All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S06E11.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_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, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO

JOIN THE HUNT ALONGSIDE
OUR PLANET'S MOST PROLIFIC

PREDATORS.

WELCOME TO "EARTH ODYSSEY."

TODAY WE'RE BRAVING THE WILD
TO SEE THE LARGEST,

STRONGEST AND FASTEST
HUNTERS IN THE ANIMAL

KINGDOM.

SOARING OVERHEAD, ONE OF THE
EARTH'S BIGGEST BIRDS OF

PREY IS LOOKING FOR A MEAL.

AND SOME NILE RIVER NATIVES
SHOW OFF THEIR NASTY

ATTITUDES.

PLUS, MEET THE PRIDE OF THIS
FIERCE FELINE FAMILY.

BUT FIRST, WE HEAD TO THE
HIGH GRASS WHERE IT'S CHOW

TIME FOR A CUTE COMPANY OF
CANINES.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: IN THE WILD, SPOTTING A
PREDATOR ISN'T TOO HARD TO DO.

SHARP TEETH, STRONG JAWS,
AND NOT EXACTLY THE

FRIENDLIEST ATTITUDE TOWARDS
THEIR PREY ANIMAL NEIGHBORS.

BUT WHAT REALLY DEFINES A
PREDATOR IS OPPORTUNITY.

RARELY IS A MEAL EASY TO
FIND OR CATCH, SO EARTH'S

HUNTERS HAVE TO USE THEIR
CUNNING AND STRATEGIC ACTION

TO CREATE THAT ONE OPPORTUNITY
THAT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN FILLING THEIR BELLIES
OR GOING HOME HUNGRY.

FOR OUR PLANET'S PREDATORS,
HUNTING CAN SEEM LIKE A

FULL-TIME JOB.

IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH
CATCHING PREY FOR

THEMSELVES, BUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THEIR SUCCESS

SKYROCKETS WHEN THERE ARE
MORE MOUTHS TO FEED.

THESE YOUNG JACKALS ARE
EAGERLY AWAITING THEIR

PARENTS RETURN BECAUSE IT
MEANS FOOD.

MOM IS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
AND HER LITTER OF PUPS WASTE

NO TIME IN SEEING WHAT'S ON
THE MENU.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WITH THEIR BELLIES FULL
AND ENERGY UP, THESE

ROWDY ADOLESCENTS CAN
GET BACK TO ONE OF THEIR

FAVORITE ACTIVITIES - PLAY.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: GAMES OF CHASE, WRESTLING

AND A CHEEKY CHOMP OR TWO IS
ALL PART OF THEIR TRAINING

FOR WHEN THEY HAVE TO FEND
FOR THEMSELVES.

LUCKILY, AS ADULTS, THEY
WON'T BE COMPLETELY ALONE.

JACKALS HUNT IN PAIRS OR
SMALL GROUPS, SO BONDING

WITH LITTERMATES CAN BE
CRUCIAL TO THEIR FUTURE

SUCCESS.

AFTER THEIR THOROUGH
TRAINING SESSION, A LITTLE

REST IS IN ORDER.

THEY ARE HAPPY TO RELAX
WHILE SOME NOSEY NEIGHBORS

MAKE THEIR WAY PAST.

ELEPHANTS ARE A LITTLE OUT
OF THEIR LEAGUE WHEN IT

COMES TO PREY.

THIS IS DEFINITELY A
SITUATION WHERE THE JACKALS'

EYES ARE FAR BIGGER THAN
THEIR STOMACHS.

ONE ANIMAL WITH NO LIMIT TO
THEIR APPETITE IS THE HYENA.

THIS MOTHER IS DESPERATE TO
FIND SOME PREY WITH HER

HUNGRY CUBS WAITING AT HOME.

THIS HERD OF WILDEBEEST
COULD BE THE PERFECT

OPPORTUNITY.

IT WON'T BE EASY BUT SHE'S
GOT TO TRY.

HER HUNTING PROCESS IS
SIMPLE, BUT USUALLY

EFFECTIVE.

PHASE 1: DISRUPT AND DIVIDE
THE HERD.

[MUSIC - SOUNDS OF WILDEBEESTS]

DYLAN: PHASE 2: ISOLATE A
TARGET AND STAY ON ITS TAIL.

PHASE 3: CUT THEM OFF AND
TAKE THE PREY BY SURPRISE.

[MUSIC CONTINUES - SOUNDS OF
WILDEBEESTS]

DYLAN: FINAL PHASE: KEEP UP
THE PACE AND RUN FASTER.

OR SLOW DOWN AND ADMIT
DEFEAT.

ALL THE HYENA CAN DO NOW IS
SLINK AWAY, EXHAUSTED, AND

NOW HUNGRIER THAN EVER.

