All language subtitles for How Do Animals Do That S01 E05_track3_[eng]

♪♪

Narrator: ANIMALS...

DO THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS.

[ GOAT BLEATS ]

LIKE THIS...

AND THIS.

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

WE'RE REVEALING ANIMALS'
BIGGEST SECRETS, LIKE...

HOW DOES A CHEETAH
OUTGUN A LAMBORGHINI?

HOW DO OWLS SEE
IN TOTAL DARKNESS?

CHECK OUT THESE GUYS, STAT.

ANTS THAT TREAT TRAUMA CASES.

THESE WONDERS AND MORE ON...

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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

JUNE 18, 2018.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE

ON THE FOUR-LEGGED STAFF
OF A CAT CAFé IN OSAKA, JAPAN.

BUT, THEN,
FOR NO APPARENT REASON,

[ MEOW! ]
THE CATS SUDDENLY
SPRING TO LIFE.

♪♪

A FEW SECONDS LATER...

[ RUMBLING, RATTLING ]

...A 6.1 EARTHQUAKE

[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
WRECKS THE ENTIRE CITY.

[ RUMBLING, CRACKLING ]

♪♪

AMAZINGLY,
THE COFFEE-BAR CATS

[ MEWLS ]
KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING.

THEY SENSED THE GEOLOGICAL
CARNAGE BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

[ YOWLING ]

SO, HOW DO CATS
DETECT EARTHQUAKES?

[ MEOW ]

SORRY, DOGS, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING

AT THE MOST POPULAR PET
IN THE WORLD --

THE DOMESTIC CAT.

[ MEWLING ]
THERE ARE OVER
500 MILLION OF THEM,

[ PURRING ]
AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVING WITH,

AND MOSTLY IGNORING, US

FOR NEARLY 10,000 YEARS.

[ PURRING ]

BUT HIDDEN SOMEWHERE
UNDER ALL THAT FUR

IS THEIR SECRET
TO PREDICTING EARTHQUAKES.

♪♪

[ CRASH ]
EARTHQUAKES ARE
NATURE'S JACKHAMMER,

CAPABLE OF SHAKING
SOLID ROCK LIKE JELL-O.

HUMANS HAVE INVESTED BILLIONS

ON NETWORKS
OF SEISMIC DETECTORS,

HOPING FOR EARLY WARNINGS
OF IMPENDING QUAKES.

[ WHINING ]
MOMENTS BEFORE
THE GROUND SHAKES,

AN EARTHQUAKE EMITS
A FIRST WAVE OF ENERGY,

CALLED A P WAVE.

HUMANS CAN'T HEAR THIS,

BUT CATS CAN.

AND, FROM ANY SLIGHT NOISE,

LIKE THE DISTANT RUMBLE
OF AN EARTHQUAKE,

THEY CAN ALSO SENSE
THE DIRECTION IT CAME FROM,

THANKS TO SENSITIVE
DIRECTIONAL HEARING.

THE OUTER PART OF A CAT'S EAR
IS CALLED THE PINNA.

[ PURRING ]
WITH 32 MUSCLES
IN THIS OUTER EAR,

COMPARED TO OUR 6,

CATS CAN ROTATE
THEIR EARS 180°

LIKE A FELINE SATELLITE DISH,

LOCKING ON
TO THE SLIGHTEST SOUND.

THEIR BRILLIANT BIOLOGY
ALSO MEANS THAT THEY CAN HEAR

A MUCH WIDER RANGE
OF FREQUENCIES THAN HUMANS.

AT THE BASE OF THEIR EAR,
CATS HAVE A POUCH,

CALLED THE HENRY'S POCKET.

[ SONAR PINGING ]
IT'S THOUGHT THIS FOCUSES
HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUNDS

INTO AN ELONGATED EAR CANAL

AND HIGHLY TUNED EARDRUM.

INCREDIBLY,
CATS CAN PERCEIVE SOUNDS

UP TO THREE TIMES
HIGHER PITCH THAN HUMANS,

FROM UP TO FIVE TIMES
FARTHER AWAY,

SO YOU DON'T NEED MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY

TO DETECT EARTHQUAKES.

