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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:05,271 . 2 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:07,340 - NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS - SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING 3 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:10,043 TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL 4 00:00:10,044 --> 00:00:11,778 AND INFORMATIONAL. 5 00:00:11,811 --> 00:00:14,848 THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC. 6 00:00:15,415 --> 00:00:17,283 - DYLAN: HI, I'M DYLAN - DREYER, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO 7 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:18,585 EMBARK ON ANOTHER "EARTH 8 00:00:18,586 --> 00:00:19,853 ODYSSEY". 9 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:21,955 COMING UP, WE HEAD BACK TO 10 00:00:21,956 --> 00:00:23,356 SOUTH AMERICA, WHERE SOME 11 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:24,775 OF THE MOST FASCINATING 12 00:00:24,776 --> 00:00:26,159 ANIMALS ON EARTH CALL 13 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:27,861 HOME, LIKE VENEZUELA, 14 00:00:27,862 --> 00:00:29,529 WHERE LOCAL PUMAS ROAM 15 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:31,865 AROUND THE ORINOCO RIVER. 16 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:33,166 THEN, WE HEAD TO THE 17 00:00:33,167 --> 00:00:34,434 AMAZON RIVER TO REVISIT 18 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:35,852 OUR FAVORITE TREE-DWELLING 19 00:00:35,853 --> 00:00:37,237 MONKEYS. 20 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:38,755 PLUS, WE SLOWLY EXAMINE 21 00:00:38,756 --> 00:00:40,240 THE MOVEMENTS OF AN 22 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:42,876 AMAZONIAN-BORN SLOTH. 23 00:00:42,909 --> 00:00:44,327 IT'S ALL COMING UP ON 24 00:00:44,328 --> 00:00:45,745 "EARTH ODYSSEY". 25 00:00:45,779 --> 00:00:47,814 [MUSIC] 26 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,401 - DYLAN: SOUTH AMERICA IS - HOME TO VIBRANT AND 27 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:09,920 FERTILE ECOSYSTEMS, AND 28 00:01:09,921 --> 00:01:11,404 THERE ARE TWO RIVERS THAT 29 00:01:11,438 --> 00:01:13,574 HELP THIS LAND THRIVE, THE 30 00:01:13,575 --> 00:01:15,709 AMAZON AND THE ORINOCO. 31 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,294 EACH IS HOME TO THOUSANDS 32 00:01:17,295 --> 00:01:18,845 OF SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON 33 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:20,113 THE RIVERS TO SUPPORT 34 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:21,348 THEIR FOOD, WATER, AND 35 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:22,566 SHELTER, AND THE ANIMALS 36 00:01:22,567 --> 00:01:23,750 WHO LIVE IN THE 37 00:01:23,783 --> 00:01:25,235 SURROUNDING FORESTS 38 00:01:25,236 --> 00:01:26,686 BENEFIT JUST AS MUCH AS 39 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,321 THOSE IN THE WATER. 40 00:01:28,355 --> 00:01:29,540 LET'S TRAVEL BACK TO 41 00:01:29,541 --> 00:01:30,724 REVISIT THESE TWO RIVERS 42 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:32,142 AND GET A CLOSER LOOK AT 43 00:01:32,143 --> 00:01:33,526 HOW THEY MAKE LIVE IN 44 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,596 SOUTH AMERICA FLOW. 45 00:01:36,629 --> 00:01:38,598 - WHEN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - DISCOVERED THE MOUTH OF 46 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:40,550 THE ORINOCO, HE DESCRIBED 47 00:01:40,551 --> 00:01:42,469 IT AS THE GATEWAY TO 48 00:01:42,502 --> 00:01:44,371 CELESTIAL PARADISE. 49 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:45,872 IT WAS SO LARGE, HE 50 00:01:45,873 --> 00:01:47,340 REALIZED THE RIVER DRAINED 51 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:48,892 NOT JUST AN ISLAND, BUT AN 52 00:01:48,893 --> 00:01:50,410 ENTIRE CONTINENT. 53 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:57,350 - IN TERMS OF VOLUME, IT'S - THE LARGEST RIVER IN THE 54 00:01:57,384 --> 00:02:00,553 WORLD. 55 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:02,622 FLOWING 1,500 MILES, THE 56 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:04,657 ORINOCO IS ALSO THE THIRD 57 00:02:04,691 --> 00:02:07,144 LONGEST RIVER IN SOUTH 58 00:02:07,145 --> 00:02:09,596 AMERICA. 