All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S08E22.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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TELEVISION THAT'S EDUCATIONAL
AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI EVERYONE, SHARPEN YOUR
CLAWS.

IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE THE
WONDERFUL WORLD OF WILD CATS.

I'M DYLAN DREYER AND THIS IS
EARTH ODYSSEY.

COMING UP, A RARE LEOPARD CLIMBS
THE HIMALAYAS LOOKING FOR THAT

SPECIAL SOMEONE.

AND FROM LYING IN WAIT TO
LEAPING INTO ACTION, THIS IS

TRUE CAT POWER.

PLUS, THIS ELEGANT FELINE IS
BACK FROM THE BRINK OF

EXTINCTION.

AND COULD THIS RABBIT BE THE
MISSING LINK TO KEEP THESE LYNX

ALIVE?

[MUSIC]

THERE ARE 41 LIVING SPECIES
OF FELINES AND EACH ONE IS A

LIGHTNING-QUICK PREDATOR.

BUT WILD CATS ARE ELUSIVE AND
ALL TOO OFTEN ENDANGERED.

WE BEGIN WITH A REMARKABLE CAT
THAT HAS ADAPTED TO LIFE WHERE

THE AIR IS IMPOSSIBLY THIN, IN
THE HIGH PEAKS OF THE HIMALAYAS.

9 OUT OF 10 OF THE WORLD'S
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS ARE FOUND

IN THE HIMALAYAS.

WITH MORE THAN 100 SUMMITS
RISING 24,000 FEET ABOVE SEA

LEVEL.

[MAJESTIC MUSIC]

FARTHER UP THE WESTERN END OF
THE RANGE IS A FRIGID WORLD OF

CLIFFS AND ROCK, ONE OF THE MOST
REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH.

IT'S A FINAL REFUGE FOR ONE OF
THE RAREST AND MOST ELUSIVE

PREDATORS IN INDIA.

BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS HIM.

THE SNOW LEOPARD'S FUR IS THE
ULTIMATE MOUNTAIN CAMOUFLAGE.

THE TIME HAS COME FOR THIS MALE
TO FIND A MATE.

NOT AN EASY TASK.

WITH A RANGE STRETCHING MORE
THAN 15 SQUARE MILES, HE PATROLS

IT CONTINUOUSLY.

UP TO NEARLY 18,000 FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL, HE LIVES AT THE

HIGHEST ALTITUDE OF ANY CAT.

HE'S A MOUNTAIN SPECIALIST,
SUPERBLY ADAPTED TO LIFE UP

HERE.

THICK FUR TO TACKLE THE COLD,
AND A LARGE NASAL CAVITY THAT

WARMS THE COLD MOUNTAIN AIR
BEFORE IT REACHES HIS LUNGS.

HUGE PAWS SPREAD AS WEIGHT OVER
THE ROCKS, AND A BULKY TAIL

HELPS HIM BALANCE WHILE
CLIMBING.

[TENSE MUSIC]

GRAZING ON THE BARREN PEAKS ARE
BLUE SHEEP.

[SHEEP BAAING]

ANOTHER SPECIES AT HOME ON
STEEP, HIGH ALTITUDE TERRAIN.

CATCHING AN ADULT WOULD PROVIDE
THE SNOW LEOPARD WITH ENOUGH

FOOD FOR A WEEK.

BUT EVEN THAT CAN'T TEMPT HIM
AWAY FROM HIS MISSION.

HE'LL COVER UP TO 25 MILES EACH
DAY IN HIS SEARCH FOR A MATE,

TAKING WEEKS TO COVER HIS ENTIRE
TERRITORY.

AND WITH JUST 500 SNOW LEOPARDS
SPREAD ACROSS THE INDIAN

HIMALAYAS, HIS MISSION SEEMS
FUTILE...

[CALM MUSIC]

UNTIL THE HAUNTING CALL OF
ANOTHER SNOW LEOPARD.

[DISTANT SNOW LEOPARD YOWLING]

[YOWLING CONTINUES]

COULD THIS BE IT?

[FEMALE SNOW LEOPARD YOWLING]

THE MALE CALLS BACK.

[MALE SNOW LEOPARD YOWLING IN
RESPONSE]

BUT THE MOUNTAINS HAVE GONE
SILENT.

FORTUNATELY, HE HAS ANOTHER WAY
OF LETTING THE MYSTERY CALLER

KNOW THAT HE'S IN THE AREA.

HE CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE.

HE LEAVES HIS SCENT ON A NEARBY
ROCK.

A SENSORY DATING PROFILE
ADVERTISING TO THE FEMALE SNOW

LEOPARD.

WITH A LITTLE LUCK, HIS SEARCH
COULD SOON BE OVER.

THE SURVIVAL OF THIS RARE AND
BEAUTIFUL SPECIES DEPENDS ON IT.

COMING UP, IT'S A CAT FIGHT FOR
SURVIVAL WHEN THESE LEOPARDS

FACE OFF AGAINST LIONS.

