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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
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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.
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I'M DYLAN DREYER AND THIS IS
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"EARTH ODYSSEY".
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TODAY, WE HEAD TO SOUTH ASIA
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WHERE SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST
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FASCINATING CREATURES AND MOST
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FEARED PREDATORS CALL HOME.
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FIRST, WE'LL JOIN THE HERD OF
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ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANIMALS ON
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EARTH.
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AND THEN, WE HEAD FROM ONE OF
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THE PLANET'S BIGGEST MAMMALS TO
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ITS SMALLEST PIGS.
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BUT THIS TINY SWINE KNOWS HOW TO
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EAT JUST FINE.
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PLUS, ONE OF THE GREATEST
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HUNTERS ON THE PLANET GRACES US
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WITH ITS PREDATORIAL PRESENCE.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: SOUTH ASIA INCLUDES MANY
- DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND COVERS
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TWO MILLION SQUARE MILES OF THE
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EARTH'S SURFACE.
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IT CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE
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DIFFERENT CLIMATES: TROPICAL,
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DRY, AND TEMPERATE.
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- THIS ALLOWS FOR AN INCREDIBLE
- AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY IN THE
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REGION, FROM THE SMALLEST PLANT
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TO THE BIGGEST MAMMAL AND FEW
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MAMMALS ARE BIGGER THAN THE
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ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL AND THE ALWAYS
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HUNGRY ASIAN ELEPHANT.
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WELCOME TO AN ANCIENT, MAGICAL
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LAND.
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A TRUE PARADISE OF UNRIVALED
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BEAUTY.
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HERE IN SOME OF THE PLANET'S
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MOST SPECTACULAR HABITATS.
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- ICONIC SPECIES CARVE OUT A WILD
- EXISTENCE.
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FROM GENTLE GIANTS...
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...TO FIERCE PREDATORS.
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THIS IS A LAND LIKE NO OTHER.
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- BUT THESE ANIMALS ARE FACING NEW
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CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALTERING THEIR
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HOME.
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FORCING WILDLIFE TO STRIVE
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HARDER THAN EVER.
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FOR THEIR VERY SURVIVAL.
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- IN THE WILD EDEN'S OF SOUTH
- ASIA.
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HERE AT THE GRASSLANDS OF ASSAM
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LIVES ONE OF THE LARGEST MAMMALS
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TO WALK THE EARTH.
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THE ASIAN ELEPHANT.
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DYLAN: THIS FEMALE IS THE
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MATRIARCH.
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LEADING THE HERD IS NO EASY
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TASK.
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IT'S A BIG FAMILY.
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- DYLAN: AND IT'S HER JOB TO
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FEEDING SPOTS.
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- DYLAN: LUCKILY, THERE'S PLENTY
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ASSAM.
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WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
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ELEPHANTS EAT A LOT.
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A FULLY GROWN ADULT CAN CONSUME
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MORE THAN 300 POUNDS OF FOOD IN
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A SINGLE DAY.
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IT'S IMPORTANT THE MATRIARCH
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GETS PLENTY TO EAT.
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SHE NEEDS ALL THE NUTRITION SHE
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CAN GET BECAUSE SHE'S NOT ONLY
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THE BOSS, SHE'S ALSO A MOTHER.
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HER CALF IS JUST A FEW MONTHS
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OLD AND FOR NOW, HE'S COMPLETELY
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RELIANT ON HIS MOTHER.
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DYLAN: AT THIS AGE, HE'LL NEVER
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HE'S CONSTANTLY LEARNING NEW
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TODAY, HE'S TRYING TO GET TO
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GRIPS WITH HIS TRUNK.
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THE ADULTS CAN USE THIS UNIQUE
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APPENDAGE TO PLUCK EVEN THE
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SHORTEST BLADES OF GRASS.
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BUT WITH 40,000 MUSCLES IN EACH
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ELEPHANT'S TRUNK, IT TAKES A LOT
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- SOME OF THE FAMILY ARE TRUE
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- BUT THIS YOUNGSTER STILL NEEDS A
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THE ELEPHANT'S IMMENSE SIZE AND
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EXTRAORDINARY APPETITE HELP
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SHAPE THIS WILD EDEN.
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BUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN
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EXPANSION ARE ALSO ALTERING THIS
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HABITAT.
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- MEANING THE SURVIVAL OF THESE
- ICONIC ANIMALS IS BECOMING
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INCREASINGLY IN JEOPARDY.
