All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S06E17.1080p.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.

AND WE ARE ABOUT TO MEET SOME
INCREDIBLE ANIMALS ON "EARTH

ODYSSEY."

TODAY, WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE
ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN TO FIND

THE MESMERIZING ANIMALS THAT
LIVE IN THIS TROPICAL PARADISE.

LIKE THESE VOCAL PRIMATES THAT
DEFINE THE TERM "LOUD AND

PROUD."

AND THERE'S A FLURRY OF FLIPPERS
IN THIS REPTILE RACE TO THE SEA.

LATER, WE'LL SEE WHAT'S GOT
THESE RADIANT AVIANS TALKING.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LAND ITSELF TO SEE WHAT'S

RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH AN
EXPLOSION OF BIODIVERSITY.

THERE'S THIS AND MORE UP NEXT ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY."

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: NESTLED BETWEEN NORTH AND
SOUTH AMERICA IN THE ATLANTIC

OCEAN IS A PARADISE UNLIKE ANY
OTHER ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD.

SANDY, CORAL-LINED COASTS AND
LUSH GREENERY DOMINATE THE

LANDSCAPES OF THE CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS, WHICH STRETCH MORE THAN

1 MILLION SQUARE MILES FROM CUBA
TO THE COAST OF VENEZUELA.

THIS REGION IS HOME TO RICH
BIODIVERSITY AND THERE'S A

NATURAL FEATURE THAT MAY BE THE
REASON FOR THE FLORA AND FAUNA

FIREWORKS.

MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO IN A PLACE
WHERE THERE HAD BEEN NO VISIBLE

LAND, TELLURIC FORCES IN THE
EARTH'S CRUST THRUST UP ISLANDS

FROM BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE
SEA.

SLOWLY, THE AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN PLATES CAME TOGETHER

AND BUCKLED, OVERLAPPING.

AND THIS CLASH OF TITANS GAVE
BIRTH TO THE WEST INDIES.

GRADUALLY, EVERYTHING FELL INTO
PLACE AND THE BARREN LANDS SOON

BECAME HAVENS FOR BIODIVERSITY.

WANDERING THESE SHORES AND
CLIMBING THESE SLOPES REVEAL THE

IMPORTANCE OF VOLCANOES IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WEST INDIES.

THESE LANDSCAPES WITH THEIR
TROPICAL CLIMATES HAVE BEEN

FAVORABLE TO THE EMERGENCE OF A
GREAT VARIETY OF NATURAL

HABITATS.

THE ISLAND TERRAINS PRODUCE THE
IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR LIFE TO

THRIVE.

BOTH VEGETAL AND ANIMAL SPECIES
HAVE TAKEN ROOT HERE AND

DIVERSIFIED OVER THE AGES TO
CREATE ONE OF THE MOST

REMARKABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF
ENDEMIC SPECIES ON THE PLANET.

UNIQUE SPECIES WHICH LIVE ONLY
IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE VOLCANOES MAY BE
MASTER BUILDERS, BUT THEY ALSO

HAVE A DESTRUCTIVE SIDE.

AND OVER THE YEARS HAVE IMPOSED
THEIR WILL ON LIVING BEINGS.

BORN FROM THE EARTH'S OWN KILN,
THE WEST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO IS

HOME TO SOME OF THE PLANET'S
MOST DANGEROUS VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE, SULFUROUS TITANS WHOSE
ANGER CAN BE AS SUDDEN AS IT IS

VIOLENT.

ON THE SUMMIT'S PLATEAU, LIFE IS
SUSPENDED ACCORDING TO THE WHIMS

OF THE VOLCANO.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: HERE, IN THE BELCHING,
TOXIC FUMES, THE PROSTRATED

VEGETATION IS PURELY EPHEMERAL;
MERELY TOLERATED.

THE FLOWERS OF THE MOUNTAIN
PINEAPPLE ARE THE MOST DARING,

DEPLOYING THEIR FLORAL STEMS
HIGHER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER

PLANTS WHICH LAY AT GROUND LEVEL
SUCH AS MOSSES, PEET MOSSES, AND

LYCOPODIUM.

THESE GAPING CHASMS ARE LIKE SO
MANY WIDE-OPEN MOORS, LEADING TO

THE MOUNTAIN'S ENTRAILS WHERE
THE EARTH'S HOT AND VISCUS HEART

BEATS.

THE VOLCANO IS ALIVE AND STILL
BREATHING.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: HERE ON THESE ISLANDS,
LIFE HAS EXPLORED EVERY POSSIBLE

PATH TO HELP IT FLOURISH.

ELEMENTS VITAL TO PLANT LIFE ARE
IN ABUNDANCE HERE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ARE MINERALS
FROM THE VOLCANIC ASH, WHICH

FERTILIZE THE LAND FROM THE
HIGHLANDS TO THE COAST.

