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[Narrator] There is an
eternal quest for paradise.
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It always starts in purgatory.
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There is a place in Africa
where there was once a
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vast lake, the largest
on the continent.
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It is the ancient
birthplace of Man,
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60,000 years ago.
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A place where we cast our
long shadows over the world
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for the first time.
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But the lake dried, condemning
us all to wandering,
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nomads in search
of a new paradise.
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It's now an annual
journey to find the river,
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a voyage to reconnect,
to survive,
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to thrive.
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Every step we take is in the
pursuit of one single thing.
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Water.
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It turns us all into
fragile porcelain puppets
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dancing to its whims.
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Everyone wants
something from this prize,
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this treasure, this
river of their dreams.
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♪ Everybody's lookin'
for something ♪
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♪ Some of them want to use you ♪
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♪ Some of them want to
get used by you ♪
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♪ Some of them want
to abuse you ♪
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♪ Some of them want
to be abused ♪
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Our story begins right
here, in Southern Africa.
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There are two kinds of
rivers, male and female.
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The ancients talk of this one
'lovingly' for her complexity,
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the seductive sway of her
shallow meandering course,
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as she enters Botswana,
and for her nurturing.
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[snorting]
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She is also dangerous,
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a powerful and
unpredictable river.
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It's a place where someone's
paradise is always someone
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else's purgatory.
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[mooing]
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[snorting, grunting]
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[growling]
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[growling, mooing]
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No one would have predicted
that the lioness's day would
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have ended just so badly.
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The Paradise pride waits
for days for their lioness.
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Her shoulder is injured,
her ankle shattered.
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They finally
leave her for dead.
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[thunder, lightning]
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The river itself
has a back-story.
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It takes a single raindrop
at the source six months to
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travel the course of her body.
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Each is joined by another, and
another until she comes alive
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again each year.
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[rainfall]
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And so begins a
journey that is legendary,
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passing through the
secret underwater
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windows of the river.
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It goes down the
labyrinths of monsters.
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Over the bones of those that
didn't survive the last flood,
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capturing their nutrients,
passing them downstream to
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those that can use them
and on to one of the
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greatest wonders of Africa.
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It's a place where every
action starts a reaction.
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Like a well-crafted
Stradivarius violin,
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plucked at one end,
it shivers on the other.
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[birds chirping]
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[leopard grunting]
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Icy cold water keeps
everyone on their toes.
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But this nurturing river
delivers miracles with as
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much ease as she
does disasters...
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The injured lioness is slowly
recovering her strength.
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It's been weeks.
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[growling]
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The flood has come in, cutting
the lion off from her pride.
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She's finally
gained enough strength.
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But she's a lone
huntress with a handicap.
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But this weakened lioness
has another reason for
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staying alive.
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Somehow the lioness has
managed to keep them alive and
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secured them in the
deepest of reeds.
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[meowing]
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There is a phrase in Botswana:
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"Fekeetsa di gkwetho"
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it means: overcoming
a handicap, a challenge.
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So 'Feeketsa,'
we will call her,
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and her guide through paradise
will be the river itself.
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There is an unusual
bird in the swamp,
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one that unlike Fekeetsa
leaves her young the minute
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they hatch.
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There are also
nymphs living here,
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flowers that offer up
soft skirts each day,
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to lull you into their beauty.
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It sets the stage for
some gangly chicks.
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Day old African Jacanas
already know where the food is.
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And they get there
on oversized feet.
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The twins have no perception
of danger beneath them.
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But Jacana mothers always
abandon their chicks as they
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hatch, and leave them entirely
in the care of the males.
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[birds chirping]
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With a coded chirp, he
calls the chicks to him.
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And tucks one under each wing
to walk them out of danger.
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Those that survive here are
the ones that are most aware
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of the sinister
hiding in the beauty.
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In an instant the Jacana
family's floating home can
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be destroyed by a giant.
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[rumbling]
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And so, it's off on a discarded
island to the next location,
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a vagabond's life for them.
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[rumbling]
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But in elephants, the river
finds her perfect collaborator.
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[rumbling]
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They dominate everything,
big and small
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with each step they take.
