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HI, I’M BILL PULLMAN.
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FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, MY FAMILY’S
OWNED A RANCH IN MONTANA,
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNOT FAR FROM\NYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.\n
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AND VISITING THE PARK
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\h\h\h\h\hIS AN EXPERIENCE\NI NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED.\n
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\hI’M NOT THE ONLY ONE\NDRAWN TO YELLOWSTONE.\n
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\h\hMILLIONS OF PEOPLE\NVISIT HERE EVERY YEAR,\n
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BUT VERY FEW COME IN WINTER,
\h\hTHE MOST EXTREME SEASON,\n
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WHEN ANIMALS ARE PUSHED
\h\h\h\hTO THEIR LIMITS.\n
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WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE
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\h\h\h\hIS YELLOWSTONE\NAS IT’S RARELY SEEN--\n
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\h\h\hWHEN THE GEOTHERMAL HEAT\NOF THE GEYSERS AND HOT SPRINGS\n
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DRAWS WILDLIFE TO SHELTER
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IN THE HEART OF THE PARK.
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THIS IS THE GRIPPING DRAMA,
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THE REAL MAGIC OF WINTER
\h\h\h\hIN YELLOWSTONE.\n
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THERE IS A SOUND THAT SIGNALS
\h\h\h\hTHE COMING OF WINTER.\n
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A CLASH THAT ECHOES
THROUGH YELLOWSTONE.
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[THUD]
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[THUD]
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[THUD]
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BIGHORN RAMS DO BATTLE
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND FIGHT\NFOR THE RIGHT TO BREED.\n
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[THUD]
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BUT IT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING...
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THE FIRST TRIAL OF THE SEASON,
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FOR WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE
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IS LIKE NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
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A COLLISION OF MIGHTY FORCES.
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FIRE...
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AND ICE.
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MAGNIFICENT...
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YET BRUTAL.
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[GROWLING]
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SOME FLEE ITS FURY.
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ONLY THE TOUGHEST CAN SURVIVE
\h\h\hTHE BITTERNESS TO COME.\n
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THIS IS YELLOWSTONE IN WINTER,
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LIKE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
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WINTER’S FIRST BIG STORM
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBLANKETS\NYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.\n
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[BIRDS CALLING]
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♪
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THE BOBCAT,
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NAMED FOR HIS SHORT BOBBED TAIL,
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ISN’T BUILT FOR DEEP SNOW.
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SMALL PAWS DON’T SUPPORT
\h\h\hTHE CAT’S WEIGHT,\n
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AND HE SINKS INTO THE DRIFTS.
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\h\h\hTHE STEALTHY HUNTER\NBECOMES SLOW, INEFFICIENT.\n
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BOBCATS USUALLY AVOID
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THE SNOWIEST REGIONS
\h\h\hOF YELLOWSTONE\n
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WHEN WINTER ARRIVES.
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BUT THIS CAT MAY HAVE BEEN LURED
BY AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY.
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♪
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OPEN WATER.
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AN OASIS IN A FROZEN WORLD.
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THE MADISON RIVER IS WARMED
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BY YELLOWSTONE’S FAMOUS GEYSERS
AND HOT SPRINGS.
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EVEN IN THE COLD,
\hIT FLOWS EASILY.\n
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IT BECOMES A REFUGE
\h\hFOR WATERFOWL...\n
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[QUACKING]
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\h\h\hWHO, IN TURN,\NATTRACT THE BOBCAT.\n
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BOBCATS ARE NOT BY HABIT
CREATURES OF THE WATER.
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THEY’RE ELUSIVE HUNTERS.
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RARELY SEEN.
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\h\h\hBUT THE HUNGRY CAT\NMUST TRY HIS LUCK HERE,\n
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IN THE OPEN.
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[QUACKING]
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\h\h\h\hTHE BOBCAT MOVES TOWARDS\NWHAT MUST BE A TEMPTING SIGHT--\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\hMALLARD DUCKS,\NWITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.\n
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\hTHE CAT’S BOLD APPROACH\NSHOULD CONCERN THE DUCKS.\n
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BUT THEY DON’T PANIC.
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[QUACK]
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\h\h\h\hWITH A QUICK PADDLE,\NTHEY’RE EASILY OUT OF RANGE.\n
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THE BOBCAT IS LEFT
\h\hWITH A PUZZLE.\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\hHE’LL TRY\NA DIFFERENT STRATEGY.\n
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HIDE AND WAIT.
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LET THE DUCKS COME TO HIM.
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BUT AN UNEXPECTED TARGET
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSURFACES.\n
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A MUSKRAT...
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\h\h\hBLISSFULLY UNAWARE\NOF THE UNLIKELY STALKER.\n
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[DISTANT QUACKING]
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A MOUTHFUL OF RIVER MUCK
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS NO PRIZE.\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THIS COLD,\NWATER IS THE CAT’S ENEMY.\n
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THE ONLY THING WORSE
\hTHAN BEING HUNGRY\n
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IS BEING HUNGRY AND WET.
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♪
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THE SEEMING BOUNTY OF THE RIVER
HAS DELIVERED DISAPPOINTMENT.
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BUT IT’S TOO LATE FOR THE BOBCAT
TO CHANGE COURSE
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TO ESCAPE THE SNOW.
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THE RIVER IS ALL HE HAS.
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IF HE’S GOING TO SURVIVE
\hWINTER IN YELLOWSTONE,\n
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\hHE MUST FIND A WAY\NTO OUTWIT THE DUCKS.\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S EASY\NTO IMAGINE YELLOWSTONE,\n
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THE WORLD’S FIRST NATIONAL PARK,
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AS A PROTECTED PARADISE
\h\h\h\h\hFOR WILDLIFE.\n
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ITS BOUNDARIES PRESERVE
\h\h\hICONIC LANDSCAPES\n
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OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST.
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\h\h\hITS PEAKS SOAR\NBEYOND 10,000 FEET.\n
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ITS HEART HOLDS THE WORLD’S
\h\h\hLARGEST CONCENTRATION\n
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OF GEOTHERMAL FEATURES,
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FUELED BY A GIANT SUPERVOLCANO
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LURKING JUST BENEATH
\hTHE EARTH’S CRUST.\n
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ITS BEAUTY IS FEARSOME.
