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(WIND WHOOSHING)
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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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NARRATOR: China is aland
of myth and mystery.
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Almost inconceivabiy vast and diverse.
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From the eastern coastal plain...
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through mountain ranges and foresis...
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to the high plateau of Ginghai.
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From this magnificent landscape
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are born countless lives.
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Each of them part
of a much larger story.
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An all-encompassing circle of life...
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that is fueled by the love...
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the losses, and the hopes...
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of many different creatures.
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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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Our story takes place far
from the bustling cities...
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we often think of as China.
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İt is a story of cranes...
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pandas...
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antelope...
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monkeys...
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and leopards.
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Aİİ of whom call China their home.
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(WARBLING)
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Among all the creatures
in Chinese mythology...
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the crane holds a very speclal place.
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(CRANES WARBLING)
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A symbol of İlongevity
and good fortune...
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it is one of the oldest
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and most prominent figures
in Chinese art...
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dating back thousands of years.
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İt is said that
when a crane takes flight...
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it carries along the spirit
Of a departed creature...
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from this world to the next.
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The Ginghai Plateau in western China...
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is the highest
mountain plateau on Earth.
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And here, the elusive snow leopard...
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rules the range.
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This is Dawa.
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And this incredible dreamscape
is her home.
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At an altitude of
14,000 feet above sea level...
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the climate here is
too cold for most mammals.
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But Dawa ihrives here.
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Every part of her body
is designed for this unigue terrain...
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from her exceptionally long tall...
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that helps her maintain balance...
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to her gray-dappled fur
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that provides the perfect camouflage...
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in these rocky surroundings.
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Dawa is at the top of her food chain...
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and at the top of her game.
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She knows every crag
and cranny of this mountain.
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This is her turf.
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(GROWLS)
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But she's picked up a scent.
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An unwelcome visitor.
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(SNARLING)
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The intruder knows
she's in Dawa's territory...
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but challenges her, nonetheless.
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(GROWLING)
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They face off
in a chilling test of nerves.
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Dawa must convey strengih
or risk a full-on battle.
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(BOTH GROWLING)
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(GROWLING CONTİINUES)
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The intruder finally submits.
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Dawa retains her supremacy.
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For now.
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(GROWLS)
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Dawa is not a feline
to be messed with...
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and right now nothing
could shake her resolve.
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After all, it's not just
her hunting grounas...
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she's protecting.
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(CUBS GROWLING)
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To her, these two little cubs...
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are the most important things on Earth.
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Providing for them
and keeping them safe...
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is herlife's mission.
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Far to the east of Dawa...
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in the Sichuan mountain
valleys of central China...
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a mere 8,000 feet above sea level...
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goölden snub-nosed monkeys run wild.
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(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
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Monkeys have İlong been
figures of rebellion and mischief...
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in Chinese folk tales.
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And one of the most
mischievous monkeys
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on this mountain...
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is Taolao.
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He's the class clown of his troop...
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and an aspiring kung fu master.
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At two years old...
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TaoTao no longer needs
to be overseen by his parents.
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But he still likes
to come home to his father's side...
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after a long day of adventuring.
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(SCREECHING)
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TaoTao just İoves his dad.
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His dad, however,
isn't big on showing affection...
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leaving Taolao feeling
a little unappreciated.
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Oh, well.
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He can always count on his mother
to shower him with attention.
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(İNFANT SOUEALING)
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But the recent arrival
of a new baby sister in the family...
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has spoiled some of
that maternal magic on the home front.
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While monkey families
only have one father...
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they each have several mothers,
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who all help one another
care for their young.
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(İNFANT SOUEALING)
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TaoTao misses the days
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when he used to be
the center of attention...
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despite the danger involved.
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He's gulckly coming to the realization
that he's no longer...
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the darling of his family.
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This new little bundle of joy
has taken his place.
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İt seems so unfarr...
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when all the comfort and acceptance
you've gotten used fo...
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is suddeniy stolen from you.
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"Fine, forget it, then!"”
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This is exacily the kind of thing
that makes a monkey turn to mischief.
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Right next door to TaoTao...
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in a lush bamboo forest
on the other side of the mountain...
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life is decidediy less stressful.
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This is YaYa.
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A giant panda.
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Pandas are basically
the opposite of monkeys.
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They're not interested
in stirring up trouble.
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They just wanna be left alone to ealt...
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and relax...
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and scratch...
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varlous, different areas.
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And once YaYa has completed
her morning chores...
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she returns to her real focus in life...
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(BLEATS)
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her newborn daughter, MeiMeil.
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Ovtside of raising cubs...
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adult female pandas
live almost completely solitary lives.
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(WHIMPERS)
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So, for YaYa...
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this is the most
treasured time of herlife.
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(WHIMPERING)
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These two will be spending
the next several months...
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snuggled up here inside this den.
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But then they'li step out
into the world...
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and the real journey will begin.
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Up in the higher elevations
of western China...
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a very different kind
of family roams the plateau.
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Chiru antelope are worshipped...
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as sacred creatures in this region.
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They are the living embodimenil...
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of nature's back-and-forth,
seasonal cycle.
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(CALLING)
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Every spring,
thousands of female chiru...
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embark on an epic journey.
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But it's a bittersweet occasion.
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They must bid fareweli to the males...
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who will not see them again
for several months.
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(BLEATING)
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In the meantime...
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these bucks will have to
make do on their own.
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(HUFFIİNG)
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The migration of
these revered creatures...
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washes across ihe mountain plains
of western China...
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like an ocean tide.
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Their destination?
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The legendary Zhuonai Lake...
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in the remote uplands
of the GCinghai Plateau.
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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(CUBS GROWLING)
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Dawa's cubs are now old enough...
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to venture outside their cave
into the sunshine.
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To them, this vast mountain range...
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is just one big rocky playground.
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(CUBS GROWLING)
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Like pandas,
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adult snow İeopards
live very solitary lives.
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So with no one infringing
on her territory...
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no competition
for Oveen of the Mountain...
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she can focus all her attention...
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on her young.
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Dawa could not be more content.
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Nothing compares to being loved
by the ones you İove most.
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(CUBS GROWLING)
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And while Dawa would
İove nothing more...
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than to just sit back
and watch them climb and play...
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she has other responsibilities.
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She needs fo hunt.
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These yaks offer a bouniy of meal...
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but are far too powerful and dangerous.
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She considers this marmolt.
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(SOAVEAKS)
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No, she doesn't.
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-But these glorious creatures?
-(SHEEP BLEATING)
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This is what dinner looks like.
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Bharal sheep are Dawa's main prey.
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(BLEATING CONTINUES)
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Her intimate knowledge
of her home terrain...
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helps her locate her prey
and maneuver them...
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into rocky narrows and steep slopes...
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where they are
more vulnerable to attack.
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Like Dawa, these sheep are
bullt to survive in these mountains.
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Their blanched fur
is the ideal camouflage...
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and their strong legs
make them remarkabiy fast and nimble.
