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[ ANIMALS GROWLING ]

Narrator: ANIMALS...

DO THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS.

[ GOAT BLEATS ]

LIKE THIS.

AND THAT.

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

[ CAT MEOWS ]WE'RE REVEALING

ANIMALS' BIGGEST SECRETS, LIKE...

WHAT MAKES A SEAHORSE INDESTRUCTIBLE?

IS THIS TRUNK THE MOST SENSITIVE SNIFFER ON THE PLANET?

[ SNIFFS ]

AND WHY DO BIRDS SING LOUDEST IN THE MORNING?

♪♪

THESE WONDERS AND MORE, ON...

"HOW DO ANIMALS DO THAT?"

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

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

OUT IN THE OPEN, WITHOUT ANY SEAWEED TO HIDE IN,

THIS PYGMY SEAHORSE IS RISKING HER LIFE.

AND SHE'S HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE JAWS OF A FLOUNDER.

THE FLOUNDER TAKES A BIG BITE THEN LETS HER GO.

THEN, IN A BIZARRE TURN,

THE SEAHORSE STRETCHES HERSELF BACK INTO SHAPE

AND CONTINUES ON LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.

THIS DELICATE BEAUTY IS FAR TOUGHER THAN SHE LOOKS,

AND HER SECRET SKELETAL DESIGN

COULD REVOLUTIONIZE PROSTHETICS.[ WHIRRING ]

WHAT MAKES A SEAHORSE NEARLY INDESTRUCTIBLE?

THERE ARE 47 SPECIES OF SEAHORSE FOUND

IN SHALLOW WATERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THESE MYSTERIOUS ANIMALS RANGE FROM A HALF TO 14 INCHES LONG.

ALL ARE ABLE TO CHANGE COLOR TO BLEND IN

WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

AND EACH HAS A TINY DORSAL FIN FOR PROPULSION,

WHICH GIVES THEM A TOP SPEED OF 59...

INCHES PER HOUR.

[ MUSIC SLOWS DOWN ]

♪♪

PETITE FINS MIGHT MAKE SEAHORSES

THE SLOWEST SWIMMERS IN THE OCEAN

BUT THEY HAVE ONE GREAT ADVANTAGE.

THE FIN HARDLY DISTURBS THE SURROUNDING WATER.

SO SEAHORSES CAN SLOWLY CREEP UP

TO UNSUSPECTING SMALL CRUSTACEANS AND PLANKTON.

♪♪

THE DOWNSIDE IS THEIR SLOW SPEED

ALSO MAKES THEM EASY TO CATCH.

TOP BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEER PROFESSOR JOANNA McKITTRICK

BELIEVES THIS VULNERABILITY

HAS LED TO THE EVOLUTION OF SOMETHING QUITE REMARKABLE.

McKittrick: IF YOU ARE A SLOW SWIMMER

LIKE THEY ARE, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME ARMOR.

Narrator: THE SEAHORSE HAS AN INTERNAL SKELETON.

BUT IT'S ALSO GOT ABOUT 100 ANGULAR

ARMOR-PLATED SEGMENTS COVERING THE SEAHORSE'S ENTIRE BODY.

AS A RESULT, THE SEAHORSE HAS THE ONLY TAIL

IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WHOSE CROSS-SECTION IS SQUARE.

NO ONE HAS A SQUARE TAILS EXCEPT FOR SEAHORSES.

AND SO THAT GOT US THINKING, WHY ARE THEY SQUARE

INSTEAD OF BEING ROUND?

Narrator: JOANNA DID SOME INVESTIGATING.

SO WE PUT THE SEAHORSE INTO A MICRO C.T.

PEOPLE GET C.T. SCANS ON THEIR OWN BODIES.

AND THEN WE BUILT AN ARTIFICIAL SEAHORSE TAIL.

♪♪

Narrator: WHEN JOANNA BUILT A LARGE-SCALE MODEL OF THE TAIL,

SHE UNCOVERED THE SECRET OF THE SEAHORSE'S INDESTRUCTIBILITY.

