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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SYMBOL, YOU KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING
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TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL.
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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: WELCOME, EVERYONE.
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I'M DYLAN DREYER, AND WE'RE
ABOUT TO WIND OUR WAY THROUGH
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THE WESTERN EUROPEAN WILD.
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THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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TODAY, WE'RE TREKKING ALONG THE
RIVER'S EDGE TO SEE THE UNIQUE
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AND WONDEROUS WILDLIFE OF THE
LOIRE...
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...LIKE THESE MOUNTAINTOP
MAMMALS KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR
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DANGER AND SOME BRAVE BIRDS WHO
MAKE THEIR NESTS IN THE HEART OF
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THE ACTION.
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LATER, WE'LL MEET THE RIVER'S
MOST MASSIVE MONSTER.
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BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME TO RISE AND
SHINE FOR THESE EAGLE-EYED
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AVIANS.
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THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE RIGHT
HERE ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[MUSIC]
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RIVERS ARE ONE OF OUR PLANET'S
MOST VERSATILE NATURAL
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ENVIRONMENTS, A PLACE WHERE TWO
WORLDS COLLIDE.
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THEY CAN SUPPORT BOTH AQUATIC
AND TERRESTRIAL LIFE AS WELL AS
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MANY SPECIES THAT CAN LIVE IN
BETWEEN.
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AS RIVERS CARVE THEIR WAY
THROUGH VARIOUS LANDSCAPES, THEY
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CONNECT ECOSYSTEMS, CREATING
HABITATS WITH INCREDIBLE
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BIODIVERSITY.
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IT'S NO WONDER THESE WATERWAYS
MAKE THE PERFECT HOME FOR SUCH
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AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF
CREATURES.
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THE LOIRE VALLEY IN FRANCE IS A
VERSATILE HABITAT, CREATING
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HOMES FOR ANIMALS FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE, LIKE HERE, WHERE A
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FEMALE SANDPIPER IS HUNTING.
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SHE HAS BUILT HER NEST ON THIS
LITTLE GRASSY ISLAND MIDSTREAM.
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THE LOIRE PROTECTS HER EGGS FROM
PREDATORS, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A
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MAJOR THREAT.
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THE NEST COULD BE DESTROYED
SHOULD THE RIVER FLOOD.
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JUST NEARBY IN THIS POOL, THE
TADPOLES OF THE MIDWIFE TOAD ARE
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INDIFFERENT TO THE FATE OF THE
CHICKS.
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ONLY THE MALE TOAD LOOKS AFTER
THE EGGS, WHICH ARE ATTACHED IN
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A CLUSTER TO HIS HIND LEGS.
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HE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
EGGS DO NOT DRY OUT.
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HE REGULARLY TAKES TO THE WATER
AND SPENDS THE DAY HIDING IN A
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HOLE.
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THIS SLOW WORM IS ALSO SEEKING
SHELTER FROM THE HEAT.
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HE'S HUNTING.
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THIS LEGLESS LIZARD SEEKS OUT
UNDERGROUND WORMS AND SMALL
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INSECTS.
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MID-AFTERNOON, AND THE SUN IS
ALREADY SETTING BEHIND THE
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CLIFFS OF SOLIGNAC-SUR-LOIRE.
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TWO YOUNG EURASIAN EAGLE OWLS
EMERGE FROM THE BUSH WHERE THEY
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WERE SHELTERING FROM THE SUN TO
RETURN TO THEIR NEST, A SIMPLE
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ROCKY PLATFORM.
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THEY KNOW THAT AT NIGHTFALL,
THEIR PARENTS WILL FLY OUT TO
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CATCH FOOD FOR THEM.
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THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE LOIRE
BECOMES A HUNTING GROUND FOR
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NOCTURNAL PREDATORS.
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A MARTEN BRAVES THE CURRENT TO
REACH A MEADOW TEEMING WITH
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SMALL RODENTS.
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FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, GANGES
CASTLE WATCHES OVER THE LOIRE.
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IT'S HOME TO A COLONY OF WESTERN
JACKDAWS.
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THREE HUNDRED MILES AWAY FROM
ITS SOURCE, THE LOIRE IS NOW A
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GREAT MAJESTIC RIVER.
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THE LOIRE ISLANDS, BUT WHEN BAD
WEATHER TAKES A HOLD, THE RIVER
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CAN SWARM OVER THE LANDSCAPE,
FLOODING ANIMAL DENS AND
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SHELTERS, REMINDING ALL
INHABITANTS OF THE POWER THIS
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MIGHTY RIVER HOLDS.
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AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL MEET A
RIVER RODENT WITH AN IMPRESSIVE
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WARNING WHISTLE...
