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- NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
- SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING
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TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL
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AND INFORMATIONAL.
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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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- DYLAN: HI, I'M DYLAN
- DREYER AND WE'RE ABOUT TO
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EMBARK ON ANOTHER "EARTH
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ODYSSEY."
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TODAY, WE TRAVEL TO
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
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- WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE
- MAJESTIC REGION CALLED
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PATAGONIA.
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ALONG THE WAY, WE'LL MEET
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SOME SPECTACULAR ANIMALS,
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LIKE THESE HIGH FIVING
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PENGUIN PALS.
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- PLUS, WHO ARE THE BUSIEST
- BEAVERS IN THE WORLD?
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WE MIGHT'VE FOUND THEM
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WHERE YOU'D LEAST EXPECT.
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AND LATER, THE PUFFY
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GUANACO HAS TO BE ON HIGH
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ALERT AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE
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YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL
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FIND IN THE UNPREDICTABLE
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AND WILD REGION OF
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PATAGONIA.
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- DYLAN: SOUTH AMERICA IS
- HOME TO SOME OF THE MOST
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INCREDIBLE PLACES ON
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EARTH; FROM THE AMAZON
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RAINFOREST TO THE ORINOCO
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RIVER, THESE REGIONS
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PROVIDE THE RESOURCES
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NEEDED TO SUSTAIN SOME OF
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- THE MOST DIVERSE CREATURES
- ON THE PLANET.
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AND THERE'S ONE REGION
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THAT'S RULED BY SOME OF
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THE OLDEST AND STRANGEST
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CREATURES OF THEM ALL,
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PATAGONIA.
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STRETCHING FROM ARGENTINA
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TO CHILE, THIS IS HOME TO
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THE LARGEST DINOSAUR
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FOSSIL EVER FOUND, THE
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SECOND OLDEST TREE ON
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EARTH, AND A SPECIES OF
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FLIGHTLESS BIRD THAT
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ALMOST OUTNUMBERS HUMANS.
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TAKE A LOOK INSIDE THE
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WILD LIFE OF PATAGONIA.
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500 MILES EAST OF THE
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ANDES AND BEYOND
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PATAGONIA'S VAST PLAINS
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LIES PENINSULA VALDES.
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IT STICKS OUT INTO THE
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ATLANTIC OCEAN TO FORM
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TWO SHELTERED BAYS.
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- PROVIDING A WELCOME
- RESTING PLACE FOR OCEAN
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FRIENDS.
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THESE MAGELLANIC PENGUINS
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HAVE BEEN AT SEA FOR SIX
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MONTHS, BUT THEY MOST COME
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TO THE SHORE TO BREED.
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- DYLAN: PENGUIN COUPLES
- RETURN TO THE SAME NEST
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YEAR AFTER YEAR.
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- THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
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IN SEVERAL COLONIES ALONG
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THIS COAST.
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IN THESE LARGE ROOKERIES,
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SOME PENGUINS MUST WALK
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OVER A MILE INLAND TO
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REACH THEIR BURROW.
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NOT EASY FOR AN ANIMAL
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ADAPTED TO LIFE IN THE
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OCEAN.
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PENGUIN BODIES ARE BUILT
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FOR THE SEA.
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- TIGHTLY PACKED FEATHERS
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WATER-RESISTANT OIL,
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SECRETED BY A GLAND ABOVE
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THE TAIL.
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AND WITH FLIPPER-LIKE
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WINGS, THEY FLY THROUGH
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THE WATER.
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LIFE ON LAND IS MUCH
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HARDER WORK.
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EVEN ON PATAGONIA'S COOL
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SPRING DAYS, A PENGUIN CAN
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OVERHEAT.
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THEY CAN'T SWEAT, BUT
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PATCHES AROUND THEIR EYES
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HELP BREAKDOWN THE HEAT
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AND THEY CAN EVEN PANT TO
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KEEP COOL.
