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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, I'M DYLAN DREYER, AND
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WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON ANOTHER
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"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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TODAY, WE HEAD TO TURKEY AND
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EXPLORE THE INCREDIBLE ANIMALS
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WHO CALL THIS WILD EDEN HOME.
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WE'LL SEE HOW THESE CUBS WILL
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FARE WITH THE HELP OF THEIR MAMA
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BROWN BEAR.
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- AND THESE FLAMINGOES MIGHT STAND
- ON ONE FOOT, BUT THEY'RE FAR
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FROM STATIONARY BIRDS.
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PLUS, IT'S SHOW AND SHELL TIME
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FOR THESE TINY TURTLE
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HATCHLINGS.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: OF ALL THE PLACES WE'VE
- TRAVELED TO ON "EARTH ODYSSEY",
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FEW ARE AS MUCH A HIDDEN EDEN OF
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LIFE AS THE COUNTRY OF TURKEY.
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- IT HAS AN INCREDIBLE
- BIODIVERSITY WITH MORE THAN
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80,000 SPECIES OF ANIMALS,
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19,000 OF WHICH ARE
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INVERTEBRATES, AND THIS IS ALL
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DUE TO THE FAUNA AND FLORA THAT
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MAKE UP TURKEY'S PRECIOUS
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ECOSYSTEM.
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THIS IS A LAND FULL OF WONDER, A
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COUNTRY OF EXTREME CONTRASTS,
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WHERE EAST MEETS WEST.
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SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST
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SPECTACULAR LANDSCAPES HAVE
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FORMED...
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...DENSE FORESTS...
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...VAST WETLANDS...
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...AND RUGGED MOUNTAINS...
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...SURROUNDED BY COLORFUL SEAS.
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- THIS STAGGERING ARRAY OF
- ENVIRONMENTS HAS RESULTED IN A
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MELTING POT OF LIFE.
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BUT THIS COUNTRY'S FRAGILE
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ECOSYSTEMS AND THE WILDLIFE THAT
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INHABITS THEM ARE NOW BEING
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PUSHED TO THE VERY BRINK.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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- CLIMATE CHANGE IS FORCING SOME
- OF THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC
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SPECIES TO FIGHT HARDER THAN
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EVER TO SURVIVE.
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- WELCOME TO THE WILD EDEN OF
- TURKEY.
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IN A COUNTRY ICONIC FOR ITS
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BLISTERING HEAT AND ARID
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LANDSCAPES LIES A SECRET EDEN,
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THE PROVINCE OF KARS, TURKEY'S
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EMERALD CROWN.
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THE COMBINATION OF HIGH
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ELEVATION AND HIGH RAINFALL MAKE
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KARS A REMOTE, YET FLOURISHING
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NATURAL PARADISE.
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IN THIS MID-SUMMER SUN, THESE
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SLOPES BURST INTO LIFE.
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FLOWER MEADOWS BLOOM, AND
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VALLEYS RING OUT TO THE SOUND OF
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BIRDSONG, INCLUDING THE CALL OF
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ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
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RAPTORS.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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WEIGHING ALMOST 30 POUNDS AND
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WITH A WINGSPAN OF NEARLY TEN
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FEET, THE CINEROUS VULTURE IS A
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TRUE KING OF TURKEY SKIES.
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BUT THIS YOUNG MALE STILL HAS
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SOME GROWING TO DO.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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AT JUST OVER EIGHT WEEKS OLD,
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HE RELIES ON HIS PARENTS TO FEED
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HIM.
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- THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED FOR
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BECOMING WEAK.
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EVEN IN THIS BOUNTIFUL HABITAT,
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REAL THREAT.
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SO, THIS FLEDGLING WILL NEED TO
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TAKE FATE INTO HIS OWN HANDS.
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URGED ON BY INSTINCT AND HUNGER,
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HE TESTS HIS DEVELOPING WINGS.
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BUT HE'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
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OTHER RAPTORS CIRCLE IN THE
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SKIES.
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EVERY PASSING BIRD COULD BE
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MISTAKEN FOR A PARENT.
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- FORTUNATELY, HIS LUCK IS ABOUT
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HIS MOTHER RETURNS.
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THE YOUNG FLEDGLING IS QUICK TO
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DEMAND HIS FEED.
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[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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- BUT FIRST, THE MOTHER MUST
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REGURGITATING FLESH SCAVENGED
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FROM A DISTANT CARCASS.
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VULTURES ARE TYPICALLY
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SCAVENGERS, OFTEN FEEDING ON THE
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REMAINS OF ANIMALS KILLED BY
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CARNIVOROUS PREDATORS.
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AND IT'S HERE IN THESE MOUNTAINS
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AMONG DEEP GORGES AND RAVINES
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THAT THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST
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PREDATOR MAKES ITS HOME.
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COMING UP, THIS MOTHER BEARS
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DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING
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HER CUBS.
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- AND WE HAVE A STANDING
- APPOINTMENT WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL
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FLAMINGOES.
