All language subtitles for How Do Animals Do That S01 E03_track3_[eng]

Narrator: ANIMALS...

DO THE MOST
INCREDIBLE THINGS...

LIKE THIS...

AND THIS.

I BET YOU'RE WONDERING,
"HOW DO THEY DO THAT?"

WE'RE REVEALING
ANIMALS' BIGGEST SECRETS --

LIKE, WHY DO LIONS LAZE ABOUT
WHILE LIONESSES DO ALL THE WORK?

WHY ARE HAGFISH
THE MOST DISGUSTING ANIMALS

ON THE PLANET?

AND HOW DO DOGS KNOW
WHEN WE NEED A HUG?

THESE WONDERS AND MORE.

"HOW DO ANIMALS DO THAT?"

--Captions by VITAC--
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

"HI. RALPH THE PUG HERE.

LATELY, I'VE BEEN HAVING
THIS RECURRING NIGHTMARE.

MY PERSON IS STUCK
IN THIS TINY ROOM,

AND SHE'S CRYING
HER EYES OUT.

I CAN'T EVEN GET IN
AND COMFORT HER

WITH ONE OF MY SPECIAL
PUG HUGS.

HOLD ON, MOM.
I'M COMING."

OKAY, SO, RALPH WASN'T ACTUALLY
HAVING A NIGHTMARE.

HE AND HIS CANINE CHUMS
ARE BEING TESTED TO SEE

IF THEY CAN RECOGNIZE
UNHAPPINESS IN THEIR OWNERS.

OKAY.
LET'S DO IT.

FIRST, A GROUP OF HAPPY,
HUMMING DOG OWNERS

SIT BEHIND A GLASS DOOR.

IN COME THE DOGS.

ALTHOUGH THE GLASS
IS SEPARATING THEM,

THE DOGS SEEM
PRETTY HAPPY, TOO.

BUT SEE HOW THAT TEST
COMPARES WITH THIS ONE.

Woman: ALL RIGHT.
YOU CAN START.

OKAY.
CUE THE SOBS.

[ ALL CRYING ]

NOW, RELEASE THE HOUNDS.

DESPERATE TO COMFORT
THEIR OWNER,

THIS TIME, THE DOGS
BURST THROUGH THE DOOR.

Woman:
GOOD BOY! GOOD BOY!

-GOOD BOY.
-HI, BUDDY!

Narrator: AND RALPH GETS TO
ADMINISTER HIS SPECIAL PUG HUG.

THIS TEST PROVES
WHAT EVERY DOG OWNER KNOWS --

DOGS NOT ONLY KNOW
WHEN WE'RE FEELING BLUE,

THEY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO, HOW DO DOGS KNOW
WHEN YOU'RE SAD?

THIS CHARMING CHAP
IS OAKLEY.

Amber: YEAH.
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.

Narrator: OAKLEY IS
A 5-YEAR-OLD RESCUE.

HIS BEST FRIEND,
DOG TRAINER AMBER OLIVER,

IS ON A MISSION TO DEVELOP HIS
AMAZING EMPATHETIC INSTINCTS.

OAKLEY IS MY BEST FRIEND,
BUT HE'S ALSO MY SERVICE DOG.

HE HAS BEEN TRAINED
TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME,

WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY.

Narrator: AMBER IS ONE OF
50 MILLION AMERICANS

WHO SUFFER FROM
THIS SEVERE CONDITION.

OFTEN MISREAD
AS EXTREME SHYNESS,

THOSE WITH THE DISORDER
CAN SUFFER FROM PANIC ATTACKS

IN PUBLIC SITUATIONS.

BUT RATHER THAN
HIDING AT HOME,

AMBER HAS STARTED TRAINING DOGS
TO HELP HER AND OTHER SUFFERERS.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT
HAVING AN ANXIETY ATTACK,

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
HE'S GOING TO BE THERE

TO BREAK THE CYCLE
AND TAKE CARE OF ME.

THEIR ABILITY TO DO THESE THINGS
IS JUST ASTOUNDING.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

Narrator:
TO READ AMBER'S EMOTIONS,

OAKLEY RELIES ON
HIS SUPER SENSE.

DOGS HAVE
REALLY AMAZING NOSES,

AND THEY CAN BE
TAUGHT TO RESPOND

TO CHEMICAL CHANGES
IN YOUR BODY.

SOMETIMES, A DOG CAN RESPOND
TO JUST SMELLING SOME SWEAT.