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COLONIES DISPERSE WHEN
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THEY'RE AT SEA AND THESE
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PENGUIN PAIRS HAVEN'T SEEN
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EACH OTHER FOR SIX MONTHS,
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THEY'RE DESPERATE TO FIND
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THEIR PARTNERS.
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BUT FINDING YOUR MATE
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AMONG THE MULTITUDE CAN BE
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TRICKY.
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- BILL FENCING IS A WAY OF
- GREETING OLD
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ACQUAINTANCES, LIKE A
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HANDSHAKE OR A PENGUIN
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POUND.
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DYLAN: BUT NOT ALL
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PENGUINS ARE PLEASED TO
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SEE EACH OTHER.
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SQUABBLES OVER NEST SITES
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ARE COMMON.
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LOUD CRIES CARRY RIGHT
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ACROSS THE COLONY AND EACH
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PENGUIN RECOGNIZES THE
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DISTINCTIVE CALL OF ITS
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PARTNER.
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- THESE LONG-DISTANCE
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AND THESE LOVEBIRDS ARE
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READY TO SETTLE DOWN FOR
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THE LONG SUMMER.
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COMING UP, NO TREE IS SAFE
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WHEN THESE TWO ARE AROUND.
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PLUS, MORE PREDATORS AND
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PREY THAT CALL PATAGONIA
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THEIR HOME.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THE FORESTS OF
- SOUTHERN BEECH TREES ON
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THESE PATAGONIAN ISLANDS
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CONTAINS SOME OF THE
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- HEARTIEST TREES IN THE
- WORLD.
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THEY THRIVE IN THIN SOIL,
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TOLERATE GALE FORCE WINDS,
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AND SURVIVE TEMPERATURES
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AS LOW AS MINUS 20 DEGREES
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FAHRENHEIT.
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BUT THEY ARE SUCCUMBING TO
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A NEW ENEMY.
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BEAVERS.
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THIS MALE WORKS HARD TO
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STOCKPILE FOOD FOR HIS
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FAMILY BEFORE THE WINTER
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TAKES HOLD.
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IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS, HIS
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POND WILL FREEZE OVER, BUT
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HE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO
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ACCESS HIS UNDERWATER
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PANTRY.
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HIS THICK, OILY COAT KEEPS
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HIM WARM IN THE ICY WATER.
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- LIKE ALL RODENTS, THIS
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DESIRE TO CHEW.
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HIS CHISEL-LIKE TEETH
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NEVER STOP GROWING, SO HE
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NEEDS TO GNAW WOOD TO WEAR
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THEM DOWN.
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THIS MALE IS DESCENDED
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FROM JUST A FEW DOZEN
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CANADIAN BEAVERS THAT WERE
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RELEASED IN TIERRA DEL
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FUEGO IN THE 1940'S.
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THE BEAVERS THRIVED.
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TODAY, HE'S ONE OF MORE
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THAN A 100,000 BEAVERS
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HERE AND THEIR DAMS HAVE
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FLOODED SIGNIFICANT
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- ACREAGE IN TIERRA DEL
- FUEGO.
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THESE FORESTS CAN'T
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REGENERATE FROM THE STUMP,
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SO BEAVER DAMAGE KILLS
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THEM OUTRIGHT.
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BEAVER DAMS TURN PRISTINE
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STREAMS INTO STAGNANT
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PONDS.
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NATIVE ANIMALS, SUCH AS
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THESE AUSTRAL PARAKEETS
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ARE STRUGGLING TO ADJUST
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AS A RESULT.
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- THESE LITTLE BIRDS LIVE
- FARTHER SOUTH THAN ANY
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OTHER PARROT IN THE WORLD.
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- AS BEAVERS CUT DOWN MORE
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PARAKEETS' FOOD SUPPLY AND
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POTENTIAL HOMES ARE
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RUNNING OUT.
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- THERE'S ANOTHER BIRD HERE
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IN THE WAKE OF THE
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BEAVERS' DESTRUCTION.
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THE MAGELLANIC WOODPECKER.