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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...AND A SEABIRD THAT'S
SETTLING DOWN FOR NESTING
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SEASON.
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PLUS, A WHISKERY WATER WANDERER
SEARCHING FOR A MEAL WHEN "EARTH
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ODYSSEY" RETURNS.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: LIFE ALONG THE LOIRE
ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT SURVIVAL.
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SOMETIMES IT'S ALL FUN AND
GAMES.
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THESE FOX KITS ARE CERTAINLY
TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE.
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THIS IS, IN FACT, ESSENTIAL
TRAINING WHICH WILL IMPROVE
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THEIR REFLEXES AND STAMINA.
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THEY SHARE THEIR PLAYGROUND WITH
THE MARMOTS.
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THE SIBLINGS SPEND A LARGE PART
OF THEIR DAY FIGHTING.
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THEY NEED TO BE WELL-TRAINED
BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE FAMILY
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MEADOW TO GO AND ESTABLISH THEIR
OWN TERRITORY NEXT SPRING.
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[MARMOT HISSING]
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A COMMON BUZZARD HUNTS ABOVE
THE FIELD.
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FACE TO THE WIND, HOVERING
MOTIONLESS, SHE FOCUSES ON HER
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PREY.
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A MARMOT IS FAR TOO BIG FOR A
BUZZARD, BUT NOT FOR A GOLDEN
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EAGLE.
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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A SENTRY SOUNDS THE ALARM WITH
A WHISTLE THAT CAN BE HEARD
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SEVERAL MILES AWAY.
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[MARMOT WHISTLING]
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SOME DISTANCE AWAY, BENEATH
MOUNT GERBIER, THE LITTLE
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STREAMS COME TOGETHER.
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THE LOIRE IS ALREADY A
THREE-FOOT-WIDE BROOK.
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IT SWELLS, WIDENS, AND GROWS
BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.
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IT TUMBLES DOWN FOR ANOTHER
SEVERAL DOZEN MILES.
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BY THE TIME IT REACHES LE
PUY-EN-VELAY IN AUVERGNE, THE
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LOIRE IS OVER 70 FEET WIDE.
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OVER MILLENNIA IT HAS DUG VAST
GORGES SURROUNDED BY HIGH
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CLIFFS.
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THESE ROCK FACES ARE WHERE THE
WHITE-THROATED DIPPERS CHOOSE TO
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MAKE THEIR NESTS OF MOSS.
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THE PARENTS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT
OUT.
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THEIR CHICKS ARE BIG ALREADY AND
DEMAND FOOD CONSTANTLY.
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THE WHITE-THROATED DIPPER
CATCHES ITS PREY BENEATH THE
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SURFACE OF THE WATER.
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IT DIVES LOOKING FOR INSECT
LARVAE.
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IN SPRING, MILLIONS OF LARVAE
SIMULTANEOUSLY METAMORPHOSE INTO
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ADULT INSECTS, WHICH MATE OVER
THE WATER IN A FRENETIC AERIAL
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BALLET.
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THIS IS A GODSEND FOR THE TROUT
WAITING TO GOBBLE UP ANY THAT
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LAND IN THE WATER.
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THE DIPPER, HOWEVER, PREFERS THE
LARVAE HIDDEN UNDER THE STONES.
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TODAY, IT'S THE TURN OF THIS
CHICK TO LEAVE THE NEST, BUT A
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WATERFALL BUBBLES BENEATH.
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WHEN A DIPPER LEAVES THE NEST,
IT CAN NEVER RETURN.
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THE YOUNGSTER IS HESITANT.
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[BIRD CHIRPING]
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HIS BROTHER, WHO FLEW THE NEST
THE DAY BEFORE, WAITS.
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THE YOUNGSTER CANNOT FLY YET,
AND IT IS NOT USED TO WALKING.
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ONE CHICK REMAINS IN THE NEST,
RELUCTANT TO TAKE THE PLUNGE.
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MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE THE DAY.
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WHEN WE COME BACK, A SEA SWALLOW
THAT'S PLAYING WITH FIRE,
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NESTING SO CLOSE TO THE WATER.
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AND THIS RIVER MONSTER HAS
CAT-LIKE REFLEXES WHEN ON THE
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HUNT UP NEXT ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: LIFE ALONG THE RIVER IS
IN A CONSTANT STATE OF CHANGE,
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AND THE ANIMALS MAKING THEIR
HOMES HERE MUST LEARN TO ADAPT
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ALONGSIDE IT.
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A MILD WINTER CAN MEAN A DRY
SUMMER, DECREASED WATER LEVELS,
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AND THEREFORE, FEWER RESOURCES.
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BUT NATURE'S PENDULUM CAN SWING
THE OTHER WAY.
