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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,034 --> 00:00:04,793 -Narrator: ANIMALS... [ ROARS ] 2 00:00:04,793 --> 00:00:07,068 DO THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS. 3 00:00:07,068 --> 00:00:08,965 [ GOAT BLEATS ] 4 00:00:08,965 --> 00:00:11,034 LIKE THIS... 5 00:00:11,034 --> 00:00:12,413 AND THIS. 6 00:00:12,413 --> 00:00:16,068 I BET YOU'RE WONDERING, "HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" 7 00:00:16,068 --> 00:00:20,689 WE'RE REVEALING ANIMALS' BIGGEST SECRETS, LIKE... 8 00:00:20,689 --> 00:00:24,931 HOW DO SWARMS OF BLIND BATS AVOID COLLISIONS, 9 00:00:24,931 --> 00:00:28,275 WHAT MAKES THIS CAT THE ULTIMATE HIGH-FLIER, 10 00:00:28,275 --> 00:00:31,241 AND WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT MANATEES'... 11 00:00:31,241 --> 00:00:32,862 GAS? 12 00:00:32,862 --> 00:00:35,724 THESE WONDERS AND MORE ON... 13 00:00:35,724 --> 00:00:38,724 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 14 00:00:38,724 --> 00:00:41,758 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 15 00:00:41,758 --> 00:00:44,896 OKAY, MICE ARE CUTE, 16 00:00:44,896 --> 00:00:47,586 BUT THE WILD ONES BELONG OUTSIDE, 17 00:00:47,586 --> 00:00:51,137 NOT SEARCHING FOR SNACKS IN OUR HOMES. 18 00:00:51,137 --> 00:00:54,103 THEIR NIBBLE OF CHOICE -- CHEESE, OF COURSE. 19 00:00:54,103 --> 00:00:56,275 THEY LOVE IT, RIGHT? 20 00:00:56,275 --> 00:00:59,965 RISKING LIFE AND LIMB TO STEAL A CRUMB OF CHEDDAR 21 00:00:59,965 --> 00:01:02,689 OR A MORSEL OF MONTEREY JACK? 22 00:01:02,689 --> 00:01:04,413 BUT... 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,793 [ SQUEAKING ] 24 00:01:10,793 --> 00:01:15,103 THERE ARE 1,300 SPECIES OF MICE AROUND THE WORLD. 25 00:01:15,103 --> 00:01:16,586 THE MOST COMMON 26 00:01:16,586 --> 00:01:20,896 IS THE HOUSE MOUSE. 27 00:01:20,896 --> 00:01:24,310 IN THE WILD, THEIR DIET ISN'T CHEESE, OF COURSE, 28 00:01:24,310 --> 00:01:27,620 BUT GRAINS AND FRUIT. 29 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:31,793 SO, WHY DO WE THINK MICE ARE OBSESSED WITH CHEESE? 30 00:01:31,793 --> 00:01:33,482 WELL, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 31 00:01:33,482 --> 00:01:37,068 WE'VE KEPT OUR FOOD IN CLOSED CONTAINERS. 32 00:01:37,068 --> 00:01:39,137 BUT ONE FOOD -- CHEESE -- 33 00:01:39,137 --> 00:01:43,724 WAS LEFT IN THE OPEN TO BREATHE AND AGE. 34 00:01:43,724 --> 00:01:46,862 OVER THE MILLENNIA, THE CONSTANT TELL-TALE NIBBLE MARKS 35 00:01:46,862 --> 00:01:52,551 LED TO THE BELIEF THAT MICE ARE CRAZY FOR THIS CURDY DELIGHT. 36 00:01:52,551 --> 00:01:56,413 BUT IT TURNS OUT MICE MAY HAVE BEEN GOING AFTER OUR CHEESE 37 00:01:56,413 --> 00:02:01,068 AS A LAST RESORT. 38 00:02:01,068 --> 00:02:03,862 MICE HAVE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE NOSES, 39 00:02:03,862 --> 00:02:08,655 AND RECENT RESEARCH SUGGESTS FINDS STRONG ODORS REPULSIVE. 40 00:02:08,655 --> 00:02:10,206 SO, JUST LIKE SOME OF US, 41 00:02:10,206 --> 00:02:13,103 THEY'LL TURN THEIR WHISKERS UP AT A STINKY STILTON 42 00:02:13,103 --> 00:02:16,586 OR A PUNGENT CAMEMBERT. 43 00:02:16,586 --> 00:02:21,758 INSTEAD, THESE NIBBLY CRITTERS ACTUALLY HAVE A SWEET TOOTH. 44 00:02:21,758 --> 00:02:25,103 THEY MUCH PREFER SUGARY TREATS LIKE MARSHMALLOWS 45 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:27,620 AND MAPLE SYRUP. 46 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:31,413 BUT THERE IS ONE THING THEY SEEK OUT ABOVE ALL ELSE -- 47 00:02:31,413 --> 00:02:35,448 ♪♪ 48 00:02:35,448 --> 00:02:37,689 CHOCOLATE. 49 00:02:37,689 --> 00:02:41,206 EVEN THEN, THEY'RE PICKY EATERS. 