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♪♪

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 ARE VULTURES IMMUNE TO DISEASE?

HOW DO KOALAS KEEP COOL IN 100 DEGREE HEAT?

AND WHAT'S THE SECRET BEHIND A FROG'S AMAZING TONGUE?

THESE WONDERS AND MORE ON...

--Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

KOALAS SPEND MOST OF THEIR LIVES HIGH UP IN EUCALYPTUS TREES

IN THE AUSTRALIAN WOODLANDS.

THESE EXPERT CLIMBERS ARE PERFECTLY ADAPTED

FOR THE HIGH LIFE.

TWO CLAWED THUMBS ON EACH PAW PROVIDE A FIRM GRIP,

GIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE TO RELAX

WHILE DANGLING DOZENS OF FEET IN THE AIR.

BUT WHAT THEY'RE NOT SO WELL ADAPTED FOR IS THE HEAT.

THAT BIG FURRY COAT JUST DOESN'T SUIT

THE EXTREME DAYTIME TEMPERATURES

THAT SOMETIMES CLIMB TO 115 DEGREES.

WORSE FOR THESE AUSSIE FUR BALLS IS THAT ABOVE 105 DEGREES,

THE BODY STARTS TO SHUT DOWN.

SO HOW DO KOALAS KEEP COOL?

TREE-HUGGING KOALAS ARE INCREDIBLY CUTE,

BUT THERE IS PURPOSE BEHIND THIS ADORABILITY

THAT CAN BE REVEALED WITH THE HELP OF THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS.

KOALAS LOVE EUCALYPTUS TREES, NOT JUST FOR THE LEAVES,

BUT FOR THE TRUNKS, TOO.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE TRUNK OF THE EUCALYPTUS

CAN BE UP TO 10 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE SURROUNDING AIR.

SO WHAT DO KOALAS DO?

THEY GIVE THE TREE UP BIG HUG.

THE REASON THE TREES ARE COLDER IS BECAUSE WATER HEATS UP

AND COOLS DOWN MORE SLOWLY THAN AIR.

AND SOME TREES CAN CONTAIN MORE THAN 70% WATER.

BUT TREES LIKE THE EUCALYPTUS HAVE AN EXTRA COOL SETTING,

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY SUCK UP FRESH GROUNDWATER

FROM THE COOLER ROOTS TO THEIR LEAVES.

FOR KOALAS, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE HUGGING A GIANT POPSICLE.

BUT THEIR LIFESAVING HUG

MUST PUT AS MUCH OF THEIR SURFACE AREA

INTO CONTACT WITH THE TREE AS POSSIBLE

TO GET THE MAXIMUM REFRIGERATED EXPERIENCE.

IF THEY GET THAT HUG JUST RIGHT, IT CAN TRANSFER A PHENOMENAL

50% OF THEIR BODY HEAT INTO THE TREE.

AND WHEN THE TOPS OF THE TREES HEAT UP IN THE SUN,

KOALAS HAVE A PLAN.

THEY CLIMB DOWN TO THE LOWER BRANCHES,

WHERE THE GROUNDWATER IS COOLER.

SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE ADORABLE TREE HUGGING,

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE BEST AIR CONDITIONING

THE OUTBACK CAN OFFER.

♪♪

AFRICAN ELEPHANTS LIVE IN LARGE, TIGHT-KNIT FAMILIES.

A SINGLE HERD CAN HAVE AS MANY AS 70 ELEPHANTS.

AND WITH THAT MANY MOUTHS TO FEED,

THE HERD NEEDS TO COVER A 4,000-SQUARE-MILE TERRITORY

TO FIND ENOUGH FOOD.

THAT'S NINE TIMES THE SIZE OF LOS ANGELES.

ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUALS WILL OFTEN WANDER AWAY FROM THE HERD

AND DEEP INTO THIS TERRITORY...

...THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND THEIR WAY BACK TOGETHER.

