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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,655 --> 00:00:07,172 Narrator: ANIMALS DO THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS. 2 00:00:07,172 --> 00:00:08,620 [ BLEATS ] 3 00:00:08,620 --> 00:00:11,827 LIKE THIS, AND THIS. 4 00:00:11,827 --> 00:00:15,448 I BET YOU'RE WONDERING, "HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" 5 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:18,862 WE'RE REVEALING ANIMALS' BIGGEST SECRETS, 6 00:00:18,862 --> 00:00:22,103 LIKE WHAT'S THE STORY 7 00:00:22,103 --> 00:00:25,068 BEHIND THE ANTEATER'S TONGUE? 8 00:00:25,068 --> 00:00:28,793 WHY DO DUNG BEETLES PLAY SOCCER WITH POOP, 9 00:00:28,793 --> 00:00:34,137 AND WHY DON'T HAIRY HOUNDS IN HOT WEATHER GET HEAT STROKE? 10 00:00:34,137 --> 00:00:39,310 THESE WONDERS AND MORE ON "HOW DO ANIMALS DO THAT?" 11 00:00:39,310 --> 00:00:43,448 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 12 00:00:43,448 --> 00:00:44,793 ANTEATER. 13 00:00:44,793 --> 00:00:47,965 SOUNDS MORE LIKE AN OCCUPATION THAN AN ANIMAL. 14 00:00:47,965 --> 00:00:52,137 BUS DRIVER, WINDOW WASHER, FIREFIGHTER, ANTEATER. 15 00:00:52,137 --> 00:00:54,172 SEE? 16 00:00:54,172 --> 00:00:55,724 AND LIKE OCCUPATIONS, 17 00:00:55,724 --> 00:00:58,655 THE ANTEATER WORKS HARD FOR ITS SUPPER. 18 00:00:58,655 --> 00:01:02,896 WHAT'S WORSE, ITS SUPPER BITES BACK. 19 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:05,758 THIS POOR ANTEATER HAS AN ARMY OF ANGRY ANTS 20 00:01:05,758 --> 00:01:10,241 STINGING HIS SNOUT, AND ANTS AREN'T EXACTLY FILLING. 21 00:01:10,241 --> 00:01:14,413 AN ANTEATER MUST EAT AS MANY AS 35,000 A DAY TO SURVIVE. 22 00:01:14,413 --> 00:01:17,068 THAT'S NEARLY HALF A POUND OF ANTS. 23 00:01:24,172 --> 00:01:26,241 ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, 24 00:01:26,241 --> 00:01:30,379 FOUR SPECIES OF ANTEATERS ARE ON THE HUNT FOR ANTS. 25 00:01:30,379 --> 00:01:35,758 FROM THE CAT-SIZED PYGMY ANTEATER TO THE GIANT ANTEATER, 26 00:01:35,758 --> 00:01:38,724 7 FOOT LONG FROM NOSE TO TAIL. 27 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:42,448 ALL OF THEM HAVE THE SAME PAINFUL MEALTIMES. 28 00:01:42,448 --> 00:01:45,862 ♪♪ 29 00:01:45,862 --> 00:01:47,689 AN ANTEATER CAN ONLY BEAR THE PAIN 30 00:01:47,689 --> 00:01:52,103 FROM ALL THE ANTS' VENOMOUS BITES FOR AROUND A MINUTE, 31 00:01:52,103 --> 00:01:54,793 IN WHICH TIME THEY HAVE TO GOBBLE AS MANY BUGS 32 00:01:54,793 --> 00:01:57,896 AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, 33 00:01:57,896 --> 00:02:01,586 SO HOW DO THEY DO IT? 34 00:02:01,586 --> 00:02:04,517 TO FIND OUT, WE'VE COME TO CINCINNATI ZOO 35 00:02:04,517 --> 00:02:08,137 TO VISIT THEIR HEAD OF INSECT CHOMPING. 36 00:02:08,137 --> 00:02:10,931 AH, THERE YOU ARE. 37 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:16,137 THIS IS ISLA, A TAMANDUA ANTEATER. 38 00:02:16,137 --> 00:02:17,827 HER KEEPER, COLLEEN ADAMS, 39 00:02:17,827 --> 00:02:21,689 IS CHARGED WITH FEEDING HER INSATIABLE APPETITE. 40 00:02:21,689 --> 00:02:26,827 ISLA IS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR HER SPECIES. 41 00:02:26,827 --> 00:02:28,620 Narrator: THE FIRST SECRET OF SPEED-EATING 42 00:02:28,620 --> 00:02:30,896 IS A SUPER LONG TONGUE. 43 00:02:30,896 --> 00:02:34,551 NOT WISHING TO BE RUDE, BUT ISLA HAS A VERY BIG NOSE, 44 00:02:34,551 --> 00:02:39,103 OR RATHER, SNOUT, BUT HER TONGUE IS EVEN LONGER. 45 00:02:39,103 --> 00:02:42,068 AN INCREDIBLE 16 INCHES LONG! 46 00:02:42,068 --> 00:02:44,655 IT ALLOWS THEM TO STICK THAT TONGUE REALLY DEEP 47 00:02:44,655 --> 00:02:47,586 INTO TERMITE MOUNDS AND ANTHILLS, 48 00:02:47,586 --> 00:02:49,517 AND SOMETIMES EVEN BURROWS OF OTHER INSECTS 49 00:02:49,517 --> 00:02:53,206 THAT THEY MIGHT FIND TO BE PRETTY TASTY. 