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AND LATER, THIS CREATURE SHELLS
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OUT ADVICE ON HOW TO SURVIVE AND
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THRIVE IN TURKEY'S WILD EDEN.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO TURKEY,
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WHERE WE HAVE JUST DISCOVERED
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THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST PREDATOR,
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THE BROWN BEAR.
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THIS FEMALE ISN'T ALONE.
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HER YOUNG CUBS ARE NEVER FAR
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BEHIND.
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FOR HER, THE SHADED WOODS ARE
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PERFECT FOR A MIDDAY NAP,
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LEAVING THE CUBS TO ONE OF THEIR
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FAVORITE ACTIVITIES.
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[BEARS GROWLING]
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BUT THEY CAN'T SPEND ALL DAY
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PLAYING.
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[GROWLING CONTINUES]
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- BEARS HIBERNATE THROUGH THE
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BOUNTIFUL TIME OF YEAR IN FULL
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SWING, THEY'LL NEED TO EAT AS
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MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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LUCKILY, THERE ARE MANY
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NUTRITIOUS FOODS FOUND ACROSS
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THESE BLOSSOMING FLOWER MEADOWS.
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THESE FIELDS ATTRACT MANY BEARS,
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YOUNG AND OLD.
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IT'S THOUGHT THERE ARE AROUND
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3,000 BEARS ACROSS TURKEY.
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MANY OF THEM LIVE HERE IN THE
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MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHEAST, ALL
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THANKS TO THE ABUNDANCE OF FOOD.
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- THESE SWEEPING MEADOWS WOULDN'T
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NATURE'S KEY INGREDIENTS.
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DESPITE TEMPERATURES OF MORE
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THAN 100 DEGREES, AT THIS
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ALTITUDE, SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS
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ARE COMMON.
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THE HIGH RAINFALL ALLOWS PLANT
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LIFE TO FLOURISH, WHICH IN TURN
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SUPPORTS THE HIGH POPULATION OF
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BEARS.
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BUT LARGE MALES LIKE THIS ARE
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TYPICALLY SOLITARY ANIMALS.
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HE MARKS HIS SCENT ON TREES TO
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TELL OTHER BEARS IN THE AREA TO
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KEEP OUT OF HIS WAY.
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BUT WITH SO MANY BEARS HERE,
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CONFRONTATION IS INEVITABLE.
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- ANOTHER MALE HAS VENTURED TOO
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EACH ARMED WITH POWERFUL CLAWS,
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A SQUABBLE OVER TERRITORY COULD
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BECOME A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
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[BEARS GROWLING]
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ALTHOUGH BOTH BEARS GAVE IT
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THEIR ALL, ONLY ONE BEAR CAN
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CLAIM THIS TERRITORY.
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COMING UP, WE EXPLORE THE LIFE
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OF TURKEY'S PINKEST PESCATARIAN.
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AND LATER, WE GET INSIDE THE
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MIND OF THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: TO SAY THAT TURKEY'S
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COUNTRYSIDE IS PERFECT WITH BIRD
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SPECIES IS ALMOST TOO CLICHE TO
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MENTION, BUT WE HAD TO FEATHER
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IT IN.
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WITH MORE THAN 500 SPECIES OF
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BIRDS, ITS LANDSCAPE OF RICH
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WATER AND TALL GRASS IS A
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PERFECT HAVEN FOR A PLETHORA OF
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THE AVIAN TYPE, AND THERE'S ONE
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BIRD WHO STANDS ABOVE THE REST
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AND OFTEN ON ONE LEG.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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- AT THE FOOT OF TURKEY'S
- ANTI-TAURUS MOUNTAINS, COMPLEX
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WETLANDS AT THE BASE OF THE
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MOUNTAIN STRETCH FOR NEARLY 100
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SQUARE MILES, RESULTING IN ONE
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OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST PRECIOUS
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HABITATS.
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REED BEDS DOMINATE THE
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LANDSCAPE, PROVIDING A HAVEN FOR
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A VAST ARRAY OF BIRD LIFE...
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[BIRD CHIRPING]
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...INCLUDING A COLONY OF
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TURKEY'S QUIRKIEST CREATURES...
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...THE GREATER FLAMINGO.
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- THESE COLORFUL CHARACTERS OFTEN
- CONGREGATE IN FLOCKS REACHING
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THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
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HERE ON THE FLATS OF SULTAN
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SAZLIGI, AROUND 80 INDIVIDUALS
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MAKE UP THIS RELATIVELY SMALL
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COLONY ALL YEAR ROUND.
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- THEY REMAIN HERE THANKS TO THE
- ABUNDANCE OF FOOD IN THESE SALTY
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WATERS.
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- IN SEARCH OF A GOOD MEAL, IT'S
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TOES.
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[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
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BUT THE REAL COMPETITION IS A
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MUCH MORE ELEGANT AFFAIR.
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- THIS SYNCHRONIZED MARCH HELPS
- INDIVIDUALS DETERMINE WHO IS THE
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BEST SHAPE FOR MATING.
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ONCE A SUITABLE PARTNER IS
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FOUND, CHICKS ARE SOON TO
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FOLLOW.