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They turn the swamp
into a living mosaic.
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Where elephants go,
water follows,
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down channels into streams
feeding the river herself.
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Without them, the river would
simply silt up and disappear.
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[rumbling]
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It's the perfect partnership:
she thrives on change,
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and elephants provide that.
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The 'freshwater plankton'
they stir up connects
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the entire underwater food web.
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And then, the water
starts to vibrate.
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Another major
force is on its way.
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Catfish.
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As the flood comes up, they
come out of hidden pools and
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channels in a frenzy.
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It's a madness of fish and it
disturbs everyone in the river.
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[birds chirping]
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Catfish are both hunters,
and hunted.
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But eventually, the catfish
clean out the waters and have
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to ride the wave the
river provides them,
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to new feeding grounds.
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Tiger fish mop up
behind them like hyenas
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preying on the wounded.
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But to drop your guard in
these waters is a mistake.
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As the river now sways through
the deep papyrus she touches
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one life after another
and barely looks back
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over her shoulder.
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In the chilly mornings,
her ghostly breath rises up
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beyond her body.
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When Feeketsa looks around it
is at a shrinking territory,
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as the land disappears
under the rising water.
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She and her cubs are
prisoners on this island now.
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Swimming across this
fast flowing river
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would be foolhardy.
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Being in the water takes the
weight off her broken ankle.
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It eases her pain.
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The surge of water has pushed
lechwe antelope her way.
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It's another test.
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A temptation.
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But running is
impossible for her now.
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With her injury
Fekeetsa will have to
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develop different skills.
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So she starts to
hunt from the water.
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Today, it's not
scarcity that's her problem,
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it's abundance.
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[growling]
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Nomadic lions, also working
the ever-changing flood.
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[honking]
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Today they have a
male with them,
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even more reason for
Fekeetsa to stay hidden,
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but their fate is in the
hands of the river now.
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The big lioness is successful.
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But she's not
comfortable in the water.
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She's not a swamp cat.
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But the threat to their kill
doesn't come from in the water.
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[growling]
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[growling]
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[growling]
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[growling]
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Wandering nomads are a
constant threat to a
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young mother and cubs.
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Even though they came
a long way for this,
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they'll move on now.
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The new water continues to flow
strongly for nearly six months,
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stretching her body, making
it youthful and powerful.
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Just downstream from Feeketas'
island the river passes
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through fields of
waterbird rookeries.
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[chirping]
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[chirping]
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[chirping]
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The dynamic river
suddenly pools and spills,
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tempting bull hippos to
gather like gladiators only to
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discover that she will suck the
pool dry and move on again,
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a fickle queen
that seems hell bent on
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entertainment at their cost.
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[grunting, growling]
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[grunting, growling]
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At night a whole new
world exists in the stream.
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The diamonds at the feet of
giants are an outbreak of
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Scavenger beetles.
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They've been revived from
months in hibernation in the
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mud and released by
the flood into a frenzy,
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to find that ideal mate
in a crowded pond
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while they have time.
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One of Africa's smallest
primates now has a problem.
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The flood has trapped
them on a tiny island.
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The bush baby has adapted
perfectly for this exact
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moment with huge eyes
for stereoscopic vision.
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But those eyes are so big that
to move its eyes it has to
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move its entire head.
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But perhaps its best
adaptation is a behavior
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generally frowned
upon in our culture,
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they urinate on their hands,
for that extra stickiness to
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hunt and leap around
the forest at night.
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As the Okavango
ebbs and flows,
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it leaves exposed sand banks,
an invitation to a rare
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African Skimmer family.
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Despite the odd clumsy take off,
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African Skimmers are some of
the most elegant birds on the
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wing and when they take to
the air it's to start fishing.
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And it's with aerial precision.
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It is high-risk fishing.
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They blindly "feel" for fish
with their extended bottom
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beaks, and if they
detect one, they grab it.
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If it's too big
they can snap a neck.
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[hissing]
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[chirping]
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[chirping]
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[chirping]
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Their 'endangered' status
doesn't matter to the river as
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she drifts on again, peeking
into the intimate lives of one
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family and moving on to
the next with no judgement.