50 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:54,758 Narrator: THIS SUPER-SIZED TONGUE 51 00:02:54,758 --> 00:02:58,103 IS ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD. 52 00:02:58,103 --> 00:03:01,448 IT CAN FEEL ITS WAY AROUND THE INSIDE OF TERMITE MOUNDS, 53 00:03:01,448 --> 00:03:03,068 AND COLLECT HUNDREDS OF SNACKS 54 00:03:03,068 --> 00:03:07,793 IN ONE GO WITHOUT SEEING A SINGLE ONE. 55 00:03:07,793 --> 00:03:09,344 TO DEMONSTRATE HOW, 56 00:03:09,344 --> 00:03:13,103 COLLEEN'S DISHING UP ONE OF ISLA'S FAVORITE DELIGHTS. 57 00:03:13,103 --> 00:03:16,482 IN THIS CONTAINER, I HAVE ROUGHLY 250 CRICKETS. 58 00:03:16,482 --> 00:03:21,241 WE'RE GONNA SEE JUST HOW LONG IT TAKES ISLA TO EAT ALL 250. 59 00:03:21,241 --> 00:03:23,620 ALL RIGHT, ISLA. WE'RE READY FOR YOU. 60 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:28,448 Narrator: READY...SET...EAT! 61 00:03:28,448 --> 00:03:31,517 ♪♪ 62 00:03:31,517 --> 00:03:34,379 WOW! LOOK AT HER GO. 63 00:03:34,379 --> 00:03:37,137 ISLA'S TONGUE FLICKS OUT THREE TIMES A SECOND, 64 00:03:37,137 --> 00:03:41,517 OR 160 TIMES PER MINUTE! 65 00:03:41,517 --> 00:03:42,931 AND THERE'S A SECRET TO HOW 66 00:03:42,931 --> 00:03:47,724 SHE CAN REEL IN MULTIPLE INSECTS WITH EACH LICK. 67 00:03:47,724 --> 00:03:49,068 THE TONGUE'S SURFACE 68 00:03:49,068 --> 00:03:52,241 HAS THOUSANDS OF MICROSCOPIC V-SHAPED HOOKS 69 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:57,482 THAT CAPTURE ANY INSECT THEY SWIPE ACROSS, 70 00:03:57,482 --> 00:04:03,034 AND IT'S ALSO COVERED IN A SUPER STICKY SALIVA. 71 00:04:03,034 --> 00:04:07,137 AGAINST ISLA'S DUAL-ACTION HOOKY-STICKY-WHIPLASH TONGUE, 72 00:04:07,137 --> 00:04:10,206 THOSE TASTY CRICKETS DON'T STAND A CHANCE. 73 00:04:10,206 --> 00:04:12,482 Adams: IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO USE 74 00:04:12,482 --> 00:04:15,827 THEIR TONGUES VERY EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO LAP UP 75 00:04:15,827 --> 00:04:20,137 ALL THE INSECTS THAT THEY NEED TO EAT IN A DAY. 76 00:04:20,137 --> 00:04:22,448 Narrator: AND SO AS NOT TO MISS A SINGLE ONE, 77 00:04:22,448 --> 00:04:24,517 SHE MOVES HER TONGUE LEFT AND RIGHT, 78 00:04:24,517 --> 00:04:26,931 WIPING ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE TUBE, 79 00:04:26,931 --> 00:04:28,620 TAKING IN EVERY BUG. 80 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:32,172 ♪♪ 81 00:04:32,172 --> 00:04:34,862 ANOTHER REASON ANTEATERS ARE SUCH FAST EATERS 82 00:04:34,862 --> 00:04:37,172 IS THAT THEY DON'T STOP TO CHEW THEIR FOOD, 83 00:04:37,172 --> 00:04:39,655 AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CHEW. 84 00:04:39,655 --> 00:04:42,896 THEY ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY TEETH. 85 00:04:42,896 --> 00:04:44,655 Narrator: BUT IF THEY DON'T CHEW, 86 00:04:44,655 --> 00:04:49,758 HOW DO THEY MASH CRUNCHY BUGS INTO A DIGESTIBLE FORM? 87 00:04:49,758 --> 00:04:54,172 AS WELL AS BUGS, ISLA AND HER CHUMS LOVE TO EAT STONES, 88 00:04:54,172 --> 00:04:58,655 WHICH ACT A BIT LIKE TEETH. 89 00:04:58,655 --> 00:05:01,862 AS THE MANY THOUSANDS OF ANTS DESCEND INTO HER STOMACH, 90 00:05:01,862 --> 00:05:04,241 POWERFUL TUMMY MUSCLES SET TO WORK, 91 00:05:04,241 --> 00:05:06,931 AND THE ROLLING STONES GRIND THE GRUBS 92 00:05:06,931 --> 00:05:10,482 INTO A DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS CRICKET-Y PASTE, 93 00:05:10,482 --> 00:05:15,034 AND ISLA, THE FAST FOOD JUNKIE, HAS POLISHED OFF 250 CRICKETS 94 00:05:15,034 --> 00:05:17,206 IN AN EFFORTLESS 30 SECONDS. 