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- NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
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WATCHING TELEVISION THAT IS
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EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.
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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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DYLAN: HI.
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- I'M DYLAN DREYER AND WE'RE ABOUT
- TO EMBARK ON ANOTHER "EARTH
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ODYSSEY".
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COMING UP, WE WALK THE GROUNDS
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OF THAILAND.
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HOME TO SOME OF THE WILDEST
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ANIMALS IN THE WORLD.
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LIKE THIS HUNGRY INDOCHINESE
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TIGER.
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PLUS, OUR ODYSSEY TAKES US TO
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THE JUNGLES OF MALAYSIA WHERE
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THIS PROBOSCIS MONKEY MIGHT NOT
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BE THE MOST GRACEFUL BUT SHE
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SURE KNOWS HOW TO GET AROUND.
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AND LATER, WE SETTLE BACK DOWN
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TO EARTH AND EXPLORE WHAT'S
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CRAWLING ON THE GROUND OF JAPAN.
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DYLAN: THERE ARE ALMOST 200
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MILLION SQUARE MILES THAT
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- COMPRISE THE SURFACE AREA OF OUR
- PLANET.
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THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT LIVE
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TOGETHER IN OUR DIVERSE WORLD
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GIVE IT THE LIFE THAT SEPARATES
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EARTH FROM EVERY OTHER PLANET IN
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OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
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AND THERE'S ONE COUNTRY THAT
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HOLDS MORE DIVERSITY IN ITS
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127,000 SQUARE MILES THAN
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ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
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MALAYSIA.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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MALAYSIA IS ONE OF 17 COUNTRIES
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IDENTIFIED AS MEGADIVERSE.
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MEANING, THESE COUNTRIES HARBOR
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THE MAJORITY OF THE EARTH'S
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SPECIES.
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A FIFTH OF ALL THE WORLD'S
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ANIMAL SPECIES LIVE HERE.
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- DESPITE IT HAVING JUST POINT TWO
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MASS.
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- IT'S NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF
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- SURPRISING, BUT HOW STRANGE MANY
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MALAYSIA IS HOME TO SOME OF THE
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LARGEST, SMALLEST, AND DOWNRIGHT
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ODDEST LIFEFORMS ON THE PLANET.
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- MANY OCCURRING NOWHERE ELSE ON
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THE SECRET BEHIND THIS
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INCREDIBLE BIODIVERSITY LIES IN
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MALAYSIA'S HOT, WET CLIMATE AND
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ITS HUGE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
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HABITATS.
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MALAYSIA SITS JUST NORTH OF THE
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EQUATOR, IN THE TROPICAL BELT,
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WHERE RAINFALL IS HIGH AND
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TEMPERATURES WARM.
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IT'S A LAND OF TWO HALVES.
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WEST MALAYSIA IS A PENINSULA.
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THE VERY TIP OF INDOCHINA'S
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MAINLAND.
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EASTERN MALAYSIA COVERS THE TOP
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QUARTER OF BORNEO, THE THIRD
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LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD.
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DURING THE LAST ICE AGE, THE TWO
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WERE CONNECTED BY LAND BRIDGES.
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18,000 YEARS AGO, THE GLACIERS
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RETREATED, SEA LEVELS ROSE, AND
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BORNEO WAS CUT OFF.
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AND WHEN ISOLATED, LIFE CAN
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EVOLVE IN PECULIAR WAYS.
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DYLAN: THERE ARE 100 SPECIES IN
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BORNEO THAT OCCUR NOWHERE ELSE
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ON EARTH.
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AND THERE'S ONE THAT WINS THE
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WEIRD RACE BY A NOSE.
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FOR PROBOSCIS MONKEYS, BEAUTY IS
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SURELY IN THE EYE OF THE
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BEHOLDER.
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MALES HAVE THE LONGEST NOSES OF
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ALL PRIMATES.
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[MONKEY CALLS OUT]
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- DYLAN: THEIR ECHO CHAMBERS
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INTIMIDATES RIVALS, AS WELL AS
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IMPRESSES FEMALES.
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THE BIGGEST NOSE IN THIS PACK
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BELONGS TO AN ALPHA MALE.
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HE'S THE BOSS OF A SMALL GROUP
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OF FEMALES AND THEIR YOUNG.
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YOUNG MALES HANG OUT TOGETHER IN
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SMALL TROOPS UNTIL THEY'RE
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- STRONG ENOUGH TO RUN A GROUP OF
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AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ON THE
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LOOKOUT TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS.
