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- NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS - SYMBOL YOU KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING

TELEVISION THAT IS EDUCATIONAL

AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI, EVERYBODY, I'M DYLAN

DREYER AND THIS IS "EARTH

ODYSSEY".

TODAY, ON "EARTH ODYSSEY", WE'LL

EXPLORE THE WILD JUNGLES OF

SOUTH ASIA.

LIKE THIS FIERCE MACAQUE, WHO

NOT ONLY HAS THE TAIL OF THE

LION, BUT THE HEART OF ONE, TOO.

AND THIS BENGAL TIGER HAS HER

EYES ON HER NEXT MEAL, BUT THESE

DEER HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS.

PLUS, JUST BECAUSE THE WATER IS

SHALLOW, DOESN'T MEAN THE COAST

IS CLEAR.

ALL OF THIS AND MORE COMING UP

ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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- DYLAN: EACH "EARTH ODYSSEY" - TAKES US TO A FASCINATING NEW

PLACE AND EACH PLACE BOASTS A

FASCINATING CAST OF CHARACTERS.

TODAY'S DESTINATION: THE WESTERN

GHATS MOUNTAIN RANGE OF INDIA IS

NO EXCEPTION.

THIS LUSH, DIVERSE REGION IS THE

ONLY PLACE ON EARTH YOU CAN FIND

THE LION-TAILED MACAQUE, A

PLAYFUL, PRECOCIOUS MONKEY WHOSE

DESIGNATED ROLE SEEMS TO BE

COMIC RELIEF.

TAKE A LOOK.

THE WESTERN GHATS IN INDIA ARE A

VAST, ANCIENT MOUNTAIN RANGE.

THESE FORESTED SLOPES ARE A TRUE

WONDER AT THE NATURAL WORLD.

COVERING JUST SIX PERCENT OF

INDIA'S TOTAL LANDMASS, THESE

MOUNTAINS ARE HOME TO A THIRD OF

ALL THE COUNTRY'S PLANT AND

WILDLIFE SPECIES.

MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST

BIODIVERSE PLACES ON EARTH.

AND THE PERFECT HABITAT FOR ONE

OF INDIA'S MOST ENDANGERED

CREATURES.

FOUND NOWHERE ELSE, THESE

LION-TAILED MACAQUES ARE SOME OF

THE RAREST MONKEYS IN THE WORLD.

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DYLAN: EVEN WITH SUCH A SMALL

POPULATION, MACAQUES MUST EARN

THEIR PLACE ON THE SOCIAL

LADDER.

GROOMING HELPS STRENGTHEN BONDS

AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST

THE WHOLE TROOP.

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- DYLAN: BUT IT'S THE GROUP'S - LEADERS THAT GET THE MOST

ATTENTION.

- BUT WHEN IT COMES TO - ESTABLISHING RANK AMONGST THE

YOUNGSTERS, THE BOYS FREQUENTLY

ENGAGE IN COMPETITIONS TO SHOW

OFF THEIR STRENGTH.

- EACH ATTEMPTING TO HOLD ONTO THE - BRANCH FOR AS LONG AS THEY CAN.

- AS THE SON OF THE DOMINANT - FEMALE, THIS LITTLE PRINCE COULD

ONE DAY BECOME THE TROOP LEADER.

- BUT IF HE WANTS TO PROVE HIMSELF - TO THE BIGGER BOYS, HE'LL HAVE

TO MAKE IT OVER TO THE OTHER

TREE.

BUT FIRST, HE'LL NEED TO SNEAK

AWAY FROM HIS PROTECTIVE MOTHER.

HAVING FINALLY ESCAPED THE

QUEEN'S WATCHFUL EYE, THIS TINY

MONKEY GETS THE CHANCE TO CLIMB

UP AND JOIN THE FUN.

- FOR THE YOUNG MACAQUE, THIS - COULD BE HIS OPPORTUNITY TO

DEMONSTRATE HIS STRENGTH AND

CLIMBING SKILLS TO THE BIGGER

MONKEYS.

BUT IT SEEMS THIS GROUP ISN'T

READY FOR ANY NEW MEMBERS.

AND THEY SEND HIM BACK DOWN WITH

HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS.

- FOR LION-TAILED MACAQUES, - CLIMBING SKILLS AREN'T JUST FOR

SHOW.

THEY'RE ALSO VITAL FOR SURVIVAL.

