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- NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
- SYMBOL, YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING
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- TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL
- AND INFORMATIONAL.
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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: HI, THERE, I'M DYLAN
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DREYER, AND THIS IS "EARTH
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ODYSSEY".
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- TODAY, WE'LL DISCOVER THE
- ANIMALS THAT ARE SIZABLE FOR
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THEIR SPECIES.
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WE'LL START IN THE AMAZON WHERE
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YOU'LL FIND SOME OF THE BIGGEST
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OTTERS IN THE WORLD.
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PLUS, THE BIGGEST LIZARD IN THE
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WORLD LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS IN A
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FAIRYTALE.
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ALL THIS AND MORE TODAY ON
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"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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DYLAN: ALL ACROSS OUR PLANET,
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WE FIND ANIMALS OF MANY
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DIFFERENT SIZES, FROM THE
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MASSIVE TO THE MICROSCOPIC.
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BUT EVEN WITHIN EACH SPECIES,
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SOME ARE WAY BIGGER THAN OTHERS.
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TODAY, WE'LL LOOK AT SUPERSIZED
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VERSIONS OF SOME FASCINATING
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CREATURES AND WHAT MAKES THEM SO
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BIG, LIKE THE GIANT RIVER OTTER,
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WHOSE SIZE IS ONLY DWARFED BY
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THE RIVER WHERE IT RESIDES.
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- DYLAN: THE AMAZON RIVER ISLANDS
- ARE THE HEART OF THE AMAZON
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RIVER.
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THESE ANCIENT ISLANDS WERE
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FORMED DURING A TIME OF CHANGE
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- IN THE AMAZON, MORE THAN 1,500
- YEARS AGO.
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THEN, THE BLACK WATERS OF THE
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RIO NEGRO DID NOT FLOW SO FREELY
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INTO THE MIGHTY AMAZON RIVER.
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CONDITIONS WERE MUCH CALMER.
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SEDIMENT ARRIVING FROM THE RIO
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BRANCO TO THE NORTH STARTED TO
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SETTLE, JOINED BY WATERS FROM
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THE RIO NEGRO'S UPPER REACHES,
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POCKETS OF FOREST STARTED TO
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FORM.
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- THEY DEVELOPED INTO THE ISLANDS
- WE SEE TODAY.
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OVER TIME, THE RIO NEGRO ONCE
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AGAIN PICKED UP PACE AND STARTED
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TO FLOW BACK INTO THE AMAZON.
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THE ISLANDS WERE LEFT AND
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SURVIVED TO THIS DAY.
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- BUT THEY WOULDN'T EXIST AT ALL
- IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE WHITE
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WATERS OF THE RIO BRANCO.
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WHERE EVEN TO THIS DAY, LIFE
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DOESN'T JUST SURVIVE, IT
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FLOURISHES.
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- DYLAN: ONE OF THE RIO BRANCO'S
- MOST CHARISMATIC CREATURES IS
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THE GIANT RIVER OTTER.
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- THE OTTERS SPEND MOST OF THEIR
- TIME HUNTING.
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- MOVING AS A PACK, THEY'RE ABLE
- TO CORRAL FISH BEFORE PICKING
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THEM OFF ONE BY ONE.
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DYLAN: FRESH FISH MAKE A FINE
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BREAKFAST.
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- DYLAN: OTTERS NEED TO FUEL
- THEIR ENERGETIC LIFESTYLE AND
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CAN CRUNCH THROUGH UP TO EIGHT
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POUNDS OF FISH A DAY.
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- CATCHING THE FISH WITH THEIR
- MOUTH, THEY THEN HOLD THEM WITH
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THEIR FOREPAWS AS THEY DEVOUR
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THEIR PREY.
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SCALES AND ALL.
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BUT THESE PREDATORS HAVE A
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SOFTER SIDE, AND WHEN BREAKFAST
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IS OVER, IT'S TIME TO PLAY.
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- DYLAN: GIANT RIVER OTTERS LIVE
- IN LARGE FAMILY GROUPS AND IT
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WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE LAST
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YEAR'S CUBS HEAD OFF TO FORM
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FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN.