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(SAVEAKING)
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But Dawa is smarlter.
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Her cubs will go to sleep
with full stomachs tonight.
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This one meal
could tide them over for an entire week.
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In Dawa's world,
you must ftake life to give life.
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TaoTao has become
increasingİy dejected...
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and has been spending a lot of time...
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jJust trying to avoid his little sister,
and his family.
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But today, he's come across
some interesting neighbors...
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who could change all that.
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(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
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These are the Lost Boys...
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a gang of young male outcasis...
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some of them as young as Taolao.
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These guys know all about rejection.
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Being a Lost Boy is sort of
like running away to join the circus...
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except with fewer rules.
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These kids don't seem
to have a care in the world.
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This is Rooster...
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the leader of the Lost Boys.
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He's been in a lot of battles.
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You see that eye?
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TaoTao's father had a hand'in that.
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He's certainİy taken notice of TaoTao.
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Maybe TaolTao reminds him
of himself at that age.
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ÖOr maybe he just stares at stuff a lol.
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İn any case, if TaoTao
has been looking...
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for a way to vent his frustrations...
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he's come to ihe right place...
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because on ihis sunny afternoon...
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the Lost Boys have invited him...
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to play an ancient
traditional monkey game...
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called Let's Break Branches.
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(SCREECHING)
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(ROCK MUSİC PLAYING)
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This is exacily
what TaolTao needs right now.
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Some of their shenanigans, however,
go a little too far for TaoTao.
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Like stealing a baby...
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for kicks?
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Bult hey...
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it's not like it's his sister.
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Being mischievous troublemakers...
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is exhausting work.
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For TaoTao, though,
life with the Lost Boys seems...
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pretiy sweet.
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Until...
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Goshawks are virtualiy
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the onlİy natural predators
these monkeys have.
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And they're always on the İookout
for abandoned babies.
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(SOUEALS)
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(MONKEY SOUEALS)
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(CALLING)
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İn the blink of an eye,
TaoTao's world is turned upside down.
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(GOSHAWK SCREECHES)
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That came out of nowhere.
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Why wasn't anyone
keeping an eye out?
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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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(THUNDER RUMBLING)
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00:20:42,679 --> 00:20:45,819
İt's a harsh dose of reality for TaoTao.
260
00:20:45,932 --> 00:20:49,493
That easily could have
been his little sister.
261
00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:51,869
(THUNDER CRASHING)
262
00:21:01,196 --> 00:21:03,414
(BIRDS SAUVAWKING)
263
00:21:17,045 --> 00:21:18,524
The summer winds,
264
00:21:18,548 --> 00:21:21,062
carrying the warm scent
of fresh pastures...
265
00:21:21,176 --> 00:21:24,395
have İed the chiru
to their sacred destination...
266
00:21:25,428 --> 00:21:27,487
Zhuonal Lake.
267
00:21:30,852 --> 00:21:33,821
And the real purpose
of their herolic journey...
268
00:21:33,937 --> 00:21:36,246
now reveals itself.
269
00:21:43,531 --> 00:21:46,716
The whole fantastic, continuous cycle...
270
00:21:46,825 --> 00:21:48,838
that is chiru existence...
271
00:21:48,954 --> 00:21:51,514
is bullt on
this first moment of bonding...
272
00:21:51,622 --> 00:21:53,806
between a mother and her baby...
273
00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:56,639
sharing each other's scent.
274
00:22:03,426 --> 00:22:06,190
Miraculousiy, baby chiru
are able to walk...
275
00:22:06,304 --> 00:22:08,989
within 30 minutes of being born.
276
00:22:12,644 --> 00:22:15,613
İt's that "standing still”
part that's so difficult.
277
00:22:32,829 --> 00:22:34,717
Within a few days,
278
00:22:34,749 --> 00:22:37,183
they can run like their mothers.
279
00:23:06,157 --> 00:23:10,503
As moithers and their calves
learn to identify each other by smell...
280
00:23:10,619 --> 00:23:14,180
they're forming the essenlial,
unbreakable connections...
281
00:23:14,288 --> 00:23:15,801
that bind the herd together
282
00:23:15,832 --> 00:23:19,518
and allow it to survive
its return migration.
283
00:23:20,419 --> 00:23:22,478
Sometimes, it takes a while...
284
00:23:22,589 --> 00:23:25,899
for calves to figure out
whose smell is whose...
285
00:23:26,010 --> 00:23:29,559
and they are gentliy encouraged
to keep sniffing.
286
00:23:49,950 --> 00:23:53,010
The chiru will stay here
until the calves are capable...
287
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,378
of making their long return journey.
288
00:23:56,457 --> 00:23:59,597
Then their pendulum
will swing back toward home...
289
00:23:59,710 --> 00:24:03,259
where they'li be reunited
with the males they left behind.
290
00:24:03,294 --> 00:24:04,852
(BLEATING)
291
00:24:09,176 --> 00:24:11,360
(BIRDS WARBLING)
292
00:24:14,015 --> 00:24:15,903
Up in the mountains of Sichuan...
293
00:24:16,016 --> 00:24:18,234
the turn of seasons unfurls...
294
00:24:18,353 --> 00:24:21,368
in a breathtaking kaleidoscope of color.
295
00:24:24,566 --> 00:24:26,124
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
296
00:24:26,193 --> 00:24:27,751
(WATER TRICKLING)
297
00:24:40,165 --> 00:24:41,632
(MEİMEİ WHIİMPERIİNG)
298
00:24:41,878 --> 00:24:46,599
YaYa and her baby have finally
emerged from their den of solitude.
299
00:24:48,257 --> 00:24:51,442
LE's time for MeiMei to meet the world.
300
00:24:51,509 --> 00:24:52,897
(WHIMPERING)
301
00:25:31,383 --> 00:25:34,819
"Well, the baby's been fed...
302
00:25:36,137 --> 00:25:37,991
"and cudoled...
303
00:25:38,973 --> 00:25:40,656
"and put to bed.”
304
00:25:44,437 --> 00:25:46,291
"Time for lunch."
305
00:25:48,650 --> 00:25:51,335
(LEAVES RUSTLING)
306
00:25:58,788 --> 00:26:03,134
Pandas in the wild
eat almost nothing but bamboo.
307
00:26:03,624 --> 00:26:05,888
Up to 40 pounas per day.
308
00:26:09,003 --> 00:26:10,482
40...
309
00:26:10,588 --> 00:26:12,021
pounds...
310
00:26:12,673 --> 00:26:14,527
of bamboo...
311
00:26:14,926 --> 00:26:16,530
per day.
312
00:26:18,346 --> 00:26:19,859
(SOAVEAKS)
313
00:26:22,937 --> 00:26:25,826
MeiMei, however,
has a belly full of mother's milk...
314
00:26:25,937 --> 00:26:27,666
and is fully rested.
315
00:26:28,941 --> 00:26:31,876
And there's a whole
new world to explore.
316
00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:41,509
Right.
317
00:26:41,620 --> 00:26:43,258
She can't really go anywhere.
