All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.with.Dylan.Dreyer.S01E04.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

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SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE

WATCHING TELEVISION THAT'S
EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HEY THERE,
I'M DYLAN DREYER,

AND THIS IS “EARTH ODYSSEY.”

ON TODAY'S SHOW, WE UNCOVER THE
SECRETS OF SOUTHWEST CHINA.

WE'LL MEET A
TROOP OF MACAQUES,

PLAYFUL PRIMATES WHO OFTEN
COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH

DEADLY PREDATORS, AND
WE HEAD HIGH INTO THE

MOUNTAINS WHERE SNUB-NOSED
MONKEYS FLY THROUGH THE

AIR WITH THE
GREATEST OF EASE.

AND LATER, WE FIND OUT
HOW THESE BIRDS HAVE BEEN

TRAINED TO WORK
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH LOCAL

FISHERMEN.

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DYLAN: I'M HERE AT
RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM OF

MYRTLE BEACH SURROUNDED BY
A DIVERSE VARIETY OF RAYS,

WHO SLIDE THROUGH THE
WATER LIKE BIRDS IN

FLIGHT.

OF COURSE, WATER IS
ESSENTIAL TO ALL LIFE ON

EARTH, NOT JUST TO THOSE
DWELLING IN THE OCEANS,

BUT TO THOSE LIVING
HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

SURVIVING
THESE ELEVATIONS,

ALTHOUGH IMPOSSIBLE
FOR MANY SPECIES,

CAN CAUSE SOME, LIKE THE
MONKEYS YOU'RE ABOUT TO

MEET, TO INVENT A
LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE OUT OF

THEIR HABITAT, AND THEY
SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN

WITH IT, KIND OF
LIKE THESE GUYS.

[DYLAN LAUGHING]

THE YUNNAN REGION OF
SOUTHWEST CHINA CONSISTS

OF LUSH VALLEYS,
TROPICAL FORESTS,

AND SOME OF THE MOST
RUGGED MOUNTAIN PEAKS ON

EARTH, WHICH MAKES IT
THE PERFECT HOME FOR

APPROXIMATELY HALF OF
CHINA'S BIRDS AND MAMMALS.

WITH ITS WIDE
RANGE OF CLIMATES,

CREATURES HERE SURVIVE
IN VASTLY DIFFERENT

ENVIRONMENTS.

WE BEGIN OUR JOURNEY IN
THE LOWLAND FORESTS OF THE

YUNNAN REGION OF CHINA,
HOME TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST

MONKEYS IN ASIA.

THE TIBETAN MACAQUE IS
ONE OF THE LARGEST OF ALL

MACAQUE SPECIES.

ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHINESE
STUMP-TAILED MACAQUE,

THEIR BODIES ARE MORE
THAN TWO FEET LONG AND CAN

WEIGH AS MUCH
AS 65 POUNDS,

ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
FULL-GROWN LABRADOR

RETRIEVER.

THESE HIGHLY SOCIAL
PRIMATES LIVE IN GROUPS OF

AROUND 50 INDIVIDUALS.

THE FERTILE EVERGREEN
FOREST SUPPLIES ALL THE

FOOD AND WATER
THEY NEED TO SURVIVE.

LIKE MANY MONKEYS, THEY
RELY MAINLY ON LEAVES AND

FRUITS FOR
THEIR DAILY MEALS.

THIS STREAM PROVIDES A
YEAR-ROUND SUPPLY OF WATER

ALONG WITH THE OCCASIONAL
TRAPPED SEEDS AND FRUITS

THAT HAVE
WASHED DOWNSTREAM.

THERE IS NO NEED TO DRINK
DIRECTLY FROM THE STREAM.

THIS GUY HAS FOUND
A CLEVER SOLUTION.

LIKE MOST PRIMATES,
GROOMING PLAYS AN

IMPORTANT PART IN THE
LIVES OF THE TROOP.

THIS RITUAL REINFORCES
SOCIAL BONDS AND PROVIDES

A RELAXING BREAK
FROM THE DAILY GRIND.

AFTER BREAKFAST, THESE
YOUNGER MALES TAKE TIME TO

BURN OFF SOME ENERGY.

PLAYTIME FOR THESE
PRIMATES ISN'T JUST ABOUT

HAVING FUN OR
TUSSLING WITH YOUR BUDDY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN
IMPORTANT LEARNING TOOL,

AS ONE DAY, THESE TWO
COULD BE COMPETING OVER A

FEMALE MEMBER
OF THE TROOP.