THEN, THERE'S THE LIFE IN THE
SUN, WHICH HERE IN THE TROPICS

SHINES FOR 11 TO 13 HOURS A DAY
ALL YEAR-ROUND.

AND FINALLY, WATER.

THIS REGION SEES EXTENSIVE
ANNUAL RAINFALL WHICH CREATES

LUSH, TROPICAL FORESTS THAT CAN
FOSTER SOME OF EARTH'S MOST

REMARKABLE ANIMAL LIFE.

WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU DON'T
NEED A FULL MOON TO HEAR THESE

MONKEYS HOWL.

AND IT'S OUT OF THE EGG AND INTO
THE OCEAN FOR THESE NEWBORN

NAVIGATORS.

PLUS, WE'LL MEET ONE OF THE
WORLD'S MOST COLORFUL FLOCKS.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE "EARTH
ODYSSEY."

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: IN THE WEST CARIBBEAN
NESTLED AMONG THE TREES ON THE

ISLAND OF COSTA RICA...

[HOWLS]

DYLAN: YOU'RE SURE TO HEAR A FEW
LOUD LOCALS BEFORE YOU SEE THEM.

MEET THE HOWLER MONKEY.

OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE
MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY.

LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE FOREST
ENVIRONMENT, TREES PROVIDE THIS

SPECIES WITH FOOD AND A PLACE TO
LIVE.

[MUSIC AND FOREST SOUNDS]

DYLAN: THIS NEW WORLD PRIMATE
MANAGES TO PRODUCE THE LOUDEST

SOUNDS IN THE FOREST.

[HOWLS]

DYLAN: THERE ARE MULTIPLE HOWLER
MONKEY SPECIES.

AND WHILE THE MANTLED HOWLER IS
NOT THE NOISIEST OF THEM,

ITS VOCAL DEMONSTRATION CAN
STILL BE HEARD FROM MILES AWAY.

CLEARLY LOUD ENOUGH TO MARK ITS
TERRITORY.

IN DOING SO, IT WARNS OTHER
GROUPS OF HOWLERS THAT THIS

TRIBE IS OCCUPYING THIS
PARTICULAR RESTING OR FEEDING

SITE.

TO PRODUCE SUCH A SOUND, THE
MONKEY HAS A PARTICULARLY

EFFECTIVE VOICE BOX.

HUMANS POSSESS SPOKEN LANGUAGE.

THIS IS THANKS TO A CERTAIN
SKELETAL ELEMENT - THE HYOID

BONE.

THIS BONE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT
ARTICULATES WITH NO OTHER BONES,

BUT IS ATTACHED TO THE ROOT OF
THE TONGUE BY MUSCLES IN THE

JAW.

IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES, THIS BONE
IS NOT POSITIONED IN QUITE THE

SAME MANNER.

AND IN THE HOWLER MONKEY, IT'S
20 TIMES LARGER; AN ENLARGEMENT

WHICH CHARACTERIZES THE SPECIES
AND GIVES IT THIS UNIQUE LOOK.

THEIR LARYNX THEN AMPLIFIES ANY
SOUNDS THAT ARE PRODUCED.

[HOWLS]

DYLAN: THE MONKEYS' CRY IS
POWERFUL, BUT ITS STRENGTH IS

GENTLE.

IT RELIES ON DISSUASION, USING
ITS VOICE TO ELIMINATE THE NEED

TO ENGAGE IN CONFLICT.

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, IT IS
SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO

DISTINGUISH GENDER.

FOR THE HOWLER MONKEY, HOWEVER,
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

THIS IS AN ALPHA MALE.

HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING
THE SECURITY AND THE UNITY OF

THE GROUP, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF
FEMALES, ADOLESCENTS AND A FEW

OTHER MALES.

HIERARCHY DEMANDS THAT EACH
INDIVIDUAL OBEY AND RESPECT THE

ALPHA'S SOCIAL RANK.

THIS TENDS TO KEEP THE PEACE
AMONG THE GROUPS.

THE PRIVILEGE OF THE ALPHA MALE
IS PROCREATION.

WHEN COURTING, HE STICKS OUT HIS
TONGUE IN A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF

INTENT.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WHILE NOT EXACTLY THE
MOST ROMANTIC, THE PROMISE OF

NEW LIFE MAKES THEIR UNION ONE
TO BE CELEBRATED IN THIS

CARIBBEAN WILD.

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.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: 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 CONTINUES]

DYLAN: WHEN THE DUST SETTLES,
THE LOSER LEAVES THE ARENA,

GIVING WAY TO THE VICTOR AND THE
NEXT GENERATION.

COMING UP, WHERE ONE JOURNEY
ENDS, A FEW DOZEN BEGIN FOR THIS

REPTILE FAMILY.