A COUPLE WARTHOGS HAVE
POPPED UP TO SEE THE SOURCE

OF THE COMMOTION.

LOOKS LIKE NO ONE WANTS TO
BE ON THE HYENA'S MENU TODAY.

UP NEXT, A BIRD THAT'S A
JACK OF ALL CARNIVOROUS

TRADES.

LATER, WE'LL MEET A RIVER
REPTILE THAT CAN FIND A MEAL

IN A SNAP.

AND THESE BIG CAT CUBS ARE
IN SAFE HANDS, OR SHOULD WE

SAY PAWS.

ALL THIS WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE
FROM ABOVE, THIS IS ONE OF THE

WORLD'S LARGEST BIRDS
OF PREY; THE VULTURE.

KNOWN PROBABLY MORE FOR
THEIR SCAVENGING THAN THEIR

HUNTING, THESE CARNIVOROUS
BIRDS ARE MASTERS OF MAKING

THE MOST OF THEIR RESOURCES.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: GATHERING TWIGS AND
GRASSES, THIS VULTURE COUPLE IS

PREPARING FOR THE ARRIVAL
OF A SINGLE SON OR DAUGHTER.

AFTER EACH MATING SEASON,
THE FEMALE WILL USUALLY LAY

A SINGLE EGG.

SO, EXTREME CARE MUST BE
TAKEN WITH THEIR COMING

HATCHLING.

ONE DAY, THESE PARENTS WILL
TEACH THEIR CHILD HOW TO

CLEAR THE ENVIRONMENT OF ALL
CARRION.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: FOR NOW, CONSTRUCTION
TAKES PRECEDENCE

OVER CONSUMPTION.

WHEN THE TIME TO HUNT COMES,
VULTURES RELY ON THEIR

EXTREMELY ACUTE EYESIGHT TO
FIND THEIR NEXT MEAL.

ABLE TO SPOT PREY OR CARRION
FROM UP TO 4 MILES AWAY,

THEIR NEXT MEAL SEEMS TO
ALWAYS BE IN SIGHT.

THOUGH THE GROUND MAY APPEAR
TO BE MOVING, THIS IS NO

EARTHQUAKE.

IN FACT, IT'S A POPULAR FOOD
SOURCE FOR SOME OF AFRICA'S

AVIAN HUNTERS; FLIES.

JUST UNDERGROUND, ONE OF
NATURE'S MOST EXTRAORDINARY

MIRACLES IS HAPPENING;
METAMORPHOSIS.

THE OUTER ENVELOPE OF THESE
YOUNG LARVAE IS GROWING

RIGID TO FORM A COCOON.

AS IT HARDENS AND DARKENS,
THE LARVA INSIDE TRANSFORMS

INTO A FLY OVER A PERIOD OF
ABOUT 10 DAYS.

WHEN READY, THE NEW FLY MUST
USE ALL ITS STRENGTH AND

MUSCLES TO ESCAPE ITS
SHELL-LIKE COCOON.

BUT DANGER AWAITS THEIR
ARRIVAL AT THE SURFACE.

AS IF SENSING A COMING
FEAST, SOME OPPORTUNISTIC

AVIANS GATHER AROUND.

AT THIS STAGE, THE YOUNG
FLIES CAN'T YET STRETCH

THEIR WINGS.

THEY MUST FIRST LEARN TO
MOVE THEIR LEGS AND BEND

THEIR JOINTS BECAUSE THE
REAL WORK IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.

JUST AS THIS FLY SEES
SUNLIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME,

A FLASH OF BLUE STRIKES.

QUICK WORK FOR THIS SUPERB
STARLING.

ANOTHER FLY TRIES ITS LUCK.

THE ONLY WAY TO ELUDE THE
BEVY OF BIRD BEAKS WAITING

IS TO HIDE AMONG THE TWIGS
AND LEAVES.

DINNER GUESTS SWARM ALL
AROUND.

A GLOSSY STARLING HAS JOINED
ITS SUPERB COUSIN.

A RED-BILLED HORNBILL HAS
THE SAME IDEA, FOLLOWED BY

THE YELLOW-NECKED SPURFOWL.

AND THE AFRICAN PIED
WAGTAIL.

IT SEEMS EVERYONE IS
SWOOPING IN TO ENJOY THIS

BUG BUFFET.

IT DOESN'T COME OFTEN, BUT
WHEN HUNTING IS EASY, THESE

BIRDS TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE.

WHEN WE COME BACK, CHECK OUT
THIS PREHISTORIC PREDATOR

ADAPTED TO MODERN TIMES.

AND EVEN IN THE WILD, CHEW
TOYS ARE A FELINE FAVORITE.