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Fekeetsa, is one of those
who is struggling to make it
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against all odds.
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She tests the
breeze on her face.
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The satisfying scent of prey.
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Another disadvantage of living
on a small island in the
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Okavango is that even
the prey starts to
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recognize your handicaps.
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But she isn't
hunting them today.
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She's meticulously
searching for something else.
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It's the season
of Lechwe births.
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[bleating]
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To keep her young alive she
has stolen someone else's.
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[cub squeaking]
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For the lions, it's a real
story of overcoming challenge.
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Now the river
changes faces completely.
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As a part of her leaves
Fekeetsa and her success
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behind, we follow her
droplets downstream.
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The first indication of this
costume change is a different,
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almost hesitant flow.
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It is her second act.
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She morphs into a slow
drifting realm on top of a
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bed of sand, the same Kalahari
desert sand she once covered
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as an ancient lake, now
well beyond the reaches
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of the Okavango.
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The sudden change
in water speed,
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deposits nutrients that now
feed everything as the river
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flattens and spreads out.
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And then she hits a wall.
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A wall of thousands of
island in a flat landscape.
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It is the first
sign of her weakness,
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and she wallows now
in limbo, uncertain,
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searching for direction.
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00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,000
But the secret to
this transition from
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Paradise to Limbo
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lies at the very center
of each and every island.
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There are forces
at work down here,
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building
underground fortresses,
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blockades against the
rising water table.
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Termites!
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They fight back her strength
with saliva and calcrete.
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00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,120
And it works.
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00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:06,360
But once a year, these termites
start their nuptial dances.
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00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,880
They flush from underground
homes to fly and within seconds,
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00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,160
find a mate before
they can be eaten.
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00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:31,960
Downstream in this realm of
limbo a male lion awakens to
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00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:36,720
the flutter of
millions of termites.
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00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,000
This mating dance fills the
air and starts one of the
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most magical
relationships in nature.
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One that dominates the entire
story of the Okavango as she
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becomes a delta, because
while millions don't make it,
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00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,240
millions do.
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They land at the feet of
giants and start to build
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towering castles of clay right
across Northern Botswana.
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Trees attach themselves,
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00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,800
stabilizing these
islands even more.
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00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:57,040
[chirping]
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00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,360
When carmine bee-eaters get
restless it's because they can
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00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,480
smell the water and they
sense the exploding air
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00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,360
that's coming.
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00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:13,120
[thunder, lightning]
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Dry storms flash messages of a
different opportunity for them.
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00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,160
The Carmines follow the
smoke to the intense
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forced flush of insects.
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00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,320
It's a dance with death.
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00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:08,600
The exploding oil-packed reeds
are the fire to the flood that
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00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,840
makes up the
duality of the Okavango.
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00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,400
The fire cracks seeds open and
hands them over to the river,
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00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,520
to tumble down, and to
settle on termite mounds.
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00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:33,440
The mounds grow and flatten
into the ideal high ground for
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00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,840
male lions to thrive on,
working their hunting grounds,
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00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,640
strutting their dominance.
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00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:20,000
These islands are an
opportunity for some.
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00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:25,080
A hyena family has been busy renovating
an old den they found.
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00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,560
It may not look like
much but it is dry,
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00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:32,680
and with multiple rooms for
the different sized cubs.
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00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,560
Their cuteness has
been reserved for when
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00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:51,120
they are very young.
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00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,520
And they soon grow out of it.
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00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,400
[sniffing]
302
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:16,880
Someone else is eyeing
these secret chambers today.
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00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:25,640
And quite simply moves in.
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00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:44,960
[squeaking]
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00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,680
And then they come to
some kind of agreement
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00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,960
on a working solution.
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00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,560
Hyena den during the day and
at night when they are out
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00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:03,480
hunting the
warthogs are in residence.
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00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:31,440
The advantage of this unusual
arrangement is that there is
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00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:35,920
always someone with a
different sleep cycle on watch.
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00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,520
[snorting]
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00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,680
The reason for the warthog's
sheer determination to be
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00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:28,680
close to the hyenas is soon
revealed from the catacombs.