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A REDHEADED MALE FORAGES
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WITH HIS FAMILY.
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DECAYING LOGS FELLED BY
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BEAVERS ARE PRIME HABITAT
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FOR GRUBS.
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- AND THE WOODPECKERS HAVE
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DISLODGE THEM.
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THE BEAK IS HARD AND LIKE
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THE BEAVER'S TEETH, NEVER
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STOPS GROWING.
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- IT'S WORN DOWN BY THE
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HAMMERING.
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HUGE FEET HAVE TOES THAT
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FACE BOTH FORWARDS AND
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BACKWARDS, HELPING THEM
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KEEP A FIRM GRIP.
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AND SPECIALLY STIFFENED
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TAIL FEATHERS BRACE
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AGAINST THE TREE LIKE THE
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THIRD LEG OF A TRIPOD.
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BUT THE WOODPECKER'S
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SECRET WEAPON IS ITS
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TONGUE, COVERED IN STICKY
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SALIVA AND BARBED AT THE
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END, IT'S THE IDEAL TOOL
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FOR GRABBING JUICY PREY.
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THE WOODPECKER'S TONGUE IS
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ALSO A BUILT IN SHOCK
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ABSORBER.
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THE TONGUE IS ALMOST AS
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LONG AS THE BIRD'S BODY
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AND IT WRAPS AROUND THE
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WOODPECKER'S SKULL,
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- HELPING PROTECT IT'S BRAIN
- FROM THE IMPACT OF
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DRILLING FOR GRUBS.
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- BUT THE WOODPECKER'S BOOM
- TIME WON'T LAST.
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BEAVER DAMAGED TREES ROT
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AWAY TO NOTHING AND THE
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FORESTS ARE SHRINKING.
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EVENTUALLY, THERE WON'T BE
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ENOUGH TREES TO SUPPORT
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WOODPECKERS AT ALL.
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COMING UP, YOU'LL SEE WHY
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THESE GUANACOS NEED THEIR
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DOUBLE LAYER OF FUR.
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PLUS, THE SPECIAL BOND
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BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS
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IS REVEALED AS PATAGONIAN
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GAUCHOS TAME THESE
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MAGNIFICENT WILD HORSES.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK.
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PATAGONIA HAS A VARIETY OF
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LANDSCAPES, SOME THAT YOU
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WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE
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IN SOUTH AMERICA.
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FROM ITS TALL AND RIGID
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MOUNTAINS TO ITS VAST AND
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FRIGID GLACIERS,
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PATAGONIA'S GEOGRAPHIC
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DIVERSITY IS WHAT ALLOWS
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SO MANY UNIQUE ANIMALS TO
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LIVE THERE.
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AND WHERE THERE ARE
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ANIMALS, THERE'S PREY, AND
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- WHERE THERE'S PREY THERE
- ARE PREDATORS.
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EVEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
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DROPS BELOW ZERO.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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20,000 YEARS AGO, THE
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WHOLE OF SOUTHERN CHILE
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WAS COVERED BY ICE.
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TODAY, JUST FOUR PERCENT
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OF THIS ICE SHEET REMAINS,
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IN TWO FIELDS.
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THE LARGER OF THE TWO, THE
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SOUTHERN PATAGONIAN ICE
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FIELD, STILL EXTENDS MORE
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THAN SIX AND A HALF
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THOUSAND SQUARE MILES.
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- IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST
- EXPANSE OF ICE IN THE
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WORLD, OUTSIDE OF THE
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NORTH AND SOUTH POLES.
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AS WINTER APPROACHES, MORE
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AND MORE STORMS BRING NEW
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SNOWFALL TO FEED THE ICE
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FIELD.
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DAYS SHORTEN TO JUST SEVEN
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HOURS OF LIGHT.
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE
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FREEZING PEAKS, FLAMINGOS
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FUEL UP WHILE THEY CAN.
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THEIR TONGUES PUMP UP AND
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DOWN SIX TIMES PER SECOND,
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PUSHING WATER THROUGH
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THEIR BEAKS, ALLOWING THEM
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TO FILTER OUT ALGAE AND
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INVERTEBRATES.
