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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 EVERYBODY, I'M DYLAN
- DREYER.
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WELCOME TO "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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TODAY, WE'LL EXPLORE THE
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FASCINATING LANDSCAPE OF ARABIA
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AND WHAT MAKES THIS LAND OF SAND
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SO UNIQUE.
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- WE FIRST TAKE FLIGHT WITH THE
- BIRDS OF ARABIA, WHO THRIVE OFF
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THE DESERT'S RESOURCES.
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PLUS, WE'LL SEE WHAT'S HATCHING
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AND CRAWLING UNDER THE SURFACE
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OF ARABIA'S BEACHES.
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DYLAN: PICTURE AN ARABIAN
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DESERT AND YOU PROBABLY CONJURE
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IMAGES OF EPIC SANDY MOUNTAINS,
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WAVY HEAT THAT REACHES MORE THAN
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120 DEGREES, AND SEEMINGLY NO
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LIFE FOR MILES AND MILES.
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BUT THAT'S WHERE ARABIAN DESERTS
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DIFFER FROM MANY OTHER SANDY
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WASTELANDS AROUND THE WORLD.
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LIFE IS EVERYWHERE IN THESE
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DESERTS.
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TO FIND IT, SOMETIMES YOU JUST
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HAVE TO LOOK UP.
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- ARABIA IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST
- PENINSULA.
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THIS HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE
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CASE.
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SOME 30 MILLION YEARS AGO, IT
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WAS CONNECTED TO AFRICA.
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DRIVEN BY FORCES IN THE EARTH'S
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CORE, THE TWO PLATES SEPARATED,
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CREATING THE RED SEA.
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TODAY, ARABIA IS COVERED BY
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ALMOST 800,000 SQUARE MILES OF
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BRUTAL DESERT.
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- AT ITS CENTER IS ONE OF THE
- LARGEST BODIES OF SAND IN THE
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WORLD, RUB' AL KHALI, "THE EMPTY
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QUARTER".
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THIS SEA OF SAND IS THE SIZE OF
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FRANCE AND IS SO HOT IN THE
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SUMMER THAT FEW DARE ENTER.
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YET, ARABIA'S HOSTILE APPEARANCE
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HIDES A LAND OF DIVERSE
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ECOSYSTEMS AND MORE THAN 500
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DIFFERENT VERTEBRATES.
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TO FIND THEM, YOU'LL HAVE TO
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LOOK BEYOND THE SEARING HEAT,
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BUT JUST UNDER THE HORIZON.
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DYLAN: SANDGROUSE ARE PREPARED
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FOR TRAVEL.
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THEY COVER UP TO 50 MILES
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LOOKING FOR A LIFE-GIVING
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SOURCE.
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DYLAN: THIS IS NO DESERT MIRAGE
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AND RAIN OCCASIONALLY FALLS.
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ISOLATED POOLS WON'T LAST FOR
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LONG, BUT SANDGROUSE ARE NERVOUS
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BIRDS.
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- THEY ARE CAMOUFLAGED FOR
- CONCEALMENT AS THEY NEST ON THE
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- GROUND AND ARE CONSTANTLY ON
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ONCE ONE BRAVELY GOES IN FOR A
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DIP, OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT.
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DYLAN: THEY SOAK UP WATER IN
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THEIR BREAST FEATHERS.
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- THIS PRECIOUS LIQUID WILL BE
- TAKEN BACK TO THE NEST FOR THEIR
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CHICKS.
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BUT A RARE SOURCE OF WATER
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ATTRACTS OTHERS, TOO.
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- FAN-TAILED RAVENS AREN'T ALWAYS
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- THEY USE BULLYING TACTICS THAT
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HIGH ALERT.
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- DYLAN: IT'S TIME FOR THESE
- NERVOUS BATHERS TO FIND
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SOMEWHERE A LITTLE QUIETER.
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COMING UP, WHAT IS BURROWED
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UNDER THE DESERT SAND AND WILL
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IT BECOME A SNAKE'S DESSERT?
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AND LATER, WE TEE IT UP WITH A
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MAMMAL BIGGER THAN MAN.
