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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: HI THERE, I'M DYLAN
- DREYER, AND THIS IS "EARTH
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ODYSSEY".
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ON TODAY'S SHOW, WE UNCOVER THE
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WILDLIFE THAT LIVES IN THE
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UNBELIEVABLY DIVERSE ISLAND OF
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JAPAN.
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AND WE EXPLORE THE COUNTRY TO
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FIND THE MOST FASCINATING
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ANIMALS AND THE MOST HEROIC
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INSECTS.
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FROM STELLER'S EAGLES TO
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HONEYBEES, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO
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REIGNS SUPREME IN THE WILDLIFE
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OF JAPAN.
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DYLAN: JAPAN IS A PLACE OF
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TREMENDOUS EXTREMES, ESPECIALLY
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ALONG ITS COASTLINE.
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COLD CURRENTS MIX WITH WARM
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WATER, CREATING THE PERFECT
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- ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL TYPES OF
- FISH.
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- AND THIS IS THE DREAM BUFFET FOR
- ONE OF THE BIGGEST BIRDS IN THE
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WORLD, THE SEA EAGLE.
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BUT THIS EXPERT HUNTER MUST TAKE
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EXTREME CAUTION BECAUSE, AS
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- YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, ANOTHER
- PREDATOR IS TRYING TO SPOIL ITS
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MEAL.
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JAPAN IS A LAND OF WILDLY
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DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS.
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DYLAN: FROM SNOW-COVERED
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MOUNTAINS TO STEAMY SUB-TROPICAL
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MANGROVES.
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- ANIMALS HAVE ADAPTED TO SURVIVE
- IN THEM ALL.
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THIS IS HOME TO WILDLIFE FOUND
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NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
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UNIQUE RESIDENTS AND MYSTERIOUS
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VISITORS ARE FOUND HERE IN
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JAPAN'S ISLANDS OF EXTREMES.
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THE SHIRETOKO PENINSULA IN
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NORTHERN HOKKAIDO BORDERS THE
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COLDEST SEA IN EAST ASIA, THE
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SEA OF OKHOTSK.
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- DYLAN: DURING WINTER, IT
- BECOMES ALMOST COMPLETELY
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COVERED WITH ICE.
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DYLAN: THE ICE ORIGINATES IN
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EASTERN RUSSIA AND IS PULLED
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SOUTH BY OCEAN CURRENTS.
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IN EARLY WINTER, THE ICE AROUND
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THE SHIRETOKO PENINSULA CAN
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REACH ALMOST TWO MILES WIDE AND
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30 MILES LONG.
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- DYLAN: AT THE SAME TIME COLD
- CURRENTS ARRIVE HERE FROM
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RUSSIA, WARM TROPICAL CURRENTS
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ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTH.
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AS THESE CURRENT COLLIDE, THE
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NUMBER OF PLANKTON LITERALLY
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EXPLODES.
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- HUGE SHOALS OF FISH COME HERE TO
- FEED.
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THESE WATERS BECOME SOME OF THE
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RICHEST FISHING GROUNDS IN THE
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WORLD.
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AND THEY PROVE IRRESISTIBLE TO
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SOME OF NATURE'S MOST SKILLFUL
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HUNTERS.
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- DYLAN: A THIRD OF THE WORLD'S
- POPULATION OF STELLER'S SEA
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EAGLES MIGRATE HERE FROM RUSSIA
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EVERY WINTER.
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- DYLAN: STELLER'S SEA EAGLES ARE
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WORLD.
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IN FULL FLIGHT, THEIR WINGSPAN
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REACHES AROUND EIGHT FEET.
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- DYLAN: SLOWLY CIRCLING THE ICE,
- RAZOR-SHARP EYES SCAN THE SEA
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FOR ANY SIGN OF PREY.
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- DYLAN: ONE FLICKER OF MOVEMENT
- IS ALL IT TAKES.
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DYLAN: BUT CATCHING A FISH DOES
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NOT GUARANTEE A MEAL.
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THERE ARE JEALOUS EYES
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EVERYWHERE.
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WITH UP TO 2,000 SEA EAGLES
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GATHERING HERE, COMPETITION IS
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FIERCE AMONG THESE NORMALLY
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SOLITARY BIRDS.
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DYLAN: FIGHTS OVER FOOD ARE
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COMMON.
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BEAKS, TALONS, AND WINGS ARE ALL
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USED AS WEAPONS.
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DYLAN: EVENTUALLY, THE HUNTER
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PREVAILS.