IT'S AS IF THE ELEPHANTS HAVE TOLD EACH OTHER

WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

SO, CAN ELEPHANTS COMMUNICATE WHEN THEY'RE MILES APART?

[ ELEPHANT GROWLS ]

AT THE ADVENTURES WITH ELEPHANTS SANCTUARY IN SOUTH AFRICA,

DR. ANGELA STOEGER-HORWATH

IS HOPING TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION

BY TRYING TO RECORD THE SOUNDS

OF SEPARATED ELEPHANTS COMMUNICATING.

SHE SPENT 10 YEARS STUDYING THE COMPLEX SOUNDS

THAT MAKE UP ELEPHANT LANGUAGE.

Stoeger-Horwath: ELEPHANTS ARE SPECIAL SPECIES

WHEN IT COMES TO VOCAL COMMUNICATION.

I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY MEAN AND HOW THEY PRODUCE THE SOUNDS.

Narrator: SHE'S DEVISED A TEST THAT INVOLVES SPLITTING A HERD

OF RESCUE ELEPHANTS INTO TWO GROUPS.

SO, WE'LL TAKE MESSINA AND THE BABIES THAT WAY.

WARDENS FOLLOW ONE GROUP OF ELEPHANTS

AS THEY WANDER OVER TWO MILES AWAY.

ANGELA AND RESEARCHER ANTON STAY WITH THE REMAINING ELEPHANTS

TO SEE IF THEY CAN COMMUNICATE EVEN OVER THIS DISTANCE.

TO EAVESDROP ON ANY LONG-DISTANCE CHATTER,

THEY NEED SOME HIGHLY SENSITIVE RECORDING EQUIPMENT.

THESE MICROPHONES CAN DETECT FREQUENCIES

ABOVE AND BELOW WHAT OUR HUMAN EARS CAN HEAR.

THE RESEARCHERS SET UP NEXT TO ONE ADULT FEMALE

AND TWO YOUNG MALES.

ONE OF THEM IS 23-YEAR-OLD BULL CHOVA.

WITH THE OTHER GROUP NOW OVER TWO MILES AWAY

AND COMPLETELY OUT OF SIGHT,

CHOVA APPEARS TO BE LOOKING FOR THE REST OF HIS HERD.

BUT HE'S NOT SAYING ANYTHING.

OR IS HE?

OH. DO YOU HEAR THAT?

ANGELA'S RECORDING EQUIPMENT

HAS DETECTED SOMETHING THE HUMAN EAR COULD NORMALLY NEVER HEAR.

TO US, IT SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING, BUT THROUGH THE HEADPHONES,

ANGELA CAN HEAR A SERIES OF AMPLIFIED INFRASONIC CALLS.

[ ELEPHANT GRUMBLING ]

OH, YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.

WE HEAR SOUNDS BETWEEN 20 AND 20,000 HERTZ,

BUT CHOVA'S BASSY RUMBLES ARE 12 HERTZ,

THREE OCTAVES LOWER THAN THE DEEPEST HUMAN VOICE.

AND THIS IS POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE SCALE

OF AN ELEPHANT'S UNIQUELY LARGE ANATOMY.

LIKE MANY ANIMALS, AFRICAN ELEPHANTS

CREATE SOUND BY EXHALING AIR OVER THEIR VOCAL CORDS.

BUT AT 3 INCHES LONG, AN ELEPHANT'S VOCAL CORDS

ARE EIGHT TIMES BIGGER THAN A HUMAN'S

AND CAN PRODUCE MUCH DEEPER, LOWER FREQUENCIES,

BELOW THE RANGE OF HUMAN HEARING.

THE AIR ALSO REVERBERATES IN A HUGE CHAMBER

CREATED BY THE MOUTH AND 7-FOOT-LONG TRUNK,

WHICH AMPLIFIES THE LOW-FREQUENCY SOUND.

AND THE LOWER THE FREQUENCY OF THE SOUND WAVES,

THE FARTHER THEY CAN TRAVEL.