THIS MOTHER HAS FOUND A
QUIET PLACE TO ESCAPE FROM

THE RUCKUS DOWN BELOW.

SHE'S JUST GIVEN BIRTH,
AND THIS SPOT UP IN THE

TREES PROVIDES PROTECTION
FOR HER NEW BABY.

THE MORNING DEW ON
THE LEAVES ALLOWS THE

MACAQUE'S MOTHER TO QUENCH
HER THIRST WITHOUT HAVING

TO LEAVE THE
SAFETY OF THE TREE.

AS TRANQUIL AS
THE FOREST SEEMS,

THIS MOTHER KNOWS THAT
DANGER LURKS AROUND EVERY

CORNER.

THIS YOUNGSTER HAS
SPLIT OFF FROM THE GROUP,

UNAWARE OF THE PERIL
HE'S PUT HIMSELF IN.

HE MAY BE FOLLOWING HIS
NATURAL INSTINCT TO GATHER

FOOD, BUT ALWAYS BEING
AWARE OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU

IS KEY TO SURVIVAL
IN MACAQUE SOCIETY.

THIS LITTLE GUY IS TOO
YOUNG TO KNOW HE'S SHARING

THIS HABITAT WITH A
POTENTIALLY DEADLY

NEIGHBOR.

THE CHINESE MOCCASINS
SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME

HUNTING CLOSE TO
RIVERS AND STREAMS.

LOCALS CALL THESE
HIGHLY VENOMOUS VIPERS THE

HUNDRED-PACER SNAKE,
BECAUSE AFTER YOU'RE

BITTEN, THAT IS THE
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STEPS

YOU TAKE BEFORE
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

A SMALL MONKEY WOULD BE NO
MATCH FOR THIS POISONOUS

REPTILE.

[MONKEY GRUNTING]

LUCKILY, AN
ALARM GOES OUT.

ONE OF THE GROWN-UPS HAS
SPOTTED THE PREDATORS AND

ALERTS THE GROUP.

RETREATING TO THE SAFETY
OF THE TREE IS ONE OF THE

FIRST RULES OF SURVIVAL
FOR THE MACAQUES WHENEVER

DANGER APPEARS.

WITH THE CRISIS AVERTED,
LIFE GOES ON FOR THIS

TROOP OF MACAQUES.

BUT SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH
IN THE SICHUAN REGION,

DISTANT RELATIVES OF THE
MACAQUES FACE FORBIDDING

SURVIVAL
CHALLENGES OF THEIR OWN.

COMING UP, WE'LL MEET SOME
MOUNTAIN-DWELLING MONKEYS

WHOSE TREE-SWINGING SKILLS
WOULD MAKE TARZAN JEALOUS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
THEIR HIGH-FLYING FEATS

WHEN “EARTH
ODYSSEY” RETURNS.

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

ANNOUNCER: THIS EPISODE OF
“EARTHY ODYSSEY WITH DYLAN

DREYER” IS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY RIPLEY'S AQUARIUMS.

DYLAN: HIGH UP IN THE
HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS OF

CHINA LIVES A MYSTERIOUS
GROUP OF PRIMATES,

AND THEY'VE INSPIRED
LEGENDS OF MYTHICAL

CREATURES WHO ROAM THE
SNOW-COVERED SUMMITS.

DURING THE COLDER MONTHS,
FEW HUMANS VENTURE INTO

THESE UNBEARABLE CLIMATES,
AND REPORTS OF UNEARTHLY

BEINGS IS JUST ANOTHER
REASON TO STAY AS FAR AWAY

AS POSSIBLE.

AND WHO COULD BLAME THEM?

THESE BIZARRE-LOOKING
PRIMATES HAVE BEEN

ASSOCIATED WITH THE YETI,
OR ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN,

FOR CENTURIES.

BUT THESE ARE NOT
GHASTLY MONSTERS.

THESE ARE
SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS,

NOTORIOUS FOR THEIR
HUMAN-LIKE UPRIGHT

WALKING.

WITH THEIR
STRANGE APPEARANCE AND

DEMONIC-SOUNDING CHATTER,
IT'S NO WONDER LOCAL

PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY
WERE SINISTER VILLAINS.

IT'S BELIEVED THAT THEIR
LACK OF A FLESHY NOSE IS

NATURE'S WAY OF PROTECTING
THEM FROM GETTING A

FROST-BITTEN FACE.

THEIR FLAT-MUZZLED
NOSTRILS ALSO GIVE THEM

THEIR APTLY EARNED NAME.

SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS ARE
OFTEN FOUND LIVING IN

ALTITUDES HIGHER THAN ANY
OTHER PRIMATE ASIDE FROM

HUMANS.

ONE GROUP IN NORTHERN
YUNNAN HAVE BEEN RECORDED

LIVING AT OVER 15,000
FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

AT THESE ALTITUDES,
TEMPERATURES CAN DROP TO

MINUS 40 DEGREES.

BUT WHILE OTHER MAMMALS
RETREAT TO THE WARMER

VALLEYS, SNUB-NOSED
MONKEYS HAVE FREE REIGN OF

THE SNOWY PEAKS, AND THEY
TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT.

SWINGING FROM TREE-TO-TREE
IS THE PREFERRED FORM OF

TRAVEL.

KNOWN AS BRACHIATION,
IT ALLOWS THEM TO MOVE

QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY
OVER SHORT DISTANCES.

THEIR LONG, MUSCULAR ARMS
ENABLE THEM TO PERFORM

INCREDIBLE ACROBATICS,
AND THEY OFTEN STICK THE

LANDING ON TWO FEET.

THEIR LONG, LANKY ARMS
AREN'T THE ONLY THINGS

THAT COME IN HANDY.

THE SNUB-NOSED
MONKEY'S THICK,

SHAGGY FUR ALSO PROVIDES
THEM WITH NECESSARY COLD

WEATHER INSULATION.

WHILE MOST PRIMATES HAVE
THE LUXURY OF DINING ON

LEAVES AND FRUIT, THESE
GUYS ARE HAPPY WITH A

HEARTY MEAL OF PINE
NEEDLES AND BARK.

WHILE THERE'S PLENTY OF
RUFFAGE TO GO AROUND,

COMPETITION OVER THE
BEST TWIG CAN LEAD TO SOME

MINOR SCUFFLES BETWEEN
THE YOUNGER MONKEYS.

[MONKEYS SCREECHING]

BUT THE ADULT MALES HAVE
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES

TO FIGHT OVER.

COMPETITION OVER FEMALES
IS A CONSTANT BATTLE.

ARMED WITH
OVERSIZED CANINE TEETH,

A FULL-ON FIGHT
COULD PROVE DANGEROUS.

[MONKEYS SCREECHING]

FORTUNATELY, THIS GUY
KNOWS WHEN TO WALK AWAY

FROM A BRAWL.

AS THE DAY
COMES TO AN END,

IT PAYS FOR EVERYONE TO
SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES.

HUDDLING TOGETHER
IS KEY TO SURVIVAL,

AS THE NIGHTTIME
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW

FREEZING.

WHEN WE RETURN, WHO SAYS
THAT DOG IS MAN'S BEST

FRIEND?

SEE HOW ONE GROUP OF
FISHERMEN HAS TRAINED THIS

SPECIES OF BIRD TO
DO THEIR DIRTY WORK.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL
YOU SEE IT UP NEXT ON

“EARTH ODYSSEY.”

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

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK
TO “EARTH ODYSSEY.”

BEHIND ME, YOU'LL
FIND A SPECIES

CALLED DOCTORFISH,
WHO HAVE A SPECIAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE OCEAN'S REEFS.

THEY PROTECT THEM BY
EATING GROWTH-INHIBITING

ALGAE.

THIS RELATIONSHIP WHERE
TWO LIFEFORMS BENEFIT FROM

EACH OTHER IS
CALLED SYMBIOSIS,

AND IT'S PREVALENT
THROUGHOUT PLANET EARTH.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE
ANOTHER SYMBIOTIC

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
FISHERMEN IN ASIA AND

BIRDS CALLED CORMORANTS.

FOR MORE THAN A
THOUSAND YEARS,

LOCALS HAVE FISHED THE
LI JIANG RIVER WITH THE

ASSISTANCE OF
THESE EXPERT ANGLERS.

CORMORANTS ARE AQUATIC
BIRDS WHO SPECIALIZE IN

CATCHING FISH.

TRAINED BY THEIR HUMAN
COUNTERPARTS FROM SIX

MONTHS OLD, THESE ADULT
BIRDS KNOW THEY HAVE AN

IMPORTANT JOB TO DO.

DIVING BELOW THE SURFACE,
THE CORMORANT PLUCKS

UNSUSPECTING RIVER LIFE
FROM THE SHALLOW WATERS.

A LOOSE TIE AROUND THEIR
NECK PREVENTS THEM FROM

SWALLOWING THE FISH WHOLE.

