All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.with.Dylan.Dreyer.S01E18.1080p.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: HI THERE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER AND THIS IS EARTH

ODYSSEY.

ON TODAY'S EPISODE, WE
EXPLORE SOME OF THE MOST

POWERFUL AND ELUSIVE
ANIMALS ON EARTH.

COMING UP, WE SEARCH FOR A
MONKEY SO SECRETIVE IT'S

BEEN LINKED TO THE
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN.

PLUS, FIND OUT HOW THESE
KING COBRAS SETTLE THEIR

DIFFERENCES.

AND LATER, FIND OUT WHAT
MAKES THIS LEOPARD SO

BRAVE.

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DYLAN: HI, EVERYBODY, I'M
DYLAN DREYER AND WELCOME

TO THE BEST OF EARTH
ODYSSEY.

THE SAND TIGER SHARK IS
THE LARGEST SHARK HERE AT

RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM OF THE
SMOKIES.

NATIVE TO WARM WATERS, THE
SAND TIGER CAN REACH

LENGTHS OF TEN FEET AND
UPWARD OF 400 POUNDS.

IN THE WILD, A POWERFUL
BUILD CAN BE A LIFESAVING

ASSET.

LET'S WATCH AS THESE
FORCEFUL BEARS THROW THEIR

WEIGHT AROUND THE FORESTS
OF CAMBODIA.

CAMBODIA IS PART OF A
REGION CALLED INDOCHINA IN

SOUTHEAST ASIA.

HIDING IN THE THICK
FOREST, YOU MIGHT CATCH A

GLIMPSE OF A FURRY
CREATURE, BUT KEEP YOUR

DISTANCE.

THE POWERFUL ASIATIC BLACK
BEAR IS A TOWER OF FORCE.

THIS BEAR WEIGHS TWICE AS
MUCH AS THE AVERAGE HUMAN

AND COULD PLAY
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

WITH AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF
SIX AND A HALF FEET.

BUT THE MOST INTRIGUING
CHARACTERISTIC: AN

ASTRONOMICAL SIGN ON ITS
CHEST.

A CREAMY WHITE MARK THAT
LOOKS JUST LIKE A CRESCENT

SHAPED MOON.

ITS NICKNAME: MOON BEAR.

THESE BEARS ARE BUILT A
LOT LIKE ITS COUSINS, THE

AMERICAN BLACK BEARS.

IT'S THOUGHT THEY MIGHT
EVEN SHARE A COMMON

ANCESTOR.

THE MOON BEAR HAS A NOSE
FOR FOOD, TOO.

WITH A POWERFUL SENSE OF
SMELL, HE CAN SNIFF OUT

TASTY INSECTS AND GRUBS.

EVEN WHEN THEY ARE BURIED
THREE FEET BELOW THE

FOREST FLOOR.

HE QUICKLY DIGS FOR HIS
DINNER WITH LONG SHARP

CLAWS.

THE EARTH IS SOFT AFTER
ALL OF THE RAIN.

THE MOON BEARS AREN'T THE
ONLY ANIMALS THAT CONJURE

UP FANTASTIC STORIES.

HIGH UP IN THE HENGDUAN
MOUNTAINS OF CHINA, LIVES

A MYSTERIOUS GROUP OF
PRIMATES AND THEY'VE

INSPIRED LEGENDS OF
MYTHICAL CREATURES WHO

ROAM THIS 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.

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DYLAN: 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

HUMANLIKE 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

FROSTBITTEN 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 RECORDING

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.

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DYLAN: 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.

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DYLAN: 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

HARDY 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.

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DYLAN: 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.

COMING UP, THEY DON'T HAVE
ANY ARMS OR LEGS, BUT

THESE TWO COBRAS ARE
HEADED TO THE MAT FOR A

WRESTLING MATCH.

FIND OUT HOW THEY DO IT
WHEN WE RETURN.

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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.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO
THE BEST OF EARTH

ODYSSEY.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET A
COUPLE OF ANIMAL A-LISTERS

WHO COMMAND RESPECT AND
FEAR AS TWO OF THE MOST

ICONIC PREDATORS IN THE
WORLD.

THESE TWO SYMBOLS OF
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY MAKE

THEIR HOME IN THE GHATS
MOUNTAINS OF INDIA, BUT

THEIR PRESENCE IS FELT
ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE,

TAKE A LOOK.

THE TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
OF THE WESTERN GHATS

MOUNTAINS IN INDIA ARE
HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST

RARE, WONDEROUS, 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.

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.

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DYLAN: 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.

JUST IN TIME TO ESCAPE THE
CHANGING WEATHER.