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THIS AND MUCH MORE, NEXT ON
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"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO ARABIA'S
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DEMANDING DESERTS.
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- WHERE THE SMALLEST CREATURES
- MUST HAVE THE BIGGEST SENSE OF
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DANGER.
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TENTATIVELY TESTING THE AIR FOR
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DANGER, A JIRD EMERGES FROM HIS
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BURROW.
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HAVING JUST WOKEN UP FROM HIS
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DAYTIME SLUMBER, IT'S TIME TO
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FEED.
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- DYLAN: RELATED TO THE GERBIL,
- HE'S ONE OF THE SMALLEST MAMMALS
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FOUND IN THE DESERT.
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- HOWEVER, APPEARANCES CAN BE
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HE'S ABLE TO JUMP DISTANCES
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THREE TIMES HIS OWN LENGTH AND
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WILL VIGOROUSLY DEFEND HIS FOOD
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FROM COMPETITORS.
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DYLAN: HE WINS, BUT HIS
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TROUBLES AREN'T OVER YET.
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A HORNED VIPER IS ALSO SEARCHING
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FOR A QUICK BITE, BUT SHE HAS A
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DIFFERENT TRICK.
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- SHE WILL SEEMINGLY VANISH INTO
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DYLAN: CAMOUFLAGE HELPS HER
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AMBUSH.
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BUT IN ARABIA'S DESERTS, THE
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JIRD IS A MASTER ESCAPE ARTIST.
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- SUNRISE REVEALS ANOTHER ILLUSION
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THE MOUNTAINOUS DUNES OF OMAN'S
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WAHIBA SANDS ARE CONSTANTLY
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MOVING.
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DRIVEN BY THE ELEMENTS, THEY
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TRAVEL AROUND 30 FEET EACH YEAR.
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HOWEVER, SINCE THEY ARE UNABLE
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TO MOVE, MANY TREES DROWNED IN
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THESE SHIFTING SANDS.
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DYLAN: MORNING WINDS ARE
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BEGINNING TO PICK UP.
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- ANIMAL TRACKS TELL THE STORY OF
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YET, THESE WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
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COOL, LIQUID-LIKE DUNES ALLOW
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THE ARABIAN SAND BOA TO ESCAPE
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THE HEAT OF THE DAY.
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SPOOKY SOUNDS REVERBERATE ACROSS
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THE SHIFTING SEA.
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DYLAN: THIS SCORPION MUST ALSO
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KEEP MOVING.
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DYLAN: WITH POOR EYESIGHT, IT
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USES THE COMB-LIKE STRUCTURES,
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CALLED PECTENS, UNDER ITS BODY,
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TO BUILD UP A PICTURE OF THIS
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ENVIRONMENT.
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HOWEVER, AS DARKNESS FALLS ONCE
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AGAIN, NOT ALL OF ARABIA'S SANDS
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ARE STIRRED BY THE CLIMATE.
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WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL HEAD TO
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THE BEACHES OF ARABIA, WHERE IN
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THE DUNES, SOMETHING IS
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HATCHING.
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BUT HOPEFULLY, FOR THESE BABY
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TURTLES, NOTHING IS SNATCHING.
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PLUS, WE HIT THE WATER, BUT TRY
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TO STAY DRY, AS A STORM IS ON
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THE HORIZON.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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- DYLAN: ALTHOUGH THE ARABIAN
- PENINSULA IS HOME TO SOME OF THE
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MOST EXTREME DESERTS IN THE
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WORLD, IT'S ALSO HOME TO
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THOUSANDS OF MILES OF BEACHES.
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IN FACT, THE PENINSULA'S
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COASTLINE IS ABOUT THREE TIMES
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- THE LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE OF
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AND THOSE BEACHES ARE WHERE SOME
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OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE ANIMALS
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ON THE PLANET FOLLOW THEIR
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ANCIENT INSTINCTS TO CONTINUE
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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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WELCOME BACK TO ARABIA WHERE WE
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ARE NOW HITTING A DIFFERENT
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SANDY LANDSCAPE.