50 00:02:41,206 --> 00:02:43,379 THEY ONLY LIKE MILK CHOCOLATE 51 00:02:43,379 --> 00:02:47,103 BECAUSE DARK IS TOO BITTER FOR THEIR TINY TASTE BUDS. 52 00:02:47,103 --> 00:02:51,206 SO, NEXT TIME YOU'RE OUT TO TRAP A MIDNIGHT THIEF, 53 00:02:51,206 --> 00:02:52,620 FORGET THE CHEESE. 54 00:02:52,620 --> 00:02:56,413 TEMPT IT WITH CHOCOLATE INSTEAD. 55 00:02:56,413 --> 00:02:58,448 NO, SIR. THAT'S NOT FOR YOU. 56 00:02:58,448 --> 00:03:00,586 ♪♪ 57 00:03:00,586 --> 00:03:04,275 [ BUZZING ] 58 00:03:04,275 --> 00:03:08,862 BRACKEN CAVE, TEXAS -- THE ULTIMATE BAT CAVE. 59 00:03:08,862 --> 00:03:10,965 THIS PLACE IS HOME TO THE LARGEST COLONY 60 00:03:10,965 --> 00:03:13,586 OF FLYING FURBALLS ON THE PLANET, 61 00:03:13,586 --> 00:03:16,275 NEARLY 20 MILLION OF THEM. 62 00:03:16,275 --> 00:03:19,275 IT TAKES FOUR HOURS FOR THIS SWARM TO STREAM OUT, 63 00:03:19,275 --> 00:03:23,965 AND YET, SOMEHOW THEY ALL MANAGE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERSONAL SPACE 64 00:03:23,965 --> 00:03:25,758 WITHOUT A BUMP. 65 00:03:33,034 --> 00:03:37,724 GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ON EARTH AND YOU'LL FIND BATS. 66 00:03:37,724 --> 00:03:40,448 FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA, 67 00:03:40,448 --> 00:03:45,137 MORE THAN 1,300 SPECIES OF BATS ARE HANGING AROUND. 68 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:47,931 THERE ARE SO MANY, THEY MAKE UP ALMOST 20% 69 00:03:47,931 --> 00:03:50,689 OF ALL MAMMALS ON EARTH. 70 00:03:50,689 --> 00:03:55,517 EACH ONE IS A MASTER FLIER. 71 00:03:55,517 --> 00:03:58,413 JUST ASK BIOLOGIST DR. SHARON SWARTZ. 72 00:03:58,413 --> 00:04:01,000 SHE KNOWS EVERY BAT IS SPECIAL. 73 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,517 Swartz: YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL. 74 00:04:02,517 --> 00:04:03,931 Narrator: SEE? 75 00:04:03,931 --> 00:04:06,586 SHARON AND HER LITTLE BUDDY, AN EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT, 76 00:04:06,586 --> 00:04:09,137 ARE GOING TO LET US IN ON A SECRET. 77 00:04:09,137 --> 00:04:11,586 YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING "BLIND AS A BAT"? 78 00:04:11,586 --> 00:04:15,827 WELL, GUESS WHAT? NOT TRUE. 79 00:04:15,827 --> 00:04:18,103 Swartz: BATS HAVE VERY GOOD EYESIGHT. 80 00:04:18,103 --> 00:04:22,137 LIKE MANY NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, BATS SUCH AS THIS ONE 81 00:04:22,137 --> 00:04:26,551 ARE NAVIGATING THE WORLD USING SPECIALLY TUNED, 82 00:04:26,551 --> 00:04:30,413 LOW-LIGHT VISION, EVEN AS THEY FLY AT HIGH SPEEDS. 83 00:04:30,413 --> 00:04:34,482 ♪♪ 84 00:04:34,482 --> 00:04:36,448 Swartz: BATS' EYES ARE PACKED WITH MORE 85 00:04:36,448 --> 00:04:38,517 LIGHT-SENSITIVE CELLS THAN OURS, 86 00:04:38,517 --> 00:04:41,655 SO THEY CAN SEE MUCH BETTER THAN US IN THE DARK. 87 00:04:41,655 --> 00:04:44,862 BUT WHEN IT GETS TOO DARK TO SEE ANYTHING, 88 00:04:44,862 --> 00:04:47,379 OFF GOES THE NIGHT VISION 89 00:04:47,379 --> 00:04:51,517 AND ON COMES THE SOUND VISION -- 90 00:04:51,517 --> 00:04:54,172 ECHOLOCATION. 91 00:04:54,172 --> 00:04:58,379 THEY CREATE A CLICKING SOUND AT UP TO 130 DECIBELS. 92 00:04:58,379 --> 00:05:00,000 THAT'S LOUDER THAN A THUNDERCLAP, 93 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,965 BUT SO HIGH-PITCHED, HUMANS CAN'T HEAR IT. 94 00:05:04,965 --> 00:05:09,241 WHEN THOSE CLICKS HIT AN OBJECT, THE SOUNDWAVES BOUNCE BACK, 95 00:05:09,241 --> 00:05:12,448 AND THIS ECHO CAN TELL THE BAT NOT JUST WHERE, 96 00:05:12,448 --> 00:05:15,413 BUT WHAT THE OBJECT IS. 97 00:05:15,413 --> 00:05:17,137 AND RECENTLY, IT WAS DISCOVERED 98 00:05:17,137 --> 00:05:21,413 THEY CAN CONTROL AND CHANGE THOSE CLICKS. 