95 00:05:17,206 --> 00:05:18,862 Adams: ISLA, IF I ATE THAT FAST, 96 00:05:18,862 --> 00:05:22,172 I'D HAVE SOME SERIOUS INDIGESTION. 97 00:05:22,172 --> 00:05:25,758 Narrator: BETTER GET THE ANT-ACIDS. 98 00:05:25,758 --> 00:05:28,448 OH, DEAR. I'M HERE ALL WEEK. 99 00:05:28,448 --> 00:05:31,931 [ BUZZING ] 100 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:35,448 [ WAILING ] 101 00:05:35,448 --> 00:05:40,862 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST MOVING, BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS ON THE PLANET. 102 00:05:40,862 --> 00:05:43,034 EERIE, ALMOST ALIEN. 103 00:05:43,034 --> 00:05:47,241 THIS IS THE SONG OF A SINGLE HUMPBACK WHALE. 104 00:05:47,241 --> 00:05:51,172 THIS HAUNTING MELODY CAN BE HEARD BY OTHER HUMPBACK WHALES 105 00:05:51,172 --> 00:05:55,655 POTENTIALLY UP TO 1,600 MILES ACROSS THE OCEAN, 106 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,241 BUT THE STRANGE THING IS, 107 00:05:57,241 --> 00:06:01,137 WHALES DON'T EVEN OPEN THEIR MOUTHS TO MAKE A SOUND. 108 00:06:01,137 --> 00:06:02,862 SO... 109 00:06:04,724 --> 00:06:09,758 [ WAILING ] 110 00:06:09,758 --> 00:06:12,862 IT SOUNDS SWEET AND GENTLE ON YOUR TV, 111 00:06:12,862 --> 00:06:16,344 BUT UP CLOSE IN THE WATER, THE SONG OF A 50-FOOT HUMPBACK 112 00:06:16,344 --> 00:06:18,931 IS LOUD ENOUGH TO BURST YOUR EARDRUMS. 113 00:06:18,931 --> 00:06:21,827 ♪♪ 114 00:06:21,827 --> 00:06:23,862 AT 175 DECIBELS, 115 00:06:23,862 --> 00:06:28,793 IT'S ONE OF THE LOUDEST SOUNDS ON PLANET EARTH, 116 00:06:28,793 --> 00:06:31,482 AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD NOISY NEIGHBORS. 117 00:06:31,482 --> 00:06:35,068 [ GROANING ] 118 00:06:35,068 --> 00:06:38,344 A MALE HUMPBACK CAN KEEP SINGING FOR SEVERAL DAYS, 119 00:06:38,344 --> 00:06:42,517 BUT THE WEIRD THING IS, HE HAS NO VOCAL CHORDS. 120 00:06:42,517 --> 00:06:44,241 ♪♪ 121 00:06:44,241 --> 00:06:46,689 STRANGER STILL, HE DOESN'T START SINGING 122 00:06:46,689 --> 00:06:50,724 UNTIL HE'S 90 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE 123 00:06:50,724 --> 00:06:52,931 AND STANDING ON HIS HEAD. 124 00:06:52,931 --> 00:06:59,206 ♪♪ 125 00:06:59,206 --> 00:07:01,275 SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THIS COULD BE 126 00:07:01,275 --> 00:07:04,379 BECAUSE WHALES SING NOT WITH THEIR MOUTHS, 127 00:07:04,379 --> 00:07:08,620 BUT WITH THEIR THROATS. 128 00:07:08,620 --> 00:07:11,310 AS THE WHALE'S CHEST AND THROAT MUSCLES CONTRACT, 129 00:07:11,310 --> 00:07:13,551 AIR IS CIRCULATED BACK AND FORTH 130 00:07:13,551 --> 00:07:17,344 BETWEEN THE LUNGS AND A SYSTEM OF AIRBAGS. 131 00:07:17,344 --> 00:07:20,275 ALONG THE WAY, IT PASSES A THICK RIDGE OF TISSUE 132 00:07:20,275 --> 00:07:21,965 CALLED THE U-FOLD, 133 00:07:21,965 --> 00:07:26,241 WHICH VIBRATES AND MAKES THE HAUNTING SOUND, 134 00:07:26,241 --> 00:07:29,413 THEN THE SOUND IS AMPLIFIED IN THE WHALE'S THROAT 135 00:07:29,413 --> 00:07:34,586 AND ESCAPES THROUGH ITS ACCORDION-LIKE NECK PLEATS. 136 00:07:34,586 --> 00:07:38,931 THE REASON THEY TURN UPSIDE DOWN TO SING IS STILL UNKNOWN, 137 00:07:38,931 --> 00:07:42,172 BUT IT COULD BE THAT BY FACING THEIR THROAT SEAWARDS 138 00:07:42,172 --> 00:07:43,896 RATHER THAN AT THE FLOOR, 139 00:07:43,896 --> 00:07:48,413 THEY ARE DIRECTING THEIR SONG OUT INTO THE OCEAN, 140 00:07:48,413 --> 00:07:53,000 ALLOWING THIS BRINY BALLAD TO REACH AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. 141 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,655 ♪♪ 142 00:07:56,655 --> 00:07:59,413 BUT WHY DO THEY SING AT ALL? 143 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:03,172 THIS QUESTION HAS BAMBOOZLED SCIENTISTS FOR DECADES, 144 00:08:03,172 --> 00:08:06,655 BUT NOW THEY'VE DISCOVERED AN IMPORTANT CLUE. 145 00:08:06,655 --> 00:08:09,896 BECAUSE THE MALES MOSTLY SING DURING BREEDING SEASON, 146 00:08:09,896 --> 00:08:15,068 THESE COULD BE LOVE SONGS. 