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THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER THE
EXTRAORDINARY WILDLIFE OF ITALY.

THIS IS "EARTH ODYSSEY".

COMING UP, HOW TO BE A PERFECT
PARENT.

AN EAGLE TAKES THE PLUNGE FOR
FOOD FOR ITS ONLY CHILD.

AND, IT'S THE BEES VERSUS THE
HORNETS IN A

DANGEROUS BATTLE ROYALE.

PLUS, IT WOULDN'T BE SUMMER IN
ITALY WITHOUT THIS SOUND.

AND DAREDEVIL FLYERS MEET UP BY
THE THOUSANDS.

OUR WILD MEDITERRANEAN ADVENTURE
BEGINS RIGHT NOW

ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

ITALY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HISTORY,
ART, AND FOOD, BUT IT'S ALSO

ALIVE WITH WILDLIFE.

AND IN SPRING AND SUMMER,
THERE'S A BRAND

NEW BUZZ OF ENERGY.

IT'S GO TIME FOR ANIMAL PARENTS,
AND THAT MEANS NONSTOP ATTENTION

TO SOME INSATIABLE LITTLE ONES.

THE SUN IS RISING OVER ITALY'S
MEDITERRANEAN COAST.

THIS IS THE MAREMMA, A RURAL
PART OF TUSCANY.

THE COWS ARE BUSY GRAZING ON
FRESH GREENS.

IN RUGGED MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL
ENVIRONMENTS,

THE BLOOM STARTS EARLY.

BEDS OF CHEERFUL CHAMOMILE
FLOWERS OPEN UP TO

THE SUN IN MARCH.

LIKE THE COWS, MAREMMA'S HORSES
ALSO WELCOME

THE WARM, SUNNY DAYS.

BUT FOR OTHER SPECIES, SPRING IS
A RESTLESS TIME.

THE RIVER AND THE SWAMPS ARE
FILLED WITH COOTS.

THEY CONGREGATE IN PONDS AND
SWAMPS.

THESE LARGE AND QUARRELSOME
WATERBIRDS WILL FORM COUPLES,

BUT ONLY AFTER A GOOD DEAL OF
SQUABBLING, CHASING, AND LEAPING

OUT OF THE WATER, CAPPED OFF BY
SOME WELL-PLACED KICKS.

NEARBY, ANOTHER BIRD IS HIGH UP,
OUT OF THE WAY

FROM ANY CONFLICTS.

A SHORT-TOED SNAKE EAGLET IS
GROWING UP ON A DEAD PINE TREE.

AS ADULTS, THESE RAPTORS ARE
MAJESTIC ANIMALS.

THEIR WINGSPAN IS NEARLY SIX
FEET.

ON THE MENU TODAY IS A GREEN
WHIP SNAKE, THE MOST COMMON

SNAKE ALONG ITALY'S COAST.

SNAKE EAGLE PARENTS RAISE JUST
ONE PRECIOUS EAGLET AT A TIME.

BUT THIS FATHER IS DOING
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

HE'S TEACHING THE EAGLET HOW TO
SWALLOW THE SNAKE.

IT'S A TASK NORMALLY PERFORMED
BY THE MOTHER.

MANEUVERING PIECES OF PREY WITH
A BEAK IS NO EASY JOB.

BUT TRUE TO ITS NAME, THIS YOUNG
SNAKE EAGLE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO

SWALLOW WHOLE SNAKES UP TO THREE
FEET LONG.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, THIS ONLY
CHILD IS NEARLY READY

TO LEAVE THE NEST.

ITS JUVENILE PLUMAGE IS ALMOST
COMPLETE, BUT IT'S NOT READY YET

TO HUNT AND LIVE ON ITS ITS OWN.

IT WILL TAKE WEEKS FOR ITS ADULT
FEATHERS TO APPEAR AND IT

NEEDS THEM TO SOAR.

