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DYLAN: HEY THERE, I'M
DYLAN DREYER, AND THIS IS

"EARTH ODYSSEY."

TODAY, WE TRAVEL TO THE
WESTERN GHATS MOUNTAINS OF

INDIA TO MEET ONE OF THE
RAREST SPECIES OF MACAQUES

WHO LIVE SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH
THE LARGEST SQUIRRELS IN

THE WORLD.

PLUS, WE'LL WATCH AS TWO
DEADLY COBRAS GO

HEAD-TO-HEAD IN A BATTLE
TO DECIDE WHO WILL BE THE

SERPENT KING, AND LATER,
WE'LL FIND OUT HOW TIGERS

AND WILD DOGS USE TWO VERY
DIFFERENT TACTICS TO HUNT

THEIR PREY.

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

CANADA.

MANY OF THE SEA CREATURES
YOU SEE BEHIND ME CAN ONLY

BE FOUND IN CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE WORLD.

THE GREEN SAWFISH, FOR
EXAMPLE, LIVES EXCLUSIVELY

IN THE TROPICAL AND
SUBTROPICAL WATERS OF THE

INDO-WEST PACIFIC, AND
LIKE THE GREEN SAWFISH,

MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS,
INCLUDING THE LION-TAILED

MACAQUE, LIVE EXCLUSIVELY
IN THE TROPICAL CLIMATES

OF WESTERN INDIA.

LET'S JOURNEY TO INDIA'S
SPECTACULAR WESTERN GHATS

MOUNTAIN RANGE TO GET A
RARE GLIMPSE AT THIS

MYSTERIOUS MONKEY.

THE WESTERN GHATS
MOUNTAINS STRETCH ALMOST A

THOUSAND MILES FROM MUMBAI
ALL THE WAY TO THE

SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA,
RUNNING PARALLEL TO

INDIA'S WEST COAST.

THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE COVERS
SIX PERCENT OF INDIA'S

LAND MASS, BUT PROVIDES A
HOME TO MORE THAN 30

PERCENT OF ITS PLANT AND
ANIMAL SPECIES.

DEADLY SNAKES, RARE
PRIMATES, AND FEROCIOUS

PREDATORS ALL LIVE IN THE
WESTERN GHATS.

HUGE PEAKS RISE TO MEET
MONSOON CLOUDS, TRIGGERING

RAINFALL AND PRODUCING ONE
OF THE WETTEST CLIMATES IN

INDIA.

HERE, TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
THRIVE.

THIS JUNGLE CANOPY IS HOME
TO ONE OF INDIA'S MOST

ELUSIVE ANIMALS, THE
LION-TAILED MACAQUE, A

RARE PRIMATE WHO ONLY
LIVES HERE IN THE

RAINFOREST OF THE WESTERN
GHATS.

THEIR DARK BODIES AND GRAY
MANES MAKE THEM DIFFICULT

TO SPOT AMONG THE SHADOWS
OF THE JUNGLE.

THEIR THICK FUR HELPS TO
PROTECT THEM FROM THE

TORRENTIAL RAINS.

THESE PRIMATES ARE JUNGLE
SPECIALISTS.

THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR
TIME EATING FRUIT, AND

THERE'S ALWAYS A MEAL
WITHIN REACH IN THIS LUSH

FOREST.

THESE JACKFRUIT MAY HAVE A
ROUGH OUTER LAYER, BUT

THAT DOESN'T BOTHER A
HUNGRY MACAQUE.

IT'S LARGE CANINE TEETH
ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO TEAR

THROUGH THE FRUIT'S TOUGH,
SPINY SKIN.

THIS BABY IS THE NEWEST
ADDITION TO A MACAQUE

FAMILY LED BY A DOMINANT
MALE.

SHE WILL STAY WITH HER
TROOP ALL OF HER LIFE AND

WILL EVENTUALLY FIND HER
PLACE IN THE SOCIAL

HIERARCHY AS SHE GETS
OLDER; HOWEVER, THIS YOUNG

MALE WILL ONE DAY BREAK
AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY AND

JOIN A BACHELOR GROUP.

HE'S ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS
OF INDEPENDENCE.

THE YOUNG MALE IS LEARNING
HOW TO INVESTIGATE HIS

ENVIRONMENT TO FIND THINGS
TO EAT.

