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- NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
- SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING

TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL

AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI THERE, I'M DYLAN

DREYER AND THIS IS "EARTH

ODYSSEY."

TODAY WE EXPLORE THE

ANIMALS THAT CALL ISLANDS

IN THE AMAZON RIVER HOME;

LIKE THESE MONKEYS WHO

HAVE TO TIGHTROPE OVER THE

WATERS THAT HOLD THE MOST

DANGEROUS PREDATORS.

WE'LL ALSO SWIM WITH SOME

SMALL FISH WHO PACK A BIG

BITE.

PLUS, WE'LL DISCOVER WHAT

IS UP WITH THIS PUFF OF

FLUFF.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THE AMAZON RIVER

REGION IS HOME TO THE

LARGEST COLLECTION OF

RIVER ISLANDS IN THE

WORLD.

MORE THAN 1,000 ISLANDS

STRETCH ALONG 600 MILES OF

THE WILDEST WATERWAYS IN

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, AND

THEY'RE UNDERWATER 6

MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

- THIS CHALLENGING CHAIN IS
- HOME TO A WIDE ARRAY OF

ANIMALS WHO MUST TAKE

EXTRA CAUTION WITHIN AN

EVER-CHANGING LANDSCAPE,

AND UNPREDICTABLE TIDES.

- AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,
- THEY ESCAPE POTENTIAL

THREATS HIGH UP IN THE

TREES; TAKE A LOOK.

THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

COVERS MORE THAN 2 MILLION

SQUARE MILES OF OUR

PLANET.

SPRAWLING ACROSS ALMOST

HALF OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN

CONTINENT, IT IS FED BY

THE MIGHTY AMAZON RIVER.

AND AT ITS HEART ARE A

GROUP OF ISLANDS KNOWN AS

- THE ANAVILHANAS AND MARIUA
- ARCHIPELAGOS.

MORE THAN 1,000 ISLANDS

STRETCH ALONG THE RIO

NEGRO BRANCH OF THE AMAZON

RIVER, AND TOGETHER MAKE

- UP THE LARGEST COLLECTION
- OF RIVER ISLANDS IN THE

WORLD.

THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM

THE NEAREST OCEAN, THESE

RIVER ISLANDS ARE UNIQUE.

SURROUNDED NOT BY CORAL

REEFS AND CRYSTAL-CLEAR

WATERS, BUT BY FLOODED

FORESTS AND HIDDEN

DANGERS.

THIS IS HOME TO SOME OF

THE MOST UNUSUAL CREATURES

IN THE WORLD.

FLOODED FOR 6 MONTHS OF

THE YEAR, THE ISLANDS ARE

- A MASS OF SUBMERGED TREES
- AND WANDERING VINES.

THIS IS A WORLD LIKE NO

OTHER.

THE FOREST FLOOR BECOMES

THE RIVERBED.

FISH FEED FROM THE

TREETOPS.

AND CANOPY-DWELLERS ARE

STALKED BY CREATURES THAT

LURK BENEATH.

IT'S MAY AND THE FLOOD

WATERS ARE STARTING TO

RISE.

THE LIVES OF THE ANIMALS

THAT CALL THE ISLANDS HOME

TAKE A DRAMATIC TURN.

- ONLY TWO PRIMATES LIVE
- HERE; RED HOWLER MONKEYS

AND THE MORE COMMON ARE

SQUIRREL MONKEYS WHO HAVE

THE RUN OF THE CANOPY.

[MUSIC]

- DYLAN: BECAUSE THEY SPEND
- MUCH OF THE YEAR CUT OFF

FROM THE MAINLAND, THEY'VE

LEARNED TO ADAPT TO LIFE

ABOVE THE WATER.

- IT'S EARLY MORNING AND A
- LARGE GROUP IS HEADING OUT

ON A FORAGING EXPEDITION.

- THE MONKEYS MAKE THE MOST
- OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AS

THEY MOVE THROUGH THE

CANOPY.

- THEY'RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
- FRUITS, FLOWERS AND

INSECTS THAT MAKE UP THEIR

DIET.

LONG TAILS PROVIDE THEM

WITH EXCELLENT BALANCE.