147 00:08:15,068 --> 00:08:18,517 THIS LITTLE NUMBER IS CALLED "WHALE YOU BE MINE?" 148 00:08:18,517 --> 00:08:22,068 [ WAILING ] 149 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:23,862 [ HOOTING ] 150 00:08:23,862 --> 00:08:25,827 COMING UP, BUILT-IN AIR-CONDITIONING 151 00:08:25,827 --> 00:08:28,379 FOR COOL CANINES, 152 00:08:28,379 --> 00:08:31,620 AMAZING DAM-BUILDING BEAVERS, 153 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:34,965 AND POOP-MUNCHING BEETLES WHO PLAY WITH THEIR FOOD. 154 00:08:34,965 --> 00:08:37,896 ♪♪ 155 00:08:41,793 --> 00:08:44,896 ♪♪ 156 00:08:44,896 --> 00:08:47,758 Narrator: IT'S A STEAMING-HOT SUMMER'S DAY, 157 00:08:47,758 --> 00:08:50,931 AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THESE DOGS ARE WEARING SUPER WARM, 158 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:54,068 FULL-LENGTH, SKINTIGHT FUR COATS, 159 00:08:54,068 --> 00:08:59,965 ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS RUN AND RUN AND RUN AND JUMP. 160 00:08:59,965 --> 00:09:02,896 IF YOU AND I DID THAT, WE'D DIE OF HEAT STROKE, 161 00:09:02,896 --> 00:09:06,379 BUT THIS COOL CANINE DOESN'T EVEN BREAK A SWEAT. 162 00:09:12,275 --> 00:09:15,275 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WE'RE IN NEW MEXICO 163 00:09:15,275 --> 00:09:19,517 TO MEET THE ANCESTOR OF ALL MODERN DOGS, THE WOLF. 164 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:22,620 THIS ONE'S NAMED QUINN. 165 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:25,206 EVEN AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF DOMESTICATION... 166 00:09:25,206 --> 00:09:26,655 [ BARKS ] 167 00:09:26,655 --> 00:09:30,724 YOUR PET DOG AND THIS WOLF STILL BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES, 168 00:09:30,724 --> 00:09:33,551 AND THEY STAY COOL IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. 169 00:09:33,551 --> 00:09:36,758 ♪♪ 170 00:09:36,758 --> 00:09:40,137 IT'S A WARM DAY, AND WOLF EXPERT LEYTON COUGAR 171 00:09:40,137 --> 00:09:43,448 HAS BEEN EXERCISING QUINN FOR AN HOUR. 172 00:09:43,448 --> 00:09:47,482 I AM SWEATING, BUT POOR QUINN, HE CAN'T TAKE HIS JACKET OFF. 173 00:09:47,482 --> 00:09:50,413 ♪♪ 174 00:09:50,413 --> 00:09:52,586 Narrator: WITH US, SWEAT DROPLETS EFFECTIVELY 175 00:09:52,586 --> 00:09:55,482 TRANSMIT HEAT AWAY FROM THE BODY. 176 00:09:55,482 --> 00:10:00,068 IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS, BUT IT WORKS. 177 00:10:00,068 --> 00:10:03,310 BUT UNDER HIS FUR COAT, POOR QUINN CAN'T SWEAT. 178 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:06,172 INSTEAD, AS WE ALL KNOW, HE PANTS, 179 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:09,206 BUT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST CATCHING HIS BREATH. 180 00:10:09,206 --> 00:10:12,275 AS HE'S BREATHING IN AND OUT, 181 00:10:12,275 --> 00:10:14,689 COOL AIR IS PASSING OVER HIS TONGUE, 182 00:10:14,689 --> 00:10:19,206 AND THAT HELPS TO VERY RAPIDLY COOL HIM DOWN. 183 00:10:19,206 --> 00:10:21,034 Narrator: A DOG'S TONGUE TURNS INTO A BIG, 184 00:10:21,034 --> 00:10:22,896 WET AIR-CONDITIONER, 185 00:10:22,896 --> 00:10:27,793 RADIATING HEAT AWAY FROM THE BODY. 186 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:30,620 THIS TONGUE RIGHT HERE SOMETIMES WILL JUST HANG ALL THE WAY 187 00:10:30,620 --> 00:10:33,413 DOWN PAST HIS CHIN, WILL GET REALLY WIDE, 188 00:10:33,413 --> 00:10:36,310 AND LOOK KIND OF LIKE A SPOON. 