Stoeger-Horwath: THE DISTANCE THAT THESE RUMBLES CAN TRAVEL

IS ESTIMATED OF ABOUT 4 KILOMETER.

Narrator: THAT'S 2 1/2 MILES.

AND IN COOLER NIGHT TEMPERATURES,

A LOW-FREQUENCY ELEPHANT CALL COULD TRAVEL UP TO 6 MILES.

THAT'S LIKE A BANKER ON WALL STREET SAYING HELLO

AND BEING HEARD ALL THE WAY IN BROOKLYN.

[ ELEPHANT GRUMBLING ]

AND CHOVA'S SILENT CALLS SEEM TO BE SAYING SOMETHING,

BECAUSE IT APPEARS HE CAN HEAR THE OTHERS CALLING BACK.

[ ELEPHANT GRUMBLING ]

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT HE IS LISTENING,

BECAUSE HE SPREAD HIS EARS.

SO, THE EARS REALLY HELP HIM TO LOCALIZE THE SOUND.

Narrator: CHOVA'S 4-FOOT-WIDE EARS

FUNNEL THE LOW-FREQUENCY SOUNDS INTO HIS EAR CANALS.

HIS MASSIVE EARS AND HEAD HELP HIM PINPOINT

WHERE THE CALLS ARE COMING FROM.

[ ELEPHANT GROWLING ]

♪♪

CHOVA IDENTIFIES THE ORIGIN OF A SOUND

DUE TO THE FRACTION-OF-A-SECOND DELAY

BETWEEN IT HITTING ONE EAR, THEN THE OTHER.

BECAUSE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ELEPHANT EARS

IS FIVE TIMES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN OURS,

THEY CAN USE THIS EXAGGERATED DELAY

TO MORE ACCURATELY DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND.

THIS UNIQUE METHOD OF BOTH CREATING AND HEARING INFRASOUND

MEANS ALTHOUGH ELEPHANTS MAY BE PHYSICALLY MILES APART,

THEY CAN ALWAYS STAY IN TOUCH.

[ ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING ]

AND WHATEVER CHOVA'S LAST CALL WAS,

IT'S BROUGHT THE REST OF THE HERD STRAIGHT BACK TO HIM.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING AN ELEPHANT LOVES

MORE THAN A GOOD, OLD WANDER AROUND THEIR TERRITORY,

AND THAT'S GETTING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

[ ELEPHANT GRUMBLING ]

COMING UP, WHAT'S THE SECRET

OF THE FROG'S AMAZING TONGUE?

HOW DO VULTURES SURVIVE A TOXIC MEAL?

AND WHAT'S THIS SPIDER'S SECRET TO LONG LIFE?

Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO CATCHING BUGS,

FROGS HAVE GOT IT LICKED.

SUPER-STRETCHY TONGUES BLAST OUT

FIVE TIMES FASTER THAN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

AND ONCE IT STICKS,

THERE'S NO GETTING AWAY.

WHAT'S THE SECRET BEHIND A FROG'S AMAZING TONGUE?

SO THERE'S BLACK PANTHER,

SPIDERMAN, BATMAN,

BUT WHY NO SUPERHERO NAME FOR A FROG?

FROGS CAN SECRETE POISON.

THEY CAN HAVE INVISIBLE SKIN,

AND THEY CAN JUMP 20 TIMES THE LENGTH OF THEIR OWN BODY.

BUT FOR BIOMECHANICS ENGINEER DR. ALEXIS NOEL,

A FROG'S GREATEST SUPERPOWER

IS SOMETHING THEY ALL HAVE --

THAT INCREDIBLE TONGUE.

THEIR TONGUES ARE JUST AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THESE FROGS ABLE TO SNATCH INSECTS

RIGHT OUT OF THE AIR?

HOW ON EARTH DO THESE TONGUES ACTUALLY STICK?

Narrator: FOR FIVE YEARS, ALEXIS HAS BEEN TRYING TO CRACK

THIS STICKY MYSTERY.