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GREEN TURTLES USE THE COVER OF
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ARABIA'S NIGHT TO DIG THEIR
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NESTS.
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THE DEPTH AND POSITION IS
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CRITICAL.
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IT NEEDS TO BE DEEP ENOUGH TO
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PROTECT THE HELPLESS EGGS, BUT
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- IT ALSO DETERMINES THE GENDER OF
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CLOSER TO THE SEA AND INCUBATION
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WILL BE COOLER, PRODUCING MORE
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MALE HATCHLINGS.
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FARTHER UP THE BEACH, THE EGGS
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WILL BE WARMER AND THEY WILL
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HOLD MORE FEMALES.
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- HAVING INCUBATED FOR AROUND TWO
- MONTHS, A CLUTCH LAID EARLIER IN
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THE SEASON BEGIN THEIR EPIC
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JOURNEY.
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DYLAN: DARKNESS PROVIDES A
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CLOAK OF SAFETY AS THEY FOLLOW
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- THE NATURAL LIGHT OF THE HORIZON
- TO THE SEA.
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ARABIA'S DAWN FIRST BREAKS ON
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THE EASTERN SHORES OF RAS AL
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HADD.
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DYLAN: AS THE LAST EXPECTED
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MOTHERS RETURN TO THE SEA,
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PREDATORS TAKE TO THE SKIES.
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- THEY COMB THE BEACH FOR ANY
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UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS.
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WITH SUNRISE, HUNTERS HAVE A
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GREATER CHANCE OF FINDING FOOD.
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- WITHIN MINUTES OF SURFACING, THE
- LATE YOUNGSTER RACES FOR HIS
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LIFE, BUT IS TOTALLY EXPOSED.
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- DYLAN: THE LURE OF SCAVENGED
- EGGS DISTRACTS THE PREDATORS
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FROM THEIR QUARRY AND GIVES THE
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YOUNGSTER A CHANCE TO MAKE A
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BREAK FOR IT.
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THE EQUIVALENT OF A HUMAN
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KILOMETER TO THE WATER'S EDGE.
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- DYLAN: YET WITH ESTIMATES OF
- ONLY ONE IN A THOUSAND MAKING IT
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TO ADULTHOOD, FACING THE
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UNCERTAINTY OF THE ARABIAN SEA,
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HIS GREATEST TRICK MAY STILL BE
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IN FRONT OF THIS LITTLE TURTLE
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TOT.
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- UP NEXT, WE HEAD TO THE SEA
- WHERE ONE OF THE OCEAN'S MOST
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BELOVED MAMMALS IS AS BIG AS IT
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IS GENTLE.
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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: ARABIA'S COASTLINE NOT
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ONLY SEES OCEAN LEGENDS RETURN
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BUT IS SAID TO HARBOR
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MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS.
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- DYLAN: THE DUGONG IS A SPECIES
- OF MANATEE AND IS THOUGHT TO BE
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- THE BIG BODY BEHIND THE LEGEND
- OF MERMAIDS.
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- SAILORS ONCE LIKENED THEM TO THE
- SIRENS, WHICH IS HOW THEY GOT
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THEIR FAMILY NAME, SIRENIA.
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- THOUGH NOT RENOWNED FOR THEIR
- LOOKS, THEY MOVE GRACEFULLY
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THROUGH ARABIA'S SHALLOW WATERS.
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- LIKE THE SEAGRASS MEADOWS THEY
- FEED ON, THESE GENTLE MERMAIDS
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ARE RARE.
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YET, ARABIA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE
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THE SECOND LARGEST POPULATION.
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FEEDING EXCLUSIVELY ON
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VEGETATION, THIS MASSIVE MAMMAL
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USES ITS FLEXIBLE UPPER LIP TO
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RIP OUT WHOLE PLANTS, LEAVING
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FURROWS KNOWN AS FEEDING TRAILS
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IN ITS WAKE.
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- HARVESTING THE GRASSES LIKE
- THIS, THEY ACTUALLY HELP
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CULTIVATE THE BEDS.