IT'S A VERY CLEVER DESIGN.

IF I SQUEEZE IT, IF I'M A PREDATOR,

YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE L-SHAPED SEGMENTS

BUCKLE AND DEFORM.

Narrator: EACH SQUARE BLOCK OF THE TAIL

IS MADE UP OF FOUR L-SHAPED SEGMENTS.

IN AN ATTACK, THE PLATES SLIDE OVER EACH OTHER.

BY DOING SO, THEY SOAK UP THE BITE FORCE

AND PROTECT VITAL PARTS LIKE THE SPINAL COLUMN.

AND EVEN MORE REMARKABLE,

WHEN THE PREDATOR RELEASES ITS JAWS,

THE ELASTIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE SPRINGS THE PLATE

BACK INTO PLACE.

McKittrick: I CAN TWIST IT TO A HIGH DEGREE AND DROP IT,

AND IT GOES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE.

Narrator: BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.

SO THIS GLASS ROD IS GOING TO SHOW

THE PURPOSE OF THE SEAHORSE'S TAIL.

Narrator: NOT ONLY IS THE ARMOR INCREDIBLY TOUGH,

THE ABILITY OF EACH SQUARE SEGMENT

TO OVERLAP THE NEXT MEANS THE TAIL DOESN'T JUST BEND,

IT CAN GRIP SLIM PLANTS.

YEAH, IT'S CURLED AROUND 180 DEGREES.

SO THE TAIL IS VERY FLEXIBLE.

Narrator: JOANNA DECIDED TO COMPARE THE GRIP OF THE SEAHORSE TAIL

WITH A PREHENSILE MONKEY'S TAIL.

A CROSS-SECTION OF A MONKEY'S TAIL IS CIRCULAR.

THAT MEANS ONLY A SMALL AREA OF THE ACTUAL TAIL

IS IN CONTACT WITH WHAT IT'S GRIPPING.

BUT THE SEAHORSE'S SQUARE TAIL STRUCTURE

IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF SURFACE AREA,

SO IT CAN ADHERE TO THE GRASS MUCH BETTER THAN THIS ROUND ONE.

SO THERE'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF SURFACE AREA.

SO THAT MAKES IT A BETTER GRIPPER.

♪♪

Narrator: THE SEAHORSE'S ARMORED TAIL

HAS INSPIRED PROFESSOR McKITTRICK

TO USE ITS SQUARE DESIGN

FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF MORE FLEXIBLE

AND STRONGER GRIPPING ROBOTIC ARMS

FOR USE IN SURGERY AND SEARCH AND RESCUE.

IT'S AN AMAZING DESIGN.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A FLEXIBLE GRIPPER,

ASK THE SEAHORSE.

Narrator: IT SEEMS THESE EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS

HAVE BEEN HIDING A SECRET.

IT'S DEFINITELY HIP TO BE SQUARE.

IF A DOG GETS ITS JAWS ON A BONE OR A CHEW TOY,

THE INSTINCT FOR MANY IS TO BURY IT.

WHICH IS CRAZY, BECAUSE IN THE GROUND, THINGS GET FILTHY

OR NIBBLED BY BUGS.

BUT MANY DOGS JUST CAN'T HELP BURYING OBJECTS

OR TREATS THEY LOVE.

[ BARKING ]WHY DO DOGS BURY THINGS?

[ WHIMPERING ]

OBSERVING PUPPIES AND YOUNG DOGS,

SCIENTISTS HAVE NOTICED SOMETHING REMARKABLE.

SOME WILL TRY TO BURY THEIR TOYS INDOORS,

AND OTHERS USE THEIR MUZZLE

TO PUSH IMAGINARY DIRT OVER THEIR TREATS.

THE DOGS' BURYING INSTINCT

INVOLVES AT LEAST FIVE SEPARATE INSTRUCTIONS.

[ DOG BARKS ]

TAKING THE SPECIAL THING TO A SAFE PLACE.

