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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.
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GET READY TO TRAVEL AROUND
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THE WORLD.
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ON TODAY'S EPISODE, WE'LL
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EXPLORE THE DAILY LIFE OF
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LOCALS THAT ROAM INDIA'S
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BIGGEST DESERT, THE THAR.
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- WE'LL DISCOVER WHAT MAKES
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
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THESE LOCAL NOMADS AND THE
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LOCAL ANIMALS SO SPECIAL.
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PLUS, I'D BE "LION" IF I
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SAID WE WOULDN'T EXPLORE
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BIG CAT COUNTRY.
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ALL THIS AND MORE ON
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"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: WITH ITS HIGH
- TEMPERATURES AND SCARCE
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WATER SOURCES, THE THAR
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DESERT IS ONE OF THE
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HARSHEST DESERTS IN THE
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WORLD, BUT IT'S ALSO THE
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MOST DENSELY POPULATED.
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- ANCIENT TRADITIONS AND
- CULTURES ARE STILL
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EMBRACED BY THOSE WHO LIVE
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HERE, AND ONE COMMON
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THREAD WOVEN THROUGHOUT
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THEIR HISTORY IS THEIR
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RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS.
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LET'S GO TO INDIA AND
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EXPLORE WHAT MAKES THE
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THAR DESERT ONE OF THE
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MOST FASCINATING PLACES ON
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EARTH.
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INDIA'S GREAT DESERT.
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BAKING HEAT, DEHYDRATING
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WINDS, AND NEAR PERMANENT
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DROUGHT HAVE EARNED THIS
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UNFORGIVING LAND ANOTHER
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NAME, THE REGION OF DEATH.
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BUT THIS DESERT IS FULL OF
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LIFE.
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- IT'S A HOTSPOT FOR NATURE,
- HOME TO SOME OF THE
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TOUGHEST AND RAREST
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CREATURES ON EARTH.
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- MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVE
- HERE, TOO.
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IT'S THE MOST CROWDED
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DESERT IN THE WORLD.
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HUMANS AND ANIMALS HAVE
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FORGED INCREDIBLE
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ALLIANCES TO SURVIVE.
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THIS IS NO ORDINARY
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WILDERNESS.
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THIS IS THE THAR, THE
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DESERT OF LIFE.
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INDIA'S DESERT COVERS
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90,000 SQUARE MILES ACROSS
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THE FAR NORTHWEST OF THE
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COUNTRY.
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- TAKING IN THE STATES OF
- NORTHERN GUJARAT AND
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RAJASTHAN, THE DESERT
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ENGULFS TEN PERCENT OF
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INDIA'S LAND MASS BEFORE
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SWEEPING NORTH ACROSS THE
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BORDER INTO PAKISTAN.
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- THIS BORDER COUNTRY IS THE
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OTHERWISE CROWDED DESERT.
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IT'S EFFECTIVELY A GIANT
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DUST BOWL.
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- BILLIONS OF SAND GRAINS
- ARE WHIPPED UP BY
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70-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS.
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THEY FORM IMMENSE SAND
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DUNES, SOME ALMOST HALF A
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MILE HIGH.
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SOME NEVER STOP MOVING.
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OTHERS HAVE STOOD FOR
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THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
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- DUNE RIDGES RIPPLE LIKE
- WAVES IN A SEEMINGLY
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ENDLESS SEA OF SAND.
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WITH NO SHADE OR WATER,
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FEW ANIMALS MAKE THEIR
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HOME ON THESE SHIFTING
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SANDS.
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[CAMEL GROANING]
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DYLAN: THIS IS A LAND OF
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NOMADS.
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- MANY OF THE REGION'S
- TRIBES MOVE THROUGH THE
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DESERT IN A CONSTANT
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SEARCH FOR WATER AND
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- GRAZING FOR THEIR
- LIVESTOCK, AND EVERY
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SPRING, THEY TRAVEL FROM
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THE FAR CORNERS OF THE
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THAR TO A SMALL TOWN AT
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ITS HEART, NAGAUR.