59 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:10,797 IT CURLS AROUND THE 60 00:02:10,798 --> 00:02:11,965 NORTHEAST CORNER LIKE A 61 00:02:12,650 --> 00:02:14,410 GIGANTIC FISH HOOK, 62 00:02:14,411 --> 00:02:16,169 DRAINING MORE THAN 380,000 63 00:02:16,202 --> 00:02:17,721 SQUARE MILES OF VENEZUELA, 64 00:02:17,722 --> 00:02:19,239 COLOMBIA, AND BRAZIL. 65 00:02:22,750 --> 00:02:24,544 - AT THE RIVER'S MOUTH, THE - ORINOCO DELTA STRETCHES 66 00:02:24,577 --> 00:02:25,929 THREE HUNDRED MILES ALONG 67 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:27,280 THE COAST OF NORTHEAST 68 00:02:27,313 --> 00:02:29,349 VENEZUELA. 69 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:39,042 MANGROVES UNDERPIN THIS 70 00:02:39,043 --> 00:02:40,427 SALTY SWAMP. 71 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:42,195 - THEY'RE THE ONLY TREES - THAT CAN WITHSTAND THE 72 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:43,997 CHANGES BROUGHT BY DAILY 73 00:02:43,998 --> 00:02:45,765 TIDES. 74 00:02:45,799 --> 00:02:47,150 THEIR ROOTS SLOW THE 75 00:02:47,151 --> 00:02:48,501 PASSING CURRENTS, GRABBING 76 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:50,070 SEDIMENT AND CREATING 77 00:02:50,071 --> 00:02:51,604 STABLE FOUNDATIONS FOR A 78 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:52,973 MAZE OF MORE THAN THREE 79 00:02:52,974 --> 00:02:54,307 HUNDRED FORESTED 80 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:56,376 WATERWAYS. 81 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:07,270 THESE FORESTS ARE ALSO 82 00:03:07,271 --> 00:03:08,788 HOME TO A FIERCE FELINE... 83 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:17,130 ...THE PUMA. 84 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:19,499 - RANGING FROM THE CANADIAN - ROCKIES TO THE ARGENTINIAN 85 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:21,251 PAMPAS, IT'S GATHERED MORE 86 00:03:21,252 --> 00:03:22,969 THAN 40 NAMES, MORE THAN 87 00:03:23,690 --> 00:03:25,710 - ANY OTHER ANIMAL IN THE - WORLD. 88 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:30,677 IN VENEZUELA, IT'S CALLED 89 00:03:30,678 --> 00:03:32,178 LEON, THOUGH IT'S MORE 90 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:33,430 CLOSELY RELATED TO THE 91 00:03:33,431 --> 00:03:34,647 DOMESTIC CAT THAN TO THE 92 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:36,716 AFRICAN LION. 93 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:46,176 THE SECRET TO ITS SURVIVAL 94 00:03:46,177 --> 00:03:47,627 LIES IN ITS WILLINGNESS TO 95 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:49,179 EAT ANYTHING FROM TINY 96 00:03:49,180 --> 00:03:50,697 INSECTS TO LARGE MAMMALS. 97 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:57,955 BUT IN THE DELTA, SALTY 98 00:03:57,956 --> 00:03:59,239 WATER MEANS PREY IS 99 00:03:59,272 --> 00:04:01,191 SPARSE, AND MOST STAYS 100 00:04:01,192 --> 00:04:03,109 WELL OUT OF REACH. 101 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:04,461 WITH LITTLE FOOD, THE 102 00:04:04,462 --> 00:04:05,779 ADAPTABLE PUMA IS RARE 103 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:09,783 HERE. 104 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,184 COMING UP, WHO IS HOWLING 105 00:04:11,185 --> 00:04:12,552 IN THE TREES IN THE AMAZON 106 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:14,187 RAINFOREST? 107 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:16,589 - THEN, WE DISCOVER WHAT IT - WAS LIKE TO BE THE FIRST 108 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:18,608 EUROPEAN EXPLORERS TO SEE 109 00:04:18,609 --> 00:04:20,593 THIS AMAZING LAND. 110 00:04:20,627 --> 00:04:22,112 PLUS, WE MAKE CAMP WITH 111 00:04:22,113 --> 00:04:23,596 THE ALWAYS ENERGETIC 112 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:25,665 SLOTH. 113 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:34,274 . 114 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:37,510 - NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC 115 00:04:50,990 --> 00:04:53,426 - DYLAN: THE AMAZON COVERS - THREE MILLION SQUARE MILES 116 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,812 OF SOUTH AMERICA, AND IF 117 00:04:55,813 --> 00:04:58,164 IT WERE ITS OWN COUNTRY, 118 00:04:58,198 --> 00:04:59,716 IT WOULD BE THE SIXTH 119 00:04:59,717 --> 00:05:01,234 LARGEST IN THE WORLD. 