS DEFINED BY THEIR

INABILITY TO TAKE OFF AND PREFER
A LIFE MORE GROUNDED.

LIKE GALEIFORMS, AN ORDER OF
HEAVY-BODIED, GROUND-FEEDING

SPECIES THAT INCLUDE TURKEYS AND
QUAIL.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW MORE
EXOTIC EXAMPLES OF THESE

FLIGHTLESS FANCIES HIDDEN AMONG
THE TREES IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

TAKE A LOOK.

IN EVERY ENVIRONMENT ON EARTH,
THE HARVEST SEASON IS A WELCOME

SIGHT, PRODUCING AN ABUNDANCE OF
FOOD.

BUT NOT EVERYONE GOES ABOUT
ENJOYING THESE FEASTS IN THE

SAME WAY.

SOME HAVE A MORE UNIQUE
APPROACH.

A TREE-DWELLING SPECIES OF THE
GALEIFORMS, OR BIGGER BODIED,

MOSTLY FLIGHTLESS BIRDS, HAS
LOCATED THIS NOURISHING MANOR.

IT'S A BLACK GUAN, ENDEMIC TO
COSTA RICA AND PANAMA.

THIS CLIMBING BIRD IS VERY MUCH
AT HOME

IN THE AGUACATILLOS TREES.

ITS FEEDING HABITS ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.

IT ASKS NO QUESTIONS, IT JUST
CONSUMES.

ITS LARGE SIZE ALLOWS IT TO
SWALLOW THE FRUIT WHOLE.

AND ITS ANATOMY ALLOWS THE PITS
TO BE EVACUATED

BY A NATURAL MEANS.

ANOTHER RESIDENT OF THE CLOUD
FORESTS IS THE EMERALD TOUCANET.

AS AN OMNIVORE, THESE BIRDS FEED
ON ALL SORTS OF ANIMALS,

INCLUDING INSECTS, BUT ALSO ON
CHICKS AND EGGS.

MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF THE
QUETZALS,

FOR WHOM THEY ARE
FORMIDABLE PREDATORS.

HOWEVER, LIKE THE QUETZALS, THEY
EMERALD TOUCANET APPRECIATES

LARGE FRUITS.

IT, TOO, HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL
FEEDING METHOD.

IT PITS THE AVOCADO.

AH, IT DROPPED IT.

LUCKILY, THERE'S PLENTY MORE
WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

AND THIS TIME, THERE'S NO
PROBLEM AT ALL.

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DYLAN: THE QUETZAL HAS A LESS
CULINARY APPROACH, SWALLOWING

THEIR FRUITS WHOLE LIKE THE
BLACK GUAN.

THIS ONE SWALLOWED AN AVOCADO
ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.

BY NOW, THE FRUIT IS IN A
SPECIAL POUCH, THE

PROVENTRICULUS.

AN ORGAN THAT PREDIGESTS THE
FOOD BEFORE IT

ENTERS THE STOMACH.

CHEMICAL DIGESTION IS AT WORK.

NOW IT'S BEEN 25 MINUTES.

THE FRUIT'S PIT CANNOT BE
DISSOLVED AND IT'S TOO LARGE TO

PASS THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE
TRACT.

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DYLAN: SO, NOW THE BIRD HAS
DIGESTED THE PULP AND SKIN.

THE PIT COMES BACK OUT THE WAY
IT CAME.

THE QUETZAL IS DOING ITS PART TO
REPLENISH THE FOREST, DISPERSING

THE SEEDS OF THE TREES THAT FEED
IT.

LIKE A GARDENER, THE QUETZAL
REPLANTS THE FOREST.

THE EXACT MOVEMENTS OF THIS BIRD
HAVE ONLY

RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED.

LIKE MANY OF THE PLANET'S RAREST
LIVING TREASURES, THE QUETZAL

AND ITS UNIQUELY EXOTIC
ENVIRONMENT REQUIRE CARE AND

PROTECTION TO ENSURE THEIR
BRILLIANT ADDITION TO THE WILD

IS NEVER LOST.

WHEN WE RETURN, AN AFRICAN GIANT
IS DRESSED TO IMPRESS ALONG THE

AFRICAN RIVERBANKS.

AND THIS COLORFUL CHARACTER
TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT

IN THE TROPICS.

PLUS, THE HUNT IS ON FOR THIS
HERON WITH

HUNGRY MOUTHS TO FEED.

ALL THIS, NEXT ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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

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DYLAN: WATERING HOLES ARE NEVER
SHORT ON PATRONS IN THE WILD.

