All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S06E16.1080p.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, EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

IT'S TIME FOR A JOURNEY INTO THE
WILD TO SEE SOME OF THE PLANET'S

MOST INCREDIBLE ANIMALS.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

TODAY, WE'RE SCOURING THE GLOBE
FOR SOME OF THE MOST

EYE-CATCHING AND UNIQUE LOOKS IN
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, LIKE THESE

BLACK-AND-WHITE BEAUTIES THAT
ARE AN AFRICAN CLASSIC.

AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOT THIS
ISLAND INHABITANT DIGGING SO

DILIGENTLY.

LATER, WE'LL SIZE UP SOME LANKY
AVIAN LOCALS.

BUT FIRST, WE'RE GETTING UP
CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH A

PREDATOR THAT'S GOT A
PREHISTORIC STYLE.

ALL OF THIS IS NEXT ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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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.

[HIPPOS GRUNTING]

THE HIPPO IS AN ANIMAL UNLIKE
ANY OTHER IN ITS MORPHOLOGY, ITS

AMPHIBIOUS NATURE, BUT ALSO ITS
PARADOXICAL AND STILL LARGELY

MYSTERIOUS LIFESTYLE.

IT SPENDS MOST OF ITS LIFE IN
THE WATER AND IS USUALLY

SUBMERGED SO THAT ONLY A FEW OF
THE HAIRS ON ITS SNOUT ARE

VISIBLE.

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.

[CROCODILES GRUNTING]

A CROCODILE'S 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.

AFRICA'S BIGGEST REPTILE, THE
NICE 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, WE'LL SEE HOW
STANDING STILL HELPS THESE

AFRICAN EQUINES BLEND IN.

AND WE'LL MEET AN UNEXPECTED
EXPERT IN BEACHSIDE BURROWING.

PLUS, FASHION EQUALS FUNCTION
FOR THESE MAGNIFICENT FISHING

BIRDS WHEN "EARTH ODYSSEY"
RETURNS.

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

DYLAN: WHEN THEY HAVE NO OBVIOUS
PECULIARITY, INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS

ARE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY AT A
GLANCE.

THIS IS TRUE WITH ZEBRAS, AND
YET EACH ZEBRA'S COAT IS

COMPLETELY UNIQUE.

THE STRIPES CAN BE THICK OR THIN
AND ARE ALWAYS OF DIFFERENT

DESIGNS.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE EVEN SHADED,
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ONE CONSTANT.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BODY OF THE
ZEBRA.

BUT HERE'S ONE THAT'S AN
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, ONE OF A

FEW RARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
MISSING SOME STRIPES.

THE MARKINGS ARE CLEARLY
LESSENED, IF NOT COMPLETELY

MISSING FROM THE HIND QUARTERS,

AND YET THEY BELONG TO THE
SAME SPECIES AS THE OTHERS.

THEY ARE BURCHELL'S ZEBRAS,
PLAINS ZEBRAS.

THEY ARE REMINISCENT OF THE
QUAGGA, A SPECIES THAT'S BEEN

EXTINCT SINCE THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY.

THE QUAGGA HAD CLEARLY DEFINED
STRIPES ONLY ON THE NECK AND THE

HEAD.

FROM THERE, THEY FADED UNTIL
THEY DISAPPEARED TOWARDS THE

REAR OF THE ANIMAL.

RECENT RESEARCHERS HAVE PROVEN
THAT THE QUAGGA WASN'T A

DIFFERENT SPECIES, BUT A BRANCH
DESCENDED FROM THE PLAINS

ZEBRAS.

IF THESE HAVE FEWER STRIPES THAN
THE OTHERS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY

HAVE IN THEIR GENES THIS TRAIT
IN COMMON WITH THEIR DISTANT

ANCESTOR.

THERE ARE FEW ANIMALS IN THE
WILD WITH THE UNWAVERING

CONFIDENCE THAT BABOONS HAVE.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR EASE
WHILE HANGING AROUND CROCODILES.

EVEN A SMALL CROCODILE LIKE THIS
ONE CAN RUIN A TAIL, BUT THESE

PRIMATES RARELY TAKE NOTICE.

OCCASIONALLY, A CROC WILL GO
AFTER A BABOON, BUT THE BIG

REPTILES ARE IN NO WAY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR MORE

COMMON INJURIES.

THE MONKEYS HAVE ONLY THEMSELVES
AND THEIR LOVE OF FIGHTING TO

BLAME.

[MONKEYS SCREECHING]

THEIR BATTLES ARE MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT JUST SIMPLE

ROUGHHOUSING THAT THEY INDULGE
IN FROM AN EARLY AGE.

WHEN THEY GROW UP, THEIR
CONFRONTATIONS BECOME RATHER

MORE SPECTACULAR, SO MUCH SO,
THAT YOU WONDER IF THEY'RE

REALLY JUST PLAYING.

THEIR REACTIONS MAKE IT HARD TO
TELL.

THIS ONE RESPONDS WITH A
SOMERSAULT, AN ODD RESPONSE TO A

BROTHERLY BRAWL.

ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM THAT
ANIMALS IN THE WILD LIVE WITH

PREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN
COMMONPLACE SITUATIONS...

...NATURE CAN STILL SURPRISE US
WITH THE IMPRESSIVE MAJESTY OF

SOME EXCEPTIONAL CREATURES.

WITH THE ECCENTRICITIES AND
RHYTHMS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL

ANIMAL, WE CAN ADMIRE A VAST
VARIETY OF CURIOUS INSECTS AND

SEE THAT BABOONS TOO CAN GET THE
HICCUPS...

...AND THAT GIRAFFES SOMETIMES
SIT DOWN.