120 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:05,138 IT HAS FORMED OVER THE 121 00:05:05,139 --> 00:05:06,639 LAST 15 MILLION YEARS 122 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:08,025 SINCE THE ANDES MOUNTAINS 123 00:05:08,026 --> 00:05:09,376 BEGAN TO RISE, FORCING THE 124 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:10,927 AMAZON RIVER TO FLOW WEST 125 00:05:10,928 --> 00:05:12,445 TO EAST. 126 00:05:15,615 --> 00:05:17,434 TODAY, 60 PERCENT OF THE 127 00:05:17,435 --> 00:05:19,252 AMAZON LIES IN BRAZIL, AND 128 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:20,704 THE REMAINING 40 PERCENT 129 00:05:20,705 --> 00:05:22,122 IS SPREAD ACROSS EIGHT 130 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,923 MORE COUNTRIES. 131 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:25,375 THIS VAST RAINFOREST 132 00:05:25,376 --> 00:05:26,793 STRADDLES THE EQUATOR, 133 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:28,311 MAKING IT PERMANENTLY HOT 134 00:05:28,312 --> 00:05:29,796 AND WET, THE IDEAL 135 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:31,348 CONDITIONS FOR CREATING 136 00:05:31,349 --> 00:05:32,866 AND MAINTAINING LIFE. 137 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:40,090 ITS VAST ARRAY OF ANIMALS 138 00:05:40,091 --> 00:05:42,475 IS UNRIVALED ANYWHERE, AND 139 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:44,177 THE SECRET TO SUCCESS HERE 140 00:05:44,178 --> 00:05:45,845 IS SPECIALIZATION, THE 141 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:47,097 BEHAVIOR OF CHOOSING VERY 142 00:05:47,098 --> 00:05:48,314 SPECIFIC RESOURCES TO 143 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:50,634 AVOID CONFLICT WITH OTHER 144 00:05:50,635 --> 00:05:52,919 ANIMALS. 145 00:05:52,952 --> 00:05:54,888 - FOR THE ANIMALS THAT CAN - REACH IT, THE AMAZON'S 146 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:57,057 CANOPY IS A GREEN 147 00:05:57,058 --> 00:05:59,192 PARADISE. 148 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:00,794 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET 149 00:06:00,795 --> 00:06:02,362 ABOVE GROUND, IT IS OPEN 150 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:05,432 AND BATHED IN SUNSHINE. 151 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:07,167 THE SUN PUMPS ENERGY INTO 152 00:06:07,168 --> 00:06:08,868 THE AMAZON EVERY DAY, 153 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:10,337 WHILE COUNTLESS TRILLIONS 154 00:06:10,338 --> 00:06:11,771 OF LEAVES PHOTOSYNTHESIZE 155 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:13,323 IN 12 HOURS OF LIGHT 365 156 00:06:13,324 --> 00:06:14,841 DAYS A YEAR. 157 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:20,314 THEY PUMP OUT 20 PERCENT 158 00:06:20,315 --> 00:06:21,715 OF THE WORLD'S OXYGEN AND 159 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:22,983 PRODUCE AN IMMEASURABLE 160 00:06:22,984 --> 00:06:24,217 AMOUNT OF FRUITS AND 161 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:26,286 SEEDS. 162 00:06:31,858 --> 00:06:33,793 - THE CANOPY IS THE MOST - PRODUCTIVE PART OF THE 163 00:06:33,827 --> 00:06:36,529 FOREST. 164 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:38,048 IT'S A LAND OF PLENTY, BUT 165 00:06:38,049 --> 00:06:39,532 THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT 166 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:41,601 THEY APPEAR TO BE. 167 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,779 - FROM ABOVE, IT SEEMS TO BE - AN UNBROKEN CARPET OF 168 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:54,564 GREEN, BUT IN REALITY, THE 169 00:06:54,565 --> 00:06:56,316 BRANCHES OF EACH TREE 170 00:06:56,349 --> 00:07:00,387 RARELY TOUCH EACH OTHER. 171 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:01,588 AND WITH THE GROUND A 172 00:07:01,589 --> 00:07:02,756 DIZZYING DISTANCE BELOW, 173 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:03,807 GETTING AROUND CAN BE 174 00:07:03,808 --> 00:07:04,824 TRICKY. 