IN ADDITION TO FRUITS AND
SEEDS, INSECTS, BIRDS AND

LIZARDS ARE ALSO ON THE
MACAQUE'S MENU.

THIS OLDER MALE HAS
SECURED A NICE MEAL.

HE QUICKLY GATHERS AS MUCH
FOOD AS POSSIBLE BEFORE A

MORE DOMINANT MEMBER OF
THE TROOP DECIDES TO

SNATCH AWAY HIS MIDDAY
SNACK.

THE MACAQUE'S CHEEK
POUCHES CAN HOLD AS MUCH

FOOD AS HIS STOMACH.

UP IN THE CANOPY OF THE
TREES, HE CAN RELAX AND

FINISH HIS MEAL IN PEACE.

FIGS ARE ANOTHER JUNGLE
STAPLE FOR THE MACAQUE,

AND THEY ALSO HELP FEED
ANOTHER CREATURE IN THE

JUNGLE AS WELL.

THE MALABAR GIANT SQUIRREL
USES ITS LONG TAIL AS A

COUNTERWEIGHT TO HELP IT
BALANCE WHILE IT FEEDS.

MALABAR SQUIRRELS ARE ONE
OF THE LARGEST SQUIRRELS

IN THE WORLD.

THEY CAN GROW TO BE OVER A
FOOT-AND-A-HALF LONG AND

CAN WEIGH UP TO SEVEN
POUNDS, THREE TIMES THE

SIZE OF A NORTH AMERICAN
GRAY SQUIRREL.

LIKE THEIR FOREST
NEIGHBORS THE MACAQUES,

GIANT SQUIRRELS ALSO SPEND
TIME GROOMING EACH OTHER.

BUT THE GIANT SQUIRRELS
AND MACAQUES ALSO LIVE

WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY

PREDATORS OF THE JUNGLE,
THE KING COBRA, THE

LARGEST VENOMOUS SNAKE IN
THE WORLD, AND HE'S

LOOKING FOR HIS NEXT MEAL.

COMING UP, FIND OUT WHICH
VIPER WILL BE THE VICTOR

IN THIS BATTLE OF COBRA
DOMINATION.

THAT'S NEXT WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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ANNOUNCER: THIS EPISODE OF
"EARTH ODYSSEY WITH DYLAN

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

DYLAN: THE TROPICAL
RAINFORESTS OF THE WESTERN

GHATS MOUNTAINS IN INDIA
ARE HOME TO SOME OF THE

MOST RARE, WONDROUS, AND
DEADLY CREATURES ON EARTH.

THE KING COBRA HAS EARNED
ITS REGAL NAME BEING THE

LARGEST VENOMOUS SNAKE TO
INHABIT THE EARTH.

THESE GIANT REPTILES CAN
GROW TO BE OVER 15 FEET

LONG.

THEY ARE THE TRUE KINGS OF
THE JUNGLE.

VENTURING DOWN TO THE
FOREST FLOOR CAN BE A VERY

RISKY PROPOSITION.

THE COBRA'S EYESIGHT IS SO
SHARP, IT CAN SPOT PREY

MOVING OVER 325 FEET AWAY.

THAT'S ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF
A FOOTBALL FIELD.

BUT LUCKILY FOR THE
LION-TAILED MACAQUE, THEY

ARE NOT PART OF THE
COBRA'S DIET.

KING COBRAS ONLY EAT OTHER
SNAKES.

ONCE THE COBRAS LOCK IN ON
THEIR TARGET, THEY TRACK

THEIR PREY BY SMELL, BUT
NOT WITH THEIR NOSTRILS.

THE COBRA SMELLS WITH ITS
TONGUE.

CHEMICAL SCENT PARTICLES
STICK TO ITS TONGUE AND

TRANSFER TO RECEPTORS ON
THE ROOF OF ITS MOUTH.

THE FORKS IN ITS TONGUE
WORK IN STEREO, ENABLING

THE COBRA TO PINPOINT PREY
WITH DEADLY ACCURACY;

HOWEVER, THIS COBRA IS NOT
LOOKING FOR HIS NEXT MEAL.

HE'S LOOKING FOR
COMPANIONSHIP.