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- TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
- GATHER FOR THE DESERT'S
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LARGEST LIVESTOCK MARKET,
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THE NAGAUR FAIR.
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- THEY COME TO CELEBRATE
- THEIR TRADITIONAL WAY OF
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LIFE AND THEIR ANCIENT
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ALLIANCE WITH NATURE.
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THESE PEOPLE ARE FARMERS,
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BUT WITH REGULAR DROUGHTS,
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THEY CAN'T RELY ON CROPS
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FOR FOOD OR INCOME.
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- INSTEAD, THEY OWE THEIR
- SURVIVAL TO DOMESTICATED
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ANIMALS.
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- BECAUSE OF THIS DEPENDENCE
- ON ANIMAL FARMING, THE
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DESERT IS HOME TO TEN
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TIMES MORE LIVESTOCK THAN
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ANYWHERE ELSE IN INDIA.
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- CAMELS ARE CENTRAL TO
- DESERT LIFE BECAUSE THEY
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CAN WITHSTAND THE INTENSE
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HEAT AND LACK OF WATER
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THAT WOULD KILL OTHER
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SPECIES.
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OWNERS TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN
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THEIR PRECIOUS ANIMALS.
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- WITH PAINSTAKING ATTENTION
- TO DETAIL, THEY ARE
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- TRANSFORMED INTO LIVING
- WORKS OF ART.
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THE MARWARI HORSE IS ALSO
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HIGHLY VALUED.
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- IT'S UNIQUE SMOOTH STEP,
- THE REVAL, ENABLES THE
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RIDER TO TRAVEL ACROSS
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SAND IN COMFORT.
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MARWARI MEANS "FROM THE
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LAND OF DEATH".
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ORIGINALLY BRED FOR DESERT
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WARRIORS, IT'S A WAR HORSE
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OF INCREDIBLE STAMINA THAT
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CAN THRIVE WITH LITTLE
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FOOD OR WATER.
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DESERT PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS
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SHARED THEIR LIVES WITH
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ANIMALS AND RELIED ON THEM
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FOR SURVIVAL.
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- THIS HAS CREATED AN
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RESPECT FOR ANIMALS
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FUNDAMENTAL TO LIFE ALL
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OVER THE THAR.
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COMING UP, FIND OUT HOW
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THESE BIRDS STAY HAPPY,
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HEALTHY, AND HIGH-FLYING
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NEXT ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[BREAK]
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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- DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO
- THE THAR DESERT, WHERE WE
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- MAKE OUR WAY TO A CITY
- KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO
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THE DESERT, JODHPUR.
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- IT'S DOMINATED BY ONE OF
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BUILDINGS, MEHRANGARH
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FORT, ALSO KNOWN AS
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MOUNTAIN OF BIRDS.
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- ITS BATTLEMENTS TOWER FOUR
- HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE
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CITY, AND THEY'VE BEEN
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OCCUPIED FOR CENTURIES.
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- THE FORT IS A STRONGHOLD
- FOR BIRDS OF PREY THANKS
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TO THE PEOPLE OF JODHPUR.
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- IN THE FABLED BLUE CITY,
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PROTECTED.
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- CARING FOR THE BLACK KITE
- POPULATION IS A TASK
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- LATEEF PRESHI TAKES TO
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- LATEEF FEEDS THE KITES
- EVERY DAY AS HIS FAMILY
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HAS DONE FOR GENERATIONS.
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IT IS A GREAT HONOR.
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NURTURED BY THE CITY, THE
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KITES THRIVE IN THEIR
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DESERT FORTRESS.
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- THEY SHARE THEIR HOME WITH
- LONG-BILLED VULTURES THAT
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NEST ON ITS BATTLEMENTS.
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BUT INDIA'S VULTURES
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HAVEN'T BEEN SO LUCKY.
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THEIR NUMBERS FELL BY 90
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PERCENT IN RECENT YEARS,
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ACCIDENTALLY POISONED BY A
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DRUG THAT IS NOW BANNED.