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- DYLAN: FAMILY LIFE REVOLVES
- AROUND THE DEN.
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THE MOTHER REMAINS HIDDEN WHILE
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SHE RAISES THE NEXT GENERATION.
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- DYLAN: WITH SEVERAL DENS DOTTED
- AROUND THEIR TERRITORY, THE
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FAMILY MOVES REGULARLY, IN
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SEARCH OF FISH AND TO AVOID
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- UNWANTED ATTENTION FROM
- PREDATORS.
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- JUST A FEW MONTHS OLD, THE CUBS
- MUST BE CARRIED AS THEY'RE STILL
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TOO YOUNG TO SWIM.
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THE FAMILY HEADS OFF UPRIVER.
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- DYLAN: ARRIVING AT THEIR NEXT
- DEN, THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO
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- GET THE CUBS INSIDE WHERE IT'S
- SAFE.
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- THE FATHER KEEPS WATCH WHILE HIS
- FAMILY SETTLES INTO THEIR NEW
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HOME.
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- THE MALE SCENT MARKS THE
- ENTRANCE TO WARN OTHERS THAT
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THEY ARE NOW IN RESIDENCE.
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IT'S A PUNGENT CONCOCTION THAT
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WILL KEEP EVEN THE NOSIEST
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NEIGHBORS AWAY.
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COMING UP, WE'LL TURN ON OUR
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FLASHLIGHTS TO FIND ONE OF THE
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BIGGEST CRABS IN THE WORLD THAT
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ONLY COMES OUT AT NIGHT.
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THEN, WE HEAD TO NORTH AMERICA
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TO FIND A BEAR THAT IS AS
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POPULAR AS IT IS BIG.
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PLUS, THE TALE OF A LIZARD WHOSE
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TAIL IS AS BIG AS ITS BODY.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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- DYLAN: AS NIGHT DRAWS IN ON THE
- ISLANDS OF ZANZIBAR, THE WORLD'S
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BIGGEST CREEPING-CRAWLY REVEALS
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ITSELF.
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- WEIGHING IN OVER EIGHT AND A
- HALF POUNDS, WITH A LEG SPAN UP
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TO THREE FEET, THE COCONUT CRAB
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IS THE PLANET'S LARGEST
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LAND-LIVING INVERTEBRATE.
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- IT'S ACTUALLY A GIANT HERMIT
- CRAB.
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WHILE IT'S YOUNG, IT CARRIES
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ANOTHER CREATURE'S ABANDONED
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SHELL ON ITS BACK FOR
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PROTECTION.
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BUT ONCE FULLY GROWN, IT
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DEVELOPS A TOUGH OUTER SKIN.
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- THIS CRAB STAYS HIDDEN DURING
- THE DAY TO REDUCE WATER LOSS
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FROM HEAT.
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BUT AT NIGHT, THIS SOLITARY
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STALKER HEADS OFF IN SEARCH OF
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ITS FAVORITE FOOD.
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UNLIKE MOST OF ITS RELATIVES,
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THE COCONUT CRAB CAN'T SURVIVE
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IN WATER.
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IT WOULD DROWN IF SUBMERGED.
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- ITS GILLS HAVE EVOLVED TO WORK
- LIKE LUNGS.
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ALTHOUGH, THEY NEED TO BE KEPT
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MOIST IN ORDER TO FUNCTION.
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ITS ANTENNAE HAVE ALSO EVOLVED,
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ENABLING IT TO PICK UP AIRBORNE
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SCENTS, THE SAME WAY INSECTS DO.
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DYLAN: THIS FOREST FORAGER,
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ALONG WITH OTHERS, IS ONTO
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SOMETHING.
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DYLAN: ALSO KNOWN AS THE ROBBER
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CRAB, OR PALM THIEF, COCONUT
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CRABS ARE GREAT CLIMBERS.
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- THEY CAN'T CUT DOWN COCONUTS BY
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HOWEVER, FALLEN FRUITS ARE
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QUICKLY SEIZED UPON.