CONSTANTLY PACKED WITH ALL SORTS
OF WONDROUS CREATURES.

LIKE THIS BIRD, THE MARABOU.

ALTHOUGH TYPICALLY A SCAVENGER,
HE'LL OFTEN

EAT ANYTHING HE FINDS.

LIKE POSSIBLY, THIS TURTLE.

NOPE.

NO SOONER CAUGHT THAN REJECTED.

PROBABLY A BIT TOO COMPLICATED
AS MEALS GO.

THEY'RE CONSUMMATE ARTISTS, WITH
AN INCREDIBLE BEARING AND A

LITTLE BIT OF AN ILL TEMPER.

WHEN THEY'RE PERCHED, YOU'D
SWEAR THEY HAD NO HEADS.

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DYLAN: THEY CAN ALSO PLAY THE
CLOWN OR AN ACROBAT.

THIS MARABOU GETS CAUGHT UP
TRYING TO STEAL

FROM HIS FELLOW BIRD.

LUCKILY, HELP IS NEVER FAR AWAY.

TO AVOID THIS SORT OF MISHAP,
THE GREAT WADER CAN ABANDON ITS

INTEREST IN FINDING A MEAL ON
LAND AND TURN TO ITS OTHER AREA

OF EXPERTISE: FISHING.

A WHOLE COLONY OF MARABOUS HAS
MOVED INTO A BRANCH OF THE RIVER

THAT IS DRYING UP.

THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF THE OPPORTUNITY.

THERE'S ALSO A HUGE VARIETY OF
FISHING BIRDS THERE.

ESPECIALLY STORKS OF ALL SORTS.

RARELY HAS SUCH A RANGE OF
AFRICAN STORKS BEEN OBSERVED IN

A SINGLE SPOT.

APART FROM THE MARABOUS, THERE
ARE BLACK STORKS

WITH THEIR RED BEAKS.

WOOLLY-NECKED STORKS.

AND YELLOW-BILLED STORKS.

THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER GIANT OF
THE FAMILY: THE SADDLE-BILLED

STORK WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT BEAK.

AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET TALL,
IT'S ALMOST AS BIG

AS THE MARABOU.

DESPITE ITS DULL COLORING, THIS
ONE IS ALSO A SADDLE-BILL, BUT A

YOUNG ONE THAT HASN'T YET GOT
ITS ADULT BEAK

OR BEAUTIFUL PLUMAGE.

FISHING IS IN FULL SWING.

WHAT'S SURPRISING IS THAT APART
FROM THE SOUNDS OF SPLASHING,

THIS SCENE HAPPENS IN COMPLETE
SILENCE.

NOT ONE CRY IS HEARD.

IN FACT, ALL STORKS ARE ALMOST
MUTE, UNABLE TO EMIT A SOUND,

EXCEPT IN THE MATING SEASON,
WHEN THEY CACKLE A LITTLE.

WHEN THEY'VE EATEN ENOUGH, THESE
GREAT BIRDS SIT BY BENDING THEIR

LEGS IN AN ASTONISHING WAY.

THEIR KNEES SEEM TO WORK
BACKWARDS.

BUT THIS IS NOT THEIR KNEE
JOINT, IT'S THE ANKLE JOINT.

JUST ANOTHER STRANGE SPECIALTY
THAT MAKES THESE BIRDS A UNIQUE

PART OF THE WILD.

COMING UP, WE'LL SEE SOME
FEATHERED FESTIVITIES

IN THE CARIBBEAN.

AND A HULK-SIZED HERON WHO TAKES
THEIR MEALS TO GO.

BUT FIRST, WE'RE HEADED TO
BROOKFIELD ZOO

FOR WILDLIFE A-TO-Z.

BEING WILD DOESN'T MEAN AN
ANIMAL CAN'T ENJOY

SOME URBAN COMFORTS.

IN FACT, CERTAIN SPECIES, LIKE
PELICANS, HAVE COME TO LIVE

RIGHT ALONGSIDE US IN EVEN OUR
BUSIEST CITIES.

A PELICAN'S PRESENCE ISN'T
EXACTLY HARD TO MISS.

WITH A WINGSPAN THAT CAN REACH
UP TO TEN FEET WIDE, WEIGHING IN

AT MORE THAN 30 POUNDS, THEY ARE
ONE OF THE

WORLD'S LARGEST BIRDS.

ACCREDITED FACILITIES AROUND THE
WORLD, LIKE BROOKFIELD ZOO, HAVE

WELCOMED THESE WINGED WONDERS
WITH OPEN ARMS.