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00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,520
[squeaking]
315
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:48,920
[snorting]
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00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:55,120
In just a few weeks warthog
numbers more than double.
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00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:59,560
Their evolved tactic is to
flood the plains and confuse
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00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,720
the predators with
so many choices.
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00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:15,600
Having one baby at a
time would be a mistake.
320
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:26,080
[squealing]
321
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,520
[growling]
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00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:40,000
So while he fights
an impossible battle,
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00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,920
his siblings are guaranteed
a few more days at least.
324
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,120
[squealing]
325
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:19,600
This face of the river may
seem to be a dispassionate one
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00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,440
but she teaches
us to understand,
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00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:26,920
that the odds don't always
favor the bold and the brave.
328
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:41,320
Soon she is at full capacity.
329
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:43,240
But the
perfection of this river,
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00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:45,640
is that halfway
through the year,
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00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:48,920
just as she is at her peak,
it is the Southern Hemisphere
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00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,880
winter and grazing
starts to brown.
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00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:05,360
[rumbling]
334
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:22,280
[rumbling]
335
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:28,000
It triggers a massive movement
of wildlife from the drying
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00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:32,400
rainwater pools away from the
delta straight towards her.
337
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:45,160
[splashing]
338
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:06,440
[rumbling]
339
00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:30,840
As elephants charge
around, they bash open paths,
340
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:34,000
but once again, it
works in her favor,
341
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:37,920
it gives her the opportunity
she has been waiting for.
342
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,200
The river floods in around
the termite mounds islands,
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00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,600
winning ground, changing
direction, unblocking,
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00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:51,480
staying alive, and keeping
everything else alive too.
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00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:04,360
Sated by fresh floodwater,
elephants turn to something
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00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:09,480
highly sought after, up ahead
of them on those islands.
347
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:20,720
They don't seem to mind being
crowned by rock hard nuts.
348
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,760
Those seeds germinate in the
perfect incubation 'oven',
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00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:35,720
in an elephant's gut, and then
afterwards are deposited for
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00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:40,280
the river to
nurture even further.
351
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,880
[trumpeting]
352
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:48,880
Long lines of palm trees,
whole islands are 'planted'
353
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:53,440
like this by elephants and
the river working together.
354
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,680
The palm and termite islands
also attract one of the
355
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:03,760
most endangered canines,
356
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:08,160
the painted dogs.
357
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:12,960
Today the Zarafa
pack is not happy.
358
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:15,520
They have a small problem.
359
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:20,040
[squeaking]
360
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:23,480
Usually only the alpha
female is allowed to breed,
361
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:26,360
but someone slipped
by them this year and
362
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,920
two females fell pregnant.
363
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:33,240
So they have
16 small problems!
364
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,600
And it's affecting family
life because the alpha dog
365
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:40,000
has simply kidnapped
all the puppies.
366
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,200
But she's
struggling to feed them.
367
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:46,800
She refuses to share the
burden or abandon any pups.
368
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:03,440
[rumbling]
369
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:14,360
The exhausted dogs barely give
way to a bull elephant off a
370
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:19,480
sugar high from a palm nut
binge but they simply cannot
371
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:23,200
ignore the
nagging alpha female.
372
00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:26,680
She needs food for her pups.
373
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:33,400
[squeaking]
374
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,560
Painted dogs test everything.
375
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,480
It's a strategy to
find weaknesses.
376
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:48,600
If they don't see it
quickly, they move on.
377
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:27,920
It's also a tactic
of bait and switch,
378
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:31,640
divide and conquer.
379
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,720
[snorting]
380
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,440
The alpha male calls it.
381
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:02,840
They just don't
have the energy now.
382
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:06,080
And there will always be
someone else in trouble.
383
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:19,520
[squeaking]
384
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:28,200
There is a single rare
antelope who risks
385
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,120
crossing the river today.
386
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:35,440
He is so rare that
he's one of a kind.
387
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,880
There has never been
another like him seen
388
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,160
anywhere in the world.
389
00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:44,440
Ever.
390
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:47,200
His mother was a lechwe.
391
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:50,240
But his father
was a waterbuck.
392
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:54,920
So we'll call him a "Wachwe"
in honor of both parents.