AND AIDED BY NIMBLE HANDS

AND FEET, THEY'RE ABLE TO

INVESTIGATE ANY

OPPORTUNITY.

BUT THE CANOPY OFFERS SLIM

PICKINGS.

SURROUNDED BY WATER, THE

ARCHIPELAGOS DO NOT

SUPPORT THE ABUNDANCE OF

FOOD THAT IS AVAILABLE TO

MONKEYS ELSEWHERE IN THE

AMAZON.

SOME OF THE YOUNG MALES

AREN'T IMPRESSED WITH

WHAT'S OFFERED.

- SO, THEY DECIDE TO VENTURE
- DOWN DEEPER INSIDE THE

FLOODED FOREST.

THE REWARDS ARE WORTH IT.

YOUNG MONKEYS HAVE

INCREDIBLY GOOD EYESIGHT

AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SPOT

FOOD AMONGST THE DENSE

VEGETATION WITH EASE.

THEY FOUND A FAVORITE.

- THESE FLOWERS' SWEET
- NECTAR IS IRRESISTIBLE.

- AFTER A FRANTIC MORNING
- FORAGING, ONE OF THE

YOUNGSTERS IS DESPERATE

FOR A DRINK.

BUT IT'S RISKY BUSINESS.

BLACK CAIMAN LURK BELOW.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

- DYLAN: AN ALARM CALL
- ALERTS HIM TO THE DANGER,

BUT HE IS NOT OUT OF

TROUBLE YET.

- THE SLIGHTEST SLIP COULD
- BE FATAL FOR THE PLUCKY

PRIMATE.

- FINALLY, HE MAKES IT BACK
- TO THE CANOPY WHERE HE IS

SAFE.

COMING UP, TRY NOT TO MAKE

A MISTAKE WHEN SWINGING

ABOVE THIS MONSTROUS

SNAKE.

PLUS, WE'LL FIGURE OUT

WHAT THESE HUMMING BIRDS

ARE SINGING ABOUT.

[BREAK]

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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO

"EARTH ODYSSEY."

GIANT REPTILES ARE NOT THE

ONLY PREDATORS PATROLLING

THESE WATERWAYS.

NONE HAS A MORE FEARSOME

REPUTATION THAN A PIRANHA.

[DRUM MUSIC]

- DYLAN: BLOOD IN THE WATER
- WILL WHIP THEM INTO A

FEEDING FRENZY.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

- DYLAN: THESE RED-BELLIED
- PIRANHAS ARE EFFICIENT

WORKERS.

- JAWS FILLED WITH
- RAZOR-SHARP TEETH ARE

- DESIGNED TO MAKE QUICK
- WORK OF THEIR MEAL.

AS THE WATERS CONTINUE TO

RISE, MANY ANIMALS WILL

BECOME CUT OFF.

A THEE-TOED SLOTH IS

FORCED TO BRAVE THE

TREACHEROUS WATERS IN

SEARCH OF A NEW HOME.

- DESPITE THE DANGERS, IT
- HAS NO CHOICE.

- BUILT FOR LIFE IN THE
- TREETOPS, SLOTHS ARE

SURPRISINGLY GOOD

SWIMMERS.

- THEY PADDLE EFFICIENTLY
- WITH THEIR LONG ARMS AND

ARE ABLE TO MOVE MUCH

FASTER THAN THEY DO ON

LAND.

BUT NOT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO

GO UNNOTICED.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- DYLAN: GREEN ANACONDA ARE
- ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

AN EASY MEAL.

- THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TOO
- GOOD TO BE MISSED FOR ONE

- OF THE FOREST'S DEADLIEST
- PREDATORS.

- CHEMORECEPTORS ON THE
- SNAKE'S TONGUE HELP IT

- TRACK ITS PREY'S MOVEMENTS
- THROUGH THE WATER.

FINALLY, THE SLOTH MAKES

IT TO A SUITABLE TREE, BUT

- IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP
- AND TIME IS AGAINST IT.

BUT THIS SLOTH IS LUCKY TO

GET AWAY.

- WHEN "EARTH ODYSSEY"
- RETURNS, WE STEP OVER TO A

DANCE-OFF BETWEEN TWO

WIRED-TAILED MANAKINS.

PLUS, WE HEAD UPSTREAM TO

EXPLORE A TROUT AND ITS

TEAM.