189 00:10:36,310 --> 00:10:38,379 Narrator: AFTER EXERCISE, A DOG'S TONGUE 190 00:10:38,379 --> 00:10:42,931 CAN SWELL TO AN EXTRAORDINARY SIX TIMES ITS NORMAL SIZE. 191 00:10:42,931 --> 00:10:45,827 WHOA, MAYBE MORE WITH THIS GUY. 192 00:10:45,827 --> 00:10:49,310 AS BLOOD PASSES THROUGH THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BLOOD VESSELS 193 00:10:49,310 --> 00:10:53,689 IN A DOG'S DANGLING TONGUE, IT RAPIDLY COOLS, 194 00:10:53,689 --> 00:10:57,482 AND WHAT HELPS IT COOL IS ALL THIS SLOPPY SALIVA, 195 00:10:57,482 --> 00:11:01,034 EVAPORATING THE HEAT AWAY DURING PANTING. 196 00:11:01,034 --> 00:11:04,586 HE'LL BE INHALING AND EXHALING VERY RAPIDLY, 197 00:11:04,586 --> 00:11:08,482 AND THAT HELPS COOL DOWN HIS ENTIRE BODY. 198 00:11:08,482 --> 00:11:11,172 Narrator: QUINN IS NOW TAKING UP TO 300 BREATHS A MINUTE 199 00:11:11,172 --> 00:11:14,310 INSTEAD OF HIS USUAL 30. 200 00:11:14,310 --> 00:11:16,965 IT'S LIKE TURNING YOUR AIR-CONDITIONER TO SUPER COOL. 201 00:11:16,965 --> 00:11:20,862 ♪♪ 202 00:11:20,862 --> 00:11:24,000 BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY DOGS NEVER SWEAT. 203 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,620 DOGS DO SWEAT IN ONE PLACE, 204 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:29,931 AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM OF THEIR PADS. 205 00:11:29,931 --> 00:11:32,862 THEY DON'T SWEAT FROM ACTIVITY. 206 00:11:32,862 --> 00:11:37,034 THEY SWEAT BECAUSE THEY'RE STRESSED. 207 00:11:37,034 --> 00:11:38,896 Narrator: IF YOU'RE A WOLF OR A DOG, 208 00:11:38,896 --> 00:11:43,000 SWEATY PAWS IN A STRESSFUL, TIGHT SPOT ARE JUST THE THING. 209 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,206 THE MOISTURE ADDS THE STICKY GRIP YOU NEED 210 00:11:45,206 --> 00:11:48,482 FOR A QUICK GETAWAY. 211 00:11:48,482 --> 00:11:51,517 SO WHEN IT COMES TO STAYING SAFE AND COOL, 212 00:11:51,517 --> 00:11:55,896 OUR BONE-LOVING BEST FRIENDS, WOLF OR DOG, HAVE GOT IT LICKED. 213 00:11:55,896 --> 00:12:00,655 [ KISSING ] 214 00:12:00,655 --> 00:12:03,344 [ CHIRPING ] 215 00:12:03,344 --> 00:12:07,827 Narrator: COMING UP, IRON-TOOTHED BEAVERS 216 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:11,103 AND BODY-BUILDING BEETLES. 217 00:12:11,103 --> 00:12:14,000 ♪♪ 218 00:12:17,931 --> 00:12:21,379 ♪♪ 219 00:12:21,379 --> 00:12:23,586 Narrator: SOME OF THE OLDEST AND LARGEST 220 00:12:23,586 --> 00:12:28,689 STRUCTURES IN NORTH AMERICA WEREN'T BUILT BY MAN. 221 00:12:28,689 --> 00:12:32,620 THEY WERE BUILT BY THIS FURRY LITTLE FELLA. 222 00:12:32,620 --> 00:12:37,137 BEAVER DAMS ARE TRULY ONE OF NATURE'S WONDERS. 223 00:12:37,137 --> 00:12:42,310 CARBON DATING HAS REVEALED SOME TO BE 1,000 YEARS OLD, 224 00:12:42,310 --> 00:12:44,482 AND SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS SPOTTED OTHERS 225 00:12:44,482 --> 00:12:47,827 NEARLY HALF A MILE WIDE. 226 00:12:47,827 --> 00:12:50,241 THESE LITTLE CRITTERS MUST HAVE A VERY GOOD REASON 227 00:12:50,241 --> 00:12:52,551 FOR BUILDING THEM. 228 00:12:52,551 --> 00:12:54,827 WELL, DON'T THEY? 229 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,206 IN THE FORESTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, DR. GREGORY BAMBENEK 230 00:13:05,206 --> 00:13:08,931 IS HOPING TO FIND A NEW FAMILY OF BEAVERS TO STUDY, 231 00:13:08,931 --> 00:13:11,862 SO HE'S TAKING TO THE AIR. 232 00:13:11,862 --> 00:13:14,137 Bambenek: OKAY, WE'RE UP OVER THE TREE LINE. 233 00:13:14,137 --> 00:13:16,793 I CAN SEE THE FLOODED AREA THERE. 