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♪
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BUT ON MANY DAYS,
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YELLOWSTONE IS THE COLDEST PLACE
IN THE LOWER 48 STATES.
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[WIND HOWLING]
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SNOW BEGINS TO FALL IN SEPTEMBER
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AND CAN LAST THROUGH MAY.
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[SQUEAKING]
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DECEMBER IS THE COLDEST MONTH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN YELLOWSTONE.\n
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THE AVERAGE LOW
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\h\h\hHOVERS JUST ABOVE\NZERO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.\n
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AND TEMPERATURES CAN PLUMMET
\h\h\h\h\hBELOW NEGATIVE 50.\n
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EVEN TRUMPETER SWANS,
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\h\h\h\h\hDRAWN TO THE REFUGE\NOF YELLOWSTONE’S OPEN WATERS,\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE TESTED\NON THESE MOST SEVERE DAYS.\n
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♪
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\h\h\h\hLESS THAN ONE PERCENT\NOF THE PARK’S ANNUAL VISITORS\n
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BRAVE THE COLD.
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MOST OF YELLOWSTONE’S ROADS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE CLOSED,\n
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BURIED IN THE DRIFTS.
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\h\hOVERSNOW TRAVEL\NBECOMES THE ONLY WAY\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO ACCESS\NTHE INTERIOR OF THE PARK.\n
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\h\hSNOWMOBILES CARRY TRAVELERS\NTHROUGH A GLITTERING WONDERLAND.\n
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GHOST TREES HOVER OVER THEM,
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CREATED WHEN GEOTHERMAL STEAM
\hFREEZES ON LIMBS AND BOUGHS.\n
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♪
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\h\hCROSS COUNTRY SKIERS GLIDE\NACROSS SNOW-COVERED BOARDWALKS\n
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THAT IN SUMMER WOULD BE CROWDED
WITH TOURISTS.
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BUT PERHAPS THE MOST MAGICAL
\hMOMENTS OF A WINTER VISIT\n
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ARE EXPERIENCED IN STILLNESS.
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\h\hTHOSE WHO COME IN WINTER ARE\NREWARDED WITH THE RAREST SCENES.\n
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YELLOWSTONE’S MARVELS,
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FRAMED BY THE WONDER
\h\h\hOF THE SEASON.\n
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WINTER’S FIRST DEEP FREEZE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS SO EXTREME\n
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\hTHAT IT PRODUCES\NA RARE SPECTACLE.\n
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[BIRD CALLING]
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DIAMOND DUST.
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IT APPEARS WHEN TEMPERATURES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFALL SO LOW\n
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THAT THE WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR
CRYSTALLIZES.
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\h\h\h\h\h\hTINY RODS OF ICE\NPRECIPITATE IN THE CLEAR AIR\n
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\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND GLITTER\NAS THEY SCATTER SUNLIGHT.\n
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\h\h\hTHIS PHENOMENON\NIS MORE TYPICALLY SEEN\n
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IN THE MOST FRIGID PLACE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON EARTH--\n
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ANTARCTICA.
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THE SPARKLE OF DIAMOND DUST
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS ALLURING.\n
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\h\h\h\h\hBUT THE CONDITIONS\NTHAT CREATE IT MEAN TROUBLE.\n
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IT’S JANUARY.
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\h\h\h\hTHE COLD SNAP HAS FROZEN\NYELLOWSTONE’S NORTHERN REGIONS.\n
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OPEN WATER IS NOW SCARCE.
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\h\hONE FAMILY MUST FIND\NTHE POCKETS THAT REMAIN.\n
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[SQUEAKING]
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RIVER OTTERS.
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FOUR LARGE PUPS,
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ALMOST AS BIG AS THEIR MOTHER.
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SHE’LL GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR
FIRST WINTER IN YELLOWSTONE.
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[SQUEAKING]
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WHAT LOOKS LIKE SIMPLE PLAY
\h\h\hIS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE.\n
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IT’S SOCIAL BONDING,
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GROOMING,
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MARKING TERRITORY.
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THE PUPS MUST MASTER
\h\h\hTHESE ROUTINES\n
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BEFORE THEY CAN VENTURE OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THEIR OWN.\n
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[SQUEAKING]
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BUT NO SKILL
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\hWILL BE MORE IMPORTANT\NTO THE OTTERS’ SURVIVAL\n
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THAN FINDING FOOD.
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AND NOW THEIR TERRITORY
\h\h\h\hHAS BEEN REDUCED\n
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TO THESE LAST FRAGMENTS
\h\h\h\h\hOF OPEN RIVER.\n
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OTTERS ARE BUILT FOR FISHING.
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DENSE HAIR TRAPS AIR BUBBLES
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AND KEEPS ICY WATER
\h\hFROM WARM SKIN.\n
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EARS AND NOSTRILS CLOSE
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\h\h\h\hTO ALLOW DIVES\NSEVERAL MINUTES LONG.\n
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\h\hRAPID DIGESTION\NAND QUICK METABOLISM\n
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DEMAND CONSTANT FUEL.
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TODAY, SUCCESS IS SHARED.
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THE OTTERS FEAST.
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\h\h\h\hTHE APPETITES\NOF SUCH A LARGE FAMILY\n
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\h\h\h\hQUICKLY EXHAUST\NEVEN A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY.\n
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TOGETHER, THE OTTERS HAVE TAKEN
ALL THAT THIS POOL HAS TO OFFER.
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THEY NEED A FRESH CACHE.
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AND IN THESE TRYING CONDITIONS,
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\hTHE NEXT FISHING HOLE\NCOULD BE A LONG WAY OFF.\n
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LED BY THEIR MOTHER,
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THE TRAVELERS SET OUT
\hWITH DETERMINATION.\n
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[SQUEAKING]
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OTTERS ARE CAPABLE
OF OVERLAND TREKS.
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BUT LEAVING THE WATER
\hMEANS VULNERABILITY,\n
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BECAUSE ON LAND,
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THEY BECOME THE HUNTED.
