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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,862 ♪♪ 2 00:00:02,862 --> 00:00:05,000 Narrator: ANIMALS... 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,310 DO THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS. 4 00:00:07,310 --> 00:00:09,310 [ GOAT BLEATS ] 5 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:11,034 LIKE THIS... 6 00:00:11,034 --> 00:00:12,482 AND THIS. 7 00:00:12,482 --> 00:00:16,172 I BET YOU'RE WONDERING, "HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" 8 00:00:16,172 --> 00:00:20,827 WE'RE REVEALING ANIMALS' BIGGEST SECRETS, LIKE... 9 00:00:20,827 --> 00:00:24,137 HOW DO POLAR BEARS KEEP WARM? 10 00:00:24,137 --> 00:00:27,172 CAN SPIDERS REALLY FLY? 11 00:00:27,172 --> 00:00:29,965 AND IS YOUR PUG SMARTER THAN A WOLF? 12 00:00:29,965 --> 00:00:32,862 [ WOLF HOWLS ] 13 00:00:32,862 --> 00:00:35,034 THESE WONDERS AND MORE ON... 14 00:00:36,931 --> 00:00:39,931 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 15 00:00:39,931 --> 00:00:42,931 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 16 00:00:42,931 --> 00:00:47,206 AS RED RIDING HOOD KNOWS, WOLVES ARE INCREDIBLY CLEVER. 17 00:00:47,206 --> 00:00:49,896 [ WOLF HOWLS ] 18 00:00:49,896 --> 00:00:53,068 THEIR CUNNING COMBINED WITH BREATHTAKING TEAMWORK 19 00:00:53,068 --> 00:00:56,241 MAKES THEM SUPREME HUNTERS. 20 00:00:56,241 --> 00:00:58,758 WHAT ABOUT DOMESTIC DOGS? 21 00:00:58,758 --> 00:01:00,551 THEY'RE DESCENDED FROM WOLVES AND HAVE BEEN 22 00:01:00,551 --> 00:01:04,482 SELECTIVELY BRED BY HUMANS OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS 23 00:01:04,482 --> 00:01:06,448 SO THAT THEY CAN DO THIS... 24 00:01:06,448 --> 00:01:08,137 AND THIS. 25 00:01:08,137 --> 00:01:09,965 WOW! 26 00:01:09,965 --> 00:01:13,172 DO THEIR SKILLS MEAN OUR DOGS NOW HAVE MORE SMARTS 27 00:01:13,172 --> 00:01:15,103 THAN THEIR CANINE ANCESTORS? 28 00:01:15,103 --> 00:01:17,103 OR HAS GENERATIONS OF DOMESTICATION 29 00:01:17,103 --> 00:01:20,793 DRAINED MAN'S BEST BUDDY OF BRAIN POWER? 30 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:28,413 [ WOLF HOWLS ] 31 00:01:28,413 --> 00:01:30,103 IN A DARK, DARK WOOD 32 00:01:30,103 --> 00:01:32,689 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 33 00:01:32,689 --> 00:01:36,172 LIVES A PACK OF NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLVES. 34 00:01:38,758 --> 00:01:40,103 [ SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE, SMOOCHES ] 35 00:01:40,103 --> 00:01:41,655 Narrator: AND ONE LADY HAS KNOWN THEM 36 00:01:41,655 --> 00:01:43,586 SINCE THEY WERE PUPS. 37 00:01:43,586 --> 00:01:45,137 NO. DESPITE THE RED COAT, 38 00:01:45,137 --> 00:01:46,965 SHE'S NOT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. 39 00:01:46,965 --> 00:01:52,689 SHE IS DR. FRIEDERIKE RANGE FROM THE WOLF SCIENCE CENTER. 40 00:01:52,689 --> 00:01:57,655 TODAY SHE'S GOING TO PIT THE BRAIN POWER OF WOLF AGAINST DOG. 41 00:01:57,655 --> 00:02:01,931 FOR TEAM WOLF, WE HAVE SHIMA AND ARAGORN. 42 00:02:01,931 --> 00:02:05,965 MY, WHAT BIG TEETH THEY HAVE. 43 00:02:05,965 --> 00:02:08,344 REPRESENTING MAN'S BEST FRIEND -- 44 00:02:08,344 --> 00:02:10,344 FRED AND TOTO. 45 00:02:12,275 --> 00:02:13,724 TURN. 46 00:02:13,724 --> 00:02:15,137 FRIEDERIKE WANTS TO TEST 47 00:02:15,137 --> 00:02:19,379 HOW WELL THE DIFFERENT SPECIES RESPOND TO COMMANDS. 48 00:02:19,379 --> 00:02:23,413 SHE'S BEEN TRAINING BOTH THE DOGS AND WOLVES FOR YEARS. 