234 00:13:16,793 --> 00:13:18,103 Narrator: A HALF A MILE EAST, 235 00:13:18,103 --> 00:13:20,517 HE SPOTS WHAT HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR. 236 00:13:20,517 --> 00:13:23,793 Bambenek: THERE'S THE DAM. 237 00:13:23,793 --> 00:13:25,206 Narrator: FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, 238 00:13:25,206 --> 00:13:27,034 DR. BAMBENEK HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE 239 00:13:27,034 --> 00:13:28,655 TO UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF THESE 240 00:13:28,655 --> 00:13:33,793 INCREDIBLY CLEVER AND TALENTED RODENTS. 241 00:13:33,793 --> 00:13:37,827 THEIR TEETH ARE SPECIALIZED. THEY GROW VERY FAST. 242 00:13:37,827 --> 00:13:42,172 Narrator: TEETH ARE KEY TO THE BEAVER'S SUPERPOWER. 243 00:13:42,172 --> 00:13:44,586 ADULTS CAN CHEW THROUGH A FIVE-INCH TREE TRUNK 244 00:13:44,586 --> 00:13:46,724 IN UNDER THREE MINUTES. 245 00:13:46,724 --> 00:13:48,724 Bambenek: YOU CAN SEE THE TEETH IN THE FRONT ARE ORANGE. 246 00:13:48,724 --> 00:13:52,241 THAT'S FROM DEPOSITS OF IRON. 247 00:13:52,241 --> 00:13:54,000 Narrator: THE ENAMEL ON THE FRONT OF THEIR TEETH 248 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,206 IS LACED WITH IRON TAKEN FROM THEIR BLOOD, 249 00:13:57,206 --> 00:13:59,517 AND THAT MEANS AS THE BEAVER GNAWS, 250 00:13:59,517 --> 00:14:02,758 THE BACK WEARS DOWN FASTER THAN THE FRONT. 251 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:06,862 INCREDIBLY, THIS CREATES AN ANGLED CHISEL-LIKE EDGE 252 00:14:06,862 --> 00:14:10,827 THAT SELF-SHARPENS WITH EVERY BITE, 253 00:14:10,827 --> 00:14:12,758 AND THESE RAZOR-SHARP TEETH, 254 00:14:12,758 --> 00:14:15,206 COMBINED WITH THEIR RAZOR-SHARP BRAIN, 255 00:14:15,206 --> 00:14:18,689 CAN CONSTRUCT A DAM LIKE THIS, 256 00:14:18,689 --> 00:14:22,103 AND DR. BAMBENEK HAS FOUND THE CHAP WHO PROBABLY BUILT IT. 257 00:14:22,103 --> 00:14:24,551 THIS LITTLE GUY HAS FELLED ABOUT 80 TREES, 258 00:14:24,551 --> 00:14:27,758 MOVED HUNDREDS OF STONES, AND MOLDED THEM TOGETHER 259 00:14:27,758 --> 00:14:30,862 WITH ABOUT A TON OF MUD, 260 00:14:30,862 --> 00:14:34,517 AND THE REASON FOR ALL THIS EFFORT? 261 00:14:34,517 --> 00:14:39,000 INITIALLY, DAM BUILDING IS OUT OF LOVE. 262 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,068 Narrator: YES, THE BOYS BUILD DAMS TO ATTRACT GIRLS. 263 00:14:43,068 --> 00:14:45,482 IF THEY BUILD A GOOD DAM, THE FEMALE COMES AROUND, 264 00:14:45,482 --> 00:14:47,724 AND THEN THEY CREATE A NEW FAMILY. 265 00:14:47,724 --> 00:14:49,344 Narrator: MRS. BEAVER IS NOT THE KIND OF GIRL 266 00:14:49,344 --> 00:14:52,034 WHO GOES FOR LOOKS OR MONEY. 267 00:14:52,034 --> 00:14:53,310 NO, NO. 268 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:54,517 SHE WANTS TO SHARE THE REST OF HER LIFE 269 00:14:54,517 --> 00:14:56,655 WITH A GUY WHO CAN GIVE HER SECURITY 270 00:14:56,655 --> 00:14:58,551 AND A HOME OF HER DREAMS. 271 00:14:58,551 --> 00:15:02,862 IN SHORT, A BRILLIANT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. 272 00:15:02,862 --> 00:15:06,655 SHE'S PLANNING ON GETTING HIM TO HELP HER BUILD THEIR LODGE, 273 00:15:06,655 --> 00:15:10,689 SO WHY DOES SHE INSIST ON HIM MAKING A BIG DAM FIRST? 274 00:15:10,689 --> 00:15:14,689 WELL, TO FIND OUT, AGAIN, WE NEED AN AERIAL VIEW. 275 00:15:14,689 --> 00:15:16,517 Bambenek: OH, THERE'S A LUMP IN THE MIDDLE. 276 00:15:16,517 --> 00:15:18,344 THAT'S THEIR LODGE. 277 00:15:18,344 --> 00:15:20,793 Narrator: FROM UP HERE, IT BECOMES CLEAR. 278 00:15:20,793 --> 00:15:24,758 ANIMALS THAT EAT BEAVERS AREN'T GOOD UNDERWATER SWIMMERS, 279 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:28,448 SO SHE WANTS A NICE FAMILY HOUSE SURROUNDED BY WATER, 280 00:15:28,448 --> 00:15:31,310 LIKE A CASTLE WITH A MOAT, 281 00:15:31,310 --> 00:15:32,862 AND TO KEEP THE MOAT FILLED, 282 00:15:32,862 --> 00:15:37,448 SHE NEEDS A DAM. 283 00:15:37,448 --> 00:15:38,620 Bambenek: THEY CAN AVOID THE PREDATORS. 