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\h\hTHEY MUST TRAVERSE FROM\NONE FISHING HOLE TO ANOTHER\n
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WHILE AVOIDING PREDATORS.
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THE OTTERS RUN QUICKLY...
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AND SLIDE WITH EASE.
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♪
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BUT BEFORE THEY REACH
\h\hTHEIR DESTINATION,\n
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THEIR JOURNEY IS HINDERED.
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\h\h\h\h\h\hSNOW FLURRIES\NMAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE,\n
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HARDER TO FOLLOW.
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A PUP FALLS BEHIND.
222
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,649
SOON SHE’S SEPARATED.
223
00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:35,239
AND THE STORM IS BUILDING.
224
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\hTHE BLIZZARD COULD\NSETTLE IN FOR DAYS.\n
225
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DISORIENTING.
226
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RELENTLESS.
227
00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:59,013
TRACKS DISAPPEAR.
228
00:19:04,101 --> 00:19:07,521
DRIFTS SWALLOW DISTRESS CALLS.
229
00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:19,701
[SQUEAK]
230
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\h\h\hTHE OTTER PUP ISN’T READY\NTO SURVIVE ALONE IN YELLOWSTONE.\n
231
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[SQUEAK]
232
00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:32,546
BUT IF SHE DOESN’T
FIND FAMILY SOON,
233
00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:37,009
THE WHITEOUT COULD BURY
\hANY HOPE OF A REUNION.\n
234
00:19:40,304 --> 00:19:49,271
♪
235
00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,899
A WINTER BLIZZARD IN YELLOWSTONE
236
00:19:51,941 --> 00:19:54,986
IS A SINGULAR COLLISION
\h\h\hOF MIGHTY FORCES.\n
237
00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:12,086
♪
238
00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:16,049
DRIVING SNOW MEETS RISING HEAT.
239
00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:19,593
THERMAL IMAGERY
240
00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:23,389
REVEALS A REMARKABLE CONTRAST
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN TEMPERATURE.\n
241
00:20:25,433 --> 00:20:28,269
\h\h\h\h\h\hWATER HEATED\NABOVE THE BOILING POINT\n
242
00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:31,730
\h\hMEETS AIR THAT’S\NFAR BELOW FREEZING.\n
243
00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:35,401
JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE
244
00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:39,906
LIES THE WORLD’S LARGEST
\h\hACTIVE SUPERVOLCANO,\n
245
00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:44,452
\h\h\h\hMOLTEN ROCK MORE THAN\NA THOUSAND DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.\n
246
00:20:44,493 --> 00:20:48,706
TWO MASSIVE MAGMA CHAMBERS
247
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EMITTING A SUBTERRANEAN
\h\h\h\h\hTHERMAL GLOW.\n
248
00:20:53,711 --> 00:20:55,213
FIRE...
249
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:58,215
AND ICE.
250
00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:01,552
YELLOWSTONE’S EXTREMES.
251
00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:08,643
AWAY FROM THE DIRECT IMPACT
\h\h\hOF THE VOLCANO’S HEAT,\n
252
00:21:08,684 --> 00:21:12,605
\hSNOWFALL ACCUMULATES\NIN STAGGERING DEPTHS.\n
253
00:21:12,646 --> 00:21:21,947
♪
254
00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:25,993
FEW SPECIES ARE PREPARED TO
WITHSTAND THESE CONDITIONS.
255
00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:35,669
BUT TWO MILLION WINTERS
\hHAVE SHAPED A CREATURE\n
256
00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:39,798
WHO ATTEMPTS TO SURVIVE HERE
LONG AFTER OTHERS HAVE FLED.
257
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:45,596
THE BISON.
258
00:21:47,389 --> 00:21:51,852
\h\h\h\h\hA MUSCULAR HUMP\NSUPPORTS A MASSIVE HEAD--\n
259
00:21:51,894 --> 00:21:56,023
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA SNOWPLOW\NTHAT CLEARS AWAY DRIFTS\n
260
00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:58,276
AND UNCOVERS BURIED GRASSES.
261
00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:06,534
A DENSE COAT AND LAYERS OF FAT
262
00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:09,703
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTAVE OFF\NTHE PUNISHING WIND AND COLD.\n
263
00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:11,830
[GRUNT]
264
00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:15,376
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE BEASTS\NCARRY WINTER WITH THEM,\n
265
00:22:15,459 --> 00:22:17,169
EVERY STEP.
266
00:22:18,921 --> 00:22:23,217
\h\h\h\hTHEY’RE THE DESCENDANTS\NOF SURVIVORS FROM A PAST WORLD.\n
267
00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:28,055
THE CONQUEST OF THE CONTINENT
268
00:22:28,097 --> 00:22:31,475
NEARLY SPELLED THE EXTINCTION
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THEIR SPECIES.\n
269
00:22:33,477 --> 00:22:35,396
IN THE 1800s,
270
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AS AMERICA EXPANDED WESTWARD,
271
00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:41,569
\h\hHERDS THAT NUMBERED\NIN THE TENS OF MILLIONS\n
272
00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:44,154
WERE SLAUGHTERED.
273
00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,407
BY THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
274
00:22:46,448 --> 00:22:50,410
ONLY A FEW HUNDRED BISON
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREMAINED.\n
275
00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:53,122
THE LAST FREE-ROAMING HERD
276
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:58,043
LAY HIDDEN IN A REMOTE VALLEY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN YELLOWSTONE.\n
277
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:12,433
♪
278
00:23:12,474 --> 00:23:15,018
THESE TWO DOZEN BISON
279
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:18,438
\h\h\h\h\h\hBECAME THE SOURCE\NFOR A RECOVERY OF THE SPECIES.\n
280
00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:26,738
YELLOWSTONE IS NOW HOME
\hTO THOUSANDS OF BISON.\n
281
00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:33,078
THEY WAGE AN ANCIENT BATTLE
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE STORM.\n
282
00:23:35,164 --> 00:23:36,415
BUT EACH WINTER
283
00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:38,876
\h\h\h\h\hTHERE COMES A TIME\NWHEN THE SNOW GETS TOO DEEP\n
284
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:41,379
FOR THESE ANIMALS
\hTO FIND FORAGE.\n
285
00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:45,465
THE BISON BEGIN TO STIR,
286
00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:47,843
TO REARRANGE THEMSELVES.