SHE'S DISCOVERED A FROG'S TONGUE MUSCLE

IS 10 TIMES SOFTER THAN OURS,

SQUISHY LIKE BRAIN TISSUE,

BUT AS ELASTIC AS A BUNGEE CORD.

AND IT'S COVERED IN THICK, STICKY SALIVA.

Noel: THE WAY I LIKE TO IMAGINE IT IS ACTUALLY A PIECE OF CHEWING GUM

COVERED IN STICKY HONEY.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT A FROG TONGUE

AND TOAD TONGUES ARE LIKE.

Narrator: THIS ELASTIC, HONEY-LIKE SALIVA

IS MADE FROM THE SAME CELLS FOUND IN OUR MUCUS.

FROG SALIVA IS ABOUT THE SAME CONSISTENCY.

IT'S WHAT MAKES THE SALIVA SO STICKY AND GOOEY.

Narrator: BUT WITH A TONGUE SO STICKY,

WHY DOESN'T ITS MOUTH STICK SHUT?

FROG SALIVA IS ACTUALLY A REVERSIBLE ADHESIVE,

SO IT'S ABLE TO CHANGE HOW STICKY

OR HOW VISCOUS ITS SALIVA IS

BASED ON WHEN IT'S CONTACTING THE INSECT

OR WHEN IT'S TRYING TO SWALLOW THE INSECT.

Narrator: TO REVEAL THE SECRET OF HOW THIS SALIVA CAN SWITCH

BETWEEN STICKY AND UN-STICKY,

ALEXIS FILMS THE TONGUE LASHINGS

WITH A HIGH-SPEED CAMERA.

FIRST, THE ELASTIC TONGUE ROLLS OUT INTO ACTION.

WHEN THE TONGUE SLAPS INTO A BUG,

IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUG'S STUCK WITH FAST-ACTION SUPER GLUE.

BUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS THE TONGUE IS SO FAST,

IT HITS THE BUG WITH A FORCE 12 TIMES GREATER THAN GRAVITY,

AND THE PRESSURE FROM THIS FORCE

CHANGES THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THE SALIVA,

TURNING IT FROM ITS NATURAL THICK AND GOOEY STATE

INTO A RUNNY, WATERY LIQUID.

Noel: IT'S THE FLUID ACTUALLY BEING SQUISHED

THAT CAUSES THE SALIVA TO DROP ITS VISCOSITY

FROM HONEY TO WATER.

Narrator: WHEN THE SUPER-FAST TONGUE MAKES CONTACT,

THE SALIVA BECOMES 50 TIMES THINNER.

IT'S SO WATERY, IT CAN SEEP INTO ALL THE GROOVES

ON THE INSECT'S SHELL.

A FRACTION OF A SECOND LATER,

AS THE PRESSURE FROM THE IMPACT FADES,

THE SALIVA GOES BACK TO BEING THICK AND GLOOPY AGAIN,

EXPANDING IN THE CRACKS,

CREATING A VICE-LIKE GRIP ON THE BUG.

SO THAT INSECT HAS NO CHANCE OF GETTING OFF THE TONGUE.

Narrator: SO THE REASON A FROG'S TONGUE IS SO STICKY

IS BECAUSE IT'S SO FAST,

GUARANTEEING ANY BUG A STICKY END.

COMING UP...

A BIRD THAT DINES ON BOTULISM,

AND THE SECRET TO THIS SPIDER'S INCREDIBLY LONG LIFE.

Narrator: ANIMALS CAN MAKE A MEAL

OUT OF PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.

BUTTERFLIES DINE ON SALTY TEARS.

DUNG BEETLES -- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY EAT.

AND VULTURES, NATURE'S CLEANUP CREW,

HAVE A TASTE FOR ROTTING FLESH.

CONSIDERING THIS BUFFET OF LETHAL BACTERIA,

HOW ARE VULTURES IMMUNE TO DISEASE?