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- ENCOURAGING NEW GROWTH THAT
- OXYGENATES THE WATER AND
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PROVIDES A SANCTUARY FOR YOUNG
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FISH.
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DYLAN: AS STORM CLOUDS FORM
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OVERHEAD, HE CAN CARRY ON
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GRAZING, SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE
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THAT HIS SHALLOW WATER HOME WILL
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PROTECT HIM FROM THE ROUGH SEAS.
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EACH YEAR, BETWEEN APRIL AND
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SEPTEMBER, THE INDIAN OCEAN
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- MONSOON WINDS BRING SPORADIC
- RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
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- NORTHERN OMAN'S AL HAJAR
- MOUNTAINS.
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THE HIGHEST IN EASTERN ARABIA,
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THEY FORM A SPECTACULAR WALL
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THAT RISES FROM THE SURROUNDING
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DESERTS.
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ARID MOUNTAINS HIDE A
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2,000-YEAR-OLD SECRET.
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BURIED DEEP UNDERGROUND, MAN HAS
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DISCOVERED A POWER AT THEIR
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HEART.
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WATER.
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- IT IS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE
- VALLEY BY AN ANCIENT SYSTEM,
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KNOWN AS THE FALAJ.
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DYLAN: WATCHTOWERS WERE BUILT
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TO DEFEND THE WATER SYSTEM AND A
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TIMETABLE OF IRRIGATION WAS
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INTRODUCED.
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THE OLD TIMINGS WERE DICTATED BY
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THE SUN AND STARS AND THE BOUNTY
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- OF THIS IS STILL BEING GROWN
- TODAY.
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- FOR OMAN'S DATE FARMERS, IT'S
- HARVEST TIME.
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- THE PERILS OF CLIMBING SHOULDN'T
- BE UNDERESTIMATED AND THEY LEARN
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THIS FROM A YOUNG AGE.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THESE TREES NOT ONLY
- PROVIDE THE FARMER'S BOUNTY BUT
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- ARE USED TO MAKE THE BASKETS AND
- ROPES HE SCALES IT WITH.
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DATE PALMS ARE CONSIDERED THE
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MOST IMPORTANT FRUIT CROP IN
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OMAN.
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- A GOOD HARVEST WOULD NOT ONLY
- REPRESENT THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR
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BUT THAT OF HIS FATHER AND
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POSSIBLY HIS GRANDFATHER BEFORE
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HIM.
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AND THE ANNUAL YIELD OF A SINGLE
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TREE MAY REACH ALMOST 600
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POUNDS.
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IT'S ESTIMATED OMAN PRODUCES
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50,000 TONS OF DATES EACH YEAR.
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ENOUGH TO FILL 18 OLYMPIC SIZE
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SWIMMING POOLS.
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SUN DRYING PRESERVES THESE HIGH
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YIELDS OF SUGARY FRUITS.
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HUMANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES TO
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REAP THESE REWARDS.
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HONEYBEES HAVE SET UP HOME AND
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HELP POLLENATE THE OASIS.
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AN OPPORTUNITY, THE BLUE-CHEEKED
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BEE-EATER ISN'T GOING TO MISS.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: THEY NEST IN COLONIES
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AND BEES PROVIDE AN OFFERING TO
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FEMALES.
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FOR BOTH THE WILDLIFE AND
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PEOPLE, WATER CASTS A
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LIFE-GIVING SPELL.
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THE ARID MOUNTAINS REVEAL A
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HIDDEN ECOSYSTEM IN THIS MANMADE
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OASIS.
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DYLAN: BETWEEN THE DESERTS AND
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BEACHES, ARABIA'S LANDSCAPE
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SEEMS VERY SIMILAR, BUT IT'S
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WHAT'S LIVING UNDER THE SURFACE
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THAT GIVES THIS AMAZING
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COUNTRY'S WILDLIFE A SENSE OF
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WONDER.
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- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS
- EPIC ADVENTURE WHERE ALL WALKS
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AND CRAWLS OF LIFE HAVE EVOLVED
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TO MAKE ARABIA THEIR SANDY SAFE
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HAVEN.
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- WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON ON OUR
- NEXT "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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