287
00:23:51,138 --> 00:23:53,098
A MATRIARCH,
288
00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:54,558
THE LEADER OF THE HERD,
289
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,560
GIVES A SIGNAL.
290
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,023
IT’S TIME TO MOVE.
291
00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:09,072
GUIDED BY INSTINCT
\hAND EXPERIENCE,\n
292
00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:12,576
THE BISON FALL INTO LINE
\h\hTO FOLLOW HER TRAIL.\n
293
00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:18,958
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
\hOF THEIR MIGRATION.\n
294
00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:29,885
♪
295
00:24:29,927 --> 00:24:40,146
♪
296
00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:45,609
\h\h\h\h\hAS DARKNESS FALLS,\NTHE HERD LEAVES THE VALLEY,\n
297
00:24:45,651 --> 00:24:49,655
MARCHING TOWARDS THE HEART
\hOF YELLOWSTONE’S WARMTH\n
298
00:24:49,697 --> 00:24:52,325
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RELIEF.
299
00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:09,342
THROUGH THE BLIZZARD,
300
00:25:09,383 --> 00:25:13,596
THE BOBCAT HAS FOUND SHELTER
\h\hIN A CAVE IN THE CLIFFS.\n
301
00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:18,559
BUT AT FIRST LIGHT,
302
00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,895
\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS PATIENCE\NGIVES WAY TO HIS HUNGER.\n
303
00:25:21,937 --> 00:25:32,281
♪
304
00:25:32,322 --> 00:25:46,461
♪
305
00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:56,680
♪
306
00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:01,560
A FAMILIAR SCENE...
307
00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:07,274
AND A PROMISING START.
308
00:26:21,789 --> 00:26:23,457
[QUACK]
309
00:26:26,293 --> 00:26:29,296
THE BOBCAT HAS THE DUCK
\h\h\h\h\hIN HIS SIGHTS.\n
310
00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:34,551
THE STALKER HASN’T BEEN SPOTTED.
311
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,603
THE CAT KEEPS A LOW PROFILE...
312
00:26:48,398 --> 00:26:50,609
AND PREPARES AN AMBUSH.
313
00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:57,157
BUT THE DUCK PASSES
314
00:26:57,199 --> 00:26:58,784
JUST OUT OF RANGE.
315
00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:04,415
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY DRIFTS AWAY.
316
00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:11,338
[RUSTLING]
317
00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:15,009
\h\hSOMETHING MUCH CLOSER\NRUSTLES BENEATH THE SNOW.\n
318
00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:24,935
♪
319
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:29,190
\h\hEXACTLY WHAT IT IS\NTHE BOBCAT CAN’T TELL.\n
320
00:27:32,776 --> 00:27:35,821
BUT THIS HUNT, ON LAND,
321
00:27:35,863 --> 00:27:38,699
IS A FAMILIAR PURSUIT.
322
00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:41,452
FOLLOW A SOUND...
323
00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:44,371
ORIENT...
324
00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:45,789
AND POUNCE.
325
00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:55,341
WHATEVER IS MOVING BELOW
\h\hHAS DODGED A STRIKE.\n
326
00:27:59,219 --> 00:28:02,097
\h\h\hBUT ITS SOUND\NSTILL GIVES IT AWAY.\n
327
00:28:02,139 --> 00:28:04,558
[SCRATCHING]
328
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,727
♪
329
00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,438
[SCRATCHING]
330
00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:16,736
♪
331
00:28:16,778 --> 00:28:19,114
[SCRATCHING]
332
00:28:19,156 --> 00:28:27,164
♪
333
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,750
[SQUEAKING]
334
00:28:29,917 --> 00:28:34,088
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFINALLY,\NA SMALL TASTE OF SUCCESS.\n
335
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:39,885
A RODENT ISN’T MUCH.
336
00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:43,722
\h\hBUT THE BOBCAT\NSEEMS TO TAKE AWAY\n
337
00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:47,268
MORE THAN A MEAGER MEAL.
338
00:28:47,309 --> 00:28:49,561
IT’S AS IF THE CAT
\h\hHAS REMEMBERED\n
339
00:28:49,603 --> 00:28:52,773
HIS MOST POWERFUL WEAPON--
340
00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:54,316
AGILITY.
341
00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:05,911
HAVING A TARGET IS ONE THING.
342
00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,670
[SPLASH]
343
00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:18,423
HITTING IT PERFECTLY
\h\h\h\hIS ANOTHER.\n
344
00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:22,761
\h\h\hAND THE DUCKS\NARE A MOVING TARGET.\n
345
00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:27,682
WHEN THEY SPOT THE BOBCAT,
346
00:29:27,724 --> 00:29:29,976
THEY FIND THEIR SAFE ZONE--
347
00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:32,187
THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER.
348
00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:41,446
BUT LOSE TRACK OF THE CAT,
349
00:29:41,488 --> 00:29:43,615
AND THE TABLES TURN.
350
00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:47,870
[SPLASH]
351
00:29:47,911 --> 00:29:50,372
THE BOBCAT MUST GET
INTO STRIKING RANGE
352
00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:52,416
WITHOUT BEING DETECTED.
353
00:29:56,003 --> 00:30:00,174
AND HE’S MASTERING HIS APPROACH.
354
00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:10,100
♪
355
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:18,984
♪
356
00:30:19,026 --> 00:30:22,488
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERYTHING\NIS FLOATING INTO PLACE.\n
357
00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:30,829
♪
358
00:30:30,871 --> 00:30:35,626
[QUACKING]
359
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,169
THE PERFECT AMBUSH,
360
00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:39,879
FOILED BY AN AWKWARD TAKEOFF.
361
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:44,217
[QUACKING]
362
00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:53,893
WITH WINTER’S HARDEST DAYS
\h\h\h\h\h\hSTILL TO COME,\n
363
00:30:54,061 --> 00:30:57,022
\h\h\h\hTHE BOBCAT FACES\NEVER HEIGHTENED STAKES.\n
364
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,902
\h\h\hHE MUST MASTER\NTHIS HUNTING GROUND\n
365
00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:03,903
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
366
00:31:07,491 --> 00:31:09,910
THE BLIZZARD HAS PASSED.