IT'S EARLY SUMMER,
BREEDING SEASON FOR KING

COBRAS.

THIS MALE IS ON THE HUNT
FOR A MATE, BUT THE SNAKE

HE'S FOUND IS NOT A
FEMALE.

IT'S A RIVAL MALE, AND
THIS PATCH OF FOREST ISN'T

BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF
THEM.

IT'S A SERPENT STANDOFF.

THEY GROWL A WARNING AT
EACH OTHER, A LOW

FREQUENCY HISS.

[SNAKES HISSING]

AIR IS SUCKED INTO THEIR
ELONGATED LUNGS AND

SQUEEZED OUT THROUGH THE
MOUTH AS EACH ONE

CONSTRICTS ITS BODY, BUT
NEITHER ONE IS WILLING TO

BACK DOWN.

THE ONLY OPTION IS TO
FIGHT.

THIS WILL BE A BATTLE OF
POWER, NOT POISON, AS

THESE HUGE SNAKES ARE
IMMUNE TO EACH OTHER'S

VENOM.

EACH ONE WEIGHS UP TO 20
POUNDS, AND THEY USE ALL

THEIR MIGHT AND MUSCLE TO
WRESTLE THE OTHER TO THE

GROUND.

FINALLY, THE STRONGER
SNAKE TRIUMPHS, AND THE

LOSER SLITHERS OFF TO FIND
NEW TERRITORY.

IN THE TREES ABOVE THE
FOREST FLOOR, THE DRACO

LIZARD HAS A SURVIVAL
SKILL THE COBRA DOESN'T,

THE GIFT OF CAMOUFLAGE.

KEEPING STILL, HE ALL BUT
DISAPPEARS INTO THE TREE

BARK, BUT ON THIS DAY, HE
WANTS TO BE NOTICED.

HE'S LOOKING FOR A MATE.

THE BRIGHT FLAP OF SKIN
CALLED A DEWLAP ALERTS

OTHER FEMALES OF HIS
PRESENCE, BUT HE'S

ATTRACTED THE WRONG KIND
OF ATTENTION, A VINE

SNAKE.

IT'S ELONGATED PUPILS GIVE
THE VINE SNAKE ACUTE

BINOCULAR VISION.

IT CAN JUDGE DISTANCE WITH
PINPOINT ACCURACY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINNEST SNAKES IN THE

WORLD.

ITS BODY IS LESS THAN AN
INCH WIDE, BUT IT CAN GROW

UP TO SIX-AND-A-HALF FEET
LONG.

ITS MOUTH STRETCHES ALL
THE WAY TO THE BACK OF ITS

HEAD AND OPENS WIDE ENOUGH
TO SWALLOW PREY WHOLE.

THE SLENDER SERPENT MOVES
SLOWLY THROUGH THE

BRANCHES, MIMICKING THE
CREEPING VINES OF THE

TREES, A PERFECT DISGUISE
TO SURPRISE ITS PREY, BUT

THE DRACO SENSES DANGER
AND USES HIS OWN TRICK OF

ILLUSION.

FLEXING ITS RIB CAGE, THE
LIZARD SPREADS OUT A BROAD

MEMBRANE OF SKIN, MAKING
HIM APPEAR TOO LARGE TO

SWALLOW.

THE VINE SNAKE WILL HAVE
TO FIND HIS MEAL SOMEWHERE

ELSE.

COMING UP, WE'LL WITNESS
THE POWER AND STEALTH OF

THE ASIAN TIGER AND FIND
OUT WHY ENTIRE FESTIVALS

ARE DEVOTED TO THESE
MIGHTY BEASTS.

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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO
"EARTH ODYSSEY."

THE NURSE SHARKS AND SAND
TIGER SHARKS THAT LIVE IN

THIS EXHIBIT MAY LOOK
DANGEROUS, BUT THEY POSE

VERY LITTLE THREAT TO
HUMANS; HOWEVER,

THROUGHOUT THE OCEANS OF
THE WORLD, THEY ARE STILL

BORN PREDATORS WHO ENJOY
THEIR PLACE AT THE TOP OF

THE FOOD CHAIN.