FALLING FROM THE TREETOPS COULD

CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

- BUT WITH PREDATORS LURKING - BELOW, LANDING ON THE FOREST

FLOOR COULD BE MUCH MORE

DANGEROUS.

- UNDERNEATH THE MACAQUE TROOP - LIVES ONE OF INDIA'S MOST ICONIC

CREATURES.

REACHING UP TO 20 FEET IN

LENGTH, IT IS THE WORLD'S

LONGEST VENOMOUS SNAKE.

THE KING COBRA.

THIS YOUNG MALE IS A DEADLY

KILLING MACHINE.

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- DYLAN: A SINGLE BITE FROM THIS - SNAKE COULD TAKE CARE OF A

MACAQUE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

IT'S SO POWERFUL, IT COULD EVEN

TAKE DOWN AN ELEPHANT.

HE'LL HUNT A RANGE OF SPECIES,

INCLUDING OTHER SNAKES.

- AND IMMUNE TO EACH OTHER'S - VENOM, KING COBRAS CAN ALSO TURN

AGAINST THEIR OWN KIND.

- AND HE'S JUST SLITHERED INTO THE - TERRITORY OF AN EVEN BIGGER

MALE.

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DYLAN: IT'S NOW A STAND-OFF.

- FILLING HIS LUNGS WITH AIR, THE - BIGGER SNAKE FORCES OUT ITS

STRANGE, GUTTURAL HISS TO

INTIMIDATE THE YOUNGER

TRESPASSER.

- DECIDING IT'S BETTER TO BACK - OFF, THE SMALLER SNAKE RETREATS

FROM THE CONFRONTATION AND

DISAPPEARS INTO THE TREES.

UP IN THE CANOPY, THE

LION-TAILED MACAQUES RELAX ONCE

MORE.

- THESE ENDANGERED MACAQUES MAY BE - FOUND ONLY HERE IN THE WESTERN

GHATS, BUT INDIA'S FORESTS ARE

HOME TO MILLIONS OF PRIMATES.

AND ONE SPECIES FOUND RIGHT

ACROSS THIS VAST LAND ADOPTS A

MORE SURPRISING TECHNIQUE TO

DEAL WITH PREDATORS.

COMING UP, THERE'S A RUMBLE IN

THE JUNGLE BETWEEN TWO LANGUR

TROOPS.

- THEN, WHEN THE BENGAL TIGER - LURKS AROUND, THE LAST PLACE YOU

WANT TO BE IS ON THE GROUND.

PLUS, EVEN THOUGH RHINOS ARE

HERBIVORES, YOU STILL MIGHT NOT

WANT TO MEET IT.

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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

- DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO SOUTH - ASIA, WHERE DEEP IN THE HEART OF

NORTHERN INDIA LIES RANTHAMBORE

NATIONAL PARK.

THESE VAST, TREE-CLAD GORGES ARE

THE LARGEST UNTOUCHED FORESTS OF

THEIR KIND.

BUT TODAY, THIS SEEMINGLY

TRANQUIL VALLEY RINGS OUT WITH

THE SOUND OF ALARM CALLS.

A TROOP OF HANUMAN LANGURS HAS

SPOTTED AN INDIAN ROCK PYTHON

MOVING INTO THEIR DOMAIN.

- BUT INSTEAD OF RUNNING FOR THE - TREES, THESE MONKEYS ARE MOVING

CLOSER.

- EVEN THE SMALLEST LANGURS CLOSE - IN, KEEPING A KEEN EYE ON THE

- PYTHON AS IT MOVES AMONGST THE - LEAVES.

- THANKS TO THE LANGUR'S - NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SYSTEM, THIS

- SNAKE MOVES OFF IN SEARCH OF AN - EASIER TARGET.

AND THE TROOP CAN RETURN TO MUCH

MORE RELAXING ACTIVITIES.

THESE MONKEYS LIVE IN LARGE

TROOPS OF UP TO 100 INDIVIDUALS.

IN THIS FAMILY, STICKING

TOGETHER MAKES LIFE SAFER FOR

EVERYONE.

AS THE BIGGEST DANGERS LIE ON

THE FOREST FLOOR, LIFE IN THE

TREES GIVES THE BEST CHANCE OF

SURVIVAL.

KEEPING AN EYE ON THE YOUNGER

LANGURS IS A FULL TIME JOB.

- BUT FORTUNATELY, WHEN IT COMES - TO PROTECTING THE TROOP, THE

LANGURS HAVE AN ALLY.

SPOTTED DEER.