367
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,953
BUT ITS CONSEQUENCES LINGER.
368
00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:19,919
\h\hTHE OTTER PUP,\NLOST IN THE STORM,\n
369
00:31:19,961 --> 00:31:23,089
\h\hCONTINUES HER SEARCH\NFOR ANY SIGN OF FAMILY.\n
370
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:29,262
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE CLEARING SKY\NMEANS THE PUP CAN SEE AGAIN.\n
371
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,185
BUT SHE CAN ALSO BE SEEN.
372
00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:40,691
♪
373
00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,943
A COYOTE.
374
00:31:42,984 --> 00:31:44,569
ALWAYS ON THE HUNT.
375
00:31:45,946 --> 00:31:48,824
IT HOMES IN ON THE STRANDED PUP.
376
00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:53,078
OUT OF THE WATER AND ALONE,
377
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,039
SHE’S DEFENSELESS.
378
00:31:56,331 --> 00:31:58,124
IT’S A RACE.
379
00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,960
\h\hTHE OTTER MUST REACH\NTHE SAFETY OF THE WATER\n
380
00:32:01,044 --> 00:32:03,755
BEFORE THE COYOTE ATTACKS.
381
00:32:03,797 --> 00:32:13,849
♪
382
00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:18,979
♪
383
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:20,564
IN THE WATER,
384
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:24,609
THE PUP IS BACK ON TOP
\h\hOF THE FOOD CHAIN.\n
385
00:32:24,651 --> 00:32:26,695
PURSUIT WOULD BE FUTILE.
386
00:32:29,573 --> 00:32:31,200
[SPLASH]
387
00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:33,994
AND WITH THE SOUND OF A SPLASH,
388
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:36,329
THE PUP DOUBLES HER LUCK.
389
00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:47,799
♪
390
00:32:47,841 --> 00:32:59,770
♪
391
00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:04,190
[SQUEAKING]
392
00:33:04,232 --> 00:33:08,903
TIME TO CELEBRATE
A FAMILY REUNION.
393
00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:15,994
♪
394
00:33:16,036 --> 00:33:18,330
[SQUEAKING]
395
00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:29,799
♪
396
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,760
IN THE HEART OF YELLOWSTONE,
397
00:33:31,801 --> 00:33:35,138
\h\h\h\h\hANOTHER JOURNEY\NTHAT BEGAN IN THE BLIZZARD\n
398
00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:38,517
IS ALSO ENDING WITH RELIEF.
399
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:45,232
THE BISON HAVE TRADED
DEEP SNOW FOR THIS...
400
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:50,696
\hA PLACE WHERE THE HEAT\NFROM YELLOWSTONE’S CORE\n
401
00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:53,198
RISES FROM THE GROUND
402
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,243
AND ERASES THE WEIGHT OF WINTER.
403
00:33:56,284 --> 00:34:10,089
♪
404
00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:12,175
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHILE MUCH\NOF YELLOWSTONE’S GRASSLANDS\n
405
00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:14,511
LIE BURIED BY STORMS,
406
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:18,307
HERE HEAT FROM THE SUPERVOLCANO
MELTS THE SNOW.
407
00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:25,605
THE BISON HAVE FOUND REFUGE
408
00:34:25,647 --> 00:34:28,567
\h\h\hIN THE WARMTH\NOF THE GEYSER BASIN.\n
409
00:34:28,608 --> 00:34:41,246
♪
410
00:34:41,288 --> 00:34:55,135
♪
411
00:34:55,176 --> 00:34:59,514
THIS IS THE FIERY HEART
\h\h\h\hOF YELLOWSTONE.\n
412
00:34:59,556 --> 00:35:06,271
♪
413
00:35:06,313 --> 00:35:09,107
ITS GEOTHERMAL CORE.
414
00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:15,697
\h\hYELLOWSTONE BOASTS\NTHE LARGEST COLLECTION\n
415
00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:18,408
OF GEOTHERMAL WONDERS
\h\h\h\hIN THE WORLD.\n
416
00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:25,540
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA STUNNING ARRAY\NOF MORE THAN 10,000 FEATURES.\n
417
00:35:29,377 --> 00:35:31,254
GEYSERS SPEW WATER
418
00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:34,174
THAT HAS BEEN SUPER HEATED
\h\hUNDER EXTREME PRESSURE\n
419
00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:37,844
\h\h\h\hTO TEMPERATURES\NABOVE THE BOILING POINT.\n
420
00:35:37,886 --> 00:35:42,724
FUMAROLES HISS AND WHISTLE
\h\h\h\hAS STEAM ESCAPES.\n
421
00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:45,185
[HISSING]
422
00:35:45,268 --> 00:35:48,271
[BURBLING]
423
00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:53,193
MUD POTS BUBBLE WITH A MIXTURE
\h\hOF SURFACE WATER AND CLAY\n
424
00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:57,613
AND STINK OF SULFIDE GASES
\hRISING FROM THE GROUND.\n
425
00:36:00,408 --> 00:36:05,121
\h\h\hHOT SPRINGS SHOWCASE\NTHE COLOR OF RARE BACTERIA\n
426
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,499
THAT THRIVE IN EXTREME HEAT.
427
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:13,963
TERRACES FORM
428
00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:18,426
AS THERMAL WATERS DEPOSIT LAYERS
OF DISSOLVED LIMESTONE
429
00:36:18,468 --> 00:36:20,720
IN CASCADING TIERS.
430
00:36:24,557 --> 00:36:26,809
THESE EXTRAORDINARY SIGHTS
431
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:31,022
\h\hARE WHAT INSPIRED\NAN UNPRECEDENTED ACT--\n
432
00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:35,193
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD’S
\h\h\h\hFIRST NATIONAL PARK.\n
433
00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:44,786
THE BOUNDARIES OF YELLOWSTONE,
\h\h\h\h\h\hSET DOWN IN 1872,\n
434
00:36:44,828 --> 00:36:49,541
WERE ORIGINALLY DRAWN TO PROTECT
ITS GEOTHERMAL FEATURES.