PLUS, A PETITE PREDATOR WITH A
STANDOUT SET OF EARS.

AND THE BUNNIES ARE BOUNCING
BACK IN THESE HILLS, BUT SOMEONE

IS WATCHING.

MORE WILDCAT TALES WHEN EARTH
ODYSSEY RETURNS.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO
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[MUSIC]

DYLAN: OF ALL THE
BIG CATS IN AFRICA,

THE LEOPARD IS THE SMALLEST.

WHICH CAN PUT HER AT A DISTINCT
DISADVANTAGE.

LEOPARDS COMPETE DIRECTLY WITH
THE BIGGER FELINES, LIKE THE

FORMIDABLE LIONS OF THE
SAVANNAH.

WHILE A LEOPARD MIGHT WEIGH 80
TO 200 POUNDS, A LION CAN WEIGH

IN AT 500 POUNDS.

AND LIONS WON'T HESITATE TO
ATTACK A LEOPARD IN A FIGHT OVER

PREY OR TO PROTECT THEIR CUBS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THE
LEOPARD IS A MASTER OF STEALTH.

THIS MOTHER IS SHY, ELUSIVE, AND
SECRETIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HER

CUBS ARE INVOLVED.

FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF LIFE,
THEY'VE SPENT THEIR TIME HIDDEN

AWAY IN A DEN.

BUT NOW THEY'VE BEGUN EXPLORING.

[PLAYFUL MUSIC]

THE GROWING CUBS FACE THE SAME
DANGERS AS THEIR MOTHER, BUT

THEY DON'T HAVE THE SIZE OR THE
STRENGTH TO DEFEND THEMSELVES

YET.

ON AVERAGE, ONLY ONE IN THREE OF
HER CUBS WILL MAKE IT TO

ADULTHOOD.

AND ONE CARELESS DECISION CAN
PUT THEM IN DANGER.

THE CUBS WILL STAY WITH THEIR
MOM FOR TWO YEARS, BUT THE

BIGGER THEY GET, THE MORE FOOD
SHE NEEDS TO EAT AND BRING HOME.

THAT MEANS TAKING RISKS, LIKE
HUNTING IN THE DAYTIME.

[TENSE TMUSIC]

NORMALLY NOCTURNAL, LEOPARDS ARE
MORE LIKELY TO BE SPOTTED BY

RIVAL PREDATORS IN DAYLIGHT.

THIS FIELD IS TOO OPEN, AND THE
ANTELOPES ARE TOO FAST FOR A

BRAZEN ATTACK.

BUT SHE HAS A PLAN.

USING THE COVER OF A DRY
RIVERBED, SHE MAKES HER WAY INTO

THE CENTER OF THE HERD.

SHE NEEDS TO GET CLOSE, AROUND
FIVE YARDS FROM HER TARGET.

SHE SPRINGS.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

BUT IT'S TOO LATE.

THE ANTELOPE HAVE SEEN HER.

SO SHE'LL HEAD HOME.

[CALM MUSIC]

ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY SMALL, THE
LEOPARD IS THE MOST WIDESPREAD

OF ALL THE BIG CATS LIVING IN
HABITATS ACROSS AFRICA AND ASIA.

IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA, THIS
MOUNTAIN RANGE SITS ON THE EDGE

OF A GREAT DESERT.

LESS THAN EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN
FALL HERE IN A WHOLE YEAR.

AND TEMPERATURES EASILY TOP 100
DEGREES.

BUT HERE, THE LEOPARD IS AT THE
TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

[MAJESTIC MUSIC, VOCALS]

THIS MALE IS A VERSATILE LONE
HUNTER, ADAPTED TO LIVING IN

THESE ARID CONDITIONS.

SLIGHTLY SMALLER, BUT MORE
MUSCULAR THAN HIS AFRICAN

COUSINS, HE CAN GO 10 DAYS
WITHOUT A DROP OF WATER.

BUT TODAY, HE NEEDS TO BE FULLY
HYDRATED.

HE LAST ATE SEVEN DAYS AGO, SO A
HUNT IS OVERDUE.

[TENSE MUSIC]

HIS ROSETTE CAMOUFLAGE IS JUST
AS EFFECTIVE HERE IN THE DRY

BRUSH AS IT IS IN THE JUNGLE.

BUT HE'LL STILL ONLY HIT HIS
MARK 20 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

HE SETS A SIGHT ON THE NILGAI,
THE LARGEST ANTELOPE IN ASIA.

BUT NILGAI CAN BE THREE TIMES
HEAVIER THAN HIM.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

HE WAITS.

HIS SENSES ARE ON ALERT.

[BIRD SQUAWKING]

BUT SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHING.

IT COULD BE A RIVAL MALE.

[SOFT MUSIC]

BUT IT'S NOT A RIVAL.

IT'S HIS MATE.

WITH ONLY SMALL NUMBERS OF
INDIAN LEOPARDS LEFT IN THE

REGION, IT'S RARE TO CATCH THEIR
SOCIAL SIDE.