Narrator:
BEFORE A PANIC ATTACK KICKS IN,
OUR HEARTS BEAT FASTER.

ADRENALINE PUMPS
THROUGH OUR BLOOD,

AND WE SWEAT MORE.

INCREDIBLY,
THE CHEMICALS IN OUR SWEAT

ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT

DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE'RE
HAPPY, OR SAD, OR STRESSED.

OAKLEY KNOWS
WHEN TO HELP

BECAUSE HIS
SUPER SENSITIVE NOSE --

10,000 TIMES MORE
SENSITIVE THAN OUR OWN --

CAN DETECT THESE MINUSCULE
CHANGES IN OUR ODOR.

AND THE CLEVER CANINE
CAN DETECT OTHER CHANGES, TOO.

OAKLEY HAS BEEN TRAINED TO PAY
ATTENTION TO LABORED BREATHING,

FOR INSTANCE, AS THAT'S
A REALLY EASY SIGN

THAT I'M ABOUT TO HAVE
A PANIC ATTACK.

SO, IF I START HAVING
LABORED BREATHING,

HE JUMPS INTO ACTION.

Narrator:
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN AMBER SIMULATES
A PANIC ATTACK.

ALL SHE'S GOING TO DO
IS BREATHE FASTER

AND THINK
ANXIOUS THOUGHTS.

♪♪

♪♪

OAKLEY PICKS UP
ON AMBER'S EMOTION.

GOOD BOY.

AND THEN,
HIS TRAINING KICKS IN.

SO, WHAT OAKLEY
IS DOING RIGHT NOW

IS CALLED
"DEEP-PRESSURE THERAPY."

AND THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL,
BECAUSE HE'S PRESSING HIS WEIGHT

DOWN ON MY LAP AND ON MY CHEST,
WHICH IS WHY HIS PAW IS UP HERE.

AND THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL
TO HELP CALM ME DOWN

AND KIND OF GROUND ME

AND HELP ME PAY ATTENTION
TO MY BREATHING.

AW.

OKAY.

VERY SWEET.

Narrator: A DOG'S AMAZING SENSE
OF SMELL AND HEARING

ALLOWS HIM TO READ OUR EMOTIONS
ALMOST INSTANTLY.

AND WHAT'S
TRULY INCREDIBLE,

AND BEYOND THE REALM
OF MERE SCIENCE,

IS THE FACT THAT
DOGS LIKE OAKLEY

WANT TO HELP US
IF THEY CAN.

DOGS REALLY ARE
MAN AND WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND.

IN A LION'S HOUSEHOLD,

THE SHARE OF CHORES
DOESN'T LOOK FAIR.

WHILE THE LIONESSES
GO OUT AND HUNT --

BRINGING HOME THE BACON,
OR WARTHOG --

THE BLOKES ARE SEEMINGLY
GOOD FOR NOTHING,

AND LIE AROUND WAITING
FOR DINNER TO BE SERVED.

SO, WHY DO ONLY
LIONESSES HUNT?

OUT IN AFRICA'S SAVANNA,

THE JOB OF PROVIDING THE
EQUIVALENT OF 15 T-BONE STEAKS

FOR EACH OF THE LIONS
IN THE 20-CAT PRIDE

FALLS SQUARELY IN THE PAWS
OF THE LIONESSES.

HER HECTIC SCHEDULE INVOLVES
LICKING THE KIDS CLEAN,

SCHOOLING THE TEENS,
FINDING A WATER HOLE,

AND ON TOP OF THAT,
THEY HAVE TO SPEND

8 HOURS A DAY SHOPPING
FOR WILDEBEEST AND STUFF.

THEY DO ALL THAT
AND STILL MANAGE

TO LOOK GOOD
ON THE PRAIRIE.

THE MALES, HOWEVER --
WELL, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GOT

A BALLGAME ON THE TV
TO KEEP THEM AWAKE.

IT DOESN'T SOUND FAIR,

BUT THE LIONESSES
ARE PROBABLY GLAD

THE MALES AREN'T AROUND
TO SLOW THINGS DOWN.

FEMALES ARE SMALLER, MORE
NIMBLE, AND BETTER ORGANIZED.

THEY WORK TOGETHER
AS A TEAM,

CORRALLING THEIR PREY
INTO DEADLY TRAPS.

AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO POUNCE,
THEIR STREAMLINED BODIES

ACCELERATE TO 50 MILES AN HOUR
IN JUST A FEW SECONDS.

