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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 SHOW, WE HEAD
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TO SOUTH AMERICA'S BIGGEST
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WETLAND, THE PANTANAL.
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WE'LL MEET GIANT RIVER
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OTTERS WHOSE SIZE NEVER
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GETS IN THE WAY OF THEIR
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ABILITY TO GET OUT OF A
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TIGHT SQUEEZE.
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- AND LATER, JAGUARS AND
- MONKEYS DON'T MAKE THE
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HUNTING TEAM, BUT THERE
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ARE TWO SPECIES THAT HELP
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EACH OTHER FROM THE WATER
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TO THE SKY.
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ALL THIS AND MORE COMING
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UP ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THE PANTANAL IS
- THE LARGEST WETLAND IN THE
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WORLD, COVERING MORE THAN
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60,000 SQUARE MILES OF
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SOUTH AMERICA.
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SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT
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15-TO-23,000 YEARS AGO, IT
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WAS ACTUALLY A SANDY
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DESERT, HARDLY SUPPORTING
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ANY LIFE AT ALL.
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THAT TIME IS WELL IN THE
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PAST, AS WE'RE ABOUT TO
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SEE.
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TODAY, THE PANTANAL HAS
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BECOME AN ECOSYSTEM OF
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FLOWING RIVERS THAT
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SUPPORT ALL TYPES OF
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PLANTS AND ANIMALS AS WELL
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AS HUMANS.
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LET'S EXPLORE THE
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FASCINATING WORLD THAT
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- LIVES UNDER AND ABOVE THE
- RICH RIVERS OF THE
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PANTANAL.
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- WELCOME TO THE PANTANAL'S
- MOST IMPORTANT WATER
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SYSTEMS WHICH ACT AS THE
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KEY TO THIS RICH
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ENVIRONMENT.
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FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE LAST
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SERIOUS RAIN, THE PANTANAL
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IS STILL RELEASING WATER
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INTO A NETWORK OF MIGHTY
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RIVERS.
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- THE LARGEST OF THESE
- SURVIVE EVEN THE DRIEST
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MONTHS OF THE YEAR,
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CREATING AN EVER-RELIABLE
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RESERVOIR OF FOOD AS WELL
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AS WATER.
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FEW PEOPLE LIVE
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PERMANENTLY IN THE
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PANTANAL.
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- ALONG WITH THE COWBOYS,
- THERE ARE SMALL
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COMMUNITIES OF FISHERMEN
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WHO PLY THE RIVERS
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YEAR-ROUND.
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GONZAGA IS SETTING OUT IN
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SEARCH OF MONSTERS.
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THESE RIVERS HOLD GIANTS
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IN THEIR DEPTHS, BUT
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- CATCHING THEM IS NO EASY
- FEAT.
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THE PANTANAL IS A HAVEN
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FOR ONE OF GONZAGA'S
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BIGGEST RIVALS, THE GIANT
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RIVER OTTER.
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NEARLY SIX FEET LONG AND
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WEIGHING MORE THAN 65
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POUNDS, IT FULLY MERITS
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ITS NAME.
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UNLIKE MOST OTTERS, GIANT
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OTTERS LIVE IN GROUPS AND
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HUNT IN PACKS, EARNING
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THEIR NICKNAME, RIVER
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WOLVES.
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[RIVER OTTER GRUNTING]
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- DYLAN: IN OPEN WATER,
- THEIR TARGETS HAVE ROOM TO
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MANEUVER.
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EVEN WORKING TOGETHER, THE
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OTTERS MISS MORE THAN THEY
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HIT.
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BUT CLOSER TO THE RIVER'S
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EDGE, THE OTTERS SOON GET
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LUCKY.
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THEY MAY HUNT TOGETHER,
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BUT THEY EAT ALONE.
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THEY'RE RAVENOUS FEEDERS,
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DEVOURING UP TO MORE THAN
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TEN POUNDS A DAY, ANYTHING
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FROM FISH AND BIRDS TO
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ANACONDAS AND EVEN CAYMAN.
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GONZAGA, TOO, IS HOMING IN
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ON THE WATER'S EDGE.
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HE'S CAREFUL TO STAY AWAY
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FROM THE RIVERBANK.
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WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER,
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GONZAGA WATCHED AS HIS
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BROTHER WAS ATTACKED BY A
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HUNGRY JAGUAR.