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- AFTER THE EFFORT IT TOOK TO KEEP
- HOLD OF ITS PREY, THE EAGLE IS
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HUNGRIER THAN EVER.
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DYLAN: WHITE-TAILED EAGLES ARE
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ON PATROL, TOO.
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- DYLAN: IN MANY PLACES, THE
- WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE WOULD BE
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KING, BUT HERE, STELLER'S SEA
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EAGLES ARE VICTORIOUS.
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DYLAN: BUT AWAY FROM THE SEA,
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ANOTHER ANIMAL REIGNS THE LAND.
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COMING UP, WE NEED TO BE SLY AND
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STAY OUT OF HARM'S WAY AROUND
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THIS RED FOX.
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PLUS, WE'LL SEE WHAT ALL THE
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BUZZ IS ABOUT IN HONSHU.
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[BREAK]
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
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MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: HERE IN JAPAN'S FROZEN
- WINTER WILDERNESS, OPPORTUNISTS
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ARE ALWAYS READY TO TAKE
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ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS' MISFORTUNE.
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- EARLY MORNING, A NORTHER RED FOX
- IS ON THE PROWL.
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TO LOCAL TRIBES PEOPLE, THE RED
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FOX IS THE GOD OF CUNNING AND IS
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NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
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DYLAN: LOUD SQUAWKS ALERT THE
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SCAVENGER TO A POSSIBLE JACKPOT.
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A SITKA DEER HAS FAILED TO MAKE
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IT THROUGH THE NIGHT.
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- DYLAN: THE FOX HAS NO TROUBLE
- IN CLAIMING ITS PRIZE FROM A
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FLOCK OF CROWS.
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RAZOR SHARP TEETH MAKE LIGHT
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WORK OF THE FROZEN CARCASS.
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THE ANGRY CROWS ARE LEFT
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SQUABBLING OVER SCRAPS.
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- DYLAN: IT'S MARCH IN HOKKAIDO
- AND WINTER IS DRAWING TO A
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CLOSE.
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CHANGES IN THE AIR, AS SPRING
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FINALLY ARRIVES.
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- TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE
- FREEZING AND THE PACK ICE
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CRACKING ICE IS A SIGNAL FOR
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STELLER'S SEA EAGLES TO TAKE
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FLIGHT.
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- AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF FEEDING AND
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JOURNEY BACK TO THEIR BREEDING
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GROUNDS IN EASTERN RUSSIA.
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- MELTING ICE IS ALSO THE CUE FOR
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TRAVELS.
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- DYLAN: WHOOPER SWANS GAINED
- THEIR NAME FROM THEIR DEEP
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HONKING CALL.
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- THEY'RE THE NOISIEST SWANS IN
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ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE
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PREPARING TO MIGRATE.
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10,000 SWANS HAVE SPENT THE
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WINTER IN HOKKAIDO TO ESCAPE THE
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SEVERE ARCTIC WEATHER IN THEIR
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SIBERIAN HOME.
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- DYLAN: HOKKAIDO'S WARM VOLCANIC
- WATERS BRING WELCOME RELIEF FROM
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THE COLD AND ENSURE THE SWANS A
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CONSTANT SUPPLY OF VEGETATION
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AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE, THE
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SWANS TAKE TO THE AIR.
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DESPITE THEIR SIZE, THEY ARE
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POWERFUL AND GRACEFUL FLYERS.
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- AS THEY LEAVE TO SPEND THEIR
- SUMMER IN THEIR NESTING GROUNDS
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IN SIBERIA, SOME JAPANESE PEOPLE
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SAY THE SWANS CARRY WINTER ON
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THEIR WINGS.
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- BUT THE SWANS MUST HAVE MISSED
- OUR NEXT STOP WHERE FLOWERS ARE
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BLOOMING AND BUSINESS IS
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BOOMING.
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WHEN WE RETURN, THE ONGOING
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BATTLE BETWEEN BEES AND HORNETS.
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AND LATER, WE SETTLE BACK DOWN
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TO EARTH AND EXPLORE WHAT'S
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CRAWLING ON THE GROUND OF JAPAN.
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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: MANY ANIMALS NEED TO
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EVOLVE TO STAY ALIVE.
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- THEY DEVELOP INTO BETTER
- HUNTERS, BETTER HIDERS, AND EVEN
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BETTER SOLDIERS.
