All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.with.Dylan.Dreyer.S01E05.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

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ANNOUNCER: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
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.

CRYSTAL BLUE WATERS.

WHITE SANDY BEACHES.

PALM TREES
SWAYING IN THE WIND.

A TRIP TO THE CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS IS A DREAM

VACATION.

BUT DID YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS A WILD SIDE TO THESE

ISLANDS?

A PLACE WHERE
VOLCANOES ERUPT,

BABY WHALES ARE BORN, AND
GIANT TURTLES LAY THEIR

EGGS.

TODAY, WE GO IN SEARCH OF
THE HIDDEN SECRETS OF THE

CARIBBEAN.

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DYLAN: YOUR INSIDE THE
DANGEROUS REEF EXHIBIT AT

RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM
OF MYRTLE BEACH.

MARINE LIFE IS EVERYWHERE,
FROM SERGEANT MAJOR FISH,

TO GIANT SHARKS.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY,
THERE'S A SHIPWRECK THAT'S

JUST LIKE THE WRECK WE'RE
ABOUT TO SEE ON OUR TRIP

TO THE WILD SIDE
OF THE CARIBBEAN.

GET READY BECAUSE WE'RE
ABOUT TO FIND OUT HOW

THESE SUNKEN SHIPS PLAY
AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE

CORAL REEF'S ECOSYSTEM.

ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
SERGEANT MAJOR FISH.

THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ARE
NESTLED BETWEEN THE NORTH

AND SOUTH
AMERICAN CONTINENTS.

ALL TOLD, THERE ARE MORE
THAN 7,000 ISLANDS.

SOME ISLANDS ARE AS
SMALL AS SAILBOATS.

OTHERS OFFER SANDY BEACHES
THAT STRETCH FOR MILES.

LARGE OR SMALL, THEY HAVE
ONE THING IN COMMON: THEY

ALL HAD A
VIOLENT BEGINNING.

VOLCANOES ROCK THIS AREA
WITH LAVA SPEWING FROM

DEEP CREVICES
IN THE EARTH,

AND EVEN UNDERWATER.

THE FERTILE VOLCANIC
SOIL CREATED LUSH,

TROPICAL FORESTS
FULL OF WILDLIFE.

THE ISLAND THAT'S FARTHEST
SOUTH IN THE CARIBBEAN IS

CALLED TRINIDAD.

IT'S HERE THAT THE ROUGH
ATLANTIC OCEAN COLLIDES

WITH THE CALM
CARIBBEAN SEA.

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DYLAN: IT'S ALSO THE
PERFECT NESTING GROUND FOR

AN ANCIENT OCEAN
BOUND TRAVELER.

EVERY SPRING, THE
LEATHERBACK TURTLE SWIMS

ASHORE UNDER THE
COVER OF NIGHT.

THE FEMALE LEATHERBACKS
CROSS THOUSANDS OF MILES

IN OPEN OCEAN TO
REACH TRINIDAD SHORES.

IT'S TIME TO LAY HER EGGS
IN THE SAME SPOT THAT SHE

WAS BORN.

THE LARGEST
TURTLES IN THE WORLD,

THESE SEA-FARING REPTILES
CAN GROW TO BE ABOUT SIX

FEET.

BUT THEY CAN WEIGH AS
MUCH AS A SMALL CAR.

THE TURTLES
VOLLEY FOR POSITION.

WITH AS MANY AS 500
TURTLES COMING ASHORE,

IT'S HARD TO CLAIM A
SPOT ON THE BEACH.

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DYLAN: TO GET
THE NEST STARTED,

THE FEMALES DIG DEEP INTO
THE SAND WITH THEIR GIANT

FLIPPERS.

THIS ONE WILL MAKE THE
HOLE LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT

AT LEAST 100 EGGS.

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DYLAN: TO KEEP
THE EGGS SAFE,

SHE MUST BURY
THEM UNDER THE SAND.

THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
SAND DETERMINES IF SHE'LL

HAVE BOYS OR GIRLS.

IF THE SAND HEATS UP TO
MORE THAN 86 DEGREES,

THE BABY TURTLES
WILL BE FEMALE.

ANY COOLER AND THEY'LL
PROBABLY END UP MALE.

THE WORK IS EXHAUSTING,
BUT SHE'S STILL GOT ONE

MORE TRICK UP HER SLEEVE
TO KEEP HER EGGS SAFE.

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DYLAN: A FEW FEET AWAY,
THE MOTHER WILL DIG UP THE

SAND AGAIN,
CREATING A DECOY,

AND HOPEFULLY THROWING OFF
THE SCENT FOR ANY WOULD-BE

EGG ROBBERS.