318
00:26:43,373 --> 00:26:47,218
At this age, panda cubs
have barely learned to crawli.
319
00:26:47,709 --> 00:26:49,017
(SAVEAKING)
320
00:26:50,505 --> 00:26:52,723
But that doesn't diminish
her fascination...
321
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,354
with all these new sights and sounds.
322
00:26:58,803 --> 00:27:00,407
Like this guy.
323
00:27:02,557 --> 00:27:03,615
(WHIMPERS)
324
00:27:05,852 --> 00:27:07,581
A red panda.
325
00:27:08,188 --> 00:27:10,702
He's not realliy a panda ai all.
326
00:27:10,816 --> 00:27:13,410
He's actualİy closer to a raccoon.
327
00:27:14,194 --> 00:27:16,583
MeiMei doesn't care what he is.
328
00:27:16,698 --> 00:27:19,713
She just wants to
climb up there and say hello.
329
00:27:20,327 --> 00:27:23,751
Red pandas spend
almost all their time up in trees...
330
00:27:23,873 --> 00:27:26,637
which makes him
a perfect role model for MeiMeil.
331
00:27:27,249 --> 00:27:29,388
Because climbing trees...
332
00:27:29,501 --> 00:27:32,265
is all baby pandas dream about.
333
00:27:38,218 --> 00:27:40,903
There's so much beauviy.
334
00:27:43,097 --> 00:27:44,655
İt's entrancing.
335
00:27:47,894 --> 00:27:49,953
But behind the beauvily...
336
00:27:51,731 --> 00:27:53,414
lurks danger.
337
00:27:53,608 --> 00:27:54,666
(SOAVEAKS)
338
00:27:56,569 --> 00:27:58,127
(SAVEAKING)
339
00:28:06,245 --> 00:28:08,850
"Okay?"
340
00:28:11,918 --> 00:28:14,773
"And here we go again."
341
00:28:17,465 --> 00:28:18,818
(SOUEALS)
342
00:28:24,222 --> 00:28:25,280
(GROWLS)
343
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,278
(WHIMPERING)
344
00:28:33,940 --> 00:28:35,544
"Oh, my gosh.
345
00:28:35,651 --> 00:28:39,291
"That was so embarrassing."
346
00:28:47,245 --> 00:28:49,384
(HUFFIİNG)
347
00:29:00,133 --> 00:29:01,862
(MEİMEİ WHIİMPERIİNG)
348
00:29:11,352 --> 00:29:12,410
(WHIMPERS)
349
00:29:16,527 --> 00:29:20,372
Moms are always there
to pick you up when you fall down.
350
00:29:22,657 --> 00:29:25,922
And to drag you around
by the neck afterward.
351
00:29:36,961 --> 00:29:38,565
If she could...
352
00:29:38,673 --> 00:29:42,234
YaYa would stay
in this momeni forever.
353
00:29:42,717 --> 00:29:43,775
(LOW BARK)
354
00:29:44,846 --> 00:29:46,734
All she wants to do
is hold onto her baby...
355
00:29:46,846 --> 00:29:49,406
and smother her with love.
356
00:29:51,017 --> 00:29:52,075
(SOAVEAKS)
357
00:29:55,022 --> 00:29:58,241
But MeiMei has had a faste of freedom.
358
00:30:02,028 --> 00:30:03,791
And she likes İit.
359
00:30:04,322 --> 00:30:05,801
(SAVUEALING)
360
00:30:22,383 --> 00:30:25,147
Pine nuts are only
available in the fall...
361
00:30:25,261 --> 00:30:27,149
and today Rooster and the Lost Boys...
362
00:30:27,263 --> 00:30:29,731
have found a nice patch
all to themselves.
363
00:30:31,393 --> 00:30:34,942
And TaoTao is making sure
he gets his fair share.
364
00:30:35,103 --> 00:30:36,616
(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
365
00:30:36,771 --> 00:30:38,124
"Whoops."
366
00:30:40,277 --> 00:30:42,950
He's been spending almost
all his time with the Lost Boys...
367
00:30:43,406 --> 00:30:47,172
ever since his cute lİittle baby sister
swallowed up his family.
368
00:30:52,245 --> 00:30:54,349
(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
369
00:30:55,708 --> 00:30:58,347
But when TaoTao's father shows up...
370
00:30:58,460 --> 00:31:00,428
with the whole family in towv...
371
00:31:00,962 --> 00:31:03,351
the festive mood changes...
372
00:31:04,382 --> 00:31:06,691
to less festive.
373
00:31:14,476 --> 00:31:16,660
(MONKEY SOUEALING)
374
00:31:17,439 --> 00:31:20,658
Rooster probably still has
a chip on his shoulder...
375
00:31:20,774 --> 00:31:22,833
about that whole eye thing.
376
00:31:27,447 --> 00:31:28,505
(SCREECHES)
377
00:31:30,077 --> 00:31:33,171
Looks like it's time
for some long-awaited payback.
378
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,559
(SCREECHING)
379
00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:42,727
(SNARLING)
380
00:31:46,132 --> 00:31:47,565
TaolTao can't believe this.
381
00:31:49,638 --> 00:31:52,687
Why is Rooster
picking a fight with his father?
382
00:31:58,021 --> 00:32:01,912
The females in TaoTao's family
rally around their man.
383
00:32:02,648 --> 00:32:04,036
(SCREECHING)
384
00:32:09,323 --> 00:32:12,087
Rooster, however, is on his own.
385
00:32:12,660 --> 00:32:15,549
The Lost Boys only
look out for themselves.
386
00:32:16,538 --> 00:32:18,221
With nobody to back him up...
387
00:32:18,623 --> 00:32:20,841
Rooster beats a hasiy retreat.
388
00:32:31,010 --> 00:32:32,398
(SCREECHES)
389
00:32:35,598 --> 00:32:37,156
Taolao is torn.
390
00:32:38,437 --> 00:32:42,953
These new pals of his are turning out
to be a bunch of self-centered brats.
391
00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:53,790
İs there anybody in this crazy world
you can actually depend on?
392
00:33:00,414 --> 00:33:02,678
(BLEATING)
393
00:33:04,127 --> 00:33:06,015
Up on the high plains...
394
00:33:06,131 --> 00:33:08,315
the chiru have embarked
on their journey back home
395
00:33:08,381 --> 00:33:09,860
to rejoin the males.
396
00:33:12,262 --> 00:33:16,687
But the smell of young calves
has attracted followers.
397
00:33:26,065 --> 00:33:27,794
(BLEATING)
398
00:33:30,987 --> 00:33:33,046
This wolf tests the herd...
399
00:33:33,156 --> 00:33:35,295
trying to separate the little ones.
400
00:33:38,328 --> 00:33:40,546
By now, luckily, those baby legs...
401
00:33:40,665 --> 00:33:43,054
are strong and fast,
jJust like their mothers'.