99 00:05:21,413 --> 00:05:24,379 SAY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR FOOD OUT IN THE OPEN. 100 00:05:24,379 --> 00:05:26,931 THEY USE A CLICK THAT CAN TRAVEL FURTHER, 101 00:05:26,931 --> 00:05:29,689 BUT DON'T NEED SO MANY OF THEM. 102 00:05:29,689 --> 00:05:31,241 BUT IF THEY'RE TRYING TO DODGE THEIR WAY 103 00:05:31,241 --> 00:05:35,379 THROUGH A SWARM OF BATS, THEY NEED RAPID-FIRE CLICKS 104 00:05:35,379 --> 00:05:39,068 THAT WILL BOUNCE BACK LOTS OF INFORMATION SUPER-FAST. 105 00:05:39,068 --> 00:05:42,931 THIS WAY, THEY CAN AVOID BUMPING INTO THEIR BAT BUDDIES. 106 00:05:42,931 --> 00:05:44,275 SO, THAT SOUND... 107 00:05:44,275 --> 00:05:45,931 [ SQUEAKING ] 108 00:05:45,931 --> 00:05:51,206 ...IS MILLIONS OF BATS TRYING TO GET OUT OF EACH OTHER'S WAY. 109 00:05:51,206 --> 00:05:54,068 BUT AS EFFECTIVE AS ECHOLOCATION IS, 110 00:05:54,068 --> 00:05:55,965 SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED BATS 111 00:05:55,965 --> 00:06:00,241 DO SOMETIMES CRASH INTO EACH OTHER. 112 00:06:00,241 --> 00:06:03,241 SO, WHY DO WE NEVER SEE THEM FALL OUT OF THE SKY? 113 00:06:03,241 --> 00:06:06,068 WELL, IT'S BECAUSE SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENS -- 114 00:06:06,068 --> 00:06:09,103 TOO FAST FOR THE HUMAN EYE, 115 00:06:09,103 --> 00:06:12,689 BUT NOT TOO FAST FOR HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS. 116 00:06:12,689 --> 00:06:15,034 BACK TO SHARON IN THE BAT LAB. 117 00:06:15,034 --> 00:06:16,620 Swartz: WE'RE GONNA RELEASE THIS BAT. 118 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:19,896 IT'S GONNA FLY ALONG OUR SPECIAL FLIGHT CORRIDOR. 119 00:06:19,896 --> 00:06:21,379 AS THE BAT MOVES ALONG, 120 00:06:21,379 --> 00:06:24,689 IT'S GONNA ENCOUNTER A BIG GUST OF AIR, 121 00:06:24,689 --> 00:06:28,896 AND THIS GUST WILL MIMIC A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER ANIMAL. 122 00:06:28,896 --> 00:06:30,896 ♪♪ 123 00:06:30,896 --> 00:06:34,068 SO, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE LET THE BAT GO. 124 00:06:34,068 --> 00:06:40,689 ♪♪ 125 00:06:40,689 --> 00:06:43,827 Narrator: SHARON REVIEWS THE FLIGHT IN SUPER-SLOW MOTION. 126 00:06:43,827 --> 00:06:45,448 Swartz: SHE'S RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW. 127 00:06:45,448 --> 00:06:49,000 UGH. THERE'S THE BLAST. IT'S HUGE. 128 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,620 Narrator: THE BAT IS HIT WITH THE FORCE OF 129 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:54,655 2 1/2 TIMES ITS OWN BODY WEIGHT. 130 00:06:54,655 --> 00:06:56,896 THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF AN ADULT GETTING BLASTED 131 00:06:56,896 --> 00:07:00,413 BY A PAIR OF LINEBACKERS. 132 00:07:00,413 --> 00:07:04,793 IT MIGHT LEVEL US, BUT NOT A BAT. 133 00:07:04,793 --> 00:07:08,206 Swartz: THE ENTIRE ANIMAL'S BODY IS ROTATED WAY OVER, 134 00:07:08,206 --> 00:07:12,068 YET SHE IS FLYING STABLY IN LESS THAN A SINGLE WINGBEAT 135 00:07:12,068 --> 00:07:14,310 AFTER THAT HUGE BLAST. 136 00:07:14,310 --> 00:07:15,862 AN INSECT CAN'T DO THAT. 137 00:07:15,862 --> 00:07:17,551 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY BIRD THAT'S ABLE TO DO THAT. 138 00:07:17,551 --> 00:07:22,137 IT'S REALLY A REMARKABLE CAPABILITY. 139 00:07:22,137 --> 00:07:23,862 Narrator: A FORCE LIKE THIS WOULD KNOCK A BIRD 140 00:07:23,862 --> 00:07:25,793 STRAIGHT OUT OF THE SKY 141 00:07:25,793 --> 00:07:27,517 BECAUSE ITS RIGID WINGS MEANS 142 00:07:27,517 --> 00:07:32,206 IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CORRECT ITSELF QUICKLY. 