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HE WAS LUCKY TO ESCAPE
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WITH HIS LIFE.
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GONZAGA WORKS FAST...
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...SOON FILLING HIS BOAT
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WITH LUNGFISH AND OTHER
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SPECIES.
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BUT THEY'RE JUST BAIT FOR
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THE GIANT HE'S AFTER.
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THE FISHING PART, THE
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DOMINANT MALE AND LAST
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YEAR'S YOUNG, RETURNS TO
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THE DEN, THE FOCUS OF
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OTTER FAMILY LIFE.
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[RIVER OTTER GROANING]
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- DYLAN: THE BREEDING
- FEMALE IS STANDING GUARD,
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LOOKING AFTER THIS YEAR'S
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CUBS.
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SHE'S WORRIED FOR THEIR
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SAFETY AND DECIDES IT'S
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TIME TO MOVE HOME.
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UNABLE TO SWIM, THE YOUNG
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CUBS MUST BE DRAGGED INTO
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THE MUDDY WATERS.
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PREDATORS LURK NEARBY.
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- THE OLDER SIBLINGS DECIDE
- THE CAYMAN ARE TOO CLOSE
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FOR COMFORT.
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- COORDINATED LUNGES ARE
- ENOUGH TO SEE OFF THE
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DANGEROUS FOE.
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THEIR NEMESIS GONE, THE
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WHOLE FAMILY TURNS ITS
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ATTENTION BACK TO THE
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MOVE, CARRYING THE CUBS
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ONE-BY-ONE.
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- THEY'VE ALREADY EXCAVATED
- A NEW DEN.
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MOVING IN DOESN'T TAKE
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LONG.
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RESPONSIBILITY OVER AND
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FUELED BY A BELLY FULL OF
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FISH, IT'S TIME TO PLAY.
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[RIVER OTTERS SCREECHING]
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[SCREECHING CONTINUES]
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- DYLAN: THE GAME OF TAG IS
- DISRUPTED BY YET MORE
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FOOD.
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A THREE-FOOT-LONG SWAMP
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EEL IS QUITE A FEAST.
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GIANT RIVER OTTERS HAVE
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LONG BEEN HUNTED FOR THEIR
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FUR AND AS COMPETITION FOR
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FISHERMEN.
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- BY THE MID-20TH CENTURY,
- THREE THOUSAND A YEAR WERE
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BEING KILLED IN BRAZIL.
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- TODAY, THERE COULD BE JUST
- A THOUSAND LEFT ACROSS ALL
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OF SOUTH AMERICA.
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HERE IN THE PANTANAL,
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THEY'RE BOUNCING BACK.
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THIS REMOTE SWAMP IS ONE
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OF THEIR LAST REFUGES.
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- COMING UP, WE'LL EXPLORE
- WHY THE PANTANAL IS A
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- PERFECT HOME FOR THE LOCAL
- JAGUARS.
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PLUS, WE HIT THE RIVER AND
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JOIN LOCALS AS THEY EMBARK
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ON ONE OF THE MOST
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FASCINATING FISHING TRIPS
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YOU'LL EVER SEE.
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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 PANTANAL.
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- AS THE DRY SEASON NEARS
- ITS PEAK, THE
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YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUES ARE
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IN THE MOOD TO MATE.
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- A FEMALE HAS ARRIVED AT
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THREADING THE FOUNDATIONS
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FOR THIS YEAR'S NEST.
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HER PRESENCE PROVOKES A
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FRENZY.
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[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
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- DYLAN: AN EAGER MALE HAS
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POSITION TO DAZZLE HER
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WITH HIS TALENTS.
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- EACH COLONY BOASTS A
- UNIQUE MIX OF UP TO SEVEN
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SONGS.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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- DYLAN: THE MALE MUST BELT
- OUT EACH OF THE FEMALE'S
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FAVORITES TO WIN THIS
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FIERCELY CONTESTED TREETOP
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TALENT SHOW.
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THE PANTANAL'S OVERGROWN
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RIVERBANKS ARE PERFECT FOR
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JAGUARS...
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...WATER TO DRINK, SHADE
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FROM THE SUN, AND A
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- PLATFORM FROM WHICH TO SPY
- PREY.