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THEY COULD SOON CEASE TO EXIST
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ALL TOGETHER.
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THESE GENTLE GIANTS SHARE
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ASSAM'S TOWERING GRASSES WITH
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ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED
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ANIMALS ON THE PLANET.
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COMING UP, JUST BECAUSE THESE
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ARE THE SMALLEST PIGS IN THE
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WORLD DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T
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HAVE A BIG APPETITE.
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AND LATER, WITH A HOP AND A SKIP
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WE HEAD TO HANG WITH THIS SLIMY,
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AMPHIBIOUS FISH.
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PLUS, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
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SPOTTED BY ONE OF THESE
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LEOPARDS.
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- NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
- THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
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MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: WELCOME BACK TO SOUTH
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ASIA WHERE THE RAREST AND IN
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- THIS CASE CUTEST CREATURES ON
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FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH,
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THESE ARE THE SMALLEST PIGS IN
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THE WORLD.
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BARELY EIGHT INCHES TALL, THIS
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FEMALE PYGMY HOG IS RAISING
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EIGHT EVEN TINIER PIGLETS.
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DYLAN: THEY MAY BE SMALL BUT
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LIKE ALL PIGS, THEY HAVE A HUGE
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APPETITE AND WILL EAT ALMOST
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ANYTHING.
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FROM ROOTS AND GRASSES TO
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INSECTS AND EVEN SMALL RODENTS.
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THESE TINY HOGS ARE THE ONLY
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BREED OF PIG TO BUILD NESTS ALL
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YEAR-ROUND.
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- DIGGING HOLES IN THE DIRT AND
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AND GRASSES.
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- DYLAN: AS WELL AS BEING THE
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ALSO THE MOST ENDANGERED.
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JUST 200 INDIVIDUALS SURVIVE IN
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THIS TINY POCKETED INDIAN
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GRASSLAND.
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LEAVING THEM ON THE EDGE OF
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EXTINCTION.
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MEANING THIS SMALL GROUP MAY BE
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THE LAST OF THIS SHY AND ELUSIVE
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SPECIES.
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BEING SO EASILY HIDDEN AMONGST
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EVEN THE SHORTEST GRASSES,
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THEY'RE RARELY SPOTTED IN THE
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- BUT NOT ALL OF ASIA'S WILDLIFE
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IN FACT, SOME ARE BORN TO
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SHOWOFF.
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IN THIS FOREST CLEARING, A YOUNG
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PEACOCK IS TRYING TO IMPRESS ALL
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THE OTHER FEMALES.
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BUT HIS OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY IS
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ALSO BEING WATCHED BY THE
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BIGGEST MALE IN THE AREA.
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WHO DECIDES TO HEAD OVER AND
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INTERRUPT THE YOUNGER PEACOCK'S
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FEEBLE ATTEMPT.
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FOR PEACOCKS, SIZE MATTERS.
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AND THE HUGE MALE'S SUPERIOR
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PLUMAGE QUICKLY PUTS THE
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JUVENILE'S IN HIS PLACE.
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HAVING RUFFLED HIS FEATHERS, HE
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HE'S PROVEN THAT HE'S STILL THE
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PRETTIEST BOY IN THIS PART OF
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THE FOREST.
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DESPITE BEING HIGHLY VISIBLE TO
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PREDATORS, PEACOCKS HAVE SOMEHOW
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EVERY CORNER OF THIS HUGE
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COUNTRY.
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- BUT WITH SO MANY OF THESE
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FOOD, THEY'RE SOMETIMES FORCED
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TO LOOK IN SOME HARD-TO-REACH
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PLACES.
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DYLAN: THIS MALES HAS SPOTTED A
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PARTICULARLY TRICKY MEAL.
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HE'S TOO HEAVY FOR THE SMALL
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BRANCHES, SO HE USES HIS
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INGENUITY.
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THERE ARE SURELY MORE ACCESSIBLE
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DELIGHTS.
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- BUT IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE OTHERS
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SADLY, HIS BEAK IS NOT DESIGNED
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FOR CRACKING INTO THE HARD OUTER
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LAYER OF THIS FRUIT.
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THE PEACOCK NEEDS OTHER SPECIES
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TO SHOW 'EM HOW IT'S DONE.
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WITH THE SOFT FRUIT NOW EXPOSED,
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IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE THE
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OPPORTUNITY IS SPOTTED BY
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ANOTHER MALE.