YOU JUST NEED
A SUPERSENSITIVE KITTY.

[ GROWLING ]

♪♪

[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
DARKNESS FALLS IN THE FOREST.

A GHOSTLY SILENCE DESCENDS.

BUT LOOK CLOSER

AND THE FOREST FLOOR
IS ALIVE WITH CRITTERS.

HIDDEN AWAY FROM PREDATORS
DURING DANGEROUS DAYLIGHT HOURS,

NOW, IN DARKNESS,

[ CROAKING ]
THEY'RE SAFE,

[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
PROTECTED BY THE
BLANKET OF NIGHT.

[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]

BUT THEN...

[ CALLING ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]

OWLS ARE THE ULTIMATE
NIGHTTIME PREDATOR,

COMPLETELY UNFAZED
BY THE LACK OF LIGHT.

BUT HOW DO OWLS HUNT
IN TOTAL DARKNESS?

[ WHIMSICAL TUNE PLAYS ]

THIS IS FOUR-MONTH-OLD HECTOR
[ CHEEP ]

AND HIS SIDEKICK, LLOYD BUCK,
[ CHEEPING ]

THE UK'S NUMBER-ONE
OWL WRANGLER.

SO, THIS IS HECTOR.

HE'S A TAWNY OWL.

Narrator: HECTOR'S AGREED
TO SHOW US THE SECRET

OF HIS AWESOME
HUNTING SKILLS.

[ CHEEPING ]

TAWNY OWLS PREY
ON THEIR VICTIMS

IN WOODLAND AREAS
THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND ASIA.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

THEY'RE NOT FUSSY EATERS.

SMALL RODENTS, BIRDS,
EVEN FISH, ARE ON THE MENU,

[ OMINOUS CHORD STRIKES ]
AND DINNER IS OVER IN SECONDS --

KILL, SWALLOW WHOLE,

AND BARF BACK UP
THE BITS YOU CAN'T DIGEST.

♪♪

TO TEST HOW HECTOR HUNTS
AT NIGHT,

WE'RE BUILDING
AN INDOOR FOREST.

WELL, SORT OF.

IT'S ACTUALLY A BUNCH
OF PLASTIC PIPES.

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS
WE'RE USING THESE PIPES

TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL
WOODLAND, OR FOREST,

SO, JUST LIKE A WILD TAWNY OWL
WOULD HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.

SO THESE ARE OUR TREE TRUNKS

AND IT SHOULD BE
A GREAT TEST FOR HECTOR.

FIRST OFF,
HECTOR'S GOING TO NEGOTIATE

THIS OBSTACLE COURSE
IN THE LIGHT.

[ CAWS ]

♪♪

HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS
CAPTURE HIS FLIGHT.

♪♪

Buck: SO YOU SAW WHAT
HE DID THERE.

HE NAVIGATED HIS WAY
THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY.

♪♪

Narrator: IT MAY LOOK LIKE
HE'S FLYING IN A STRAIGHT LINE,

BUT HECTOR'S GAUGING
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TREES,

TIMING HIS WING FLAPS
AND NARROWING HIS WINGSPAN,

SHIFTING HIS BODY ANGLE
TO FIT THROUGH THE TIGHT GAPS.

RUN IT AT NORMAL SPEED,

AND YOU GET TO SEE
HOW FAST HIS REACTIONS ARE.

LIKE A GUIDED MISSILE,
HE ZEROES IN ON LLOYD'S ARM.

♪♪

SO FAR, HECTOR'S BEEN WORKING
UNDER THE STUDIO LIGHTS,

BUT OWLS HUNT AT NIGHT.

♪♪

HOW WILL HE DO
WHEN WE PLUNGE

[ CHEEPS ]
THIS FAKE FOREST INTO DARKNESS?

[ CLANG, CLICK, CLICK ]

WITH THE LIGHTS OFF,

[ CHEEP ]
IT'S A COMPLETELY BLACK ROOM.

WE SWITCH TO INFRARED CAMERAS
TO FILM WHAT'S GOING ON.