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- FEWER VULTURES NEST HERE
- NOW, BUT JODHPUR'S FORT
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REMAINS A VITAL BREEDING
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GROUND.
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NUMBERS ARE SLOWLY
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RECOVERING.
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VULTURES RISE ON THERMALS
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AND SOAR EFFORTLESSLY
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ABOVE THE BLUE CITY.
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- THE STREETS BELOW ARE
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ANIMALS.
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COWS ARE SACRED TO HINDUS
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AND CANNOT BE EATEN WHEN
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THEY DIE.
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INSTEAD, THEY MUST BE
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RESPECTFULLY DISPOSED OF.
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- EVERY DAY, CARCASSES ARE
- WHEELED TO THE EDGE OF THE
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CITY, WHERE THEY ARE LEFT
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FOR THE SCAVENGERS.
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BIRDS OF PREY ARE
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INVALUABLE TO SOCIETY.
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VULTURES ARE FED.
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IN RETURN, THEY CLEAN UP
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THE CITY, HELPING ENSURE
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DISEASE DOESN'T SPREAD.
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COMING UP ON "EARTH
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ODYSSEY", WHAT OTHER
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ANIMALS SHARE THIS
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BEAUTIFUL SANCTUARY?
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[MONKEY GRUNTING]
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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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- THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE
- THAR DESERT HAVE AN
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UNBELIEVABLY STRONG AND
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OFTEN PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
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- WITH THE WILD ANIMALS THAT
- LIVE THERE.
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- THE CATTLE AND HORSES GIVE
- THEM FOOD AND
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TRANSPORTATION AND IN
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RETURN ARE TREATED WITH
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- CARE, AND THERE'S ANOTHER
- ANIMAL TREATED WITH THE
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SAME RESPECT, BUT THIS
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TYPE IS MORE SPIRITUAL
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THAN TANGIBLE.
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LANGUR MONKEYS ARE ONE OF
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THE ONLY MAMMALS THAT CAN
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THRIVE IN THE HARSH
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ENVIRONMENTS OF THE THAR
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DESERT, SO LET'S EXPLORE
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HOW THEIR ADAPTABILITY
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DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED BY
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THEIR HUMAN NEIGHBORS.
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- THE THAR DESERT IS FULL OF
- SANCTUARIES FOR EXOTIC
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ANIMALS, LIKE THE
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MEHRANGARH FORT, WHICH
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ISN'T ONLY A HAVEN FOR
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BIRDS; IT'S A SANCTUARY
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FOR ANOTHER OF INDIA'S
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MOST SACRED ANIMALS.
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REVERED ABOVE ALL MONKEYS
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IS THE HANUMAN LANGUR,
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BELIEVED TO BE THE LIVING
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INCARNATION OF THE MONKEY
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GOD.
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- THIS ADAPTABLE PRIMATE CAN
- SURVIVE EVERYWHERE FROM
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STEAMING JUNGLES TO FROZEN
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FORESTS.
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- NO OTHER MONKEY LIVES IN
- THE CENTER OF A PARCHED
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DESERT.
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LANGURS KNOW WHICH DESERT
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PLANTS ARE EDIBLE AND GET
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MOST OF THE MOISTURE THEY
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NEED FROM SOLID FOOD, BUT
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- THEY ALSO SEIZE MANMADE
- OPPORTUNITIES.
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- EVERY MORNING, THE FAMILY
- LEAVES THEIR TREES TO TAKE
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A TRIP INTO TOWN.
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- INCREDIBLE ACROBATS, THEY
- GRACEFULLY SCALE THE
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ROOFTOPS ON THEIR WAY TO
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MEHRANGARH FORT.
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- IT'S USUALLY A GOOD PLACE
- TO GET HANDOUTS FROM
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GENEROUS PILGRIMS, BUT
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TODAY, THERE'S A VERY
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DIFFERENT WELCOMING
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COMMITTEE.
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ROGUE BACHELOR MALES
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PATROL THE RAMPARTS.