393
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:17,960
What the pack doesn't know
is that if they succeed today
394
00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:22,440
they will have killed the
only "wachwe" on the planet.
395
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:41,920
But he's not a complete loner,
he's found his half-brother.
396
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,560
A real waterbuck.
397
00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:51,280
And the reason the desperate
pack doesn't just chase in
398
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:55,880
after them now, is because the
river has given the antelope
399
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:59,320
some prickly guardians.
400
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:03,000
[snorting]
401
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:20,040
The two antelope possibly
chose the hippo pool for this
402
00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:24,240
exact reason and they find
safety in limbo somewhere
403
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:28,200
between the riverbank
and the deeper water.
404
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:36,560
[bleating]
405
00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:54,480
[squeaking]
406
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:10,000
It's a standoff between an
endangered predator and an
407
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:13,920
antelope that
doesn't yet exist.
408
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:07,960
Hippos aren't
always belligerent.
409
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:12,000
They sometimes, at least,
"tolerate" company.
410
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:15,680
Black Egrets have a special
technique of blocking out the
411
01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:20,400
shine on the water, to catch
fish disturbed by the hippos.
412
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:26,800
Small minnows come to
forage, and craftily,
413
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:31,560
the egrets use their
bright yellow feet as lures.
414
01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:38,000
It's such a good tactic that a
glossy ibis poaches under the
415
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:40,880
umbrella without
any shame at all.
416
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,920
But the birds have to keep a
wary eye out for things you
417
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:56,120
would least expect to
be a threat to them.
418
01:00:58,560 --> 01:01:03,600
The teenage lions of the pride
test anything just for fun.
419
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:19,360
Both of the Limbo
Males are following today,
420
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:23,240
an indication of
trouble for someone.
421
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:46,080
Being down in the water-grass
gets hot and confusing,
422
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:50,680
so these swamp cats
take frequent breaks.
423
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:14,800
It's cool in the trees but
these heavy-set lions have to
424
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:18,240
get that balance just right.
425
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:38,000
And it's not just the
lionesses that can climb,
426
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:41,560
but he does stick out a bit.
427
01:02:56,680 --> 01:03:01,080
He needs to get
down fast or stay up, silently.
428
01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:10,240
[mooing]
429
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:33,200
[snorting]
430
01:03:55,120 --> 01:04:00,520
[mooing]
431
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:12,040
[roaring]
432
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:23,800
[mooing]
433
01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:29,000
Now it's important for
the male to be still.
434
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:32,920
As inconspicuous as possible!
435
01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:05,760
[trumpeting]
436
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:08,400
Suddenly there are
elephants in the mix,
437
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:11,560
and they're irate.
438
01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:24,480
[mooing]
439
01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:29,800
[trumpeting]
440
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:34,400
[rumbling]
441
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,160
On the left flank, some
of the younger lions have
442
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,760
their own troubles now.
443
01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:49,000
[growling]
444
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:55,160
[growling]
445
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:30,400
As the evening air cools,
the river releases tiny nymphs
446
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:34,880
that have been waiting
for a year under water.
447
01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:45,720
It's a hatching the little
Bee-Eaters know exactly
448
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:49,040
what to do with.
449
01:06:55,840 --> 01:07:02,320
[insects chirping]
450
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:27,080
By dawn, the pride has
regrouped behind the herd,
451
01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:30,200
still on their island.
452
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:33,800
[mooing]
453
01:07:36,280 --> 01:07:38,920
[snorting]
454
01:07:51,960 --> 01:07:54,560
They're going to need
something different today or
455
01:07:54,640 --> 01:07:58,600
it will end up in
the trees again.
456
01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:04,360
It's going to take a hero.
457
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:08,560
An unlikely hero after
yesterday's performance.
458
01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:56,560
And then, just as the herd hits
the first reeds and escape,
459
01:08:56,640 --> 01:09:00,720
the second male flies into
action alongside his brother.
460
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:53,440
[growling]
461
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:05,760
[trumpeting]
462
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:15,880
[rumbling, trumpeting]
463
01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:23,360
[trumpeting]
464
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:31,760
When elephants smell death,
465
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:35,600
they react as if any
death is personal.