THAT'S NEXT.

[BREAK]

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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK.

- THE AMAZON RIVER ISLANDS
- IN THE HEART OF THE AMAZON

RAINFOREST ARE HOME TO

MILLIONS OF ANIMAL

SPECIES.

SO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

THINGS CAN GET A LITTLE

CROWDED.

- NOW WE'VE ALREADY SEEN
- SLOTHS AND MONKEYS MAKE

- THEIR HOMES IN THE TREES,
- BUT THERE'S ONE MORE

ANIMAL WHO TRULY REIGNS

THE CANOPY.

AND IN SUCH A CROWDED

AREA, IT'S EASY TO STICK

- YOUR BEAK IN SOMEONE
- ELSE'S PERSONAL SPACE.

- LIVING OUT OF REACH OF THE
- FLOODWATERS, BIRDS ARE

ABLE TO PUT ALL THEIR

ENERGY INTO COURTSHIP.

A MALE STREAK-THROATED

HUMMINGBIRD USES ITS

ENCHANTING SONG AND SIMPLE

DISPLAY TO ATTRACT

POTENTIAL MATES.

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH OF

TAILFEATHERS IS

IMPRESSIVE, IT IS USUALLY

THE BEST SONG THAT WINS

THE FEMALE'S HEART.

- DEEPER IN THE FOREST,
- ANOTHER BIRD GOES TO EVEN

GREATER EXTREMES TO FIND A

MATE.

THE WIRE-TAILED MANAKIN.

- THERE ARE MORE THAN 50
- SPECIES OF MANAKIN IN THE

WORLD AND THE MAJORITY OF

THESE ARE FOUND IN THE

FORESTS OF SOUTH AMERICA.

- STIFF TAIL FEATHERS GIVE
- THE BIRDS THEIR NAME.

A MALE SURVEYS THE FOREST

FROM HIS PRIVATE DISPLAY

PERCH.

HE IS READY TO STRUT HIS

STUFF AT THE FIRST SIGN OF

A FEMALE.

- IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR
- ONE TO ARRIVE.

BUT UNLIKE MOST MANAKINS

WHO DISPLAY ON THEIR OWN,

WIRE-TAILED MANAKINS DANCE

IN PAIRS AS THEY ATTEMPT

TO WIN THE FEMALE'S

AFFECTIONS.

THE PAIR TAKES TO THE

STAGE.

IT'S A DANCE-OFF AND BOTH

ARE DESPERATE TO IMPRESS.

[MUSIC]

- DYLAN: THE FEMALE SIZES
- UP HER SUITORS FROM A

DISTANCE, KEEPING A CLOSE

EYE ON PROCEEDINGS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

DYLAN: THE DANCE COMES TO

AN END WITH A SHOW OF

DOMINANCE AND THE FEMALE

MAKES HER CHOICE.

- ALL THE LOSER CAN DO IS
- LOOK ON AS SHE LEADS THE

VICTOR AWAY.

COMING UP, WE EXPLORE HIGH

UP IN THE TREES TO FIND

OUT THE STORY BEHIND THIS

ODD MUNGUBA POD.

THAT'S NEXT ON "EARTH

ODYSSEY."

[BREAK]

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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO

THE AMAZON RIVER ISLANDS.

- THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS,
- THE LARGER, MORE

ESTABLISHED TREES HAVE

BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR

THE FLOODWATERS TO ARRIVE.

- NOW, FINALLY, THEY GET
- WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WAITING

FOR.

THE TREES USE THE WATERS

TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR SEEDS

FAR AND WIDE.

THE PODS OF A MUNGUBA TREE

HAVE SPENT THE DRY SEASON

MATURING.

NOW THEY BURST OPEN IN

SPECTACULAR STYLE,

REVEALING SEEDS HIDDEN

AMONGST THE GIANT BALL OF

FLUFF.

- THE SEEDS ARE SCATTERED IN
- THE WIND.

- EACH IS ATTACHED TO A
- PARACHUTE TO CARRY IT ON

ITS WAY.

- THE SEEDS WILL BE
- TRANSPORTED THROUGHOUT THE

- ISLANDS; HOPEFULLY
- GERMINATING WHERE THEY

LAND AND HELPING TO

MAINTAIN THE FOREST.