IN THE JUNGLES OF INDIA,
THERE IS ALSO A CLEAR

HIERARCHY OF PREDATORY
ANIMALS, AND AT THE PEAK

OF THAT PYRAMID IS THE
ASIAN TIGER, A TRULY

MAJESTIC ANIMAL WHOSE
PROWESS IS CELEBRATED BY

THE HUMANS WHO LIVE
NEARBY.

TAKE A LOOK.

THANKS TO THE WESTERN
GHATS, THE RAINFOREST AND

COASTAL PLAINS RECEIVE THE
MAJORITY OF RAIN EACH

YEAR.

THIS RAINFALL IS THE
REASON FOR INDIA'S DAMP,

DENSE JUNGLES, BUT ON THE
EASTERN SIDE OF THE

MOUNTAIN, THE LANDSCAPE
LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENT.

BECAUSE THE WESTERN GHATS
MOUNTAIN RANGE BLOCKS THE

MONSOON RAINS, THE
WOODLAND PLAINS ONLY

RECEIVE A TENTH OF THE
RAIN.

THE TREES ON THE EASTERN
SIDE HAVE BROAD LEAVES TO

SOAK UP AS MUCH SUNLIGHT
AS POSSIBLE.

IN THE DRY SEASON, THE
TREES DROP THEIR LEAVES TO

CONSERVE AS MUCH MOISTURE
AS POSSIBLE.

CHITAL DEER GRAZE ON THESE
NUTRIENT-PACKED LEAVES,

BUT WHERE THERE ARE DEER,
THERE ARE ALSO HUNTERS,

SPECIFICALLY, TIGERS.

THESE BIG CATS USUALLY
HUNT AT NIGHT, BUT WITH

HUNGRY MOUTHS TO FILL,
THIS MOTHER MUST SEIZE

EVERY OPPORTUNITY SHE CAN.

BUT SHE'S NOT ALWAYS
SUCCESSFUL.

ONLY ONE IN 20 TIGER HUNTS
ENDS IN A KILL; HOWEVER,

THERE IS A MUCH SMALLER,
MORE EFFICIENT PREDATOR

STALKING THESE PLAINS.

INDIAN WILD DOGS ARE PACK
ANIMALS.

THEY LIVE IN TIGHT-KNIT
GROUPS LED BY A PAIR OF

ALPHA DOGS, AND THEY HAVE
A STRICT SOCIAL HIERARCHY.

EVERY DOG KNOWS HIS PLACE
IN THE PACK.

UNLIKE TIGERS, INDIAN WILD
DOGS DON'T USE STEALTH AS

A STRATEGY.

THEIR TACTIC IS TEAMWORK.

THE INDIAN WILD DOG
WHISTLES TO KEEP IN

CONTACT DURING A HUNT.

[DOGS WHISTLING]

EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS AN
IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.

THEY WORK LIKE A
WELL-OILED MACHINE.

THE CHITAL DEER FLASHES A
WHITE TAIL TO WARN OTHERS

OF THE APPROACHING DANGER.

WHILE THESE WILD DOGS ARE
SKILLED HUNTERS, IT IS

STILL THE TIGER WHO REIGNS
SUPREME.

THESE ANIMALS ARE A
UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF THE

POWER OF NATURE AND ARE
REVERED THROUGHOUT INDIA.

THE CARUBA PEOPLE OF THE
WESTERN GHATS GO TO GREAT

LENGTHS TO EXPRESS THEIR
ADMIRATION FOR THESE

MIGHTY HUNTERS.

EVERY SEPTEMBER DURING THE
DUSSEHRA FESTIVAL, FOLK

DANCERS LET THEIR WILD
SIDE OUT IN THE

TRADITIONAL TIGER DANCE,
ALSO CALLED A HULIVESHA.

THE DANCERS' MOVES MIMIC
THE BIG CATS' STEALTH AND

POWER.

THESE PERFORMERS TRAVEL
FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE TO

HONOR AND RESPECT THE
TIGER, BUT THE DANCE HAS A

DEEPER MEANING.

THE HULIVESHA IS A
CELEBRATION OF THE POWER

OF THE WILD AND MAN'S
DEPENDENCE ON NATURE.

COMING UP, IN THIS
TROPICAL PARADISE, DANGER

IS ALWAYS LURKING.