466
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:38,400
Perhaps it is.
467
01:10:38,480 --> 01:10:42,440
The Tuskless cow may have lost
a calf of her own in the past.
468
01:10:42,520 --> 01:10:48,560
[rumbling]
469
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:50,520
[trumpeting]
470
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:54,960
[growling]
471
01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:58,040
And then without any
obvious reason at all,
472
01:10:58,120 --> 01:11:03,840
the herd suddenly settles down
and allows the pride to feed.
473
01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:22,800
[birds chirping]
474
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:25,480
Red billed quelea, in their
millions start to flock at the
475
01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:28,760
end of the flood.
476
01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:35,320
These are the most abundant
birds on the whole planet.
477
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:41,080
[chirping]
478
01:11:43,560 --> 01:11:49,680
[wings flapping]
479
01:11:55,960 --> 01:11:59,600
The battle of opposing forces,
water and dry will change the
480
01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:03,240
lives of the
nearby leopard family.
481
01:12:07,440 --> 01:12:12,600
[chirping]
482
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:22,960
There are two cubs.
483
01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:26,600
A composed little female and
her brother who is much more
484
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:30,320
interested in how
things in the world work.
485
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:41,640
[buzzing]
486
01:12:48,840 --> 01:12:53,000
He hasn't learned the
dangers of being curious yet.
487
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:14,640
Bored with killer Bees, he
takes to simply irritating his
488
01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:18,160
more serious twin sister.
489
01:13:23,480 --> 01:13:26,360
It's the season of the
sausage tree flowers.
490
01:13:26,440 --> 01:13:30,200
The ideal place for the
twin's mother to hang out.
491
01:13:31,920 --> 01:13:35,360
It's why we call her
"Moporota" the local name
492
01:13:35,440 --> 01:13:38,680
for sausage tree.
493
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:44,000
She's not resting,
she's waiting.
494
01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:22,200
[grunting]
495
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:35,320
[growling]
496
01:14:39,200 --> 01:14:41,640
Rest is impossible,
so within minutes,
497
01:14:41,720 --> 01:14:45,160
she heads back to the trees.
498
01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:09,840
[squealing]
499
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:17,640
She can't choose, so grabs up
two piglets, one for each cub,
500
01:16:17,720 --> 01:16:21,240
but the cries
attract unwanted attention.
501
01:16:26,360 --> 01:16:27,960
[laughing]
502
01:16:28,040 --> 01:16:31,200
One is better than nothing
in a place where what was
503
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:36,680
yesterday cannot be relied
on tomorrow: in a realm where
504
01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:41,040
even the water
disappears around you.
505
01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:53,680
[squawking]
506
01:17:02,280 --> 01:17:04,880
Oxygen levels
start to drop now.
507
01:17:04,960 --> 01:17:08,640
The fish that recognize that
turn and head back upstream.
508
01:17:08,720 --> 01:17:13,440
And those that don't, and that
leave it too late get cut off,
509
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:17,160
isolated in shrinking pools.
510
01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:23,120
All the way to the end
the river clutches to life.
511
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:54,320
The old Limbo male knows the
pressure of disappearing water
512
01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:57,200
better than most.
513
01:17:57,280 --> 01:18:00,000
He was once a young male
walking into someone's
514
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:05,720
territory expecting a fight,
just like these new intruders.
515
01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:26,480
He must either expel them
immediately or fall victim to
516
01:18:26,560 --> 01:18:30,760
a slow erosion
of his authority.
517
01:18:38,320 --> 01:18:43,000
[growling]
518
01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:06,280
[growling]
519
01:19:14,720 --> 01:19:16,360
[roaring]
520
01:19:17,920 --> 01:19:23,840
[roaring]
521
01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:29,640
Today he wins and casts them
out into the wilderness with
522
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:33,520
his rebuke
ringing in their ears.
523
01:19:51,600 --> 01:19:54,560
There is no underestimating
the power of one,
524
01:19:54,640 --> 01:19:58,920
small niggling voice
to get things going.