49 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:24,448 STAY. 50 00:02:24,448 --> 00:02:26,482 FIRST OFF FOR TEAM DOG IS FRED. 51 00:02:26,482 --> 00:02:28,206 STAY. 52 00:02:30,103 --> 00:02:31,103 NOW COME. 53 00:02:31,103 --> 00:02:32,931 CLEVER BOY! 54 00:02:34,482 --> 00:02:37,000 STAY. STAY. 55 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,827 CAN ARAGORN SHOW THE SAME LEVEL OF OBEDIENCE AS FRED? 56 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:43,448 WHY, HE'S QUITE GOOD AT IT, 57 00:02:43,448 --> 00:02:46,724 BUT AS SOON AS I PUT DOWN MY HAND, 58 00:02:46,724 --> 00:02:48,482 HE WILL MOVE. 59 00:02:48,482 --> 00:02:52,206 WE HAVE BEEN TRAINING THIS ANIMAL TO STAY FOR 10 YEARS, 60 00:02:52,206 --> 00:02:54,172 AND THIS IS THE RESULT -- WHAT YOU SAW. 61 00:02:54,172 --> 00:02:57,275 I MEAN, WE CAN'T GET ANY FURTHER, REALLY. 62 00:02:57,275 --> 00:03:00,275 SINCE FRED AND ARAGORN HAVE BOTH HAD THE SAME TRAINING 63 00:03:00,275 --> 00:03:03,896 SINCE THEY WERE PUPS, THIS BASIC TEST OF OBEDIENCE 64 00:03:03,896 --> 00:03:08,413 SEEMS TO GIVE DOMESTIC DOGS THE EDGE. 65 00:03:08,413 --> 00:03:12,586 NEXT UP IS A PROBLEM-SOLVING TEST. 66 00:03:12,586 --> 00:03:16,931 FOOD WILL BE PLACED OUT OF REACH ON THE YELLOW PLANKS. 67 00:03:16,931 --> 00:03:20,896 TO GET IT, OUR CANINE CONTENDERS NEED TO PULL ON THE ROPES, 68 00:03:20,896 --> 00:03:23,448 BUT THE TRAY ONLY MOVES IF THE TWO ROPES 69 00:03:23,448 --> 00:03:26,034 ARE PULLED AT THE SAME TIME. 70 00:03:26,034 --> 00:03:27,724 THEY'VE ALL SEEN IT BEFORE, 71 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:30,517 BUT LET'S SEE IF THEY REMEMBER HOW IT WORKS. 72 00:03:30,517 --> 00:03:33,862 SO IN ORDER THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, 73 00:03:33,862 --> 00:03:37,241 THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 74 00:03:37,241 --> 00:03:39,586 Narrator: FIRST OUT OF THE GATE IS ARAGORN. 75 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:42,241 HE SMELLS THE TREAT AND QUICKLY WORKS OUT THAT, 76 00:03:42,241 --> 00:03:46,103 TO GET IT, HE NEEDS TO PULL THE ROPE. 77 00:03:46,103 --> 00:03:48,241 BUT THIS ISN'T A ONE-WOLF JOB. 78 00:03:50,827 --> 00:03:54,827 UM, IT'S NOT A TUG-OF-WAR, GUYS. 79 00:03:54,827 --> 00:03:57,551 OKAY, SO IT'S A FAIL THIS TIME, 80 00:03:57,551 --> 00:03:59,586 BUT LET'S GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE. 81 00:03:59,586 --> 00:04:05,482 ♪♪ 82 00:04:05,482 --> 00:04:07,862 WAY TO GO. 83 00:04:07,862 --> 00:04:10,172 THE WOLVES HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY NEED TO COOPERATE 84 00:04:10,172 --> 00:04:12,000 TO GET THE TREAT. 85 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,482 GO AHEAD, GUYS. 86 00:04:13,482 --> 00:04:15,241 YOU'VE EARNED IT. 87 00:04:15,241 --> 00:04:17,586 Range: THIS REALLY NICELY SHOWS THAT, OKAY, 88 00:04:17,586 --> 00:04:20,172 HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS TO WAIT UNTIL SHE'S THERE, 89 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:24,275 AND THEN THEY CAN SOLVE THE TASK TOGETHER. 90 00:04:24,275 --> 00:04:27,517 Narrator: NOW IT'S TIME FOR TEAM DOG TO DO THE SAME THING. 91 00:04:27,517 --> 00:04:29,965 TREAT, TREAT, TREAT, TREAT, TREAT! 92 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:32,896 Narrator: SURELY, 20,000 YEARS OF DOMESTICATION 93 00:04:32,896 --> 00:04:36,137 MUST HAVE ENHANCED FRED AND TOTO'S BRAIN POWER. 94 00:04:40,965 --> 00:04:43,965 THEN AGAIN...MAYBE NOT. 95 00:04:46,137 --> 00:04:47,862 AND ROUND TWO. 96 00:04:50,310 --> 00:04:54,172 OH, NOW YOU'RE JUST EMBARRASSING YOURSELVES. 97 00:04:54,172 --> 00:04:56,655 THEY FAIL. 98 00:04:56,655 --> 00:05:00,068 Narrator: SO HAS TEAM WOLF CLAIMED THE CROWN? 99 00:05:00,068 --> 00:05:02,620 WELL, THE TRUTH IS THEY'RE BOTH CLEVER. 100 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:06,896 THEY JUST HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SMARTS. 101 00:05:06,896 --> 00:05:08,758 WOLVES ARE PACK HUNTERS. 102 00:05:08,758 --> 00:05:10,758 THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN A BISON 103 00:05:10,758 --> 00:05:12,896 OR FIGHT OFF A BEAR THAT'S TWICE THEIR WEIGHT 104 00:05:12,896 --> 00:05:15,482 AND JUST AS FEROCIOUS. 