SO THE EAGLE PARENTS ARE
CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

PREY, LIKE THIS COMMON VIPER
EXPLORING THE UNDERGROWTH.

AT LESS THAN TWO FEET LONG, IT'S
NOT A BIG SNAKE,

BUT IT'S A START.

A YOUNG SNAKE EAGLE NEEDS TO
EAT A COUPLE OF SNAKES

THIS SIZE A DAY.

ABOUT 80% OF ITS PREY ARE
SNAKES, FOLLOWED BY LIZARDS.

THESE EAGLES ARE RAVENOUS FOR
REPTILES.

ONE OF THE PARENTS ARRIVES WITH
A TWIG TO FIX THE NEST.

BUT THE EAGLET DOESN'T LOOK
HAPPY.

IT WAS PROBABLY HOPING FOR
SOMETHING JUICIER.

THE OTHER PARENT, MEANWHILE, IS
PATROLLING A SCRUB.

THERE'S A PERFECTLY POSITIONED
WHIPSNAKE.

THE EAGLE TAKES A GOOD LOOK,
THEN SWOOPS DOWN ON ITS PREY.

SUCCESS.

THE THREE-FOOT SNAKE DANGLES
FROM THE RAPTOR'S TALONS.

THE YOUNG EAGLE CAN FINALLY EAT
TODAY'S FILL, ENOUGH TO KEEP IT

GROWING AND KEEP THIS PROUD
FAMILY OF BIRDS ON THE WING.

COMING UP, BEES AND HORNETS.

IT'S PREDATOR VERSUS PREY WHEN
THESE ANCIENT COUSINS MEET.

AND THE SONGS OF THESE LITTLE
CRITTERS ARE YEARS

IN THE MAKING.

FIND OUT WHAT THE BUZZ IS ALL
ABOUT.

PLUS, THIS WILD FLIGHT PATTERN
LOOKS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE.

BUT WILL IT KEEP THIS PREDATOR
AWAY?

MORE ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND BEES OF
ITALY WHEN

"EARTH ODYSSEY" COMES RIGHT
BACK.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

MEDITERRANEAN SUMMERS CAN BE
SCORCHING.

FRESHWATER POOLS, WHICH ARE
ABUNDANT IN SPRING,

HAVE MOSTLY DRIED UP.

FOR MANY ANIMALS HERE, DRINKING
TROUGHS TURN OUT TO

BE REAL LIFESAVERS.

BUT THESE WATER SOURCES CAN BE
AS DANGEROUS AS A WATERHOLE IN

THE SAVANNA.

THE BEES LIVING HERE ARE VERY
ACTIVE AND VERY THIRSTY.

AND THEY ARE IN UNEXPECTED
DANGER HERE.

ONE OF THEIR RELATIVES IS
APPROACHING.

THE HORNET IS POWERFUL, BUT THE
BEES ARE MORE ADEPT AT

MANEUVERING.

THAT WAS CLOSE.

THE HORNETS TRY A SURPRISE
ATTACK FROM BEHIND

THE TROUGH WALL.

ONE HITS THE MARK.

THERE GOES ANOTHER, CAUGHT IN
MID-FLIGHT.

THE BEES ARE STRIPPED OF THEIR
WINGS AND STINGERS AND

CARRIED TO THE HIVE.

THIRST ALSO DRIVES WOLVES TO THE
TROUGH.

THEY OFTEN COME UPON POTENTIAL
PREY, WHICH DART

AWAY IMMEDIATELY.

THIS TIME, HOWEVER, A ROE DEER
SEEMS OBLIVIOUS TO THE THREAT.

EVEN THE WOLF LOOKS PUZZLED.

YET NO SOONER DOES THE HERBIVORE
MOVE THAN THE HUNTER'S

INSTINCTS TAKE OVER.

EVEN A FRUITLESS CHASE IS WORTH
THE EFFORT.

