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Narrator: AMONG THE DOMESTIC
ANIMALS OF THE EARTH,
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THE CAT HAS LONG BEEN
MAN'S FRIEND AND COMPANION.
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THE ASSOCIATION
IS AN OLD AND HONORED ONE,
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REFLECTED IN THE ART
OF ANCIENT CULTURES
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AND THE SYMBOLS OF
LONG-FORGOTTEN DYNASTIES.
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YET FOR ALL ITS TIME
IN CIVILIZED CIRCLES,
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THE CAT HAS NEVER COMPLETELY
GIVEN UP ITS WILDERNESS WAYS.
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GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY,
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THE TAME CAT
WILL INEVITABLY REVERT TO TYPE
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AND BECOME AGAIN
THE STEALTHY HUNTER.
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THOUGH IT MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE OLD TECHNIQUES
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FROM LACK OF PRACTICE,
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ITS NATURAL INSTINCTS
REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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AND FOR THE DOMESTIC CAT,
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THERE'S ALWAYS HUMAN
HOSPITALITY TO FALL BACK ON
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IN CASE OF FAILURE.
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FOR ITS WILD COUSINS,
HOWEVER,
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THERE'S NO BOWL OF MILK
AT THE END OF THE TRAIL.
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OUT OF NECESSITY,
THE CATS OF THE WILDERNESS
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MUST FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
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THUS, THEIR TALENTS AS HUNTERS
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ARE SHARPENED
TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
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AND ON THIS COMMON GROUND,
ALL CATS ARE ALIKE.
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THE TIGER, FOR ONE,
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IS MERELY THE TABBY CAT
DRAWN LARGER THAN LIFE.
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IT MOVES WITH THE SAME GRACE
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AND HUNTS ITS PREY WITH
THE SAME CALCULATED CUNNING.
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IT'S PERHAPS BECAUSE HE HAS
NEVER DOMINATED THIS SPECIES
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THAT MAN HAS ALWAYS REGARDED
THE CATS
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WITH ADMIRATION AND RESPECT.
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FOR AS LONG AS HUMAN HISTORY
HAS BEEN RECORDED,
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HE HAS HONORED THE GREATEST
OF CATS, THE LION.
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IN THE CULTURE OF EVERY
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION,
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THIS ANIMAL HAS SERVED AS
A SYMBOL OF ROYALTY AND POWER.
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IN THE REALM OF NATURE,
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THE LIVING LION WALKS
IN LORDLY SPLENDOR,
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A TRUE KING OF BEASTS.
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ALMOST ANY OF THE GREAT CATS
COULD WEAR THE LION'S CROWN,
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FOR ALL ARE NOTED
FOR THEIR COURAGE,
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THEIR INTELLIGENCE,
AND THEIR POWER.
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IN ALL THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,
THERE EXIST NO BETTER HUNTERS.
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AS A STALKER OF PREY,
THE CHEETAH IS WITHOUT PEER.
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IN ANCIENT EGYPT,
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THIS BEAST WAS ACTUALLY TRAINED
FOR THE HUNT.
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THE CHEETAH
IS A DOCILE CREATURE.
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IN FACT, IT COULD ALMOST
BE TAKEN FOR A DOG
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AND, LIKE THE GREYHOUND
IT RESEMBLES,
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LITERALLY RUNS ITS QUARRY
TO EARTH.
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AT THE MOMENT OF THE KILL,
HOWEVER,
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THE CHEETAH
BECOMES COMPLETELY THE CAT
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AND COULD NEVER BE MISTAKEN
FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
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THE LEOPARD IS ANOTHER
TO BE RECKONED WITH.
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HERE IS A KILLER
BOTH WANTON AND RUTHLESS --
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THE EXECUTIONER
OF THE AFRICAN PLAIN.
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THE GREAT CATS OF THE WORLD
ARE A POWERFUL FORCE IN NATURE.
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IT WOULD SEEM TO BE
THEIR FUNCTION
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TO PURGE ALL OTHER SPECIES
OF WEAKLINGS,
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AND IN SUCH A ROLE, THEY'RE
KNOWN ON EVERY CONTINENT.
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IN NORTH AMERICA,
THE RULING MEMBER OF THE TRIBE
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IS THE COUGAR,
OR MOUNTAIN LION.
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HERE IS A HUNTER WITH A PRICE
ON HIS HEAD.
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ELUSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS
IN HIS HABITS,
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THE COUGAR LIVES BY HIS WITS
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AND SOMEHOW SURVIVES
JUST BECAUSE HE IS A CAT --
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SELF-RELIANT, RESOURCEFUL,
AND CLEVER.
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BUT OF ALL THESE STALKERS
OF PREY,
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THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE
IS THE CAT OF SOUTH AMERICA --
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THE JAGUAR.
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THIS IS THE JUNGLE CAT.
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HERE IS THE QUINTESSENCE
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OF ALL THAT GOES
TO MAKE UP A TRUE CAT.
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FOR GRACE AND BEAUTY,
FOR PERSEVERANCE AND POWER,
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THE JAGUAR WILL HOLD ITS OWN
WITH ALL OTHERS OF ITS KIND.
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[ INSECTS, BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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THE JUNGLE CAT LIVES DEEP
IN THE RAIN FORESTS OF BRAZIL.
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IT ROAMS THE VAST
AMAZON BASIN,
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HALF A CONTINENT COVERED
WITH TANGLED VEGETATION.
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ITS SECRET DOMAIN IS THE SCENE
OF OUR TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE,
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AND ITS PREDATORY HABITS --
OUR THEME.
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FOR THIS IS THE STORY
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OF THE GREATEST HUNTER
OF THEM ALL.
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[ CHIRPING CONTINUES ]
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[ CHATTERING ]
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[ GROWLING ]
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[ CHATTERING CONTINUES ]
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THOUGH THE TREETOP RESIDENTS
ARE RELATIVELY SAFE,
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THE CREATURES LIVING
ON THE FOREST FLOOR
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MUST KEEP FOREVER ON THE ALERT.
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AMONG THESE, THE TINY RODENTS
CALLED THE PACAS
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TEND TO SUFFER
THE GREATEST LOSSES.
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THEIR NUMBER IS ALMOST
CONSTANTLY DWINDLING,
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FOR IN THE VERY NATURE
OF THINGS HERE,
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THE PACA IS TO THE JAGUAR
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WHAT THE ORDINARY MOUSE
IS TO THE ORDINARY CAT --
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FAIR GAME ALWAYS.
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[ SCREECHES ]
WITH EVERY KILL
THE JAGUAR MAKES,
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THE MONKEYS CALL HER NAMES...
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FROM A SAFE DISTANCE,
NATURALLY.
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AND THE MACAWS HURL DOWN
THEIR OWN KIND OF EPITHETS.
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[ MACAW CHATTERING ]
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BUT THE GREAT CAT GOES ABOUT
HER DEADLY BUSINESS
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UNMOVED AND UNDISTURBED.
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HERS IS A CAREER
OF ASSASSINATION,
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AND SHE MAKES NO PRETENSE
THAT IT SHOULD BE OTHERWISE.
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THE JAGUARS LIVE IN
THE LARGEST JUNGLE ON EARTH.
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IT IS IMPASSABLE
AND IMPENETRABLE --
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A NATURAL BARRIER TO MAN
AND ALL HIS WORKS.
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AND SO IT REMAINS
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THE JUNGLE CAT'S
EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN.
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APPROXIMATELY 300,000 SPECIES
OF PLANTS GROW HERE,
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MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER LOCALE.
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RAIN FALLS NEARLY EVERY DAY
OF THE YEAR.
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IN FACT, IT'S MEASURED
IN FEET RATHER THAN INCHES.
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AND THIS ACCOUNTS
FOR THE LUXURIANCE
OF THE VEGETATION.
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THIS IS A TRUE RAIN FOREST.
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ITS PECULIAR CHARACTERISTIC
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IS THAT EVERYTHING GROWS
TO EXTRAORDINARY SIZE.
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THE PALM TREES SHOOT UP
HUNDREDS OF FEET INTO THE AIR,
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TOWERING ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
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PLANTS THAT ARE
TECHNICALLY VIOLETS
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GROW LARGE AS APPLE TREES.
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AND A SPECIES OF ROSE
ATTAINS A HEIGHT OF 150 FEET.
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THE VINES ARE
AS THICK AS TREE TRUNKS,
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AND THE WILDFLOWERS
SPRINGING UP ON EVERY SIDE
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ARE OVERSIZED ORCHIDS.
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IN THIS NATURAL HOTHOUSE,
THEY APPEAR EVERYWHERE --
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AN ENDLESS PROFUSION
OF EXOTIC SHAPES AND COLORS.
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IN QUIET BAYOUS, THE LILY PADS
GROW BIG AS TABLETOPS,
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COVERING THE WATERS
WITH A STRANGE GREEN FLOOR.
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THIS IS A LAND
CRISSCROSSED WITH THOUSANDS
OF NAMELESS STREAMS.
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ALMOST HIDDEN BY
THE OVERHANGING FOLIAGE,
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THEY GO THEIR WAY
UNEXPLORED, UNKNOWN,
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AND UNRECORDED ON ANY MAP.
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ONLY THOSE THAT CAN QUALIFY
AS MAJOR RIVERS
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ENJOY THE DISTINCTION
OF A NAME.
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AND SOME,
LIKE THE IGUAçú RIVER,
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CREATE SPECTACULAR WATERFALLS.
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THESE ARE THE CATARACTS
OF THE IGUAçú
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ON THE BORDER BETWEEN
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA.
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ITS PANORAMA IS WORLD-FAMED
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AND ON A SCALE
TO MATCH ANY ON EARTH.
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ON APPROACHING A BRINK
OF THE CHASM,
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THESE WATERS PLUNGE 200 FEET
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INTO THE MIST-FILLED GORGE
BELOW.