175 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:11,864 THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE 176 00:07:11,865 --> 00:07:13,329 HUNDRED SPECIES OF MONKEY 177 00:07:13,330 --> 00:07:14,766 IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON 178 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:16,202 ALONE, AND EACH HAS 179 00:07:16,236 --> 00:07:17,521 EVOLVED A DIFFERENT WAY OF 180 00:07:17,522 --> 00:07:18,805 COPING WITH HIS TREETOP 181 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:21,408 EXISTENCE. 182 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:23,126 RED HOWLER MONKEYS TAKE IT 183 00:07:23,127 --> 00:07:24,811 STEADY AND CLIMB SLOWLY 184 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:26,880 THROUGH THE BRANCHES. 185 00:07:34,540 --> 00:07:35,488 - THEY ARE ONE OF THE - HEAVIEST MONKEYS IN THE 186 00:07:35,522 --> 00:07:37,051 FOREST AND LIKE TO BE SURE 187 00:07:37,052 --> 00:07:38,579 WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING 188 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:40,930 THEIR FEET. 189 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:48,051 A MUSCULAR TAIL IS A 190 00:07:48,052 --> 00:07:50,537 BUILT-IN SAFETY ROPE. 191 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:51,771 LIFE IN THE TREES ISN'T 192 00:07:51,772 --> 00:07:52,972 EASY, BUT IT DOES HAVE 193 00:07:53,730 --> 00:07:57,110 ADVANTAGES. 194 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:58,411 ALTHOUGH GOOD CLIMBERS, 195 00:07:58,412 --> 00:07:59,679 THIS JAGUAR CAN'T GET TO 196 00:07:59,713 --> 00:08:01,748 THIS PARTICULAR PREY. 197 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,361 - AND THIS RED HOWLER MONKEY - HAS THE GREEN PARADISE OF 198 00:08:14,394 --> 00:08:18,231 THE CANOPY TO THANK. 199 00:08:18,264 --> 00:08:19,549 COMING UP, WHAT IS LIFE 200 00:08:19,550 --> 00:08:20,834 LIKE FOR LOCALS WHO DEPEND 201 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:22,119 ON THE TRANSPORTATION, 202 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,370 FOOD, AND WATER OF THE 203 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:25,605 ORINOCO RIVER? 204 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:27,007 PLUS, WE FLY WITH THE MOST 205 00:08:27,008 --> 00:08:28,375 DANGEROUS EAGLE IN THE 206 00:08:28,408 --> 00:08:30,443 WORLD. 207 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:40,253 . 208 00:08:41,221 --> 00:08:43,790 - NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC 209 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:56,703 DYLAN: WELCOME BACK. 210 00:08:56,736 --> 00:08:58,805 - WE'RE VISITING TWO OF THE - BIGGEST RIVERS IN THE 211 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:00,794 WORLD, THE AMAZON AND THE 212 00:09:00,795 --> 00:09:02,107 ORINOCO. 213 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:03,360 THESE TWO GIANT WATER 214 00:09:03,361 --> 00:09:04,611 SYSTEMS HAPPEN TO BE 215 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:05,912 NEIGHBORS, WITH EACH OF 216 00:09:05,913 --> 00:09:07,180 THEM SUPPORTING LIFE IN 217 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:08,214 THIS REGION OF SOUTH 218 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:09,215 AMERICA. 219 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,450 AND IT'S NOT JUST ANIMALS 220 00:09:10,451 --> 00:09:11,651 AND INSECTS THAT RELY ON 221 00:09:11,685 --> 00:09:12,719 THEM. 222 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:14,921 - PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE - BANKS AND STREAMS USE ITS 223 00:09:15,210 --> 00:09:16,267 FERTILE WATERS AND 224 00:09:16,268 --> 00:09:17,323 SURROUNDING FORESTS TO 225 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:18,809 MAINTAIN A SUSTAINABLE 226 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:20,260 LIFESTYLE. 