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- WITHOUT A TROOP OF THEIR
- OWN, THEY TEAM UP TO TRY
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AND STEAL ONE.
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[MONKEY GRUNTING]
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- DYLAN: TROOP TAKEOVERS
- CAN OFTEN BE TOUGH FOR
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THESE FAMILIES.
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[MONKEY GRUNTING]
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- DYLAN: BUT THESE MONKEYS'
- MOTHERS WILL DO ANYTHING
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TO PROTECT THEIR YOUNG.
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[MONKEY GRUNTING]
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[GRUNTING CONTINUES]
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[GRUNTING CONTINUES]
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DYLAN: THE ALPHA FEMALE
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SHOWS INCREDIBLE BRAVERY.
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SHE RISKS LIFE AND LIMB TO
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REPEL THE ATTACKERS.
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IT'S NOT THEIR TIME YET.
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THE BACHELORS FLEE, BUT
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THEY WILL BE BACK.
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MALE TAKEOVERS ARE PART OF
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LANGUR LIFE.
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THE ALPHA MALE IS ONLY
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STRONG ENOUGH TO RETAIN A
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TROOP FOR A FEW YEARS.
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- SCARRED FROM PREVIOUS
- BATTLES, HIS DAYS AT THE
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TOP ARE NUMBERED.
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WITH FREQUENT DROUGHTS,
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FOOD SHORTAGES, AND FIERCE
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FIGHTS BETWEEN RIVAL
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TROOPS, DESERT LIFE IS A
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STRUGGLE FOR LANGURS.
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BUT THANKS TO THEIR HOLY
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STATUS, HELP IS AT HAND.
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MR. BORANA RUNS A CHARITY
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DEDICATED TO CARING FOR
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JODHPUR'S SACRED MONKEYS.
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- AFTER THEIR BRUISING
- ENCOUNTER, THE LANGURS ARE
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- READY TO SEE A FRIENDLY
- FACE...
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...PARTICULARLY, WHEN HE'S
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HANDING OUT A FEAST.
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MR. BORANA: OH!
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OH!
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- [MR. BORANA SPEAKING FOREIGN
- LANGUAGE]
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- DYLAN: MANY OF THE
- LANGURS HAVE KNOWN MR.
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BORANA SINCE THEY WERE
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BORN, AND THEY'RE NOT SHY.
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- THOUGH BANANAS AREN'T THE
- NATURAL FOOD OF DESERT
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MONKEYS, THEY'RE THE
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TROOP'S FAVORITE.
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- THE ALPHA FEMALE IS WISE
- ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT MR.
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BORANA IS A LIFELINE FOR
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HER FAMILY.
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- THERE IS NO RISK OF
- STARVATION HERE DESPITE
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- THE CONSTANT THREAT OF
- DROUGHT.
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- IN THIS DESERT COMMUNITY,
- PEOPLE TAKE THE WELFARE OF
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- ANIMALS INTO THEIR OWN
- HANDS.
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MR. BORANA'S DEVOTION TO
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THESE MONKEYS HAS CREATED
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A UNIQUE BOND BETWEEN MAN
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AND HIS PRIMATE COUSINS,
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AND THIS BOND ALLOWS THESE
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LANGUR MONKEYS TO THRIVE.
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- COMING UP, THERE ARE
- PLENTY OF PREDATORS THAT
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LIVE IN THE THAR DESERT,
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BUT WHICH ONE IS THE MOST
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FEARED AND MOST PROTECTED?
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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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- DYLAN: THE THAR IS HOME
- TO A SURPRISING NUMBER OF
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PREDATORS, INDIAN FOXES,
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HYENAS, AND THE KING OF
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THEM ALL, AN ANIMAL THAT
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ONCE RIVALED THE TIGER.
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- AT THE FAR SOUTHERN EDGE
- OF THE DESERT IN GUJARAT'S
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GIR FOREST LIVES A
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PREDATOR NORMALLY
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ASSOCIATED WITH AFRICA.