IN THE JUNGLE, MOST ANIMALS TRY

TO FIND THEIR OWN TERRITORY, BUT

THE DEER AND LANGURS OFTEN LIVE

SIDE BY SIDE.

- FROM THEIR DIFFERENT VANTAGE - POINTS, THE TWO SPECIES ACTUALLY

- GIVE EACH OTHER A BETTER CHANCE - OF SPOTTING ANY APPROACHING

DANGER.

ALTHOUGH, SOME TAKE THIS DUTY

MORE SERIOUSLY THAN OTHERS.

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- DYLAN: BUT LETTING YOUR GUARD - DOWN HERE COULD BE A TRAGIC

MISTAKE.

THESE WOODS MIGHT LOOK LIKE

PARADISE, BUT EVEN IN THE MIDDAY

SUN, THEY NEED TO KEEP THEIR

EYES OPEN FOR THE MONSTERS

LURKING IN THE SHADOWS.

WHEN WE RETURN, THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN TWO UNLIKELY FRIENDS

HELPS EACH OTHER SAVE THE

JUNGLE'S BIGGEST PREDATOR.

PLUS, IN THE SHALLOW WATERS OF

SOUTH ASIA, NEVER KNOCK THE

SHIFTY NATURE OF THIS GIANT

CROC.

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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

- DYLAN: ONE OF THE MOST - SUCCESSFUL PREDATORS IN THE

WORLD IS INDIA'S LEGENDARY

BENGAL TIGER.

THESE HUNTERS ARE SO STEALTHY

AND SO SKILLED THAT OTHER

ANIMALS IN THEIR ECOSYSTEM HAVE

TO WORK TOGETHER TO AVOID

BECOMING PREY.

- YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET TWO OF - THESE.

A MONKEY AND A DEER WHO FEED OFF

EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVE TO

AVOID FEEDING THE TIGER.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW THIS

PECULIAR PARTNERSHIP UNFOLDS.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS FOREST IS THE HUNTING

GROUND OF ONE OF INDIA'S APEX

PREDATORS.

SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS

THEM, THE LEGENDARY BENGAL

TIGER.

THIS FEMALE IS A MASTER OF

STALKING AND AMBUSH.

- THERE ARE EYES IN THE TREES, - READY TO RAISE THE ALARM IF THE

BIG CAT IS SPOTTED.

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- DYLAN: BUT A SMALL GROUP OF - DEER HAS LEFT THE SAFETY OF THE

HERD.

IT HASN'T GONE UNNOTICED.

THE DEER ARE FAST.

SHE NEEDS TO GET CLOSE BEFORE

SPRINGING HER TRAP.

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DYLAN: TO SUCCEED, SHE MUST GET

WITHIN A FEW FEET OF HER PREY.

SPOTTED DEER HAVE EXCELLENT

HEARING AND AN INCREDIBLE SENSE

OF SMELL.

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DYLAN: BUT IT'S THE LANGURS WHO

SPOT HER FIRST.

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- DYLAN: THE ALARM CALL RINGS - OUT, ALERTING EVERY ANIMAL

WITHIN RANGE.

FOR THE TIGER, THE OPPORTUNITY

FOR A SURPRISE ATTACK HAS NOW

SLIPPED AWAY.

- BUT ALTHOUGH THIS ELUSIVE - PREDATOR USUALLY PREFERS TO

REMAIN HIDDEN, THERE ARE CERTAIN

ANIMALS IN THIS FOREST THAT SHE

WANTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH.

TIGERS ARE HIGHLY TERRITORIAL

AND RIVALS ROAM NEARBY.

- SHE MUST MARK OUT HER BORDERS OR - RISK A POTENTIALLY DEADLY

CONFRONTATION.

FIRST, SHE SNIFFS FOR OTHER

TIGERS.

- AND THEN, IT'S TIME TO LEAVE HER - SCENT, INFORMING THE COMPETITION

TO KEEP AWAY.

HER RANGE CAN STRETCH MORE THAN

SEVEN SQUARE MILES.

IN THE HEAT OF THIS FOREST, JUST

MARKING OUT HER HUNTING GROUND

IS THIRSTY WORK.

SO TO AVOID DEHYDRATION, SHE'LL

NOW REST THROUGH THE HOTTEST

- PART OF THE DAY, KNOWING ALL - OTHER TIGERS WILL STAY OUT OF

HER DOMAIN.

THE ONLY TIME SHE'LL BREAK THIS

RULE IS DURING BREEDING SEASON.