SLAPPING THE WATER
ENCOURAGES THE BIRDS TO

PERFORM THEIR DUTIES.

ON A GOOD DAY,
A FISHERMAN,

WITH THE HELP OF
HIS AVIAN ASSISTANT,

CAN LURE IN MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED POUNDS OF BOUNTY A

DAY.

AND CORMORANTS ARE
ANYTHING BUT BIRD-BRAINED.

THEY'RE SAID TO BE ABLE
TO COUNT HOW MANY FISH

THEY'VE PULLED IN.

WHO NEEDS A ROD AND REEL
WHEN YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE

FEATHERED
FRIENDS BY YOUR SIDE?

UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHY
THESE ASIAN ELEPHANTS HAVE

BECOME KNOWN AS THE
GARDENERS OF THE JUNGLE.

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

DYLAN: IN THE LOWLAND
JUNGLES OF SOUTHWEST CHINA

LIVES ONE OF THE MOST
ENDANGERED CREATURES ON

EARTH.

DESPITE THEIR SIZE, THESE
LUMBERING BEASTS HAVE

MANAGED TO EVADE
DETECTION FOR DECADES.

THIS IS THE
ASIAN ELEPHANT.

WHILE THEY TRAVEL
IN LARGE GROUPS,

THEY REMAIN ONE OF
CHINA'S GREATEST SECRETS.

GIANT HERDS USED TO BE
COMMON ACROSS CHINA,

ROAMING AS FAR AS BEIJING,
BUT THIS HIDDEN VALLEY IN

YUNNAN IS THE ONLY
PLACE WHERE THEY SURVIVE.

ASIAN ELEPHANTS EAT UP TO
THREE HUNDRED POUNDS OF

FOOD A DAY, AND THEY ARE
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE

JUNGLE ECOSYSTEM.

ELEPHANT DROPPINGS BOTH
FERTILIZE THE SOIL AND

HELP DISPENSE SEEDS
OF MANY PLANT SPECIES.

ASIAN ELEPHANTS LIVE IN
SMALL GROUPS CONTAINING

SIX OR SEVEN FEMALES
AS WELL AS THEIR YOUNG.

[ELEPHANT ROARING]

THIS TIGHTLY-KNIT
FAMILY OF FEMALES REMAINS

TOGETHER FOR LIFE.

ADULT ELEPHANTS DRINK MORE
THAN 25 GALLONS OF WATER A

DAY, BUT A VISIT TO
THIS FOREST POND SATISFIES

ANOTHER IMPORTANT
NEED BESIDES THIRST.

BLOWING BUBBLES INTO
THE MUCKY POOL RELEASES

MINERALS SUCH AS
CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM,

SALTS ESSENTIAL
FOR THEIR DIET.

THE GROWN-UPS HAVE HAD
THEIR FILL AND ARE READY

TO MOVE ON, BUT THIS
YOUNGSTER DECIDES THE FUN

ISN'T OVER YET.

[ELEPHANT TRUMPETING]

THIS RIVER IS A FAVORITE
GATHERING POINT FOR MANY

OF THE REGION'S FAMILIES.

BATHING ISN'T JUST
ABOUT KEEPING COOL.

IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR
THE ELEPHANTS TO PLAY AND

SOCIALIZE.

[ELEPHANT TRUMPETING]

AFTER A RELAXING
DIP IN THE WATER,

THIS HEARD IS OFF TO
FIND THEIR NEXT MEAL.

ALTHOUGH THEIR FAVORITE
FOOD IS BAMBOO AND GRASS,

TREE LEAVES, LIANAS,
AND SAPLINGS WILL DO IN A

PINCH.

AS THESE ANIMALS MAKE
THEIR WAY THROUGH THE

FOREST, THEY CREATE
CLEARINGS THAT ALLOW LIGHT

TO REACH THE FOREST
FLOOR, NURTURING NEW PLANT

GROWTH.

THEY ARE QUITE LITERALLY
THE GARDENERS OF THIS

TROPICAL LANDSCAPE.

OF THE THOUSANDS OF
ELEPHANTS THAT ONCE ROAMED

ACROSS CHINA, FEWER
THAN THREE HUNDRED REMAIN,

AND THEY ALL LIVE HERE IN
YUNNAN'S SECRET FORESTS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THROUGH

SOUTHWEST CHINA.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE
SHARING THIS MAGNIFICENT

GEOGRAPHY WITH YOU, NOT TO
MENTION THE AWE-INSPIRING

CREATURES WHO LIVE THERE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
ANOTHER “EARTH ODYSSEY.”

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