THESE PELICANS ARE ALL RESCUED
BIRDS AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO

SURVIVE IN THE WILD DUE TO THEIR
INJURIES.

BUT HERE, THEY CAN REST, NEST,
AND, OF COURSE,

ENJOY A GOOD MEAL.

FOR THESE AWESOME AVIANS,
THEY'VE FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE

TO CALL HOME.

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.

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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK.

I'M HERE AT BROOKFIELD ZOO, AND
I'M JOINED BY DR. MIKE ADKESSON.

DR. MIKE, I'M SO CURIOUS.

I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARROTS, A

PARAKEET BEING ONE OF THOSE
TYPES.

WHAT MAKES A PARAKEET SO
SPECIAL?

DR. MIKE: SO, THEY'RE ONE OF
ABOUT 350 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF

PARROTS, BUT THEY'RE ONE OF THE
SMALLEST ONES.

AND THEY'RE ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING
FOUND IN HUGE FLOCKS.

JUST LIKE ALL PARROTS, THEY'VE
GOT A VERY SHARP BEAK THAT THEY

USE FOR CRACKING OPEN NUTS AND
SEEDS THAT THEY

EAT IN THEIR DIET.

DYLAN: MM-HMM.

AND WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH PARROTS
BEING ABLE TO TALK.

CAN PARAKEETS TALK, TOO?

DR. MIKE: THEY CAN.

SO, THEY'RE GOOD AT MIMICKING
SOUNDS.

PARAKEETS ARE WONDERFUL AT
REPLICATING HUMAN SPEECH, BUT

THEY ALSO PICK UP OTHER SOUNDS
AROUND THEM.

SO, A TELEPHONE RINGING OR A
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP COMING OFF OF

SOMETHING, THEY'RE GREAT AT
MAKING THOSE SOUNDS.

DYLAN: THAT'S REALLY COOL.

NOW BACK TO OUR SHOW.

CONSERVATION EFFORTS HELP TO
PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO SEE

THESE ANIMAL WONDERS IN THE
WILD.

IN THE HEART OF COSTA RICA, WE
CAN SEE JUST THAT, WHERE ONE OF

THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC EXOTIC
BIRDS, FLIES FREELY.

THE GREAT GREEN MACAW, OR
BUFFON'S MACAW.

GIVEN ITS RARITY, OBSERVING THE
BUFFON'S MACAW IN ITS NATURAL

ENVIRONMENT IS A PRIVILEGE.

THIS SOCIAL BIRD ONCE FLOURISHED
ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA.

BUT DEFORESTATION CAUSED BY
BANANA CULTIVATION HAS

TRAGICALLY REDUCED ITS NUMBERS.

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DYLAN: IN ONE CENTURY, 90
PERCENT OF ITS HABITAT

HAS DISAPPEARED.

NOW THAT GROOMING IS FINISHED,
IT'S TIME TO FIND SOME LUNCH.

THE GROUP FLIES STRAIGHT TO ITS
FAVORITE PANTRY.

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DYLAN: THIS PARROT'S TREE IS A
PROPER SYMBOL FOR THIS SPECIES.

THE BIRDS USE IT FOR
REPRODUCTION

AND FEED FROM IT ABUNDANTLY.

THE ALMENDRO, OR MOUNTAIN
ALMOND.

THE FRUIT IS A VERY HARD-SHELLED
NUT THAT THE MACAW

SKILLFULLY CRACKS OPEN.

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DYLAN: IN COSTA RICA, A
PROTECTIVE BAN HAS PRESERVED THE

LAST REMAINING FORESTS OF WILD
ALMENDRO TREES FROM BEING

DESTROYED, AND A REFORESTATION
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW BEARING
FRUIT FROM THE MOUNTAIN ALMOND

TREES, OF COURSE.

OF THE 350 SPECIES OF PARROTS
AND RELATED BIRDS, 100 ARE IN

DANGER OF EXTINCTION, INCLUDING
THE GREAT GREEN MACAW.

AS MORE EMBRACE POLICIES LIKE
THE ONES PRACTICED IN COSTA

RICA, WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO HELP
PRESERVE SOME OF EARTH'S MOST

REMARKABLE AND BEAUTIFUL
WILDLIFE.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL MEET A
PAIR OF TINY CHICKS

WITH GOLIATH APPETITES.

THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE WHEN
"EARTH ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

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DYLAN: THESE STORKS ARE BUSY
GATHERING BUILDING MATERIALS FOR

THEIR NESTS.

IT'S A TASK THAT TAKES TIME AND
DEDICATION.