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THE IGUAçú GOES ITS WAY
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INDEPENDENT OF THE MAIN SYSTEM
OF STREAMS,
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BUT MOST OTHER BRAZILIAN RIVERS
FORM A VAST NETWORK
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THAT DRAINS THE HEART
OF THE JUNGLE CAT'S DOMAIN.
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TRIBUTARIES LIKE THE MADEIRA,
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THE TAPAJOS, THE XINGU,
THE BRANCO
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ALL COMBINE THEIR CURRENTS
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TO CREATE THE MIGHTIEST RIVER
OF ALL -- THE AMAZON.
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WHERE THE RíO NEGRO
JOINS THE AMAZON,
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THE TWO RIVERS REMAIN
IN SUSPENDED DEADLOCK
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FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE
DOWNSTREAM.
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SO POWERFUL
IS THE AMAZON'S FLOW,
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SO THICK IS THE INCOMING SILT
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THAT THE TWO CURRENTS
WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY BLEND.
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4,000 MILES IN LENGTH
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AND SOME 200 MILES WIDE
AT ITS MOUTH,
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THE AMAZON CARRIES MORE WATER
TO THE SEA
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THAN ANY OTHER RIVER
IN THE WORLD.
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AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR,
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IT ALSO OVERRUNS THE LAND
AND CREATES A SCENE OF FLOOD
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REACHING AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
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ALONG THE AMAZON'S COURSE,
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THERE IS A TEEMING
AND COLORFUL VARIETY OF LIFE --
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MAMMALS AND BIRDS AND REPTILES
AMONG THE STRANGEST IN NATURE.
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THIS BEING THE JUNGLE,
MONKEYS ARE EVERYWHERE.
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INDEED, IT WOULD HARDLY SEEM
A JUNGLE WITHOUT THEM.
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BUT IN ADDITION TO THESE,
THERE ARE GIANT-SIZED LIZARDS
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THAT SEEM A THROWBACK
TO A PREHISTORIC PAST.
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THEN THERE ARE THE WEIRD BIRDS,
CREATURES OUT OF A FANTASY...
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SUCH IS THE TOUCAN,
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WHOSE BILL RESEMBLES THE CLAWS
OF AN OVERSIZED LOBSTER --
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STRANGE EQUIPMENT INDEED FOR
THE DAINTY FRUITS HE FAVORS.
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THIS JUNGLE LOCALE
TEEMS WITH PARROTS
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TO THE NUMBER
OF 100 DIFFERENT SPECIES.
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MOST OF THEM DRESS
IN SHADES OF GREEN,
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PREFERRING TO BLEND
WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
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[ PARROTS CHATTERING ]
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BUT HERE ARE BIRDS
OF QUITE A DIFFERENT FEATHER.
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THESE ARE THE MACAWS,
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CLOTHES-CONSCIOUS COUSINS
OF THE PARROTS,
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WHO LIKE TO STAND OUT
IN ALL THEIR FLAMBOYANT BEAUTY.
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PERHAPS THE MOST BRILLIANT
PLUMAGE OF ALL
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BELONGS TO THE IBIS FAMILY.
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THESE ARE THE SCARLET IBIS,
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DEBONAIR MEMBERS
OF THE STORK CLAN.
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THEY FEED
IN UNDISTURBED SOLITUDE
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ALONG THESE HIDDEN BACKWATERS.
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THE RIVER SWARMS WITH FISH
AND THE CATCHERS OF FISH,
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BUT NONE SO UNORTHODOX
AS THE SKIMMER.
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THIS BIRD'S APPROACH
TO THE PROBLEM
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IS INDEED A STRANGE ONE.
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HE HOPES TO MAKE A CATCH
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WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING DOWN
ON THE SURFACE.
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THERE ARE JUST TWO THINGS
HE MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT --
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SUBMERGED LOGS
AND SUBMERGED CROCODILES.
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THE SOUTH AMERICAN VERSION
OF THE CROCODILE
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IS CALLED THE JACARE,
OR SOMETIMES THE CAIMAN.
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IT'S A DISTINCT SPECIES
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PECULIAR TO THIS PART
OF THE WORLD.
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BUT IT REMAINS
A TYPICAL CROCODILE
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IN ITS VORACIOUS HABIT
OF EATING ALMOST ANYTHING.
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SOMETIMES,
BIRD AND REPTILE
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MINGLE IN RATHER
STARTLING PROXIMITY.
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EACH SEEMS TO KNOW THE LIMIT
OF THE OTHER'S ABILITIES
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AND JUST HOW FAR TO GO
WITH THE LAWS OF CHANCE.
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THE WISER AMONG THE EGRETS,
HOWEVER,
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WILL RETURN TO ITS OWN ELEMENT
AND TAKE ITSELF ELSEWHERE
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WHEN JACARES ARE KNOWN
TO BE AROUND.
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THE PANIC OF A SINGLE BIRD
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00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,433
WILL SOMETIMES SET OFF
A CHAIN REACTION,
216
00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:02,002
FOR NONE CAN TELL
217
00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:04,237
WHEN THE JACARE
WILL BID FOR ITS VICTIM.
218
00:15:09,509 --> 00:15:11,578
WHEN THE FLAMINGOS
TAKE TO THE SKY,
219
00:15:11,611 --> 00:15:13,246
THE RESULTING PANORAMA
220
00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,016
CAN BE CURIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL
AND IMPRESSIVE.
221
00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:24,724
THIS, THEN, IS THE WORLD
OF THE JUNGLE CAT.
222
00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:27,727
IN A WAY, IT'S A PRIMEVAL
GARDEN OF EDEN,
223
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,696
COMPLETE WITH SERPENT.
224
00:15:38,238 --> 00:15:40,640
IT'S A STRANGE
AND EERIE WORLD --
225
00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:42,342
A WORLD OF PARADOX --
226
00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:45,512
WHERE PLENTY PREVAILS
YET HUNGER STALKS.
227
00:15:54,054 --> 00:15:55,755
HERE, LIFE IS HECTIC,
228
00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:59,626
FIERCELY COMPETITIVE,
EXCITING, AND GRIM.
229
00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:02,495
FOR THIS, WE MUST REMEMBER,
IS THE JUNGLE --
230
00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:04,631
RAW AND UNTAMED,
231
00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:08,435
WHERE ALL ARE RULED
BY THE LAW OF FANG AND CLAW.
232
00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:14,707
LIKE ALL THE CATS, JAGUARS
ARE ALOOF AND INDEPENDENT
233
00:16:14,741 --> 00:16:17,377
AND GENERALLY PREFER
TO TRAVEL ALONE.
234
00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:19,279
AND SINCE THEY ARE NOMADS
BY HABIT,
235
00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,214
THEIR ROAMING
OFTEN TAKES THEM
236
00:16:21,248 --> 00:16:24,117
OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED
SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY.
237
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,488
IN THE COURSE OF THEIR PATROLS,
238
00:16:28,521 --> 00:16:31,224
THEY COME TO ADOPT A CERTAIN
HUNTING GROUND AS THEIR OWN
239
00:16:31,258 --> 00:16:34,561
AND BITTERLY RESENT
THE INTRUSION OF OTHER JAGUARS.
240
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:39,099
AND SO WHEN AN ACCIDENTAL
MEETING OCCURS
241
00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:42,102
WITHOUT PROPER INTRODUCTION AND
PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS,
242
00:16:42,135 --> 00:16:44,104
THERE'S SURE TO BE A FIGHT.
243
00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:48,541
[ BOTH ROARING, SNARLING ]
244
00:16:58,151 --> 00:16:59,752
A BATTLE BETWEEN THESE CATS,
245
00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:02,155
EACH WEIGHING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200 POUNDS,
246
00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:04,591
IS A SAVAGE AND VICIOUS AFFAIR.
247
00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:08,027
[ ROARING, SNARLING CONTINUE ]
248
00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:58,478
HAVING DISPOSED OF HER ENEMY,
249
00:17:58,511 --> 00:18:00,280
THE JUNGLE CAT
TAKES A MOMENT'S REST.
250
00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:02,382
IT WAS A LIVELY TUSSLE
WHILE IT LASTED,
251
00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,651
BUT, FORTUNATELY,
SHE'S MANAGED TO GET THROUGH
252
00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,686
WITHOUT PERMANENT DAMAGE.
253
00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:13,126
SUDDENLY,
A THIRD JAGUAR APPEARS.
254
00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,128
YES, THIS IS A JAGUAR,
255
00:18:15,162 --> 00:18:18,331
EVEN THOUGH ITS COAT
IS AS DARK AS THE JUNGLE NIGHT.
256
00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:21,401
UNUSUAL AS HE MAY APPEAR,
257
00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:24,637
A BLACK SPECIMEN SUCH AS THIS
IS NOT ACTUALLY RARE.
258
00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,406
IF HE'S UNCOMMON AT ALL,
259
00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:28,408
IT'S IN THE FACT THAT
HE'S UNCOMMONLY HANDSOME.
260
00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:33,446
THIS FELLOW IS A HUGE MALE,
AND TO JUDGE FROM HIS ATTITUDE,
261
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,516
HE COULD WELL BE THE ONE
TO TAKE OVER THIS TERRITORY.
262
00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:41,588
275 POUNDS OF FIGHTING TRIM.
263
00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:43,723
[ BOTH GROWLING, SNARLING ]
264
00:18:43,756 --> 00:18:45,425
THIS TIME IT APPEARS
265
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,560
THE JUNGLE'S MISTRESS
MAY HAVE MET HER MATCH.
266
00:18:58,238 --> 00:18:59,939
BUT AS THE BATTLE PROGRESSES,
267
00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:02,509
THE ATTITUDE OF THE
BELLIGERENTS BEGINS TO CHANGE.