CHECK NO ONE IS LOOKING.

DIG A HOLE.

DROPPING THE THING IN.

COVER IT WITH THE MUZZLE.

LIKE ALL INSTINCTS, THESE COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS

ARE ENCODED INTO THE DOG'S DNA.

[ DOG BARKS ]

[ DOG PANTING ]

AND 99 PERCENT OF A DOG'S DNA

COMES FROM THESE GUYS -- GRAY WOLVES.

BECAUSE DESPITE AROUND 40,000 YEARS OF SEPARATE

EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT, DOMESTIC DOGS AND GRAY WOLVES

STILL BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES.

[ HOWLING ]

FOR WOLVES, HOARDING FOOD IS VITAL FOR SURVIVAL.

IN THE SNOW, WOLVES ARE ABLE TO CORNER AND TAKE DOWN A DEER,

A BOAR, EVEN A HALF-TON ELK.

ONCE THE PACK HAS HAD ITS FILL,

THEY DRAG THE REMAINS TO A SAFE SPOT.

WITHOUT A FRIDGE, THE WOLF DIGS A NICE HOLE,

PLACES THE FOOD IN IT,

AND COVERS IT OVER WITH ITS NOSE,

JUST LIKE DOMESTIC DOGS DO.

THE COLD GROUND KEEPS THE KILL FRESH FOR WEEKS.

♪♪

DESPITE 40,000 YEARS OF NOT NEEDING TO DO THIS,

YOUR PET IS POWERLESS TO RESIST ITS WOLF DNA.

IT JUST YEARNS TO PUT A CHUNK OF ELK IN THE FREEZER.

♪♪

SINCE ELK HERDS DON'T FREQUENT MANY BACKYARDS,

YOU MAY INSTEAD FIND ONE OF YOUR SOCKS

BURIED AMONG THE PETUNIAS.

♪♪

THE URGE IS HARD-WIRED INTO YOUR DOG'S BRAIN,

SO IT'S HARD TO STOP IT.

[ PANTS ]

BUT THERE IS HOPE.

SCIENTISTS HAVE NOTICED THE MORE MODERN BREEDS OF DOG

LIKE THIS CHIHUAHUA

ARE LESS LIKELY TO CARRY THE BURYING GENE

THAN ANCIENT BREEDS LIKE THIS HUSKY.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE IN ANOTHER 40,000 YEARS,

DOGS WILL HAVE LOST THE UNNECESSARY INSTINCT TO DIG.

GOOD NEWS -- THERE'S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

[ CROAKING ]

COMING UP -- WHAT MAKES THESE THE MOST SENSITIVE WHISKERS

ON THE PLANET?

AND CAN THIS TRUNK DETECT ODORS NO OTHER NOSE CAN?

Narrator: 20 YEARS AGO,

RESEARCHERS TRACKED A HERD OF ELEPHANTS

MARCHING THROUGH WAR-TORN ANGOLA.

AT THE TIME, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THEY STOPPED,

TURNED LEFT, AND TOOK A DETOUR.

[ CRACKLING ]

IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THE ELEPHANTS

CHANGED COURSE AROUND A HIDDEN MINEFIELD.

THAT REMARKABLE BEHAVIOR GOT SCIENTISTS WONDERING --

CAN ELEPHANTS DETECT BOMBS?

♪♪

MILITARY RESEARCHER KIP SCHULTZ HAS COME

TO BELA-BELA, SOUTH AFRICA.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, OLD BUDDY, HUH?

HE'S INVESTIGATING REPORTS THAT ELEPHANTS MIGHT EVEN BE BETTER

AT DETECTING EXPLOSIVES THAN HIGHLY TRAINED DOGS.

MY HISTORY HAS BEEN DETECTION WITH CANINES

AND OTHER SPECIES OF ANIMALS SINCE THE MID '80s.