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- TENSIONS SOON RISE AND THE
- FRUSTRATED BIRDS COMPETE FOR THE
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CHOICE FRUITS.
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- BUT EVENTUALLY, HIS PERSEVERANCE
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COMING UP, THERE'S NO DUD IN
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THIS MUD AS THESE AMPHIBIOUS
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FISH ARE EXPERTS AT SURVIVING
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AND THRIVING.
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PLUS, ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST
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BEAUTIFUL MAMMALS IN THE ANIMAL
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KINGDOM.
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- NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
- THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
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MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: IF YOU WANT TO GET A
- FEEL FOR THE VERSATILITY OF
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SOUTH ASIA'S LANDSCAPE, LOOK NO
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FURTHER THAN ONE OF ITS MOST
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- DIVERSE REGIONS, THE SUNDARBANS
- FOREST.
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DEPENDING ON THE TIDES, IT'S TWO
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DIFFERENT AND DANGEROUS WORLDS.
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- BUT THERE'S ONE PRIMATE THAT
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BECAUSE ITS VERSATILITY HELPS IT
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GET AWAY FROM PREDATORS.
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COVERING ALMOST 4,000 SQUARE
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MILES ON THE BORDER OF INDIA AND
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BANGLADESH, THE SUNDARBANS IS
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THE BIGGEST RIVER DELTA ON THE
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PLANET.
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LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF THE
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MIGHTY GANGES RIVER, THIS IS
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- ALSO THE LARGEST MANGROVE FOREST
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A MAZE OF ENDLESS WATERWAYS AND
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UNEXPLORED ISLANDS.
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- HOME TO A STAGGERING ARRAY OF
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AND THIS UNIQUE HABITAT
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TRANSFORMS WITH THE TIDE.
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WHEN THE WATER IS AT ITS LOWEST,
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THE MUDDY BANKS REVEAL A HIDDEN
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FEAST.
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WHICH IS ENJOYED BY ONE OF THE
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WORLD'S MOST VERSATILE ANIMALS.
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RHESUS MACAQUES.
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THIS IS THE DOMINANT MALE.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD,
- IT'S BEST TO KEEP OUT OF HIS
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WAY.
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LUCKILY FOR THESE INGENIOUS
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MONKEYS, THERE'S PLENTY TO EAT
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- AMONG THE EXPOSED ROOTS OF THE
- MANGROVE.
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AND THE RETREATING WATERS CAN
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SOMETIMES OFFER UP A TREAT.
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EVEN IF IT DOES MEAN GETTING
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YOUR FEET WET.
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- THESE MONKEYS SHARE THE MUDDY
- SHORES WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S
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MOST UNUSUAL FISH.
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THE MUD FLATS OF THE SUNDARBANS
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PROVIDE THE PERFECT HABITAT FOR
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THIS STRANGE CREATURE:
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MUDSKIPPERS.
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THIS LAND-LOVING FISH SPENDS
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MOST OF ITS LIFE OUT OF THE
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WATER.
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THEY CAN WALK ON LAND AND
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BREATHE AIR.
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THE SECRET TO THEIR SUCCESS LIES
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IN THE MUD.
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AS THE SUN HITS THE EXPOSED RICH
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SILT, MICROSCOPIC PLANTS AND
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ANIMALS THRIVE, PROVIDING THE
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PERFECT DIET FOR THIS AMPHIBIOUS
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FISH.
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DESPITE THE ABUNDANCE OF FOOD,
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MUDSKIPPERS ARE HIGHLY
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TERRITORIAL.
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IF A NEIGHBOR GETS TOO
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CLOSE...FIGHTING SOON BREAKS
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OUT.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: BUT THE MUDFLATS THESE
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CURIOUS CREATURES CALL HOME MAY
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NOT BE SAFE FOREVER.
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GLOBAL WARMING HAS LED TO RISING
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SEA LEVELS, RESULTING IN A
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DEVASTATING LOSS OF HABITAT.
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HUGE AREAS OF FORESTED COASTLINE
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ARE BEING CONSUMED BY THE SEA
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EVERY YEAR.
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THE RICH MANGROVE FORESTS ARE
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SLOWLY DISAPPEARING.
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WHOLE ISLANDS ARE BEING
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ENGULFED.
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AND ENTIRE SPECIES COULD BE
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COMPLETELY LOST.