268
00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:03,776
IN A MOMENT,
269
00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:06,446
IT'S CLEAR THAT WHAT BEGAN
AS AN ALL-OUT ARGUMENT
270
00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:09,216
HAS TURNED INTO
A ROMANTIC LOVE SPAT.
271
00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:15,788
IT SEEMS THESE TWO AREN'T MAD
AT EACH OTHER AT ALL.
272
00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:18,291
THIS IS A SORT OF
ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE COURTSHIP,
273
00:19:18,325 --> 00:19:20,693
THE KIND THAT CATS THRIVE ON.
274
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:43,676
AND SO, EACH WOOED AND WON
IN THE PROPER JUNGLE FASHION,
275
00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:46,979
THE HANDSOME PAIR AGREES TO
TRAVEL THROUGH LIFE TOGETHER.
276
00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:57,424
TIME HAS PASSED --
100 DAYS, TO BE EXACT.
277
00:20:57,457 --> 00:20:59,892
AND NOW OUR JUNGLE MISTRESS
FINDS HERSELF A MOTHER
278
00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:01,861
WITH A FAMILY TO CARE FOR.
279
00:21:06,333 --> 00:21:08,801
THE TWO KITTENS ARE SMALL
IMAGES OF THEIR PARENTS --
280
00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:10,670
ONE RESEMBLING ITS FATHER
281
00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:12,805
AND THE OTHER AN IDENTICAL
REPRODUCTION OF ITS MOTHER
282
00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:14,507
IN MINIATURE.
283
00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:39,366
ALTHOUGH THE JUNGLE WAY CAN BE
INCREDIBLY HARSH AT TIMES,
284
00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:42,569
THERE ARE THESE MOMENTS
WHEN LIFE HAS ITS LIGHTER SIDE.
285
00:21:42,602 --> 00:21:44,437
AND ON OCCASIONS SUCH AS THIS,
286
00:21:44,471 --> 00:21:46,873
THE JUNGLE CAT
IS CAPABLE OF GENTLENESS
287
00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:48,908
AND UNENDING PATIENCE.
288
00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:53,946
NOW SHE'S COMPANION,
PROTECTOR, AND TEACHER,
289
00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:56,449
DEDICATED TO THE WELFARE
OF HER YOUNG.
290
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,963
FROM THE BEGINNING,
THE JAGUAR KITTEN IS ALL CAT,
291
00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:14,801
VERY EARLY DISPLAYING THE
CURIOSITY THAT MARKS HIS KIND.
292
00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:18,638
HE'S SUREFOOTED, TOO,
293
00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:21,374
OR TRIES TO BE TO THE BEST
OF HIS ABILITY,
294
00:22:21,408 --> 00:22:24,477
AND RATHER ABHORS THE IDEA
OF FALLING INTO THE CREEK.
295
00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:30,450
HE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET,
BUT HE'S GOING TO HAVE
TO GET USED TO WATER,
296
00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:32,685
FOR, SOONER OR LATER,
EVERY CREATURE OF THE JUNGLE
297
00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:34,387
MUST LEARN TO SWIM.
298
00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:55,107
UNLIKE MOST CATS, THE JAGUARS
DON'T MIND THE WATER --
299
00:22:55,141 --> 00:22:56,876
IN FACT,
ALMOST SEEM TO ENJOY IT.
300
00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:58,711
AND THE MOTHER CAT IS ANXIOUS
301
00:22:58,745 --> 00:23:01,681
THAT HER YOUNGSTERS
LEARN TO LIKE IT EARLY.
302
00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:03,616
AND SO SHE SPENDS MANY
PLEASANT HOURS WITH THEM
303
00:23:03,650 --> 00:23:05,117
AT THE SWIMMING HOLE.
304
00:23:46,726 --> 00:23:48,595
THESE HIDDEN STREAMS
ARE THE PLAYGROUND
305
00:23:48,628 --> 00:23:50,463
OF MANY A JUNGLE RESIDENT,
306
00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:52,599
BUT NONE SEEMS TO GET
QUITE AS MUCH KICK OUT OF LIFE
307
00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:53,966
AS THIS CAREFREE CREATURE.
308
00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:58,170
THIS IS
THE SOUTH AMERICAN OTTER.
309
00:23:58,204 --> 00:24:01,674
HE CRUISES THESE MYSTERIOUS
BACKWATERS SEEKING ADVENTURE,
310
00:24:01,708 --> 00:24:03,109
TAKING AN OCCASIONAL FISH,
311
00:24:03,142 --> 00:24:05,478
GOING OUT OF HIS WAY
TO HAVE FUN.
312
00:24:07,747 --> 00:24:10,550
AN OTTER IS AN OTTER
NO MATTER WHERE YOU FIND HIM.
313
00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:12,985
AND TRUE TO TYPE,
THIS ONE LOVES TO PLAY.
314
00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:15,121
IT DOESN'T MUCH MATTER
WITH WHOM.
315
00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:19,892
HE'LL EVEN HECKLE SUCH STOLID
FELLOWS AS THE CAPYBARA.
316
00:24:23,696 --> 00:24:25,732
IN GENERAL DISPOSITION,
317
00:24:25,765 --> 00:24:28,868
THE CAPYBARA
IS THE OTTER'S EXACT OPPOSITE.
318
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:31,671
AS A PLAYMATE, HE'S PRETTY MUCH
A STICK-IN-THE-MUD --
319
00:24:31,704 --> 00:24:35,642
SOBER, SLOW-MOVING,
AND QUITE WITHOUT IMAGINATION.
320
00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:37,243
HE'S THE WORLD'S
LARGEST RODENT,
321
00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,045
A COUSIN OF
THE NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER,
322
00:24:39,078 --> 00:24:40,847
BUT WITHOUT ANY
OF THE BEAVER'S TALENT
323
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,149
AS A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER.
324
00:24:43,182 --> 00:24:46,285
TO THE CAPYBARA,
PLAY MEANS GOING OFF BY HIMSELF
325
00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:48,888
AND QUIETLY MUNCHING
WATER PLANTS.
326
00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:57,730
AN OTTER MUST WORK OFF HIS
SUPERCHARGED ENERGY SOMEHOW,
327
00:24:57,764 --> 00:25:01,133
AND, IF NECESSARY, HE'LL INVENT
GAMES HE CAN PLAY BY HIMSELF.
328
00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:04,070
FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A SORT
OF "HE WENT THATAWAY" AFFAIR
329
00:25:04,103 --> 00:25:06,639
THAT INVOLVES
CHASING HIS OWN TAIL.
330
00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:22,955
IF HE CAN FIND A JUNGLE VINE
HANGING LOW OVER THE WATER,
331
00:25:22,989 --> 00:25:24,691
HE MAKES UP A TRAPEZE ROUTINE
332
00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:26,759
THAT CAN GO ON
FOR AN ENTIRE MORNING.
333
00:25:41,808 --> 00:25:44,243
[ LOW RUMBLING ]
334
00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:47,647
SUDDENLY, HE'S INTERRUPTED
BY A STRANGE SOUND.
335
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,883
IT SEEMS TO BE COMING
FROM SOME KING-SIZED FISH
336
00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:53,285
WITH A CASE
OF KING-SIZED HICCUPS.
337
00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:55,054
[ RUMBLING CONTINUES ]
338
00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:58,725
THESE ARE AN AIR-GULPING
SPECIES CALLED THE PIRARUCU.
339
00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,594
THEY SWALLOW AIR PERIODICALLY
340
00:26:01,628 --> 00:26:03,630
AND EXPEL IT THROUGH
THEIR GILLS,
341
00:26:03,663 --> 00:26:07,133
AND THEIR BELCHING CAN BE HEARD
FOR ALMOST A MILE.
342
00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,070
HERE'S SOMETHING
TO AMUSE A BORED OTTER --
343
00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:13,239
A BURPING FISH.
344
00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:15,241
AN OLD HAND
AT PURSUING FISHES,
345
00:26:15,274 --> 00:26:18,144
HE'S INTRIGUED
JUST ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
346
00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:19,746
HE DISCOVERS, HOWEVER,
347
00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:21,848
THAT THESE ARE
TWICE AS BIG AS HE IS.
348
00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:26,619
THE PIRARUCU ARE RELATED
TO THE SALMON AND THE HERRING,
349
00:26:26,653 --> 00:26:29,155
AND THEY GROW TO SIX
AND SEVEN FEET IN LENGTH.
350
00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:32,091
SOMETIMES AS A RESULT
OF THE FLOODS,
351
00:26:32,124 --> 00:26:34,226
THEY GET TRAPPED
IN THESE LANDLOCKED POOLS
352
00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,763
AND FIND THEIR SWIMMING SPACE
RATHER CRAMPED,
353
00:26:36,796 --> 00:26:39,732
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY MUST SHARE
IT WITH A MISCHIEVOUS OTTER.
354
00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:16,669
NOW THERE COMES ON THE SCENE
A TRUE FANCIER OF FRESH FISH,
355
00:27:16,703 --> 00:27:18,204
AND HE MAY JUST BE BIG ENOUGH
356
00:27:18,237 --> 00:27:20,873
TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THESE MONSTERS.
357
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:34,020
FIRST HE TRIES
THE STANDARD APPROACH --
358
00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:37,123
POKING AT THEM WITH HIS PAW,
LOOKING FOR ALL THE WORLD
359
00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:40,326
LIKE AN OVERSIZED KITTEN
BESIDE A GOLDFISH POND.
360
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:48,267
BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY OUT
TO CATCH A FISH,
361
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:51,203
YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED
TO...CATCH IT.
362
00:28:14,193 --> 00:28:17,764
SEVEN-FOOT FISH
VERSUS EIGHT-FOOT JAGUAR.