FIND OUT WHAT'S JUST BELOW
THE SURFACE WHEN "EARTH

ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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DYLAN: THE RIVERS AND
LAKES OF THE WESTERN GHATS

PROVIDE BOTH ESSENTIAL
WATER AND A NATURAL

HABITAT FOR SCORES OF
BIRDS, MAMMALS, AND

REPTILES.

THIS MALE EGRET PERFORMS
AN ELABORATE COURTSHIP

DANCE.

THE WISPY FEATHERS ON HIS
BACK ARE DESIGNED TO CATCH

A FEMALE'S EYE.

BUT THIS RIVER ALSO HIDES
A DEADLY PREDATOR.

A PAIR OF EYES PEEKING
ABOVE THE WATER GIVES THIS

CROCODILE AWAY.

MUGGER CROCODILES CAN GROW
TO BE UP TO 12 FEET LONG.

MOVING THROUGH THE SHALLOW
WATER HELPS TO STIR UP

TINY FISH.

THIS HERON TAKES ADVANTAGE
OF THE FEEDING

OPPORTUNITY.

BUT HE IS TAKING A HUGE
RISK.

A MUGGER CAN SNATCH A MEAL
FROM THE RIVERBANK AT THE

BLINK OF AN EYE.

CROCODILES ARE
COLD-BLOODED.

THEY RELY ON THE ELEMENTS
TO MAINTAIN THEIR BODY

TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS WHY
THEY SPEND LOTS OF TIME

BASKING IN THE SUN.

UNDER EACH BONY SCALE IS A
CLUSTER OF BLOOD VESSELS

THAT ABSORB HEAT LIKE TINY
SOLAR PANELS.

MUGGERS CAN'T SWEAT, SO IF
THEY GET TOO WARM, THEY

RELEASE HEAT THROUGH THEIR
MOUTHS.

THEY ARE SOCIAL ANIMALS
WITH A STRICT DOMINANCE

HIERARCHY.

MALES FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY
OVER TERRITORIES, AND

BATTLES CAN SOMETIMES BE
BRUTAL.

THE RIVERS THAT FLOW DOWN
FROM THE WESTERN GHATS

ALSO PROVIDE WATER AND A
HOME TO ANOTHER GIANT

CREATURE, THE ASIAN
ELEPHANT.

THE LARGEST POPULATION OF
WILD ASIAN ELEPHANTS CAN

BE FOUND IN THIS REGION.

THIS FEMALE IS THE
MATRIARCH OF HER FAMILY.

SHE IS THE OLDEST AND
LEADS A HERD OF OTHER

ELEPHANTS BOTH YOUNG AND
OLD.

ELEPHANTS LIVE IN
CLOSE-KNIT GROUPS.

THIS TWO-MONTH-OLD CALF IS
TAUGHT EVERYTHING HE NEEDS

TO KNOW BY HIS FAMILY.

A MUD BATH IS FUN, BUT IT
ALSO HELPS TO PROTECT AN

ELEPHANT'S SKIN FROM
INSECT BITES.

IT ALSO ACTS AS A NATURAL
SUNSCREEN.

ADULT ELEPHANTS NEED TO
EAT ALMOST THREE HUNDRED

POUNDS OF VEGETATION A
DAY.

DURING THE DRIER MONTHS,
RIVERS RECEDE AND EXPOSE

FRESH GREEN BANKS OF
GRASS.

THESE CHUTES OF GRASS ARE
FULL OF NUTRIENTS, AND

HERDS OF ELEPHANTS GATHER
FROM FAR AND WIDE TO FEED

ON THESE LAWNS.

A MOUTHFUL OF MUD MAY NOT
SEEM APPETIZING TO US, BUT

IT SUPPLEMENTS THE
ELEPHANT'S MINERAL INTAKE.

IN INDIA, ELEPHANTS LIVE
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO

HUMANS, AND LIKE THE
TIGER, THEY ARE ALSO A

REVERED AND WORSHIPPED
ANIMAL.

THANKS FOR EMBARKING ON
THIS SAFARI WITH ME

THROUGH INDIA'S WESTERN
GHATS.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
EXPERIENCING THE REGION

AND ALL OF ITS INCREDIBLE
WILDLIFE.

JOIN ME NEXT TIME WHEN WE
TRAVEL TO ANOTHER WONDROUS

LOCATION ON "EARTH
ODYSSEY."

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