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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: WELCOME TO "EARTH
- ODYSSEY".
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I'M DYLAN DREYER, GET READY TO
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TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.
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ON TODAY'S EPISODE, WE
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EXPLORE THE NATURAL BEAUTY
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OF ZANZIBAR.
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WE'LL HANG WITH MONKEYS
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AND SOAR WITH SOME OF THE
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BIGGEST BATS ON THE
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PLANET.
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PLUS, A PEEK INSIDE THE
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SHELL OF ONE OF THE
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BIGGEST TORTOISE SPECIES
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ON EARTH.
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AND LATER, WE'LL GET A
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GLIMPSE OF THE ANIMAL WHO
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LOVES TO LEND A PAW WHEN
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TAKING CARE OF ZANZIBAR'S
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RODENT PROBLEM.
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DYLAN: THE ZANZIBAR
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ARCHIPELAGO SITS RIGHT OFF
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- THE COAST OF TANZANIA IN
- EAST AFRICA.
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50 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
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ISLANDS IN THE WORLD
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COMPRISE THIS CHAIN, EACH
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OF THEM CRAWLING WITH ALL
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TYPES OF ANIMALS.
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THE AMOUNT AND DIVERSITY
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OF LIFE THAT'S SUPPORTED
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HERE IS NOTHING SHORT OF
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MIRACULOUS.
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LET'S FIND OUT WHO'S
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SWINGING THROUGH THE TREES
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AND BASKING IN THE BREEZE
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OF THIS UNSPOILED
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PARADISE.
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WELCOME TO THE SOUTHEAST
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COAST OF AFRICA.
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HUNDREDS OF SPECIES CALL
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ZANZIBAR HOME.
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SOME BIG...
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SOME TINY.
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DYLAN: AS AQUATIC GIANTS
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PATROL THE SHORES, ON ONE
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ISLAND, A UNIQUE SPECIES
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OF PRIMATE HAS TAKEN
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REFUGE IN THE TREES.
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UNLIKE MOST OF ZANZIBAR'S
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ARCHIPELAGO, PEMBA ISLAND
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IS FORMED FROM A TRUE
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LANDMASS, RATHER THAN
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CORAL REEFS AND SAND
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BANKS.
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LYING 25 MILES NORTH OF
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UNGUJA, ROLLING HILLS AND
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FORESTED VALLEYS HAVE
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EARNED PEMBA ANOTHER NAME:
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GREEN ISLAND.
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THE REGION'S VAST NUMBER
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OF TREES ARE HOME TO ONE
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OF THE RAREST PRIMATES IN
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THE WORLD.
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ISOLATED FROM MAINLAND
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AFRICA FOR MORE THAN
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10,000 YEARS, THE ZANZIBAR
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RED COLOBUS MONKEY LIVES
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HERE.
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- DYLAN: ITS COLOR AND SOME
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UNIQUE.
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- FEEDING AS A GROUP
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EARLY MORNING.
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COLOBUS MONKEYS ARE
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LEAFEATERS.
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LEAVES ARE HIGHLY
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NUTRITIOUS, BUT MOST
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ANIMALS ARE UNABLE TO
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DIGEST THE CELLULOSE THAT
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DYLAN: COLOBUS MONKEYS
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THEY HAVE A FOUR-CHAMBERED
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STOMACH, LIKE MANY HOOVED
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ANIMALS, WHICH ENABLES
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BACTERIA TO FERMENT AND
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BREAK DOWN WHAT THEY EAT.
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- DYLAN: AFTER AN HOUR OR
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THEIR PECULIAR DIGESTIVE
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SYSTEM LEADS TO LONG
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PERIODS OF INACTIVITY.
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UP TO 70 PERCENT OF THE
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TIME THEY'RE AWAKE.
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- DYLAN: BUT NOT ALL
- MEMBERS OF THIS TROOP ARE
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SLEEPY.
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DYLAN: UNLIKE MOST OTHER
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MONKEYS, YOUNG RED COLOBUS
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- MONKEYS CONTINUE NURSING
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ENERGY FROM THEIR MOTHER'S
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MILK IS QUICKLY CONVERTED.