435
00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:55,463
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS IS WHAT\NEARLY VISITORS CAME TO SEE.\n
436
00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:02,261
\h\h\h\hYELLOWSTONE’S\NMOST FAMOUS ATTRACTION\n
437
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:04,263
IS OLD FAITHFUL,
438
00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:08,267
\h\h\h\hA GEYSER NAMED FOR\NITS PREDICTABLE ERUPTIONS.\n
439
00:37:08,435 --> 00:37:11,271
\h\h\h\hTHE HISTORIC\NOLD FAITHFUL VILLAGE\n
440
00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:14,690
\hWAS BUILT TO FRAME\NTHE ICONIC LANDMARK.\n
441
00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:23,283
HAMILTON’S STORE HAS STOOD HERE
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.
442
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:27,663
BUT EVERY WINTER, IT’S TESTED.
443
00:37:27,704 --> 00:37:30,957
\h\hTHE WEIGHT OF SNOW\NCOLLECTING ON ITS ROOF\n
444
00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:34,920
COULD COLLAPSE THE BUILDING.
445
00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:38,590
\h\h\h\hITS PRESERVATION\NDEPENDS ON INTERVENTION.\n
446
00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:43,845
\h\h\h\hTHEY’RE CALLED\NTHE WINTER KEEPERS...\n
447
00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:49,559
\hTHE HARDY SOULS WHO WORK TO\NGUARD RELICS OF ANOTHER TIME.\n
448
00:37:53,855 --> 00:37:55,648
THEIR CHALLENGE:
449
00:37:55,690 --> 00:38:00,486
SAVING THE HAMILTON STORE
FROM THE BURDEN OF WINTER.
450
00:38:00,528 --> 00:38:10,246
♪
451
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:20,340
♪
452
00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:24,427
\h\h\hTHEIR TECHNIQUE,\NPRACTICED AND PRECISE,\n
453
00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:27,055
ALLOWS THEM TO REMOVE
\h\h\h\hMASSIVE BLOCKS\n
454
00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:29,098
WITH DRAMATIC EFFICIENCY.
455
00:38:34,562 --> 00:38:38,357
\h\h\hA SINGLE SLAB CAN WEIGH\NAS MUCH AS A THOUSAND POUNDS.\n
456
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:49,827
♪
457
00:38:49,869 --> 00:39:00,463
♪
458
00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:04,009
WHEN ALL OF THE LOWER ROOF
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS CLEAR,\n
459
00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:07,720
\h\h\h\hTHEY ATTEMPT THE FINAL\NAND MOST DANGEROUS PROCEDURE.\n
460
00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:12,600
THEIR TOOL IS A SIMPLE ROPE.
461
00:39:14,477 --> 00:39:19,190
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THE TEAM\NMUST POSITION IT PERFECTLY.\n
462
00:39:19,232 --> 00:39:31,411
♪
463
00:39:31,494 --> 00:39:35,873
\hTHE ROPE BECOMES\NA GIANT SNOW SAW.\n
464
00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:46,175
[RUBBING]
465
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,344
AND WITH ONE LAST TUG...
466
00:39:51,014 --> 00:39:54,643
THE WEIGHT OF WINTER
COMES CRASHING DOWN.
467
00:39:54,684 --> 00:40:04,444
♪
468
00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:08,906
HAMILTON’S STORE IS RELIEVED
OF THE BURDEN OF THE SEASON.
469
00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:16,456
♪
470
00:40:16,497 --> 00:40:19,458
THE BISON HAVE ALSO FOUND RELIEF
471
00:40:19,584 --> 00:40:22,462
\h\h\hIN THIS PLACE WHERE\NTHEY CAN STILL REACH FOOD.\n
472
00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:33,097
♪
473
00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:38,478
♪
474
00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:39,729
[SNORTING]
475
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,524
LIKE A WATERING HOLE
\hON THE SERENGETI,\n
476
00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:48,404
THIS OASIS DRAWS BOTH REFUGEES
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND OPPORTUNISTS.\n
477
00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,620
SKULKING IN THE CURTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF STEAM\n
478
00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:58,915
IS ONE OF THE SEASON’S
\hMOST DEADLY FORCES.\n
479
00:41:01,042 --> 00:41:04,629
THE LARGEST PACK OF WOLVES
\h\h\h\hIN YELLOWSTONE...\n
480
00:41:06,923 --> 00:41:10,552
DRAWN HERE BY THE GROWING
\h\h\h\h\hNUMBERS OF BISON\n
481
00:41:10,593 --> 00:41:13,554
SEEKING SHELTER IN THE HEAT.
482
00:41:17,225 --> 00:41:19,686
UNLIKE MANY SPECIES,
483
00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:23,522
THE WOLVES FIND ADVANTAGE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WINTER.\n
484
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:27,526
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLONG LEGS\NCAN FORD THE DEEP SNOW.\n
485
00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:28,695
WOOLLY COATS
486
00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:30,738
WITH A PROTECTIVE LAYER
\h\h\h\h\hOF GUARD HAIR\n
487
00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:34,075
KEEP HEAT IN AND MOISTURE OUT.
488
00:41:34,117 --> 00:41:36,453
[HOWLING]
489
00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:38,579
THE WOLF IS STRONG.
490
00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:43,793
AND THE BISON IS AT ITS WEAKEST.
491
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,211
[SNORT]
492
00:41:45,253 --> 00:41:46,713
[GROWL]
493
00:41:46,754 --> 00:41:51,425
\h\h\hFOR MONTHS, IT’S EXPENDED\NMORE ENERGY THAN IT CAN REPLACE.\n
494
00:41:52,885 --> 00:41:54,887
THE WOLVES HAVE LITTLE CHANCE
495
00:41:54,929 --> 00:41:57,682
OF TAKING DOWN A BISON
\h\h\h\hIN ITS PRIME.\n
496
00:41:59,308 --> 00:42:01,977
BUT NOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
497
00:42:06,649 --> 00:42:09,402
AS DARKNESS FALLS,
498
00:42:09,444 --> 00:42:11,613
THE PACK CLOSES IN.