227 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,955 LET'S KEEP PADDLING 228 00:09:22,956 --> 00:09:25,310 DOWNSTREAM TO TAKE A LOOK. 229 00:09:25,650 --> 00:09:27,330 - WHILE WILDLIFE ON THE - ORINOCO RIVER IS 230 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:29,017 EVERYWHERE, THE WARAO ARE 231 00:09:29,018 --> 00:09:30,704 THE ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE 232 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:32,255 MADE THE ORINOCO DELTA 233 00:09:32,256 --> 00:09:33,773 THEIR PERMANENT HOME. 234 00:09:36,376 --> 00:09:38,611 - KNOWN AS THE CANOE PEOPLE, - THEY'VE CHOSEN A 235 00:09:38,645 --> 00:09:40,680 PRECARIOUS WAY OF LIFE. 236 00:09:45,552 --> 00:09:47,154 THE WARAO CALL THE DELTA 237 00:09:47,155 --> 00:09:48,755 WARINOCO, "THE PLACE TO 238 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:50,824 PADDLE." 239 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,897 - THEIR VILLAGES INSPIRED - EXPLORERS TO NAME THE 240 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,449 COUNTRY LITTLE VENICE, 241 00:09:59,450 --> 00:10:00,967 HENCE, VENEZUELA. 242 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:04,888 THE STILTED HOUSES CALLED 243 00:10:04,889 --> 00:10:06,506 PALAFITOS ARE DESIGNED TO 244 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,458 WITHSTAND THE TWICE DAILY 245 00:10:08,459 --> 00:10:10,377 FLOODS, AND THEIR OPEN 246 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:12,629 SIDES ENCOURAGE A COOLING 247 00:10:12,630 --> 00:10:14,848 BREEZE. 248 00:10:14,881 --> 00:10:16,500 IT SEEMS AN IDYLLIC 249 00:10:16,501 --> 00:10:18,118 EXISTENCE, BUT SOMEONE'S 250 00:10:18,151 --> 00:10:20,653 GOT TO FEED THE FAMILY. 251 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,389 MEET ADILIO. 252 00:10:22,422 --> 00:10:24,424 - HE HAS SET HIS NET ON THE - HIGH TIDE. 253 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:25,976 NOW HE'S HOPING GREAT 254 00:10:25,977 --> 00:10:27,494 TREASURES HAVE WASHED DOWN 255 00:10:27,527 --> 00:10:31,765 ON THE CURRENT. 256 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,316 HIS TWO BOYS WATCH HIS 257 00:10:33,317 --> 00:10:34,834 EVERY MOVE. 258 00:10:37,704 --> 00:10:39,506 - THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON - LEARNING THEIR FATHER'S 259 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:42,275 SKILLS. 260 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:43,777 FROM A YOUNG AGE, WARAO 261 00:10:43,778 --> 00:10:45,245 CHILDREN ARE PERFECTLY AT 262 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:47,313 HOME IN THIS WATER WORLD. 263 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:57,874 A GIANT CATFISH, OR LOLO, 264 00:10:57,875 --> 00:11:00,126 THEY CAN REACH COLOSSAL 265 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,245 SIZES, AT LEAST TWICE 266 00:11:02,246 --> 00:11:04,330 ADILIO'S WEIGHT, BUT THIS 267 00:11:04,364 --> 00:11:05,632 ONE WILL BE MORE THAN 268 00:11:05,633 --> 00:11:06,900 ENOUGH FOR TONIGHT'S 269 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:11,638 SUPPER. 270 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,823 THE PALAFITOS ARE STURDY, 271 00:11:13,824 --> 00:11:15,975 BUT THEY'RE NOT PERMANENT. 272 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,545 - WHEN TIMBERS ROT OR FOOD - BECOMES SCARCE, THE 273 00:11:18,578 --> 00:11:20,096 NOMADIC WARAO SEEK OUT A 274 00:11:20,097 --> 00:11:21,614 NEW HOME. 275 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:25,669 THEY NEVER STRAY FAR 276 00:11:25,670 --> 00:11:26,720 UPRIVER. 277 00:11:26,753 --> 00:11:28,788 - THEY KEEP TO THE RELATIVE - SAFETY OF THEIR FLOODED 278 00:11:28,822 --> 00:11:30,857 FORTRESS. 279 00:11:34,494 --> 00:11:36,329 BUT EARLY EXPLORERS SAW 280 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:38,164 THE ORINOCO AS A ROUTE TO 281 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:39,716 EL DORADO, THE FABLED CITY 282 00:11:39,717 --> 00:11:41,234 OF GOLD. 283 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:52,329 SIR WALTER RALEIGH WAS ONE 284 00:11:52,330 --> 00:11:53,713 OF THE FIRST. 285 00:11:53,747 --> 00:11:55,582 IN 1595, HE AND HIS CREW 286 00:11:55,583 --> 00:11:57,417 MADE IT THROUGH THE DELTA 287 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:58,902 AND FIVE HUNDRED MILES 288 00:11:58,903 --> 00:12:00,353 UPRIVER BEFORE A SERIES OF 289 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:01,872 RAPIDS HALTED THEIR 290 00:12:01,873 --> 00:12:03,356 PROGRESS. 