♪♪

Narrator: IN A MILITARY TEST,

BOMB DETECTION DOGS COULD ZERO IN

ON EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL 94 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

KIP WANTS TO PERFORM THE SAME TEST

ON SANCTUARY DIRECTOR SEAN HENSMAN'S

STAR PUPIL, CHISHURU.

CHISHURU IS ABOUT A 20-YEAR-OLD ELEPHANT BULL.

HE'S MY FAVORITE ELEPHANT, HIGHLY INTELLIGENT,

AND KEEN TO DO STUFF.

♪♪

Narrator: CHISHURU WILL BE TASKED WITH DETECTING

THE TINIEST AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.

Schultz: WE'LL HAVE SIX DIFFERENT PAINT BUCKETS.

EACH ONE WILL BE LOADED WITH A PAD.

ONE IT WILL HAVE A PAD IN THERE WITH A QUANTITY OF TNT

THAT'S PROBABLY 10 MILLIGRAMS OR LESS.

♪♪

Narrator: 10 MILLIGRAMS OF TNT

IT'S LIKE A FEW GRAINS OF SALT.

THIS EXPLOSIVE IS DESIGNED TO BE ALMOST ODORLESS.

SO IN TODAY'S TEST, A HUMAN WOULD SMELL AND SEE NOTHING.

♪♪

[ ELEPHANT GRUNTS ]

OKAY, STAND ON YOUR MAT.

YOU'LL SEE ALL THE BUCKETS, EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME.

WE'VE MARKED THIS ONE JUST SO WE CAN REMEMBER

WHICH ONE THE TRAINING AID IS IN.

Narrator: THE TNT SAMPLE HAS BEEN PLACED

IN ONE OF THE SIX BUCKETS.

KIP AND SEAN ARE LOOKING FOR A REACTION FROM CHISHURU.

LET'S GO!

♪♪

WHEN CHISHURU BREATHES IN, 17 GALLONS OF AIR

PASS OVER SPECIALIZED SCENT RECEPTORS

AT THE TOP OF HIS SEVEN-FOOT-LONG TRUNK.

ELEPHANT DNA IS PACKED WITH 2,000 GENES

DEDICATED TO SMELLING -- TWICE AS MANY AS DOG DNA

AND FIVE TIMES AS MANY AS HUMAN DNA.

[ SNIFFING ]

HE'S PASSED BY THREE BUCKETS.

♪♪

Schultz: WELL DONE. THAT'S IT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

WELL DONE.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

Narrator: CHISHURU'S SUCCESS IS REWARDED WITH A TREAT.

♪♪

NO MATTER WHICH BUCKET KIP PUTS THE TINY TNT SAMPLE IN,

THE ELEPHANT SNIFFS IT OUT

TIME AND TIME AGAIN.[ SNIFFS ]

Schultz: WELL DONE.

WELL DONE. THAT'S IT.

GOOD. WELL DONE.

WELL DONE.

Schultz: CHISHURU DID VERY WELL TODAY.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY MISSES OF ANY TARGETS THAT WE PUT OUT,

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE FALSE ALERT.

Narrator: KIP'S ONGOING RESEARCH HAS REVEALED THAT

WHILE A TOP TRAINED DOG CAN DETECT THE PRESENCE OF TNT

94 PERCENT OF THE TIME,

ELEPHANTS DETECT IT A STAGGERING

99.7 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

IN OTHER WORDS, ELEPHANTS ARE 20 TIMES LESS LIKELY

TO MISS A HIDDEN BOMB.

WE DON'T SEE A ROLE FOR THE ELEPHANT

ACTUALLY IN THE MINEFIELD,

BUT I THINK AS WE START TO SCRATCH INTO THIS,

WE'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN

FROM A RESEARCH STANDPOINT FROM THE ELEPHANT.

Narrator: KIP'S HOPING HIS RESEARCH FOR THE U.S. MILITARY

WILL HELP DEVELOP A LANDMINE SENSOR

INSPIRED BY THE ELEPHANT'S FAMOUS SNOUT.