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- AND WHILE THE GROWNUPS
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DECIDE IT'S TIME TO PLAY.
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- DYLAN: FOR AN ADULT RED
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PEACEFUL 40 WINGS IS
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EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
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- ALONGSIDE THE ANNOYING
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TEENAGERS, THE PROCESS OF
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DIGESTING LARGE VOLUMES OF
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LEAVES CREATES AN
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INEVITABLE BIPRODUCT.
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- FEELING BLOATED AFTER A
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- THESE YOUNGSTERS WILL JUST
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WHAT THEY EAT.
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DYLAN: ZANZIBAR'S RED
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COLOBUS ARE ALSO FOND OF
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UNRIPE BERRIES AND SEEDS.
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- DYLAN: UNLIKE MANY
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CAN'T DIGEST THE SUGARS
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CONTAINED IN THE MORE
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MATURE FRUITS.
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HERE ON PEMBA ISLAND IS A
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GIANT CREATURE THAT DOES
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HAVE A SWEET TOOTH.
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THE PEMBA FLYING FOX IS
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THE LARGEST BAT IN THE
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WORLD.
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IT HAS A WINGSPAN OF MORE
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THAN FIVE FEET.
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- MOST OTHER BATS USE ACUTE
- HEARING TO CAPTURE
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INSECTS, BUT FLYING FOXES
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RELY ON LARGE EYES TO
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TRACK DOWN THEIR MEALS.
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BLOSSOMS, NECTAR, AND RIPE
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FRUIT MAKE UP THE MAJORITY
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OF THEIR VEGETARIAN DIET.
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- DYLAN: THESE MEGA BATS
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GOOD HEARING.
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THEY'RE ALSO VERY VOCAL,
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ESPECIALLY WHEN NEIGHBORS
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GET A LITTLE TOO CLOSE.
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DYLAN: LIVING IN LARGE
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GROUPS OF UP TO 850 HAS
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ITS DOWNSIDE.
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ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL YOU
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WANT TO DO IS SLEEP.
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- DYLAN: BUT AS NIGHT DRAWS
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SHARING A TREE WITH SO
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MANY REAPS ITS REWARD.
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DYLAN: FLYING FOXES SPLIT
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UP IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
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- WHEN THEY RETURN TO THE
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INDICATING WHICH TREES ARE
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IN FRUIT ARE SHARED AMONG
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THE ENTIRE GROUP.
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INDIVIDUALS NOW KNOW WHERE
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TO FORAGE THE FOLLOWING
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NIGHT.
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- COMING UP ON "EARTH
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MEDDLESOME MONKEYS, WHOSE
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LOVE OF A TASTY PLANT IS
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OFTEN THE ROOT OF CONFLICT
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WITH THEIR HUMAN
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NEIGHBORS.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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- DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO
- ZANZIBAR WHERE WE ARE
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- EXPLORING ONE OF THE
- ARCHIPELAGOS MOST ACTIVE
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ISLANDS.
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WHILE PEMBA ISLAND'S
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FLYING FOXES HELP
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POLLENATE PLANTS AND
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DISPERSE SEEDS, ANOTHER
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MAMMAL CAUSES NOTHING BUT
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TROUBLE.
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VERVETS ARE MEDIUM-SIZED
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MONKEYS THAT HANG AROUND
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IN TROOPS OF UP TO 50.
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- DYLAN: UNLIKE THE
- ISLAND'S RED COLOBUS,
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VERVET YOUNGSTERS NURSE
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FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR
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MONTHS.
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- DYLAN: THE SCHOOL OF HARD
- KNOCKS STARTS EARLY IN
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VERVET SOCIETY AND THIS
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TROOP IS UP TO NO GOOD.
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- DYLAN: FRUITS, BERRIES,
- AND LEAVES MAKE UP A LARGE
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PART OF THIS MONKEY'S
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DIET, BUT ONE OF THEIR
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FAVORITE FOODS IS CASSAVA.
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- THIS STARCHY, TUBEROUS
- ROOT IS FULL OF
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- CARBOHYDRATES AND IS ONE
- OF THE MOST
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DROUGHT-TOLERANT CROPS ON
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THE PLANET.