IN THE SUN SCORCHED FIELDS,
ROUND BALES OF FODDER STRETCH AS

FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

THE SUMMER SUN DRIES UP THE FEW
REMAINING POOLS AND

THE DRY SOIL CRACKS.

PLACES THAT USED TO BE RICH IN
WATER IN SPRING NOW LOOK LIKE A

BARREN DESERT-LIKE EXPANSE.

NATIVE COWS AND HORSES ARE
ADAPTED TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, BUT

THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE ON
INCREASINGLY MEAGER PASTURES.

THE LANDSCAPE SOMETIMES
RESEMBLES AN ARID SAVANNA.

THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE
BETWEEN AIR MASSES GENERATES

GUSTS OF SWELTERING WIND AT
GROUND LEVEL.

THANKFULLY, THESE WATER TROUGHS
ARE READY FOR

SOME THIRSTY CATTLE.

IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, FRESH
WATER IS A RARE LUXURY.

TREES ARE ABLE TO STORE SOME
WATER DEEP IN THEIR TISSUES.

THIS CORK OAK IS LEAKING SAP
FROM A CUT IN ITS TRUNK.

LARGE EMERALD GREEN BEETLES
IMMEDIATELY TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF THE SUGARY SAP.

HERE IS WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE
TO THE OAK.

THE OPENING WAS CAUSED BY THE
LARVA OF A GOAT MOTH.

THE LARVA BURROWED DEEP INTO THE
TREE TRUNKS, CUTTING THE OAK.

IT'S A THREAT TO THE TREES, BUT
THE MOTH LARVA WAS ALSO ONCE IN

DANGER, AS IT WAS CONSIDERED A
DELICIOUS DELICACY

BY THE ANCIENT ROMANS.

QUITE THE CIRCLE OF LIFE HERE IN
THIS ANCIENT PART OF THE WORLD.

COMING UP, SUN UP AND SUN DOWN
BRING A RELENTLESS CHORUS.

WE FIND OUT IF IT'S A WARNING OR
A LOVE SONG.

AND THESE FLYERS IMPROVISE A
SPECTACULAR SKY SHOW.

WHICH WAY WILL THEY GO NEXT?

MORE SECRETS OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
WHEN "EARTH ODYSSEY"

COMES RIGHT BACK.

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IN SUMMER, THE ITALIAN
COUNTRYSIDE POSITIVELY VIBRATES

WITH THE SOUNDS OF CRICKETS AND
CICADAS.

WHILE SOME FOLKS FIND IT
SOOTHING, THOSE CHIRPS ARE SOME

OF THE LOUDEST INSECT SOUNDS
AROUND.

LET'S LISTEN IN TO THIS
UNMISTAKABLE SONG OF SUMMER.

INSIDE THIS OLD OAK TREE, A
SCOPS OWL COUPLE, SMALL

NOCTURNAL BIRDS OF PREY, ARE
BRINGING FOOD TO THEIR OWLETS.

THE MENU MAINLY INCLUDES SMALL
RODENTS AND GRASSHOPPERS, WHICH

THE OWLETS ARE FED INCESSANTLY.

AS A NEW DAY DAWNS, HUNDREDS OF
MYSTERIOUS SHAPES

DECORATE THE TREE TRUNKS.

IT'S WHAT'S LEFT OF THE CICADA
LARVA AFTER MOLTING.

THEY EMERGED FROM THE GROUND
DURING THE NIGHT AND CLUNG TO A

PLANT TO COMPLETE THEIR
METAMORPHOSIS.

THE WEBS OF A LARGE SPIDER
COMMON IN SUNNY MEDITERRANEAN

HABITATS ARE A DEADLY TRAP FOR
FOR THIS FAMOUSLY LOUD INSECT.

ONLY WHEN THE VICTIM IS
INCAPACITATED DOES THE SPIDER

APPROACH AND BITE IT.

AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS AND
PINE FORESTS,

A VAST PRAIRIE BEGINS.

THESE OCEANS OF GRASS ARE THE
KINGDOMS OF CRICKETS

AND GRASSHOPPERS.