[ ELEPHANT ROARS ]

[ BUZZING ]

COMING UP -- WHY DO BIRDS START SINGING AT SUNRISE?

AND HOW CAN A SEA LION CATCH FISH IN THE DARK?

♪♪

Narrator: FISH ARE FAST...

SLIPPERY...

AND HARD TO CATCH.

BUT ONE MAMMAL ISN'T JUST GOOD AT CATCHING FISH,

IT CAN DO IT WITH ITS EYES CLOSED.

WHAT MAKES A SEA LION

ONE OF THE BEST FISHERMEN IN THE SEA?

♪♪

A QUARTER OF A MILLION CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS

LIVE ON THE WEST COAST.

♪♪

THEY WEIGH UP TO 1,200 POUNDS

AND CAN LIVE FOR AROUND 30 YEARS.

BUT THE SEA LION'S MOST DISTINGUISHING FEATURE

IS ITS WHISKERS.

AT 12 INCHES,

SEA LIONS HAVE THE LONGEST WHISKERS

OF ANY ANIMAL ON THE PLANET.[ GROWLS ]

WHAT'S MORE, THE SEA LION HAS PRECISELY 74 WHISKERS,

THREE TIMES MORE THAN A CAT.[ CAT YOWLS ]

AND EACH WHISKER FEEDS AN ASTONISHING

1,500 NERVE ENDINGS AT ITS BASE.

BUT WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING SUCH HYPERSENSITIVE WHISKERS?

♪♪

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE WHISKERS COULD ACT LIKE MOTION SENSORS,

SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO DETECT THE WAKE FROM A FISH

SWIMMING UP TO 200 FEET AWAY.

IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN IT MIGHT EXPLAIN

HOW SEA LIONS CAN CATCH FISH IN THE DARK.

BUT SO FAR, SCIENTISTS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TEST IT.

[ SEA BIRDS CALL ]

MEET MARVIN,

RESIDENT OF FLAMINGO LAND ZOO IN ENGLAND.

OKAY, MARVIN, YOU COME STRAIGHT ON THIS BALL.

MARVIN LOVES GETTING HIS HANDLER ALAN TO PLAY CATCH WITH HIM.

ALAN KNOWS MARVIN IS RELYING ON HIS MOTION-SENSING WHISKERS

TO HELP HIM CATCH THE BALL.

HE'S NOT WATCHING THE BALL

HE'S NOT RELYING ON VISION AT ALL HERE.

♪♪

GOOD BOY, MARVIN.

TO PROVE MARVIN CAN DO THE SAME

WITHOUT SEEING THE BALL,

ALAN HAS SET UP A SIMPLE YET INGENIOUS TEST.

WE WANT TO SEE IF HE CAN CATCH A BALL IN THE DARK

WITH THE HELP OF HIS WHISKERS.

IT WILL BE INCREDIBLY INTERESTING TO SEE

IF MARVIN CAN DO THAT.

Narrator: IT'S SOMETHING NEITHER ALAN NOR MARVIN HAS EVER DONE BEFORE.

♪♪

ALAN AND HIS COLLEAGUE HAVE BLACKED OUT A ROOM

AND SET UP AN INFRARED NIGHT VISION CAMERA.

READY.

COME ON, MARVIN. GOOD BOY.

♪♪

Alan: I'M GOING TO TRY IN HERE NOW IN THE DARK.

WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE,

SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE.

AND I'M HOPING VERY MUCH THAT THIS GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN.

Narrator: ALAN WILL THROW MARVIN THE BALL FROM FIVE FEET AWAY.

OKAY, IF WE'RE READY, LIGHTS.

ALTHOUGH THE INFRARED CAMERA CAN PICK OUT OBJECTS,

THE ROOM IS IN TOTAL DARKNESS.

IN THIS TEST,

MARVIN CAN SEE NOTHING --

NOT ALAN, NOT THE BALL.

OKAY, MARVIN, ARE YOU READY, MARVIN?

♪♪

CATCH.