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- FLAMINGOES FEED THEIR YOUNG BY
- SECRETING NUTRITIOUS MILK FROM
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THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, AND THIS
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CHICK WILL HAVE PLENTY OF
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SUPPORT.
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FLAMINGOES LOOK AFTER ONE
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ANOTHER'S OFFSPRING.
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- THIS COMMUNAL PARENTING ENSURES
- THE NEXT GENERATION WILL GROW UP
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STRONG ENOUGH AND GIVE THEM THE
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BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE WHEN IT'S
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TIME TO MOVE ON.
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THESE BIRDS AREN'T TYPICALLY
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MIGRATORY, PREFERRING TO STICK
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CLOSE TO RELIABLE FOOD AND, OF
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COURSE, WATER SOURCES.
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COMING UP, THESE LOGGERHEAD
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TURTLES KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO
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LAY THEIR EGGS.
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[BREAK]
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: AS THE SUN GOES DOWN IN
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TURKEY, ONE OF THE SEA'S MOST
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TIRELESS TRAVELERS HAS A LONG
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NIGHT AHEAD OF HER.
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A FEMALE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
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JOURNEYING FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF
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MILES, SHE HAS RETURNED TO THE
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BEACH WHERE SHE WAS BORN.
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DIGGING A NEST, SHE LAYS EGGS AT
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HER ANCESTRAL HOME.
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SHE ONLY MATES ONCE EVERY TWO
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YEARS, BUT WHEN SHE DOES, SHE
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CAN NEST UP TO SIX TIMES, LAYING
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MORE THAN 100 EGGS IN EACH NEST.
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BURYING THE EGGS DEEP WILL
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HOPEFULLY KEEP THEM SAFE FROM
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PREDATORS.
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- SHE'S DONE EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO
- GIVE HER OFFSPRING THE BEST
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CHANCE OF SURVIVAL AS SHE MAKES
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HER WAY BACK TO THE SEA.
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FURTHER ALONG THE BEACH, THE
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SAND IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO
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STIR.
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ANOTHER LOGGERHEAD TURTLE'S
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YOUNG ARE ABOUT TO EMERGE.
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- BENEATH THE SAND, THEY'VE BEEN
- GROWING INSIDE THEIR SHELLS FOR
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AROUND 60 DAYS.
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THE COOL NIGHT AIR PROMPTS THE
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YOUNG TURTLES TO BREAK FREE OF
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THEIR NEST.
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- BUT GLOBAL WARMING COULD
- THREATEN THE SPECIES' VERY
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EXISTENCE.
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TEMPERATURE DETERMINES THE
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GENDER OF EACH HATCHLING.
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- THE WARMING CLIMATE WILL RESULT
- IN MORE FEMALE TURTLES THAN
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MALES, THREATENING THE SPECIES'
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GENETIC DIVERSITY.
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TONIGHT, THESE YOUNG HATCHLINGS
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FACE A MORE IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE,
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- MAKING IT TO THE SAFETY OF THE
- SEA.
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- UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS,
- THEY AVOID MANY OF THE REGION'S
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PREDATORS, BUT GHOST CRABS STILL
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STAND IN THEIR WAY.
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THE CRUSTACEAN'S STRONG CLAWS
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COULD EASILY HURT THE YOUNG
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TURTLES.
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- THE HATCHLINGS ARE COMPLETELY
- DEFENSELESS.
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GUIDED BY THE MOON, AN INNATE
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INSTINCT DRAWS THEM TO THE FAINT
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LIGHT ON THE SEA'S HORIZON.
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THEY HAVE TO MAKE A BREAK AND
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TAKE THEIR CHANCE.
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IT'S TIME TO RUN THE GAUNTLET.
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- THE GHOST CRABS CLOSE IN FOR THE
- KILL.
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- BUT THESE CRUSTACEANS ARE HIGHLY
- TERRITORIAL.
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FIGHTING OFTEN BREAKS OUT
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AMONGST THEMSELVES...
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- ...GIVING THE PERFECT
- OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TURTLES TO
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DASH ACROSS THE LAST STRETCH OF
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BEACH.
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- FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CONQUERED
- TONIGHT'S CHALLENGE, THIS IS
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JUST THE BEGINNING AS THEY SET
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OFF INTO THE DARK SEA.
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THE NEXT GENERATION FACES
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GREATER CHALLENGES THAN EVER.
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WHILE THIS LAND OF CONTRAST
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THRIVES IN PLACES, MANY OF ITS
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DELICATE EDENS ARE BEING LOST TO
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CLIMATE CHANGE...
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...LEAVING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
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FOR THE WILDLIFE FOUND HERE.
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FROM THE WEIRD TO THE
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WONDERFUL...
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...ALL OF THESE AMAZING SPECIES
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MUST FIGHT FOR THEIR VERY
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SURVIVAL IN TURKEY'S WILD EDENS.
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- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS
- ADVENTURE TO TURKEY.
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THIS INCREDIBLY DIVERSE
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LANDSCAPE GIVES ALL TYPES OF
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ANIMALS A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
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WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
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ANOTHER "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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