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- DYLAN: AFTER RICE,
- CASSAVA IS THE SECOND MOST
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IMPORTANT FOOD CROP
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THROUGHOUT ZANZIBAR.
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- PROTECTING THEIR PRECIOUS
- FIELDS IS A CONSTANT
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BATTLE FOR PEMBA'S
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FARMERS.
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- DYLAN: THE VERVET REALIZE
- THEY'VE BEEN SPOTTED AND
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SCRAMBLE BACK TO THE
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TREES.
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- DYLAN: THE FARMERS'
- CATAPULTS AND STICKS ACT
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ONLY AS A TEMPORARY
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DETERRENT.
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- DYLAN: THE VERVET DON'T
- JUST POSE A PROBLEM TO
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PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS, THE
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FLYING FOXES OFTEN FALL
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FOUL TO THIS MONKEY'S
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ANTICS.
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- THEY'VE DISLODGED A MOTHER
- AND BABY FLYING FOX FROM
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THEIR TREE.
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- DYLAN: UNABLE TO TAKE OFF
- FROM THE GROUND, THE
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FARMERS REALIZE THE PAIR
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NEEDS HELP.
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DYLAN: 20 YEARS AGO,
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THESE GIANT BATS WERE
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VIRTUALLY HUNTED TO
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EXTINCTION BY LOCAL
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ISLANDERS.
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DYLAN: TODAY, THE SPECIES
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IS PROTECTED.
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- THE PEMBA PEOPLE REALIZE
- THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE
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BATS PLAY IN DISPERSING
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POLLEN AND SEEDS.
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THEY'RE VITAL FOR KEEPING
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THE REGION'S FORESTS
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ALIVE.
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COMING UP ON "EARTH
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ODYSSEY", WE DISCOVER SOME
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OF THE BIGGEST TORTOISES
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IN THE WORLD AND YOU WON'T
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BELIEVE HOW OLD THEY ARE.
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.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK.
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IT CAN TAKE EONS FOR
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ISLANDS TO FORM.
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LAVA ERUPTS FROM THE OCEAN
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FLOOR, COMBINES WITH CORAL
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AND OTHER SEDIMENT, THEN
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HARDENS UNTIL IT GROWS
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ENOUGH TO PENETRATE THE
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WATER'S SURFACE.
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- AND OVER HUNDREDS OF
- THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THESE
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ISLANDS SLOWLY CREATE
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BEAUTIFUL LUSH BEACHES,
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LIKE THE ONES FOUND ON
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ZANZIBAR.
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- THAT'S WHERE WE FIND AN
- ANIMAL WHO ALSO LIKES TO
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TAKE HIS TIME.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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WELCOME BACK TO ZANZIBAR,
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HOME TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S
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BIGGEST SPECIES.
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AT MORE THAN 500 POUNDS
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AND WITH A SHELL LENGTH
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APPROACHING ALMOST FIVE
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FEET LONG, THE ALDABRA IS
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ONE OF THE LARGEST
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TORTOISES IN THE WORLD.
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- IT'S ONE OF THE
- LONGEST-LIVED ANIMALS,
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TOO.
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SOME LIVE FOR MORE THAN
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200 YEARS.
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GIANT TORTOISES FEED
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MAINLY ON GRASSES AND
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WOODY PLANTS.
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WHENEVER THESE AREN'T
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WITHIN REACH, DRIED LEAVES
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WILL DO.
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THIS CRUNCHY MEAL CONTAINS
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VERY LITTLE MOISTURE, SO
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ALDABRA TORTOISES DRAW ON
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A SPECIAL METHOD TO
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REHYDRATE THEIR ENORMOUS
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FRAMES.
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- THE FAT STORED BENEATH
- THEIR SHELLS CAN BE
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CONVERTED TO WATER.
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- BURNING THESE RESERVES
- RELEASES FLUID DURING THE
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HOTTEST PARTS OF THE DAY
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AND PREVENTS THEM FROM
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BECOMING DEHYDRATED.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: CHANGUU'S GIANT
- TORTOISES CAN SURVIVE
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WITHOUT WATER FOR LONG
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PERIODS, BUT FOR CREATURES
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LESS FORTUNATE, ANOTHER
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LOCATION PROVIDES A
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PERMANENT WETLAND.