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- THE FUTURE OF THE ANIMALS HERE
- IN THE SUNDARBANS MAY BE
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THREATENED BY TOO MUCH WATER.
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COMING UP, THE UNBELIEVABLE
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STRENGTH AND ABILITY OF ONE OF
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THE WORLD'S MOST INCREDIBLE AND
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INCREDIBLY FEARED HUNTERS: THE
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INDIAN LEOPARD.
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[BREAK]
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NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO
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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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.
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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
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MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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[MUSIC]
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DYLAN: IN THE NORTH OF INDIA,
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LIFE MUST FIND A WAY TO SURVIVE
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- IN ONE OF SOUTH ASIA'S DRIEST
- REGIONS.
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HERE AMONG THE CRAGGY HILLS AT
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THE EDGE OF THE THAR DESERT,
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HUMAN ACTIVITY HAS MAROONED ONE
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OF INDIA'S MOST ICONIC
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PREDATORS.
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AMONG THESE ROCKS LAY THE
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REMAINS OF A RECENT MEAL.
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THIS INDIAN LEOPARD IS A
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STEALTHY, NOCTURNAL HUNTER.
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CAPABLE OF TAKING DOWN PREY
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THREE TIMES ITS SIZE.
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- THIS MALE HAS BEEN OUT HUNTING
- ALL NIGHT.
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IN THE COOL DAWN AIR, HE PATROLS
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HIS ROCKY DOMAIN.
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KEEPING OUT A WATCHFUL EYE FOR
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INTRUDERS.
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HE WOULD PREFER TO LIVE A
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SOLITARY EXISTENCE, BUT DUE TO
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HABITAT LOSS, HE MUST NOW SHARE
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THE SINGLE HUNTING GROUND WITH
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FIVE OTHER LEOPARDS.
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- WITH SO MUCH COMPETITION, THESE
- BIG CATS ARE BEING FORCED TO
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HUNT NIGHT AND DAY.
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THE SUN MAY BE RISING, BUT THIS
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YOUNG FEMALE IS HEADING DOWN TO
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SEARCH FOR PREY.
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AT JUST TWO YEARS OLD, SHE'S
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STILL PERFECTING HER TECHNIQUE.
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AND SHE'S ALREADY BEEN SPOTTED.
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ALWAYS READY TO SOUND THE ALARM,
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A TROOP OF HANUMAN LANGURS ARE
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KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE BIG
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CAT'S EVERY MOVE.
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THEY'VE CREATED SO MUCH NOISE,
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THE WHOLE FOREST IS ALERTED TO
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THIS LEOPARD'S UNEXPECTED
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APPROACH.
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INCLUDING INDIA'S LARGEST
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ANTELOPE.
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NILGAI ARE BIG AND FAST.
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BUT THE CALF IS AN OBVIOUS
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TARGET.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: EVEN A LEOPARD THIS
- YOUNG KNOWS NOT TO WASTE ENERGY
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ON A LONG CHASE.
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PATIENCE WILL BE HER SECRET
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WEAPON.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: SHE SPOTS AN OPPORTUNITY
- FOR A SURPRISE ATTACK.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR
- THIS ROOKIE HUNTER, HER
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CAMOUFLAGE IS BEST SUITED FOR
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LOW LIGHT.
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AND IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF DAY,
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THE NILGAI SOON SPOT THE
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APPROACHING DANGER.
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PERHAPS ONCE NIGHT FALLS, THE
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BIG CAT WILL REGAIN THE UPPER
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HAND.
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- THE WILDLIFE OF SOUTH ASIA FACES
- HUGE CHALLENGES.
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THE MONSOON HAS GIFTED LIFE IN
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PLACES, BUT IN OTHERS, CLIMATE
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CHANGE COULD TIP THE BALANCE.
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- LEAVING THE FUTURE OF THIS
- SUBCONTINENT'S WILDLIFE
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UNCERTAIN.
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FROM THE BIG TO THE SMALL AND
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EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, ALL THESE
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INCREDIBLE SPECIES MUST FIGHT
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FOR THEIR SURVIVAL IN SOUTH
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ASIA'S WILD EDENS.
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS
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ADVENTURE TO SOUTH ASIA.
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THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING HIDING
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OR SOMETHING HUNGRY IN THIS
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DIVERSE LAND, SO YOU ALWAYS NEED
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TO STAY ON YOUR TOES.
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WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
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ANOTHER "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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[MUSIC]
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