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WHILE RAIN MAY BE WELCOMED MOST
OF THE TIME, EVEN ON THE RIVER,
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THERE CAN BE TOO MUCH OF A GOOD
THING.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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WHEN THE RAINY SEASON REACHES
FRANCE, EVERY WILD HABITAT FEELS
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THE EFFECTS, AND THE LOIRE
BECOMES MORE LIKE A TROPICAL
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RIVER WINDING ITS WAY THROUGH
THE DENSE JUNGLE.
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FOR SEVERAL HOURS, HEAVY RAIN
HAMMERS DOWN ON THE LOIRE.
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THE RAINFALL UPSTREAM CAUSES A
NEW FLOOD.
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THE LOIRE CAN RISE MORE THAN TEN
INCHES IN JUST A FEW HOURS.
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THIS RISE IN THE WATER LEVEL IS
A SEVERE DANGER FOR TERNS, OR
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SEA SWALLOWS.
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A RISE OF JUST A FEW INCHES IS
ENOUGH TO DESTROY THEIR NESTS.
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THEY LAY THEIR EGGS ON SANDBANKS
IN MIDRIVER TO PROTECT THEM FROM
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PREDATORS.
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TERNS ARE MIGRATORY AND SPEND
MOST OF THE YEAR AT SEA.
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THEY CROSS THE ATLANTIC AS FAR
AS MEXICO, BUT RETURN HERE EACH
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YEAR TO NEST ON THESE SANDBANKS.
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SMALL ANTS HAVE BUILT A NEST IN
A HOLLOW BRANCH WHICH SEEMED
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PERFECT, BUT IS FAR TOO CLOSE TO
THE WATER.
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THE LOIRE'S MOODS ARE
UNPREDICTABLE.
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ITS SUDDEN RISE IN LEVEL CAN BE
DEADLY.
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BUT THIS EVER-CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT IS WHAT ALLOWS MANY
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ANIMALS TO THRIVE.
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THE KINGFISHER IS ANOTHER LOCAL
LIVING AT THE MERCY OF THE
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LOIRE.
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IT'S MATING SEASON, AND THE MALE
IS TRYING TO CONVINCE HIS
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PARTNER TO START THEIR OWN
FAMILY.
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FIRST, HE DIGS A NEW BURROW IN
WHAT HE DEEMS TO BE AN IDEAL
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PLACE.
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THE FEMALE INSPECTS THE WORK.
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WILL THE LOVE NEST PASS HER
TEST?
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THE MALE THEN GOES OFF TO CATCH
A SMALL FISH FOR HER.
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SHE IS STILL NOT CONVINCED.
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BUT THIS MALE IS NOT SO EASILY
DEFEATED AND REMAINS VIGILANT.
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[BIRD CHIRPING]
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THE MALE KINGFISHER ARRIVES
WITH A GIFT OF FISH.
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[BIRD CHIRPING]
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THE FEMALE ACCEPTS IT.
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THE THOUGHTFUL GIFT AND A
WELL-BUILT NEST IS THE PERFECT
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RECIPE FOR WINNING THIS
LOVEBIRD'S HEART.
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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WHEN WE COME BACK, MEET THE
LOIRE'S BIGGEST PREDATOR, A FISH
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WITH A FELINE REPUTATION.
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THIS AND MORE COMING UP ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: AFTER THE FLOODS OF THE
RAINY SEASON, THE LOIRE OFFERS
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ALL NEW TERRITORY.
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THIS MOTHER ROE DEER AND HER
FAWN CAN FINALLY RETURN NOW THAT
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THE WATER HAS RECEDED.
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THE LUSH GRASS, WHICH IS NOW
ACCESSIBLE, WAS UNDERWATER JUST
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DAYS AGO.
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THE LOIRE FERTILIZES THE SOIL,
WHICH ALLOWS A VARIETY OF FLORA
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TO BLOOM BRILLIANTLY.
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THIS ATTRACTS ALL KINDS OF
INCREDIBLE ANIMALS.
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IN A COUNTRY AS DENSELY
POPULATED AS FRANCE, IT SEEMS
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ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR A RIVER TO
HARVEST SUCH A VAST ARRAY OF
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WILDLIFE, BUT THE LOIRE REMAINS
WILD AND UNTAMED.
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ITS COURSE IS FAR LESS
CANALIZED, OR CUT OFF BY DAMS,
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THAN OTHER BIG RIVERS.
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BECAUSE OF THIS, AN EXCEPTIONAL
COMMUNITY OF ANIMALS HAS MADE
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ITS HOME ON THESE BANKS,
PREDATOR AND PREY ALIKE.
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BENEATH THE WATER'S SURFACE
THERE SLEEPS THE MONSTER OF THE
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LOIRE.