105 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,103 THESE CHALLENGES CAN ONLY BE SOLVED 106 00:05:17,103 --> 00:05:19,655 THROUGH TEAMWORK AND COOPERATION. 107 00:05:22,482 --> 00:05:26,034 BUT AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF TREATS AND PATS, 108 00:05:26,034 --> 00:05:29,931 DOGS DON'T NEED TO WORK WITH OTHER DOGS TO SURVIVE. 109 00:05:29,931 --> 00:05:32,896 INSTEAD, THEY NEED TO WORK WITH US. 110 00:05:32,896 --> 00:05:36,068 FROM SHEEP-HERDING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE 111 00:05:36,068 --> 00:05:38,827 AND WHATEVER THIS TOUGH GUY DOES, 112 00:05:38,827 --> 00:05:42,310 DOGS HAVE LEARNED HOW TO COOPERATE WITH HUMANS 113 00:05:42,310 --> 00:05:46,000 BUT HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER. 114 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,172 [ WOLF HOWLS ]SO WHO IS SMARTER? 115 00:05:50,172 --> 00:05:52,655 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALL IT A TIE. 116 00:05:52,724 --> 00:05:54,482 [ DOG SIGHS ] 117 00:05:54,482 --> 00:05:56,517 [ BIRDS CHIRPING ] 118 00:05:57,827 --> 00:06:01,068 THE ARCTIC -- ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES ON EARTH. 119 00:06:03,137 --> 00:06:07,655 TEMPERATURES CAN DROP TO 92 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, 120 00:06:07,655 --> 00:06:12,758 COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE HUMAN SKIN IN JUST TWO MINUTES. 121 00:06:12,758 --> 00:06:14,862 IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ANYTHING SURVIVING 122 00:06:14,862 --> 00:06:17,551 IN THIS EXTREME CLIMATE, 123 00:06:17,551 --> 00:06:21,931 BUT IT'S EXACTLY HOW ONE MIGHTY MAMMAL LIKES IT -- 124 00:06:21,931 --> 00:06:24,103 THE POLAR BEAR. 125 00:06:30,758 --> 00:06:33,689 THESE HYPERCARNIVORES CAN GROW UP TO 9 FEET 126 00:06:33,689 --> 00:06:36,689 AND WEIGH 1,300 POUNDS. 127 00:06:36,689 --> 00:06:41,172 THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR SUMO WRESTLERS. 128 00:06:41,172 --> 00:06:46,241 THEY CAN SNIFF OUT A SEAL FROM 20 MILES AWAY 129 00:06:46,241 --> 00:06:50,344 AND HIT SPEEDS OF 25 MILES AN HOUR. 130 00:06:50,344 --> 00:06:52,758 BUT HOW ARE POLAR BEARS DESIGNED TO SURVIVE 131 00:06:52,758 --> 00:06:56,724 AN EXTREME ARCTIC WINTER? 132 00:06:56,724 --> 00:06:58,965 WE ALL KNOW THESE SUPREME HUNTERS ARE COVERED 133 00:06:58,965 --> 00:07:03,862 IN A COAT OF FABULOUS FUR, AND IT'S DOUBLY FABULOUS 134 00:07:03,862 --> 00:07:05,655 BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TWO KINDS OF FUR 135 00:07:05,655 --> 00:07:08,586 TO KEEP THEM WARM IN THIS PUNISHING ENVIRONMENT... 136 00:07:11,103 --> 00:07:14,965 ...FIRST, AN OUTER LAYER MADE UP OF 6-INCH-LONG HAIR 137 00:07:14,965 --> 00:07:18,896 THAT'S BOTH OILY AND WATER-REPELLENT. 138 00:07:18,896 --> 00:07:20,448 IF WE WENT FOR A DIP IN THIS OCEAN, 139 00:07:20,448 --> 00:07:23,827 IT'D BE LIGHTS OUT IN MINUTES. 140 00:07:23,827 --> 00:07:27,344 BUT EVEN IN THESE ICY WATERS, A POLAR BEAR'S OUTER FUR 141 00:07:27,344 --> 00:07:31,965 KEEPS ITS BODY TEMPERATURE AT A CONSTANT 98.6 DEGREES. 142 00:07:35,172 --> 00:07:38,068 BENEATH THEIR WINTER WETSUIT IS AN UNDERCOAT 143 00:07:38,068 --> 00:07:41,758 OF MUCH SHORTER, THICKER HAIR THAT HELPS THEM STAY WARM 144 00:07:41,758 --> 00:07:44,482 BY TRAPPING HEAT CLOSE TO THE SKIN. 145 00:07:46,517 --> 00:07:48,586 THE SKIN ITSELF ALSO PLAYS ITS PART 146 00:07:48,586 --> 00:07:52,586 IN KEEPING THESE BEARS WARM AND TOASTY. 