284 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:40,413 WOLVES ARE LOOKING AROUND FOR THEM. 285 00:15:40,413 --> 00:15:42,758 THEY JUST DIVE IN, AND NOTHING CAN GET IN THERE. 286 00:15:42,758 --> 00:15:46,586 ♪♪ 287 00:15:46,586 --> 00:15:48,068 Narrator: TO CONSTRUCT THEIR FORTRESS, 288 00:15:48,068 --> 00:15:49,586 MR. AND MRS. BEAVER, 289 00:15:49,586 --> 00:15:52,655 OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUILD A 20-FOOT WIDE, 290 00:15:52,655 --> 00:15:56,000 THREE TON MUD AND STICK MOUNTAIN. 291 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,931 NOW THE OUTSIDE IS SOLID, 292 00:15:57,931 --> 00:16:00,965 BUT BEAVERS ARE ALSO SKILLED INTERIOR DESIGNERS. 293 00:16:00,965 --> 00:16:04,482 ♪♪ 294 00:16:04,482 --> 00:16:06,241 SWIMMING BELOW THE WATERLINE, 295 00:16:06,241 --> 00:16:09,551 THE BEAVERS CHEW A TUNNEL INTO THE MOUND. 296 00:16:09,551 --> 00:16:13,344 ONCE INSIDE, THEY CHEW OUT AN EIGHT-FOOT WIDE CHAMBER 297 00:16:13,344 --> 00:16:15,172 JUST ABOVE THE WATERLINE. 298 00:16:15,172 --> 00:16:17,068 THIS IS WHERE THEY SLEEP. 299 00:16:17,068 --> 00:16:22,206 THEN A NURSERY IS CHEWED OUT TO COMPLETE THE LODGE. 300 00:16:22,206 --> 00:16:26,310 INSIDE THEIR CASTLE, THE FAMILY IS SAFE UNTIL IT'S TIME 301 00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:30,344 FOR THE KIDS TO MOVE ON AND START THEIR OWN FAMILY. 302 00:16:30,344 --> 00:16:31,379 Bambenek: AT 2 YEARS OF AGE, 303 00:16:31,379 --> 00:16:32,862 THEY GET KICKED OUT OF THE LODGE. 304 00:16:32,862 --> 00:16:35,172 THEY GOT TO FIND THEIR OWN PLACE. 305 00:16:35,172 --> 00:16:37,172 THEY GO UPSTREAM, USUALLY. 306 00:16:37,172 --> 00:16:39,517 THEY HAVE TO BUILD A NEW DAM AND NEW LODGE, 307 00:16:39,517 --> 00:16:44,551 AND SO SUCCESSIVE FAMILIES HAVE SUCCESSIVE LODGES AND DAMS 308 00:16:44,551 --> 00:16:46,068 ALL THE WAY UP A RIVER, 309 00:16:46,068 --> 00:16:50,827 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON SOME AERIAL VIEWS. 310 00:16:50,827 --> 00:16:52,206 Narrator: APART FROM US, 311 00:16:52,206 --> 00:16:54,241 BEAVERS TRANSFORM THE FACE OF OUR PLANET 312 00:16:54,241 --> 00:16:57,448 MORE THAN ANY OTHER ANIMAL, 313 00:16:57,448 --> 00:17:00,896 SO WHY DOES AN EAGER BEAVER BUILD A DAM? 314 00:17:00,896 --> 00:17:02,965 TO GET HIS GIRL. 315 00:17:02,965 --> 00:17:07,931 ♪♪ 316 00:17:07,931 --> 00:17:10,344 COMING UP, BRAINY BEETLES WITH 317 00:17:10,344 --> 00:17:12,724 A STRANGE TAKE ON A TASTY BRUNCH. 318 00:17:12,724 --> 00:17:15,655 ♪♪ 319 00:17:19,517 --> 00:17:22,827 ♪♪ 320 00:17:22,827 --> 00:17:25,448 Narrator: WHEN YOU SEE STEAMING STINKY POOP, 321 00:17:25,448 --> 00:17:27,689 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU THINK? 322 00:17:27,689 --> 00:17:29,793 PROBABLY NOT, "LUNCH." 323 00:17:29,793 --> 00:17:32,000 FOR ONE ANIMAL, A TITANIC TURD 324 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,310 IS A SMORGASBORD NOT TO BE IGNORED, 325 00:17:36,310 --> 00:17:39,103 BUT INSTEAD OF MUNCHING HIS LUNCH WHERE HE FINDS IT, 326 00:17:39,103 --> 00:17:43,275 THIS LITTLE FELLA SEEMS TO LIKE PLAYING WITH HIS FOOD. 327 00:17:51,275 --> 00:17:54,310 THERE ARE MORE THAN 8,000 SPECIES OF DUNG BEETLE, 328 00:17:54,310 --> 00:17:59,103 AND THEY ARE FOUND ON EVERY CONTINENT EXCEPT ANTARCTICA. 329 00:17:59,103 --> 00:18:02,275 PRETTY, BUT NOT ENOUGH WARM POOP TO GO AROUND. 330 00:18:02,275 --> 00:18:06,586 ♪♪ 331 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:09,413 DUNG BEETLES LOVE THE MOIST, AROMATIC OFFERINGS 332 00:18:09,413 --> 00:18:12,379 OF HERBIVORES, WHICH ARE PACKED WITH PRE-MUNCHED, 333 00:18:12,379 --> 00:18:16,103 SEMI-DIGESTED LEFTOVER PLANT MATTER. 