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- ALMOST PERFECT, BUT
- THERE'S NO RESPITE FROM
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WRETCHED FLIES.
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THESE NARROW RIVERSIDE
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FORESTS MAKE UP JUST TWO
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PERCENT OF THE PANTANAL,
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BUT THEY'RE HUGELY
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IMPORTANT.
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- THEY'RE NATURAL HIGHWAYS,
- MAKING THE PANTANAL A
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MELTING POT OF SOUTH
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AMERICAN WILDLIFE.
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TUFTED CAPUCHINS HAVE USED
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THESE CORRIDORS TO SPREAD
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SOUTH FROM THE AMAZON.
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- THEY LIVE IN SMALL FAMILY
- GROUPS LED BY A DOMINANT
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MALE.
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FIFTY PERCENT LARGER THAN
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THE FEMALES, HE CALLS THE
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SHOTS AROUND HERE.
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THE CAPUCHINS ARE SO WARY
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OF EAGLES, THAT EVEN A
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HARMLESS VULTURE SENDS
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THEM SCURRYING DOWN FROM
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THE CANOPY.
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[MONKEY SCREECHING]
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- DYLAN: THERE'S A STRICT
- HIERARCHY WITHIN THE
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GROUP.
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A SUBMISSIVE GRIMACE
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SHOULD KEEP THIS ONE'S
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SUPERIORS HAPPY.
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- ONCE THE POLITICS ARE
- SORTED OUT, IT'S BACK TO
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FORAGING.
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CAPUCHINS EAT ANYTHING
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THAT MOVES AND MUCH THAT
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DOESN'T.
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THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AREAS
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ARE ALONG THE RIVERBANK,
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- BUT WARY OF CAYMAN, THE
- DIMINUTIVE MONKEYS DARE
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- NOT VENTURE TOO CLOSE TO
- THE EDGE.
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- THOUGH PICKINGS ARE SLIM
- AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE
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TUFTED CAPUCHINS'
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VERSATILITY AND THESE
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- RIBBON-LIKE FORESTS HAVE
- MADE THEM THE MOST
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WIDESPREAD MONKEYS IN
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SOUTH AMERICA.
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CAPYBARAS, AT UP TO 165
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POUNDS, THE WORLD'S
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LARGEST RODENTS HAVE A
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MORE CONSIDERATE APPROACH
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TO LIFE.
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THEY SPEND THE HOTTEST
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PART OF THE DAY LAZING ON
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THE RIVERBANKS.
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- THOUGH THEY SEEM IMMUNE TO
- CAYMAN, THEY'RE AT THE TOP
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OF THE JAGUAR'S MENU.
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EACH FAMILY PROTECTS ITS
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OWN PATCH.
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TERRITORIAL DUTIES FALL ON
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THE DOMINANT MALE, WHO
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- OBSESSIVELY MARKS THE
- BOUNDARIES WITH HIS
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DISTINCTIVE SCENT.
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PARENTAL CARE IS LEFT TO
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THE FEMALES.
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- AT THE FIRST SIGN OF
- DANGER, THE CAPYBARAS KNOW
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JUST WHAT TO DO.
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THE RIVER IS THE PERFECT
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EMERGENCY EXIT.
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JAGUARS HAVE LITTLE
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SUCCESS HUNTING BY DAY.
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BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER
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DARK.
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- COMING UP, YOU WON'T WANT
- TO MISS THE RELATIONSHIP
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THESE LOCALS HAVE WITH
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LOCAL BIRDS AND HOW THEY
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HELP EACH OTHER CATCH ONE
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OF PANTANAL'S BIGGEST
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FISH.
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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: WELCOME BACK.
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- THE PANTANAL IS HOME TO
- MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED
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DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH.
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SOME ARE BIG, SOME ARE
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SMALL, BUT ALL PLAY AN
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IMPORTANT ROLE IN
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SUSTAINING THE RICH LIFE
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THAT LIVES IN AND AROUND
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THE REGION'S WATERWAYS.
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JUST ASK THE LOCALS, WHO
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USE FISHING NOT ONLY AS A
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SOURCE OF FOOD, BUT AS
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THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
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LET'S JUMP ABOARD A LOCAL
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ANGLING EXPEDITION TO SEE
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IF WE CAN HOOK ONE OF THE
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BIGGEST FISH IN THE
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PANTANAL.