147 00:07:52,586 --> 00:07:54,586 UNDER THAT CREAM-COLORED COAT, 148 00:07:54,586 --> 00:07:58,896 THE POLAR BEAR'S SKIN IS ACTUALLY BLACK, 149 00:07:58,896 --> 00:08:04,310 WHICH ABSORBS HEAT FROM THE RAYS OF THE ARCTIC SUN. 150 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:08,275 THESE SUBZERO SURVIVORS HAVE ONE FINAL BODY-WARMING WEAPON 151 00:08:08,275 --> 00:08:10,931 IN THEIR IMPRESSIVE ARSENAL -- 152 00:08:10,931 --> 00:08:13,310 A 4-1/2-INCH LAYER OF FAT 153 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:16,068 THAT INSULATES THEM FROM THE COLD ARCTIC AIR 154 00:08:16,068 --> 00:08:19,413 LIKE A BIG, THICK, BLUBBERY BLANKET. 155 00:08:19,413 --> 00:08:21,655 WITH ALL THIS HEAT RETENTION BUILT IN, 156 00:08:21,655 --> 00:08:24,620 A POLAR BEAR'S BIGGEST PROBLEM ISN'T STAYING WARM 157 00:08:24,620 --> 00:08:26,172 BUT KEEPING COOL. 158 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:28,310 IN FACT, THEY LOSE SO LITTLE HEAT 159 00:08:28,310 --> 00:08:30,241 THAT ON A THERMAL-IMAGING CAMERA, 160 00:08:30,241 --> 00:08:32,827 ONLY THEIR FACE IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. 161 00:08:35,206 --> 00:08:38,827 YES, POLAR BEARS CAN ACTUALLY OVERHEAT, 162 00:08:38,827 --> 00:08:43,517 BUT IT MEANS THEY CAN HAVE FUN TRYING TO KEEP COOL. 163 00:08:43,517 --> 00:08:46,275 ABSOLUTELY FUR-BULOUS. 164 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:48,758 [ OWL HOOTING ] 165 00:08:48,758 --> 00:08:52,689 COMING UP -- EXTRAORDINARY SOARING SPIDERS, 166 00:08:52,689 --> 00:08:55,793 REMARKABLE RAPTORS, 167 00:08:55,793 --> 00:08:58,413 AND A DEEP-SEA CLEANING SERVICE. 168 00:09:08,724 --> 00:09:10,551 Narrator: WHETHER BIG FEATHERS... 169 00:09:10,551 --> 00:09:12,517 OR LITTLE FEATHERS... 170 00:09:12,517 --> 00:09:14,482 OR NO FEATHERS... 171 00:09:14,482 --> 00:09:18,551 THESE WINGS BELONG TO SOME OF THE BEST FLIERS ON THE PLANET, 172 00:09:18,551 --> 00:09:20,965 BUT THERE'S ONE TINY CRITTER YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT 173 00:09:20,965 --> 00:09:24,000 TO BE CRASHING THE PILOT PARTY, 174 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,931 AND THIS ONE'S GOT EIGHT LEGS AND ZERO WINGS, 175 00:09:27,931 --> 00:09:29,379 AND THEY'RE SUCH HIGH ACHIEVERS 176 00:09:29,379 --> 00:09:33,379 THEY CAN FLY ACROSS ENTIRE OCEANS. 177 00:09:33,379 --> 00:09:36,793 THAT'S RIGHT -- ALL EIGHT LEGS CAN GO AIRBORNE. 178 00:09:42,965 --> 00:09:45,551 THIS MIGHT SOUND LIKE A FLIGHT OF FANCY, 179 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:48,931 BUT THESE SPIDERS AREN'T JUST BLOWING IN THE WIND. 180 00:09:48,931 --> 00:09:51,275 SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE ABLE 181 00:09:51,275 --> 00:09:53,344 TO PERFORM CONTROLLED FLIGHT 182 00:09:53,344 --> 00:09:57,620 BY USING THEIR SILK LIKE TINY SPIDER AERONAUTS. 183 00:10:00,448 --> 00:10:05,172 IN THE U.K., DR. ERICA MORLEY IS RESEARCHING SPIDER FLIGHT, 184 00:10:05,172 --> 00:10:07,896 ABLY ASSISTED BY HER COPILOT 185 00:10:07,896 --> 00:10:10,793 FROM THE LINYPHIIDAE SPIDER FAMILY. 186 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:13,413 THAT'S MONEY SPIDERS TO YOU AND ME. 187 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:17,068 AND THESE CHAPS ARE REAL HIGH-FLIERS. 188 00:10:17,068 --> 00:10:20,137 Morley: YOU MIGHT NOT THINK OF SPIDERS AS BEING VERY GOOD AT FLYING, 189 00:10:20,137 --> 00:10:24,241 BUT ACTUALLY, THEY CAN GO FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES, 190 00:10:24,241 --> 00:10:27,724 SO THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT TRAVELING THROUGH THE AIR. 191 00:10:27,724 --> 00:10:31,034 Narrator: TO GO GLOBAL, SPIDERS ARE USING THEIR VERY OWN VERSION 192 00:10:31,034 --> 00:10:33,034 OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB, 193 00:10:33,034 --> 00:10:35,413 SHOOTING OUT LONG STRANDS OF SILK 194 00:10:35,413 --> 00:10:38,137 IN A PROCESS KNOWN AS BALLOONING. 