All language subtitles for Meerkat.Manor.Rise.of.the.Dynasty.S01E01.1080p.WEBRip.x264-BAE

An unforgiving, sun-baked,
desert in southern africa

Is aough place
to raise a family. T

[t chunderlaps]

T there are some...

...Who are perfectly sduite
t. To I

[music]

At the turn of the millennium
a legend was born here.

Scientists namedlo her fwer.

As mchatriar,
she grew her family...

.Leading them
through good times...

And bad...

Rk [meeats squawk]

...To bemeco tthe mos
successful leader of her kind,

Loved the ovworld er.

Like all living things,
h whener time was done,

The desert's rose
returned to the earth.

But every great leader
leaves a legacy...

And now the time has come
to pick up the story...

Wi gth herreat-granddaughters...

As they strive
to lead their own families

Through the daily struggles of
life in the kalahari.

[music]

[meerkat] barks

[thunder claps]

[rain patters]

[music]

The rising sun takes the chill
cooff a ld kalahari night.

[birds chirp]

Mornings are full of p..Romise.

And the whiskers are gearing up
to start a new day.

Rk [meeats squeak]

Th has been the whiskers' home
for more than twenty years.

Swift is now head of the family,

And like all dominant females
here,

Wears a coradio llar
as her crown.

To lead is to serve,

And this steadfast leader
has served her family well

Th
for e past five years.

Life hasn't always been easy.

The great drought of 2015
almost wiped out the whiskers.

There were just three survivors

But, from the devastation,

Swift set about rebuilding
the dynasty -

Just as her great-grandmother
flower did

Three generatifoons bere her.

The whiskers now number
eca resptable fifteen.

As matriarch, it's swift's duty

To ensure her fa mily
keeps growing...

...And three weeks ago, veshe ga
birth to her thirteenth litter!

[baby meerkats squeak]

Triplets!

[baby meerkaawts squk]

Hachi, laika... And fly

Have been kept safely
underground

D today they're seeing
daylight for the first time.

Eerkats ]squawk

S[birdsing]

It's swift's job to produce pups

But it will be the
responsibility

Of the whole family
to raise them.

All three are female...
Which means

There could be a feisty future
lemoader angst them.

Swift mustce balan motherhood
with her others dutieas leader.

Still too young
to leave the burrow,

The pups will stay home
with a trusted babysitter.

Today, that job falls to o
ne of swift's four eldest daugh,

Eplon.

This working mum can now lead
the rest of helyr fami out

To find food ...

She'll be back just before
sunset

To give the triplets
their bedtime milk.

Swift has set
the whiskers up

In some of the best
real estate around.

Their two square mile territory
hardly looks like a desert.

Unusuall ry highainfall
in this spot,

Encourages atsll sor of
delicacies to the surface.

But you've got to be quick andt
derous to caemtch th!

[munching]

Less than a mile from the ample
greenery of chez whiskers

Lies the smaller territory of
their nenearest ighbours...

...Hakuntaa mata.

It mnsea nieo worrs
but this family's got plenty.

Their drbly scruand stands in
stark contrast

To swift's bountiful paradise.

Finding nutritious meals
s in thidust bowl is hard work.

And compared with swift,
the lef ader othis family...

Is a rookie.

[scratching]

Three-year-old, flint lockwood,

Has been in charge of hakuna
matata for less than a year.

She too is descended
f fromlower,

As flint is the greatt-grea
grand-daughter

Of the kalahari's
favourite rose.

Withg a ganof ten,
mostly younger,

Siblings under her command,

This beginner
has her hands full.

Six weeks agnto, fli gave birth
er to h first litter as leader.

At[meerks chatter]

Her three girls and one boy
are pretty demanding...

...But this morning

She's got a more immediate
problem to deal with.

[alarm call]

Her partner finnick's
head-bobbing

Signals he's concerned
aboutht someing.

Until they know how serious
the problem is,

It's best to gather the pups
th togeer out of harm's way.

As the search team spreads out,

Flint's younger sister sencha
stumbles into trouble.

[barks]

A sand snake is not
the deadliedest prator

But it's enough to raise
an alarm...

[meerkat barks]

The word is out.

Flint's other sister, munchkin,

Steps up to tackle the problem
head on.

[barks]

But snake-mobbing is
best attempted

With a support team.

Tails up to make themselves look
bigger, they crowd the snake -

Heads bobbing an-cd spitalling
in an attempt to force it away.

Ar
[bks]

Outnumbereovd and erwhelmed,

The intruder turns tail
inand slks off.

Flint could do without
all this stress

First thing in the morning.

But at least everyone's safe
for now.

The differing fortunes of
flower's descendants

May simply be down to chance.

As the temperature rises,

Swift allows her now well-fed
family a welcome midday break.

[squeaks]

Supervising playtime
in the shade

Is her long-term partner and
father to all the kids, brea.

At ten years old,
he's knocking on a bit

Al hthoughe still likes to
join in the fun...

In a sedate kind of way.

Swift's partnership with brea
is full of affection

And has lasted longer than most.

Five glorious years together.