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- DYLAN: ALTHOUGH, THE
- SURROUNDING SEA IS A NO-GO-ZONE
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FOR THESE LAND-BASED GIANTS, IT
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WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.
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THEY STARTED LIFE IN THE WATER.
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DYLAN: A FEMALE COCONUT CRAB
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MAKES HER WAY TO THE SHORE.
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- DYLAN: SHE'S BEEN CARRYING A
- BATCH OF EGGS GLUED TO HER
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ABDOMEN FOR TWO MONTHS.
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- AT HIGH TIDE, THEY'RE READY TO
- BE RELEASED.
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DYLAN: ON CONTACT WITH WATER,
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THE EGGS HATCH IMMEDIATELY.
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- DYLAN: THE JUVENILE GIANTS
- EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY
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ASHORE, WHERE THEY LIVE A
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HERMIT'S LIFE BEFORE BECOMING
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PERMANENT DRY LAND RESIDENTS.
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COMING UP, THE NORTH AMERICAN
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BLACK BEAR SHOWS US AROUND THE
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ISLAND WHERE IT REIGNS SUPREME.
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PLUS, THE WATER MONITOR'S SIZE
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MAKES IT ONE OF THE CREEPIEST
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CREATURES ON EARTH.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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- DYLAN: BEARS ACROSS THE WORLD
- ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR IMPRESSIVE
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SIZE, WITH SOME WEIGHING MORE
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THAN 2,000 POUNDS.
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- ALTHOUGH, BLACK BEARS ARE NOT
- THE LARGEST BEARS IN NORTH
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AMERICA, THEY ARE THE MOST
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ABUNDANT.
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- VANCOUVER ISLAND HAS MORE BLACK
- BEARS THAN ANY OTHER REGION ON
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EARTH AND IT'S NO SURPRISE HOW
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THEY GOT THEIR HEFTY SIZE.
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VANCOUVER ISLAND HAS THE DENSEST
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POPULATION OF BLACK BEARS IN THE
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WORLD.
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- THEY'RE DARKER THAN MAINLAND
- BEARS AND SLIGHTLY LARGER.
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WEIGHING UP TO 600 POUNDS.
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- DYLAN: ALTHOUGH LARGELY
- VEGETARIAN, FEEDING ON GRASSES
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- AND BERRIES FOR MOST OF THE
- YEAR, THEY ARE THE ISLAND'S
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LARGEST PREDATOR.
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- DYLAN: THE ANNUAL SALMON RUN
- PROVIDES A MAJOR FOOD SOURCE FOR
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MANY BEARS.
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THE BRAIN, EGGS, SKIN, AND BACK
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MUSCLES CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF
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FAT AND IT'S THESE PARTICULAR
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AREAS THAT THE BEARS FOCUS ON.
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- THEY CAN EACH EAT UP TO 15
- SALMON A DAY.
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- ONE AND A HALF INCH CURVED CLAWS
- AND A SET OF FLESH TEARING TEETH
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AREN'T THE ONLY QUALITIES
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KEEPING BLACK BEARS AT THE TOP
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OF THE FOOD CHAIN.
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THEY CAN ALSO SCALE TREES WITH
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EASE, RUN AT MORE THAN 30 MILES
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PER HOUR, AND SWIM LONG
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DISTANCES.
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TO TOP IT OFF, THEIR SENSE OF
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SMELL IS SEVEN TIMES SHARPER
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THAN A BLOODHOUND'S.
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- DESPITE THESE IMPRESSIVE
- ATTRIBUTES, CATCHING LIVE SALMON
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IN THESE DEEPER WATERS IS EASIER
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SAID THAN DONE.
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- DYLAN: FARTHER UP STREAM, THE
- WATER LEVELS ARE TOO LOW FOR THE
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SALMON TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY
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HOME.
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- UNTIL THE HEAVY AUTUMNS RAINS
- ARRIVE, THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO SIT
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TIGHT, AS WILL THE ISLAND'S MANY
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BEARS.
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- DYLAN: BLACK BEARS PLAY A VITAL
- ROLE IN VANCOUVER ISLAND'S
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ECOSYSTEM.