WITH SO MANY TURTLES
TRYING TO REACH A NESTING

SPOT, THERE ARE USUALLY A
FEW STRAGGLERS STILL HARD

AT WORK AS DAWN BREAKS.

ONCE THEIR BABIES ARE
SAFE UNDER THE SAND,

THESE LEATHERBACK FEMALE
TURTLES WILL TURN BACK

TOWARD THE SEA.

NEVER TO RETURN TO
THEIR NESTS AGAIN.

TRINIDAD, AS AN ISLAND,
IS A PRETTY NEW CREATION.

AFTER THE LAST ICE AGE, 12,000

YEARS AGO, THE WATERS
ROSE HIGH ENOUGH TO

SEPARATE THIS STRETCH OF
LAND FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

ANIMALS FOUND
THEMSELVES STRANDED,

AS WELL.

MEET THE WHITE-THROATED
CAPUCHIN MONKEY.

THIS CLEVER CREATURE IS
FOUND ON MANY CARIBBEAN

ISLANDS.

HE PREFERS THE DELICIOUS
COCOA RIPE PALM TREES.

BUT GETTING THE DELICATE
FRUIT REQUIRES AN EXTRA

HAND, OR EVEN A
TAIL, IF NEED BE.

IF HE WRAPS HIS TAIL
AROUND A BRANCH TO HOLD

STEADY, HE'S FREE TO EAT
TO HIS HEART'S CONTENT.

THE DEAD BRANCHES OFFER
PLENTY OF INSECTS TO SNACK

ON BETWEEN MEALS, BUT A
REAL FAVORITE FOR THESE

MONKEYS: IT'S A
TREAT FROM THE SEA.

FIRST, THEY NEED TO MAKE
THEIR WAY DOWN FROM THE

TOPS OF THE PALM TREES.

AT LOW TIDE, JUICY, SWEET,
FRESHWATER CONKS APPEAR IN

THE SAND.

THEY LIVE DEEP
INSIDE THEIR SHELLS,

BUT THE MONKEYS WILL
NOT BE DISCOURAGED.

THEY KNOCK THE LARGE, HARD
SHELLS FORCEFULLY AGAINST

THE PALM TREE.

A GOOD WHACK
WILL DO THE TRICK,

AND THEN THEY CAN REALLY
GET TO THE MEAT OF IT.

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DYLAN: TRINIDAD'S
MONKEYS ARE LUCKY;

THEY ONLY NEED TO HOP
AROUND THE ISLAND TO FIND

ANOTHER MEAL.

FOR BABY
LEATHERBACK TURTLES,

THEIR EARTH
ODYSSEYS HAVE JUST BEGUN.

THE TURTLE EGGS ON
TRINIDAD'S SHORES BEGIN TO

HATCH TWO MONTHS AFTER
BEING SAFELY BURIED.

ALL OF THE BABIES EMERGE
AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME.

THEIR BEST CHANCE TO
REACH THE WATER'S EDGE?

EMBARK ON THE
JOURNEY TOGETHER.

IN JUST TEN YEARS,
THESE TINY HATCHLINGS WILL

INCREASE THEIR SIZE
BY 10,000 TIMES.

BARELY MINUTES OLD, THE
BABY TURTLES WILL NAVIGATE

THE ROLLING TIDES OF
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

THESE MARINE REPTILES WILL
STAY DEEP IN THE OCEAN FOR

MOST OF THEIR LIVES.

ONLY THE FEMALES CHOOSE TO
RETURN TO TRINIDAD TO LAY

THEIR EGGS.

IT'S BEEN THEIR DESTINY,
AS IT WAS THEIR ANCESTORS

BEFORE THEM.

WRITTEN IN THE STARS FOR
NEARLY 100 MILLION YEARS.

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DYLAN: COMING UP
ON EARTH ODYSSEY,

WE DIVE DEEP FOR A
WHALE OF A GOOD TIME.

THEN, WITH
NOTHING TO STOP THEM,

HURRICANES POUND
THESE VULNERABLE ISLANDS.

AND LATER, THE
PIRATES MAY HAVE VANISHED,

BUT THEY LEFT BEHIND
A TREASURE FOR SOME

SEAFARING
CARIBBEAN NATIVES.

THAT AND MUCH MORE COMING
UP ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

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

NARRATOR: THIS EPISODE OF
EARTH ODYSSEY WITH DYLAN

DREYER IS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY RIPLEY'S AQUARIUMS.