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- IT'S BARELY RAINED IN FOUR
- MONTHS, AND THE PANTANAL'S
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WATER LEVEL HAS FALLEN
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NINE FEET ALREADY.
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ALONG THE RIVERBANKS,
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STRANGE HOLES APPEAR, DUG
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NOT BY BIRDS, BUT BY FISH,
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EXCAVATING SAFE REFUGES AS
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THE WATERS DROPPED.
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- BLACK-COLLARED HAWKS ARE
- ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
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OXYGEN-STARVED PREY.
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BLACK SKIMMERS HAVE TAKEN
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OVER A WHOLE BEACH.
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- THE ADULTS USUALLY FISH AT
- NIGHT, BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY
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- HAVE HUNGRY MOUTHS TO
- FEED, SO THEY'RE WORKING A
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DOUBLE SHIFT.
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THE BREEDING SEASON IS IN
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FULL FLOW.
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NESTS ARE SIMPLE SCRAPES
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IN THE SAND.
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- THE ADULTS CAN'T STAY AWAY
- FOR LONG.
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- THEY MUST SHELTER THEIR
- CHICKS FROM THE BLAZING
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SUN.
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THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
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THE SKIMMERS WILL HAVE TO
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FLEDGE WITHIN TWO MONTHS,
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WHEN THE RAINS WILL RETURN
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AND THE RIVER LEVEL RISE
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AGAIN.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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- DYLAN: GONZAGA HAS WAITED
- UNTIL DUSK TO SET HIS
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HOOKS.
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ANY EARLIER, AND PIRANHAS
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WOULD DEMOLISH HIS BAIT...
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...A PINTADO, OR TIGER
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CATFISH.
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THEY CAN GROW TO A
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MONSTROUS 55 POUNDS.
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THIS IS JUST A YOUNGSTER.
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AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND
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TONS OF FISH ARE PULLED
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- OUT OF THE PANTANAL EVERY
- YEAR.
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CATFISH ARE DECLINING IN
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NUMBER AND SIZE, BUT
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- FISHING HAS SUSTAINED
- PEOPLE HERE FOR LONGER
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THAN ANYONE CAN REMEMBER.
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AROUND EIGHT THOUSAND
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YEARS AGO, BANDS OF NATIVE
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AMERICANS FIRST ARRIVED IN
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THE PANTANAL.
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THEY FOUND A PLENTIFUL
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HUNTING GROUND.
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TODAY, FEW NATIVE
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COMMUNITIES REMAIN, MOST
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WIPED OUT BY THE DISEASES
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AND WEAPONS OF EUROPEAN
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CONQUISTADORS.
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BUT THE FRINGES OF THE
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PANTANAL ARE THE LAST
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STRONGHOLD OF THE BORORO.
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ONLY AROUND A THOUSAND ARE
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LEFT.
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THE BORORO MAY HAVE
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EMBRACED MODERN CLOTHING,
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- BUT THEY STILL HOLD ON TO
- THEIR MOST IMPORTANT
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TRADITIONS.
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THIS ELDER OF THE VILLAGE
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LEADS THE FISHING TEAM.
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IT'S A TWO-DAY PROCESS AND
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STARTS WITH HARVESTING
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PALM FRONDS.
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GETTING THE RIGHT LENGTH
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AND STRENGTH IS CRUCIAL.
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THE BORORO METHOD IS A
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FINELY-TUNED TECHNIQUE.
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- ONCE THEY'VE GATHERED THE
- RAW MATERIALS, THE MEN
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TAKE IT IN TURNS TO WEAVE
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A GIANT SIEVE.
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NEXT, THEY BUILD THE DAM.
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THE VILLAGERS HAVE CHOSEN
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THE LOCATION CAREFULLY.
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- THIS TRIBUTARY HASN'T BEEN
- FISHED IN MORE THAN A
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YEAR.
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THE ELDERS ARE INTENT ON
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GETTING EVERY DETAIL JUST
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RIGHT.
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SONS AND GRANDSONS LOOK
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ON, SOAKING UP THE
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TRADITIONS OF THEIR
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FOREFATHERS.
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SKILLS LIKE THESE ARE WHAT
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MAKE THEM A BORORO.
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BUILDING THE DAM TAKES ALL
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DAY.