402
00:33:43,458 --> 00:33:44,891
(ANTELOPE BLEATING)
403
00:33:47,837 --> 00:33:49,520
The chiru are united.
404
00:33:49,632 --> 00:33:53,147
The bonds between moms
and babies hold strong.
405
00:33:53,260 --> 00:33:55,979
Each calf glued to its mother's scent.
406
00:34:01,934 --> 00:34:03,162
(BLEATING)
407
00:34:04,812 --> 00:34:06,996
The herd is many...
408
00:34:08,274 --> 00:34:10,834
but the herd is one.
409
00:34:29,629 --> 00:34:31,688
The sheer beauty of China...
410
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,395
manifests itself
in so many different ways...
411
00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:38,104
İN sOo many remote corners.
412
00:34:41,641 --> 00:34:44,701
İt sometimes feels like another world.
413
00:34:50,692 --> 00:34:52,580
Ünder Dawa's nurturing...
414
00:34:52,695 --> 00:34:56,119
her cubs are growing into
two impressive young cats.
415
00:34:58,325 --> 00:35:01,385
And she's just had a successful hunlt...
416
00:35:01,494 --> 00:35:03,883
which comes none too soon.
417
00:35:04,333 --> 00:35:08,884
Her cubs are now fully weaned
and hungry for some fresh meal.
418
00:35:09,505 --> 00:35:13,555
They've been watching and learning
the ways of the great hunter...
419
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,102
their mom.
420
00:35:16,596 --> 00:35:18,143
-(LEOPARD SNARLS IN DISTANCE)
-But suddeniy...
421
00:35:18,262 --> 00:35:21,322
across the valley,
the intruder has returned.
422
00:35:21,932 --> 00:35:25,493
This time, with her three grown sons.
423
00:35:32,361 --> 00:35:35,910
Scarcity of prey has brought them
into Dawa's territory...
424
00:35:36,031 --> 00:35:40,252
and they are more than prepared
to take all that is hers.
425
00:35:46,374 --> 00:35:49,184
Dawa's old rival is
much more emboldeneda...
426
00:35:49,292 --> 00:35:51,305
now that she has reinforcemenits.
427
00:35:51,711 --> 00:35:54,020
She and Dawa both knowr...
428
00:35:54,133 --> 00:35:57,978
Dawa would never survive a fight
agalnst all four leopards.
429
00:36:03,973 --> 00:36:05,326
(GROWLING)
430
00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:16,208
(SNARLING)
431
00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:27,720
Dawa can't bring herself
to abandon this precious food, though.
432
00:36:31,169 --> 00:36:35,640
Her cubs must eaft,
and when it comes to their survival...
433
00:36:35,756 --> 00:36:37,974
Dawa would fight almost any foe.
434
00:36:44,264 --> 00:36:46,824
The trade-off between life and death...
435
00:36:46,934 --> 00:36:50,153
is sometimes a very difficult calculation.
436
00:37:00,988 --> 00:37:02,341
(SNARLING)
437
00:37:08,037 --> 00:37:10,346
But then the sons move in.
438
00:37:19,466 --> 00:37:22,026
Outnumbered and out-fanged...
439
00:37:22,135 --> 00:37:25,445
Dawa must retreat to guard her cübs.
440
00:37:33,189 --> 00:37:36,534
Not satisfied with merely
stealing Dawa's kill...
441
00:37:36,651 --> 00:37:40,041
the interlopers
now pursue her to let her knowr...
442
00:37:40,152 --> 00:37:42,382
they're here to stay.
443
00:37:48,995 --> 00:37:50,724
To save her young...
444
00:37:50,831 --> 00:37:53,720
Dawa must take them
and leave the area.
445
00:38:13,269 --> 00:38:16,409
Expelled from their own home.
446
00:38:19,525 --> 00:38:21,834
(WIND WHISTLING)
447
00:38:23,946 --> 00:38:26,380
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
448
00:38:28,868 --> 00:38:30,256
(WHIMPERING)
449
00:38:34,334 --> 00:38:37,758
When your baby
is the cutest, fuzziest creature...
450
00:38:37,877 --> 00:38:39,435
this side of the Yangize River...
451
00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:44,191
it's not easy to just leave it alone.
452
00:38:45,634 --> 00:38:47,522
(SAVUEALING)
453
00:39:03,904 --> 00:39:05,963
At six months old, MeiMei is thinking...
454
00:39:06,073 --> 00:39:08,792
she's ready to move about on her own.
455
00:39:10,368 --> 00:39:11,801
Her mother is thinking...
456
00:39:12,745 --> 00:39:14,554
"Yeah, not so much."
457
00:39:15,539 --> 00:39:17,268
That's a fall tree.
458
00:39:17,375 --> 00:39:20,094
And MeiMei is no expert climber.
459
00:39:20,543 --> 00:39:21,726
Yet.
460
00:39:21,754 --> 00:39:23,893
(MEİMEI SOUEALING)
461
00:39:31,764 --> 00:39:34,608
(SOVEALING CONTINUES)
462
00:39:36,895 --> 00:39:41,457
"Come on! Momli l just wanna... Argh!"
463
00:39:45,694 --> 00:39:46,752
(SOUEALS)
464
00:39:48,367 --> 00:39:52,792
Being a helicopter mom
can suffocate a cub's curlosity, though.
465
00:39:52,913 --> 00:39:56,007
For young pandas,
tree climbing is a rite of passage.
466
00:39:56,791 --> 00:39:59,510
When a cub is able to
successfully climb a tree...
467
00:39:59,626 --> 00:40:02,186
it means it can be safe from predators.
468
00:40:04,255 --> 00:40:05,688
A cub that can climb a tree...
469
00:40:06,717 --> 00:40:09,811
is a cub that no İonger needs its mother.
470
00:40:13,222 --> 00:40:16,282
"Mom, relax. l got this.”
471
00:40:20,229 --> 00:40:21,287
(SOUEALS)
472
00:40:22,314 --> 00:40:23,372
(THUD)
473
00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:25,958
(SOUEALS)
474
00:40:35,578 --> 00:40:36,886
On the plains of Ginghai...
475
00:40:37,331 --> 00:40:40,300
the male chiru stand guard
on the home fronl...
476
00:40:40,418 --> 00:40:43,979
awaiting the return
of their far-roving females.
477
00:40:45,588 --> 00:40:48,523
(ANTELOPE BLEATING)
478
00:40:50,342 --> 00:40:51,400
(SNORTS)
479
00:40:55,599 --> 00:40:58,409
The females have
traveled İlong and far...
480
00:40:58,518 --> 00:41:00,986
to be reunited with their partners.
481
00:41:02,354 --> 00:41:04,208
(BLEATING)
482
00:41:10,529 --> 00:41:11,666
Unfortunately...
483
00:41:11,866 --> 00:41:15,085
after being away
from each other for so long...
484
00:41:15,201 --> 00:41:18,045
neither the males nor the females...
485
00:41:18,163 --> 00:41:21,348
have the slightest idea
who their partners are.
486
00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,513
But not to worry...