[ BIRD SCREECHES ]

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

TO FIND OUT, WE'VE COME TO THE VulPro VULTURE SANCTUARY

IN SOUTH AFRICA.

HERE, CONSERVATIONIST KERRI WOLTER

TAKES CARE OF MORE THAN 400 RESCUED CAPE VULTURES.

Wolter: THESE BIRDS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE.

THEY'RE NATURE'S GARBAGE COLLECTORS.

THEY'RE ABLE TO CONSUME ANY TYPE OF CARCASS

THAT HAS DIED OF VARIOUS DISEASES.

Narrator: TO SEE HOW VULTURES CAN SURVIVE DISEASE-RIDDEN MEAT

THAT WOULD KILL EVERYTHING ELSE,

KERRI HAS OPENED UP A VULTURE RESTAURANT.

WITH ENTREES TOO TOXIC FOR HUMANS TO HANDLE,

HER CUSTOMERS AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT EXPIRATION DATES.

THEY CAN EAT FRESH FOOD, AND THEY CAN EAT

THE MOST ROTTEN PIECE OF MEAT THAT IS LYING AROUND.

Narrator: FROM THE MOMENT AN ANIMAL DIES,

BACTERIA START TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BODY.

IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS

THIS MEAT WOULD BE LETHAL TO US,

BUT VULTURES HAPPILY DIVE IN.

THEIR SECRET --

A CHEMICAL ARSENAL HIDDEN IN THEIR GUTS.

VULTURES HAVE THE MOST ACIDIC STOMACH ACIDS OF ANY ANIMAL.

THEIR ACIDITY IS 10 TIMES WHAT A HUMAN STOMACH WOULD BE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN ANY OF THESE BACTERIA

OR POTENTIAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Narrator: THE VULTURE'S STOMACH JUICES ARE MORE ACIDIC

THAN CAR BATTERY ACID --

SO CORROSIVE, IT DISSOLVES NOT JUST BONES,

BUT METALS LIKE COPPER AND NICKEL

AND COMPLETELY OBLITERATES DEADLY DISEASES LIKE RABIES,

CHOLERA, AND EVEN ANTHRAX.

BUT INCREDIBLY, BY THE TIME THE VULTURE POOPS,

THE REMNANTS ARE TOTALLY DECONTAMINATED --

ULTRA-FILTERED FECES, YOU MIGHT SAY.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO IN HEADFIRST TO GET YOUR MEAL,

THINGS CAN GET A LITTLE MESSY AT THE DINNER TABLE.

THAT'S WHY VULTURES MAKE A BOLD FASHION CHOICE.

THEY GO BALD.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

WITH NO FEATHERS ON THEIR HEADS AND NECKS,

THEY DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BLOOD AND MEAT

CLOGGING THEIR FEATHERS.

IN JUST TWO HOURS, THE VULTURES HAVE STRIPPED THE CARCASSES

TO SKIN AND BONES.

EACH BIRD HAS EATEN 4 1/2 POUNDS OF ROTTEN, STINKING MEAT,

THE EQUIVALENT OF A MAN EATING 170 OUT-OF-DATE, RAW BURGERS

IN ONE SITTING.

BUT PLEASE DON'T CONSIDER THEM DISGUSTING.

VULTURES ARE LIFESAVERS.

WITHOUT VULTURES TO ERADICATE THE DEAD,

DANGEROUS BACTERIA WOULD MULTIPLY IN CARCASSES

AND INFECT OTHER ANIMALS.

Wolter: THESE BIRDS ARE SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.

Narrator: VULTURES TRULY ARE THE ULTIMATE CLEANUP CREW.

[ BIRD SCREECHES, HOOTS ]

NEXT, A SPIDER'S SECRET TO A LONG LIFE.

Narrator: SPIDERS.

IF THEY'RE LUCKY, THE TYPICAL GARDEN VARIETY

LIVES FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

THE BIGGER THEY GET, THE LONGER THEY TEND TO LIVE,

WITH SOME TARANTULAS SURVIVING INTO THEIR 20s.