195 00:10:38,137 --> 00:10:39,965 SO, WHEN A SPIDER WANTS TO BALLOON, 196 00:10:39,965 --> 00:10:43,482 YOU CAN SEE STICKING OUT ITS FRONT PAIR OF LEGS. 197 00:10:43,482 --> 00:10:45,344 IT'S JUST ABOUT TO TRY AND TAKE OFF, 198 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:48,137 SO IT'S RAISING ITS ABDOMEN, 199 00:10:48,137 --> 00:10:52,137 AND IT'LL BE LETTING OUT SILK AND THEN TAKE OFF. 200 00:10:55,724 --> 00:10:59,068 Narrator: SPIDERS DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE SILK BALLOONS. 201 00:10:59,068 --> 00:11:02,275 THEY RELEASE STRANDS OF SILK SO LIGHT AND THIN -- 202 00:11:02,275 --> 00:11:05,103 250 TIMES THINNER THAN A HUMAN HAIR -- 203 00:11:05,103 --> 00:11:10,896 THAT THE STRANDS CATCH THE WIND LIKE A KITE. 204 00:11:10,896 --> 00:11:14,103 IN A BREEZE, THE AIR CARRIES THE SILK THREADS, 205 00:11:14,103 --> 00:11:16,482 BUT THEY'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY THE SPIDER, 206 00:11:16,482 --> 00:11:19,310 WHO GOES ALONG FOR THE RIDE. 207 00:11:19,310 --> 00:11:21,448 AND USING THE EARTH'S AIR CURRENTS, 208 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:25,137 SPIDERS HAVE BEEN FOUND UP TO 2 1/2 MILES UP IN THE AIR 209 00:11:25,137 --> 00:11:29,241 AND 1,000 MILES OUT TO SEA. 210 00:11:29,241 --> 00:11:32,103 SPIDERS USE BALLOONING TO SEEK FOOD, 211 00:11:32,103 --> 00:11:35,517 AVOID DANGER, AND FIND A MATE, 212 00:11:35,517 --> 00:11:37,896 BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S NO WIND? 213 00:11:37,896 --> 00:11:40,172 ARE ALL SPIDERS GROUNDED? 214 00:11:40,172 --> 00:11:42,931 VERY RECENTLY, ERICA HAS DISCOVERED THAT SPIDERS 215 00:11:42,931 --> 00:11:47,655 COULD BE HARNESSING ANOTHER POWER TO TAKE OFF -- 216 00:11:47,655 --> 00:11:50,241 ELECTRICITY. 217 00:11:50,241 --> 00:11:53,241 THERE'S ALWAYS AN ELECTRIC FIELD IN THE ENVIRONMENT. 218 00:11:53,241 --> 00:11:55,241 WE ONLY NOTICE IT WHEN IT'S STRONG, 219 00:11:55,241 --> 00:11:56,689 SO IN THUNDERSTORMS, 220 00:11:56,689 --> 00:12:00,275 CAN CLEARLY SEE THERE'S ELECTRICITY THERE. 221 00:12:00,275 --> 00:12:02,068 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THERE ALL THE TIME. 222 00:12:02,068 --> 00:12:06,172 EVEN ON A SUNNY DAY, THERE WILL BE A SMALL ELECTRIC FIELD. 223 00:12:06,172 --> 00:12:07,413 Narrator: AND ERICA BELIEVES THAT 224 00:12:07,413 --> 00:12:09,724 BY USING THEIR SPIDEY SENSES, 225 00:12:09,724 --> 00:12:11,344 ARACHNIDS MIGHT BE HARNESSING 226 00:12:11,344 --> 00:12:13,793 THE EARTH'S NATURAL ELECTRICAL FIELD 227 00:12:13,793 --> 00:12:15,413 TO CREATE ENOUGH FORCE 228 00:12:15,413 --> 00:12:18,655 TO LAUNCH THEMSELVES INTO THE AIR WITHOUT WIND. 229 00:12:22,068 --> 00:12:24,482 TO PUT THIS ZAPPY THEORY TO THE TEST, 230 00:12:24,482 --> 00:12:27,379 ERICA HAS BUILT A UNIQUE CHAMBER THAT CAN SIMULATE 231 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:31,862 THIS PLANETARY PHENOMENON ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. 232 00:12:31,862 --> 00:12:34,551 THIS BOX HAS A METAL PLATE AT THE TOP 233 00:12:34,551 --> 00:12:36,586 AND A METAL PLATE AT THE BOTTOM, 234 00:12:36,586 --> 00:12:40,137 AND WE CAN PRODUCE AN ELECTRIC FIELD BETWEEN THE TWO PLATES. 235 00:12:40,137 --> 00:12:42,655 IF WE SEE BALLOONING, WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT THE WIND. 236 00:12:42,655 --> 00:12:47,275 IT'S THE ELECTRIC FIELD THAT'S CAUSING THIS BEHAVIOR. 237 00:12:47,275 --> 00:12:49,068 Narrator: CAN OUR SPIDER GET AIRBORNE 238 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:53,758 USING THE POWER OF ELECTRICITY ALONE? 239 00:12:53,758 --> 00:12:57,000 AND THERE IT GOES. 240 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,896 Narrator: INCREDIBLY, BY HARNESSING 241 00:12:58,896 --> 00:13:01,862 THIS AIRTIGHT CONTAINER'S ELECTRICAL FIELD, 242 00:13:01,862 --> 00:13:03,379 ERICA IS PROVING 243 00:13:03,379 --> 00:13:07,862 THAT SPIDERS DON'T NEED A BREEZE TO BLAST OFF, 244 00:13:07,862 --> 00:13:10,965 AND THERE'S A HAIR-RAISING REASON WHY. 245 00:13:10,965 --> 00:13:14,724 THEY'RE USING TINY, TINY HAIRS ON THEIR LEGS 246 00:13:14,724 --> 00:13:17,448 TO DETECT THESE ELECTRIC FIELDS. 