487
00:41:24,668 --> 00:41:25,771
(SNORTS)
488
00:41:25,797 --> 00:41:29,392
the males are more than happy
to impress new females...
489
00:41:29,506 --> 00:41:31,269
and start new families.
490
00:41:32,384 --> 00:41:34,113
(HUFFIİNG)
491
00:41:37,016 --> 00:41:40,031
They've spent the entire spring
and summer bulking up...
492
00:41:40,144 --> 00:41:42,783
and vying with each other
for supremacy.
493
00:41:42,897 --> 00:41:46,446
And they're raring
to show off their masculinity.
494
00:41:50,695 --> 00:41:52,959
"Problems with wolves, ladies?”"
495
00:41:53,865 --> 00:41:56,629
"Fear not. İ'İl deal with this scoundrel."
496
00:42:00,078 --> 00:42:01,716
(SNORTING)
497
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,764
Öne glance at that
imposing male physigue...
498
00:42:05,879 --> 00:42:09,428
and this scrappy little predator
is soon sent on his way.
499
00:42:09,546 --> 00:42:11,935
"Hey! Whoa!"
500
00:42:11,987 --> 00:42:13,443
(SNORTING)
501
00:42:14,593 --> 00:42:16,072
"İts all good."
502
00:42:17,555 --> 00:42:19,944
"The ice causes abit of a... whoa!l"
503
00:42:23,894 --> 00:42:25,577
(WOLF WHIMPERIİNG)
504
00:42:41,455 --> 00:42:43,764
Regardless of how they accomplish it...
505
00:42:43,876 --> 00:42:48,802
the herd always comes together again
as öne great big family.
506
00:42:50,547 --> 00:42:55,268
And the never-ending tide
of chiru life flows on.
507
00:42:55,968 --> 00:42:59,187
(ANTELOPE BLEATING)
508
00:43:05,561 --> 00:43:07,199
(BIRD CAWING)
509
00:43:08,106 --> 00:43:10,620
As the temperatures begin to plummet...
510
00:43:10,734 --> 00:43:13,373
the öonce mighity
GOuveen of the Mountain...
511
00:43:13,486 --> 00:43:16,205
hasn't made a kill in over a week.
512
00:43:16,491 --> 00:43:20,882
Now, she's forced to share
her unfamiliar new territory...
513
00:43:20,993 --> 00:43:23,382
with more successtİul rivals.
514
00:43:34,716 --> 00:43:37,025
She must survey the area constanlly...
515
00:43:37,136 --> 00:43:40,902
to get the lay of the land
and reestablish her dominion...
516
00:43:41,013 --> 00:43:42,571
with scent markings.
517
00:43:45,185 --> 00:43:47,904
But she's been spotted
by this area's male.
518
00:43:56,237 --> 00:43:58,376
(GROWLIİNG AND SNARLING)
519
00:44:02,035 --> 00:44:04,424
She defends her ground bravely...
520
00:44:04,537 --> 00:44:07,256
but is forced to retreat back to her cubs.
521
00:44:15,506 --> 00:44:17,565
Those playful days of summer...
522
00:44:17,676 --> 00:44:20,941
seem very far away to Dawa right now.
523
00:44:31,064 --> 00:44:35,501
İf only a family's love
could determine its fate.
524
00:44:40,781 --> 00:44:42,260
(WIND WHOOSHING)
525
00:44:42,303 --> 00:44:43,588
(BIRD WARBLING)
526
00:44:53,420 --> 00:44:56,605
YaYa's instinct is to keep her cub safe.
527
00:45:05,140 --> 00:45:08,109
But she can't protect MeiMeil forever.
528
00:45:08,767 --> 00:45:10,280
At some point...
529
00:45:10,394 --> 00:45:12,533
she's going to have to let go.
530
00:45:17,317 --> 00:45:18,625
(SOUEALS)
531
00:45:21,989 --> 00:45:23,798
(WHIMPERING)
532
00:45:23,866 --> 00:45:25,629
Just... maybe not today.
533
00:45:32,666 --> 00:45:35,396
Winter turns the dense foresi...
534
00:45:35,503 --> 00:45:38,893
into a majestic crystal fantasy land.
535
00:45:41,844 --> 00:45:45,655
This is the first snowfall
TaoTao's sister has ever seen.
536
00:45:46,682 --> 00:45:49,992
Her pure amazement
is a welcome distraction...
537
00:45:50,101 --> 00:45:52,035
from the hardships of winter.
538
00:45:54,021 --> 00:45:56,376
"What is this stuff2"
539
00:45:57,149 --> 00:45:59,913
(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
540
00:46:01,820 --> 00:46:04,835
"Whatever it is, it's cold.”
541
00:46:06,158 --> 00:46:08,718
"Must get to higher ground!"
542
00:46:10,704 --> 00:46:12,717
Yes, snow is a bummer...
543
00:46:12,832 --> 00:46:15,596
and it's really cold on your hands.
544
00:46:15,709 --> 00:46:17,097
The one upside is...
545
00:46:17,212 --> 00:46:20,727
it's a perfect excuse to walk like this.
546
00:46:21,381 --> 00:46:23,394
(SCREECHING)
547
00:46:29,515 --> 00:46:32,734
(MONKEYS SOUEFALING)
548
00:46:48,826 --> 00:46:50,714
The cold and scarcity of winter...
549
00:46:50,830 --> 00:46:54,049
has brought the various groups
within the troop together again.
550
00:46:54,873 --> 00:46:56,977
They're so hungry...
551
00:46:57,084 --> 00:46:58,597
they'li eat anything.
552
00:46:58,710 --> 00:47:01,099
(SCREECHING)
553
00:47:01,216 --> 00:47:04,936
Rooster certainly
isn't giving TaoTao any handouts.
554
00:47:05,049 --> 00:47:06,562
Or warmth.
555
00:47:06,926 --> 00:47:08,735
Ör support.
556
00:47:12,099 --> 00:47:13,487
This is what you get...
557
00:47:13,602 --> 00:47:15,820
when you're hooked up
with the Lost Boys.
558
00:47:17,229 --> 00:47:18,958
(SAVUEALING)
559
00:47:19,731 --> 00:47:21,164
(SCREECHING)
560
00:47:21,566 --> 00:47:22,794
Whoa!
561
00:47:23,570 --> 00:47:25,458
Rooster is scrapping over food again.
562
00:47:26,071 --> 00:47:27,925
(SCREECHING)
563
00:47:30,910 --> 00:47:32,969
And the hostility is spreading.
564
00:47:35,541 --> 00:47:38,590
Before you know it,
TaoTao gets drawn into the fray.
565
00:47:39,461 --> 00:47:41,975
Even his little sister
gets caught up in İt.
566
00:47:44,967 --> 00:47:47,811
She tries to help her brother
and stop them from fighting...
567
00:47:47,929 --> 00:47:51,023
but there's just
no reasoning with these animals.