525
01:20:02,480 --> 01:20:05,600
It's a ripple effect,
a movement,
526
01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:09,520
a race to not get left in
this perpetual tension at
527
01:20:09,600 --> 01:20:11,680
the end of the river.
528
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:18,000
[rumbling]
529
01:20:27,680 --> 01:20:31,320
The air is so dry that it
turns the grasses brittle
530
01:20:31,440 --> 01:20:34,080
under their feet.
531
01:20:34,160 --> 01:20:37,560
The elephants are now
moving upstream away
532
01:20:37,640 --> 01:20:41,280
from the stagnant water.
533
01:20:43,440 --> 01:20:49,840
[rumbling]
534
01:21:02,400 --> 01:21:06,680
[splashing]
535
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:16,720
[grunting]
536
01:21:31,400 --> 01:21:35,520
This stage of the great
river is all about movement.
537
01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:25,320
Moporota can't move.
538
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:38,120
She's a great huntress but
survival dictates that she
539
01:22:38,200 --> 01:22:41,040
scavenges now.
540
01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:45,040
What she finds is even bigger
than she probably thought.
541
01:22:51,960 --> 01:22:57,760
[flies buzzing]
542
01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:04,000
Young hyenas, still
nearly twice her size,
543
01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:07,400
have had the same idea.
544
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:11,560
[laughing]
545
01:23:11,640 --> 01:23:13,480
The Moporoto twins panic.
546
01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:16,640
One to the tree, the
other to the bushes.
547
01:23:18,280 --> 01:23:23,000
[meowing]
548
01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:26,680
The little male is safe.
549
01:23:26,760 --> 01:23:30,520
But now she has a problem.
550
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:34,200
And it's largely
one of communication.
551
01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:38,120
She somehow tells him to
stay in the trees but tries to
552
01:23:38,200 --> 01:23:42,120
encourage the little
female back from the bushes.
553
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:57,600
[grunting]
554
01:24:01,560 --> 01:24:06,920
Her call should instill confidence that
she owns the night.
555
01:24:07,240 --> 01:24:12,520
[grunting]
556
01:24:30,760 --> 01:24:34,240
Finally, the lost little
female is convinced and
557
01:24:34,320 --> 01:24:37,040
comes back to her mother.
558
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:43,840
[grunting]
559
01:24:50,320 --> 01:24:55,640
[squawking]
560
01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:10,000
[squawking]
561
01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:18,840
[laughing]
562
01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:23,440
[growling]
563
01:25:31,280 --> 01:25:38,000
[meowing]
564
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:45,000
The little male is a lot
more difficult to convince.
565
01:25:45,080 --> 01:25:47,960
The horrors only he witnessed
during the night will stick
566
01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:51,720
with him, at least for a few
moments while he figures out
567
01:25:51,800 --> 01:25:55,040
exactly how to descend.
568
01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:06,920
She's ready to ambush him,
569
01:26:07,000 --> 01:26:10,560
so a little route
change is necessary.
570
01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:22,040
[branch cracking]
571
01:26:34,160 --> 01:26:38,840
The river only exists because
of the dry land it cuts through,
572
01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:42,160
light from dark,
wet from dry.
573
01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:46,240
Paradise only real
because of the inferno.
574
01:26:58,080 --> 01:27:00,200
[grunting]
575
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:09,280
Catfish have evolved a
way to breathe actual air,
576
01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:13,200
but it won't be
enough for them now.
577
01:27:18,680 --> 01:27:23,320
Those on the top
layer simply bake.
578
01:27:31,360 --> 01:27:35,720
At this far end of life,
a desert leopard ekes out
579
01:27:35,800 --> 01:27:39,440
a living by finding
the impossible.
580
01:27:50,840 --> 01:27:55,080
Next week she may
well be eating hippo.
581
01:28:04,840 --> 01:28:09,840
[wind blowing]
582
01:28:09,920 --> 01:28:13,080
The intense hot
air rises and cools.
583
01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:15,840
As it drops down the air
triggers a cycle of the most
584
01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:19,680
extraordinary contrasts.
585
01:28:20,360 --> 01:28:23,360
It is the eternal
journey of life from death,
586
01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:28,840
water from dry and motion
from the static stifling heat.