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IT'S THE RIVER'S BIGGEST
PREDATOR, THE CATFISH.
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ORIGINALLY FROM EASTERN EUROPE,
IT APPEARED HERE A FEW DECADES
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AGO.
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CATFISH LIVE IN GROUPS, SPENDING
THEIR DAYS UNDER THE SHELTER OF
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TREE TRUNKS.
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THE BIGGEST OF THEM IS OVER SIX
FEET LONG AND IS AROUND 40 YEARS
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OLD.
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THEY ARE FEARSOME HUNTERS
CAPABLE OF ATTACKING ANY NUMBER
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OF OTHER CREATURES, LIKE FISH,
DUCKS, AND COYPU, BUT THEY ARE
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NO THREAT TO HUMANS.
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SOME HAVENS ON THE LOIRE ARE
LESS AFFECTED BY THE RIVER'S
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00:16:33,225 --> 00:16:35,227
TWISTS AND TURNS.
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00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:41,533
THESE YOUNG FALCONS HAVE HAD
AMPLE TIME TO GROW, AND IT'S
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00:16:41,566 --> 00:16:44,436
NEARLY TIME FOR THEM TO TAKE
FLIGHT.
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00:16:56,381 --> 00:17:00,385
THEIR FATHER STILL BRINGS THEM
FOOD, MAINLY SMALL RODENTS.
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00:17:02,487 --> 00:17:05,257
JUST A FEW DAYS OF THIS MEAL
SERVICE REMAIN BEFORE THEY HAVE
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00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:07,960
TO HUNT FOR THEMSELVES.
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00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:15,801
DOWNSTREAM, A LITTLE TASTE OF
AFRICA INVADES THE HOLES IN THE
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00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:19,137
BANKS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DUG BY
THE CURRENT AND THE FLOODING.
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00:17:19,171 --> 00:17:22,841
A COLONY OF BEE-EATERS IS
SETTLING IN AGAIN.
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00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:29,981
THE LOIRE FLOODED THEIR NESTS,
BUT NOW THAT THE WATERS HAVE
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00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:32,818
RECEDED, LIFE HAS RETURNED.
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00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:40,726
THE MATING SEASON IS WELL
UNDERWAY, AND THIS MALE NEEDS TO
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00:17:40,759 --> 00:17:43,428
HURRY IF HE WANTS TO FIND A MATE
THIS YEAR.
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00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:47,165
IN ORDER TO ATTRACT A FEMALE, HE
HAS TO BRING HER OFFERINGS OF
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00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:48,200
FOOD.
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00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:53,004
HE HOPES THAT THIS WASP WILL
FINALLY WIN HER OVER.
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00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:55,474
SUCCESS.
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00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:58,176
THIS IS THEIR DEN, WHICH THEY
HAVE DUG TOGETHER.
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00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:01,213
IT CAN BE MORE THAN THREE FEET
DEEP.
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00:18:05,817 --> 00:18:09,321
THE MALE WAS BORN HERE ON THE
BANKS OF THE LOIRE, BUT IT WAS
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00:18:09,354 --> 00:18:12,824
IN WESTERN AFRICA THAT HE MET
HIS MATE.
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00:18:12,858 --> 00:18:16,361
SHE CAME FROM ANOTHER EUROPEAN
COLONY.
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00:18:16,395 --> 00:18:21,333
COUPLES ALWAYS GO TO LAY THEIR
EGGS IN THE MALE'S NATIVE LAND.
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00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:24,603
THE BEE-EATERS LEAVE FRANCE
EVERY WINTER WHEN THE WASPS DIE
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00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:28,640
OFF AND THE BEES SPEND MONTHS
HIDING INSIDE THEIR HIVES.
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00:18:29,975 --> 00:18:32,644
BELOW GROUND, THE NEW GENERATION
IS DEVELOPING.
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00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:35,747
IT CAN ONLY BE HOPED THAT THE
LOIRE WILL REMAIN AT A LOW LEVEL
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AND PROTECT THESE NEW HATCHLINGS
UNTIL IT'S THEIR TIME TO FLY.
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00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:53,031
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON OUR
RIVER CRUISE TO SEE THE ANIMALS
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THAT LOVE LIFE ALONG THE LOIRE.
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00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:58,170
WHETHER UNDER THE RUSHING
WATERS, ON THE RIVERBANKS, OR IN
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THE LUSH LANDSCAPES AROUND THEM,
THE ANIMALS HERE ARE TREATED TO
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A BEVY OF RESOURCES WHICH KEEP
THIS REMARKABLE ECOSYSTEM
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00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,212
BRIMMING WITH LIFE.
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IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL
DISPLAY OF NATURE'S UNMATCHED
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VERSATILITY.
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WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT
EPISODE OF "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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