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ON ZANZIBAR'S UNGUJA
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ISLAND, THE SHORELINE
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BOUNDARY ISN'T CLEARLY
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DEFINED.
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SMALL ESTUARIES VENTURE
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INTO FORESTS, FORMING A
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UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP
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BETWEEN LAND AND SEA.
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MANGROVES THRIVE IN SALINE
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COASTAL HABITATS.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: A COMPLEX SYSTEM
- OF AERIAL ROOTS ENABLES
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THE INTAKE OF OXYGEN AND
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TRAPS ORGANIC DEBRIS THAT
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WOULD OTHERWISE BE WASHED
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OUT TO SEA.
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- THESE TIDAL SWAMPS PROVIDE
- A BREEDING GROUND AND
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NURSERY TO SEVERAL SPECIES
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OF FISH AND INVERTEBRATES.
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- MANY OF THESE WILL HEAD
- OUT INTO THE SURROUNDING
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REEFS AND SEABEDS WHEN
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ADULTS.
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SOME SPECIES OF MANGROVE
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HAVE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE
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METHOD OF REPRODUCING.
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- THE SEEDS GERMINATE AND
- BECOME FULLY FLEDGED
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SEEDLINGS WHILE ATTACHED
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TO THE MOTHER PLANT.
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- THESE PODS ARE THEN
- RELEASED, ALLOWING THEM TO
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IMMEDIATELY TAKE ROOT.
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OR THEY CAN REMAIN DORMANT
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TO FLOAT FURTHER AFIELD.
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- COMING UP, WHEN "EARTHY
- ODYSSEY" RETURNS, WE HANG
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IN THE TREES WITH SOME
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SYKES' MONKEYS AND YOU
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WON'T WANT TO MISS THE
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MASSIVE RODENT RUNNING
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DOWN BELOW.
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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: THE JOZANI FOREST
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LIES AT THE HEART OF PEMBA
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ISLAND, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
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ISLANDS OF ZANZIBAR.
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ALONGSIDE THE VAST ARRAY
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OF BIRDS, INSECTS, AND
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REPTILES, IT'S HOME TO TWO
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SPECIES OF PRIMATE.
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SYKES' MONKEYS EAT
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VIRTUALLY ANYTHING.
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LEAVES, RIPE FRUITS, AND
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FLOWERS, INSECTS, AND EVEN
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SMALL VERTEBRATES.
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HOWEVER, NOT EVERY PREY
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MAKES AN EASY PICKING.
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ZANZIBAR'S GIANT CARPENTER
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ANTS ALSO HAVE A GIANT
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BITE.
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- AT JUST UNDER ONE INCH IN
- LENGTH, THEY PUT UP A
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STRONG DEFENSIVE FIGHT.
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THIS MONKEY SOON REALIZE
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IT'S BEEN OFF MORE THAN IT
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CAN CHEW.
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THE OTHER PRIMATES HERE,
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MORE RED COLOBUS MONKEYS,
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ARE STRICT VEGETARIANS.
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- IT'S IDENTICAL TO THE
- SPECIES FOUND ON PEMBA
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ISLAND, EXCEPT THIS
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PARTICULAR POPULATION HAS
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COME UP WITH THE UNIQUE
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SOLUTION TO THEIR ONGOING
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DIGESTION PROBLEM.
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- INSTEAD OF SITTING AROUND
- FEELING BLOATED AFTER A
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BELLY FULL OF LEAVES,
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THESE MONKEYS ARE ON A
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MISSION.
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- THEY SINGLE OUT THEIR
- TARGET AND WAIT FOR THE
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RIGHT MOMENT TO STRIKE.
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WITHOUT WARNING, THEY
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LAUNCH THEIR ATTACK.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: IT'S A CONSTANT
- BATTLE FOR THE ISLAND'S
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CHARCOAL SELLERS.