THE LIONS ARE MUCH HEAVIER,
AND TRUTH BE TOLD, A BIT SLOW.

AND WITH A GLORIOUS MANE
THAT'S EASILY SPOTTED,

WELL, THIS GUY IS PRETTY USELESS
IN A HUNTING PARTY.

SO, WHY DO THE LIONESSES
PUT UP WITH HIM?

WELL, THE LAZY LUMP HAS
A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY,

BECAUSE,
WHILE THE LIONESSES HUNT,

HE'S KEEPING THE FAMILY SAFE
AND FIGHTING OFF INTRUDERS.

IN THE SAVANNA, CIRCLING
THE PRIDE ARE JEALOUS MALES.

THESE BACHELORS
AREN'T HAPPY

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HUNT
FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE
THAN TO GET COZY

WITH ALL THESE
LOVELY LIONESSES.

THEIR NOT-SO-SECRET PLAN
IS TO OUST THE ALPHA MALE,

HOOK UP WITH THE PRIDE, AND MAKE
THEIR OWN CUTE LITTLE CUBS.

IF THE MALE SUCCEEDS
IN TAKING OVER,

SOMETHING TRULY
HORRIFIC FOLLOWS.

TO STOP THE MUMS FROM WASTING
TIME NURTURING CUBS

BELONGING TO
THE PREVIOUS INCUMBENT,

THE NEW KING OF THE BLOCK
WILL KILL THE YOUNGSTERS.

SEEMS CRUEL, DOESN'T IT?

SO, TO PROTECT THE CUBS
FROM OTHER JEALOUS MALES,

DAD HAS TO USE HIS BULK, CLAWS,
AND TEETH TO FIGHT THEM OFF.

IN FACT, THE REASON THE
LIONESSES HAVE LATCHED ON

TO THIS LAZY GUY

IS BECAUSE HE'S BIG ENOUGH
TO PROTECT THEIR CUBS

FROM ALL THE OTHER HORRIBLE
MALE LIONS OUT THERE.

SO, ALTHOUGH THE MUMS
ARE DOING THE LION'S SHARE,

DEEP DOWN, THEY KNOW HE'S DOING
AN IMPORTANT JOB

KEEPING THEIR CUBS SAFE.

MIND YOU, A BIT MORE HOUSEWORK
WOULD GO A LONG WAY.

COMING UP, THE FIGHTER ACES
OF THE BIRD WORLD,

THE MOST REPULSIVE CREATURE
IN THE UNDERWORLD,

AND CAN THESE GUYS REALLY
SURVIVE AN APOCALYPTIC WORLD?

♪♪

Narrator: HUMANS HAVE ALWAYS
DREAMT OF FLYING LIKE A BIRD,

AND AS FOR BIRDS,

WELL, THEY DREAM
OF FLYING LIKE THESE GUYS.

♪♪

SMALL YET MIGHTY,

HUMMINGBIRDS ARE THE
FIGHTER ACES OF THE BIRD WORLD,

BUT AMONG ALL THEIR
INCREDIBLE ACROBATIC POWERS,

ONE STANDS OUT AS UNIQUE.

THEY'RE THE ONLY BIRD ON THE
PLANET ABLE TO FLY IN REVERSE.

SO HOW DO HUMMINGBIRDS
FLY BACKWARDS?

♪♪

FOUND IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

AND WEIGHING
AS LITTLE AS A PENNY,

HUMMINGBIRDS' SHIMMERING BEAUTY

IS ECLIPSED ONLY
BY THEIR SKILL IN THE AIR.

Dr. Clark:
THEY'RE LITTLE FIGHTER JETS.

THEY'RE CAPABLE OF
OUTMANEUVERING ANY OTHER BIRD.

THEIR TOP SPEED IS AROUND

50 MILES AN HOUR
IN LEVEL FLIGHT.

THE ACCELERATIONS THEY HIT,
ALL OF THAT IS JUST --

IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN DO.

Narrator:
BUT EXPERT DR. CHRIS CLARK

KNOWS THE TINY BIRDS' AGILITY
COMES AT A PRICE.

FLAPPING THEIR WINGS
SO ENERGETICALLY IS HUNGRY WORK,

AND IF A HUMMINGBIRD
CAN'T REFUEL

AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 10 MINUTES,
IT WILL PERISH.