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- SOON, THE LAKE WILL FREEZE
- OVER AND THE FLAMINGOS
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WILL BE FORCED TO MOVE
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NORTH TOWARDS THE EQUATOR.
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NOT ALL ANIMALS CAN ESCAPE
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THE BRUTAL GRIP OF WINTER,
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THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
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SIT OUT THE SNOWS.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THIS GUANACO'S
- DOUBLE COAT OF FUR HELPS
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IT COPE WITH THE COLD.
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A FINE DOWN LAYER CLOSE TO
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THE SKIN INSULATES AGAINST
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THE BITING WIND AND COURSE
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OUTER HAIRS KEEP WET SNOW
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AWAY FROM ITS BODY.
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GUANACOS STICK TOGETHER IN
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HERDS, KEEPING A WARY EYE
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OUT FOR DANGER.
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THE PUMA IS CONSTANT
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THREAT.
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A GRAY FOX WILEY ENOUGH TO
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FOLLOW THE HERDS MAKES A
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MEAGER LIVING PICKING UP
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SCRAPS FROM ANY PUMA KILL.
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BUT CLIMATE IS THE BIGGEST
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CHALLENGE HERE.
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NOT ALL ANIMALS WILL
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SURVIVE THE FIVE LONG
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MONTHS OF WINTER.
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- GUANACOS RECYCLE EACH
- MOUTHFUL OF FOOD,
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EXTRACTING EVERY LAST
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NUTRIENT AVAILABLE.
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A PUMA IS DESPERATELY
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HUNGRY.
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BUT THE GUANACOS ARE ON
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HIGH ALERT.
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AND WITHOUT THE ELEMENT OF
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SURPRISE, THE PUMA HAS
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LITTLE CHANCE OF MAKING A
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KILL.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: A HARE IS HARDLY
- MORE THAN A MOUTHFUL, BUT
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IN THESE LEAN TIMES, IT
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COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
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BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: BUT THIS TIME,
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THE HARE HAS HOPPED AWAY
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TO SAFER GROUNDS.
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COMING UP, TAMING A WILD
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HORSE CAN BE TRICKY, BUT
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WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE HOW
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THIS NEW GENERATION OF
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GAUCHOS HAS LEARNED TO
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SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BEAST.
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[BREAK]
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.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: EAST OF THE ANDES
- MOUNTAIN RANGE, THE
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GLACIAL LAKES GIVE WAY TO
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THE DESERT OF PATAGONIA'S
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STEP.
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- GUANACOS HERE HAVE HAD A
- LESS SEVERE WINTER THAN
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THOSE IN THE HIGHLANDS,
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BUT THEY FACE CHALLENGES
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OF THEIR OWN.
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WITH NO RAINFALL AND FEW
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RIVERS, GUANACOS MUST GET
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ALL THE MOISTURE THEY NEED
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FROM EATING THE FEW TOUGH
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PLANTS THAT MANAGE TO GROW
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IN THE ARID CONDITIONS.
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GUANACOS ARE THE ONLY
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LARGE NATIVE HERBIVORES
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ABLE TO SURVIVE HERE.
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BUT THEY DO HAVE
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COMPETITION.
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INTRODUCED 150 YEARS AGO,
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SHEEP THRIVE IN PATAGONIA.
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BUT ONLY WITH HUMAN HELP.
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BY SHEPHERDING THEIR
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FLOCKS LONG DISTANCES
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- BETWEEN PASTURES AND FAR
- FLUNG WATER POINTS,
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PATAGONIAN COWBOYS, CALLED
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GAUCHOS, CAN RAISE
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THOUSANDS OF SHEEP.
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IT'S ARDUOUS WORK.
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- THESE GAUCHOS RELY ON
- THEIR HORSES TO REACH
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THEIR FLOCKS.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: A RIVER RUNNING
- THROUGH THEIR LAND IS A
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VALUABLE ASSET, BUT AS
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WELL AS BEING A VITAL
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WATER SUPPLY, IT CAN BE A
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DAMAGING FORCE.