DYLAN: WELCOME
BACK TO EARTH ODYSSEY.

IN THE NORTHERN PARTS
OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA,

THERE IS AN UNDERWATER
SHELF MADE ENTIRELY OF

LIMESTONE ROCK.

400 YEARS AGO, A SPANISH
GALLEON FILLED WITH SILVER

TREASURE SANK TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE SEA HERE.

LEGEND HAS IT, THAT'S WHY
IT'S CALLED SILVER BANK.

THESE PROTECTED WARM
WATERS ARE NOW A NURSERY

FOR ANOTHER OCEAN
TREASURE: BABY HUMPBACK

WHALES.

THEY'RE CALLED CALVES.

FROM DECEMBER TO APRIL,
THERE ARE NEARLY

3,000 HUMPBACKS THAT VISIT
THE SILVER BANK NURSERY.

THE MOTHER HUMPBACK
AND HER CALF STAY CLOSE

TOGETHER, CONSTANTLY
TOUCHING EACH OTHER AS

THEY SWIM IN THE
CLEAR BLUE WATERS.

PHYSICAL CONTACT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THE BABY AND

ITS MOTHER.

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DYLAN: FOR
THE FIRST YEAR,

THE TWO WILL
STAY TOGETHER.

WHEN SUMMER GETS CLOSER,
THE WHALES WILL SWIM

THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.

THEY HEAD NORTH TO THE
COLD ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS

WHERE THERE ARE
PLENTY OF FISH.

IT WILL BE TEN YEARS
BEFORE THE CALF WILL FULLY

GROW TO ITS ENORMOUS SIZE.

SOME GET AS
LARGE AS 52 FEET,

WEIGHING AN UNBELIEVABLE
100,000 POUNDS.

THESE CREATURES ARE LONG
GONE BY THE TIME ANOTHER

FORCE OF NATURE
ROLLS THROUGH.

THE CLOUDS GATHER AS
THE PRESSURE DROPS.

THE WINDS DANGEROUSLY
WHIP THE ISLANDS.

THE CARIBBEAN IS IN THE
DIRECT PATH OF ONE OF THE

MOST DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER
EVENTS IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS HURRICANE ALLEY.

HURRICANES
USUALLY START FAR AWAY,

OFF THE COAST
OF WEST AFRICA.

AS THEY MARCH ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

THE STORMS GAIN STRENGTH
FROM THE WARM SUMMER

WATER.

IF THE WINDS REACH
74 MILES PER HOUR,

A STORM WILL OFFICIALLY
BECOME A HURRICANE.

THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
ARE LIKE SITTING DUCKS FOR

THESE POWERFUL EVENTS.

WINDS CAN TOP 160
MILES PER HOUR.

AT THAT POINT,
NOTHING IS SAFE.

WAVES ROLL IN
60 FEET HIGH,

CRUSHING EVERYTHING BELOW.

THE DELICATE CORAL REEFS,
WHICH LIVE JUST A FEW FEET

UNDERWATER GET RIPPED
OUT AND THROWN AROUND.

THE CORAL LOOKS
LIKE A PLANT,

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BILLIONS
OF TINY ANIMALS ORGANIZED

INTO COLONIES
CALLED POLYPS.

IN A HURRICANE, THESE
CORAL REEFS CAN BE TORN UP

BY THE ANGRY WATER.

LOOSE DEBRIS IS
DANGEROUS FOR MARINE LIFE.

THESE LOBSTERS SENSE
THE APPROACHING DANGER,

IT'S TIME TO EVACUATE
BEFORE THEY GET TRAPPED OR

EVEN CRUSHED BY THE ROCKS.

SINGLE FILE, THE LOBSTERS
FLEE THE APPROACHING

STORM.

THE LOBSTERS MIGRATE
TO THE SAFETY OF DEEPER

WATERS.

AFTER THE
HURRICANE PASSES,

THESE CORAL REEFS
GET A SECOND CHANCE.

THESE REEFS GROW QUICKLY,
RECOVERY IS UNDERWAY.

NEW LIFE TAKES SHAPE
FROM THE REMAINING CORAL.

BUT THE REEFS
ARE TREACHEROUS,

AS WELL.

SHIPS CAN RUN AGROUND
IF THEY HIT A REEF.

THAT HAPPENED TO THE RHONE
STEAMER SHIP 150 YEARS

AGO.

IT SANK TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE OCEAN IN SECONDS.

BUT THEN, SOMETHING
INCREDIBLE HAPPENED,

THE CORAL LATCHED
ONTO ITS RUSTING HULL,

SLOWLY TAKING OVER THE
SHIP AND COLONIZING IT.

MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER,
THE RHONE IS A MANMADE

REEF ON THE OCEAN FLOOR,
HOME TO THOUSANDS OF

MARINE ANIMALS AND PLANTS.

FISH PARTICULARLY LIKE
TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE.

THESE PURPLE SPOTS
ARE ACTUALLY FISH EGGS,

THEY BELONG TO THE
SERGEANT MAJOR FISH.

THE FEMALE WILL LAY AS MANY AS

200,000 EGGS WHILE THE
MALE PATROLS THE AREA.

HE'LL WATCH FOR ANY
INTRUDERS UNTIL THE EGGS

HATCH, JUST
SIX DAYS LATER.

COMING UP ON
EARTH ODYSSEY,

WHAT'S THAT
HIDING IN THE DARK?

SUNNY CARIBBEAN DAYS
ARE FOR THE BIRDS,

BUT THESE
MAMMALS FLY AT NIGHT.

AND THEN, FIND OUT
WHAT MAKES THESE TRINIDAD

NATIVES TURN BRIGHT RED.

THAT AND MUCH MORE COMING
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.

AT THIS EXHIBIT, EACH
KIND OF CORAL HAS ITS OWN

UNUSUAL NAME.

FROM STAGHORN CORAL,
TO RED WORLD CORAL.

AS WE'VE ALREADY LEARNED,
THESE CORAL ARE ACTUALLY

BILLIONS OF TINY ANIMALS.

DOWN IN THE CARIBBEAN,
THERE'S ANOTHER LARGE REEF

CALLED MOUNT TAMANA,
BUT THIS ONE IS NOT

UNDERWATER.

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO,
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY PUSHED

IT INTO THE
SHAPE OF A MOUNTAIN.

NOW, IT'S A FOSSILIZED
NETWORK OF CAVES,

AND HOME TO ANOTHER
LAND-LOVING CREATURE THAT

ONLY FLIES AT NIGHT.

THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ARE
KNOWN FOR THEIR SPECTACULAR

UNDERWATER CORAL REEFS.

BUT THERE IS ONE ISLAND
JUST OFF THE COAST OF

SOUTH AMERICA WHERE THERE
ARE NO REEFS UNDERWATER.

TRINIDAD.

BUT IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU
CAN STILL SEE WHAT WAS

ONCE A CORAL REEF.

IT'S NOW MOUNT TAMANA,
AT THE TOP OF TRINIDAD.

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO,
THE REEF WAS PUSHED UP BY

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.

THE REEF IS NOW A
NETWORK OF CAVES,

THE PERFECT HIDING PLACE
FOR A CREATURE OF THE

NIGHT.

IN THESE CAVES, THERE ARE
MORE THAN A MILLION BATS.

TRINIDAD HAS MORE TYPES
OF BATS THAN ANY OTHER

CARIBBEAN ISLAND.

IN MOUNT TAMANA ALONE,
THERE ARE 11 SPECIES.

THEY ALL LIVE IN
VERY CLOSE QUARTERS.

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DYLAN: AS THE SUN SETS,
THESE BATS START THEIR

DARK JOURNEY
OUT OF THE CAVES.

THEY MUST TRAVEL AS FAR AS

1,000 FEET, OVER AN
HOUR OF FLYING,

TO ESCAPE THEIR
DUNGEONS AND FIND FOOD.

BUT NOT ALL OF TRINIDAD'S
ANIMALS HIDE AWAY.

ON THE WEST
COAST OF TRINIDAD,

IS CARONI SWAMP.

THAT'S WHERE THE SCARLET
IBIS SHOWS OFF HIS TRUE

COLORS.

THESE ARE CONSIDERED
THE NATIONAL BIRDS OF

TRINIDAD.

THE IBIS GET THEIR COLOR
FROM THEIR MAIN DIET OF

CRABS.

THESE CRABS ARE RICH IN A
PIGMENT CALLED KERATIN.

THE IBIS ARE
ACTUALLY BORN GREY.

AND AFTER ABOUT TWO YEARS,
THEY EAT ENOUGH OF THE

CRABS TO TURN RED.

THEY DIP THE CRABS IN THE
WATER TO RINSE OFF THE MUD

BEFORE EATING THEM.

THESE IBIS LIKE
TO EAT TOGETHER,

JUST IN CASE ANY PREDATORS
ARE LURKING AROUND.

THEY'LL SHARE THE FEEDING
GROUNDS WITH OTHER WATER

BIRDS, LIKE THE
EGRETS AND HERONS.