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THEY WON'T FINISH IT UNTIL
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THE MORNING.
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WHEN WE RETURN, DAY TWO OF
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THE FISHING TRIP BEGINS
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WITH A SPLASH, AND THE
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GROUP GETS SOME UNEXPECTED
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GUESTS.
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[BREAK]
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.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
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MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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- DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO
- THE PANTANAL, WHERE WE'RE
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JUST EMBARKING ON DAY TWO
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00:17:12,803 --> 00:17:14,339
OF THE BORORO FISHING
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TRIP.
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00:17:17,337 --> 00:17:19,406
- WHILE THE OLDER MEN PUT
- THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO
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THE DAM, THE YOUNGSTERS
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GATHER UPSTREAM.
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- THEY'VE COLLECTED VINES,
- WHICH THE BORORO CALL
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TIMBO.
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THE NAME MEANS POISON.
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00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:31,601
MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN
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MUST EXTRACT ITS ACTIVE
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00:17:32,919 --> 00:17:34,888
INGREDIENT AND FLUSH IT
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DOWNSTREAM, SO THEY POUND
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THE VINES TO A PULP.
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THE POISON, KNOWN BY
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SCIENTISTS AS ROTENONE,
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PREVENTS THE FISH FROM
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TAKING UP OXYGEN.
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THEY BECOME DIZZY, AND THE
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YOUNG BORORO ARE POISED TO
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POUNCE.
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00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:52,839
THE CONFUSED FISH GO WITH
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THE FLOW AND ARE USHERED
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00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:57,976
ON THEIR WAY DOWNSTREAM.
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00:17:57,977 --> 00:17:59,295
THE FRONT OF POISON WATER
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MOVES INEXORABLY TOWARDS
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THE DAM.
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- THE VILLAGE ELDERS WAIT
- PATIENTLY FOR THE
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HARD-EARNED CATCH TO
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ARRIVE.
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00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:16,897
IT TAKES FIVE HOURS FOR
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THE FIRST WEAKENED FISH TO
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BE SUCKED INTO THE TRAP.
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00:18:20,734 --> 00:18:22,869
- THE VILLAGE CHIEF IS SET
- TO SWEEP IN ANY
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STRUGGLERS.
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00:18:31,544 --> 00:18:33,513
WITHIN MINUTES MORE,
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BIGGER FISH ARRIVE.
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00:18:35,482 --> 00:18:37,450
- SOON, MORE HANDS ARE
- NEEDED TO PIN DOWN THE
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SLIPPERY CATCH.
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- WITHIN AN HOUR, MORE THAN
- A HUNDRED FISH HAVE BEEN
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CAUGHT.
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00:18:44,570 --> 00:18:46,593
- THE POISON IS HARMLESS TO
- HUMANS AND WILL SOON BREAK
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DOWN IN THE RIVER.
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00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:52,165
THE BORORO WILL BE
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FEASTING TONIGHT, AND
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THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
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A HUNGRY JAGUAR CAN
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OPERATE IN ALMOST TOTAL
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DARKNESS.
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00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:02,192
ITS SAUCER-LIKE EYES USE
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JUST A SIXTH OF THE LIGHT
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00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:07,146
REQUIRED BY HUMANS.
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COWS, TOO, HAVE GREAT
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NIGHT VISION, INHERITED
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FROM WILD ANCESTORS.
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BUT THEY HAVE NEITHER THE
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SPEED NOR THE AGILITY TO
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- ESCAPE SOUTH AMERICA'S TOP
- PREDATOR.
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- THE TRADITIONS THAT ARE
- STILL ALIVE IN THE
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PANTANAL ARE CENTRAL TO
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THE SURVIVAL OF THE LOCAL
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VILLAGES.
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- AND WITH THE WATER FEEDING
- THE LIFE HERE, THESE
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TRADITIONS WILL CONTINUE
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TO BE ALIVE FOR YEARS TO
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COME.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
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ON OUR ADVENTURE TO THE
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PANTANAL, WHERE THE WET
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LANDSCAPE AND WARM CLIMATE
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CREATES A HUB FOR AN
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INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF
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DIVERSE FISH AND MAMMALS.
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WE HOPE YOU JOIN US AGAIN
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FOR OUR NEXT "EARTH
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ODYSSEY".
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