247 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:19,241 IF YOU RUB A BALLOON ON YOUR HEAD 248 00:13:19,241 --> 00:13:22,413 AND THEN HOLD IT UP, YOUR HAIR WILL STAND ON END. 249 00:13:22,413 --> 00:13:23,827 IT'S A SIMILAR THING 250 00:13:23,827 --> 00:13:26,482 THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SPIDER LEG HAIRS. 251 00:13:26,482 --> 00:13:29,137 Narrator: ONCE THEY'VE DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL FIELD, 252 00:13:29,137 --> 00:13:32,379 SPIDERS SHOOT SILK STRANDS OUT OF THEIR BODIES 253 00:13:32,379 --> 00:13:35,137 WHICH HAVE A NEGATIVE ELECTRICAL CHARGE. 254 00:13:35,137 --> 00:13:37,172 THIS PUSHES AGAINST A NEGATIVE CHARGE 255 00:13:37,172 --> 00:13:39,103 GENERATED BY THE SURFACE THEY'RE ON, 256 00:13:39,103 --> 00:13:40,620 CREATING ENOUGH FORCE 257 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:44,310 TO PROPEL THE SPIDER INTO THE AIR LIKE A CATAPULT. 258 00:13:46,482 --> 00:13:49,379 ONCE AIRBORNE, THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE AIR 259 00:13:49,379 --> 00:13:53,482 PULLS THE SPIDER EVEN HIGHER. 260 00:13:53,482 --> 00:13:56,655 OUT IN THE WILD, THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE 261 00:13:56,655 --> 00:13:59,172 INCREASES THE HIGHER YOU GO, 262 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:01,620 AND SPIDERS USE A MIXTURE OF ELECTRICITY 263 00:14:01,620 --> 00:14:05,724 AND WIND TO NOT JUST LAUNCH BUT FLY. 264 00:14:09,379 --> 00:14:10,793 SO, DOES ALL THIS MEAN 265 00:14:10,793 --> 00:14:13,931 A TARANTULA COULD BE SOARING SOMEWHERE OVERHEAD? 266 00:14:15,896 --> 00:14:17,379 NOT TO WORRY. 267 00:14:17,379 --> 00:14:21,172 SCIENTISTS THINK ONLY TINY SPIDERS ARE CAPABLE OF FLIGHT. 268 00:14:21,172 --> 00:14:27,137 ♪♪ 269 00:14:27,137 --> 00:14:31,241 COMING UP -- THE ULTIMATE AERIAL ACROBAT 270 00:14:31,241 --> 00:14:34,206 AND A DRIVE-THROUGH WASH FOR FISH. 271 00:14:43,517 --> 00:14:46,793 Narrator: ONE OF THE LEAST-KNOWN BIRDS OF PREY, THE GOSHAWK, 272 00:14:46,793 --> 00:14:49,827 HAS BEEN CALLED THE CHEETAH OF THE SKIES. 273 00:14:49,827 --> 00:14:53,206 AND LIKE ITS BIG-CAT NAMESAKE, IT'S AMONG THE FASTEST 274 00:14:53,206 --> 00:14:56,827 AND MOST AGILE PREDATORS ON THE PLANET. 275 00:14:56,827 --> 00:14:59,241 GOSHAWKS CAN WEAVE THROUGH DENSE FORESTS 276 00:14:59,241 --> 00:15:03,379 PURSUING PREY AT SPEEDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. 277 00:15:03,379 --> 00:15:06,344 BUT WITH SOME ALREADY REMARKABLE RAPTORS IN THE RUNNING... 278 00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:18,827 THIS IS ELLIE, A 15-YEAR-OLD NORTHERN GOSHAWK. 279 00:15:18,827 --> 00:15:21,482 AND WITH THE HELP OF HER WINGMAN AND TRAINER, 280 00:15:21,482 --> 00:15:25,724 LLOYD BUCK, AND THIS PLASTIC FOREST, 281 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:28,689 SHE'S HOPING TO SHOW US WHY SHE'S THE BADDEST BIRD 282 00:15:28,689 --> 00:15:30,137 ON THE BLOCK. 283 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:31,689 Buck: THIS IS ELLIE. 284 00:15:31,689 --> 00:15:35,206 SHE'S A BIRD OF PREY THAT HUNTS OTHER BIRDS AND MAMMALS. 285 00:15:35,206 --> 00:15:38,068 MOSTLY, THEY'RE IN HEAVY FOREST AND WOODED AREAS -- 286 00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:39,344 DENSE COVER -- 287 00:15:39,344 --> 00:15:41,379 SO THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THEIR PREY 288 00:15:41,379 --> 00:15:42,448 IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. 