291 00:12:10,930 --> 00:12:12,232 THESE TURBULENT WATERS ARE 292 00:12:12,233 --> 00:12:13,533 FULL OF OXYGEN, ATTRACTING 293 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,201 VAST SHOALS OF FISH, 294 00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:16,836 DRAWING IN SCORES OF 295 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:20,573 HUNGRY PREDATORS. 296 00:12:20,607 --> 00:12:22,209 NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS 297 00:12:22,210 --> 00:12:23,810 ARRIVE EARLY EACH MORNING 298 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:26,327 READY FOR A FULL DAY'S 299 00:12:26,328 --> 00:12:28,809 FISHING. 300 00:12:28,810 --> 00:12:30,047 SPECTACLED CAIMANS GATHER 301 00:12:30,048 --> 00:12:31,284 IN THE SHALLOWS. 302 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:33,553 - THERE'S A STRICT - HIERARCHY, AND EACH HAS A 303 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,105 REGULAR SPOT ON THE 304 00:12:35,106 --> 00:12:36,623 RIVERBANK. 305 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,478 ONCE IN POSITION, THEY 306 00:12:41,479 --> 00:12:42,796 WAIT WITH OPEN MOUTHS FOR 307 00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:44,347 BREAKFAST TO COME THEIR 308 00:12:44,348 --> 00:12:45,865 WAY. 309 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,441 EGRETS AND HERONS SLOT IN 310 00:12:54,442 --> 00:12:55,742 WHERE THEY CAN, 311 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,228 OPPORTUNISTS READY TO GRAB 312 00:12:58,229 --> 00:13:00,680 A SNACK. 313 00:13:00,714 --> 00:13:03,200 THEN A FEARSOME SIGHT, 314 00:13:03,201 --> 00:13:05,685 ORINOCO CROCODILES, THE 315 00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:07,804 LARGEST PREDATORS IN SOUTH 316 00:13:07,805 --> 00:13:09,322 AMERICA. 317 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:19,883 THEY GROW UP TO 16 FEET 318 00:13:19,884 --> 00:13:21,634 LONG, AND POWERFUL TAILS 319 00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:23,186 PROPEL THEM AT GREAT 320 00:13:23,187 --> 00:13:24,704 SPEED. 321 00:13:26,873 --> 00:13:28,391 THE NARROW SNOUT CUTS 322 00:13:28,392 --> 00:13:29,909 EASILY THROUGH WATER. 323 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:33,430 THIS IS A SPECIALIST 324 00:13:33,431 --> 00:13:34,948 FISH-EATER. 325 00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:39,994 BUT IN THE COOL MORNING, 326 00:13:39,995 --> 00:13:41,869 COLD-BLOODED CROCODILES 327 00:13:41,870 --> 00:13:43,656 - TAKE A WHILE TO GET UP TO - SPEED, LEAVING THE 328 00:13:43,690 --> 00:13:45,208 GO-GETTING CORMORANTS TO 329 00:13:45,209 --> 00:13:46,726 STRIKE FIRST. 330 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:52,048 DYLAN: COMING UP, ARE 331 00:13:52,049 --> 00:13:53,433 SLOTHS ACTUALLY AS LAZY AS 332 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:54,901 THEY SEEM? 333 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:56,453 WE HANG WITH THESE 334 00:13:56,454 --> 00:13:57,971 MISUNDERSTOOD MAMMALS. 335 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:07,247 . 336 00:14:07,714 --> 00:14:10,283 - NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC 337 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:24,898 - DYLAN: WE'VE CLIMBED BACK - UP TO THE CANOPY OF THE 338 00:14:24,931 --> 00:14:26,433 AMAZON RAINFOREST, WHERE 339 00:14:26,434 --> 00:14:27,934 WE COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH 340 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:29,152 ONE OF THE BEST HUNTERS 341 00:14:29,153 --> 00:14:30,337 AROUND. 342 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:31,822 A HARPY EAGLE CAN SIT 343 00:14:31,823 --> 00:14:33,273 SILENTLY FOR HOURS, 344 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:34,825 WATCHING FOR THE PERFECT 345 00:14:34,826 --> 00:14:36,343 OPPORTUNITY. 346 00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:42,699 HARPIES ARE EXPERT MONKEY 347 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,217 CATCHERS. 348 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,604 THEY ARE ARMED WITH TALONS 349 00:14:47,605 --> 00:14:48,988 FIVE INCHES LONG, THE SIZE 350 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:51,858 - OF GRIZZLY BEAR CLAWS, - THAT CAN EXERT MORE THAN 351 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:53,376 ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OF 352 00:14:53,377 --> 00:14:54,861 PRESSURE. 