143 00:07:32,206 --> 00:07:35,448 BUT A BAT'S WING HAS OVER TWO DOZEN JOINTS, 144 00:07:35,448 --> 00:07:38,310 WHICH MAKES THEM INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE, 145 00:07:38,310 --> 00:07:43,379 AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A WING IS ACTUALLY A HAND. 146 00:07:43,379 --> 00:07:45,827 Swartz: IF WE SPREAD OUT HER WING, 147 00:07:45,827 --> 00:07:48,655 WE CAN SEE ALL THE FINGERS 148 00:07:48,655 --> 00:07:51,344 THAT MAKE UP HER WING. 149 00:07:51,344 --> 00:07:54,172 THERE'S A THUMB UP AT THE FRONT OF THE WING, 150 00:07:54,172 --> 00:07:59,413 AND THEN THE REST OF THE WING IS MADE OF FINGERS. 151 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:02,137 BUT BATS HAVE A SECRET WEAPON. 152 00:08:02,137 --> 00:08:07,275 BATS HAVE MUSCLES THAT SIT RIGHT IN THE SKIN OF THE WING. 153 00:08:07,275 --> 00:08:10,068 WHAT THOSE LITTLE MUSCLES CAN DO, THEN, 154 00:08:10,068 --> 00:08:13,103 IS CHANGE THE NATURE OF THAT WING 155 00:08:13,103 --> 00:08:17,517 BY CONTROLLING HOW STIFF THE WING IS. 156 00:08:17,517 --> 00:08:19,965 Narrator: THESE HANDS, UH, WINGS, 157 00:08:19,965 --> 00:08:22,586 ARE THE REASON WHY EVEN IF THEY DO COLLIDE, 158 00:08:22,586 --> 00:08:26,517 BATS CAN RECOVER IN MILLISECONDS. 159 00:08:26,517 --> 00:08:31,034 Swartz: NO OTHER ANIMAL WE KNOW HAS THE SPECIAL KINDS OF MUSCLES 160 00:08:31,034 --> 00:08:33,413 THAT THESE BATS HAVE IN THEIR WING SKIN. 161 00:08:33,413 --> 00:08:36,172 ♪♪ 162 00:08:36,172 --> 00:08:38,896 Narrator: BAT WINGS ARE SO AGILE AND SO POWERFUL, 163 00:08:38,896 --> 00:08:42,931 THEY EVEN LEAVE BIRDS IN THEIR WAKE. 164 00:08:42,931 --> 00:08:46,724 THE SWIFT, THE FASTEST BIRD TO FLY IN A HORIZONTAL LINE, 165 00:08:46,724 --> 00:08:51,413 CLOCKS 70 MILES PER HOUR. 166 00:08:51,413 --> 00:08:53,965 HOWEVER, THE BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BAT 167 00:08:53,965 --> 00:08:56,689 WAS RECENTLY RECORDED IN HORIZONTAL FLIGHT 168 00:08:56,689 --> 00:08:58,896 AT 100 MILES AN HOUR, 169 00:08:58,896 --> 00:09:03,068 SMASHING THE SWIFT BY A MASSIVE 30 MILES AN HOUR. 170 00:09:03,068 --> 00:09:05,275 IT SEEMS THE REAL MASTERS OF THE SKIES 171 00:09:05,275 --> 00:09:07,517 AREN'T BIRDS AFTER ALL, 172 00:09:07,517 --> 00:09:11,034 BUT FABULOUS, FURRY, FINGER-FLYING BATS. 173 00:09:11,034 --> 00:09:13,000 ♪♪ 174 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,931 [ HOOTING ] 175 00:09:15,931 --> 00:09:17,275 COMING UP... 176 00:09:17,275 --> 00:09:20,724 GAS-PROPELLED MANATEES... [ BUBBLING ] 177 00:09:20,724 --> 00:09:24,379 HIGH-FLYING FELINES... -[ ROARS ] 178 00:09:24,379 --> 00:09:26,827 AND SUPER-POWERED SLUG SLIME. 179 00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:29,758 ♪♪ 180 00:09:33,620 --> 00:09:37,068 ♪♪ 181 00:09:37,068 --> 00:09:38,862 Narrator: PASSING GAS, 182 00:09:38,862 --> 00:09:40,241 FARTING, 183 00:09:40,241 --> 00:09:42,137 FLATULENCE, 184 00:09:42,137 --> 00:09:44,172 BREAKING WIND, 185 00:09:44,172 --> 00:09:46,310 CUTTING THE CHEESE... [ ELEPHANT ROARS ] 186 00:09:46,310 --> 00:09:50,655 WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, WE ALL DO IT. 187 00:09:50,655 --> 00:09:52,965 BUT THE MANATEE IS ONE OF THE GASSIEST ANIMALS 188 00:09:52,965 --> 00:09:55,103 ON THE PLANET. 189 00:09:55,103 --> 00:09:56,689 FOR THIS SACK OF GAS, 190 00:09:56,689 --> 00:09:59,862 PASSING WIND IS NOT JUST AN AFTER-DINNER ACTIVITY. 191 00:09:59,862 --> 00:10:02,137 IT'S A MATTER OF SURVIVAL. 192 00:10:11,655 --> 00:10:14,137 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES 193 00:10:14,137 --> 00:10:15,689 OF MANATEE. 194 00:10:15,689 --> 00:10:20,241 HERE IN NORTH AMERICA LIVES THE FLORIDA MANATEE. 