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- DYLAN: THE DOMINANT MALE
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GROUPS' ADVANCES, BUT HE'S
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KEEPING A STEADY EYE ON THINGS.
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[THUNDER CRASHES]
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DYLAN: BUT A BRIEF RAINSTORM
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EXTINGUISHES ANY IMPENDING
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- SCUFFLE, OR PERHAPS IT'S JUST
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MALE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT.
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DYLAN: PROBOSCIS MONKEYS AREN'T
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THE MOST GRACEFUL OF PRIMATES.
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- DYLAN: THEIR POT BELLIES SEEM
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THEY'RE KEY TO SURVIVAL.
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- PACKED WITH FRIENDLY BACTERIA
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COW'S, A PROBOSCIS MONKEY'S
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STOMACH IS LIKE A HUGE
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FERMENTATION VAT.
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AND THIS UNIQUE DIGESTION SYSTEM
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MEANS THEY CAN CARRY UP TO A
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QUARTER OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT IN
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THEIR STOMACH, SLOWLY GLEANING
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EVERY LAST MORSEL OF NUTRITION.
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THE BACTERIA EVEN NEUTRALIZE
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TOXINS, MEANING PROBOSCIS
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MONKEYS CAN EAT LEAVES THAT
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WOULD POISON OTHER ANIMALS.
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EVEN SO, THEY CHOOSE THEIR FOOD
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CAREFULLY.
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THE SEARCH FOR THE TASTIEST
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LEAVES AND SHOOTS LEADS THIS
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YOUNGSTER AWAY FROM THE TROOP.
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BUT THE MANGROVE FOREST ISN'T
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THE SAFEST PLACE TO EXPLORE
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UNSUPERVISED, ESPECIALLY WHEN
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GYMNASTICS AREN'T YOUR STRONG
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SUIT.
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COMING UP, FIND OUT IF THESE
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THE PROWL OF THAILAND'S MOST
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DANGEROUS PREDATOR.
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PLUS, FIND OUT WHY THESE ASIAN
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ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME KNOWN AS
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THE GARDENERS OF THE JUNGLE.
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- NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
- MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.
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- DYLAN: THE HIGHLANDS OF
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ARRAY OF ANIMALS, AT ALL LEVELS
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OF THE FOOD CHAIN.
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AND AT THE VERY TOP, BUILT FOR A
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LIFE OF AMBUSH ATTACKS IS THE
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INDOCHINESE TIGER.
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- THAILAND IS THOUGHT TO CONTAIN
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OF THESE CATS IN THE WORLD.
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AND TIGERS LIKE THIS GUY HAVE
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EVOLVED PERFECTLY FOR THIS
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HABITAT.
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- DYLAN: HIS STRIPED MARKINGS
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WITHIN A WORLD OF CONFUSED
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LINES.
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DYLAN: BUT HOG DEER ARE EVER
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VIGILANT.
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SO, SURPRISE IS HIS MOST
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IMPORTANT ASSET.
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ONLY ONE OUT OF EVERY 10 TO 20
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ATTACKS RESULTS IN SUCCESS FOR
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THE TIGER, SO THE ODDS ARE STILL
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STACKED AGAINST HIM.
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- DYLAN: BUT THE HIGHLAND PLAINS
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FIELD.
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- CAUTION AND AWARENESS ARE
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SURVIVE THAILAND'S WILD ARENAS.
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THE FOREST FLOOR IS AN
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UNPREDICTABLE ARENA FOR PLANT
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LIFE, TOO.
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TREES CONSTANTLY COMPETE FOR
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LIGHT, WATER, AND NUTRIENTS.
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BUT THE STRANGLER FIG AVOIDS
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SUCH PROBLEMS BY USING OTHER
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TREES TO GIVE IT A HEAD START IN
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LIFE.
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IN THEIR CANOPY, THEY GATHER
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NUTRIENTS FROM THE SUN AND RAIN,
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SENDING OUT AERIAL ROOTS WHICH
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ENGULF THE HOST.
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DYLAN: UP IN THE TREES, EVERY
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PATCH IS ACCOUNTED FOR AND THE
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KINGS OF THE CANOPY LIKE TO
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STAKE THEIR CLAIM.
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DYLAN: LAR GIBBONS ASSERT
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THEMSELVES BY CALLING.