353 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:00,800 - AND THEY'RE SO POWERFUL, - THEY CAN PLUCK PREY 354 00:15:00,834 --> 00:15:02,019 WEIGHING AS MUCH AS THEY 355 00:15:02,020 --> 00:15:03,203 DO, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 356 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:04,754 POUNDS, CLEAN OUT OF THE 357 00:15:04,755 --> 00:15:06,272 CANOPY. 358 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,332 LARGE EYES GIVE THEM 359 00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:16,783 EXCELLENT VISION. 360 00:15:16,816 --> 00:15:18,718 - THEY CAN PINPOINT THE - SMALLEST PREY MORE THAN 361 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:20,787 SIX HUNDRED FEET AWAY. 362 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,935 - DESPITE A WINGSPAN OF MORE - THAN SIX FEET, THE HARPY 363 00:15:35,969 --> 00:15:37,340 EAGLE IS SURPRISINGLY 364 00:15:37,341 --> 00:15:38,710 AGILE. 365 00:15:43,309 --> 00:15:44,844 IT CAN FLY UP TO 50 MILES 366 00:15:44,845 --> 00:15:46,379 PER HOUR AND MANEUVER 367 00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:48,748 - THROUGH THE TREES WITH THE - LIGHTNING REACTIONS OF A 368 00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:50,817 FIGHTER PILOT. 369 00:15:58,224 --> 00:16:00,260 IT'S OVER IN SECONDS. 370 00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:05,082 A JUVENILE HARPY EAGLE 371 00:16:05,083 --> 00:16:06,366 HANGS AROUND ITS PARENTS' 372 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:09,803 NEST, BEGGING FOR FOOD. 373 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,108 IT'S ALREADY GROWN ITS 374 00:16:11,109 --> 00:16:12,380 FEATHERS FOR FLIGHT, BUT 375 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,914 IT IS NOT YET AN 376 00:16:13,915 --> 00:16:15,108 EXPERIENCED HUNTER. 377 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,213 - THIS SLOTH HAS CHOSEN A - DANGEROUS PLACE FOR A 378 00:16:20,246 --> 00:16:23,183 SNOOZE. 379 00:16:23,216 --> 00:16:24,551 AN ADULT HARPY WOULD 380 00:16:24,552 --> 00:16:25,885 SNATCH THIS SLEEPY SLOTH 381 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:27,437 OFF ITS BRANCH IN THE 382 00:16:27,438 --> 00:16:28,955 BLINK OF AN EYE. 383 00:16:35,128 --> 00:16:36,496 IT'S A LUCKY ESCAPE FOR 384 00:16:36,497 --> 00:16:37,864 THE SLOTH, BUT LET'S NOT 385 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:39,933 CALL IT A QUICK GETAWAY. 386 00:16:51,945 --> 00:16:53,196 SLOTHS ARE CERTAINLY 387 00:16:53,197 --> 00:16:54,447 SLOW-MOVING, BUT THERE'S 388 00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:56,516 NOTHING LAZY ABOUT THEM. 389 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,891 - THEIR PONDEROUS MOVEMENTS - ARE PART OF THEIR UNIQUE 390 00:17:04,924 --> 00:17:07,270 - WAY OF COPING WITH JUNGLE - LIFE. 391 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,106 SLOTHS SPEND THEIR WHOLE 392 00:17:14,107 --> 00:17:15,680 LIVES IN JUST A HANDFUL OF 393 00:17:15,681 --> 00:17:18,379 TREES. 394 00:17:18,380 --> 00:17:20,373 - CLAWS CLAMP ONTO BRANCHES, - AND THEIR GRIP IS SO 395 00:17:20,407 --> 00:17:22,109 STRONG, THEY RARELY FALL, 396 00:17:22,110 --> 00:17:23,810 EVEN WHEN THEY GO TO 397 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:28,581 SLEEP. 398 00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:30,017 MODIFIED MUSCLES ALLOW A 399 00:17:30,018 --> 00:17:31,418 SLOTH TO HANG FOR HOURS IN 400 00:17:31,451 --> 00:17:32,936 POSITIONS OTHER MAMMALS 401 00:17:32,937 --> 00:17:34,421 WOULD FIND IMPOSSIBLY 402 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:36,489 UNCOMFORTABLE. 403 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,245 THE SECRET TO THE SLOTH'S 404 00:17:42,246 --> 00:17:43,630 SURVIVAL IS SLOW 405 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,233 DIGESTION. 406 00:17:47,267 --> 00:17:48,618 THEY EXPEND SO LITTLE 407 00:17:48,619 --> 00:17:49,969 ENERGY, THEY NEED TO EAT 408 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:52,720 ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT. 409 00:17:56,843 --> 00:17:58,545 - THEY CHEW THEIR WAY - THROUGH LESS THAN SEVEN 410 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:01,514 OUNCES OF LEAVES EACH DAY. 411 00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:03,867 EVERY MEAL TAKES 30 DAYS 412 00:18:03,868 --> 00:18:06,186 TO DIGEST. 