THANKS TO THE WESTERN
GHATS, THE RAINFOREST AND

COASTAL PLAINS RECEIVE THE
MAJORITY OF RAIN EACH

YEAR.

BUT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF
THE MOUNTAIN, THE

LANDSCAPE LOOKS MUCH
DIFFERENT.

BECAUSE THE WESTER 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.

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.

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DYLAN: BUT SHE'S NOT
ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.

ONLY ONE IN 20 TIGER HUNTS
ENDS IN A KILL.

THESE ANIMALS ARE A
UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF THE

POWER OF NATURE AND ARE
REVERED THROUGHOUT INDIA.

COMING UP, FIND OUT WHY
THEY SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER

WAKE A SLEEPING BEAR.

AND THEN, WATCHING OUT FOR
WOLVES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF

TURKEY.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: OF THE 18 KNOWN
SPECIES OF PENGUIN, ALL

LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE, EXCEPT FOR TWO

THAT SEE SNOW AND ICE ALL
YEAR LONG.

FORMING DIFFERENT SPECIES
IS NATURE'S WAY OF

ADAPTING ANIMALS TO
DIFFERENT CONDITIONS

ACROSS THE WORLD.

WHILE THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT
SPECIES OF BEARS, THERE

ARE DOZENS OF SUB-SPECIES,
EACH WITH A SPECIFIC SET

OF SKILLS TO SURVIVE IN
ITS HABITAT.

TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE
BROWN BEAR IN TURKEY.

AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE,
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT THANKS

TO HIS POWERFUL CLIMBING
PROWESS.

LET'S WATCH.

TURKEY IS NESTLED BETWEEN
EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE

EAST.

A REGION OF EXTREMES.

VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
ROCK THE LAND.

AT HIGH ALTITUDES, ALPINE
FORESTS CLING TO THE

MOUNTAINSIDES.

THIS BROWN BEAR TRIES TO
SCALE THE TREES DESPITE

HIS HEFTY BUILD.

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DYLAN: BEARS ARE THE
LARGEST LAND MAMMALS IN

TURKEY.

THIS ONE COULD WEIGH HALF
A TON.

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DYLAN: HIS PAWS ARE
ENORMOUS, THE SIZE OF

FRISBEES.

HIS FINGERLIKE CLAWS ARE
LONG ENOUGH TO HELP HIM

HANG ON.

IN A TREE, THERE ARE NO
DISRUPTIONS AND HE CAN

ENJOY HIS SOLITARY DINNER
IN PEACE.

DOWN BELOW IS ANOTHER
STORY.

SOMETIMES A COMPETING BEAR
WITH INTERRUPT HIS FEEDING

TIME.

HE'LL NEED AN ESCAPE ROUTE
TO AVOID ANY TROUBLES.

MALE BEARS PREFER TO STAY
SOLO; THEY CAN WANDER AS

FAR AS 700 MILES LOOKING
FOR A GOOD MEAL.

THESE BEARS TAKE A LONG
WINTER'S NAP, HIBERNATING

FOR SIX MONTHS AT A TIME.

WHEN THEY WAKE UP, THEY'RE
LITERALLY STARVING.

BEARS DON'T NORMALLY EAT
OR DRINK DURING

HIBERNATION.

IN FACT, FEMALES WHO GIVE
BIRTH DURING THE WINTER

SLEEP CAN LOSE ALMOST HALF
THEIR BODY WEIGHT'S.

THESE BEARS ARE GRUMPY
WHEN THEY WAKE UP, TOO.

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DYLAN: THAT'S WHERE THE
OLD SAYING COMES FROM;

NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING
BEAR.

WINTER APPROACHES,
TEMPERATURES DROP WELL

BELOW FREEZING.

THIS MIDDLE EASTERN AREA
TRANSFORMS INTO A WHITE

WONDERLAND.

THE ANATOLIAN MOUFLON ARE
THE WILD SHEEP OF TURKEY,

LIVING HIGH ON THE
MOUNTAINS, THEY LIVE ON

PLANT TUBERS HIDDEN
BENEATH THE FROZEN GROUND.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT THE
ONLY HUNGRY ANIMALS IN THE

MOUNTAINS.

WOLVES STALK THESE SHEEP.

WOLVES CAN REACH SPEEDS UP
TO 37 MILES PER HOUR.

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DYLAN: STAYING CLOSE, THE
HERD MAKES A BREAK FOR IT.

KEEPING TOGETHER IS HOW
THEY SURVIVE THESE CHASES.

UNITY IN ACTION.

RUGGED, STRONG, AND
DETERMINED, THEY THRIVE

UNDER THE EXTREME
CONDITIONS OF THIS MIDDLE

EASTERN TERRAIN.

COMING UP, MASTERS OF THE
SKIES.