289 00:15:42,448 --> 00:15:44,344 THAT'S NOT EASY. 290 00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:47,517 Narrator: LLOYD IS GOING TO TEST HOW QUICKLY ELLIE CAN NAVIGATE 291 00:15:47,517 --> 00:15:52,310 AND REACT TO OBSTACLES OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES. 292 00:15:52,310 --> 00:15:53,517 SHE'LL NEED TO WING HER WAY 293 00:15:53,517 --> 00:15:56,275 THROUGH THIS TANGLED FOREST OF PIPES 294 00:15:56,275 --> 00:15:59,379 AND FINISH BY SQUEEZING THROUGH A NARROW GAP. 295 00:16:01,482 --> 00:16:03,206 IF YOU HOLD HER UP TO THAT -- LOOK. 296 00:16:03,206 --> 00:16:06,275 THAT'S NARROWER THAN HER BODY WIDTH AT REST, 297 00:16:06,275 --> 00:16:08,241 SO SHE'S GOT TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL 298 00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:10,793 TO FIT THROUGH THERE AND AT SPEED. 299 00:16:10,793 --> 00:16:13,206 SHE'S NOT ONLY JUST TRYING TO FLY THROUGH THAT GAP. 300 00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:14,655 SHE'S GOT AN OBJECTIVE, OR TARGET. 301 00:16:14,655 --> 00:16:17,344 SHE WANTS TO GET THAT LURE. THAT'S HER PREY. 302 00:16:17,344 --> 00:16:19,172 Narrator: IN A REAL HUNT SITUATION, 303 00:16:19,172 --> 00:16:20,620 A 4-INCH OPENING WOULD BE ENOUGH 304 00:16:20,620 --> 00:16:23,724 TO PUT OFF EVEN THE MOST DETERMINED BIRD OF PREY, 305 00:16:23,724 --> 00:16:25,862 BUT WHAT WILL ELLIE MAKE OF IT? 306 00:16:25,862 --> 00:16:27,068 [ ELLIE SQUAWKS ] 307 00:16:27,068 --> 00:16:28,689 RIGHT. LET'S GIVE HER A GO. 308 00:16:28,689 --> 00:16:36,000 ♪♪ 309 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,206 GOOD GIRL. 310 00:16:37,206 --> 00:16:39,551 [ ELLIE SQUAWKS ] 311 00:16:39,551 --> 00:16:41,793 Narrator: FLYING AT OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR, 312 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:44,172 ELLIE USES LIGHTNING-FAST REACTIONS 313 00:16:44,172 --> 00:16:47,551 TO ADJUST HER WINGS AND BODY POSITION. 314 00:16:47,551 --> 00:16:49,586 THEN, WITHIN A FRACTION OF A SECOND, 315 00:16:49,586 --> 00:16:52,758 SHE CALCULATES A WAY TO SQUEEZE THROUGH THE GAP. 316 00:16:54,862 --> 00:16:56,689 SHE PUT HER WINGS ABOVE HERSELF. 317 00:16:56,689 --> 00:17:02,068 IT MAKES HER BODY PROFILE LESS SO SHE CAN FIT THROUGH. 318 00:17:02,068 --> 00:17:06,068 THEY JUST ARE INCREDIBLE PREDATORS, AMAZING. 319 00:17:06,068 --> 00:17:08,206 GOOD GIRL. 320 00:17:08,206 --> 00:17:12,310 Narrator: LLOYD IS TAKING ELLIE'S TEST ONE STEP FURTHER. 321 00:17:12,310 --> 00:17:14,655 Buck: WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER DIMENSION NOW. 322 00:17:14,655 --> 00:17:17,586 WE'VE GOT THIS TUBE, AND ITS DEPTH SIMULATES 323 00:17:17,586 --> 00:17:18,793 JUST WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE 324 00:17:18,793 --> 00:17:20,793 IF SHE WAS GOING THROUGH DENSE COVER. 325 00:17:20,793 --> 00:17:22,172 Narrator: WHAT'S MORE CHALLENGING -- 326 00:17:22,172 --> 00:17:26,137 ELLIE HAS NO IDEA HOW DEEP THE TUBE IS. 327 00:17:26,137 --> 00:17:28,965 Buck: IT'S ALL ABOUT HER ANTICIPATING THE TUBE 328 00:17:28,965 --> 00:17:31,310 AND THE HOLE AS SHE APPROACHES IT. 329 00:17:31,310 --> 00:17:34,310 WITHOUT GETTING THAT RIGHT, SHE'LL NEVER GET THROUGH. 330 00:17:38,034 --> 00:17:39,413 Narrator: ON APPROACH, 331 00:17:39,413 --> 00:17:43,655 ELLIE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF HER BODY AND WINGS 332 00:17:43,655 --> 00:17:45,827 AND CALCULATE HOW LONG THE TUBE IS 333 00:17:45,827 --> 00:17:47,827 AND HOW TO MANEUVER THROUGH IT. 334 00:17:50,344 --> 00:17:51,862 NAILED IT. 335 00:17:53,896 --> 00:17:55,931 Buck: AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THE TIME. 336 00:17:55,931 --> 00:17:57,620 YOU KNOW, IF A HARE OR A RABBIT OR A BIRD 337 00:17:57,620 --> 00:18:00,344 GETS INTO THICK UNDERGROWTH, THEY HAVE GOT TO CRASH THROUGH 338 00:18:00,344 --> 00:18:03,551 AND MAYBE GO THROUGH A TUNNEL JUST LIKE THIS. 339 00:18:03,551 --> 00:18:06,379 Narrator: OTHER BIRDS WOULD LIKELY CRASH INTO THIS HOLE, 340 00:18:06,379 --> 00:18:07,586 BUT NOT ELLIE. 