568
00:47:52,470 --> 00:47:53,607
(SCREECHING)
569
00:47:53,659 --> 00:47:56,696
TaoTao's father
wants nothing to do with it.
570
00:47:57,438 --> 00:48:00,453
There's barely any food here
to fight over anyway.
571
00:48:01,898 --> 00:48:02,956
(SCREECHING)
572
00:48:02,984 --> 00:48:05,168
He packs up his family and heads off...
573
00:48:05,277 --> 00:48:07,541
to lower, warmer territory.
574
00:48:11,826 --> 00:48:14,511
With the cold biting at his bones...
575
00:48:14,621 --> 00:48:17,636
TaoTao is longing for some comforil.
576
00:48:17,749 --> 00:48:21,719
For someone, anyone,
to just keep him warm.
577
00:48:24,421 --> 00:48:26,525
He misses his family.
578
00:48:27,969 --> 00:48:30,893
Up until now,
he's resisted going back to them.
579
00:48:33,139 --> 00:48:35,699
Maybe he's still bitter about his sister.
580
00:48:36,644 --> 00:48:39,204
Maybe he's trying to
prove something to his father.
581
00:48:39,644 --> 00:48:40,906
Who knows?
582
00:48:41,646 --> 00:48:43,204
(YAWNS)
583
00:48:43,983 --> 00:48:47,077
Right now, he needs warmih.
584
00:48:49,864 --> 00:48:52,082
He abandons the Lost Boys...
585
00:48:54,535 --> 00:48:57,015
and follows his family.
586
00:49:01,833 --> 00:49:02,891
(SCREECHES)
587
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:08,898
(MONKEY SOUEALS)
588
00:49:18,475 --> 00:49:20,739
His sister welcomes him back.
589
00:49:22,730 --> 00:49:25,449
But life isn't always that simple.
590
00:49:25,523 --> 00:49:27,787
(SAVUEALING)
591
00:49:31,196 --> 00:49:33,426
His father won'tlet him in.
592
00:49:35,075 --> 00:49:37,760
TaoTao has no one to tum to.
593
00:49:43,083 --> 00:49:45,096
He's run out of options.
594
00:49:55,888 --> 00:49:57,617
(WIND WHOOSHING)
595
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:01,613
Between winter's wrath...
596
00:50:01,727 --> 00:50:03,706
and plain old bad luck...
597
00:50:03,814 --> 00:50:07,614
Dawa's hunting successes
have been few and far between.
598
00:50:07,649 --> 00:50:08,707
(SHEEP BLEATING)
599
00:50:10,071 --> 00:50:12,960
But these sheep,
seeking shelter from the weather...
600
00:50:13,489 --> 00:50:16,174
have just moved within range.
601
00:50:17,409 --> 00:50:18,467
(BLEATING)
602
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,744
(BLEATING CONTINUES)
603
00:51:03,831 --> 00:51:06,174
Something terrible happens, though.
604
00:51:15,971 --> 00:51:20,067
The snow has concealed jagged rocks,
and Dawa has injured her paw.
605
00:52:04,727 --> 00:52:09,278
Dawa knows
if she and her cubs are to survive...
606
00:52:09,398 --> 00:52:12,743
she must be
in top physical condition to hunt.
607
00:52:13,692 --> 00:52:15,910
(WIND WHOOSHING)
608
00:52:29,124 --> 00:52:31,183
(BIRDS WARBLING)
609
00:52:51,229 --> 00:52:52,287
(SAVUEALING)
610
00:52:54,150 --> 00:52:56,163
İt looks like TaoTao has finaliy...
611
00:52:56,277 --> 00:52:59,462
been allowed to rejoin the family furball.
612
00:53:04,659 --> 00:53:06,638
(SAVUEALING)
613
00:53:06,996 --> 00:53:10,386
Or more like cling onto the outside of it.
614
00:53:11,919 --> 00:53:14,968
As long as he's willing to help
protect the family against the cold...
615
00:53:15,671 --> 00:53:17,980
his father will let him stay.
616
00:53:19,175 --> 00:53:21,643
İt's better than freezing all alone.
617
00:53:23,138 --> 00:53:26,483
At least his little sister
looks happy to see him.
618
00:53:28,978 --> 00:53:33,028
Maybe Taolaco is finally learning
the true value of family.
619
00:53:34,521 --> 00:53:35,658
(SOUEALS)
620
00:53:35,711 --> 00:53:39,499
Or maybe he's just reallİy cold.
621
00:53:55,293 --> 00:53:56,772
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
622
00:53:58,964 --> 00:54:01,068
(MUSIC PLAYING)
623
00:54:17,816 --> 00:54:19,704
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
624
00:54:21,736 --> 00:54:23,215
In China...
625
00:54:23,657 --> 00:54:26,091
some believe the panda to be
the living embodimenl...
626
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:28,134
of the yin and yang concept...
627
00:54:28,495 --> 00:54:31,384
the curved black-and-white
patterns Of its fur...
628
00:54:31,497 --> 00:54:33,556
mimicking the symbol itself.
629
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:36,554
(SAVUEALING)
630
00:54:38,714 --> 00:54:42,764
This duality of opposing forces
exisits everywhere in nature.
631
00:54:46,512 --> 00:54:48,901
But perhaps nowhere more so...
632
00:54:49,016 --> 00:54:53,066
than in the mounting relationship
between YaYa and MeiMel.
633
00:54:56,523 --> 00:55:00,084
The push and pull between
freedom and protection...
634
00:55:00,191 --> 00:55:02,250
is coming to a head.
635
00:55:02,298 --> 00:55:03,287
(SOUEALS)
636
00:55:06,072 --> 00:55:08,290
YaYa wants so badly...
637
00:55:08,411 --> 00:55:11,426
to hold on to her precious daughter
and keep her safe.
638
00:55:11,870 --> 00:55:14,964
But MeiMei has an uncontrollable...
639
00:55:15,082 --> 00:55:18,597
evolutionary urge to just climb.
640
00:55:22,592 --> 00:55:26,267
And yeah, sure,
the kid has some issues with gravity.
641
00:55:28,136 --> 00:55:30,821
But so what? Life is risky.
642
00:55:30,931 --> 00:55:33,115
She's going to fall down.
643
00:55:33,808 --> 00:55:35,947
(SAVUEALING)
644
00:55:39,398 --> 00:55:41,866
And then, she'li get back up.
645
00:55:46,738 --> 00:55:48,217
(SAVUEALING)
646
00:55:50,952 --> 00:55:54,547
But at some poinlt,
she has to do it on her own.
647
00:56:01,586 --> 00:56:04,817
And today is that day.
648
00:56:06,591 --> 00:56:07,649
(SOUEALS)
649
00:56:14,140 --> 00:56:15,493
(SAVUEALING)
650
00:56:16,644 --> 00:56:19,989
As deep as YaYa's love
for her daughter is...
651
00:56:21,273 --> 00:56:23,332
there is a force that is stronger.
652
00:56:23,441 --> 00:56:25,500
A force of nature.