499
00:42:14,073 --> 00:42:15,700
[HOWLING]
500
00:42:15,742 --> 00:42:18,578
THEIR HOWLS BETRAY SUCCESS.
501
00:42:18,745 --> 00:42:23,708
[HOWLING]
502
00:42:26,127 --> 00:42:28,379
BY FIRST LIGHT,
503
00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:31,633
THE WOLVES HAVE STRIPPED
THE BISON TO THE BONE...
504
00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:37,680
EACH CONSUMING MORE THAN
\h\h\h20 POUNDS OF MEAT.\n
505
00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:39,599
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
506
00:42:39,724 --> 00:42:41,893
[GROWLING]
507
00:42:46,773 --> 00:42:49,859
\h\h\hWHEN THE PACK\NHAS TAKEN ITS FILL,\n
508
00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:53,613
\h\hTHE CARCASS BECOMES\NA FOOD SOURCE FOR MANY.\n
509
00:42:53,696 --> 00:43:01,329
♪
510
00:43:01,370 --> 00:43:04,540
[SQUAWKING]
511
00:43:08,711 --> 00:43:11,797
A RED FOX IS LAST TO THE SCENE.
512
00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:23,017
♪
513
00:43:23,059 --> 00:43:26,854
♪
514
00:43:26,896 --> 00:43:30,358
\h\h\h\hBUT THERE’S NOTHING\NIT CAN GLEAN FROM THE BONES.\n
515
00:43:33,694 --> 00:43:35,946
THE FOX MUST FIND MORE.
516
00:43:41,911 --> 00:43:44,789
UNLIKE ITS RELATIVE, THE WOLF,
517
00:43:44,831 --> 00:43:48,668
\h\h\hTHE FOX MOVES THROUGH\NYELLOWSTONE’S WINTER ALONE,\n
518
00:43:48,876 --> 00:43:50,378
WITHOUT A PACK.
519
00:43:52,421 --> 00:43:55,341
BUT EVEN WHEN THERE’S
NO ONE ELSE IN SIGHT,
520
00:43:55,383 --> 00:43:57,343
IT MARKS ITS TERRITORY,
521
00:43:57,385 --> 00:44:01,681
RUBBING SCENT GLANDS
\hAGAINST THE SNOW.\n
522
00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:04,475
THE FOX CAN SENSE LIFE HERE
523
00:44:04,517 --> 00:44:06,769
AND OPPORTUNITY--
524
00:44:06,811 --> 00:44:10,106
MOVEMENTS THAT CAN’T BE SEEN.
525
00:44:13,609 --> 00:44:15,694
WITH ACUTE HEARING,
526
00:44:15,736 --> 00:44:17,029
THE FOX TRACES THE SOUND
527
00:44:17,071 --> 00:44:20,658
\h\h\hOF RODENTS TUNNELING\NDEEP BENEATH THE SURFACE.\n
528
00:44:23,244 --> 00:44:25,705
THE FOX LISTENS...
529
00:44:25,788 --> 00:44:28,708
CALCULATES...
530
00:44:28,916 --> 00:44:30,543
AND COMMITS.
531
00:44:48,853 --> 00:44:50,688
NO LUCK.
532
00:44:50,730 --> 00:44:53,149
AND MAYBE EVEN A HEADACHE.
533
00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:01,991
\h\h\hTHIS LANDSCAPE\NMIGHT LOOK UNIFORM,\n
534
00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:05,453
AN ENDLESS FIELD OF WHITE.
535
00:45:05,494 --> 00:45:07,162
BUT SINCE THE LAST STORM,
536
00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:12,252
THE WIND HAS SHIFTED THE TERRAIN
AND LOADED DANGEROUS DRIFTS.
537
00:45:14,212 --> 00:45:17,590
ANY STEP COULD BE
A LETHAL TRIGGER.
538
00:45:17,632 --> 00:45:27,767
♪
539
00:45:27,808 --> 00:45:29,643
A NARROW ESCAPE.
540
00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:35,107
\h\h\h\h\hTHE LUCKY FOX\NCAN CONTINUE HIS QUEST.\n
541
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:39,445
BENEATH THE SNOWPACK
542
00:45:39,487 --> 00:45:42,865
LIES AN INVISIBLE WORLD
BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY.
543
00:45:45,368 --> 00:45:48,288
HUNDREDS OF SMALL RODENTS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED VOLES\n
544
00:45:48,329 --> 00:45:50,540
\h\h\h\hSCURRY THROUGH\NA NETWORK OF TUNNELS,\n
545
00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:52,291
NESTLED IN THE AIRY LAYER
546
00:45:52,333 --> 00:45:55,211
BETWEEN SOLID EARTH
AND THE SNOW ABOVE.
547
00:45:55,253 --> 00:46:02,761
♪
548
00:46:02,802 --> 00:46:05,179
THE FOX SCORES HIS PRIZE.
549
00:46:05,221 --> 00:46:11,894
♪
550
00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:14,814
VOLES ARE ONE OF THE MOST
\h\hIMPORTANT PREY SPECIES\n
551
00:46:14,855 --> 00:46:16,690
IN YELLOWSTONE,
552
00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:19,985
FOR CREATURES LARGE AND SMALL.
553
00:46:23,864 --> 00:46:26,283
THE ERMINE IS SWIFT,
554
00:46:26,325 --> 00:46:29,829
\h\h\h\hPERFECTLY CAMOUFLAGED\NBY ITS SNOW WHITE WINTER COAT.\n
555
00:46:29,870 --> 00:46:36,543
♪
556
00:46:36,585 --> 00:46:38,545
THE COYOTE,
557
00:46:38,587 --> 00:46:41,924
NOT AS GRACEFUL IN ITS APPROACH,
558
00:46:41,966 --> 00:46:43,801
BUT JUST AS EFFECTIVE.