BUT SOME ANIMALS IN THIS PART OF

INDIA ARE FAR MORE OPEN WHEN IT

COMES TO ROMANCE.

A HERD OF SAMBAR DEER AMBLE

THROUGH THE FOREST.

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DYLAN: THE INFANTS NEVER STRAY

FAR FROM THEIR MOTHERS.

- AND LUSTFUL MALES ARE ALWAYS - CLOSE BEHIND.

SAMBAR DEER MATE YEAR-ROUND, SO

ROMANCE IS ALWAYS ON THE CARDS.

- AND THIS FEMALE IS ABOUT TO HAVE - HER MORNING BATH RUDELY

INTERRUPTED.

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- DYLAN: THE HOPEFUL MALE - SEARCHES FOR ANY SIGN OF AN

INVITATION, BUT HIS PRIVATE

PARTY IS ABOUT TO BE GATE

CRUSHED.

ANOTHER MALE IS ON THE SCENE.

HE'S DISTRACTED BY THE INTRUDER,

LEAVING THE FEMALE ALONE.

AND SHE CAN BE IN SERIOUS

TROUBLE.

UP NEXT, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT

COULD BE LURKING IN THE SHALLOW

END OF SOUTH ASIA'S MOST

DANGEROUS AREAS.

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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO SOUTH

ASIA WHERE DANGEROUS PREDATORS

ARE NEVER TOO FAR.

LIKE THIS ONE LURKING IN THE

SHALLOW END.

REACHING MORE THAN 13 FEET LONG,

MARSH CROCODILE ARE POWERFUL

PREDATORS.

THIS CROC BASKS IN THE SUN TO

KEEP WARM.

BUT SUBMERGES ITSELF WHEN IT'S

READY TO HUNT.

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- DYLAN: PERFECTLY DISGUISED AS A - PIECE OF WOOD, THIS SHALLOW

- WATERHOLE MAKES AN IDEAL HUNTING - GROUND.

HE'LL USUALLY SURVIVE ON FISH

AND SMALLER ANIMALS, BUT THIS

DEER COULD SUSTAIN HIM FOR

MONTHS.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY HE ISN'T

GOING TO IGNORE.

THE SAMBAR DEER LIVES TO SEE

ANOTHER DAY.

AND THE HUGE CROCODILE SLOWLY

RETURNS TO HIS HIDING PLACE.

BUT NOT ALL OF INDIA'S MOST

EXTRAORDINARY HABITATS ARE

FAMOUS FOR BIG PREDATORS.

IN THE FAR EAST OF INDIA LIES A

BOUNTIFUL LAND OF GENTLE GIANTS.

- THE GRASSLANDS OF ASSAM ARE ONE - OF THE MOST FERTILE HABITATS ON

EARTH.

AMONGST THESE ECOSYSTEMS, SOME

OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST GRASSES

FLOURISH.

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- DYLAN: AND THESE GIANT PLANTS - SUPPORT ONE OF THE WORLD'S

LARGEST MAMMALS.

THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS.

STANDING MORE THAN SIX FEET TALL

AND WEIGHING MORE THAN TWO TONS,

RHINOS SPEND A LOT OF TIME

MAINTAINING THEIR WEIGHT.

BUT THIS MOTHER AND HER CALF ARE

RARELY LEFT TO DINE IN PEACE.

DRONGO BIRDS CATCH A RIDE.

SCOUTING FOR ANY FLIES OR TICKS

OFTEN FOUND ON THE RHINO'S SKIN.

AND NIMBLE CATTLE EGRETS FEED ON

OTHER INSECTS, DISTURBED BY THE

LARGE HERBIVORES AS THEY GRAZE

THROUGH THE GRASS.

THE MOTHER AND HER CALF TOLERATE

THESE BIRDS BUT THE TWO RHINOS

MUST SOON GO THEIR SEPARATE

WAYS.

- THE CALF WILL SOON NEED TO LEAVE - ITS MOTHER'S SIDE AND ESTABLISH

A HOME OF ITS OWN.

- BUT IN THESE LAST DAYS AS A - FAMILY, THERE IS STILL TIME TO

- ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF THIS WILD - PARADISE TOGETHER.

- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR - THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY TO SOUTH

ASIA.

THE WIDE ARRAY OF CHARACTERS WHO

OFTEN WORK TOGETHER MAKE THIS

REGION ONE OF THE MOST

FASCINATING ON THE PLANET.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON ON OUR

NEXT "EARTH ODYSSEY".

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