AND WE'LL MEET ONE OF THE RAREST
BIRDS IN THE CARIBBEAN CANOPY.

WHEN WE RETURN ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY."

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: FOR ANY ANIMAL, BEING
BORN IN THE WILD COMES WITH ITS

FAIR SHARE OF CHALLENGES.

BUT FOR CERTAIN SPECIES, THEIR
TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL ARE PUT TO

THE TEST IMMEDIATELY.

SEA TURTLES ARE A TRULY
REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF RESILIENCE

AND ENDURANCE FROM THE MOMENT
THEY LEAVE THEIR SHELL.

HATCHLINGS ARE LEFT ON THEIR OWN
TO FIND THEIR WAY ACROSS

TREACHEROUS, PREDATOR-FILLED
BEACHES TO THE UNPREDICTABLE

DANGERS OF THE OPEN SEA WHERE
THEY WILL SPEND THE REST OF

THEIR LIVES.

IT'S NO EASY TASK, BUT ONE THAT
EACH MUST UNDERTAKE TO SURVIVE.

HERE IN THE SAND OF THIS
TROPICAL BEACH, NEW LIFE IS

READY TO EMERGE.

[MUSIC]

[WAVES CRASHING]

DYLAN: AFTER OVERCOMING THE
DANGERS OF HURRICANE SEASON,

THESE BABY SEA TURTLES HAVE ONLY
JUST BEGUN ONE OF NATURE'S MOST

EPIC JOURNEYS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: IT TAKES TRUE
PERSEVERANCE FOR THESE TURTLES

TO REACH ADULTHOOD AND BE ABLE
TO COME AND LAY THEIR OWN EGGS

ON THESE SHORES.

THE CARIBBEAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SUBJECT TO HURRICANES AND THE

WILDLIFE WHICH LIVES THERE HAS
LEARNED TO ADAPT TO THEM.

THEIR RESILIENCE AND THEIR
CAPACITY TO OVERCOME THESE

CHALLENGES WILL SERVE THEM WELL
IN THE FUTURE AS THEY GROW AND

FACE THE HARDSHIPS THAT COME
ALONG WITH A LIFE LIVED IN THE

WILD.

EVEN IN A TROPICAL PARADISE.

THE ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN ARE
ONE OF 36 HOTSPOTS OF GLOBAL

DIVERSITY.

THEY ARE THE RICHEST, THE MOST
FRAGILE AND THE MOST VULNERABLE

ECOSYSTEMS ON THE PLANET.

THESE TREASURES ARE UNLIKE ANY
OTHER AND OFFER US A GLIMPSE

INTO THE INCREDIBLE BEAUTY OF
THE WILD.

ON THE LOWER COASTS OF THESE
CARIBBEAN ISLAND, THE SALT

MARSHES OFFER SANCTUARY TO MANY
SPECIES OF SHOREBIRD.

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 HOME.

OTHERS HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE TO
SETTLE AND ENSURE THE ARRIVAL OF

THE NEXT GENERATION.

LIKE THIS SNOWY PLOVER GETTING
COMFORTABLE ON THE WATER'S EDGE.

SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST
MAGNIFICENT MIGRATORY BIRDS CAN

BE FOUND HERE, USING THIS
TROPICAL LOCALE AS THEIR WINTER

WONDERLAND.

AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL SEE WHAT
PERFECT PLUMAGE LOOKS LIKE IN

PARADISE.

THERE'S MORE TO COME HERE ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY."

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST
OF COSTA RICA ON THE EDGE OF THE

CARIBBEAN, ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST ICONIC, EXOTIC BIRDS FLIES

FREELY.

[MUSIC - MACAWS SQUAWKING]

DYLAN: 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.

[MUSIC - MACAWS SQUAWKING
CONTINUES]

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.

[MUSIC - MACAWS SQUAWKING]

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

[MUSIC]

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.

BUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND

WILDLIFE PRESERVATION AREAS, THE
UNIQUE AND EYE-CATCHING ANIMALS

OF EARTH'S ISLANDS REMAIN AN
EXQUISITE REMINDER OF WHY THEY

ARE WORTH PROTECTING.

ISOLATED AND ICONIC, THE ISLANDS
OF THE CARIBBEAN GIVE US A

WINDOW INTO THE BEAUTIFUL
DIVERSITY OF NATURE.

WITH UNIQUE PLANTS AND ANIMALS
THAT HAVE FOUND A WAY TO THRIVE

WHERE OTHERS SIMPLY COULD NOT
EXIST.

EVEN IN A TROPICAL PARADISE,
ADAPTATION AND INGENUITY ARE KEY

FOR ANY ANIMAL'S SURVIVAL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU FOR THE

NEXT ADVENTURE ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY."

[MUSIC]