195 00:10:20,241 --> 00:10:23,482 TO GIVE PEOPLE A CLOSER LOOK AT THESE FASCINATING CREATURES, 196 00:10:23,482 --> 00:10:26,827 STACY AND MIKE DUNN HAVE BEEN RUNNING MANATEE TOURS 197 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:29,034 ON THE CRYSTAL RIVER IN SOUTH FLORIDA 198 00:10:29,034 --> 00:10:31,827 FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS. 199 00:10:31,827 --> 00:10:33,896 TODAY, WE'RE GONNA VENTURE OUT AND LOOK FOR MANATEES, 200 00:10:33,896 --> 00:10:34,965 AND WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A PLACE CALLED 201 00:10:34,965 --> 00:10:36,482 "HUNTER'S SPRINGS," 202 00:10:36,482 --> 00:10:39,241 AND THAT'S WHERE THE MANATEES HAVE BEEN HERE ALL SUMMER, 203 00:10:39,241 --> 00:10:41,103 HAVE BEEN FEEDING. 204 00:10:41,103 --> 00:10:43,827 Narrator: AND THESE GUYS KNOW THERE IS ONE SUREFIRE WAY 205 00:10:43,827 --> 00:10:46,620 OF FINDING THESE MYSTERIOUS CREATURES. 206 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:47,862 BUBBLES. 207 00:10:47,862 --> 00:10:49,206 Narrator: YEP. 208 00:10:49,206 --> 00:10:53,517 THAT'S A MANATEE FART, AND IT SMELLS LIKE ONE, TOO. 209 00:10:53,517 --> 00:10:55,206 Mike: IT'S PRETTY FOUL. 210 00:10:55,206 --> 00:10:58,206 Narrator: STACY HAS VOLUNTEERED TO GET IN AMONGST THE BUBBLES 211 00:10:58,206 --> 00:11:00,586 TO FILM THESE GASSY GUYS IN ACTION. 212 00:11:00,586 --> 00:11:02,344 GET READY. 213 00:11:02,344 --> 00:11:08,137 ♪♪ 214 00:11:08,137 --> 00:11:10,206 Narrator: MANATEES ARE WARM-BLOODED MAMMALS 215 00:11:10,206 --> 00:11:12,931 THAT COME HERE FOR THE NATURAL HOT SPRING WATERS 216 00:11:12,931 --> 00:11:17,344 THAT FEED THIS BAY 217 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:21,413 AND NOURISH ITS ACRES OF SEA-GRASS. 218 00:11:21,413 --> 00:11:24,206 Mike: THIS IS A PLANT THEY'RE EATING CALLED A ROCK STAR. 219 00:11:24,206 --> 00:11:26,689 SO, IF YOU'RE A VEGETARIAN, YOU CAN BE LIKE THE MANATEE, 220 00:11:26,689 --> 00:11:29,344 AND THIS IS A DELICACY. 221 00:11:29,344 --> 00:11:30,862 Narrator: IT MAY BE A DELICACY, 222 00:11:30,862 --> 00:11:34,344 BUT MANATEES ARE DEFINITELY NOT DELICATE EATERS. 223 00:11:34,344 --> 00:11:37,862 THEY DEVOUR UP TO 100 POUNDS OF SEA-GRASS EVERY DAY. 224 00:11:37,862 --> 00:11:41,172 IT'S NO WONDER THEY CAN WEIGH AS MUCH AS A GRAND PIANO. 225 00:11:41,172 --> 00:11:42,862 ♪♪ 226 00:11:42,862 --> 00:11:44,310 WHEN YOU GET YOUR EARS IN THE WATER, YOU CAN HEAR 227 00:11:44,310 --> 00:11:48,172 A CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH. 228 00:11:48,172 --> 00:11:51,689 THEY ACT LIKE AQUATIC LAWNMOWERS. 229 00:11:51,689 --> 00:11:53,724 YOU CHOP IT OFF ABOUT TWO TO FOUR INCHES, 230 00:11:53,724 --> 00:11:57,965 JUST LIKE YOU CUTTING YOUR GRASS AT HOME. 231 00:11:57,965 --> 00:11:59,586 Narrator: AS ALL VEGETARIANS KNOW, 232 00:11:59,586 --> 00:12:01,275 THERE'S A COMMON SIDE EFFECT 233 00:12:01,275 --> 00:12:04,137 TO EATING ALL THESE GREENS -- 234 00:12:04,137 --> 00:12:07,034 GAS. 235 00:12:07,034 --> 00:12:10,379 METHANE IS A BYPRODUCT OF BACTERIA INSIDE THE MANATEE'S 236 00:12:10,379 --> 00:12:14,551 GUT BREAKING DOWN ALL THIS FIBER. 237 00:12:14,551 --> 00:12:16,310 WHEN YOU SEE BIG BUBBLES OUT THERE, 238 00:12:16,310 --> 00:12:18,034 THEY'RE RELEASING THEMSELVES. 239 00:12:18,034 --> 00:12:19,275 WE DO, TOO, WHEN WE EAT CABBAGE. 240 00:12:19,275 --> 00:12:21,344 [ LAUGHS ] 241 00:12:21,344 --> 00:12:22,896 Narrator: FOR HUMANS, FARTING IN PUBLIC 242 00:12:22,896 --> 00:12:25,689 IS ALMOST ALWAYS BAD FORM, 243 00:12:25,689 --> 00:12:28,068 BUT FOR A MANATEE, THERE ARE BOTH UPS AND DOWNS 244 00:12:28,068 --> 00:12:30,379 TO BREAKING WIND, LITERALLY. 