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- NOT ALL SALMON ARE COMPLETELY
- CONSUMED AFTER BEING CARRIED
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INTO THE FOREST.
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AND THIS HAS A SIGNIFICANT
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EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING LAND.
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WHEN THESE CARCASSES BREAK DOWN,
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NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS, AND OTHER
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NUTRIENTS ARE ABSORBED BY THE
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SURROUNDING VEGETATION.
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UP TO 70 PERCENT OF THE NITROGEN
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IN SOME AREAS COMES DIRECTLY
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FROM THE FISH.
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- TREES TAKING ROOT CLOSE TO
- SALMON RIVERS GROW THREE TIMES
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FASTER THAN THOSE NEXT TO
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FISH-FREE STREAMS.
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HERE, SITKA SPRUCE TAKE JUST 86
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YEARS TO REACH A THICKNESS OF 20
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- INCHES, RATHER THAN THE USUAL
- 300 YEARS.
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VANCOUVER ISLAND IS HOME TO THE
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TALLEST SITKA SPRUCE TREES IN
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CANADA, POSSIBLY THE WORLD.
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- SOME REACH HEIGHTS OF MORE THAN
- 300 FEET.
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SITKA SEEDLINGS, HOWEVER, HAVE A
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DIFFICULT TIME STARTING OUT.
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DENSE MOSSES AND SMALLER PLANTS
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CARPET THE FOREST FLOOR, MAKING
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IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO TAKE
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ROOT.
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BUT MANY ARE GIVEN A HELPING
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HAND.
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FALLEN TREES REPAY HUNDREDS OF
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YEARS WORTH OF BENEFITS BY
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ACTING AS NURSE LOGS.
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- DYLAN: SEEDS LANDING ON THESE
- DOWNED GIANTS ALREADY HAVE A
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HEIGHT HEAD START, AS WELL AS AN
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OPEN AREA TO GERMINATE AND
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DEVELOP.
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- MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF SITKA
- SEEDLINGS HERE START OUT THIS
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WAY.
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FUNGI ALSO FEED ON THE DECAYING
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TREES AND PLAY THEIR PART IN
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RECYCLING NUTRIENTS.
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AND JUST AS THE LAND BENEFITS
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OFF OF EACH LIVING ORGANISM, THE
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- OCEAN SEES ITS FAIR SHARE OF
- NUTRIENTS ITSELF.
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STARFISH HERE GROW TO ENORMOUS
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SIZES.
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SOME, LIKE THE SUNFLOWER STAR,
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REACH UP TO THREE FEET ACROSS.
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THESE GIANTS CAN HAVE UP TO
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15,000 TUBE FEET.
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THEY CAN MOVE AT MORE THAN A FEW
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FEET A MINUTE.
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DYLAN: COMING UP, ONE LARGE
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LIZARD LURKS THROUGHOUT THE LAND
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- AND WE'RE HERE TO MONITOR ITS
- SIZE.
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[BREAK]
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.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO EARTH
- ODYSSEY, WHERE WE'RE EXPLORING
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THE MOST FASCINATING REGIONS FOR
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THE PLANET'S BIGGEST CREATURES.
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LIKE THIS REGION OF THE
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PHILIPPINES.
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THE PUERTO PRINCESA SUBTERRANEAN
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RIVER FORMS PART OF PALAWAN'S
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MOUNTAIN TO SEA ECOSYSTEM, WHERE
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THE FORESTS STRETCH ALL THE WAY
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TO THE SHORE.
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- THE RIVER PASSES THROUGH THE
- CAVE BEFORE EVENTUALLY REACHING
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THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
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DYLAN: THIS IS A LAND THAT TIME
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FORGOT.
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- THE ISLAND'S PREHISTORIC
- COASTLINE PROVIDES A HOME TO A
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- CREATURE UNCHANGED FOR THOUSANDS
- OF YEARS.
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- AND IS THE LAIR OF A MODERN-DAY
- DRAGON.