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- DYLAN: THEY ARE A TIGHTKNIT
- FAMILY AND TOTALLY COMMITTED TO
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EACH OTHER.
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BRINGING UP THEIR OFFSPRING IS A
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FULLTIME JOB IN THIS HIGHRISE
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HOME.
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THESE GIBBONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
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AWAKENED THEIR NEIGHBORS.
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THEY NEED TO FEED AND BEGIN
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HEADING FOR A FRUITING TREE.
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DYLAN: LIKE GYMNASTS, THEY USE
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BODYWEIGHT TO PROPEL THEMSELVES.
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- DYLAN: THEIR ABILITY TO TOTALLY
- ROTATE THEIR SHOULDER JOINT
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MEANS SWINGING HOLDS MORE SWAY.
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- WITH NO NEED FOR A TAIL TO
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SWING UNDERNEATH, HAND OVER
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HAND, THROUGH THEIR CANOPIED
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KINGDOM.
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- DYLAN: FRUIT MAKES UP AT LEAST
- HALF OF THEIR DIET, SO A FIG
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TREE IS A MONKEY MAGNET.
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THEY SCURRY OFF TO THE NEXT TREE
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TO FIND MORE FOOD, PEACE, AND
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QUIET.
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UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHY THESE
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ASIAN ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME
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KNOWN AS THE GARDENERS OF THE
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JUNGLE.
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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: ON EVERY "EARTH
- ODYSSEY", WE FIND A DIVERSE
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- GROUP OF WILDLIFE, ALL WITH
- UNIQUE TRAITS THAT SERVE THEM IN
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THE WILD.
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- WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET
- ANOTHER ANIMAL WITH A SPECIAL
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TALENT FOR SURVIVING AND
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THRIVING.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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- IN THE LOWLAND JUNGLES OF
- SOUTHWEST CHINA LIVES ONE OF THE
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- MOST ENDANGERED CREATURES ON
- EARTH.
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- DESPITE THEIR SIZE, THESE
- LUMBERING BEASTS HAVE MANAGED TO
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EVADE DETECTION FOR DECADES.
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THIS IS THE ASIAN ELEPHANT.
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- WHILE THEY TRAVEL IN LARGE
- GROUPS, THEY REMAIN ONE OF
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CHINA'S GREATEST SECRETS.
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GIANT HERDS USED TO BE COMMON
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ACROSS CHINA, ROAMING AS FAR AS
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BEIJING.
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BUT THIS HIDDEN VALLEY IN YUNNAN
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IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY
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SURVIVE.
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ASIAN ELEPHANTS EAT UP TO 300
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POUNDS OF FOOD A DAY, AND THEY
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ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
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JUNGLE ECOSYSTEM.
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- ELEPHANT DROPPINGS BOTH
- FERTILIZE THE SOIL AND HELP
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- DISPENSE SEEDS OF THE MANY PLANT
- SPECIES.
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- ASIAN ELEPHANTS LIVE IN SMALL
- GROUPS CONTAINING SIX OR SEVEN
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FEMALES, AS WELL AS THEIR YOUNG.
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DYLAN: THIS TIGHTLY KNIT FAMILY
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OF FEMALES REMAINS TOGETHER FOR
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LIFE.
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- DYLAN: ADULT ELEPHANTS DRINK
- MORE THAN 25 GALLONS OF WATER A
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DAY.
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BUT A VISIT TO THIS FOREST POND
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SATISFIES ANOTHER IMPORTANT NEED
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BESIDES THIRST.
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- BLOWING BUBBLES INTO THE MUCKY
- POOL RELEASES MINERALS SUCH AS
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CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM.
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SALTS ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR DIET.
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- THE GROWNUPS HAVE HAD THEIR FILL
- AND ARE READY TO MOVE ON.
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BUT THIS YOUNGSTER DECIDES THE
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FUN ISN'T OVER YET.
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[ELEPHANT GRUMBLING AND
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TRUMPETING]
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- DYLAN: THIS RIVER IS A FAVORITE
- GATHERING POINT FOR MANY OF THE
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REGION'S FAMILIES.
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BATHING ISN'T JUST ABOUT KEEPING
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COOL, IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR THE
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ELEPHANTS TO PLAY AND SOCIALIZE.
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DYLAN: AFTER A RELAXING DIP IN
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THE WATER, THIS HERD IS OFF TO
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FIND THEIR NEXT MEAL.