♪♪

EVEN IN TOTAL DARKNESS,

HECTOR FLIES THROUGH
THE TIGHTLY PACKED POLES

AS IF IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

♪♪

-GOOD BOY!
-[CHEEP]

OKAY, LIGHTS ON, PLEASE.

[ CHEEP ]

THERE YOU ARE.
AMAZING.

I COULD NOTSEE ANYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW --
HE ACTUALLY LANDS ON MY ARM.

SO, I'M EFFECTIVELY BLIND,
BUT HECTOR, HERE,

HIS SUPERIOR NIGHT VISION
REALLY COMES INTO ITS OWN.

Narrator: HECTOR'S SECRET
ARE THOSE BIG, BEAUTIFUL EYES.

THEY'RE SO LARGE THAT,
IF YOU SCALE THEM UP,

RELATIVE TO A HUMAN SIZE,

WE'D BE WALKING AROUND WITH EYES
AS BIG AS BASEBALLS.

BUT, IT'S NOT JUST SIZE
THAT COUNTS.

HECTOR'S RETINAS ARE CRAMMED

WITH TIGHTLY PACKED,
LIGHT-SENSITIVE RECEPTORS,

CALLED ROD CELLS.

OWLS HAVE OVER 645 MILLION
ROD CELLS PER SQUARE INCH.

HUMANS HAVE UNDER 130 MILLION.

[ WHIMSICAL TUNE PLAYS ]

IN FACT, TAWNY OWL EYES

ARE SO GOOD AT SOAKING UP
EVERY SCRAP OF LIGHT

THAT SOME THINK
THEIR NIGHT VISION

IS UP TO 100 TIMES MORE
EFFECTIVE THAN A HUMAN'S.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

SO, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
BARFED BACK UP

BY A TAWNY OWL, BEWARE.

EVEN TOTAL DARKNESS
CAN'T KEEP YOU SAFE.

♪♪

[ CHIRPING ]
[ INSECTS BUZZING ]

COMING UP...

THE CAT THAT'S QUICKER
THAN A SUPERCAR;

THE FURRIEST,
AND POSSIBLY CUTEST,

ANIMALS ON THE PLANET;

AND ANTS THAT ARE SURGEONS.

REALLY.

♪♪

♪♪

[ HEAVY METAL PLAYS ]

Narrator: CHEETAHS.

NATURE'S ULTIMATE SPEEDSTERS.

THEY CAN GO FROM ZERO TO 60
IN 3 SECONDS,

FASTER THAN A LAMBORGHINI.

[ ZOOMING ]

FLAT-OUT, THEY CAN HIT
71 MILES AN HOUR.

SO, HOW DOESTHE WORLD'S FASTEST
LAND ANIMAL RUN SO FAST?

♪♪

[ JAUNTY TUNE PLAYS ]

THERE ARE JUST 7,100
CHEETAHS LEFT IN THE WILD

AND NAMIBIA,
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,

HAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY ON EARTH.

♪♪

THE N/A'AN KU Sê
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

IS HOME TO SEVERAL
ORPHANED CHEETAHS.

AMONG THEM ARE ATHENA,

BOLT, AND BULLET.

THESE AWESOME ANIMAL ATHLETES

ARE ALL UNDER THE WATCHFUL
EYE OF THEIR HUMAN MOM,

-[SPEAKING IN BABY VOICE]
-COLLETTE MASSIER.

Massier:
THESE GUYS ARE VERY SWEET.

I MEAN, THEY'RE
HANDRAISED CHEETAHS,

SO THEY CANNOT BE RELEASED,

AND THEY'RE JUST FAR
TOO USED TO HUMANS

AND, BECAUSE OF THEIR
LOVING UPBRINGING,

THEY'RE JUST OUT,
REALLY, TO HAVE FUN.

HEY.
YES, YOU ARE.

Narrator: TO DEMONSTRATE
HOW THESE FUN-LOVING FELINES

ARE THE FASTEST
ANIMALS ON LAND,

COLLETTE HAS COME UP WITH THE
ULTIMATE HIGH-SPEED CHALLENGE.