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FOR EXAMPLE, JAPANESE HONEYBEES
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ARE TOO SMALL TO FIGHT THEIR
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BIGGEST ENEMY, THE JAPANESE
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HORNET, SO THE BEES HAD TO
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EVOLVE INTO A UNIFIED HIVE AND
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THAT'S WHEN THE BATTLE OF THE
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BUZZ BECAME A LOT MORE
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INTERESTING.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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WELCOME BACK TO JAPAN WHERE
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SPRING HAS SPRUNG, WHICH BRINGS
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A BUZZ TO THE AIR.
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- AT THIS BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN
- SOUTHERN HONSHU, SPRING BRINGS A
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FLURRY OF ACTIVITY.
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- A COLONY OF JAPANESE HONEYBEES
- HAS TAKEN OVER THE TEMPLE
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GARDEN'S HIVES.
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DYLAN: WORKER BEES TIRELESSLY
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SEARCH FOR FOOD.
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THEY RARELY STRAY FAR.
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MOST FORAGING TAKES PLACE WITHIN
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1,000 FEET OF THE HIVE.
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THE HIVE BRISTLES WITH ENERGY
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AND IT'S AN IRRESISTIBLE TARGET
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TO THE HONEYBEE'S ANCIENT RIVAL.
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A JAPANESE HORNET.
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- DYLAN: HORNETS ALSO HAVE YOUNG
- TO FEED AND THIS SCOUT HAS FOUND
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A MAJOR SOURCE OF FOOD; THE
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HONEYBEE'S HIVE.
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DYLAN: THE HORNET IS FIVE TIMES
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THE SIZE OF ITS PREY AND THE
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VENOM FROM ITS STING IS
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EXTREMELY POTENT.
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DYLAN: JUST A FEW HORNETS COULD
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DECIMATE THE COLONY IN A MATTER
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OF HOURS.
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THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TOO GOOD
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TO PASS.
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DYLAN: THE SCOUT'S SCENT MARKS
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HIS FIND FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
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- DYLAN: THE HONEYBEES INSTANTLY
- REPLY IN KIND AND FAN PHEROMONES
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THROUGH THE AIR TO ALERT THE
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COLONY TO DANGER.
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THE BEES RETREAT AND THE HORNET
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MAKES ITS MOVE.
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DYLAN: GRASPING THE BEE IN ITS
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JAW, IT STARTS TO FEED.
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BUT ALL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS.
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THE HORNET HAS BEEN TRICKED.
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- AS IF ON CUE, THE BEES STRIKE
- BACK.
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- DYLAN: JAPANESE HONEYBEES HAVE
- A UNIQUE AND GRIZZLY DEFENSE
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TACTIC.
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UP TO 500 BEES FORM A BALL AND
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THEIR VIBRATING BODIES HEATS ITS
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CORE TO MORE THAN 110 DEGREE
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FAHRENHEIT.
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THE HORNET BEGINS TO OVERHEAT.
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THE BEES SECRET WEAPON IS A
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TOLERANCE TO TWO DEGREE GREATER
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HEAT THAN THEIR ENEMY.
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TWO DEGREES CAN MAKE A GREAT
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DIFFERENCE.
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THE INVADER IS TOAST.
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THE BEES REMOVE THE SCENT MARK
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SO OTHER HORNETS CAN'T FOLLOW
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THE SCOUT'S STEPS.
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SOON, THERE'S NO TRACE OF IT
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LEFT AT ALL.
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- FOR JAPANESE HONEYBEES, HEAT IS
- A WEAPON.
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IN JAPAN'S EXTREME SOUTH, IT'S A
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WAY OF LIFE.
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UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHAT'S
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STANDING THE HEAT IN JAPAN'S
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MOST SOUTHERN REGION.
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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: OKINAWA IS THE SOUTHERN
- MOST REGION OF JAPAN.
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IT'S A GROUP OF AROUND 160
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ISLANDS, STRETCHED OVER 350
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MILES.
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- THESE SUN-KISSED ISLANDS ARE A
- WORLD APART FROM THE REST OF THE
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COUNTRY.
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AS SUMMER ARRIVES, THE
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TEMPERATURE CLIMBS TO NEARLY 90
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DEGREES.
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DYLAN: IRIOMOTE IS THE SECOND
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LARGEST ISLAND IN OKINAWA IN
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JAPAN'S LAST FRONTIER.
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DUBBED THE GALAPAGOS OF THE
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EAST, SUB-TROPICAL FORESTS,
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WATERFALLS, AND MANGROVE SWAMPS
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DOMINATE THE LAND.