CHRIS IS GOING TO USE

THE HUMMINGBIRDS'
INSATIABLE APPETITE

TO HELP HIM FIGURE OUT
HOW THEY FLY BACKWARDS.

HE'S SET UP A FEEDER
INSIDE A WIND TUNNEL,

WHICH WILL, HOPEFULLY,
LURE A HUMMINGBIRD

IN FRONT
OF HIS SLOW-MOTION CAMERAS.

CAMERA, CHECK. LIGHTS, CHECK.

OKAY. CUE TALENT.

MEET LOUIE,
A GORGEOUS ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD

FRESHLY CAUGHT THIS MORNING.

ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN TELL
IT'S AN ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD

IS FROM THE PURPLE COLORS
ON BOTH ITS THROAT

AND ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

Narrator:
FIRST, CHRIS CHECKS TO SEE

IF LOUIE CAN DRINK
THE SUGAR WATER FROM THE FEEDER.

UNLIKE MOST BIRDS, HE FIGURED
THAT OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

Narrator: IT'S VITAL THAT LOUIE
STAYS STILL AS HE FEEDS

BECAUSE HE HAS ONE
OF THE WEIRDEST, MOST DELICATE

AND, RELATIVE TO ITS SIZE,
LONGEST TONGUES IN NATURE.

Dr. Clark: IMAGINE FLYING AROUND
WITH A ENORMOUS STRAW

ON THE FRONT OF YOUR HEAD,
AND YOU HAVE TO AIM THAT STRAW

AND GET IT INTO
AN EXACT SPOT TO DRINK,

AND YET THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT
EFFORTLESSLY.

OH, HERE HE COMES AGAIN.

Narrator: IF YOU SCALED UP

HIS HAIRY, FORKED TONGUE
TO HUMAN SIZE,

IT WOULD BE ABOUT 3 FEET LONG

AND ABLE TO SUCK UP
NEARLY A PINT IN A SECOND.

SORRY, LOUIE.
THIS ISN'T A RESTAURANT.

IT'S A WIND TUNNEL.

Dr. Clark: SO, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND TURN IT ON.

Narrator: CHRIS BLASTS HIM WITH
A FORCEFUL 20-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND.

[ WIND RUSHING ]

LOUIE IS SO LIGHT, HE'S BLOWN
TO THE BACK OF THE CAGE.

OKAY. HE'S BACK.

BUT JUST AS CHRIS WAS HOPING,

THE LITTLE ROCKET
IS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.

THE TRICK IS THAT HE HAS TO
TURN AROUND TO GO TO THE FEEDER,

AND TO DO THAT,
HE'LL HAVE TO FLY BACKWARDS,

AND WE'RE NOT SURE HE CAN DO IT
AT THIS SPEED OR NOT.

WE THINK HE CAN.

Narrator: BECAUSE OF THE WIND
BLOWING HIM TOWARD THE FEEDER,

LOUIE WILL HAVE TO FLY BACKWARDS
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR

JUST TO STAY STILL ENOUGH
TO FEED ON THE SUGAR WATER.

COME ON, LOUIE.

♪♪

NEARLY. GO ON.

Dr. Clark: OH, OH, HE'S --
OH, THERE WE GO.

OH, LOOK AT THAT.
THAT IS SO COOL.

Narrator: INCREDIBLE.

CHRIS' SLOW-MOTION CAMERAS
REVEAL SOMETHING AMAZING.

LOUIE ISN'T ONLY FLAPPING
HIS WINGS UP AND DOWN.

Dr. Clark:
IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT

FROM HOW OTHER BIRDS DO IT
WHEN THEY FLY.

Narrator:
MOST BIRDS PRODUCE LIFT

ONLY WITH A DOWNWARD FLAP
OF THEIR WINGS,

BUT HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE BORROWED
AN IDEA FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE.

THEY FLY MORE LIKE AN INSECT
DOES THAN DO OTHER BIRDS.

INSECTS HAVE MORE OR LESS
A FLAP WING

THAT THEY JUST FLAP
BACK AND FORTH,

AND HUMMINGBIRDS
BASICALLY DO THE SAME THING.

Narrator: JUST LIKE INSECTS,
LOUIE IS TRACING OUT

A FIGURE-8 PATTERN IN THE AIR.