As everyone gets back to the
grubby business of bug-hunting,

Oldest son lakilac tes up
look-out duty.

Like young men the world over,

Lilac has been slow
to leave home.

But today the
sntoaggle-othed man child

Is ready to answer
the call of the wild'.

[funky music]

E whilno one's looking,

This would-be romeo sneaks off
in a diffeirrent dection.

Ros ving ithe destiny
of every young male.

It's the desert leequivant
of dating.

Fbut toind love in the dunes,
the inexperienced rover

Will have to venture
into enemy territory...

And if rival males catch him
there, he'll be dead meat.

Tronansiti desert dating doesn't
always end in disaster though.

It's how hakuna matata's leader
flint found her new man...

Or rather, he found her.

Social climber finnick
came looking for love'

From a rival family
a fehsw mont ago.

He spotted the vacancy
for dominant male,

Moved in, fathered flint's pups

And enhas be liberally s
wiping his scent gland

Over his new e patchver since.

Pups with finnick

Hapeve held secure flint's
position at the top

But they've also exposed
a weakness.

[squawking]

A successful family

Is a finely-tuned
childcare machine...

That runs omostlyn girl power.

Females without their own pups
caucn prode milk

To help feed other membershe
of t family.

But willing rswet nues
are in short supply.

Finnick can't help...
Even if he wanted to.

Nor shandy.

Luther couldn'att lacte
if his life dependited on .

D
anisrael's all man.

Gurke.

Sacre bleu.

Belphagor...

Man alive!
A it's desert boy's club.

Unke swift, flint doesn't have
an army of able daughters

R undeher control.

Her most senior deputy
is y soungerister munchkin.

But inmunchk's blossoming

Into the kind of kalahari
heart-stopper

That's catnip to roving males.

Ghand rit now, she's more
interested in boys

Than in looking after the kids.

With little in the way
of child support

And the constant pressure
to keep her family fed,

It's no wonder flint
is exhausted...

...And fractious.

And munchkin...

...Takes the brunt of it.

Watching flint's family from
afar iies rook rover, lilac.

He's reached enemy territory

But he's less interested
in the danger

And more attracted to the oasis
of romantic promise!

Thldis cou be his lucky day.

The charming ms. Munchkin...

...And her equally delight fl
sister sencha

Ght invite the attention
of an ambitious young rover.

But...Oh...
Wait...

A battalion of boys stanbeds
tween lilac and the ladies.

If they orck finni spot him
there'll be serious trouble.

Time to trydi
a fferent approach then.

Perhaps they've left a
babysitter at their .Burrow

But...The burrow is deserted.

Ah well, good things come
to he who waits.

Back at the whisker's burrow,

Epsilon would be the perfect
catch for veany ror.

[meerkat squawks]

.Although at the moment
she's got her hands full

Looking after her baby sisters.

While they explore
the wonders oof theutdoors,

She keeps a watchful eye out
tr for ouble.

But forsur hou of this
would test anyone's patience.

[m seerkatquawks]

Fortunately for epsilon,
help is at hand.

Her sisters pandi...

And crimson
have returne ed homearly

To hthelp wi the childcare.

It's a blessed relief.

[squeaks]

All this playing
is thirsty work.

Mum won't be back
for a few hours

So big sister crimson provides.

And when feeding time is o ver,
everyone can enjoy forty winks.

On flint's sidhee of t manor,
there's been no time to rest.

Afteffr a diicult day trying to
find enough food for everyone,

She's finally
taking her family home.

[loud squarks]

But their journey
is rudely inted.Rrupte

[lourkd squas]

The manor's
noisiest neighbours -

A pair of
ground-n pestinglovers -

Have got themselves
in quite a flap.

Oud squarks]

Ha the kuna matata clan

Has stumbled
onto their nesting site.

Theiinr cunngly camouflaged eggs

Would be a delicious afternoon
snack for the hungry clan...

If only they
could get to them...

...But the birds
aren't about to allow that.

[loud squarks]

Flint decides
it's not worth all the bother.

It's been quite a day of
unpleasant surprises

And she just wants to get home.

The commotion alerts
rover-in-waiting lilac

To the rival family's
immietnent rurn.

Ha the pless romeo makes his
escape while he still can.

Vi
rong is all about timing...

And lilackc's luy timing
may have just saved his life.

Finnick immediately
smells a rat!!!

He knows full well there's been
ruan intder at his burrow!

But lilac is alreadyos
crsielng safy back

Into whiskers territory.

[calm music]

As the sun begins
to set on the day,

Re the st of lilac's family
are making their way home too.

Swift leads the way.

After a long day
apart from her pups

She's keen to check on
their well-being.

She has no cause for concern.

R
heable and willing daughters

Have played their babysitting
roles perfectly.

Hachi, laika and fly

Have safely spent
their first day above ground.

[meerkatwks squa]

Pushy little hachi
wastes no time

Securing the first bedtime
feed from her mum.

As the african proverb goes -

It takes a village
to raise a child.

And the whiskers
are making a fine job of it.

Fe will be full of challenges

For the youngestrs membe
of the whiskers dynasty.

But nobody would
expect those challenges

To come quite so soon...

♪♪