363
00:28:17,797 --> 00:28:20,232
FOR A WHILE,
IT'S ALMOST AN EVEN TUSSLE.
364
00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:27,106
WHATEVER THE PRIZE --
FISH, FOUL, OR FLESH --
365
00:28:27,139 --> 00:28:29,175
THE JAGUAR'S NOT ONE
TO GIVE UP.
366
00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:33,712
HE PURSUES AND PURSUES
AND, ABOVE ALL, PERSISTS.
367
00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,242
AND SO IN THE END,
368
00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:05,277
THE EXHAUSTED PIRARUCU
IS OVERPOWERED
369
00:29:05,311 --> 00:29:09,215
TO BECOME A FINE FISH DINNER
FOR THE JUNGLE CAT'S FAMILY.
370
00:29:16,522 --> 00:29:18,991
AS THE DAYS GO BY
IN LAZY SUCCESSION,
371
00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:21,527
THE JUNIOR JUNGLE CATS
GROW A LITTLE BOLDER,
372
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,495
A LITTLE MORE INDEPENDENT,
373
00:29:23,529 --> 00:29:27,166
AND SOON THEY'RE READY TO DO
A LITTLE HUNTING ON THEIR OWN.
374
00:29:27,199 --> 00:29:30,837
BY NOW, THEY'VE BEEN WEANED
AND ARE READY FOR A MEAT DIET.
375
00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:37,043
THESE KITTENS TAKE TO
THE ART OF THE CHASE NATURALLY.
376
00:29:37,076 --> 00:29:40,379
IT ALL COMES INSTINCTIVELY,
FOR WITH THESE LITTLE FELLOWS,
377
00:29:40,412 --> 00:29:42,414
HUNTING IS IN THE BLOOD.
378
00:29:48,988 --> 00:29:50,489
AS WITH ALL CATS,
379
00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:52,825
BIRDS SEEM TO HAVE
A STRANGE FASCINATION FOR THEM,
380
00:29:52,859 --> 00:29:55,928
ESPECIALLY THESE GAILY COLORED
BIRDS OF THE JUNGLE.
381
00:30:11,978 --> 00:30:14,480
WHEN THEY DISCOVER
A FLOCK OF PARAKEETS,
382
00:30:14,513 --> 00:30:16,582
THEY FIGURE
THEY'VE STRUCK IT RICH.
383
00:30:16,615 --> 00:30:19,418
WITH ALL THESE TO TRY FOR,
THEY CAN HARDLY MISS.
384
00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,453
[ PARAKEETS CHATTERING ]
385
00:30:22,955 --> 00:30:25,457
BUT THE LEADER
OF THE EXPEDITION
COMMITS A SLIGHT ERROR.
386
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:26,859
[ MEOWS ]
387
00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:35,201
WELL, MISTAKE NUMBER ONE.
388
00:30:35,234 --> 00:30:37,203
BUT THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN,
APPARENTLY,
389
00:30:37,236 --> 00:30:39,038
AND SO THEY PUSH ON.
390
00:30:48,147 --> 00:30:50,282
HERE'S A LITTLE FELLOW
ABOUT THEIR OWN AGE
391
00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:53,085
AND APPARENTLY AS NEW
TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.
392
00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:54,653
FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS,
393
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,923
HE'S TRYING TO MAKE
HIS FIRST MISTAKE, TOO.
394
00:30:56,956 --> 00:30:59,058
IF HE LETS GO NOW,
THE KITTENS BELOW
395
00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:02,328
ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO CATCH HIM
ON THE FIRST BOUNCE.
396
00:31:19,145 --> 00:31:23,049
FINALLY, MOTHER ARRIVES,
AND NOT A SECOND TOO SOON.
397
00:31:23,082 --> 00:31:24,516
IN FACT, IN HER EXCITEMENT,
398
00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:27,253
SHE ALMOST DROPS
THE BABY HERSELF.
399
00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:37,229
THIS BUSINESS
OF CATCHING SOMETHING
400
00:31:37,263 --> 00:31:39,065
TURNS OUT TO BE HARDER
THAN THEY THOUGHT.
401
00:31:39,098 --> 00:31:42,068
ALREADY, THEIR FEET HURT.
THEY'RE HOT AND TIRED.
402
00:31:42,101 --> 00:31:44,336
AND, FINALLY, THEY DECIDE
TO LEAVE IT ALL TO FATHER.
403
00:31:44,370 --> 00:31:45,972
THEY'LL REST AWHILE
404
00:31:46,005 --> 00:31:47,673
AND LET HIM BRING
SOMETHING HOME LATER.
405
00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,412
NOW THAT THERE'S
A FAMILY TO SUPPORT,
406
00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:56,348
THE PARENTS HUNT AS A TEAM.
407
00:31:56,382 --> 00:31:58,217
IF ONE JAGUAR IS DEADLY,
408
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:02,054
IT NATURALLY FOLLOWS THAT
TWO CAN BE QUITE DISASTROUS.
409
00:32:05,357 --> 00:32:07,093
THEIR FAVORITE PREY,
410
00:32:07,126 --> 00:32:08,961
THE CREATURE THEY'RE ALMOST
CONSTANTLY SEEKING,
411
00:32:08,995 --> 00:32:11,397
IS THIS ANIMAL
CALLED THE TAPIR.
412
00:32:13,699 --> 00:32:16,302
THE TAPIR IS A RELATIVE
OF THE RHINOCEROS
413
00:32:16,335 --> 00:32:18,637
AND A DISTANT COUSIN
OF THE HORSE.
414
00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:20,472
FROM THE LOOKS OF THAT SNOUT,
415
00:32:20,506 --> 00:32:22,341
HE COULD EVEN HAVE A BIT
OF ELEPHANT MIXED IN
416
00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:24,210
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
417
00:32:25,644 --> 00:32:28,680
HE'S THE COMPLETE VEGETARIAN
AND PERFECTLY HARMLESS.
418
00:32:28,714 --> 00:32:31,984
BUT IT'S JUST BECAUSE HE DOES
FEED WELL AND GROWS FAT
419
00:32:32,018 --> 00:32:34,686
THAT HE'S SUCH A TEMPTATION
TO THE JUNGLE CATS.
420
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,503
FULL-GROWN, HE'S ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A SMALL DONKEY,
421
00:32:51,537 --> 00:32:54,040
WEIGHING FROM 500
TO 700 POUNDS.
422
00:32:54,073 --> 00:32:55,607
AND TO THE CAT FAMILY,
423
00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:58,744
HE REPRESENTS A FEAST
THAT MAY WELL LAST A WEEK.
424
00:33:02,581 --> 00:33:04,583
THE TAPIRS SPEND
CONSIDERABLE TIME
425
00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:07,453
KEEPING COOL
IN THEIR FAVORITE WATER HOLES.
426
00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:16,362
KNOWING THIS, THE JAGUARS
MAKE A DAILY CHECK
427
00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:18,364
ON THESE HIDDEN HAUNTS.
428
00:33:46,125 --> 00:33:49,495
WELL, IT WAS A GOOD TRY,
BUT NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH.
429
00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:53,232
FOR ONCE, THE JUNGLE CATS
MUST GO HUNGRY.
430
00:33:54,633 --> 00:33:57,103
BUT MAYBE THEY WON'T STARVE
AFTER ALL.
431
00:33:57,136 --> 00:33:59,305
HERE COMES A PORK CHOP
ON THE HOOF.
432
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:05,177
THIS IS THE COLORED PECCARY,
THE WILD PIG OF THE JUNGLE.
433
00:34:05,211 --> 00:34:07,446
HE'S AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS ANIMAL.
434
00:34:07,479 --> 00:34:10,116
INDEED, THIS FELLOW
MAY TAKE SOME HANDLING.
435
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:11,650
BUT TO THE JUNGLE CATS,
436
00:34:11,683 --> 00:34:14,686
A LITTLE RISK SIMPLY ADDS
ZEST TO THE GAME.
437
00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:35,073
[ SQUEALING ][ GROWLING ]
438
00:34:53,192 --> 00:34:55,461
IT'S GOING TO TAKE STRATEGY
AND A BIT OF TEAMWORK
439
00:34:55,494 --> 00:34:57,396
TO DOWN THIS FELLOW.
440
00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,631
THE FEMALE
STARTS THE KEY MANEUVER
441
00:34:59,665 --> 00:35:02,468
BY DRAWING THE PIG'S ATTENTION
TO HERSELF.
442
00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:07,373
THIS ALLOWS HER PARTNER
TO STRIKE FROM BEHIND
443
00:35:07,406 --> 00:35:09,141
AND FINALLY MAKE THE KILL.
444
00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:20,519
IT'S MORE AND MORE APPARENT
445
00:35:20,552 --> 00:35:22,254
THAT THE SAFEST PLACE
IN THE JUNGLE
446
00:35:22,288 --> 00:35:23,922
IS UP IN THE TREES.
447
00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:26,392
INDEED, IF ALL SPECIES
LIVED ON THE GROUND,
448
00:35:26,425 --> 00:35:27,893
WITHIN REACH
OF THE JUNGLE CATS,
449
00:35:27,926 --> 00:35:30,529
THERE WOULD SOON BE NONE LEFT.
450
00:35:30,562 --> 00:35:32,464
TO COUNTERACT THIS THREAT,
451
00:35:32,498 --> 00:35:35,501
THE OTHER CREATURES EVOLVE
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OF THEIR OWN.
452
00:35:35,534 --> 00:35:38,437
AND ONE WHOSE TALENTS
ARE DEVELOPED TO A HIGH DEGREE
453
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,739
IS THIS TREETOP TRAVELER.
454
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:47,879
THIS IS THE TAMANDUA,
OR LESSER ANTEATER.
455
00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:51,950
HE LIVES ON A DIET
OF ANTS AND TERMITES
456
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,186
AND PRACTICALLY NOTHING ELSE.
457
00:36:02,228 --> 00:36:03,662
HE FINDS THIS STAPLE FOOD
458
00:36:03,695 --> 00:36:05,597
HANDILY AVAILABLE
IN THE TREETOPS
459
00:36:05,631 --> 00:36:09,335
IN THESE AERIAL ANTHILLS
CALLED TERMITARIUMS.
460
00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:15,874
WITH STRONG TALONS DEVELOPED
OVER CENTURIES OF SUCH EFFORT,
461
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:17,943
HE TEARS
THESE TERMITE CITIES APART
462
00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:20,212
AND SCOOPS UP
THE FLEEING FUGITIVES
463
00:36:20,246 --> 00:36:22,180
WITH HIS FACILE TONGUE.
464
00:36:26,252 --> 00:36:28,387
BECAUSE HE MUST WORK
HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND,
465
00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:30,856
THE TAMANDUA HAS DEVELOPED
HIS OWN SAFETY DEVICE --
466
00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:32,891
A SENSITIVE, PREHENSILE TAIL
467
00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:35,961
THAT AUTOMATICALLY ANCHORS HIM
BETTER THAN ANY HAND.
468
00:37:10,329 --> 00:37:13,665
AMONG THE ANTEATERS, THIS IS
THE CLASSIC FIGHTING STANCE --
469
00:37:13,699 --> 00:37:16,902
ARMS HELD WIDE APART,
AS THOUGH TO INVITE ATTACK.
470
00:37:27,479 --> 00:37:30,282
BUT THERE'S A METHOD IN THIS
MADNESS, FOR IN THIS POSE,
471
00:37:30,316 --> 00:37:33,552
THE SHARP TALONS ARE READY,
AND THESE CAN BE DEADLY.
472
00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:49,901
HERE, THE DISPUTE
IS MORE OR LESS IN THE FAMILY
473
00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:52,671
AND NOT AS SERIOUS
AS MIGHT BE.
474
00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:54,773
IT WAS SORT OF A QUESTION
OF PRIORITY --
475
00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:56,875
WHO SHOULD GIVE WAY TO WHOM?
476
00:37:56,908 --> 00:37:59,511
WHEN THE SHUFFLE PUSHED THEM ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT,
477
00:37:59,545 --> 00:38:02,013
THEY DECIDE THEY CAN
BREAK IT OFF WITH DIGNITY.
478
00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:05,651
AND SO THEY GO THEIR
RESPECTIVE, ILL-TEMPERED WAYS.
479
00:38:08,354 --> 00:38:10,922
IN SOME RESPECTS,
THE ANTEATERS ARE THE STRANGEST
480
00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:13,559
AMONG ALL THE STRANGE
CREATURES OF THE JUNGLE.
481
00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:15,961
THE MERE FACT OF AN ANIMAL
EXISTING SOLELY ON INSECTS
482
00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:17,262
IS STARTLING,
483
00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:20,098
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CREATURE
IS THE SIZE OF THIS ONE.
484
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:24,403
THIS IS THE GIANT ANTEATER,
LARGEST OF ALL THE TRIBE.
485
00:38:24,436 --> 00:38:26,104
THIS FELLOW'S DAILY INTAKE
OF ANTS
486
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,840
COULD WELL BE FIGURED
IN BUSHEL BASKETS.
487
00:38:30,476 --> 00:38:32,844
THE ANTEATER'S TONGUE
IS LONG AND LIMBER
488
00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:36,014
AND COATED
WITH A STICKY SUBSTANCE.
489
00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:38,617
IT CAN PROBE THE TINIEST
CRACKS AND CRANNIES,
490
00:38:38,650 --> 00:38:41,620
AND FOR THE ANTS, ESCAPE
IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
491
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:54,933
GENERALLY SPEAKING,
492
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:57,369
THE ANTEATERS
ARE WITHOUT ENEMIES.
493
00:38:57,403 --> 00:38:59,638
THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT'S INCLINED
TO MOLEST THEM,
494
00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:02,874
AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED,
IS THE JUNGLE CAT.
495
00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:11,650
LIKE EVERY CAT IN CREATION,
496
00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:14,720
THE JAGUAR IS PLAGUED
BY CURIOSITY.
497
00:39:14,753 --> 00:39:17,689
IF SOMETHING MOVES,
HE'S GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS,
498
00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:20,592
IF ONLY TO PROVIDE A MOMENT
OF DIVERTING AMUSEMENT.
499
00:39:33,739 --> 00:39:37,509
IN SELF-DEFENSE, THE ANTEATER
ASSUMES HIS FIGHTING STANCE
500
00:39:37,543 --> 00:39:39,945
AND KEEPS
HIS SHARP TALONS READY.
501
00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:55,694
AT TIMES, HE BECOMES
THE AGGRESSOR,
502
00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:57,863
TURNING THE TABLES
AND CHASING HIS TORMENTOR.
503
00:39:59,465 --> 00:40:02,067
WHEN HE SEES
THE CHANCE FOR A GETAWAY,
HE TAKES TO THE RIVER
504
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:05,671
AND PUTS AN EXPANSE OF WATER
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE CAT.
505
00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:16,682
APPARENTLY, THE JAGUAR
506
00:40:16,715 --> 00:40:18,717
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE CARRYING
THINGS THAT FAR,
507
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:21,019
AND SO HE LETS THE VICTIM GO.
508
00:40:27,493 --> 00:40:30,128
AFTER ALL THAT EXERTION,
THE ANTEATER NEEDS A REST.
509
00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:31,997
BUT BEFORE LYING DOWN,
510
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:34,866
HE SCOOPS OUT AN IMPROVISED
COUCH ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR.
511
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:42,107
THEN HE CIRCLES THE SPOT
AND FINALLY SPIRALS INTO BED.
512
00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:57,122
ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS
OF THE HUNT
513
00:40:57,155 --> 00:40:59,057
ARE THE JUNGLE CAT'S
DAILY OCCUPATION,
514
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:00,826
SHE MUST OFTEN INTERRUPT THEM
515
00:41:00,859 --> 00:41:03,261
TO CONTINUE
THE TRAINING OF HER YOUNG.
516
00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:06,532
IN TIME, THEY MUST TAKE
HER PLACE, AND TO DO SO,
517
00:41:06,565 --> 00:41:09,635
THEY MUST KNOW
ALL THE JUNGLE'S WEIRD WAYS.
518
00:41:11,903 --> 00:41:13,539
AND NOW COMES
THE STRANGEST LESSON
519
00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:14,873
OF THEIR YOUNG CAREERS --
520
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:17,509
HOW TO DEAL WITH
THEIR WORST ENEMY.
521
00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:22,914
[ SNARLS, GROWLING ]
522
00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:00,185
THERE ARE MANY THINGS
FOR THE KITTENS TO LEARN
523
00:42:00,218 --> 00:42:02,754
FROM THIS DEMONSTRATION,
AND ONE OF THEM IS THIS --
524
00:42:02,788 --> 00:42:06,725
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHEN TO
MOVE IN AND WHEN TO MOVE BACK
525
00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:09,127
AND WHEN TO CALL IN
THE RESERVES.
526
00:42:23,675 --> 00:42:25,176
IT WOULD SEEM THE BIG CATS
527
00:42:25,210 --> 00:42:27,178
HAVE STIRRED UP A WHOLE NEST
OF JACARES,
528
00:42:27,212 --> 00:42:30,115
AND NOW IT'S A MATTER
OF PICKING ONE THEY CAN HANDLE.
529
00:42:34,185 --> 00:42:36,722
HERE'S A LIKELY LOOKING
CANDIDATE.
530
00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:53,605
CAT VERSUS CROCODILE --
531
00:42:53,639 --> 00:42:57,075
A BATTLE OUT OF THE SWAMPS
OF ETERNITY.
532
00:42:57,108 --> 00:42:59,945
THE CAT HAS CLEVERNESS
AND GUILE ON ITS SIDE.
533
00:42:59,978 --> 00:43:03,782
THE CROCODILE -- BRUTE STRENGTH
AND A KILLER'S INSTINCT.
534
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,960
THE CAT'S PROBLEM IS SIMPLE,
THOUGH NOT EASY.
535
00:43:14,993 --> 00:43:17,863
IT'S HOW TO GET PAST
THOSE MURDEROUS TEETH.
536
00:43:25,737 --> 00:43:27,172
WHEN THE THING IS DONE,
537
00:43:27,205 --> 00:43:29,407
IT IS DONE SIMPLY
AND MOST EFFECTIVELY --
538
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,176
BY DROWNING.
539
00:43:36,882 --> 00:43:39,150
THUS PERISHES
THE AMPHIBIOUS LIZARD
540
00:43:39,184 --> 00:43:41,052
THAT HAUNTS THE JUNGLE SWAMPS.
541
00:43:41,086 --> 00:43:43,154
AGAIN, THE JAGUARS CONQUER
542
00:43:43,188 --> 00:43:45,857
SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY KNOW NO FEAR.
543
00:43:51,329 --> 00:43:53,298
OF NECESSITY,
THE HUNTERS OF THE JUNGLE
544
00:43:53,331 --> 00:43:55,133
MUST WORK FOR THEIR KEEP,
545
00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:58,303
BUT FOR OTHERS, FOOD IS
TO BE HAD WITHOUT EFFORT.
546
00:43:58,336 --> 00:44:01,406
THE VEGETARIANS FIND THE JUNGLE
A VAST BANQUET TABLE
547
00:44:01,439 --> 00:44:04,342
AND ALL ITS DELICACIES
FREE FOR THE TAKING.
548
00:44:07,746 --> 00:44:09,314
THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF MONKEYS
549
00:44:09,347 --> 00:44:11,683
ARE ESPECIALLY
WELL PROVIDED FOR.