- BUT THE MUNGUBA TREES NEED
- TO BE QUICK.

FRESH FOOD DOESN'T GO

UNNOTICED FOR LONG ON

THESE ISLANDS.

- TUI PARAKEETS MAKE THE
- MOST OF THE FRESHLY-OPENED

SEED PODS.

THE MUNGUBA TREE IS A

FAVORITE.

- THEY USE THEIR BEAKS TO
- PRY THE SEEDS FROM THEIR

FLUFFY COCOONS.

- IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR
- THE HUNGRY BIRDS TO STRIP

A POD.

- AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR
- THERE'S MORE FOOD THAN

THEY CAN WISH FOR AND THEY

QUICKLY MOVE ON TO THE

NEXT TREE.

PARAKEETS ARE NOT THE ONLY

ANIMALS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF THE FRUITING TREES.

SOME SEEDS MAKE A BREAK

FOR FREEDOM AND FLOAT DOWN

INTO THE FOREST WHERE MORE

HUNGRY MOUTHS LIE IN WAIT.

[MUSIC]

- DYLAN: WHILE TREES ADAPT
- TO LIVE IN THE WATER, FISH

- ADAPT TO LIFE AMONG THE
- TREES.

SOUTH AMERICAN TROUT, OR

BRYCON, LEAP FROM THE

WATER TO BE FIRST TO THE

FALLING SEEDS.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

- DYLAN: THEY CAN JUMP UP
- TO 4 TIMES THEIR BODY

LENGTH IN THEIR QUEST FOR

FOOD.

- EACH MOUTHFUL IS A
- PRICELESS SOURCE OF

PROTEIN FOR THE HUNGRY

FISH.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

- DYLAN: EVEN THOUGH THE
- SEEDS OF MUNGUBA TREE

DON'T LAST LONG, SOME

TREES HAVE LEARNED TO USE

THE FISH TO THEIR

ADVANTAGE.

AMAZONIAN-FLOODED FORESTS

ARE THE ONLY PLACE IN THE

- WORLD WHERE FISH ACT AS
- THE MAJOR SEED DISPERSERS.

TREES CAN RELY ON MORE

THAN 200 SPECIES OF FISH

TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR SEEDS.

- [MUSIC AND UNDERWATER
- SOUNDS]

- DYLAN: MANY EAT THE
- FLESHY FRUIT BEFORE

SPITTING OUT THE

UNPALATABLE SEEDS.

AND BY DOING SO, THEY HELP

THE TREES TO DEPOSIT THEIR

SEEDS THROUGHOUT THE

ARCHIPELAGOS.

- THE FLOODED ISLANDS ARE
- INUNDATED WITH AQUATIC

- VISITORS OF ALL DIFFERENT
- SHAPES AND SIZES.

BUT DESPITE THE WEALTH OF

FOOD, THE ISLAND ARE NOT

ALWAYS THE EASIEST PLACE

FOR FISH TO LIVE.

- THE QUANTITY OF DECAYING
- LEAVES IN THE WATER MEANS

- THAT OXYGEN LEVELS ARE
- LOW.

BACTERIA AND OTHER

MICROORGANISMS USE UP

- SUPPLIES AS THEY BREAK
- DOWN THE LEAVES.

AS MORE AND MORE OF THE

RIVER'S OXYGEN IS USED UP,

VERY LITTLE IS LEFT FOR

THE FISH THAT LIVE HERE.

- BUT LIKE MOST CREATURES IN
- THE AMAZON RIVER ISLANDS,

THEY MUST LEARN TO SURVIVE

AND ADAPT.

- THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE
- ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THIS

- PART OF SOUTH AMERICA SO
- RESILIENT AND FASCINATING.

- THANKS FOR TRAVELING WITH
- US TO THE RICH FORESTS,

RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT

SURROUND THE AMAZON RIVER

ISLANDS.

THE CROWDED TREES AND WIDE

WATERWAYS MAKE THIS REGION

OF SOUTH AMERICA AS

SPECIAL AS ANY PLACE ON

EARTH.

- WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US
- NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER

JOURNEY ON "EARTH

ODYSSEY."

[MUSIC]