245 00:12:30,379 --> 00:12:33,206 ♪♪ 246 00:12:33,206 --> 00:12:35,344 LIKE A SUBMARINE BLOWING COMPRESSED AIR 247 00:12:35,344 --> 00:12:38,413 INTO ITS BALLAST TANKS TO RISE, 248 00:12:38,413 --> 00:12:42,103 THE MANATEE USES GAS POUCHES IN ITS INTESTINES, 249 00:12:42,103 --> 00:12:44,620 WHERE THEY CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF GAS THEY MAKE 250 00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:45,965 AND WHEN TO RELEASE IT. 251 00:12:45,965 --> 00:12:49,965 ♪♪ 252 00:12:49,965 --> 00:12:53,275 PUT SIMPLY, IF THEY WANT TO FLOAT TO THE SURFACE TO BREATHE, 253 00:12:53,275 --> 00:12:57,034 THEY HOLD EVERYTHING IN. 254 00:12:57,034 --> 00:12:59,344 AND IF THEY WANT TO SINK TO THE BOTTOM TO EAT, 255 00:12:59,344 --> 00:13:03,689 THEY LET ONE RIP. 256 00:13:03,689 --> 00:13:06,758 NO OTHER ANIMAL ON THE PLANET DOES THIS, 257 00:13:06,758 --> 00:13:09,413 OR PERHAPS THEY JUST DON'T OWN UP TO IT. 258 00:13:09,413 --> 00:13:14,482 ♪♪ 259 00:13:14,482 --> 00:13:19,482 COMING UP, THE ULTIMATE FELINE HIGH-JUMPER, 260 00:13:19,482 --> 00:13:21,551 AND SUPER-SLUG SCIENCE. 261 00:13:21,551 --> 00:13:24,379 ♪♪ 262 00:13:28,275 --> 00:13:32,000 ♪♪ 263 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,655 Narrator: CATS ARE THE ULTIMATE HUNTERS. 264 00:13:34,655 --> 00:13:39,034 THEY'RE GREAT AT STALKING, GREAT AT RUNNING, 265 00:13:39,034 --> 00:13:41,827 AND SOME ARE GREAT AT JUMPING. 266 00:13:41,827 --> 00:13:45,551 WOW, REALLY JUMPING. 267 00:13:45,551 --> 00:13:49,517 DOMESTIC KITTIES CAN LEAP OVER EIGHT FEET INTO THE AIR, 268 00:13:49,517 --> 00:13:51,965 AND THE LARGEST CAT ON THE BLOCK -- THE TIGER -- 269 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:55,413 CAN LAUNCH AN INCREDIBLE 12 FEET. 270 00:14:01,068 --> 00:14:03,724 ♪♪ 271 00:14:03,724 --> 00:14:06,689 CATS ALL SHARE THE AMAZING ABILITY 272 00:14:06,689 --> 00:14:09,551 TO LAUNCH THEMSELVES FEET-FIRST INTO THE AIR 273 00:14:09,551 --> 00:14:12,965 FROM A STANDING START, NO RUN-UP NEEDED. 274 00:14:12,965 --> 00:14:17,000 THEIR SECRET -- EXTREMELY POWERFUL HIND LEGS. 275 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,586 LONGER AND MORE MUSCULAR THAN THEIR FORELEGS, 276 00:14:19,586 --> 00:14:21,068 THESE SPRING-LOADED LIMBS 277 00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:24,103 GIVE CATS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO POUNCE. 278 00:14:24,103 --> 00:14:27,448 ♪♪ 279 00:14:27,448 --> 00:14:31,793 TIGERS HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL HIND LEGS IN THE FELINE FAMILY. 280 00:14:31,793 --> 00:14:33,758 THEIR RAW STRENGTH CAN PROPEL 281 00:14:33,758 --> 00:14:37,172 THESE HEAVYWEIGHTS HIGHER THAN A BASKETBALL HOOP, 282 00:14:37,172 --> 00:14:41,827 AND THEY CAN LEAP TWICE THEIR BODY LENGTH. 283 00:14:41,827 --> 00:14:45,482 THE DOMESTIC CAT, HOWEVER, KNOCKS STRIPES OFF A TIGER. 284 00:14:45,482 --> 00:14:48,965 IT CAN LEAP FOUR TIMES THE LENGTH OF ITS OWN BODY. 285 00:14:48,965 --> 00:14:54,034 THAT'S LIKE A BASKETBALL PLAYER MAKING A 25-FOOT-HIGH SLAM DUNK. 286 00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:55,655 WHOO! 287 00:14:55,655 --> 00:15:01,137 YOU DON'T SEE THAT PLAY EVERY DAY. 288 00:15:01,137 --> 00:15:05,482 BUT THERE'S ONE CAT THAT CAN LAUNCH ITSELF LIKE NO OTHER -- 289 00:15:05,482 --> 00:15:06,586 THE CARACAL. 290 00:15:06,586 --> 00:15:11,793 ♪♪ 291 00:15:11,793 --> 00:15:16,068 THIS BEAUTIFUL WILD CAT IS THE ULTIMATE FELINE JUMPER, 292 00:15:16,068 --> 00:15:18,793 AND THIS ONE'S CALLED MISTY. 293 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:20,482 Massier: COME, MISTY! OKAY, BUBBY! 294 00:15:20,482 --> 00:15:21,931 Narrator: 3-YEAR-OLD MISTY 295 00:15:21,931 --> 00:15:24,758 LIVES AT NAMIBIA'S NAANKUSE WILDLIFE RESERVE 296 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:28,034 WITH WARDEN JOHANNES HEPINI AND CONSERVATIONIST 297 00:15:28,034 --> 00:15:29,517 COLETTE MASSIER. 298 00:15:29,517 --> 00:15:30,793 Massier: SHE'S HIGHLY INTELLIGENT. 