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

A LURE WILL SIMULATE
A RUNAWAY PREY,

ZIPPING ACROSS
A 500-FOOT-LONG COURSE

AT OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR.

IT HAS SHARP, 90° TURNS

THAT MIMIC THE PREY'S
EVASIVE MANEUVERS.

NOW, WE'RE GETTING
TO THAT LOVELY,

DUSKY HOUR.
IT'S COOLING DOWN.

THERE'S A BIT OF A NICE,
COOL BREEZE IN THE SUMMER HEAT,

SO NOW'S AN IDEAL TIME
TO GET THEM CHASING

AND TO SEE HOW THEY DO IT.

[ OUTRO PLAYS ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
TIME TO FIND OUT

IF THESE CHEETAHS
ARE THE REAL DEAL.

A HIGH-SPEED HUNT IN THE WILD

IS USUALLY OVER
IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.

♪♪

IT'S THE SAME HERE.

ACCELERATING AT AN INCREDIBLE
29 FEET PER SECOND,

THESE FELINES
ARE FRIGHTENINGLY FAST.

Massier: I LIKE TO CALL THEM THE
LAMBORGHINIS OF THE BUSHVELD

BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPERFAST,
SUPERFAST HUNTERS.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING.

♪♪

Narrator: EVERYTHING ABOUT
A CHEETAH IS DESIGNED FOR SPEED.

THIS IS ANIMAL ENGINEERING
AT ITS FINEST.

SUPPORTING THEIR MUSCULAR,
STREAMLINED BODY

IS ONE OF THE MOST
FLEXIBLE SPINES OF ANY CAT.

ITS VERTEBRAE CONNECTIONS
ARE INCREDIBLY LOOSE,

ENABLING IT TO FLEX INWARDS,
BUNCHING THEIR LEGS TOGETHER

BEFORE EXPLODING OUT
INTO A HUGE HYPEREXTENSION.

THIS SPECTACULAR SPINE MEANS
THAT, WITH EVERY STRIDE,

A CHEETAH CAN COVER
UP TO 22 FEET,

REACHING 40 MILES AN HOUR
IN JUST THREE STRIDES,

♪♪

AND EVEN SUPERTIGHT CORNERS
ARE NO MATCH FOR THIS SPEEDSTER.

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]

[ SUSPENSEFUL
CHORD STRIKES ]

Massier: IN THE REAL WORLD,
THOSE ANTELOPE AREN'T STUPID.

THEY ARE GOING TO ZIGZAG
AND CUT CORNERS

AND DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS
TO TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THE CAT.

♪♪

AND SO THE CHEETAH,
AT THIS HIGH, MASSIVE SPEED,

HAS TO ALSO ZIGZAG
AND KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE THEY'RE FOCUSED
ON THAT ANIMAL COMPLETELY.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

IT REALLY IS.

MAGIC.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]

Narrator:
SHARP, SEMI-RETRACTABLE CLAWS

GRIP THE GROUND
LIKE RUNNING SPIKES

AND A 2.5-FOOT-LONG TAIL MAKES
CRUCIAL BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS

AS THE CAT TEARS
AFTER THE ZIGZAGGING PREY.

IT REALLY IS THE RUDDER
THAT KEEPS THEM GOING

'CAUSE, IF THEY'RE
GOING FLAT-OUT

AND REALLY FAST AFTER PREY
IN THE WILD, WITHOUT THE TAIL,

THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY
FALL OVER AT THAT SPEED.

THEY WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE.

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

Narrator:
AND THERE'S ONE MORE TRICK

UP THIS SPEEDSTER'S
SPOTTY SLEEVE.

WHEN A CHEETAH RUNS,
ITS HEAD BARELY MOVES.

THE HEAD IS STRAIGHT,
FIXATED, FOCUSED,

AS THEY WOULD BE IN A HUNT.

IT'S LIKE A MISSILE
ON A TARGET.

THEY'RE JUST COMPLETELY
ON IT THE WHOLE TIME.

Narrator: SCIENTISTS HAVE
RECENTLY DISCOVERED

HOW A CHEETAH'S HEAD IS ABLE

TO REMAIN VIRTUALLY
IN THE SAME POSITION

WHILE THE REST OF ITS BODY
IS IN OVERDRIVE.