334 00:18:16,103 --> 00:18:18,379 IT'S LIKE PIPING HOT VEGGIE BURGERS 335 00:18:18,379 --> 00:18:21,758 STRAIGHT OUT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S OVEN. 336 00:18:21,758 --> 00:18:25,413 WITH AN ELEPHANT PRODUCING OVER 300 POUNDS OF POO A DAY, 337 00:18:25,413 --> 00:18:30,620 THAT'S QUITE A FEAST, 338 00:18:30,620 --> 00:18:35,137 BUT WITH UP TO 4,000 BEETLES WANTING A SLICE OF POOEY PIE, 339 00:18:35,137 --> 00:18:37,724 COMPETITION BETWEEN THEM IS FIERCE, 340 00:18:37,724 --> 00:18:41,241 SO THIS LITTLE CHAP WANTS TO TURN TURDS INTO TAKEOUT. 341 00:18:41,241 --> 00:18:43,724 ♪♪ 342 00:18:43,724 --> 00:18:45,344 FIRST, HE MUST PRESS TOGETHER 343 00:18:45,344 --> 00:18:49,241 THE POO INTO A STINKY LITTLE SPHERE, 344 00:18:49,241 --> 00:18:53,000 AND WHEN IT'S READY, THIS BUG REALLY GETS THE BALL ROLLING, 345 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,206 BUT HE HAS A VERY PECULIAR TECHNIQUE. 346 00:18:56,206 --> 00:18:58,758 HE DOES THE INSECT EQUIVALENT OF A HANDSTAND, 347 00:18:58,758 --> 00:19:04,206 AND PUSHES THE BALL BACKWARDS, BUT HE HAS A SECRET. 348 00:19:04,206 --> 00:19:07,551 TINY SPURS ON HIS BACK LEGS DIG INTO THE BALL, 349 00:19:07,551 --> 00:19:11,275 WHILE POWERFUL FRONT LEGS DRIVE IT AWAY FROM THE DUNG PILE. 350 00:19:11,275 --> 00:19:15,793 ♪♪ 351 00:19:15,793 --> 00:19:18,793 MAKING A GETAWAY BACKWARDS, WHILE PUSHING A POO BALL 352 00:19:18,793 --> 00:19:22,448 FOUR TIMES BIGGER THAN YOUR BODY AND DOING A HANDSTAND, 353 00:19:22,448 --> 00:19:25,827 IS HARD WORK FOR ANYONE, 354 00:19:25,827 --> 00:19:28,000 BUT BY FACING BACKWARDS 355 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,275 AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE HE'S GOING, 356 00:19:30,275 --> 00:19:33,413 OUR BEETLE RISKS PUSHING HIS BALL IN A CIRCLE, 357 00:19:33,413 --> 00:19:36,379 RIGHT BACK TO WHERE HE STARTED. 358 00:19:36,379 --> 00:19:39,034 YEAH, BAD MOVE. 359 00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:42,551 SO HOW DOES HE PUSH IT IN A STRAIGHT LINE? 360 00:19:42,551 --> 00:19:44,827 FIRST, HE STANDS ON TOP OF HIS BALL 361 00:19:44,827 --> 00:19:47,689 AND DOES WHAT'S KNOWN AS A "DUNG DANCE." 362 00:19:47,689 --> 00:19:52,000 ♪♪ 363 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,448 THIS STRANGE JIG IS THE BEETLE 364 00:19:54,448 --> 00:19:58,448 LOOKING FOR A LIGHT SOURCE IN THE SKY. 365 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:01,551 ONCE HE'S FOUND THE MILKY WAY, OR IF IT'S DAYTIME, 366 00:20:01,551 --> 00:20:06,517 THE SUN, HE TAKES A SERIES OF MENTAL SNAPSHOTS, 367 00:20:06,517 --> 00:20:07,931 THEN OFF HE GOES AGAIN. 368 00:20:07,931 --> 00:20:09,275 CHECKING THE LIGHT SOURCE 369 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:13,275 IS ALWAYS IN THE SAME POSITION RELATIVE TO HIM. 370 00:20:13,275 --> 00:20:15,655 IF HE STICKS TO THIS, HE'LL MAINTAIN A COURSE 371 00:20:15,655 --> 00:20:20,275 DIRECTLY AWAY FROM THE POOP PILE. 372 00:20:20,275 --> 00:20:22,241 ALL OF THIS FROM A BEETLE WITH A BRAIN 373 00:20:22,241 --> 00:20:25,310 THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE. 374 00:20:25,310 --> 00:20:29,172 NO WONDER THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS REVERED THE DUNG BEETLE. 375 00:20:29,172 --> 00:20:31,137 THEY BELIEVED THEIR ROLLING BALLS 376 00:20:31,137 --> 00:20:36,206 REPRESENTED THE SUN'S MOVEMENT ACROSS THE SKY. 377 00:20:36,206 --> 00:20:38,310 AMAZINGLY, THE EGYPTIANS KNEW 378 00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:41,275 THEN WHAT WE'VE ONLY JUST DISCOVERED NOW. 379 00:20:41,275 --> 00:20:45,068 THAT DUNG BEETLES REALLY ARE CELESTIAL CRITTERS. 380 00:20:45,068 --> 00:20:48,000 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 29314

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