587
01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:38,760
They run just on
the promise of rain,
588
01:28:38,840 --> 01:28:43,240
the collective hope of
a river being reborn.
589
01:28:44,240 --> 01:28:50,840
[thunder, lightning]
590
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:07,640
[rainfall]
591
01:29:31,160 --> 01:29:34,600
And the dusty landscape is
transformed by the water from
592
01:29:34,680 --> 01:29:38,800
the river, this time
not from the flood,
593
01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:41,840
but having been sucked
up over months and
594
01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:45,680
deposited again from the sky.
595
01:29:50,840 --> 01:29:54,640
It unlocks them
all from purgatory.
596
01:29:55,880 --> 01:29:59,440
Even the ancient lake beyond
the river has a brief annual
597
01:29:59,520 --> 01:30:04,160
revival, if only for a few
days and just ankle deep.
598
01:30:07,080 --> 01:30:11,600
[braying]
599
01:30:15,560 --> 01:30:17,760
The zebras gather
to find a mate,
600
01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:20,920
eat salt, fight for the right
to a herd and give birth in
601
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:24,840
the safety of thousands,
before the journey back
602
01:30:24,920 --> 01:30:29,280
to the heart of paradise.
603
01:30:33,680 --> 01:30:36,840
A spectacular
splash of pink arrives,
604
01:30:36,920 --> 01:30:41,400
like the first smears
on this perfect canvas.
605
01:30:41,480 --> 01:30:45,440
Flamingos go where the
best shrimp is served.
606
01:30:47,480 --> 01:30:52,920
[squawking]
607
01:31:03,240 --> 01:31:09,920
[squawking]
608
01:31:18,040 --> 01:31:24,200
[squawking]
609
01:31:28,400 --> 01:31:31,360
[squawking]
610
01:31:47,920 --> 01:31:52,600
Within months they float away,
a brightly colored figment of
611
01:31:52,680 --> 01:31:56,320
our imagination.
612
01:31:56,760 --> 01:32:01,800
It triggers a return for many
to the heart of the river,
613
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:07,800
all on that perpetual
quest for that one thing,
614
01:32:07,880 --> 01:32:10,600
water.
615
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:18,000
Each of her droplets dances
gleefully with the next,
616
01:32:18,080 --> 01:32:21,560
reconnecting after a long
journey like old friends,
617
01:32:21,640 --> 01:32:25,360
meeting one another.
618
01:32:25,440 --> 01:32:29,520
[growling]
619
01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:41,440
And in her effervescence,
we find meaning.
620
01:32:43,160 --> 01:32:46,000
And we'd be
right to be in awe.
621
01:32:46,080 --> 01:32:50,160
Anything that dwarfs an
elephant is humbling.
622
01:32:51,280 --> 01:32:54,400
She is a philosophy and a
reflection of our own
623
01:32:54,480 --> 01:32:58,240
journeys in life.
624
01:33:03,200 --> 01:33:08,320
The Okavango is part illusion,
part dream and will only exist
625
01:33:08,400 --> 01:33:11,120
in the real world
into the future,
626
01:33:11,200 --> 01:33:13,120
if we nurture her now,
627
01:33:13,200 --> 01:33:15,320
as she has done for
millions of years
628
01:33:15,400 --> 01:33:18,280
and protect her, as a jewel.
629
01:33:18,920 --> 01:33:24,160
♪ Sweet dreams are
made of this ♪
630
01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:28,440
♪ Who am I to disagree? ♪
631
01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:34,560
♪ I've traveled the world
and the seven seas ♪
632
01:33:34,640 --> 01:33:39,920
♪ Everybody's lookin'
for something ♪
633
01:33:40,000 --> 01:33:45,240
♪ Some of them
want to use you ♪
634
01:33:45,320 --> 01:33:50,320
♪ Some of them want
to get used by you ♪
635
01:33:50,400 --> 01:33:54,640
♪ Some of them want
to abuse you ♪
636
01:33:55,760 --> 01:34:00,880
♪ Some of them want
to be abused ♪♪
637
01:34:00,960 --> 01:34:03,800
[music plays through credits]
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