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- THIS PARCHED FOREST IS AT
- ITS MOST DANGEROUS IN THE
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SUMMER, WHEN ONE OF THE
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WORLD'S MOST FORMIDABLE
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PREDATORS HAS YOUNGSTERS
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TO FEED.
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LIFE-SAVING WATER SOURCES
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BECOME DEATH TRAPS.
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THIS IS LION COUNTRY.
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- FEMALES HAVE CUBS DURING
- THE HOTTEST MONTHS OF THE
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YEAR, WHEN PREY IS FORCED
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TO VISIT SHRINKING WATER
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- HOLES AND IT'S EASIER TO
- MAKE A KILL.
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INDIAN LIONS CAN HUNT
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SUCCESSFULLY ALONE USING
359
00:17:56,543 --> 00:17:58,411
- THE COVER OF THE TREES TO
- GET WITHIN STRIKING
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00:17:58,414 --> 00:18:00,447
DISTANCE.
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UNLIKE THEIR AFRICAN
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COUSINS, INDIAN LIONS HAVE
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A THINNER MANE AND A LONG
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LINE OF SKIN RUNNING DOWN
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THEIR BELLY.
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00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:38,551
- THE GIR FOREST IS THE LAST
- STRONGHOLD OF LIONS WHICH
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ONCE ROAMED ALL OVER
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EUROPE, ASIA, AND INDIA.
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- AFTER A CENTURY OF BIG
- GAME HUNTING, THEY WERE AT
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THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.
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00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,397
IN 1900, THERE WERE JUST
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20 LIONS LEFT.
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NOW THERE ARE AROUND FIVE
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HUNDRED.
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- THEY OWE THEIR SURVIVAL TO
- THE MALDHARI HERDSMEN, WHO
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00:19:00,243 --> 00:19:01,575
GAVE UP THEIR ANCESTRAL
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00:19:01,576 --> 00:19:02,908
HOMELANDS TO CREATE A LION
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RESERVE.
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00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:07,347
- WITH NOTHING BUT THORN
- FENCES FOR PROTECTION, THE
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MALDHARI'S TOLERANCE FOR
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00:19:09,550 --> 00:19:11,750
BIG CATS IS REMARKABLE.
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00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:13,920
- THE MALDHARIS ARE HINDUS
- AND CONSIDER THE LION
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SACRED.
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THEY WORSHIP THE MAN-LION
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NARASIMHA, A SUPREME GOD.
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- EVEN THOUGH LIONS ARE
- VENTURING OUTSIDE THE
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RESERVE, THE MALDHARI
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00:19:23,281 --> 00:19:24,930
CONTINUE TO TOLERATE THEIR
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DANGEROUS NEIGHBOR.
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00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:28,868
- THE RELATIONSHIP THAT
- HUMANS HAVE WITH THE
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ANIMALS THAT BELONG TO THE
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THAR DESERT IS WHAT MAKES
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00:19:31,805 --> 00:19:34,573
THIS LAND SO SPECIAL.
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00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:36,476
- IT'S A LAND OF LIFE THAT
- ONLY THRIVES WITH THE
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MUTUAL RESPECT AND TRUST
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00:19:38,146 --> 00:19:39,812
THAT PEOPLE SHARE WITH
397
00:19:39,813 --> 00:19:42,479
THEIR ANIMAL NEIGHBORS.
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00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,783
- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
- ON OUR ADVENTURE TO THE
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00:19:43,786 --> 00:19:45,068
THAR DESERT, WHERE THE
400
00:19:45,069 --> 00:19:46,352
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
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00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:47,905
HUMANS AND ANIMALS GOES
402
00:19:47,906 --> 00:19:49,455
BACK GENERATIONS AND IS
403
00:19:49,456 --> 00:19:51,174
KEY TO SURVIVAL IN THESE
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HARSH ENVIRONMENTS.
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- WE HOPE YOU JOIN US NEXT
- TIME FOR ANOTHER
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00:19:54,497 --> 00:19:56,029
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY ON
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00:19:56,030 --> 00:19:57,563
"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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00:19:57,564 --> 00:19:59,599
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