HALF THE FIGURE-8 IS MADE
WHEN THE WING GOES DOWN,

AND THEN THE OTHER HALF
OF THE FIGURE-8

IS WHEN THEY TURN
THEIR WING OVER,

AND THEN THEY GO DOWN AGAIN
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION,

AND THAT LETS HIM GET THRUST

BOTH WHEN HE FLAPS
HIS WINGS DOWN

AND ALSO WHEN
HE FLAPS HIS WINGS UP.

Narrator: TO GO IN REVERSE,
LOUIE SIMPLY HAS TO LEAN BACK.

Dr. Clark: WHEN HE WANTS TO
FLY BACKWARDS, HE HAS TO FLAP

WITH THEM TILTED UP
TO DIRECT THE AIR BACKWARDS

SO THAT HE GOES BACKWARDS.

Narrator:
TO PULL THIS OFF,

AN INCREDIBLE 25%
OF LOUIE'S BODY WEIGHT

IS MADE UP OF HUGE,
POWERFUL CHEST MUSCLES,

WHICH ALLOW HIM
TO FLAP HIS WINGS

AN ASTONISHING
80 TIMES A SECOND.

WITHOUT THEIR
HOVERING SUPERPOWER,

HUMMINGBIRDS WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO GATHER NECTAR.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, HOVERING
USES UP SO MANY CALORIES,

THEY HAVE TO DRAIN THE NECTAR
FROM 1,000 FLOWERS EVERY DAY

JUST TO KEEP THEIR ENGINE GOING.

NO REST FOR THE WICKED, EH?

TIME TO LET LOUIE
GET BACK TO HIS DAY JOB.

YOU WERE GREAT. OH.

Narrator:
SO LONG, LOUIE.

COMING UP, WHY HAGFISH

ARE THE MOST DISGUSTING ANIMALS
ON THE PLANET.

Narrator: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
HAS AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF GROSS.

LIZARDS THAT SHOOT STREAMS
OF FOUL-SMELLING BLOOD

FROM THEIR EYES...

GULLS THAT PROJECTILE-VOMIT
ON UNSUSPECTING PREDATORS.

[ SQUAWKING ]

BUT TOPPING THE LIST

IS A PREHISTORIC MONSTER
FROM THE DEEP

WITH THE MOST REVOLTING HABIT
OF ALL.

SO WHAT MAKES HAGFISH

THE MOST DISGUSTING ANIMALS
ON THE PLANET?

♪♪

HOLD YOUR BREATH.

WE'RE DIVING DOWN 5,000 FEET

TO THE DARKEST REACHES
OF THE COLDEST OCEANS

BECAUSE HERE, AMONGST THE
WORLD'S MOST BIZARRE CREATURES,

LIVES THE MOST REVOLTING
OF THEM ALL -- THE HAGFISH.

EVEN ITS NAME IS UNPLEASANT.

ITS GELATINOUS HEAD IS FILLED

WITH MULTIPLE ROWS
OF RAZOR-SHARP TEETH,

WHICH ARE UNLEASHED WHEN A DEAD
FISH SINKS TO THE SEAFLOOR.

DINNER STARTS WHEN IT BURROWS
ITSELF INTO THE CARCASS.

AND IT GETS WORSE.

NOW THE HAGFISH EATS THE DEAD
FISH FROM THE INSIDE OUT. UGH.

AND IT'LL DO THE SAME
TO LIVING CREATURES, TOO.

IT'S REALLY NOT FUSSY.

♪♪

HARD TO BELIEVE
THIS IS NOT THE HAGFISH'S

MOST DISGUSTING FEATURE.

FISHING BOAT CAPTAIN MARK
HAS BRAVELY AGREED TO SHOW US.

Mark: I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU
HOW AMAZING THESE ANIMALS ARE

AND WHAT THEY PRODUCE
THAT IS THEIR DEFENSE MECHANISM

FOR OTHER ANIMALS
EATING THEM OR BOTHERING THEM.

♪♪

Narrator: WHAT ISTHAT?

UGH! GROSS!

Mark: THE MORE YOU AGITATE THEM,
THE MORE SLIME HE SECRETES.

♪♪

Narrator:
THE GUNK IS EXCRETED

OUT OF THOSE CIRCULAR PORES
RUNNING ALONG ITS SKIN.

WHEN THE GUNK
MIXES WITH SEAWATER,

IT TURNS INTO A DISGUSTING
SNOT-LIKE MUCUS.

ONE HAGFISH CAN FILL
A 5-GALLON BUCKET IN MINUTES.