MALE OR FEMALE, DEPENDING ON THE
SPECIES, BIRDS SHOW DIFFERENT

DEGREES OF INTEREST IN BUILDING
THE NESTS.

WITH THESE VULTURES, BOTH
MEMBERS OF THE COUPLE TAKE PART

IN THE BUILDING PROJECT.

BUT THEIR NEST IS RUDIMENTARY,
CONSISTING OF A ROUGH FRAMEWORK

OF TWIGS AND BRANCHES, WHICH
WILL PROBABLY BE HOME TO A

SOLITARY EGG.

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DYLAN: THESE GREAT BIRDS, WITH
THEIR FIVE-FOOT WINGSPAN, ALWAYS

BUILD THEIR NESTS HIGH UP IN THE
TREETOPS SO THAT THEY CAN EASILY

TAKE FLIGHT.

NEARBY, THERE NESTS A BIRD WHO
REFUSES TO GO TO SUCH TROUBLE.

IT BELONGS TO A SPECIES THAT,
RATHER THAN BUILD ITS OWN NEST,

PREFERS TO MOVE INTO SOMEONE
ELSE'S.

THIS IS THE GIANT EAGLE OWL.

AND THE HUGE NEST IT HAS TAKEN
OVER USED TO BELONG

TO A HAMERKOP.

THE HAMERKOP IS A SMALL,
UNUSUAL LOOKING MEMBER OF THE

HERON FAMILY.

QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ITS
RELATIVES.

IN PARTICULAR, THE LARGEST OF
THEM, THE GOLIATH HERON.

THIS WADER IS COMPLETELY
UNCONCERNED BY THE ARRIVAL ON

THE RIVERBANK OF AN ENORMOUS
CROCODILE.

AS IN FACT, IT HAS LITTLE REASON
TO FEAR IT.

THE HERON IS FIXATED ON ITS GOAL
OF CATCHING A FISH TO FEED ITS

TWO CHICKS, WHO ARE BEING CARED
FOR BY ITS MATE IN THE NEST

THEY'VE BUILT A LITTLE FARTHER
ALONG THE RIVERBANK.

THE HERON CHICKS ARE LESS THAN
TWO WEEKS OLD.

EACH ONE HATCHED FROM AN EGG THE
SAME SIZE AS A CHICKEN'S, AND

THEIR PARENTS TOOK TURNS TO SIT
ON THEM FOR A MONTH.

THEY WILL NOT STAY IN THE NEST
FOR LONG.

WITHIN THREE WEEKS, THEY'LL BE
OUT AND ABOUT.

IT'S NEARLY TIME FOR THESE TWO
GRAY HERONS TO LEAVE THE NEST.

THEY NEED JUST A FEW MORE DAYS.

THE ONLY PREREQUISITE FOR
LEAVING, IS BEING ABLE TO FLY.

BIRDS NESTS ARE PURELY TEMPORARY
DWELLINGS.

THEIR FUNCTION IS TO BE A HOME
FOR THE EGGS AND THE CHICKS

DURING THEIR EARLY DAYS.

THEY'RE NEVER INTENDED TO BE
PERMANENT HOMES.

WHEN IN TIMES OF BAD WEATHER,
THE BIRDS DO NOT TAKE TO THEIR

NESTS, BUT PERCH LIKE THESE
WATTLED STARLINGS,

EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.

CLINGING TO ITS BRANCH, THIS
CATTLE EGRET IS CARRYING OUT

SOME RUNNING REPAIRS TO ITS
PLUMAGE, RUFFLED BY THE RAIN.

DOWN ON THE GROUND, THIS
BLACK-BELLIED BUSTARD'S HABITS

NEVER CHANGE.

SHE CALLS, ANNOUNCING THAT THIS
IS HER TERRITORY.

PROUD, PROTECTIVE, A SHINING
REMINDER THAT EVERY BIRD IN

THEIR OWN WAY IS A BEAUTIFUL
ADDITION

TO EARTH'S ANIMAL KINGDOM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
FOR A LITTLE BIT

OF BIRDWATCHING.

ALMOST EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK,
THERE ARE EYE-CATCHING EXAMPLES

OF EARTH'S 10,000 SPECIES STRONG
AVIAN POPULATION.

AND IT'S THANKS TO CONSERVATION
EFFORTS AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION

PROGRAMS THAT MANY OF THE MOST
EXOTIC, UNIQUE, AND WONDERFUL

BIRDS ARE STILL GRACING THE
SKIES WITH THEIR FEATHERED

SPLENDOR, AND HOPEFULLY WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR

GENERATIONS TO COME.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN FOR ANOTHER
EPISODE OF "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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