LIKE THIS CRICKET, WHICH BELONGS
TO A THREATENED SPECIES WITH A

VERY DISTINCTIVE EVENING CHIRP.

SOME YEARS BRING A SURGE OF
CRICKETS TO THE REGION.

THEY FEED ON VEGETABLE MATTER,
INCLUDING SPROUTS, LEAVES, AND

FRUITS, WHICH THEY CONSUME WITH
THEIR POWERFUL JAWS.

THEY MAKE THEIR SOUND BY RUBBING
TOGETHER THE MOVABLE PARTS OF

THEIR THORAX OR MIDDLE SECTION.

THE CHIRP IS HOW MALES ADVERTISE
THEIR PRESENCE TO THE FEMALES.

IF THERE'S ONE NEARBY, SHE'LL
LIKELY COME FORWARD.

SHE APPROACHES THE MALE AND
MAKES HER PRESENCE KNOWN.

THEIR WHIRLING ANTENNAE ARE A
SIGN OF GREAT EXCITEMENT.

AFTER FERTILIZATION, ALL THE
FEMALE NEEDS TO DO IS LAY HER

EGGS IN THE GROUND.

HER OFFSPRING WILL BE BORN THE
FOLLOWING SPRING, READY TO SING

THEIR OWN DISTINCTIVE SONG OF
SUMMER.

COMING UP, A RUSH OF WINGS AND A
WILD DANCE.

HOW STARLINGS MAKE THEIR MOVES
WHEN "EARTH ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

NARRATOR: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO
THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

SUMMER IS ABOUT TO END.

IN SEPTEMBER, THE MEDITERRANEAN
DAYS ARE STARTING TO GROW

NOTICEABLY SHORTER.

THE TEMPERATURE IS MILDER AND
THE SMELL OF

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR.

AUTUMN IS AROUND THE CORNER,
BRINGING FLOCKS

OF MIGRATORY BIRDS.

AND SOMEONE'S WAITING FOR THEM.

THE PEREGRINE FALCON, A
SPECIALIST IN CATCHING

BIRDS IN FLIGHT.

THOUSANDS OF STARLINGS FLY IN
TIGHT GROUPS

LIKE SWARMS OF BEES.

WHEN THE RAPTOR ARRIVES, THE
FLOCKS STRETCH AND THIN

OUT AS IF SWEPT BY A WAVE.

MORE FALCONS JOIN IN THE ATTACK.

THEY FLY INTO THE SWARM-LIKE
FLOCK LIKE ARROWS, AND THE

STARLINGS REACT, LEAVING AN
EMPTY SPACE AROUND THE HUNTERS.

RECENT STUDIES SUGGEST EACH
STARLING WATCHES WHAT THE FIVE

OR SIX BIRDS AROUND IT DO.

WHEN THE FALCON APPROACHES, THE
STARLINGS IN THEIR TRAJECTORY,

MOVE, PROMPTING THE BIRDS
NEAREST TO THEM TO

AUTOMATICALLY DO THE SAME.

IN EXCEPTIONAL YEARS LIKE THIS,
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BIRDS CAN

COME FLOCKING TO THE MAREMMA
PARK IN JUST A FEW DAYS.

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING,
FILLING THE AIR

WITH THEIR CRIES.

THERE ARE SO MANY BIRDS YOU CAN
FEEL A RUSH OF

AIR WHEN THEY FLY BY.

LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, AS IF
OBEYING A MYSTERIOUS COMMAND,

THE ENTIRE FLOCK OF STARLINGS
SIMPLY FLIES AWAY.

EACH FLOCK LEAVES FOR A SAFE
PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT.

WE ARE TRULY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE A BREATH AND

OBSERVE NATURE IN ACTION.

THANKS FOR SHARING OUR WILDLIFE
ADVENTURES WITH US TODAY.

I'M DYLAN DREYER.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY".