All language subtitles for Mysterious.Creatures.With.Forrest.Galante.S01E01.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

[Forrest Galante] In
human-wildlife conflict zones
around the world,

animals are being
wiped out.

But what if one species
started fighting back?

[exclaims] So the crocodile
took you all the way here, eh?

On the Zambezi River
in Africa,

deadly, unexplained attacks
are on the rise.

[Forrest] Very real.
They're dying.

I'm here to solve the mystery

of why
these croc attacks
are increasing...

Here he comes.

...and safely end
the conflict.

Watch out. Watch out,
watch out, watch out.

Everybody, help! We are
losing him! Quick, guys,
please! Somebody!

I'm Forrest Galante.

As a wildlife biologist,

tracking and rediscovering
animals on the verge
of extinction...

Oh, my God!

...I've noticed a pattern
of mysterious sights

and human-wildlife
conflicts...

Look, there's an elephant.
There's an elephant
right there.

...which often turn deadly.

[people clamoring]

Now, my team and I
are scouring the globe

to shed light on the myths
and misconceptions

surrounding
our planet's most

mysterious creatures.

I'm here in the Zambezi Delta
in Cahora Bassa, Mozambique,

with Remi from Harare.

[Forrest] I grew up
not far from here,

fishing in this very river,
which is how I met Remi.

I was raised in Zimbabwe,
where my family ran safaris.

The bush was my playground,

and catching animals
was my sport.

Remi and I both
shared a passion for it,
even as small children.

So when he called me
recently asking for help,

I knew it was
gonna be challenging.

[Forrest] Ten people
in a single month

is numbers
that are astronomical.

That's a 400% increase
in crocodile attacks

that have been taking place
in the last few years.

So for once,
I actually know what
the animal I'm targeting is.

What I don't know
is why these numbers
are so overblown

and what's going on
in this region.

In this part of Africa,

there is very little plumbing,
and the river is
the only source of water

for more than
half the population.

As the population rises,

it's creating more and more
human-wildlife conflict zones.

But I've never seen
anything like this.

Remi, what happened
to the village?

[Forrest speaking]

[Remi] Yes.

[Remi] Forrest,
he was my best friend
when we were little boys.

When we were young,
we used to go to the dam,
and, uh...

So I know he is
the right person to help.

[Forrest] The embeva
we would catch
when we were kids?

-Ah, okay. Oh, yeah,
look at those!
-Let me show you.

[Remi] This man,
he was a fisherman before.

Oh, I see.
So instead of eating fish,

-now he's eating rats, right?
-[Remi] Yes.

[Forrest] 'Cause there's
no fish left at all.

[man in foreign language]

[Forrest] Uh-huh.

Remi's brought me here to
meet with some of the men
that survived

recent crocodile attacks.

[speaking foreign language]

[Forrest] This is
not a human-wildlife
conflict zone.

This is a human-wildlife
war zone.

[Remi speaking]

So when did this happen, Remi?

-All of them,
for the last two years...
-Yeah.

[Forrest] "Crocodile"
comes from the Greek word
for "lizard of the Nile".

And these cold-blooded
carnivores have
a well-earned reputation

for attacking
and eating humans.

It's estimated that
as many as 1,000 people

are killed by crocodiles
every year.

What happened to
your arm?

[Forrest exclaims]

So the crocodile took you
all the way here, eh?

[speaking foreign language]

[Forrest] Mm-hmm.

[Forrest] Yeah.

The crocodile's mouth
has the strongest bite force
of any animal.

Combine that with
80 sharp teeth evolved
to tear away flesh,

and you've got
the deadliest chomp
on the planet.

How big was the crocodile?

[Forrest] Crocodiles
are ambush predators.

And thanks to millions
of years of evolution,
one of the most effective.

They have exceptional
night vision, hearing,
and senses of smell.

Plus their eyes, ears
and nostrils are all
on the top of their head,

allowing them to stay
almost completely submerged
while hunting.

And you, madala,
what happened to you?

[in foreign language]

[in foreign language]

[in foreign language]

Huge. Big, big crocodile.

Almost 14 feet.
That croc is deadly.

Crocodiles that large
view us little humans
as any other prey,

and studies show
they can pick up on
people's repeated activities

like washing
or fishing by the water.

One of them,
they had suffered
from the same crocodile.

-Mm-hmm.
-Yeah, the big one.

I don't believe we're facing
a crocodile revolt.

Just one giant maneater.

[speaking foreign language]

[Remi speaking]

-That the crocodile
belongs to.
-[Remi] Yes.

[Forrest] Witch doctors
are the spiritual leaders
of these people.

So if they're saying
this animal's behavior
is due to black magic,

they believe it.

And you,
what happened with your leg?

[speaking foreign language]

Oh, to where it bit you.
Yeah, let's go see.
That's a good idea.

When you actually sit here
and connect with the people

whose lives
have been impacted,

actually, something I think
that scientists often forget,

numbers on
a paper, statistics,

is one thing,

but when you see it
and you live it

and you experience it,
it's another, so...

I feel really sorry
for these villagers.

And I also actually
feel sorry for this crocodile.

[Remi speaking
foreign language]

[man speaking
foreign language]

-[Forrest] Mm-hmm.
-[continues in
foreign language]

-So he was here fishing.
There was one big crocodile.
-[Remi] Yes.

You didn't hear it.
Grabbed him by the leg,
pulled him into the water,

and his friend saved him
and pulled him out.

Nearly all crocodilian species
have evolved a technique
known as the death roll,

in which they violently
spin around after biting
into their prey.

It allows them
to tear off large chunks,
or even whole limbs to eat.

That crocodile
is a crocodile that was
cursed by a witch doctor...

-[Remi] Yeah.
-...and it's still
alive today...

-[Remi] Yes.
-...killing more people.

They all mentioned
that this crocodile

was being controlled by
basically a witch.

This is rural, tribal Africa,

where lore in witchcraft
is the reigning belief.

Respecting lore and customs,
and combining that with
science and understanding

is what will lead to
a successful outcome, and so,
that's what I have to do.

Sometimes, what seems
like unusual beliefs

are responses to information
science cannot yet answer.

But one thing I've learned
about tribal lore since
being raised here in Africa,

it doesn't matter
if you believe,

what matters is the beliefs
of the community.

[Remi speaking]

[Forrest] I see.

I might go to speak
with her, Remi, but...

So why don't you stay here
with your family?

I don't wanna make you go.

[Forrest] I understand.

I'm told she's alone,

three miles into
the darkest part of the bush.

And my old friend
just told me, "Hell, no."

This could get weird.

Oh, you hear that?

Oh, we're about to see
something special, guys,
come with me.

These are
straw-colored fruit bats.

They're such amazing animals.

If you look around,
all these treetops
are filled with them.

This is a colony
of tens of thousands of them.

Let's go up
and try to get a closer look.

Okay, one, two, three.

[man speaking]

[Mitch speaking]

[bats screeching]

[Forrest] You know
what's amazing
is that sound you hear

is them communicating.

And out of hundreds
of thousands in the colony,

each mother and baby will
have their own little pitch
and frequency.

And the mum can find her pup
out of this whole mass.

But I don't think
we're gonna find
a man-eating croc in a tree,

so let's, uh, let's keep
going on our journey.

But wow, what a stop.

-[Forrest speaking]
-[music playing]

That's not something
you hear every day.

There's a hut up here.
Oh, this must be it, guys.

[music continues playing]

As much as I try to
observe the world through
the lens of a scientist,

the closer I get
to this witch doctor,

the more I'm starting to feel
like I've been expected.

[music stops]

[man speaking
foreign language]

[woman and Forrest
speaking foreign language]

-[woman speaking
foreign language]
-[Forrest] Oh.

[Forrest] While
I'm extremely skeptical

this witch doctor
has any control
over a man-eating crocodile,

any connection
is worth exploring.

And it might just lead me
to the maneater itself.

[speaking foreign language]

Okay, so what she's saying is
that she's been waiting for me
for a long time.

I've heard from people
in the community

that you are in control
of the crocodiles.
Is this true?

[speaking foreign language]

She says here in Cahora Bassa,
the crocodiles are not bad.

They do as she asks them to
when she asks them to.

And the fact that people
in the community are scared
of her is ridiculous,

because the problem
is not her crocodiles,
it's another crocodile.

[speaking foreign language]

But unless someone
can put their hands
on that crocodile,

she cannot remove
the spirit.

After all the warnings
about her,

turns out the witch doctor
wants the killing to end,
as well.

And like myself,
she doesn't believe
the crocodile is evil.

So how can I see
the crocodile?

[speaking foreign language]

She says you must see
like the one that sees
the most.

[speaking foreign language]

You must see
like the big bird.

[woman continues
speaking foreign language]

I think she's referring
to a vulture, I believe.

[speaking foreign language]

And she's saying I must
take a feather from the one
that sees the most,

and put it on my eyes
if I want to see the one
that is evil.

[speaking foreign language]

"Get it, or else
more people will die."

[speaks foreign language]

[in English] Thank you.
I will do my best,
I promise.

These are her beliefs
and her tradition.

Quite frankly, I feel
somewhat inclined
to believe some of it.

But as a scientist,
while I don't actually believe
in the voodoo of it all,

I do believe
that these people

will continue to feel this way

unless I can catch
this crocodile

and allow the witch doctor
to do what the witch doctor
needs to do

to remove this evil spirit.

And if I'm going
to honor those beliefs,

my first step is to
get myself a feather.

Just gonna keep walking,
'cause there are some vultures
in the area.

Look at this.
Here's the kill.

A lion has hit
a reedbuck here.

This is perfect, guys.
Let's see if we can
find a vulture feather.

This kill is still
pretty fresh.

There's not much
left of it, but...

There is enough
to have them come back.

See how they're hanging out
right over there?

So here's what
I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna grab this.

Guys, come with me.
We're gonna build
a little hide,

and I'm gonna put on
some camo.

I came here
for a vulture feather.

And I am not leaving
without one.

Vultures have some
of the best eyesight
in the entire world.

To put it into
human perspective,

a vulture can read
a newspaper
from a mile away.

That's how good
their eyesight is.

So I have to be
extremely camouflaged.

All right, so,
the kill's here.

And, uh, guys,
you gotta cover me up.

Okay.

All right, am I
totally covered, guys?

[Forrest] Okay, back way way
out. Give me some space.

This is definitely the most
unusual crocodile hunt
I've ever attempted

as I find myself adapting
to the crocodile style
of ambushing prey

to land a feather.

I'm very hopeful
that no hyenas or lions
show up for this.

[whispering]

They're distracted.
Time to ambush.

Got it.

Whoo! [laughs]
I did not know if that
was gonna work or not.

But sure, enough,
I was able to pull
a single feather

from a white-backed vulture.

I'm gonna follow
what the mgangasaid,
the witch.

Rub it across my eyes
and see if I'm able to see
the demon croc now.

Admittedly, I'm not feeling
any magic vision.

But respecting her beliefs
should earn me some trust.

I'm eager to let Remi know
she's actually on our side.

Plus, he's arranged a meeting
with some active fishermen.

I wanna get a look
at their catch.

Hi, guys.
How's the fishing?

Where are the big fish?

They are saying
they've got one.
Which one?

Let's see.

That's a big fish,
one small Chessa.

Take a look at this.

The Zambezi Delta area
is a nursery for fish.

This area should be rich.
This is a tigerfish.

This fish should be
25 pounds.

These fish are all tiny.

And what that's telling me
is that the overfishing
in this area

is leading to a collapse
in the ecosystem.

If you take all of the babies
out of an environment,
you can't have adults.

And if you don't have adults,
you don't have reproduction.

It is not sustainable.

This is the biggest catch
in the entire boat.

What I believe is that there
is a very large crocodile...

-Yes.
-...and that there's not
enough fish for him to eat.

So he's eating people.
What do you think, Remi?

Well, that's the problem,
is they're so stealthy,

you know, they can
live under these reed banks.

They can be this far
below the water
and you can't see it.

Right there. Could be
right there right now
and we wouldn't even see it.

Since every attack we heard of
took place in the evening,

Remi and I are
beginning our search now.

And since a boat motor
could scare it off,

we're taking a canoe
to examine some of the areas

where recent attacks
took place.

Very quiet. I'm actually
surprised by the lack of crocs
out here.

Yeah, pretty weird.

[Forrest and Remi clamoring]

[Forrest] Remi,
get out of the water!
Get out of the water!

[Forrest and Remi clamoring]

[Forrest] Remi,
get out of the water!
Get out of the water.

Out, out, out, out.
Out of the water.
Get out of the water.

[Forrest] Yeah, we're fine.

Something just hit
the canoe.

My camera crew was tailing us
in a motorboat.

So they were already on us
as Remi and I come ashore.

Go get the boat, guys.
We're okay. We're fine.
The boat's sinking.

Oh, I'm, like,
shaking from adrenaline.

[Forrest] I didn't
see anything.

[Remi] I think
it's a crocodile.

[Forrest] You guys see
a croc there?

We're done with
the little dugout canoe.

Yeah, no, that was
way too close.

I think that maybe because
my camera crew started up
their boat engine

and came rushing in
that that crocodile didn't
grab us, or...

I don't really know.

I guess I understand
what these fishermen
are going through now, so,

we're gonna keep our feet
on the ground tomorrow,

and just kind of reset,
'cause I'm... I'm very rattled
from that, so...

Yeah, okay.

Remi and I are back
at the scene of the crime.

This is the closest I've come
to seeing any crocodile.

So we're gonna set up here
and see if we can bait him in
and get a good look.

So, Remi, we're gonna
do this like this, okay?

We're gonna take
some big sticks like this...

That's perfect.
I can't get a single one in,
he's already got two in.

[chuckles]

We're building a blind,

not unlike the one
that allowed me
to grab a vulture.

But in this case,
we have our own bait.

Let's put it right here
on this stick.

In the hole. Exactly.

So the village
had killed a hippo.

We scavenged all these guts
and stuck 'em in the water
right here.

Now what we're gonna do is
as you come up from here,

just about, I don't know,
12 feet away,

we're gonna build
our first side of the blind.

And then behind that,
where Remi and the guys
are cutting,

they're gonna put a hide.

This is no different
to all that survival stuff
you see on TV,

where people are trying to
craft places to sleep.

We're just doing it
to sleep next to crocodiles.

Forrest, do you still remember
we used to make these
to watch animals?

-Yeah, of course, my friend.
-[Remi] When we were young.

Yeah, I remember very well.

On the farm.

It was a good time
on that time.

It was a good time,
my friend.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, but now we're doing it
to catch big crocodiles.

-Exactly.
-Then we were just doing it
to be naughty.

[both laugh]

[Forrest] That took
the better part of a day.

But we're good to go.

So, Remi, let's just
move this meat around

so that if
the crocodile comes,

he must come up
to eat these pieces.

-[Remi] Okay.
-[Forrest] Excellent. Oh, he's
gonna be very close to us.

So, Remi, I've got
this impala here.

Even with
the fresh bait out,

I'm using every lure
at my disposal

to get this crocodile
to show itself.

So the impala's in place.

Now what I'm going to do is
just put this little twirly
visual decoy in.

You'll see every few minutes,
it's just gonna spin
a little bit.

And that's gonna simulate
the tongue of an impala
lapping up water

or something like that.

So we've got meat,
we've got smell,
we've got taste,

we've got visual,
we've got movement.

Now, guys, we need
to get in the blind

and buckle down and see,
if we wait long enough,
if we got a croc.

So, Remi, come, let's go.

We're gonna put on
some camouflage.

Mitch, let's settle down.
Let's get buckled in, guys.

We've still got some sunlight,
so we could be in
for a long wait.

[whispering]

An enormous croc
has come in for a taste.

This could easily be
our big, bad maneater.

From what I can see,
he looks close to 15 feet.

He's at least 50 years old,
and probably close to
1,500 pounds.

And look at how wide
his mouth is.

But he seems to be
looking right at us,
just waiting.

[whispering]

After hours of
staring me down,

he's finally starting to feed.

I'm hoping
it distracts him enough
to get a closer look.

It appears we've got
more dinner guests.

[whispering]

There's that signature
death roll as the big guy
tears off chunks of hippo

while the others
wait for their turn.

[whispering]

Look at the size
of that crocodile.

That is
an unbelievable animal.

I've never seen this before.

I'm gonna close in.

I wanna see how he reacts
to a human approaching him.

[laughs and whoops]

What did you think
of that, Remi?

-You were scared, eh?
-No.

I was very scared.

[Forrest] That big one.

No. I mean, look,
I was right here.

-Okay.
-Crocodile, one, two,
three meters.

It's not scared of people.

Now that we found him,
we need to build something.

Something that can catch him.

-Let's do it, my friend.
-[whoops]

The plan is today
to just build a trap

that's strong enough
to actually contain him.

If I can trap it, I can
let the witch doctor
perform her ceremony.

If the villagers believe
the evil spirit is gone,

they'll let me take
the crocodile somewhere safe
instead of killing it.

Mozambique is a country
with very limited resources.

Here, it's find
an old junkyard,
borrow a welder.

That's the kind of magic
you only get in this part
of the world.

Perfect.

So now, we're just
gonna get everybody involved,
the whole crew,

guys from the community,
and plant it in place.

Okay, guys, so what
we have to do is drop it in.

We're laying our trap
right near where we saw him
attack our bait

since we've established this
as a feeding ground.

[grunts]

There we go, guys. Very good.
All right, Remi, open it up.

All right, ready?

Here we go.

Give me the bait? Okay,
close it. Close the door.

All right, great.
Ooh, it's heavy.

And since the rotting hippo
parts did so well yesterday,
I'm using the same bait.

Whoa, boy. This smells good.
[grunts] Okay.

All right,
so the bait's in place.

The hardest part
about catching crocodiles

is they are
instinctual animals,

and they're far more clever
than people give them
credit for.

It's not like you just put
a piece of meat in the water
and it's gonna come.

These animals know
when they're being hunted.

You know what we need to do?
We need to hide the cage.

Now, we wait.

Since we know that
the other crocs let
the alpha eat first,

I can be fairly certain
he will be the one
to go for the bait.

What we're witnessing
is a ceremonial funeral.

The Shona people burn the home
of their deceased.

They burn the hut
to symbolize
leaving this world.

Going into the next.

This is very real.

They're dying.

This is in honor of
a fisherman that disappeared
three days ago.

No one can be sure
it was the crocodile.

But the village is convinced
that black magic is at play.

As morning breaks,
we're all feeling
especially determined.

The trap's just up here,
Remi, on the left hand side.

Ooh, the door's down, eh?
Do you see that?

-Oh, look, look!
Remi, Remi, look!
-There's s crocodile there!

-Right there!
-[Forrest laughs]

That's the one, Remi.
That's the crocodile, huh?

-[Remi] Yeah.
-Come in, come in,
come in, guys.

We got him. We got him.
We got him, we got him!

Look at the size
of this crocodile.

[exclaims] Remi,
that's a maneater, eh?

That head is as big
as my torso.

We haven't caught him yet.
Like, things can go very wrong
from here.

This is... This is just
step one, so, I gotta try
and get it on his neck now.

I designed
this breakaway snare
for this type of work,

and it's my go-to tool
for getting my hands on
any type of crocodilian.

He's not gonna like this part,
I promise you.

-[crocodile hisses]
-[grunts]

The cord is
nearly unbreakable.

And it's used around the neck,
where the croc's skin is
tougher and extra thick.

Just gotta get it
all the way back in there.

There we go, okay.

All right, here we go.

-[Remi] Yes.
-[Forrest] Okay, I want you to
hold this cable, okay?

I'm gonna do this thing now.

This is
a steel-fabricated cage.

And look at the strength
of what he's able to do
with one single lunge.

Now that he's snared,
I'm actually gonna let him go
for his own safety.

I need him out
of the steel cage,

where he can't thrash
and hurt himself,
and into the open.

There he goes.
Let him go. Let him go!

-[Remi] Let it go!
-Madala,let him go!
Hey, hey, let him go!

-Let him go. Let him go.
-[Remi speaking
foreign language]

[Forrest] Okay, guys, we're
gonna need... Give me this
one. This one here. This side.

Okay, here we go, guys.
This is it.

Now we reel him back in
by hand.

Oh, boy. This is
a big crocodile.

Okay, you ready?
Guys, this is gonna take
all of us, seriously.

-As in I need hands.
Careful, Remi.
-Ooh!

-[Remi] Yeah, you.
Come on. Yeah.
-You ready?

I'd even got
my camera team pulling.

Come on.

He's gonna start fighting now.
Here he comes.

That's all right. Perfect.
Perfect. Perfect. Let him
roll. Let him roll.

Let him roll. That's perfect.
We want him to roll
like that.

Pull, Remi, pull, Remi, pull!

Watch out!
Watch those jaws!

Yeah, that's a big crocodile!

Watch yourself!
Back up, back up, back up.

Back up. Yeah, back up,
back up, back up, Remi.
Back up, back, back, back.

Hold there.

-[Remi] Okay.
-[Forrest] Whoo!

Yeah!

[Forrest] Here he comes.

Now that he's tired
himself out a bit,

I need to get a second snare
around the world's most
powerful bite force

to keep everyone safe.

He's so big, I literally
can't get the noose
around his jaws.

This is the biggest catchpole

we've ever made
and it barely fits.

Oh, he's strong!
I can't even get
his jaws closed.

One, two, three, up!

One, two, three, up!

We need him on dry land
to wrap him for travel.

But every step
is a struggle.

Almost. One, two, three, up!

Okay, a little bit more,
one, two, three, up!

Yeah, go on, perfect.

Thank you, Remi.

-Okay, Remi, come sit,
sit here, sit here.
-Ooh!

-Sit here.
-Yeah!

Okay. All right.
We got it.

Whoa! Forrest!

Yeah, what do you think,
Remi, are you happy?

You never sit on
a big crocodile before, eh?

-It's my first time, you know.
-[laughs]

We've got him now,
safe and sound.

No more deaths from this guy
and no one got hurt.

There we go. Very good. Okay,
so he's still very much...

Alive and breathing nicely.

So we're gonna cover his eyes.

-John, can I borrow
your scarf?
-Sure.

[Forrest] Thank you.

The crocodiles,
when they close their eyes,

it's like they get tired,
you know?
They go to sleep, so...

-[Remi] Okay.
-We're just gonna
close his eyes.

Now he's gonna go to sleep
now when his eyes go closed.

Now we've gotta prep him
for safe transport.

-That's it. We got him.
-[laughs]

It's good, eh? What do
you say? It's good, eh, baba?

Yeah, that's the one, eh?

He knows he's captured,
so he's saving his energy.

But he could lash out
if we're not careful.

Now I won't recommend
anybody ever try
this at home,

but look at the size of him.
I'm six feet tall.

That means this is like
a 16, 17-foot-long crocodile.

I mean,
look at the size of him.
He is just massive.

He's a lot bigger than
the lizards we used to catch
when we were kids, eh?

[both laugh]

[Forrest] We've stopped
the killings
by capturing the croc.

Now we need to heal
the community

by letting them purge
the evil spirit.

And for that,
he's coming with us
on a boat ride.

One, two, three.

Right. Probably weighs
close to two tons, so...

It's gonna take everyone.

Yeah, he's getting ready
to thrash again.

Now under here, guys.
Oh, that's right.

Watch out, watch out.
Watch out, watch out,
watch out.

That's right.
We're all right.
We're all right.

Grab the rope.
Grab the rope.
Grab the rope.

I told you,
he's gonna go now.

Grab the rope.
Grab the rope.

Guys, get the noose,
get the noose!

He's headed right
for the water.

Help! Everybody, help!
Everybody, help!

Ivan, everybody, help!
We're losing him.

I don't know, we gotta
get... Get one of the poles,
quick.

Quick, quick, quick!

We're losing him, guys!

-[all clamoring]
-[Forrest] Guys,
we are losing him!

Quick, guys, please! Somebody!

[grunts] So see this vine
right here?

This is cissus integrifolia,
also known as water vine.

And when you're in
the African bush,
where things get very hot...

You don't have a lot of water
here around.

So instead, you have to find
alternative water sources
like this

and you can see,
it harbors a ton of water.

So these things
can be absolutely life-saving.

[Forrest] We need another rope
on his jaw immediately.

The 17-foot, two-ton dinosaur
is far too powerful for Remi
and I.

And I need every hand
available to stop him
from getting away.

We got it.
That's right.

That's the thing with
crocodiles. You can never
get complacent.

I mean, I totally got
complacent there,

stopped paying attention,
and we nearly lost him.

Look at these, eh?
Imagine this going through
you, 60-something of them.

With such
an insane bite force,

it just punctures
your entire body.

Their method of killing
is not by biting you,
not at all.

They grab on
and they twirl.

And what that does is
it rips limb from body,

and you bleed out,
and then they'll actually
take the carcass

and store it under
these reed banks, just like
that one where we caught him,

and wait for it to decompose
and rot so it's easy to eat.

Ready, one, two, three, up!

-[all grunt]
-[Forrest] There we go.
There we go.

Now come this way.
Towards me, guys, towards me.

-There we go.
-[Remi] Okay. Oh.

Whoo! Good job,
everybody, eh?

Got him roped
and he's in the boat,

ready for the witch doctor
to do her thing.

That's it.

After that, I'm hoping to
release him far from here,
where he can't be harmed.

And it sounds like
word of our success may have
already reached the village.

Remi and I are getting
a hero's welcome.

[all chanting and applauding]

Look at them, Mitch,
they're so happy.

[all cheering]

-Are you happy?
-[all cheer]

Good day, good day.

[all applauding and cheering]

This is just
an incredible celebration.

Both the fishermen
and the crocodile are safe,

but as for any evil spirits...

The witch doctor has sent
one of her disciples

to perform the ceremony.

[people chanting]

While this might not be
my personal belief,

it is incredibly important
to all the people here.

-[singing in foreign language]
-[trumpet blowing]

This is the trumpet which
they will blow when they are
calling for the spirit medium.

[speaking in foreign language]

[Remi speaking]

[speaking in foreign language]

And we want to know
if this creature can, uh...

[Forrest] Right,
watch the leg.

[people clamoring]

[Forrest] All right.
We're okay. We're all right.
It's all right.

It's all right.

Who tied this knot?
This know is...

Maybe there is something
to this evil spirit.

-It's all right.
It's all right.
-[people clamoring]

We have him bound,
so he can't bite anyone.

But it's important to show
calm with such a large group.

If the crowd panics,
that could get dangerous,

and really stress
the crocodile.

So, uh,
quite interesting, really.

The croc hasn't budged
in maybe 30 minutes.

All of a sudden,
the witch doctor starts
talking about the croc,

and he's not happy
about it, so,

while it might not be
my immediate belief,

it's pretty interesting
that the timing worked out
like that.

Now that he's calm,
the ceremony can continue.

[speaking in foreign language]

[Remi] This is the end of it.
It won't kill another person.

They are now powerless.

Excellent.

[crowd cheers and applauds]

-[music playing]
-[cheering continues]

[Forrest] Time to find
a new home for the big guy.

Bye, guys! Bye-bye!

Okay, madala.Watch out,
he's waking up, eh?

Oh! [grunts]

I'm taking him
many miles upriver,

a half-day's journey
from the fishing village.

Up here, this environment
is just absolutely stunning.

You can see there's big,
sandy riverbeds,

there's crocodiles all over,
look, there's one right there.

This is not an area
where people come very often.

So we might have a really
nice home for our big,
grumpy guy.

One, two, three.

My plan is actually
to put a GPS tracker on him

and that way, we can monitor
exactly where he's going
and when he's going there.

So this very menacing-looking
GPS tracker here,

but the truth is, crocodiles
have extremely soft skin

underneath extremely
tough scales,

and piercing this would
basically be the same as
giving us an ear piercing.

The difference is,
this ear piercing

is gonna tell us a lot
about this animal's behavior.

And now,
the most stressful step
in any crocodile capture.

The release.

Okay, guys, this is it, eh?
Everybody needs to be
focused up and ready.

Back up.

Okay, back off. Back off.
Everybody, back off.
Back off, back off.

No, no, he's not for long.

I know his tricks now.

He's just waiting
to make a run for it.

-[Remi laughs]
-There he goes!

-Look at this. Go on,
off you go! Go home!
-[all cheering]

-Have a nice life!
-[Remi] And a nice journey!

-Whoo!
-[both laugh]

That's the end.

Hey, that's great.

-Thank you.
-That's it, guys,
we did it!

I came home
to the Zambezi River

with every intention
of studying these
overly aggressive crocodiles.

And at first, I would never
have guessed it was
a single, gigantic alpha male

that was causing
all the pain and suffering.

And while this problem
was an isolated incident,

this monster crocodile
could be the first of many.

There are more
human beings on the planet
now than ever before,

so basic needs like food,
running water and land
are getting scarce.

Human beings are fighting
wildlife for those resources.

When humans and wildlife
come into conflict,
the wildlife always loses.

We have to come up
with sustainable methods
of harvest.

We have to eat just
the right amount of fish.

Not catch as many as we can
and ship them off
all over the world.

And if we can do that,
we can have
a balanced ecosystem.

And if the ecosystem
is in balance,

then both humans and animals
can live happily side by side.