299 00:15:30,793 --> 00:15:34,413 SHE LOVES INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE. SHE LOVES IT. 300 00:15:34,413 --> 00:15:35,827 Narrator: THEY'RE GOING TO TEST MISTY 301 00:15:35,827 --> 00:15:39,827 AND SEE JUST HOW HIGH THIS YOUNG CARACAL CAN JUMP. 302 00:15:39,827 --> 00:15:40,931 OH, THAT'S A HUNGRY GIRL. 303 00:15:40,931 --> 00:15:42,275 COME. BRR. 304 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:43,448 Narrator: TO DO THIS, 305 00:15:43,448 --> 00:15:45,241 SHE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT. 306 00:15:45,241 --> 00:15:47,275 MISTY? COME, MISTY. 307 00:15:47,275 --> 00:15:49,068 COME. 308 00:15:49,068 --> 00:15:53,344 OKAY, SHE'S ABOUT TO JUMP. 309 00:15:53,344 --> 00:15:55,379 Narrator: FROM A STANDING STILL POSITION, 310 00:15:55,379 --> 00:15:59,068 HER POWERFUL SPRING-LOADED HIND LEGS PROPEL HER INTO THE AIR. 311 00:15:59,068 --> 00:16:02,241 ♪♪ 312 00:16:02,241 --> 00:16:04,586 SHE REACHES THE LURE DANGLING AT FIVE FEET 313 00:16:04,586 --> 00:16:07,310 WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT. 314 00:16:07,310 --> 00:16:09,172 Massier: AND SHE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. 315 00:16:09,172 --> 00:16:11,586 AND UP SHE GOES. WHOO! 316 00:16:11,586 --> 00:16:13,620 Narrator: SHE HITS SEVEN FEET... 317 00:16:13,620 --> 00:16:15,068 Massier: THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. 318 00:16:15,068 --> 00:16:20,103 Narrator: ...AND MAKES IT LOOK EFFORTLESS. 319 00:16:20,103 --> 00:16:23,172 THIS TIME, A WHOPPING EIGHT FEET. 320 00:16:23,172 --> 00:16:24,482 THEY JUST SHOOT UP. 321 00:16:24,482 --> 00:16:28,275 IT'S QUITE INCREDIBLE. 322 00:16:28,275 --> 00:16:32,137 Narrator: MISTY IS LEAPING OVER FIVE TIMES HER BODY LENGTH, 323 00:16:32,137 --> 00:16:36,448 AND CREDIT GOES TO HER PERFECT PROPORTIONS. 324 00:16:36,448 --> 00:16:40,310 SHE'S AROUND DOUBLE THE LENGTH AND WEIGHT OF A DOMESTIC CAT, 325 00:16:40,310 --> 00:16:45,275 BUT HAS PROPORTIONALLY LONGER AND STRONGER HIND LEGS. 326 00:16:45,275 --> 00:16:48,034 THIS COMBINATION OF POWER AND LIGHTNESS MAKES HER, 327 00:16:48,034 --> 00:16:49,517 POUND FOR POUND, 328 00:16:49,517 --> 00:16:53,689 THE HIGHEST-JUMPING FELINE ON THE PLANET. 329 00:16:53,689 --> 00:16:57,344 AND SHE NEEDS TO BE. 330 00:16:57,344 --> 00:17:01,413 IN THE WILD, CARACALS SURVIVE ON SMALL MAMMALS ON THE GROUND, 331 00:17:01,413 --> 00:17:05,172 BUT THESE FELINES ALSO HAVE HIGH-FLYING TASTES, 332 00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:09,275 USING THEIR SUPREME JUMPING SKILLS TO SNATCH BIRDS 333 00:17:09,275 --> 00:17:14,000 IN MID-AIR. 334 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,172 A FULLY GROWN CARACAL HAS BEEN SPOTTED 335 00:17:16,172 --> 00:17:21,896 LEAPING MORE THAN 14 FEET, AND ALTHOUGH YOUNG MISTY HERE 336 00:17:21,896 --> 00:17:25,310 MAY HAVE SOME WAY TO GO TO HIT THOSE HEIGHTS, 337 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:29,931 THERE'S NO DENYING SHE'S WELL ON HER WAY TO THE TOP. 338 00:17:29,931 --> 00:17:31,137 IT'S PHENOMENAL. 339 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:32,517 YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 340 00:17:32,517 --> 00:17:36,793 ♪♪ 341 00:17:36,793 --> 00:17:38,172 Narrator: COMING UP, 342 00:17:38,172 --> 00:17:41,379 SLUGS AND THEIR AMAZING, MAGICAL SLIME. 343 00:17:41,379 --> 00:17:44,172 ♪♪ 344 00:17:48,310 --> 00:17:53,275 ♪♪ 345 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:57,344 Narrator: SLUGS ARE EVERY GARDENER'S WORST NIGHTMARE. 