559
00:46:43,843 --> 00:46:49,891
♪
560
00:46:49,932 --> 00:46:53,477
\h\h\h\hAN ABUNDANCE OF VOLES\NMAY GIVE EACH OF THESE HUNTERS\n
561
00:46:53,519 --> 00:46:57,023
\h\hA CHANCE OF SURVIVING\NTHIS RELENTLESS SEASON...\n
562
00:46:59,859 --> 00:47:05,073
FOR WINTER’S MOST LETHAL FORCE
\h\hMAY WELL BE ITS DURATION.\n
563
00:47:05,114 --> 00:47:16,083
♪
564
00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:22,173
♪
565
00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:24,883
\h\hWINTER CONDITIONS\NPREVAIL IN YELLOWSTONE\n
566
00:47:25,092 --> 00:47:27,177
FOR MORE THAN HALF THE YEAR.
567
00:47:30,014 --> 00:47:33,518
\h\hENDLESS EXPOSURE\NAND SLOW STARVATION\n
568
00:47:33,559 --> 00:47:36,812
\hHAVE TAKEN A TOLL\NON THIS GREAT BEAST.\n
569
00:47:40,358 --> 00:47:44,737
\h\hNEARLY ONE IN TEN BISON\NWILL NOT SURVIVE THE WINTER.\n
570
00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:52,412
♪
571
00:47:52,453 --> 00:47:55,456
PREDATORS CANNOT BE BLAMED
\h\h\h\h\hFOR THIS DEATH.\n
572
00:47:55,498 --> 00:47:59,919
♪
573
00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:03,922
IT HAS A SIMPLE NAME--
574
00:48:03,964 --> 00:48:05,966
WINTER KILL.
575
00:48:08,094 --> 00:48:10,013
AT THE BISON’S CARCASS,
576
00:48:10,054 --> 00:48:13,182
HUNTERS BECOME SCAVENGERS.
577
00:48:13,224 --> 00:48:24,819
♪
578
00:48:28,072 --> 00:48:32,201
BUT THE BOBCAT HAS NOT GIVEN UP
HIS PURSUIT ON THE RIVER.
579
00:48:37,456 --> 00:48:40,417
WHILE THE CAT HAS GOTTEN BY
\h\h\h\h\hWITH SMALL MEALS--\n
580
00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:43,337
THE RODENTS HE’S CAUGHT
\h\h\hON THE RIVERBANK--\n
581
00:48:43,379 --> 00:48:46,966
HE STILL HAS HIS SIGHTS
\h\hON SOMETHING RICHER.\n
582
00:48:49,135 --> 00:48:51,012
SITTING DUCKS.
583
00:48:52,638 --> 00:48:56,350
IT’S TIME TO PUT EVERYTHING
\hHE’S LEARNED INTO ACTION.\n
584
00:48:56,392 --> 00:49:05,985
♪
585
00:49:06,068 --> 00:49:07,987
HE KNOWS HIS STRATEGY.
586
00:49:08,070 --> 00:49:16,036
♪
587
00:49:16,078 --> 00:49:19,999
\hWHILE THE DUCKS\NREMAIN OBLIVIOUS,\n
588
00:49:20,124 --> 00:49:23,377
HE MANEUVERS INTO POSITION.
589
00:49:23,419 --> 00:49:35,890
♪
590
00:49:35,931 --> 00:49:46,608
♪
591
00:49:49,945 --> 00:49:54,783
♪
592
00:50:07,046 --> 00:50:08,506
THE PERFECT STRIKE.
593
00:50:08,547 --> 00:50:09,381
[QUACK]
594
00:50:21,644 --> 00:50:27,150
♪
595
00:50:27,191 --> 00:50:33,114
\h\hAT LAST, THE BOBCAT\NHAS MASTERED THE RIVER,\n
596
00:50:33,155 --> 00:50:35,074
AND WITH IT...
597
00:50:35,115 --> 00:50:36,658
WINTER.
598
00:50:42,081 --> 00:50:44,792
HE HAS DEFIED THE ICE,
599
00:50:44,833 --> 00:50:46,918
THE DEPTHS OF SNOW.
600
00:50:46,961 --> 00:50:58,931
♪
601
00:50:58,973 --> 00:51:00,349
FOR ALL WHO HAVE SURVIVED
602
00:51:00,391 --> 00:51:03,644
THE TRIALS OF THIS SEASON
\h\h\h\h\hIN YELLOWSTONE,\n
603
00:51:03,686 --> 00:51:06,272
\h\hTHERE WILL SOON\NBE SIGNS OF CHANGE.\n
604
00:51:09,233 --> 00:51:12,111
WINTER WILL RETREAT.
605
00:51:12,152 --> 00:51:14,946
SPRING WILL COME...
606
00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:18,826
BRINGING FIRST STEPS...
607
00:51:22,204 --> 00:51:24,498
NEW BEGINNINGS...
608
00:51:27,334 --> 00:51:29,503
AND INDEPENDENCE.
609
00:51:29,545 --> 00:51:40,139
♪
610
00:51:40,180 --> 00:51:44,267
♪
611
00:51:45,603 --> 00:51:48,981
\hTHAT WET BOBCAT PULLING\NTHE DUCK OUT OF THE WATER,\n
612
00:51:49,023 --> 00:51:50,149
IT’S A RARE SIGHT.
613
00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:52,443
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE WOLVES\NAPPEARING FROM THE STEAM.\n
614
00:51:52,484 --> 00:51:55,153
\h\h\h\h\h\hWE’RE NOW ABLE\NTO SEE LIFE IN YELLOWSTONE\n
615
00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:57,823
AS WE’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
616
00:51:57,865 --> 00:51:59,784
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNOT LONG AGO,\NTHAT SCENE WITH THE WOLVES,\n
617
00:51:59,825 --> 00:52:02,828
\h\h\hTHAT COULDN’T HAVE\NBEEN FILMED IN THE PARK.\n
618
00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:04,246
THERE WEREN’T ANY.
619
00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:06,248
THE NEXT "EPIC YELLOWSTONE"
620
00:52:06,290 --> 00:52:09,376
TELLS THE STORY OF THE RETURN
\h\h\h\hOF THE TOP PREDATORS.\n
621
00:52:09,418 --> 00:52:12,171
THEY’RE TRANSFORMING
\hTHE NATIONAL PARK,\n
622
00:52:12,296 --> 00:52:15,048
RESTORING AN ANCIENT BALANCE.
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