CATCH.

TIME AFTER TIME,

DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE...CATCH.

...MARVIN CATCHES THE BALL.

HE WAS AMAZING.

I WAS GENUINELY VERY IMPRESSED.

[ SNORTS ]

I, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW -- I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW

WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO CATCH THAT BALL OR NOT.

[ HIGH-PITCHED TRILL ]

ALAN BELIEVES THAT MARVIN'S SUPERSENSITIVE WHISKERS

ARE DETECTING TINY PRESSURE WAVES IN THE AIR

CAUSED BY THE MOVING BALL.

AS THE PRESSURE WAVES MOVE ACROSS HIS WHISKERS,

INCREDIBLY, MARVIN CAN JUDGE THE DIRECTION, DISTANCE,

AND SPEED OF THE TRAVELING BALL,

AND GET HIS NOSE IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT POSITION

TO CATCH THE BALL.

FOR HIM TO USE THE WHISKERS SO WELL

AND CATCH THE BALL SO WELL,

I'M REALLY IMPRESSED.

♪♪

SO IT SEEMS SEA LIONS REALLY DO POSSESS

MOTION-SENSING WHISKERS

THAT CAN TRACK THE WAKE OF A FISH

FROM HUNDREDS OF FEET AWAY

BEFORE THE FISH EVEN KNOWS IT'S BEING PURSUED.

♪♪

NO WONDER SEA LIONS

ARE AMONG THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PREDATORS IN THE SEA.

[ WHOOPING ]

COMING UP --[ CHIRPING ]

WHY DO BIRDS SING IN THE MORNING?

♪♪

Narrator: SPRING IN THE FOREST,

AND SOME SINGERS ARE CLEARING THEIR THROATS,

GETTING READY TO DELIVER A PERFORMANCE LIKE NO OTHER.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

ALTHOUGH THEY SING THROUGHOUT THE DAY,

THESE GUYS ARE LOUDEST AT DAWN.

WHY DO BIRDS SING IN THE MORNING?

[ CHIRPING ]

♪♪

THE EUROPEAN ROBIN HAS ONE THING ON ITS MIND --

MAKING BABIES.

BUT TO MAKE HIS DREAMS COME TRUE,

HE HAS TO IMPRESS A FUTURE WIFE.

SO, LIKE SOME HOPEFUL TEENAGER IN A TALENT COMPETITION,

HE CLIMBS TO A HIGH PERCH

AND STARTS TO PERFORM.

[ CHIRPING ]

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

ALL OVER THE FOREST,

HUNDREDS OF OTHER WANNABE DADS ARE DOING THE SAME,

HOPING TO GET THE JUDGES' ATTENTION.

[ CHIRPING CONTINUES ]

♪♪

BUT SINGING IS EXHAUSTING.

AND THE HARDEST TIME TO SING IS BEFORE BREAKFAST

WHEN THE BOYS' STOMACHS ARE EMPTY.

IN FACT, ONLY THE FITTEST MALES

ARE ABLE TO BLAST OUT A PRE-DAWN BALLAD.

BUT IT'S THESE HUNKY MALES AT THE PEAK OF PHYSICAL FITNESS

THAT THE GIRLS ARE AFTER.

FIT MALES FIND MORE FOOD...

[ BEAK CHOMPS ]

...AND THAT MEANS THEY'LL BRING HOME MORE FOOD FOR MOM

BEFORE SHE LAYS HER EGGS.

[ CHIRPING ]AND EVEN MORE FOOD

WHEN THERE'S A NEST FULL OF HUNGRY MOUTHS TO FEED.

SO TO PROVE THEY'RE FIT, ALL THE BOYS HAVE TO SHOW OFF

HOW LOUD THEY CAN SING AT DAWN.

♪♪

WHICH IS WHY THE DAWN CHORUS STARTS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

SO, THE EARLY BIRD MAY CATCH THE WORM,

BUT THE LOUDEST SINGER CATCHES THE GIRLS.

♪♪

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