THIS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE
NEXT ON "EARTH ODYSSEY."

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE
WILD IS AN EDUCATION PASSED

DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS
OF EVERY ANIMAL.

OVER HUNDREDS, EVEN
THOUSANDS OF YEARS, EACH

SPECIES HAS DEVELOPED
HIGHLY-SPECIALIZED SKILLS

AND TRAITS TO EFFECTIVELY
ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

BUT ALONG THE RIVERBANKS OF
AFRICA, THERE'S ONE

RAZOR-SHARP REPTILE WHOSE
STATUS AS AN ELITE APEX

PREDATOR HAS BEEN MORE THAN
90 MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING.

BEING ONE OF THE EARTH'S
OLDEST AND MOST LETHAL

HUNTERS DOESN'T MEAN THE
NILE CROCODILE IS FEARED BY

ALL.

THIS RIVER IS HOME TO AN
ODDLY-PEACEFUL PAIR OF

SPECIES; THE CROC, OF
COURSE, AND HIPPOS.

THE HIPPOS GRAZE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT, EACH DEVOURING UP

TO 200 POUNDS OF GRASS.

BUT THE DAY IS SPENT SOAKING
IN THE WATER, COOLING THEIR

THIN SKIN THAT IS PRONE TO
DEHYDRATION.

CROCODILES, ON THE OTHER
HAND, PREFER THE OPPOSITE;

RESTING ON THE SANDY BANKS
TO SOAK UP THE SUN'S RAYS.

BUT WHEN HUNGER STRIKES,
IT'S INTO THE WATER THEY GO.

CROCODILES ARE BUILT FOR
PURPOSE WITH A LOOK AS

UNIQUE AS IT IS LETHAL.

THEIR POWERFUL BODIES CAN
REACH NEARLY 15 FEET AND

WEIGH ALMOST 1,000 POUNDS.

THEIR EYES AND NOSTRILS ARE
ON THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS SO

THEY CAN ALMOST COMPLETELY
SUBMERGE THEMSELVES WHILE

STALKING PREY.

A CROCODILE SKIN IS HORNED,
SET ON TOUGH BONE PLATES,

GIVING THEM THEIR
DINOSAUR-ESQUE OUTWARD

APPEARANCE.

BUT PERHAPS THEIR MOST
DANGEROUS TRAIT IS THEIR

BRAIN BECAUSE IT SIGNALS
JUST TWO PRIORITIES; WARMING

ITS BLOOD IN THE SUN AND TO
EAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

IT'S A SIMPLE TO-DO LIST,
BUT A WARNING FOR ANY ANIMAL

IN THEIR WAY TO WATCH OUT.

WHEN IT'S TOO HOT OUT,
CROCODILES KEEP THEIR MOUTHS

OPEN TO COOL THEIR BODY
TEMPERATURE.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE WORLD'S BIGGEST
REPTILE, THE NILE CROCODILE,

IS A TRUE PICTURE OF POWER AND
BEAUTY IN THE AFRICAN WILD.

NOT FAR FROM THE RIVER, A
PURRING PREDATOR LURKS AMONG

THE TREES.

A LEOPARD, WITH ITS
MAGNIFICENT COAT AND NATURAL

ELEGANCE, IS ONE OF THE
WILD'S MOST REVERED HUNTERS.

THESE ICONIC BIG CATS ARE
DEFINED BY THEIR GRACE AND

AGILITY.

THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID FOR
ANOTHER AFRICAN HUNTER;

PAINTED DOGS.

THEY ROAM IN PACKS.

LIKE BARBARIANS OF THE WILD,
THEY SPREAD FEAR AMONG

ANIMALS WHEREVER THEY GO.

THE REAL STRENGTH OF THESE
WILD DOGS IS THE PACK.

WHILE EACH OF THESE
CARNIVOROUS CANINES WEIGH

ABOUT 70 POUNDS, THEIR
HUNTING SKILL AS AN

INDIVIDUAL FALLS SHORT.

BUT AS A GROUP, THEY ARE
SOLID, ORGANIZED AND IN

TOTAL COOPERATION WITH ONE
ANOTHER.

THE CLAN IS MADE UP OF ABOUT
A DOZEN MEMBERS CENTERED

AROUND A DOMINANT MALE AND
FEMALE.

LIFE IS ABOUT COLLABORATION
FOR THESE PRECOCIOUS

PREDATORS, ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT COMES TIME TO PLAY.

COMING UP, CAN YOU SAY
LETHAL LITTER OF LITTLE

LIONS 5 TIMES FAST?

STAY TUNED FOR MORE "EARTH
ODYSSEY."