IN FACT, YOU CAN EVEN SEE THAT
WHEN HYENAS ARE NOT FEEDING,

THEY ARE PLAYFULLY CELEBRATING
SUNRISE.

EACH SPECIES SHOWS US THAT WHAT
MAKES THE ANIMAL KINGDOM SO

WONDERFUL IS THAT THERE IS
ALWAYS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL MEET AN
INSECT EXCAVATOR LIVING IN THE

TROPICS AND A STORK WITH A
SUPER-SIZED SNOUT.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: THE CARIBBEAN IS HOME TO
A MYRIAD OF SPECIES THAT CAN BE

FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

EACH OF THESE ANIMALS IS AS
ECCENTRIC AS THEY ARE RARE, WITH

BEHAVIORS AND TRAITS TO MATCH
THEIR ONE-OF-A-KIND EXISTENCE,

LIKE ONE ICONIC INSECT YOU MIGHT
THINK IS PART OF THE HIVE, BUT

IN THE CARIBBEAN, IT'S A
CREATURE THAT PREFERS LIFE

ON ITS OWN.

THE SHORES OF THE WEST INDIES
PROVIDE A BEAUTIFUL LOCALE FOR A

TRULY STUNNING COMMUNITY OF
CREATURES.

WHILE THE PRESENCE OF HUMANS IN
THESE SMALL ECOSYSTEMS HAS

CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE, THIS
REGION IS STILL A CRUCIAL PART

OF SURVIVAL FOR SOME OF EARTH'S
MOST UNIQUE SPECIES.

AND MANY ARE ONES YOU'D LEAST
EXPECT.

SOMETIMES SPECIES CONSIDERED
INSIGNIFICANT REVEAL THEMSELVES

TO BE THE MOST REMARKABLE...

...LIKE THIS HYMENOPTERAN.

THE HORSE GUARD WASP IS AN
INSECT COMMON ON THE SHORES OF

THE CARIBBEAN AND IS EYED WITH
SUSPICION, WRONGLY.

AS LARGE AS IT IS, IT IS NOT
AGGRESSIVE.

SURPRISINGLY, THIS WASP IS A
SOLITARY CREATURE.

UNLIKE ITS SOCIAL COUSINS, EACH
WASP LIVES ITS OWN LIFE

INDEPENDENTLY ALONGSIDE OTHERS.

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE
FEMALES ARE CLEARLY VERY BUSY.

THEIR MISSION IS TO DIG A
GALLERY IN THE HOT SAND SO THAT

THEY CAN LAY AN EGG.

BURROWING BUSILY, THE FEMALE
USES HER FORELIMBS LIKE SHOVELS

TO DIG OUT THE SAND.

THIS FEARSOME HUNTER THEN
RETURNS TO LEAVE PREY IN ITS

BURROW.

STILL-LIVING FLIES WILL BE FOOD
FOR THE NASCENT LARVA.

ABOUT 30 SQUARE FEET OF SAND IS
ENOUGH FOR THIS BURROWING WASP

TO ENSURE ITS PROGENY, BUT THE
EFFORT IS IMMENSE.

ON THE LOWER COAST, THE SALT
MARSHES OFFER SANCTUARY TO MANY

SHOREBIRD SPECIES.

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 LIVE HERE ALL YEAR-ROUND
OR HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE TO

ENSURE THEIR PROGENY.

THE WINTER PLOVER IS ONE OF
THEM.

THESE BIRDS ARE NOT HERE BY
CHANCE.

THE SALT MARSHES HAVE
TREASURE...

...FLIES, BILLIONS OF THEM.

AND IN THE WILD, A BOUNTY LIKE
THIS CAN NEVER BE TAKEN FOR

GRANTED.

WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL MEET A
BIRD WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST

BILLS IN THE SAVANNAH.

THIS AND MORE COMING UP NEXT ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".

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

DYLAN: WHEN SEARCHING THE WILD
FOR TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND LOOKS,

FEW PLACES HAVE AS WONDEROUS A
COLLECTION AS AFRICA.

THIS MARABOU STORK IS A PRIME
EXAMPLE.

MOSTLY A SCAVENGER, MARABOUS
WILL EAT ALMOST ANYTHING THEY

FIND.

LIKE POSSIBLY THIS TURTLE.

NOPE, NO SOONER CAUGHT THAN
REJECTED.

PROBABLY A BIT TOO COMPLICATED
AS MEALS GO.

THESE BIRDS LOVE TO MAKE THE
LEAST EFFORT POSSIBLE, AND ARE

ABOVE ALL, OPPORTUNISTS.

IF IT MOVES AND IT ISN'T TOO
BIG, IT'S A POTENTIAL MEAL;

HOWEVER, THIS TIME, THEY WERE A
LITTLE AMBITIOUS.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THIS MONITOR
LIZARD HAS BEEN THREATENED BY

THESE BIRDS.

THE MARABOUS ARE VERY PRESENT IN
ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE

SAVANNAH.

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.

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.

IT'S A STRANGE SPECIALTY THAT
MAKES THESE BIRDS ANOTHER UNIQUE

ADDITION TO AN EVER-SURPRISING
WILD.

WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVING IN
THE WILD, BEING BIZARRE CAN BE

AN ADVANTAGE IN ANY ENVIRONMENT.

THE STRANGEST CREATURES AND
STRANGEST HABITS ARE OFTEN THOSE

THAT ARE BEST SUITED TO THEIR
SURROUNDINGS, ADAPTING OVER TIME

TO THRIVE UNLIKE ANY OTHER
ANIMALS ON THE PLANET.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR
ADVENTURE TO SEE THE WEIRD AND

WONDERFUL.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN FOR
ANOTHER EPISODE OF "EARTH

ODYSSEY".

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