THESE DAYS, THERE
ARE AS MANY AS

15,000 IBIS LIVING ON TRINIDAD.

AFTER A LONG HOT DAY,
THESE IBIS WILL FLY

TOGETHER, BACK TO
SAFELY ROOST IN THE TREES.

COMING UP ON
EARTH ODYSSEY,

WATCH ONE OF THE SMALLEST
RESIDENTS OF THE CARIBBEAN

FIND ITS PERFECT FIT.

THAT AND MUCH MORE COMING
UP ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

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

DYLAN: WELCOME
BACK TO EARTH ODYSSEY.

THE WINDWARD AND
LEEWARD ISLANDS ARE AT THE

CROSSROADS OF VOLCANIC
ACTIVITY IN THE CARIBBEAN.

THE ISLAND OF DOMINICA
BOASTS NINE VOLCANOES,

MORE THAN ANY OTHER
ISLAND IN THE WORLD.

THE UPSIDE OF ALL THESE
VOLCANOES IS EVIDENT BY

LOOKING AROUND AT THE LUSH
GREEN FORESTS OF DOMINICA.

VOLCANIC SOIL IS
EXTREMELY FERTILE.

ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING WILL GROW.

THE ISLAND'S WET WEATHER
HELPS THE PLANTS ALONG.

THE ABUNDANT FLOWERS ATTRACT
PLENTY OF WILDLIFE,

ESPECIALLY THESE
LITTLE SPEED EATERS.

HUMMINGBIRDS LOVE THE
CARIBBEAN'S VIBRANT

COLORS.

THEY CAN'T SMELL AT ALL,
SO THEY CHOOSE WHAT THEY

EAT BY WHAT
LOOKS THE TASTIEST.

HUMMINGBIRDS ARE FOUND
ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN.

THESE BIRDS CAN MOVE FASTER
THAN THE EYE CAN FOLLOW.

LIKE AN ENGINE,
THEIR HEARTS BEAT 500

TIMES EVERY MINUTE.

TO KEEP THEIR ENERGY UP,

THEY NEED TO
FEED CONSTANTLY.

ALWAYS ON THE MOVE,
THEY'LL EAT ALMOST THREE

TIMES THEIR BODY
WEIGHT EVERYDAY.

TINY, ONLY THREE AND
A HALF INCHES LONG,

THE ANTILLES ENCRUSTED
HUMMINGBIRD IS ONE OF THE

SMALLEST.

THE MALE HAS A MOHAWK OF
COLORFUL GREEN PLUMAGE.

THE FEMALE WEARS LESS
FLASHY FEATHERS FOR HER

OWN SAFETY.

IT'S BETTER TO GO
INCOGNITO WHEN PROTECTING

HER NEW BABIES.

THE HUMMINGBIRD'S NEST IS
MADE ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM

SPIDER SILK.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S
A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL.

AS THE BABIES GROW, THE
NEST WILL KEEP EXPANDING.

AND THESE CHICKS GROW VERY
QUICKLY WITH ALL OF THE

ATTENTION.

THEY'RE READY TO FLY
AWAY IN TWO WEEKS.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST MOM
AND DAD WHO DO THEIR PART.

EVOLUTION PLAYS A VITAL
ROLE IN THE SURVIVAL OF

THESE FAST FLYERS.

HUMMINGBIRDS AND HELICONIA
PLANTS ARE LIKE TWO PIECES

OF THE SAME JIGSAW PUZZLE.

HELICONIA ARE FOUND
ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN.

THEY NEED THE HUMMINGBIRDS
TO SPREAD THEIR POLLEN AND

FERTILIZE NEW PLANTS.

HUMMINGBIRDS DEPEND ON
THE HELICONIA'S NECTAR AND

VISITING
INSECTS FOR PROTEIN.

TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
ENOUGH TO GO AROUND,

HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE VERY
DIFFERENT SIZED BEAKS.

EACH BEAK HAS A
HELICONIA PARTNER.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF
FIGURING OUT WHICH PLANT

VARIETY OFFERS THE PERFECT
FIT FOR EACH HUMMINGBIRD.

THAT WAY, THE HUMMINGBIRDS
DON'T NEED TO FIGHT OVER

THE SAME PLANT.

THEY HAVE THEIR
OWN TYPE TO ENJOY.

THESE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.

A PARADISE OF
COLOR AND CREATION.

I'M SO GLAD YOU COULD COME
ALONG ON THIS EPIC TRIP TO

THE WILD SIDE OF THE
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US,
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME

FOR ANOTHER EARTH ODYSSEY.

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