BUT IN AUSTRALIA, SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED

AN AMAZING AND RECLUSIVE ARACHNID

THAT LIVES TWICE AS LONG AS ANY OTHER SPIDER,

REACHING THE RIPE, OLD AGE OF 43.

THIS IS THE TINY

AND APPROPRIATELY NAMED TRAPDOOR SPIDER.

THEY'RE HARD TO SPOT,

AND THEY DON'T GIVE UP THEIR SECRETS EASILY.

HOW DOES A SPIDER LIVE SO LONG?

THE SECRET TO THIS TIMID LITTLE CRITTER'S LONG LIFE

IS HIDING BEHIND THIS DOOR.

IT'S THEIR EXTRAORDINARY HOME.

THE TRAPDOOR SPIDER'S BURROW CAN REACH 12 INCHES LONG

AND ABOUT 2 INCHES WIDE.

THEY DIG IT OUT WITH SPECIALLY ADAPTED

AND HARDENED MOUTH PARTS, LIKE DIGGING FANGS.

THEN THE INDUSTRIOUS SPIDERS WALLPAPER THE CHAMBER

WITH THEIR OWN SILK TO KEEP IT FROM CAVING IN.

PART OF THE REASON THESE SPIDERS LIVE SO LONG

IS THEIR SECURE HOME KEEPS THEM SAFE FROM PREDATORS.

MORE THAN THAT, THESE HOMEBODIES NEVER LEAVE IT,

NOT EVEN FOR DINNER.

INSTEAD, THEY GET IT DELIVERED.

THEY GRAB MEALS RIGHT FROM THEIR DOORSTEP,

THANKS TO AN INCREDIBLE BOOBY TRAP.

THIS AMAZING TRAPDOOR

IS MADE OUT OF SOIL AND PIECES OF LEAVES

BOUND INTO A LID WITH SPIDER SILK.

THEY EVEN FASHION A SILK HINGE,

WHICH ENSURES THE DOOR DOESN'T FLY OFF

WHEN THE SPIDER JUMPS OUT --

HANDY FOR WHEN YOU GET THE WRONG ORDER.

BUT MEALS AREN'T ALWAYS EASY TO COME BY.

THE SPIDER CAN WAIT FOR DAYS, SOMETIMES WEEKS

FEELING FOR THE MOVEMENT OF A PASSING BUG,

WHICH THE SPIDER DETECTS

WITH SUPER-SENSITIVE HAIRS ON ITS LEGS.

DURING THIS WAIT, THE SPIDER DOES SOMETHING INCREDIBLE.

IT POWERS DOWN.

AND HERE STARTS THE REAL SECRET TO A LONG LIFE.

INSIDE ITS BODY, THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE

OF CELL DIVISION AND REPLICATION SLOWS.

EVERY TIME A CELL SPLITS, IT DAMAGES ITS DNA.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF AGING.

SO BY SLOWING DOWN CELL DIVISION,

A TRAPDOOR SPIDER IS ABLE TO EXTEND ITS AGE.

BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF ITS ANTI-AGING TRICKS.

BY USING UP SO LITTLE ENERGY,

THE SPIDER DOESN'T NEED MUCH FOOD,

WHICH IS LUCKY, BECAUSE WHEN FINALLY AN INSECT DOES PASS BY,

THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THE SPIDER WILL MISS.

OOPS.

AND AGAIN?

ONLY 10% OF THIS SPIDER'S AMBUSHES ACTUALLY WORK.

BUT SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED

THAT THE SPIDER'S LOW-CALORIE DIET

CAN LEAD TO A LONGER LIFE.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE OUR DOCTORS HAVE BEEN RIGHT ALL ALONG.

THE SECRET TO A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE IS EAT WELL

AND GET PLENTY OF REST. AND ONE MORE THING --

GET ALL YOUR MEALS DELIVERED. WHO KNEW?

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