413 00:18:06,219 --> 00:18:08,288 THEY COME TO THE GROUND 414 00:18:08,289 --> 00:18:10,357 JUST ONCE A WEEK. 415 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:12,525 - THE CLIMB DOWN IS WORTH - THE EFFORT, BECAUSE THE 416 00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:14,077 RESULT SERVES TO FERTILIZE 417 00:18:14,078 --> 00:18:15,595 THEIR PATCH OF TREES. 418 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:21,518 SLOTHS BLEND IN COMPLETELY 419 00:18:21,519 --> 00:18:23,236 WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS. 420 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,337 THEIR MOTTLED FUR IS 421 00:18:24,338 --> 00:18:25,405 HIGHLY CAMOUFLAGED AND 422 00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:26,957 EVEN GOES GREEN WITH ALGAE 423 00:18:26,958 --> 00:18:28,475 WHEN IT'S WET. 424 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,782 - THEY CAN'T REGULATE THEIR - OWN BODY TEMPERATURE AS 425 00:18:35,815 --> 00:18:37,163 OTHER MAMMALS DO, BUT 426 00:18:37,164 --> 00:18:38,510 INSTEAD, RELY ON THE 427 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,387 - CONSTANT WARMTH OF THE - RAINFOREST TO KEEP UP 428 00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:42,455 THEIR METABOLISM. 429 00:18:47,327 --> 00:18:49,662 - SLOTHS ARE SO MUCH A PART - OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THAT 430 00:18:49,696 --> 00:18:51,064 THEY HAVE THEMSELVES BEEN 431 00:18:51,065 --> 00:18:52,432 COLONIZED BY OTHER 432 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:56,503 ANIMALS. 433 00:18:56,536 --> 00:18:57,988 THESE TINY MOTHS SPEND 434 00:18:57,989 --> 00:18:59,439 THEIR WHOLE LIVES IN A 435 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:02,375 SLOTH'S SHAGGY COAT. 436 00:19:02,409 --> 00:19:04,678 - A HUNDRED OR MORE MOTHS - CAN BE FOUND BURROWING IN 437 00:19:04,711 --> 00:19:07,280 THE FUR OF A SINGLE SLOTH. 438 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:08,848 AS CATERPILLARS, THE MOTHS 439 00:19:08,849 --> 00:19:10,383 FEED EXCLUSIVELY ON SLOTH 440 00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,179 DUNG. 441 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:14,421 - BY HITCHING A RIDE ON THE - SLOTH, FEMALE MOTHS MAKE 442 00:19:14,454 --> 00:19:16,556 - SURE THEY ARE ALWAYS IN - THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE 443 00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:17,857 RIGHT TIME TO LAY THEIR 444 00:19:17,858 --> 00:19:19,125 EGGS NEXT TO THEIR FOOD 445 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:21,594 SUPPLY. 446 00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:22,996 BEING SO WHOLLY DEPENDENT 447 00:19:22,997 --> 00:19:24,364 ON ONE HABITAT AND FOOD 448 00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:26,483 SOURCE MAKES ANIMALS VERY 449 00:19:26,484 --> 00:19:28,568 VULNERABLE TO CHANGE, BUT 450 00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:30,156 SUCH SPECIALIZED WAYS OF 451 00:19:30,157 --> 00:19:31,710 LIFE ARE ONE OF THE 452 00:19:31,711 --> 00:19:33,373 REASONS THE AMAZON IS SO 453 00:19:33,374 --> 00:19:35,642 DIVERSE. 454 00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,777 - THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING - ALONG WITH US TO SOUTH 455 00:19:37,811 --> 00:19:39,212 AMERICA'S NEIGHBORING AND 456 00:19:39,213 --> 00:19:40,613 NURTURING RIVERS, THE 457 00:19:40,647 --> 00:19:42,649 AMAZON AND THE ORINOCO. 458 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:43,984 FROM PUMAS TO SLOTHS, 459 00:19:43,985 --> 00:19:45,285 THESE RIVERS ARE HOME TO 460 00:19:45,318 --> 00:19:46,970 AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF 461 00:19:46,971 --> 00:19:48,621 DIVERSE WILDLIFE. 462 00:19:48,655 --> 00:19:50,113 WE HOPE TO SEE YOU FOR 463 00:19:50,114 --> 00:19:51,569 ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE 464 00:19:51,570 --> 00:19:53,360 - ON THE NEXT "EARTH - ODYSSEY". 465 00:19:53,393 --> 00:19:55,428 [MUSIC] 29400

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