653
00:56:30,490 --> 00:56:32,594
And it's pulling them apart.
654
00:56:48,716 --> 00:56:50,479
She's golng for it.
655
00:56:58,059 --> 00:56:59,697
(SAVUEALING)
656
00:57:23,376 --> 00:57:24,434
(SOUEALS)
657
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,189
(SAVUEALING)
658
00:57:40,186 --> 00:57:43,201
The day you climb a tree on your own...
659
00:57:44,522 --> 00:57:46,626
without falling out of it...
660
00:57:48,401 --> 00:57:50,756
is a big day.
661
00:57:55,867 --> 00:57:57,471
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
662
00:58:04,670 --> 00:58:08,015
YaYa may be
a slightly overprotective molher...
663
00:58:09,049 --> 00:58:12,598
but she's raised
oöne extraordinary little panda.
664
00:58:16,679 --> 00:58:18,909
She also knows...
665
00:58:19,016 --> 00:58:21,405
it will soon be time to say goodbye.
666
00:58:26,523 --> 00:58:29,208
The joy a mother recelves...
667
00:58:29,318 --> 00:58:32,128
from raising a cub from birth, however...
668
00:58:32,237 --> 00:58:35,297
is worth a thousand farewelis.
669
00:58:37,116 --> 00:58:39,175
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
670
00:58:48,462 --> 00:58:50,271
(MONKEYS SOUEFALING)
671
00:58:50,297 --> 00:58:52,857
Springtime means more food.
672
00:58:58,053 --> 00:58:59,566
More fleas.
673
00:59:04,894 --> 00:59:06,532
And more babies.
674
00:59:06,563 --> 00:59:08,542
(MONKEYS SOUEFALING)
675
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:14,248
Which, in turn, means...
676
00:59:14,696 --> 00:59:16,709
more baby fever.
677
00:59:20,660 --> 00:59:22,799
(SAVUEALING)
678
00:59:32,004 --> 00:59:33,483
(SAVUEALING)
679
00:59:36,012 --> 00:59:39,857
Though Taolao is getting along better
with his family lately...
680
00:59:39,974 --> 00:59:43,740
he's understandabiy been spending
İess time around his father.
681
00:59:45,102 --> 00:59:47,946
And a lot more time by himself.
682
00:59:54,027 --> 00:59:56,416
TaoTao's sister is growing up, too.
683
01:00:01,286 --> 01:00:04,301
She's starting to
show off her own personality.
684
01:00:20,431 --> 01:00:23,525
She's at an age now
where her mother can İeave her alone...
685
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:25,449
to go forage for food.
686
01:00:27,102 --> 01:00:29,787
Or for someone else's baby.
687
01:00:33,482 --> 01:00:34,540
(SOUEALS)
688
01:00:34,901 --> 01:00:37,369
But wherever there are little babies...
689
01:00:38,405 --> 01:00:41,215
goshawks are not far away.
690
01:00:47,623 --> 01:00:50,057
TaoTao spots the predator
and sounds the alarm.
691
01:00:50,082 --> 01:00:51,140
(SCREECHES)
692
01:00:52,377 --> 01:00:54,766
The troop scrambles for cover.
693
01:00:54,796 --> 01:00:56,514
(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
694
01:00:56,548 --> 01:00:58,186
All little önes are accounted for.
695
01:00:59,343 --> 01:01:01,811
Except for one. Taolao's sister.
696
01:01:01,844 --> 01:01:02,902
(SCREECHING)
697
01:01:05,767 --> 01:01:07,951
But TaolTao has been
keeping an eye on her...
698
01:01:08,059 --> 01:01:09,947
and leaps into action.
699
01:01:19,404 --> 01:01:22,259
He reaches her just in time.
700
01:01:24,618 --> 01:01:26,336
(GOSHAWK SCREECHES)
701
01:01:36,462 --> 01:01:37,565
(SOUEALS)
702
01:01:37,589 --> 01:01:40,569
TaoTao has never felt so valued.
703
01:01:40,677 --> 01:01:44,568
He acted on pure instinct
to protect his sister.
704
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:48,320
And that brave act
has made him realize...
705
01:01:48,766 --> 01:01:50,495
that he's grown up.
706
01:01:50,601 --> 01:01:51,659
A lot.
707
01:01:51,686 --> 01:01:52,744
(SCREECHES)
708
01:01:53,273 --> 01:01:57,084
His dad is definitely happy
to have him back in the fold.
709
01:02:00,196 --> 01:02:02,881
The young outcast
without a care in the world...
710
01:02:03,574 --> 01:02:06,884
has grown up into the family hero.
711
01:02:10,247 --> 01:02:13,592
He's certainİy a hero
in his sister's eyes.
712
01:02:19,547 --> 01:02:21,276
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
713
01:02:21,299 --> 01:02:23,904
(WIND WHOOSHING)
714
01:02:33,645 --> 01:02:35,784
Back up on the high plateau...
715
01:02:35,898 --> 01:02:39,243
the winter snow
lingers well into spring...
716
01:02:41,195 --> 01:02:44,881
and Dawa is still fighting
to provide for her cubs.
717
01:02:45,906 --> 01:02:47,965
(BLEATING)
718
01:02:49,327 --> 01:02:50,806
The injury to her foot
719
01:02:50,830 --> 01:02:52,969
has greatly hampered
her hunting ability...
720
01:02:53,083 --> 01:02:56,223
and she no longer has ithe speed
to chase down prey...
721
01:02:56,334 --> 01:02:58,393
as fast as these wild sheep.
722
01:03:01,547 --> 01:03:03,777
(BELLS TINKLING)
723
01:03:07,011 --> 01:03:09,275
But an opportunity arises.
724
01:03:11,518 --> 01:03:14,442
İn springtime,
domesticated yaks are released...
725
01:03:14,561 --> 01:03:17,246
to graze in the higher elevations.
726
01:03:19,776 --> 01:03:22,836
These beastis are
10 times as heavy as Dawa...
727
01:03:23,614 --> 01:03:27,835
and one blow from
those powerful horns could be fatal.
728
01:03:30,788 --> 01:03:34,258
Going up agalnst
a whole herd is like attacking an army.
729
01:03:34,306 --> 01:03:35,295
(LOW GROWL)
730
01:03:36,541 --> 01:03:39,101
But her cubs are relying on her.
731
01:03:43,464 --> 01:03:45,273
(YAKS GRUNTING)
732
01:03:47,051 --> 01:03:49,030
(BELLS TINKLING)
733
01:03:51,430 --> 01:03:53,990
İt's now or never.
734
01:04:02,316 --> 01:04:03,374
(GRUNTING)
735
01:04:03,401 --> 01:04:04,880
(BELLS TINKLING)
736
01:04:08,948 --> 01:04:11,963
(YAKS GRUNTING)
737
01:04:14,497 --> 01:04:17,307
The calf's mother
rallies to save her baby.
738
01:04:22,754 --> 01:04:25,018
Dawa refuses to let go.