ITS BECAUSE OF THEIR EARS.

THEY HAVE THE LONGEST
INNER-EAR CANALS OF ANY CAT.

THE LIQUID-FILLED CANALS ARE
LINED WITH TINY, SENSORY HAIRS.

AS THE CHEETAH RUNS, THE HAIRS
MEASURE ITS BODY MOVEMENT

THROUGH THE MOVEMENT
OF A LIQUID.

THIS INFORMATION IS SENT
TO THE BRAIN,

WHICH USES IT
TO KEEP THE CHEETAH'S HEAD

UNDER PERFECT CONTROL,
LIKE A GYROSCOPE.

THESE EXTRA-LONG EAR CANALS
ARE SUPERSENSITIVE

AND ENABLE THE CHEETAH
TO KEEP ITS HEAD

TOTALLY FOCUSED ON THE PREY.

[ SUSPENSEFUL OUTRO PLAYS ]

[ JAUNTY TUNE PLAYS ]

YOU DON'T GET TO BE THE
FASTEST ANIMAL ON LAND

WITHOUT THE PERFECT PHYSIQUE.

♪♪

AND, WHEN IT COMES
TO SPEED AND AGILITY,

CHEETAHS TRULY ARE

A CAT ABOVE.

[ HISSING ]

COMING UP...

[ HONKING ]
NO BLUBBER, NO FAT.

HOW ARE SEA OTTERS SO
COMFORTABLE IN THESE ICY WATERS?

PLUS, LIFE-SAVING SURGERY,

ANT-STYLE.

♪♪

♪♪

[ WHIMSICAL TUNE PLAYS ]

EVEN DOGS THAT LOVE THE WATER
HAVE TO GET OUT AT SOME POINT.

IN CHILLY CONDITIONS,

THEIR WET FUR COAT
JUST CAN'T KEEP THEM WARM.

♪♪

YET, SOMEHOW,
FURRY SEA OTTERS MANAGE

TO SPEND NEARLY EVERY SECOND
IN THE COLD PACIFIC OCEAN.

I MEAN,
LOOK AT THIS FURRY CHAP.

HE LOOKS SOGGY TO HIS SKIN.

♪♪

HOW DO SEA OTTERS STAY
SO COMFORTABLE IN THE WATER?

♪♪

MEET THE SUPERFURRY ANIMALS

ENJOYING THE ACCOMMODATIONS
OF MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM.

THESE ANIMALS WON
THE [laughing] LOTTERY.

THEY REALLYHAVE
THE BEST OF CARE.

Narrator:
IT'S DR. MIKE'S JOB

TO ENSURE THAT THESE
SEA OTTERS STAY HEALTHY.

WELL, THE FIVE SEA OTTERS
THAT ARE BEHIND ME HERE

CAME TO THE MONTEREY BAY
AQUARIUM AS STRANDED PUPS.

WE TRIED TO REHABILITATE THEM,

TEACH THEM HOW TO BECOME
A SEA OTTER

AND SURVIVE IN THE WILD,

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY,
THEY JUST NEVER GOT IT.

Narrator: SEA OTTERS LIVE
IN SOME TOUGH CONDITIONS.

THEY SPEND ALMOST ALL
THEIR LIFE AT SEA,

IN THE COLD, HARSH,

COASTAL WATERS
OF THE NORTH PACIFIC.

THE SEA OTTER TRULY LIVES
ON A RAZOR'S EDGE IN THE WILD.

IT'S A HARD LIFE
OUT THERE FOR THEM.

Narrator: AS WARM-BLOODED
ANIMALS, TO SURVIVE,

THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN A BODY
TEMPERATURE OF 100°.

THAT'S TWICE AS WARM AS THE
OCEAN THAT SURROUNDS THEM.

UNLIKE SEALS AND SEA LIONS,
THEY DON'T HAVE A LAYER

OF FATTY BLUBBER
TO KEEP THEM WARM.

SO, HOW DO SEA OTTERS
KEEP IT COZY?