550
00:44:57,128 --> 00:44:58,964
SUCH IS LIFE FOR THE MONKEYS --
551
00:44:58,997 --> 00:45:01,032
EAT, THEN SLEEP.
552
00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:02,801
SLEEP, THEN EAT.
553
00:45:02,834 --> 00:45:07,072
AND BETWEENTIMES, DO NO MORE
WORK THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
554
00:45:28,193 --> 00:45:30,528
OF COURSE, IT PAYS
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
555
00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:33,331
TO TAKE A CHECK
ON THE JUNGLE CAT.
556
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,303
AND IF SHE'S WHERE SHE BELONGS
AND YOU'RE WHERE YOU BELONG,
557
00:45:38,336 --> 00:45:41,206
THEN YOUR JUNGLE SIESTA
CAN BE UNDISTURBED.
558
00:46:01,392 --> 00:46:03,361
IF AFTER ALL
THIS FOOD AND REST
559
00:46:03,394 --> 00:46:05,964
YOU FEEL YOUR ENERGY
BEGINNING TO STIR A BIT,
560
00:46:05,997 --> 00:46:09,067
THEN IT'S TIME
FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL.
561
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:11,937
FOR THE MONKEY CLAN,
THIS MEANS A FAST QUARTER MILE
562
00:46:11,970 --> 00:46:14,305
ALONG THESE TREETOP HIGHWAYS.
563
00:46:21,546 --> 00:46:24,115
IF HE'S ESPECIALLY AMBITIOUS,
THE MONKEY'S WORKOUT
564
00:46:24,149 --> 00:46:27,418
IS APT TO INCLUDE A FEW QUICK
SWINGS ON A JUNGLE TRAPEZE.
565
00:46:49,340 --> 00:46:52,477
THESE SPIDER MONKEYS
HAVE THEIR OWN SENSE OF BALANCE
566
00:46:52,510 --> 00:46:56,581
AND A PREHENSILE TAIL TO TAKE
CARE OF ANY ERRORS IN JUDGMENT.
567
00:47:31,516 --> 00:47:34,953
OUT OF NOWHERE,
A BOA CONSTRICTOR APPEARS.
568
00:47:34,986 --> 00:47:37,422
AND THIS MEANS THAT ALL
MONKEY BUSINESS IS OVER.
569
00:47:47,665 --> 00:47:50,035
THE BOA IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST CONSTRICTORS
570
00:47:50,068 --> 00:47:52,070
LIVING
IN THE BRAZILIAN JUNGLE,
571
00:47:52,103 --> 00:47:55,106
AND ALTHOUGH NOT POISONOUS,
IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
572
00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:58,109
IT STRANGLES ITS PREY
IN ITS MUSCULAR COILS
573
00:47:58,143 --> 00:48:00,378
IF AND WHEN
IT CATCHES SOMETHING.
574
00:48:00,411 --> 00:48:02,113
[ SCREECHING ]
575
00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:10,588
FORTUNATELY FOR THE MONKEYS,
THE BOA IS NOT A FAST CRAWLER.
576
00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:13,491
THE BIGGER IT IS,
THE SLOWER IT TRAVELS.
577
00:48:13,524 --> 00:48:15,460
IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME,
IN FACT,
578
00:48:15,493 --> 00:48:18,563
TO MOVE 300 PAIRS OF RIBS
PAST A GIVEN POINT.
579
00:48:28,673 --> 00:48:31,576
BUT THE BOA REQUIRES
ONLY ONE GOOD MEAL A MONTH,
580
00:48:31,609 --> 00:48:35,213
AND SO IT HAS PLENTY OF TIME
TO DEVOTE TO THE ART OF AMBUSH.
581
00:48:41,019 --> 00:48:44,122
IT'S FOR THIS REASON
THAT IT WILL LIE ALONG
THE LIMB OF A TREE,
582
00:48:44,155 --> 00:48:47,125
SIMULATING THE BRANCH
UPON WHICH IT RESTS.
583
00:48:52,030 --> 00:48:53,731
WHEN IT FREEZES
INTO POSITION,
584
00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:57,002
ITS MOTTLED MARKINGS
MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.
585
00:49:00,538 --> 00:49:03,141
THE MONKEYS SEE IT, HOWEVER,
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
586
00:49:03,174 --> 00:49:05,977
AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHICH END
THEY CAN PLAY AROUND WITH
587
00:49:06,011 --> 00:49:08,046
AND WHICH END
TO LEAVE STRICTLY ALONE.
588
00:49:17,255 --> 00:49:18,689
IT'S AMAZING WHAT LIBERTIES
589
00:49:18,723 --> 00:49:21,192
THESE IMPISH CREATURES
WILL TAKE.
590
00:49:21,226 --> 00:49:24,562
UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS
IS THE MONKEYS' WAY
OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY.
591
00:49:46,284 --> 00:49:48,153
FINALLY TIRING
OF THEIR LITTLE GAME,
592
00:49:48,186 --> 00:49:50,121
THE MONKEYS DO A QUICK EXIT.
593
00:49:50,155 --> 00:49:51,789
THEY'VE DECIDED
THIS ISN'T THEIR MONTH
594
00:49:51,822 --> 00:49:54,092
TO BE THE BOA'S BANQUET.
595
00:50:07,438 --> 00:50:09,807
AND NOW HERE'S
A NEW KIND OF FUN --
596
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,542
A PAIR OF BABY TOUCANS,
597
00:50:11,576 --> 00:50:14,679
NOT READY TO FLY
AND NOT READY TO FIGHT, EITHER.
598
00:50:14,712 --> 00:50:16,747
[ SQUAWKING ]
599
00:50:27,825 --> 00:50:30,395
SOMETIMES A MONKEY
IS LIKE A NAUGHTY CHILD,
600
00:50:30,428 --> 00:50:33,398
NOT SO MUCH MALICIOUS
AS MISCHIEVOUS.
601
00:50:36,567 --> 00:50:38,303
LIKE A KID WITH A NEW TOY,
602
00:50:38,336 --> 00:50:40,105
HE'S GOT TO KNOW
WHAT MAKES THIS THING WORK,
603
00:50:40,138 --> 00:50:42,107
EVEN IF HE BREAKS IT
FINDING OUT.
604
00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:44,041
[ SQUAWKING ]
605
00:50:50,581 --> 00:50:53,118
[ SQUAWKING CONTINUES ]
606
00:51:01,559 --> 00:51:03,761
WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING
INTO TROUBLE,
607
00:51:03,794 --> 00:51:07,265
THE MONKEYS HAVE SOME COUSINS
WHO ARE RATHER GOOD AT IT, TOO.
608
00:51:07,298 --> 00:51:09,534
THESE ARE THE SO-CALLED
NEAR MONKEYS --
609
00:51:09,567 --> 00:51:12,570
THE MARMOSETS
AND THE TAMARINS.
610
00:51:12,603 --> 00:51:14,772
THEY SEEM TO SHARE THE TRIBE'S
GENERAL PROCLIVITIES
611
00:51:14,805 --> 00:51:17,408
FOR MEDDLING
IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS.
612
00:51:17,442 --> 00:51:19,244
[ SQUAWKING ]
613
00:51:20,545 --> 00:51:23,681
AMONG THEIR NUMBER, THEY
INCLUDE SOME ODD SPECIMENS,
614
00:51:23,714 --> 00:51:25,250
LIKE THIS FELLOW.
615
00:51:25,283 --> 00:51:27,185
HE'S CALLED
THE MOUSTACHED TAMARIN
616
00:51:27,218 --> 00:51:29,254
AND COULD HARDLY BE
ANYTHING ELSE.
617
00:51:32,223 --> 00:51:35,493
THEN THERE'S A RELATIVE
KNOWN AS THE LION MARMOSET,
618
00:51:35,526 --> 00:51:39,364
SO NAMED FOR HIS COLOR AND NOT
FOR HIS COURAGE OR HIS SIZE.
619
00:51:42,833 --> 00:51:45,236
NEXT, THERE'S
THE TUFTED MARMOSET,
620
00:51:45,270 --> 00:51:47,838
A FELLOW WITH HIS WHISKERS
IN HIS EARS.
621
00:51:54,712 --> 00:51:56,781
THIS IS THE SILKY MARMOSET,
622
00:51:56,814 --> 00:51:59,550
THE ALBINO MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY.
623
00:51:59,584 --> 00:52:01,652
AND FINALLY,
THERE'S AN IDIOT COUSIN
624
00:52:01,686 --> 00:52:03,821
WHO MIGHT BE CALLED
THE HALF-WITTED MARMOSET.
625
00:52:03,854 --> 00:52:06,691
HE'S THE ONE WHO LIKES
TO PLAY WITH SNAKES...
626
00:52:06,724 --> 00:52:09,560
IN THIS CASE,
AN EMERALD TREE BOA.
627
00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:17,702
THE TREE BOA IS ANOTHER
OF THE CONSTRICTORS --
628
00:52:17,735 --> 00:52:21,572
NOT POISONOUS, BUT NOT THE BEST
OF PLAYMATES EITHER.
629
00:52:50,468 --> 00:52:53,271
FOOLHARDINESS
MUST ALWAYS PAY ITS PRICE.
630
00:52:53,304 --> 00:52:54,939
IF YOU WILL COMMIT SUICIDE,
631
00:52:54,972 --> 00:52:57,575
THE JUNGLE IS QUICK
TO ACCOMMODATE.
632
00:53:00,478 --> 00:53:02,947
HIGH ABOVE ALL THIS TROUBLE
AND TURMOIL,
633
00:53:02,980 --> 00:53:06,284
THERE LIVES A SPECIES WHOSE
LIFE IS SIMPLE AND SERENE.
634
00:53:06,317 --> 00:53:09,287
NOT FOR THEM,
THESE NERVE-RACKING MOMENTS
635
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:10,821
OF CONSTANT CRISIS.
636
00:53:10,855 --> 00:53:13,291
THEIRS IS A SLOW
AND UNRUFFLED EXISTENCE,
637
00:53:13,324 --> 00:53:15,960
FOR THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND
OF CREATURES THEY ARE --
638
00:53:15,993 --> 00:53:19,397
THE SLOW
AND UNRUFFLED SLOTHS.
639
00:53:25,603 --> 00:53:28,539
THE SLOTH SPENDS ITS WHOLE LIFE
SUSPENDED IN SPACE,
640
00:53:28,573 --> 00:53:30,708
NOT BECAUSE IT WANTS TO,
ESPECIALLY,
641
00:53:30,741 --> 00:53:33,844
BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT CAN'T
BEHAVE IN ANY OTHER FASHION.
642
00:53:33,878 --> 00:53:36,714
IT'S SO ACCUSTOMED
TO THIS TOPSY-TURVY EXISTENCE
643
00:53:36,747 --> 00:53:39,317
THAT IT CAN'T WALK UPRIGHT
ON ALL FOURS.
644
00:53:43,354 --> 00:53:45,823
IN FACT, A SLOTH THAT FINDS
ITSELF ON THE GROUND
645
00:53:45,856 --> 00:53:49,294
IS JUST ABOUT IN
THE WORST PREDICAMENT POSSIBLE.
646
00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:13,318
ONLY WHEN IT CAN CLIMB
BACK INTO THE TREES
647
00:54:13,351 --> 00:54:15,853
IS IT IN ITS PROPER ELEMENT.
648
00:54:15,886 --> 00:54:18,022
AND NOT JUST ANY OLD TREE,
649
00:54:18,055 --> 00:54:21,459
FOR THIS PARTICULAR
SPECIES CAN LIVE ONLY
ON ONE KIND OF FOOD --
650
00:54:21,492 --> 00:54:25,363
THE LEAVES AND SEEDPODS
OF THE CECROPIA TREE.
651
00:54:25,396 --> 00:54:26,964
THUS, ITS RESTRICTED DIET
652
00:54:26,997 --> 00:54:30,000
KEEPS IT WITHIN
A RELATIVELY LIMITED AREA.
653
00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:36,974
TO A SLOTH, THIS DOESN'T SEEM
A HANDICAP, HOWEVER.
654
00:54:37,007 --> 00:54:39,444
HE WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE
ANYWAY.
655
00:54:39,477 --> 00:54:42,580
AND EVEN IF HE SHOULD DECIDE
TO TRY, HE WON'T TRAVEL FAR,
656
00:54:42,613 --> 00:54:45,683
FOR IT TAKES HIM ALL DAY
JUST TO CROSS THE STREET.
657
00:55:06,036 --> 00:55:07,405
UH-OH.
658
00:55:07,438 --> 00:55:09,607
HERE COME THE NUISANCES AGAIN.
659
00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:13,844
THESE WHITE-FACED RASCALS
660
00:55:13,878 --> 00:55:16,414
SEEM ANNOYED AT THE SLOTHS
FOR SOME REASON.
661
00:55:16,447 --> 00:55:19,884
PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE
THEY'VE TAKEN OVER
THE MONKEYS' FAVORITE TREE.
662
00:55:49,847 --> 00:55:53,984
ORDINARILY, SLOTHS NEVER ENTER
THE WATER ONCE IN A GENERATION.
663
00:55:54,018 --> 00:55:56,587
AND YET, WHEN PLUNGED
INTO IT, LIKE THIS,
664
00:55:56,621 --> 00:55:59,990
THEY'RE ABLE TO SWIM
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
665
00:56:00,024 --> 00:56:03,127
THEY MIGHT DO WELL TO STEP UP
THE TEMPO A BIT, HOWEVER.
666
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:05,563
NOW THE ANACONDA'S
ON THEIR TRAIL.
667
00:56:05,596 --> 00:56:08,799
THIS IS THE RIVER-GOING VERSION
OF THE BOA CONSTRICTOR
668
00:56:08,833 --> 00:56:12,537
AND TWICE AS DANGEROUS TO ALL
THAT'S WARM-BLOODED AND MORTAL.
669
00:56:34,625 --> 00:56:36,727
AND NOW SAFETY
IS WITHIN THEIR GRASP,
670
00:56:36,761 --> 00:56:38,896
IF THEY COULD ONLY GRASP IT.
671
00:56:48,639 --> 00:56:51,742
AT LAST, A MOTHER'S COURAGE
AND TENACITY WIN OUT,
672
00:56:51,776 --> 00:56:54,144
EVEN OVER
PHYSICAL INEPTITUDE.
673
00:56:59,784 --> 00:57:02,887
THE FEUD BETWEEN THE SLOTHS
AND THE MONKEYS IS AN OLD ONE,
674
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:05,756
A FORM OF HARASSMENT
THAT NEVER ENDS.
675
00:57:05,790 --> 00:57:07,925
THE ACROBATIC MONKEYS
ARE SO CLEVER,
676
00:57:07,958 --> 00:57:10,628
AND THE HANDICAPPED SLOTH
SO HELPLESS,
677
00:57:10,661 --> 00:57:14,131
THEY TAKE GREAT
DELIGHT IN SHOWING HIM UP
WHENEVER THEY GET THE CHANCE.
678
00:57:14,164 --> 00:57:16,601
IF EVER THERE WAS AN UNDERDOG
IN THE WORLD,
679
00:57:16,634 --> 00:57:18,769
THE POOR SLOTH IS IT.
680
00:57:23,774 --> 00:57:27,011
BEFORE LONG, HOWEVER,
THE MONKEYS SEEM TO LOSE
INTEREST IN THEIR VICTIM.
681
00:57:27,044 --> 00:57:29,880
THEY DROP HIM AS SUDDENLY
AS THEY TOOK HIM UP.
682
00:57:31,181 --> 00:57:33,684
IN A MOMENT, IT'S CLEAR WHY.
683
00:58:03,881 --> 00:58:07,017
A COUPLE OF CURIOUS SPECTATORS
ARE QUITE SPELLBOUND
684
00:58:07,051 --> 00:58:09,119
BY THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
685
00:58:31,341 --> 00:58:33,778
DESPERATELY SEEKING
SOME SMALL ADVANTAGE,
686
00:58:33,811 --> 00:58:36,681
THE SLOTH TRIES
THE ONE TRICK IT KNOWS.
687
00:59:29,333 --> 00:59:32,637
BY NOW, THE SLOTH IS LITERALLY
HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE,
688
00:59:32,670 --> 00:59:34,839
BUT SO IS THE CAT
IT TURNS OUT.
689
00:59:34,872 --> 00:59:37,775
IF THERE'S ONE THING
TO UNSETTLE THE JAGUAR,
690
00:59:37,808 --> 00:59:39,777
IT'S A SENSE OF UNSURENESS.
691
00:59:39,810 --> 00:59:42,312
THIS LIMB MAY GIVE WAY,
AND IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN,
692
00:59:42,346 --> 00:59:44,915
EVEN FOR A CREATURE ACCUSTOMED
TO MAKING GOOD LANDINGS.
693
00:59:49,954 --> 00:59:51,656
NEVER ONE TO GIVE UP,
694
00:59:51,689 --> 00:59:53,724
THE SLOTH FINDS A THIN CHANCE
OFFERING ITSELF.
695
00:59:53,758 --> 00:59:55,325
IT'S THE SLENDEREST
OF CHANCES,
696
00:59:55,359 --> 00:59:57,695
BUT IT'S WELL WORTH
THE TAKING.
697
01:00:13,210 --> 01:00:15,913
AND SO, FOR ONCE, THE MIGHTY
JUNGLE CAT IS DEFEATED...
698
01:00:15,946 --> 01:00:19,183
NOT BY SUPERIOR STRENGTH
OR BETTER REFLEXES,
699
01:00:19,216 --> 01:00:21,786
BUT SIMPLY BY STEADIER NERVES.
700
01:00:21,819 --> 01:00:24,388
THUS DO THE MEEK SURVIVE.
701
01:00:28,225 --> 01:00:31,796
THE JAGUAR'S DISAPPOINTMENT IS
SOMETHING SHE TAKES IN STRIDE.
702
01:00:31,829 --> 01:00:35,199
IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE,
AND IT MAY WELL HAPPEN AGAIN.
703
01:00:35,232 --> 01:00:37,067
SHE QUICKLY FORGETS
THE WHOLE THING
704
01:00:37,101 --> 01:00:39,236
WHEN SHE REJOINS HER FAMILY.
705
01:00:47,077 --> 01:00:49,780
HERE'S SOMETHING
SHE CAN'T IGNORE, HOWEVER --
706
01:00:49,814 --> 01:00:53,183
THE BOA CONSTRICTOR,
POISED TO STRIKE.
707
01:01:14,071 --> 01:01:17,074
THE BOA STRIKES NOT TO KILL,
BUT TO CATCH HOLD.
708
01:01:17,107 --> 01:01:20,811
ONCE ATTACHED, IT WILL LOOP
ITS GREAT COILS AROUND A VICTIM
709
01:01:20,845 --> 01:01:22,446
WITH LIGHTNING SPEED.
710
01:01:26,817 --> 01:01:30,454
REALIZING ALL THIS, THE MOTHER
MANEUVERS FOR THE KILL.
711
01:01:34,959 --> 01:01:37,194
SHE DISPLAYS A CERTAIN RESPECT
FOR THE SNAKE,
712
01:01:37,227 --> 01:01:39,329
BUT NO REAL FEAR.
713
01:01:39,363 --> 01:01:41,165
SHE'S MET ITS KIND BEFORE.