AND THAT IS DISGUSTING.
[ CHUCKLES ]

IT'S KIND OF
LIKE A BAD COLD.

♪♪

HEY, MARK, YOU WANT TO TRY
TASTING SOME OF THAT SLIME?

I'M KIDDING, OF COURSE.

OH, NO. WAIT. HE REALLY IS.

OHH.
THAT IS TRULY GROSS.

[ CHUCKLES ]

SALTY. [ CHUCKLES ]

YEAH. IT'S --
THAT'S DISGUSTING.

AND THAT'S THE TASTE THAT
GREETS POTENTIAL PREDATORS.

OH, LOOK. A HUNGRY SHARK.

AND HE'S SPOTTED
A TASTY LITTLE SNACK.

YUMMY.

UGH. A MOUTHFUL OF SLIME.

♪♪

THEIR GROSS HABITS
ARE ONE OF THE REASONS

HAGFISH HAVE SURVIVED
FOR 300 MILLION YEARS.

BUT THAT MIGHT ALL CHANGE
IF WE DEVELOP A TASTE FOR THEM.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE IT
ANOTHER GO, CAPTAIN?

UGH. [ CHUCKLES ]

THE HAGFISH NEEDN'T WORRY.

AND IT'S HARD --
IT'S HARD TO SWALLOW.

AND JUST IN CASE
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT,

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

[ FROG CROAKING ]

NEXT, CAN THE
INDESTRUCTIBLE COCKROACH

REALLY SURVIVE THIS?

Narrator:
REGRETTABLY, COCKROACHES

ARE VERY GOOD
AT STICKING AROUND.

THEY CAN LIVE A MONTH
WITHOUT FOOD,

OVER A WEEK WITHOUT A HEAD.

THEY CAN EVEN LIVE IN
A WORKING MICROWAVE OVEN.

[ DING ]

THEY SEEM TO BE INDESTRUCTIBLE,

SO IF OUR END COMES,
WILL THEIRS?

COULD COCKROACHES
SURVIVE ARMAGEDDON?

♪♪

COCKROACHES HAVE BEEN
SCUTTLING AROUND

FOR MORE THAN 300 MILLION YEARS.

♪♪

AND THEY'VE ALREADY SURVIVED

THE CLOSEST THIS PLANET
HAS COME TO ARMAGEDDON.

66 MILLION YEARS AGO,

WHEN AN ASTEROID IMPACT
WIPED OUT THE DINOSAURS...

[ DINOSAURS ROAR ]

♪♪

...COCKROACHES SURVIVED
WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT.

AND, NO, THAT'S NOT BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE SWEAT GLANDS.

IT'S BECAUSE
THEY ARE BUILT TO LAST.

ROACHES HAVE A HARD SHELL

ABLE TO WITHSTAND
900 TIMES THEIR OWN WEIGHT.

IF HUMANS HAD ONE LIKE THIS,

WE'D BE ABLE TO SURVIVE
A SLAM DUNK FROM A BLUE WHALE.

[ WHALE SINGS ]

COCKROACHES CAN EAT
ALMOST ANYTHING,

EVEN LETHAL CHEMICALS,
INCLUDING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

SOME OF THE INSECTICIDES
DESIGNED TO KILL THEM.

MMM!

AND IF ONE DOES SOMEHOW PASS
FROM THIS MORTAL COIL,

MRS. COCKROACH CAN SPAWN AN ARMY

OF UP TO 35,000 NEW NYMPHS
OVER HER LIFETIME TO REPLACE IT.

♪♪

SO TO GET RID OF THE ROACHES,
WE MAY HAVE TO DEPLOY

WHAT SOME MAY TERM
AS EXCESSIVE FORCE,

MAYBE DETONATE THE ODD
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE.

♪♪

BUT INCREDIBLY,
EVEN THIS MIGHT NOT WORK.

IN WORLD WAR II IN THE
JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA,

REPORTS SAY THE ONLY INSECT
FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE

OF THE NUCLEAR STRIKE
WERE COCKROACHES.

[ GEIGER COUNTER CLICKING ]

THEY SURVIVED BECAUSE OF THE
SLOW WAY ROACHES' CELLS DIVIDE,

AND IT'S WHEN CELLS DIVIDE

THAT THE BOMB'S RADIATION
PASSES ON ITS DEADLY EFFECTS.

SO IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD,
AFTER WE'RE ALL GONE,

COCKROACHES COULD
INHERIT THE EARTH.