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THIS WATER MONITOR IS ON THE
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HUNT FOR FOOD.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: IT WEIGHS MORE THAN 55
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POUNDS AND IS THE SECOND LARGEST
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LIZARD IN THE WORLD.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: IT SPENDS UP TO A THIRD
- OF ITS LIFE IN WATER AND LIKES
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TO LIVE NEAR SEA AND RIVERS, SO
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PALAWAN PROVIDES A PERFECT HOME
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FOR THESE GIANT REPTILES.
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- THEY HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE SEA
- AND THEY'RE THE ISLAND'S TOP
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PREDATOR, SO THEY HAVE NO
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NATURAL COMPETITION.
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- AND THEY AREN'T FUSSY ABOUT
- FOOD.
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- THEY'LL EAT ANYTHING THEY CAN
- CATCH.
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LIKE SNAKES, WATER MONITORS HAVE
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FORKED TONGUES, WHICH CONSTANTLY
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- FLICKER AS THEY TASTE THE AIR TO
- PINPOINT PREY.
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- AND WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND FOOD ON
- THE GROUND, THEY CAN EASILY
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SEARCH UP IN THE CANOPY.
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WATER MONITORS ARE SURPRISINGLY
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AGILE CLIMBERS.
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- THEY'LL SOMETIMES EVEN JUMP FROM
- TREE TO TREE TO CHASE PREY OR
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ESCAPE DANGER.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: BUT GOOD CLIMBING SKILLS
- DON'T GUARANTEE A MEAL.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: AND FAILING TO LAND A
- CATCH ISN'T THE END OF ITS
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PROBLEMS.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: DOWN ON THE GROUND,
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TEMPERS ARE FRAYING.
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ALTHOUGH WATER MONITORS CROSS
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PATHS WHEN FORAGING, THEY ARE
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SOLITARY BY NATURE.
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- IT'S EVERY LIZARD FOR ITSELF,
- ESPECIALLY WHERE FOOD IS
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CONCERNED.
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WHILE OTHERS FIGHT, A LONE
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LIZARD SLINKS AWAY FROM THE
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CROWD TO SEARCH FOR A FRESH
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HUNTING GROUND.
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- WATER MONITORS RARELY STRAY FAR
- FROM THE SEA.
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THEIR STRONG SWIMMING SKILLS
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HAVE ENABLED THEM TO OCCUPY
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ISLANDS ALL OVER ASIA.
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- AND BEACHES CAN BE A GOOD PLACE
- TO FIND FOOD.
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ITS FLICKERING TONGUE SENSES A
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FAVORITE MEAL.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: RAZOR SHARP TEETH CUT
- THROUGH THE SHELL LIKE A KNIFE
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THROUGH BUTTER.
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AND THIS IS JUST THE START OF
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THE FEAST.
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- CRABS HAVE CREPT OUT OF THEIR
- BURROWS TO FORAGE WHILE THE TIDE
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IS OUT.
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THE WATER MONITOR HAS HIT THE
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JACKPOT.
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THEY ARE SURPRISINGLY QUICK AND
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CAN RUN FASTER THAN MOST HUMANS.
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CRABS HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF
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ESCAPE.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: AFTER A SATISFYING MEAL,
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THIS MYTHICAL LIZARD SLINKS BACK
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INTO THE SHADE OF THE FOREST.
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THE PHILIPPINES ARE HOME TO SOME
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OF THE RAREST ANIMALS ON EARTH
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AND SOME OF THE MOST UNUSUAL.
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MANY OF THESE ANCIENT ISLANDS
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ARE ISOLATED AND UNDISTURBED.
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AS A RESULT, UNIQUE SPECIES HAVE
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FLOURISHED UNINTERRUPTED BY THE
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MODERN WORLD.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
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ANOTHER ADVENTURE EXPLORING
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NATURE'S MOST SIZABLE SPECIES.
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AS WE DISCOVERED THAT SIZE IS
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ONLY MATCHED BY THEIR HUGE
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PERSONALITIES, WHICH ARE ALWAYS
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ON FULL DISPLAY.
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WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ON OUR NEXT
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"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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