WATCH OUT AS THESE
PREDATORY BIRDS DIVE FOR

THEIR DINNER.

AND THEN, ON A TINY
ISLAND, GIANT CATS REIGN

SUPREME.

THAT'S NEXT ON EARTH
ODYSSEY.

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

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DYLAN: SWIMMING THE
FARTHEST, RUNNING THE

FASTEST, IN THE WILD,
COMPETITION IS FIERCE AND

NATURE HAS A WAY OF
LEVELING THE PLAYING

FIELD, WHICH MEANS EVEN
LITTLE ANIMALS CAN BE

WORTHY OPPONENTS.

SOME ARE MORE INTELLIGENT,
OTHERS, LIKE THESE POISON

DART FROGS, SECRETE TOXINS
TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.

BUT FOR THE BIRDS OF PREY
YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET,

SPEED IS ON THEIR SIDE.

TAKE A LOOK.

OFF THE WEST COAST OF
SCOTLAND ARE A CHAIN OF

ISLANDS KNOWN AS THE
HEBRIDES.

THE VAST SEA LIFE IN THE
OCEAN SURROUNDING THE

HEBRIDES PROVIDES A BOUNTY
OF FOOD FOR THE AQUATIC

BIRDS WHO SOAR IN THE
SKIES ABOVE THE CRASHING

WAVES.

BUT FEW CAN COMPETE WITH
THE MASTER DIVER OF THEM

ALL.

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DYLAN: NORTHERN GANNETS
HAVE A WINGSPAN OF AROUND

SIX FEET ACROSS, MAKING
THEM GRACEFUL FLYERS AND

SKILLFUL HUNTERS.

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DYLAN: UNLIKE MOST BIRDS,
THEY HAVE FORWARD FACING

EYES, GIVING THEM RAZOR
SHARP DEPTH PERCEPTION.

THIS ALLOWS THEM TO
ACCURATELY ESTIMATE HOW

CLOSE THE FISH ARE TO THE
SURFACE OF THE WATER.

ONCE LOCKED IN ON THEIR
TARGET, THEY FOLD BACK

THEIR WINGS AND MAKE THEIR
PLUMMETING DIVE.

GANNETS HIT THE WATER AT
MORE THAN 60 MILES AN HOUR

TO CAPTURE THEIR PREY.

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DYLAN: AT THE; MOMENT OF
IMPACT, THEY STRETCH THEIR

BODIES INTO A STREAMLINE
TORPEDO-LIKE SHAPE.

POCKETS OF AIR CELLS
BETWEEN THEIR SKIN AND

MUSCLES HELP CUSHION THE
BLOW.

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DYLAN: WITH THIS KIND OF
PREDATORY FINESSE, IT'S NO

WONDER WHY THESE BIRDS
HAVE SURVIVED HERE FOR

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
YEARS.

LOCATED JUST ABOVE THE
EARTH'S EQUATOR, YOU'LL

FIND THE SMALL ISLAND
NATION OF SRI LANKA IN THE

INDIAN OCEAN.

OUT HERE, THERE'S ONE
PREDATOR WHO HAS NO ONE TO

FEAR.

IN SRI LANKA, LEOPARDS
HOLD AN UNCHALLENGED

POSITION AT THE TOP OF THE
FOOD CHAIN.

THERE ARE NO LIONS OR
TIGERS ON THE ISLAND.

THIS LACK OF COMPETITION
HAS CAUSED THE LEOPARDS TO

GROW ESPECIALLY LARGE FOR
THEIR SPECIES.

IN FACT, THEY ARE THE
BIGGEST LEOPARDS IN THE

WORLD.

FULLY GROWN MALES WEIGH UP
TO 175 POUNDS, ROUGHLY THE

SIZE OF AN ADULT HUMAN.

BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE AND
STATUS, SRI LANKA'S

LEOPARDS ARE REMARKABLY
CONFIDENT.

IN OTHER REGIONS IT WOULD
BE UNUSUAL TO SEE A

LEOPARD OUT IN THE OPEN IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.

EVEN THIS YOUNG CUB ISN'T
AFRAID TO STRUT AROUND IN

THE OPEN.

BUT HAVING HIS MOM BY HIS
SIDE DOESN'T HURT EITHER.

THESE LEOPARDS WILL GROW
UNCHECKED ON SRI LANKA,

BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN
MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD.

EVEN FOR THE STRONGEST AND
SMARTEST SPECIES, NATURE

WILL FIND A WAY TO BALANCE
POWER WITH A PROMISE FOR A

BETTER FUTURE.

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON
THIS SPECTACULAR JOURNEY

THROUGH THE GREATEST
PLACES ON EARTH.

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

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