SEA OTTERS LIVE
IN AN ENVIRONMENT

THAT IS TOO COLD FOR THEM

AND THE FUR IS THE ONLY
REASON THEY CAN DO IT.

Narrator:
ON OUR HEADS, WE HUMANS HAVE

AROUND 2,000 HAIRS
PER SQUARE INCH.

SHAGGY DOGS TAKE IT UP
A LEVEL, TO 15,000,

BUT THIS WATERBORNE FURBALL
IS THE UNDISPUTED CHAMP.

SEA OTTERS HAVE A MIND-BLOWING

ONE MILLION HAIRS
PER SQUARE INCH,

[ HONKING ]
66 TIMES THICKER THAN A DOG.

IT'S THE THICKEST FUR
ON THE PLANET.

ON THE OUTSIDE, THE SEA OTTER
IS A BIT OF A WET BLANKET.

ITS DRENCHED COAT SEEMS
NO KIND OF BARRIER

TO THE COLD NORTH PACIFIC,

BUT THIS FUR
HAS A HIDDEN SECRET --

IT'S NOT SO MUCH A COAT
AS A LIVING LIFE JACKET.

IF YOU PART THE FURS,
THERE'S AN UNDERCOAT

AND THIS UNDERCOAT IS REALLY

WHAT DOES THE WORK
OF INSULATION.

IT IS BONE-DRY.

NO WATER GETS THROUGH THERE.

[ HONKING ]
Narrator: AMAZINGLY,

THERE ARE SPECIAL PROPERTIES
IN THE FUR THAT,

INSTEAD OF KEEPING
THE OTTER COLD AND WET,

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
LEAVE IT WARM AND DRY.

THE DENSELY PACKED HAIRS
IN THE UNDERCOAT

ARE COVERED IN MICROSCOPIC,
ROUGH SCALES.

WHEN THEY GROOM, SEA OTTERS
KNIT THESE SCALES TOGETHER

AND THE KNITTED HAIRS
ENCLOSE A LAYER OF AIR.

THAT TRAPPED AIR ACTS LIKE
A DOWN JACKET IN YOU AND I.

IT PROTECTS THEM, INSULATES THEM
FROM THE COLD WATER

AND ALLOWS THE SEA OTTER
TO KEEP WARM.

[ HONKING ]
Narrator: THE TRAPPED AIR

KEEPS THEM TOASTY
AND KEEPS THEM AFLOAT, TOO.

THAT'S GREAT FOR HANGING
WITH YOUR FRIENDS,

BUT A BIT OF A PROBLEM
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING HUNGRY

BECAUSE, WHEN ALL YOUR FOOD
IS DEEP UNDERWATER,

BUOYANCY IS THE LAST
THING YOU NEED.

THEY'RE JUST THIS BIG BAG
OF HAIRY AIR

THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN
TO A DEPTH OF 30, 40, 50 METERS,

SO THEY HAVE TO OVERWHELM
ALL THAT AIR

THAT THEY'VE SO METICULOUSLY
PUT INTO THEIR HAIR.

Narrator: POWERFUL KICKS
WITH WEBBED FEET START THEM OFF,

BUT, ONCE THEY GET GOING,
WATER PRESSURE DOES THE REST,

ALLOWING THEM
TO DIVE DOWN TO 150 FEET.

[ WHIMSICAL TUNE PLAYS ]
AND THAT TRAIL OF BUBBLES

IS ACTUALLY AIR BEING SQUEEZED
OUT OF THEIR HAIR.

Narrator: BACK ON THE SURFACE,
THEY SET ABOUT GROOMING AGAIN,

REINFLATING AND REINSULATING
THEIR COATS.

IT'S NOT JUST
METICULOUSLY ADORABLE.

ALL THAT FUR-FLUFFING
ACTUALLY KEEPS THEM ALIVE.

AS THEY RUB THEIR CHEEKS

AND THEY PULL THEIR FUR UP
ON THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD,

IT'S ACTUALLY SOIMPORTANT
TO THE SEA OTTERS' SURVIVAL.