346 00:17:57,344 --> 00:18:00,172 THEY MUNCH THROUGH YOUR ROSES, 347 00:18:00,172 --> 00:18:03,793 LEAVING TELLTALE TRAILS OF GOO WHEREVER THEY GO. 348 00:18:03,793 --> 00:18:07,551 ♪♪ 349 00:18:07,551 --> 00:18:09,000 BUT... 350 00:18:15,413 --> 00:18:19,413 LIFE FOR A SLUG ISN'T EASY. 351 00:18:19,413 --> 00:18:22,517 THESE SHELL-LESS GASTROPODS ARE IN CONSTANT DANGER 352 00:18:22,517 --> 00:18:26,275 OF BECOMING BREAKFAST, OR BEING TRAMPLED ON. 353 00:18:26,275 --> 00:18:29,931 BUT SURPRISINGLY, AN EVEN BIGGER DANGER IS DRYING OUT. 354 00:18:29,931 --> 00:18:32,551 ♪♪ 355 00:18:32,551 --> 00:18:35,068 WITH NO HARD SHELL TO PROTECT THEM, 356 00:18:35,068 --> 00:18:39,931 A SLUG'S SKIN IS PRONE TO DEHYDRATION. 357 00:18:39,931 --> 00:18:43,655 SO, WHAT STOPS THEM FROM SHRIVELING UP? 358 00:18:43,655 --> 00:18:47,206 YOU GUESSED IT -- SLIPPERY SUPERPOWER SLIME. 359 00:18:47,206 --> 00:18:49,172 ♪♪ 360 00:18:49,172 --> 00:18:52,448 WHEN THIS MARVELOUS MUCUS COMES INTO CONTACT WITH WATER, 361 00:18:52,448 --> 00:18:54,586 IT EXPANDS 100 TIMES, 362 00:18:54,586 --> 00:18:57,034 TAKING IN ANY SURROUNDING MOISTURE. 363 00:18:57,034 --> 00:18:59,862 THE SLIME ACTS LIKE A HOMEMADE MOISTURIZER, 364 00:18:59,862 --> 00:19:03,448 KEEPING MR. AND MRS. SLUG HERE LUBRICATED AND ALIVE. 365 00:19:03,448 --> 00:19:08,000 ♪♪ 366 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,034 BUT HYDRATING IS JUST THE START 367 00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:13,034 OF WHAT THEIR INCREDIBLE SLIME CAN DO. 368 00:19:13,034 --> 00:19:16,793 YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT SLUGS HAVE NO LEGS OR WHEELS, 369 00:19:16,793 --> 00:19:19,413 SO HOW DO THEY GET AROUND? 370 00:19:19,413 --> 00:19:22,172 AGAIN, IT'S THE SUPER-SLIME. 371 00:19:22,172 --> 00:19:26,172 A SLUG MOVES BY RIPPLING THE MUSCLES ON ITS UNDERSIDE 372 00:19:26,172 --> 00:19:28,517 AS IT TRAVELS ACROSS A LAYER OF SLIME 373 00:19:28,517 --> 00:19:31,965 THAT IS CONSTANTLY BEING PRODUCED FROM MUCUS GLANDS 374 00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:33,965 ALL OVER ITS BODY. 375 00:19:33,965 --> 00:19:38,034 THE SLIME ALLOWS THE SLUG TO GLIDE EFFORTLESSLY, 376 00:19:38,034 --> 00:19:43,000 OR SHOULD I SAY "SLUGGISHLY" ACROSS ANY TERRAIN. 377 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:48,379 BUT THE SLIME ALSO SEEMS TO DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. 378 00:19:48,379 --> 00:19:52,482 LOOK AT THESE TWO CLIMBING A SHEER WALL LIKE SPIDER-MAN. 379 00:19:52,482 --> 00:19:56,379 IT'S NOT SOME SUPER-SPIDER SILK KEEPING THEM FROM FALLING OFF. 380 00:19:56,379 --> 00:19:59,172 IT'S THEIR SLIME, OF COURSE. 381 00:19:59,172 --> 00:20:01,275 BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST SMOOTH. 382 00:20:01,275 --> 00:20:05,137 WEIRDLY, IT CAN BECOME STICKY, TOO. 383 00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:08,448 ON THE MOVE, THE SLUG'S MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS PLACES PRESSURE 384 00:20:08,448 --> 00:20:12,310 ON THE SLIME TO MAKE IT LIQUID-LIKE AND SLIPPERY. 385 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:14,206 BUT WITH NO PRESSURE FROM THE MUSCLES, 386 00:20:14,206 --> 00:20:17,034 THE STRUCTURE OF THE MUCUS CHANGES. 387 00:20:17,034 --> 00:20:20,827 IT BECOMES STICKY, LIKE A GLUE. 388 00:20:20,827 --> 00:20:22,310 AND THIS INCREDIBLE SLIME 389 00:20:22,310 --> 00:20:26,551 MAY EVEN CHANGE OUR LIVES FOR THE BETTER, TOO. 390 00:20:26,551 --> 00:20:29,137 SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO SYNTHESIZE THIS SLIPPY 391 00:20:29,137 --> 00:20:32,034 AND ADHESIVE SLIME FOR USE IN SURGERY, 392 00:20:32,034 --> 00:20:34,413 TO CLOSE WOUNDS INSIDE THE BODY 393 00:20:34,413 --> 00:20:39,517 AND POTENTIALLY PLUG UP A HOLE IN A HUMAN HEART. 394 00:20:39,517 --> 00:20:43,482 SO, NEXT TIME YOU ALMOST STEP ON A SLUG, REMEMBER -- 395 00:20:43,482 --> 00:20:45,827 THERE'S MORE TO THIS SLIMY CUSTOMER 396 00:20:45,827 --> 00:20:48,103 THAN MEETS THE EYE. 29755

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