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- DYLAN: A HOST OF RARE ANIMALS
- AND PLANTS LIVE IN THE LUSH
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JUNGLE, COVERING MORE THAN 90
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PERCENT OF THE ISLAND.
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DYLAN: AND NONE STAND OUT MORE
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THAN THE ISLAND'S GIANTS.
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STANDING 60 FEET TALL, THIS IS
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THE LARGEST SAPPAN TREE IN
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OKINAWA.
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- DYLAN: ITS HUGE BUTTRESS ROOTS
- FAN OUT LIKE TENTACLES OVER THE
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FOREST FLOOR.
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- THEIR DESIGNED TO SOAK UP
- MINERALS FROM THE SURFACE OF THE
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- SOIL AND ANCHOR THE HUGE TREE IN
- PLACE.
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TO SOME OF IRIOMOTE'S RESIDENTS,
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THE ISLAND'S MAZE OF TREES AND
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ROOTS IS VITAL TO EVERYDAY LIFE.
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THE NAKAMA RIVER FLOWS FROM THE
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HILLS DOWN TO THE OCEAN.
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FRESHWATER MEETS SALTWATER AND
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HELPS NURTURE EXOTIC MANGROVE
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FORESTS.
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- THE FORESTS THRIVE THANKS TO THE
- POWERFUL KUROSHIO CURRENT, WHICH
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FERRIES WARM WATERS TO JAPAN
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FROM THE SOUTH.
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DYLAN: THE CURRENT KEEPS THE
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SEAS AT A MINIMUM OF 68 DEGREES
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FAHRENHEIT, ALLOWING MANGROVES
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TO FLOURISH MUCH FARTHER NORTH
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THAN NORMAL.
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- DYLAN: THIS IS HOME TO A VAST
- ARRAY OF FISH, AMPHIBIANS, AND
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BIRDS.
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AND ONE SPECIES IS ESPECIALLY
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APTLY NAMED.
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MUD CREEPERS.
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- THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
- GATHERINGS OF SNAILS IN THE
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WORLD.
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UP TO 150 LIVE IN JUST
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THREE-SQUARE MILES.
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- DYLAN: MUD CREEPERS CAN SURVIVE
- WITHOUT FOOD FOR UP TO FOUR
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MONTHS AND WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY,
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THE MANGROVE PROVIDES ALL THEY
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NEED.
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ADULTS ARE DRAWN TO THE SMELL
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RELEASED BY DAMAGED LEAVES.
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MEALTIMES ARE LONG, LEISURELY
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AFFAIRS.
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YOUNG MUD CREEPERS DON'T GROW
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THE TEETH THEY NEED TO BREAK
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- DOWN LEAVES UNTIL THEY'RE
- ADULTS, SO THEY SLOWLY SIFT THE
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SAND FOR LEFTOVERS INSTEAD.
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BUT MUD CREEPERS DON'T HAVE IT
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ALL THEIR OWN WAY.
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THEY STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S
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INSTEAD.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THESE HERMIT CRABS NEED
- TO KEEP UPSIZING THEIR SHELLS AS
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THEIR BODIES GROW.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: WHEN THE IDEAL PROPERTY
- COMES ON THE MARKET, THE RUSH TO
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GRAB IT CAN BE FIERCE.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: IRIOMOTE'S MANGROVES
- TEEM WITH MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES
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OF CRAB.
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FIDDLER CRABS TRY TO ATTRACT A
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MATE BY FRANTICLY WAVING THEIR
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OVERSIZED CLAWS.
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- DYLAN: WHILE SOLDIER CRABS
- MARCH IN GROUPS AS THEY RUSH TO
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DODGE THE TIDE AND FIND FOOD.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: CRABS AND MUD CREEPERS
- AERATE THE SAND AS THEY FEED AND
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ARE VITAL TO THE LIFE CYCLE OF
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THE MANGROVES.
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JAPAN'S EXTREMELY DIVERSE
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LANDSCAPE AND VAST ECOSYSTEMS
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CREATE A HOME FOR ALL TYPES OF
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CREATURES.
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FROM THE SMALLEST BEE TO THE
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LARGEST EAGLES, THERE IS NO
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SHORTAGE OF FASCINATION FOR THIS
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WILD ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR
- EXCURSION TO JAPAN.
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FROM BEES STAVING OFF HORNETS,
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TO CROWS FIGHTING FOXES OVER
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- THEIR NEXT MEAL, YOU NEVER KNOW
- WHAT YOU'LL COME ACROSS IN THIS
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INCREDIBLE COUNTRY.
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- WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ON OUR NEXT
- "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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