Narrator:
AND THE UNDERCOAT OF SOFT FUR
HAS ANOTHER, MAJOR BENEFIT,

IF YOU'RE A SEA OTTER PUP --

IT MAKES YOUR MOM'S TUM

JUST ABOUT THE COZIEST
PLACE ON THE PLANET.

[ WHIMSICAL BUZZING ]

COMING UP...

ANTS THAT GO
BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

♪♪

♪♪

[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]

THIS ARMY OF MATABELE ANTS

IS ABOUT TO ENTER
ENEMY TERRITORY.

IT'S A PERILOUS MISSION.

THE ANTS ARE RISKING
LIFE AND LIMB.

BUT, THEY HAVE A SECRET WEAPON
BRINGING UP THE REAR --

SPECIAL ANT SURGEONS.

INCREDIBLY, THESE SUPERMEDICS
HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPAIR

WAR-TORN SOLDIERS.

SO, HOW DO ANTS HEAL
THEIR WOUNDED?

MATABELE ANTS ARE FOUND
SOUTH OF THE SAHARA.

THEY'RE NAMED AFTER
A FEROCIOUS AFRICAN TRIBE

WHO, DURING BATTLE, DESTROYED
EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH.

THESE ANTS LIKE TO ATTACK AND
EAT ONE THING, IN PARTICULAR --

TERMITES.

THE MATABELES RUN
AROUND FOUR RAIDS A DAY

ON TERMITE MOUNDS,
TO FEED THEIR OWN COLONY.

PROTECTING THE TERMITES
ARE HUGE SOLDIERS,

ARMED WITH POWERFUL,
SCISSORLIKE JAWS,

WHICH COULD SLICE
AN ANT IN TWO,

AND THE BATTLE LEAVES
COUNTLESS CASUALTIES.

MANY ANTS ARE SEVERELY INJURED
IN THE FIGHT FOR FOOD.

♪♪

BUT THE WOUNDED ANTS
DO SOMETHING AMAZING.

THEY CALL FOR MEDICS,

BY RELEASING SPECIAL PHEROMONES
WHICH SIGNAL FOR HELP.

INCREDIBLY, MATABELE ANTS
HAVE DEDICATED SURGEONS

WHOSE SOLE JOB IS TO FIND
AND TEND TO THE WOUNDED.

WHEN HELP ARRIVES,
THE INJURED ANT,

MARKED WITH GREEN PAINT,
HERE, TUCKS ITS LEGS IN,

SO IT'S MORE EASILY
CARRIED BACK TO THE NEST,

WHERE MEDIC ANTS
TEND TO THE WOUNDED

BY LICKING THEIR OPEN WOUNDS.

THEIR SALIVA
CLOTS THE BLOOD,

GREATLY REDUCING
THE RISK OF INFECTION.

SCIENTISTS
HAVE DISCOVERED THAT,

IF THE ANTS DON'T
RECEIVE TREATMENT,

80% WILL DIE
WITHIN 24 HOURS.

BUT, WITH TREATMENT,
AFTER AN HOUR,

THEY'RE BATTLE-READY AGAIN.

♪♪

[ WHIMSICAL TUNE PLAYS ]
ANTOLOGISTS --

IS THAT A THING? --

HAVE ALSO DISCOVERED

THAT INJURED ANTS
THAT ARE BEYOND SAVING

REFUSE TO BE RESCUED,

FLAILING THEIR REMAINING
LEGS AROUND,

FORCING THEIR
BROTHERS IN ARMS,

OR, RATHER, WITH ARMS,
TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND.

[ HIP HOP PLAYS ]

MATABELE ANTS CAN LIVE
IN COLONIES 20 MILLION STRONG,

BUT THEIR TASTE
FOR TERMITES MEANS

THEY PUT LIVES AT RISK
DURING EVERY SINGLE RAID.

HELPING ONLY THE LITTLE SOLDIERS
WITH THE BEST ODDS OF RECOVERY

GIVES THE COLONY THE
GREATEST CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL.

[ TRUMPET PLAYS "TAPS" ]
LIKE TINY TERMINATOR ANTS,

THESE TOUGH CREATURES KEEP
COMING BACK TO THE FIGHT.

MATABELE ANTS, WE SALUTE YOU.