341 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,827 Buck: LOOK AT WHAT SHE'S DOING. 342 00:18:08,827 --> 00:18:11,551 THE DECISION-MAKING, THE EVALUATING -- 343 00:18:11,551 --> 00:18:13,172 THAT'S WHAT SETS THEM APART. 344 00:18:13,172 --> 00:18:14,689 THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM PRETTY MUCH 345 00:18:14,689 --> 00:18:17,275 THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BIRD OF PREY IN THE WORLD. 346 00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:18,655 [ ELLIE SQUAWKS ] 347 00:18:18,655 --> 00:18:20,689 [ FROG CROAKING ] 348 00:18:22,241 --> 00:18:24,862 Narrator: COMING UP -- THE ULTIMATE ACT OF FAITH 349 00:18:24,862 --> 00:18:27,517 BETWEEN PREDATOR AND PREY. 350 00:18:38,172 --> 00:18:41,586 Narrator: PREENING, GROOMING, CLEANING -- 351 00:18:41,586 --> 00:18:44,448 SOME ANIMALS USE THEIR TRUNKS, 352 00:18:44,448 --> 00:18:46,517 OTHERS THEIR TONGUE. 353 00:18:46,517 --> 00:18:49,068 THAT GUY LIKES A ROLL IN THE MUD. 354 00:18:49,068 --> 00:18:53,172 THIS ONE PREFERS A NICE, LONG SOAK. 355 00:18:53,172 --> 00:18:54,793 FISH NEED A SCRUBBING, TOO, 356 00:18:54,793 --> 00:18:58,000 BUT DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS FOR THE JOB, SO... 357 00:19:05,931 --> 00:19:09,310 FISH, LIKE ANY OTHER ANIMAL, GET DIRTY. 358 00:19:09,310 --> 00:19:12,655 COVERED IN PARASITES AND DEAD SKIN CELLS, 359 00:19:12,655 --> 00:19:16,862 EVEN THESE BEAUTIES NEED A GOOD SCRUB UNDER THE FINS. 360 00:19:16,862 --> 00:19:19,241 AND ONE FISH HAS FOUND AN INGENIOUS WAY 361 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:21,758 TO GET THE JOB DONE -- 362 00:19:21,758 --> 00:19:24,586 GOAT FISH. 363 00:19:24,586 --> 00:19:26,931 THESE STRIKING STRIPED GUYS ARE FOUND 364 00:19:26,931 --> 00:19:30,241 IN TEMPERATE WATERS ACROSS THE PACIFIC. 365 00:19:30,241 --> 00:19:31,689 THEY'RE BOTTOM-FEEDERS 366 00:19:31,689 --> 00:19:35,586 WHO LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN A GOOD SHRIMP COCKTAIL. 367 00:19:35,586 --> 00:19:37,206 BUT WHEN THE MEAL'S OVER, 368 00:19:37,206 --> 00:19:40,793 AND THE GOAT FISH IS READY FOR A WASH, 369 00:19:40,793 --> 00:19:46,344 A PECULIAR DEAL IS MADE BETWEEN THE DINER AND ITS DINNER. 370 00:19:46,344 --> 00:19:49,586 THE GOAT FISH FINDS A SHRIMP, AND INSTEAD OF ATTACKING, 371 00:19:49,586 --> 00:19:54,275 THE FISH WAITS IN A POSITION CALLED POSING. 372 00:19:54,275 --> 00:19:56,620 LOOKING GOOD, BUDDY. 373 00:19:56,620 --> 00:20:00,172 THEN THE GOAT FISH CHANGES COLOR. 374 00:20:00,172 --> 00:20:03,413 THE APTLY NAMED CLEANER SHRIMP SEES THIS AS A SIGNAL 375 00:20:03,413 --> 00:20:06,034 THAT THE FISH WANTS TO BE CLEANED, 376 00:20:06,034 --> 00:20:09,206 AND, AMAZINGLY, THE SHRIMP WAVES ITS ANTENNAE 377 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:13,896 BACK TO THE FISH TO AGREE TO THE JOB. 378 00:20:13,896 --> 00:20:16,068 ONCE HE'S SURE HE'S NOT ON THE MENU, 379 00:20:16,068 --> 00:20:18,655 THE MINI POWER WASHER GETS TO WORK 380 00:20:18,655 --> 00:20:23,931 EATING UP ALL THE DEAD SKIN AND PARASITES ON THE GOAT FISH. 381 00:20:23,931 --> 00:20:26,068 IT WILL EVEN SWIM INSIDE THE GILLS, 382 00:20:26,068 --> 00:20:29,896 SCRUBBING IN ALL THOSE HARD-TO-REACH PLACES, 383 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:31,482 BUT IT'S NOT JUST GOAT FISH 384 00:20:31,482 --> 00:20:35,724 THAT'S DONE A DEAL WITH ITS DINNER. 385 00:20:35,724 --> 00:20:39,793 CLEANER SHRIMP ARE ALSO EMPLOYED BY OTHER FISHY CLIENTS, 386 00:20:39,793 --> 00:20:41,413 LIKE THIS GROUPER. 387 00:20:43,413 --> 00:20:46,137 I HOPE THIS LITTLE FELLOW GETS HAZARD PAY. 29754

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