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- SNOW MELT IN THE MOUNTAINS
- AT THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN
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SWELL WATER LEVEL
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DRAMATICALLY IN A MATTER
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OF HOURS.
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THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
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PRESS ON AND GET TO THE
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HERDS.
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IT'S LAMBING TIME, THE
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MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR
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SHEEP.
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A GLUT OF YOUNG LAMBS
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OFTEN DRAWS PREDATORS DOWN
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FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
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THEY'RE MUCH EASIER TO
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HUNT THAN WILD GUANACOS.
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THE GAUCHOS CANNOT AFFORD
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TO LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS
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TO THE JAWS OF A MOUNTAIN
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LION.
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PUMAS ARE PESTS HERE AND
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THE GAUCHOS NEED TO BE
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VIGILANT.
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- BREEDING WORKING ANIMALS
- STRONG ENOUGH TO COPE WITH
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THIS RANCHING LIFESTYLE IS
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TOUGH AND DANGEROUS.
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- THESE YOUNG HORSES WERE
- BORN ON THE FARM BUT HAVE
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NEVER BEEN HANDLED.
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[MAN SHOUTING]
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- DYLAN: THEY HAVE LIVED
- ALMOST WILD FOR THAT LAST
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THREE YEARS, ROAMING THE
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PLAINS AS A HERD.
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- BUT NOW, IT'S TIME FOR
- THEM TO BE CAUGHT AND
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TAMED.
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DON ZOILA HAS BEEN WORKING
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WITH HORSES SINCE HE WAS A
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BOY.
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IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS, HE
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MIGHT'VE USED A LESS
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HUMANE WAY TO BREAK IN
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THIS HORSE.
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BUT TODAY, HE AND HIS
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STEPSON GERARDO PRACTICE A
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MORE COMPASSIONATE METHOD.
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THEY BELIEVE THE SECRET
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BEHIND TAMING A HORSE IS
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TO SPEAK ITS LANGUAGE AND
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EARN ITS TRUST.
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BUT IT'S NOT EASY.
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00:17:37,570 --> 00:17:39,392
- LITTLE BY LITTLE, THEY
- INTRODUCE A YOUNG CULT TO
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A BIT AND A SADDLE.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: FOR A HORSE THAT'S
- KNOWN NOTHING BUT THE
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- FREEDOM OF THE FIELDS,
- IT'S A SHOCK TO THE
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SYSTEM.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THIS HORSE IS SO
- FEISTY, HE'S BEEN NAMED
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CHISPA, MEANING SPARK.
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- IT WILL TAKE A LOT MORE
- PERSUASION TO CONVINCE
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CHISPA TO TOW THE LINE.
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BUT THESE ARE PATAGONIA'S
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PREMIUM GAUCHOS AND THEIR
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NEW METHODS OF TRAINING
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WILL PREVAIL FOR THEIR
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HORSES.
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- PATAGONIA IS ONE OF SOUTH
- AMERICA'S LAST GREAT
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WILDERNESSES.
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A WIND-SWEPT PLAIN IN THE
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SHADOW OF FROZEN
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MOUNTAINS, IT HOLDS THE
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WILD WONDER THAT MAKES IT
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- ONE OF THE MOST
- FASCINATING REGIONS IN THE
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WORLD.
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- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
- ON OUR JOURNEY TO
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PATAGONIA, WHOSE LOW
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PLAINS, HIGH MOUNTAINS,
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AND ICY GLACIERS GIVE THIS
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LAND THE DIVERSITY IT
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NEEDS TO BE HOME TO A
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VARIETY OF FASCINATING
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ANIMALS.
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JOIN US ON OUR NEXT
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ADVENTURE AS WE TRAVEL TO
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ANOTHER AMAZING PART OF
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THE WORLD ON "EARTH
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ODYSSEY."
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[MUSIC]
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