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00:17:43,697 --> 00:17:44,948
HERE IN JOZANI, RED
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00:17:44,949 --> 00:17:46,198
COLOBUS MONKEYS HAVE LONG
409
00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:47,734
WORKED OUT THAT EATING
410
00:17:47,735 --> 00:17:49,268
CHARCOAL AIDS THE
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00:17:49,269 --> 00:17:51,004
DIGESTION OF EXOTIC
412
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LEAVES.
413
00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:54,841
- THIS LEARNED BEHAVIOR,
- PASSED DOWN FROM MOTHER TO
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YOUNG, IS UNIQUE TO
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UNGUJA'S TROOPS.
416
00:18:05,452 --> 00:18:06,831
AS NIGHT DRAWS IN, ANOTHER
417
00:18:06,832 --> 00:18:08,209
OF ZANZIBAR'S GIANTS
418
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EMERGES FROM THE SHADOWS.
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00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:13,193
KNOWN AS A GIANT POUCHED
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RAT, IT'S ABLE TO STORE
421
00:18:14,828 --> 00:18:17,281
VAST AMOUNTS OF FOOD IN
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00:18:17,282 --> 00:18:19,732
ITS EXPANDABLE CHEEKS.
423
00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:22,167
THIS IS NO ORDINARY RAT.
424
00:18:22,168 --> 00:18:23,336
AT MORE THAN THREE FEET
425
00:18:23,337 --> 00:18:24,503
LONG, IT'S ONE OF THE
426
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LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
427
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ITS EYESIGHT IS VERY POOR
428
00:18:29,243 --> 00:18:30,642
BUT IS AUGMENTED BY AN
429
00:18:30,643 --> 00:18:32,495
EXCELLENT SENSE OF SMELL
430
00:18:32,496 --> 00:18:34,346
AND HEARING.
431
00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,932
ITS GIANT NOSE IS SO
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SENSITIVE, SCIENTISTS HAVE
433
00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:39,186
BEGUN USING THIS SPECIES
434
00:18:39,187 --> 00:18:40,853
TO SNIFF OUT LANDMINES AND
435
00:18:40,854 --> 00:18:42,723
DETECT HUMAN DISEASES,
436
00:18:42,724 --> 00:18:44,590
SUCH AS TUBERCULOSIS.
437
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: TO AVOID
- PREDATORS, THE RAT CHANGES
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00:18:54,137 --> 00:18:55,953
ITS BURROW SITE EVERY TWO
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WEEKS, AND THIS MAY NOT BE
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A BAD THING.
442
00:19:00,607 --> 00:19:02,542
- A UNIQUE SPECIES OF
- LEOPARD IS STILL THOUGHT
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00:19:02,545 --> 00:19:04,643
TO ROAM THESE WOODS.
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00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,346
[MUSIC]
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00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,190
- DYLAN: ANCIENT TRIBES
- WOULD HUNT THESE LEOPARDS,
446
00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:15,210
- BELIEVING THERE WAS A
- SPIRITUAL CONNECTION
447
00:19:15,213 --> 00:19:17,268
BETWEEN THEM AND THE
448
00:19:17,269 --> 00:19:19,324
ANIMALS.
449
00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,461
- BECAUSE OF THIS BELIEF,
- THE ISLAND'S LEOPARDS ARE
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ON THE BRINK OF
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EXTINCTION.
452
00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:26,266
ZANZIBAR'S GIANT RAT
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00:19:26,267 --> 00:19:27,366
POPULATION, HOWEVER,
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00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,402
CONTINUES TO FLOURISH.
455
00:19:33,707 --> 00:19:35,064
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
456
00:19:35,065 --> 00:19:36,419
ON OUR EXCITING ADVENTURE
457
00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:37,410
TO ZANZIBAR.
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THIS ARCHIPELAGO IS ONE OF
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE
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00:19:39,913 --> 00:19:41,682
WORLD, AND THE WILDLIFE
461
00:19:41,683 --> 00:19:43,449
THAT THRIVES HERE IS NO
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DIFFERENT.
463
00:19:44,418 --> 00:19:46,186
- WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT
- TIME WHEN WE TRAVEL TO
464
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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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