714
01:01:41,198 --> 01:01:43,267
SHE KNOWS THAT AS LONG
AS SHE STAYS OUT OF REACH,
715
01:01:43,300 --> 01:01:45,269
SHE'S REASONABLY SAFE.
716
01:02:14,231 --> 01:02:18,102
AFTER THE FIRST SKIRMISH,
THE MOTHER JAGUAR DECIDES
ANOTHER TACK IS IN ORDER.
717
01:02:18,135 --> 01:02:20,070
BUT FIRST, SHE MUST
MAKE SURE HER KITTENS
718
01:02:20,104 --> 01:02:21,939
ARE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
719
01:02:33,250 --> 01:02:36,320
NOW TO GET DOWN
TO THE DEADLY BUSINESS AT HAND.
720
01:02:37,387 --> 01:02:39,156
[ GROWLING ]
721
01:02:41,391 --> 01:02:45,329
THE CAT DISCOVERS THAT
THE REPTILE HAS CRAWLED
ON TO AN OVERHANGING LIMB.
722
01:02:45,362 --> 01:02:48,298
SHE BATS AT IT,
FEINTING LIKE A CLEVER BOXER.
723
01:02:48,332 --> 01:02:51,501
HER OBJECT -- TO BRING
THE BOA'S HEAD WITHIN REACH.
724
01:02:52,369 --> 01:02:54,371
THAT'S THE VULNERABLE SPOT --
725
01:02:54,404 --> 01:02:56,373
THE NECK,
JUST BEHIND THE HEAD --
726
01:02:56,406 --> 01:02:58,408
IF SHE CAN ONCE GET AT IT.
727
01:03:39,984 --> 01:03:42,519
ONCE ON THE GROUND, HOWEVER,
THE ADVANTAGE SWINGS
TO THE SNAKE,
728
01:03:42,552 --> 01:03:46,090
FOR NOW THERE'S ROOM
TO MANEUVER AND STRIKE AGAIN.
729
01:03:51,395 --> 01:03:54,865
AGAIN, THIS HAS BECOME
A SITUATION REQUIRING TEAMWORK.
730
01:03:54,899 --> 01:03:58,002
AND HELP ARRIVES WHEN HER MATE
COMES ON THE SCENE.
731
01:04:15,119 --> 01:04:19,123
WITH THE ATTACK
COMING FROM TWO SIDES,
THE SNAKE TRIES RETREAT.
732
01:04:21,125 --> 01:04:23,360
THIS UNHEARD-OF TACTIC
ROUSES THE JAGUAR
733
01:04:23,393 --> 01:04:25,295
TO A NEW PITCH OF RESENTMENT.
734
01:04:25,329 --> 01:04:28,498
HE'S DETERMINED TO SEE THIS
THROUGH TO A DECISION.
735
01:04:28,532 --> 01:04:31,969
AND THIS MONSTER IS NOT GOING
TO BE "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY,"
736
01:04:32,002 --> 01:04:33,637
NOT IF HE CAN HELP IT.
737
01:04:42,412 --> 01:04:46,350
CAN A 200-POUND JAGUAR
HOLD A 300-POUND SNAKE?
738
01:04:46,383 --> 01:04:48,485
THAT'S THE QUESTION NOW.
739
01:05:05,002 --> 01:05:07,204
THE POWER OF THE REPTILE
FINALLY PREVAILS,
740
01:05:07,237 --> 01:05:09,239
AND NOW THE BATTLE
MOVES TO AN ELEMENT
741
01:05:09,273 --> 01:05:10,975
THE SNAKE LIKES BETTER.
742
01:05:11,008 --> 01:05:13,543
EVERY CREATURE
HAS A LAST-DITCH STRATEGY.
743
01:05:13,577 --> 01:05:17,114
THE SNAKE'S IS THIS -- LURE
THE ENEMY IN OVER HIS DEPTH,
744
01:05:17,147 --> 01:05:20,250
THEN SEIZE HIM
IN THE MUDDY WATERS.
745
01:05:20,284 --> 01:05:22,386
MOST CREATURES WOULD SEE
THE DANGER DEVELOPING
746
01:05:22,419 --> 01:05:24,388
AND THINK TWICE
BEFORE STEPPING INTO THE TRAP.
747
01:05:24,421 --> 01:05:26,123
BUT NOT THE JAGUAR.
748
01:05:26,156 --> 01:05:27,657
HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT DANGER.
749
01:05:27,691 --> 01:05:29,994
HIS BLOOD IS UP,
BUT HE MEANS BUSINESS,
750
01:05:30,027 --> 01:05:32,496
AND SO HE GOES AFTER
THE GIANT REPTILE.
751
01:05:50,414 --> 01:05:52,249
THERE OCCURS ONE BAD MOMENT
752
01:05:52,282 --> 01:05:55,119
WHEN THE CAT SEEMS
TERRIBLY CLOSE TO SUFFOCATION.
753
01:06:08,132 --> 01:06:09,566
HIS MATE MOVES IN TO HELP,
754
01:06:09,599 --> 01:06:11,668
BUT BEFORE SHE CAN GET
INTO THE FRAY,
755
01:06:11,701 --> 01:06:14,671
THE MALE MANAGES TO BREAK
THE STRANGLEHOLD.
756
01:06:19,476 --> 01:06:22,712
NOW HE HAS THE ENEMY
OUT ON DRY LAND AGAIN.
757
01:06:39,163 --> 01:06:41,031
FOR ALL ITS GREAT STRENGTH,
758
01:06:41,065 --> 01:06:43,100
THE SNAKE IS BEGINNING
TO SHOW SIGNS OF EXHAUSTION.
759
01:06:43,133 --> 01:06:45,235
ITS MOVEMENTS
HAVE BECOME SLUGGISH,
760
01:06:45,269 --> 01:06:47,171
AND ITS REFLEXES, SLOW.
761
01:06:50,274 --> 01:06:54,411
ALL IT CAN DO NOW IS TO TRY
TO PROTECT ITS VULNERABLE HEAD.
762
01:07:19,403 --> 01:07:22,139
FINALLY DEATH COMES.
763
01:07:22,172 --> 01:07:25,309
THE DREADED REPTILE LIES LIMP
AND LIFELESS.
764
01:07:30,314 --> 01:07:32,149
THE MOMENT THE ENEMY
IS DISPOSED OF,
765
01:07:32,182 --> 01:07:34,551
THE JAGUARS
IGNORE IT COMPLETELY.
766
01:07:34,584 --> 01:07:36,686
SOON THE INCIDENT
IS QUITE FORGOTTEN.
767
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:39,523
FOR THE JUNGLE CATS,
IT WAS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK --
768
01:07:39,556 --> 01:07:43,393
NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IT,
NOTHING UNUSUAL AT ALL.
769
01:07:53,403 --> 01:07:55,105
FOR THIS LITTLE TIME,
770
01:07:55,139 --> 01:07:57,674
WE HAVE DWELT IN THE WORLD
OF THE JUNGLE CATS.
771
01:07:57,707 --> 01:07:59,743
AND IN WATCHING
THEIR TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE,
772
01:07:59,776 --> 01:08:02,146
WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE
THAT THESE TRULY ARE
773
01:08:02,179 --> 01:08:04,248
THE MOST CATLIKE OF ALL CATS.
774
01:08:04,281 --> 01:08:07,384
THEIRS IS A LIFE
LIKE NONE OTHER ON EARTH.
775
01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:10,554
THEIRS IS A DOMAIN
WITHOUT EQUAL ANYWHERE.
776
01:08:10,587 --> 01:08:12,422
IT IS BOTH HOME AND HAVEN
777
01:08:12,456 --> 01:08:14,324
TO SOME OF THE STRANGEST
OF CREATURES.
778
01:08:14,358 --> 01:08:16,160
AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT,
779
01:08:16,193 --> 01:08:18,462
WE'VE HAD AN INTIMATE GLIMPSE
OF SOME OF THESE, TOO.
780
01:08:18,495 --> 01:08:22,666
THE TAMANDUA,
DRESSED IN HIS CURIOUS JACKET.
781
01:08:24,834 --> 01:08:28,338
THE TAPIR, BRAVING THE PERILS
OF THE HIDDEN RIVERS.
782
01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:33,810
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE SLOTH
AND HER QUAINT CHILD.
783
01:08:34,744 --> 01:08:38,548
THE GAUDY BIRDS
AND ALL THEIR VIBRANT PLUMAGE.
784
01:08:38,582 --> 01:08:42,152
THE SILENT REPTILES
LYING IN WAIT.
785
01:08:42,186 --> 01:08:44,788
AND THAT ANCIENT OF ANCIENTS --
THE JACARE,
786
01:08:44,821 --> 01:08:48,625
LURKING IN THE DARK WATERS LIKE
THE SOUL OF THE JUNGLE ITSELF.
787
01:09:00,570 --> 01:09:03,540
NOW THE TROPICAL RAINS
DELUGE THIS LEAKY WORLD,
788
01:09:03,573 --> 01:09:05,409
BRINGING A MOMENT OF PEACE.
789
01:09:31,868 --> 01:09:33,570
BUT PEACE IS ONLY TEMPORARY,
790
01:09:33,603 --> 01:09:35,839
AND NOT THE NATURAL ORDER
OF THINGS.
791
01:09:35,872 --> 01:09:38,508
FOR AS LONG AS
THE JAGUAR RULES SUPREME,
792
01:09:38,542 --> 01:09:41,411
LIFE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
EXCITING AND HAZARDOUS,
793
01:09:41,445 --> 01:09:44,248
FOR SUCH IS THE NEED
AND THE WAY OF THE HUNTER,
794
01:09:44,281 --> 01:09:46,550
AND SUCH,
MORE THAN ANY OTHER CREATURE,
795
01:09:46,583 --> 01:09:49,353
IS THE WAY OF THE JUNGLE CAT.
796
01:09:49,386 --> 01:09:51,321
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