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WHILE HERD MENTALITY
MAY BE CONSIDERED A PREY

ANIMAL MINDSET, THERE ARE A
WIDE ARRAY OF PREDATORS WHO

SEE THE BENEFIT IN STICKING
TOGETHER.

THE LION, FOR EXAMPLE.

THE ONLY AFRICAN BIG CAT
THAT LIVES IN A SOCIETY OF

SORTS.

EACH GROUP IS ORGANIZED
AROUND THE FEMALES.

THEY CONSIST OF SISTERS,
MOTHERS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND

OF COURSE THE CUBS.

BOTH MALE AND FEMALE LION
CUBS ARE WELCOME MEMBERS OF

THE PRIDE.

BUT IT WON'T LAST FOREVER.

WHILE THE FEMALES WILL STAY
WITH THE FAMILY FOR LIFE,

THE MALES WILL LEAVE AT
AROUND 2 YEARS OLD TO MAKE

THEIR OWN WAY IN THE WILD.

BUT UNTIL THEN, THE ENTIRE
LITTER LOVES TO PLAY,

WRESTLE AND CHASE FROM DAWN
UNTIL DUSK.

A GOOD CHEW TOY NEVER GOES
UNAPPRECIATED.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: LIONS STAY PRETTY SOCIAL
AMONG THEIR FAMILY GROUPS.

CHEETAHS, HOWEVER, DO THINGS
A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

THESE FELINES ARE SOLITARY
BY NATURE.

GROUPS LIKE THIS ONE ARE A
RARE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.

THESE PACKS ARE NEARLY
ALWAYS MADE UP OF

INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BROTHERS,
SO WHY GO AGAINST

THEIR NORMALLY INDEPENDENT
LIFESTYLE?

WELL, THERE ARE TWO REASONS.

HUNTING BIGGER PREY IS A
DEFINITE BENEFIT.

BUT THE REAL REASON IS
TERRITORY.

THE MORE MEMBERS THERE ARE
IN THIS BIG CAT COALITION,

THE LONGER THEIR DOMINANCE
OVER A TERRITORY WILL LAST.

THE YOUNG CHEETAHS SPEND A
LOT OF TIME PLAYING.

BUT THIS IS NO FRIVOLOUS
FUN; IT'S A WAY OF TRYING

OUT THE SKILLS AND REFLEXES
ESSENTIAL FOR HUNTING.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: THOUGH THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEY CAN'T ENJOY THEMSELVES.

WE FOUND THE HYENA MOTHER
AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME SHE'S

NOT ON THE HUNT FOR FOOD.

IN FACT, IT'S QUITE THE
OPPOSITE.

WITH A FULL BELLY, SHE CAN
FINALLY GO BACK TO HER CUBS

WHO HAVE BEEN PATIENTLY
WAITING FOR DAYS.

THE HOMECOMING RECEPTION IS
WARM AND LOVING.

HYENA MOTHERS CAN GET ENOUGH
ENERGY FROM A SINGLE MEAL TO

PRODUCE MORE THAN 2 GALLONS
OF MILK FOR HER YOUNG.

HER MILK IS RICHER IN
PROTEIN THAN ANY OTHER

TERRESTRIAL CARNIVORE, SO
NOT A DROP GOES TO WASTE.

THIS WILL GIVE THE HYENA
CUBS THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED

TO GROW, EVENTUALLY BECOMING
ONE OF THE MOST SKILLED AND

SUCCESSFUL HUNTERS IN THE
ANIMAL KINGDOM.

BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
LEARNING TO DO.

LUCKILY, MOM IS THERE TO
HELP CARRY THE LOAD.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AS THE SUN SETS ON
ANOTHER DAY,

THE WORLD'S PREDATORS NEED
TO REST AND RECHARGE.

IT TAKES STRENGTH, SKILL AND
MOST OF ALL, RESILIENCE, TO

OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES OF
PREDATOR LIFE.

BUT THESE ENDURING ANIMALS
SHOW US THEY'LL ALWAYS BE UP

FOR THE CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING WITH US
TO SEE HOW PREDATORS PURSUE

THEIR PREY AROUND THE WORLD.

WHILE EACH SPECIES PLAYS TO
THEIR OWN STRENGTH, BE IT

SPEED, SURPRISE OR STAMINA,
ALL SHOW US THE

DETERMINATION AND GRIT IT
TAKES TO MAKE IT IN AN

UNFORGIVING WILD.

EACH OF EARTH'S HUNGRY HUNTERS
INSPIRE BOTH AWE AND FEAR

WITH THEIR LETHAL LEASE
ON LIFE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME RIGHT
HERE ON "EARTH ODYSSEY."

[MUSIC]