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ALTHOUGH THEIR FAVORITE FOOD IS
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BAMBOO AND GRASS, TREE LEAVES,
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LIANAS, AND SAPLINGS WILL DO IN
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A PINCH.
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AS THESE ANIMALS MAKE THEIR WAY
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THROUGH THE FOREST, THEY CREATE
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CLEARINGS THAT ALLOW LIGHT TO
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REACH THE FOREST FLOOR,
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NURTURING NEW PLANT GROWTH.
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- THEY ARE QUITE LITERALLY THE
- GARDENERS OF THIS TROPICAL
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LANDSCAPE.
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OF THE THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS
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THAT ONCE ROAMED ACROSS CHINA,
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FEWER THAN 300 REMAIN.
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AND THEY ALL LIVE HERE IN
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YUNNAN'S SECRET FORESTS.
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DYLAN: UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHAT'S
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STANDING THE HEAT IN JAPAN'S
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MOST SOUTHERN REGION.
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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: OKINAWA IS THE
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SOUTHERN-MOST REGION OF JAPAN.
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IT'S A GROUP OF AROUND 160
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ISLANDS, STRETCHED OVER 350
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MILES.
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- THESE SUN-KISSED ISLANDS ARE A
- WORLD APART FROM THE REST OF THE
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COUNTRY.
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- AS SUMMER ARRIVES, THE
- TEMPERATURE CLIMBS TO NEARLY 90
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DEGREES.
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IRIOMOTE IS THE SECOND LARGEST
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ISLAND IN OKINAWA AND JAPAN'S
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LAST FRONTIER.
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DUBBED THE GALAPAGOS OF THE
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EAST, SUBTROPICAL FORESTS,
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WATERFALLS, AND MANGROVE SWAMPS
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DOMINATE THE LAND.
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A HOST OF RARE ANIMALS AND
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PLANTS LIVE IN THE LUSH JUNGLE,
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COVERING MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF
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THE ISLAND.
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THE NAKAMA RIVER FLOWS FROM THE
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HILLS DOWN TO THE OCEAN.
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THIS IS HOME TO A VAST ARRAY OF
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FISH, AMPHIBIANS, AND BIRDS.
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AND ONE SPECIES IS ESPECIALLY
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APTLY NAMED.
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MUD CREEPERS.
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- THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST
- GATHERING OF SNAILS IN THE
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WORLD.
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UP TO 150 LIVE IN JUST
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THREE-SQUARE MILES.
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MUD CREEPERS CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT
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FOOD FOR UP TO FOUR MONTHS AND
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WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY, THE
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MANGROVE PROVIDES ALL THEY NEED.
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ADULTS ARE DRAWN TO THE SMELL
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RELEASED BY DAMAGED LEAVES.
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MEALTIMES ARE LONG, LEISURELY
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AFFAIRS.
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- YOUNG MUD CREEPERS DON'T GROW
- THE TEETH THEY NEED TO BREAKDOWN
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LEAVES UNTIL THEY'RE ADULTS.
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SO, THEY SLOWLY SIFT THE SAND
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FOR LEFTOVERS INSTEAD.
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BUT MUD CREEPERS DON'T HAVE IT
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ALL THEIR OWN WAY.
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THEY STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S
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INSTEAD.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: THESE HERMIT CRABS NEED
- TO KEEP UPSIZING THEIR SHELLS AS
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THEIR BODIES GROW.
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- WHEN THE IDEAL PROPERTY COMES ON
- THE MARKET, THE RUSH TO GRAB IT
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CAN BE FIERCE.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: IRIOMOTE'S MANGROVES
- TEEM WITH MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES
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OF CRAB.
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- FIDDLER CRABS TRY TO ATTRACT A
- MATE BY FRANTICALLY WAVING THEIR
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OVERSIZED CLAWS.
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- WHILE SOLDIER CRABS MARCH IN
- GROUPS AS THEY RUSH TO DODGE THE
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TIDE AND FIND FOOD.
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[MUSIC]
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- DYLAN: CRABS AND MUD CREEPERS
- AERATE THE SAND AS THEY FEED AND
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- ARE VITAL TO THE LIFE CYCLE OF
- THE MANGROVES.
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- THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON THIS
- SPECTACULAR JOURNEY THROUGH THE
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GREATEST PLACES ON EARTH.
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WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
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ANOTHER "EARTH ODYSSEY".
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