739
01:04:25,465 --> 01:04:27,683
She knows this is her last chance.
740
01:04:35,101 --> 01:04:37,661
But a yak mother's will
to protect her young...
741
01:04:37,769 --> 01:04:39,657
is just as strong as Dawa's.
742
01:04:45,986 --> 01:04:49,501
The yak strikes Dawa
hard with her horns.
743
01:04:51,950 --> 01:04:53,508
(DAWA SNARLS IN PAIN)
744
01:04:55,620 --> 01:04:57,429
Dawa is injured badly.
745
01:04:57,871 --> 01:04:59,680
(GRUNTING)
746
01:05:09,052 --> 01:05:12,021
One mother's brave rescue
of her baby...
747
01:05:13,889 --> 01:05:17,279
is another's tragic failure to feed hers.
748
01:05:18,059 --> 01:05:20,539
(YAKS GRUNTING)
749
01:05:27,234 --> 01:05:29,919
(LOW GROWL)
750
01:05:35,910 --> 01:05:37,548
(CUBS GROWLING FAIİNTLY)
751
01:05:40,331 --> 01:05:42,595
(BELLS TINKLING)
752
01:05:53,511 --> 01:05:55,615
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
753
01:06:59,952 --> 01:07:02,466
(CRANES WARBLING)
754
01:07:24,770 --> 01:07:28,490
In Chinese mythology,
when a life ends...
755
01:07:29,148 --> 01:07:31,582
a crane carrles that soul...
756
01:07:31,693 --> 01:07:35,333
to rejoin the cycle of birth and rebirth.
757
01:07:40,869 --> 01:07:44,054
From the end to the beginning.
758
01:07:51,546 --> 01:07:54,856
Time pushes this cycle ever forward.
759
01:07:59,554 --> 01:08:01,863
The young become adiulis.
760
01:08:03,516 --> 01:08:05,700
The adults grow old.
761
01:08:06,811 --> 01:08:10,121
And the old are rebom.
762
01:08:14,652 --> 01:08:17,212
Death is not the end.
763
01:08:18,158 --> 01:08:22,424
İt is merely a waypoint
in a circle that continues endlessiy.
764
01:08:38,175 --> 01:08:39,233
(SCREECHES)
765
01:08:47,435 --> 01:08:49,494
(CUB WHIİMPERING)
766
01:09:03,534 --> 01:09:04,592
(CUB SOUEALS)
767
01:09:06,412 --> 01:09:08,175
(CRANES CAWING)
768
01:09:27,475 --> 01:09:30,114
(CRANES WARBLING)
769
01:09:32,104 --> 01:09:34,288
(YAWNING)
770
01:09:48,079 --> 01:09:50,468
Every creature plays its parl...
771
01:09:50,582 --> 01:09:53,642
in this great cyclical symphony.
772
01:09:57,754 --> 01:09:59,142
Each life lived...
773
01:09:59,258 --> 01:10:03,194
is just one beat
in the larger beautiful rhythm.
774
01:10:14,773 --> 01:10:19,585
This vast land breeds
both love and hardship.
775
01:10:20,778 --> 01:10:23,042
But in the hardship...
776
01:10:23,530 --> 01:10:25,384
there is hope.
777
01:10:29,162 --> 01:10:31,380
(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)
778
01:10:34,625 --> 01:10:36,764
This is where they live.
779
01:10:44,635 --> 01:10:47,274
This is where they die.
780
01:10:54,228 --> 01:10:56,537
This is where they grow.
781
01:11:05,573 --> 01:11:07,882
(UPLİFTİNG MUSIİC PLAYING)
782
01:11:30,848 --> 01:11:34,238
This is where they are born.
783
01:11:37,187 --> 01:11:39,121
In China.
784
01:11:43,694 --> 01:11:45,753
(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)
785
01:11:50,367 --> 01:11:51,425
(SOUEALS)
786
01:12:04,673 --> 01:12:05,856
(SCREECHES)
787
01:12:11,641 --> 01:12:15,031
We tried to take
some time-lapses of the landscape.
788
01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:17,699
As you might see right now...
789
01:12:17,812 --> 01:12:20,451
the light is not very interesting.
790
01:12:20,648 --> 01:12:23,082
But the good thing is...
791
01:12:23,193 --> 01:12:26,037
the weather is changing
every half an hour.
792
01:12:26,155 --> 01:12:28,749
So, if you don't like
the weather or the light...
793
01:12:28,863 --> 01:12:29,921
you just have to wait a little bit
794
01:12:29,967 --> 01:12:31,958
and everything changes again.
(CHUCKLES)
795
01:12:35,665 --> 01:12:38,099
Got a snow leopard
sneaking up on blue sheep.
796
01:12:38,207 --> 01:12:39,970
İt doesn't get any better than this!
797
01:13:00,563 --> 01:13:02,576
CREW MEMBER: Now İt's hailing.
798
01:13:02,691 --> 01:13:06,502
Perhaps in half an hour,
it will be beautiful sunshine.
799
01:13:06,611 --> 01:13:09,296
So, it's just a waiting game.
800
01:13:28,882 --> 01:13:30,816
(PUPS SOUEALING)
801
01:13:39,810 --> 01:13:40,868
(CHUCKLING)
802
01:14:01,165 --> 01:14:02,223
CREW MEMBER 1:1'm done with it.
803
01:14:02,335 --> 01:14:03,506
CREW MEMBER 2: (ON RADIO)
Go ahead.
804
01:14:03,585 --> 01:14:04,643
CREW MEMBER 3: (ON RADIO) Hello?
805
01:14:04,668 --> 01:14:05,726
CREW MEMBER 4: Okay.
806
01:14:06,505 --> 01:14:08,894
(LAUGHING)
He's looking at the monitor.
807
01:14:09,507 --> 01:14:11,350
(CREW MEMBERS LAUGHING)
808
01:14:11,403 --> 01:14:12,483
(SCREECHES)
809
01:14:12,510 --> 01:14:14,603
(CHUCKLES) Oh! The camera moves.
810
01:14:25,190 --> 01:14:27,078
-(WİIND WHOOSHING)
-Okay, it's, again,
811
01:14:27,149 --> 01:14:28,207
half an hour later.
812
01:14:28,694 --> 01:14:30,662
-And now it's snowing.
-(THUNDER RUMBLING)
813
01:14:30,779 --> 01:14:34,419
We have rolling mist
and a proper thunderstorm.
814
01:14:35,451 --> 01:14:39,217
But l'm still convinced that
if we wait another half an hour...
815
01:14:39,330 --> 01:14:42,675
we will have
best conditions for my time-lapse.
816
01:15:04,980 --> 01:15:07,448
İt's really wonderful
getting so intimate...
817
01:15:07,567 --> 01:15:11,708
with the early family life
of such a rare and beautiful bird.
818
01:15:15,531 --> 01:15:17,294
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
819
01:15:56,655 --> 01:15:58,338
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
820
01:16:03,162 --> 01:16:05,426
(WIND WHOOSHING)
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