THIS PAIR WILL SPEND JUST FOUR
DAYS TOGETHER.

WITH LUCK, IN A FEW MONTHS,
THEIR SPECIES' STORY OF SURVIVAL

WILL BEGIN AGAIN WITH A BRAND
NEW LITTER OF CUBS.

COMING UP, THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT THE WAY A CAT WALKS THAT

LETS US KNOW WHO'S REALLY IN
CHARGE.

AND DOES THIS RABBIT STAND A
CHANCE AGAINST A WILD CAT WITH A

PLAN?

DON'T GO AWAY.

EARTH ODYSSEY WILL BE RIGHT
BACK.

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TO THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: EUROPE'S WILD LANDSCAPES
HAVE BEEN FOREVER CHANGED BY

CENTURIES OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION.

THE ANIMALS THERE HAVE HAD TO
ADAPT TO SURVIVE.

BUT AFTER NEARLY DISAPPEARING,
ONE RARE AND FANTASTIC FELINE IS

MAKING A DELICATE COMEBACK,
THANKS IN PART TO THE

REINTRODUCTION OF ITS FAVORITE
FOOD.

THE IBERIAN PENINSULA IS A
REMARKABLE EUROPEAN HABITAT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUT UNFORGIVING
TERRITORY.

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC]

YET WILDLIFE HAS FOUND MANY WAYS
TO THRIVE HERE, BOTH ON LAND

AND IN THE SKIES.

IN AN IMMENSE LANDSCAPE SHAPED
BY HUMAN ACTIVITY, WILD AND

DOMESTIC ANIMAL SPECIES MUST
SHARE NATURE'S GIFTS AND

CHALLENGES.

IN THIS THRILLING ECOSYSTEM
THERE ARE FIERCE CONFRONTATIONS

AND INSPIRING SURVIVAL STORIES
OF SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC

INHABITANTS OF THE PENINSULA.

LIKE THE IBERIAN LYNX, THE
PRESENCE OF THE BIGGEST FELINE

OF THE REGION IS ENOUGH TO MAKE
EVERYBODY NERVOUS.

PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THIS
ENVIRONMENT, THE LYNX EMBODIES

THE ESSENCE OF THE IBERIAN
HUNTER.

[TENSE MUSIC]

AN APEX PREDATOR, HE ROAMS
FREELY THROUGHOUT HIS TERRITORY

SEARCHING FOR PREY.

BUT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN LIKE
THIS.

IN RECENT TIMES, THE LYNX CAME
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO EXTINCTION.

HABITAT LOSS, POACHING, AND THE
LACK OF PREY SPECIES WERE WHAT

MADE IT SO HARD FOR THEM TO
SURVIVE.

IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST
CENTURY, FEWER THAN 100

INDIVIDUALS LIVED IN ONLY ONE
SMALL TERRITORY IN SOUTHERN

SPAIN.

FORTUNATELY, IN THE LAST 10
YEARS, THE POPULATION OF THE

IBERIAN LYNX HAS INCREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY.

THANKS TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS
CARRIED OUT IN BOTH SPAIN AND

PORTUGAL, WE CAN NOW HOPE FOR
BETTER DAYS FOR THE FUTURE OF

THIS MAGNIFICENT ANIMAL.

COMING UP, CONSERVATIONISTS STEP
IN TO SAVE ONE FURRY SPECIES TO

KEEP ANOTHER ALIVE.

FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS
REMARKABLE WILDLIFE STORY WHEN

EARTH ODYSSEY RETURNS.

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

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: HERE IN SOUTHERN SPAIN,
THE FIRST RAYS OF SUNLIGHT

FINALLY REACH THE HILLS.

THIS PATCH OF FOREST HAS SERVED
AS THE LAST STRONGHOLD FOR THE

LYNX.

[SOFT MUSIC]

CONSERVATIONISTS HAVE PLACED
RABBIT WARRENS HERE TO PROVIDE

ADDITIONAL SHELTER AND ENCOURAGE
BREEDING.

THE EUROPEAN RABBIT, NATIVE TO
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA AND THE

SOUTH OF FRANCE, IS ONE
THE KEYSTONE SPECIES OF

MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS.

BUT WHEN A VIRUS HELPED DECIMATE
THE RABBIT POPULATION IN THE

1980S, PREDATOR POPULATIONS ALSO
FELL DRASTICALLY.

IN ALL, ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF
RABBITS DISAPPEARED AND THE

LYNX ALONG WITH THEM.

BUT NOW, WITH THE HELP OF
DEDICATED CONSERVATION EFFORTS,

THE RABBITS ARE AGAIN A COMMON
PRESENCE IN SOME PARTS OF THE

PENINSULA.

AND ONCE AGAIN, SO ARE THEIR
PREDATORS.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

SOME OF THE LOCALS HAVE SENSED
DANGER.

THIS LYNX IS LOOKING FOR HIS
NEXT MEAL.

AND A RABBIT WOULD BE THE
PERFECT CATCH.

[SQUAWKING CONTINUES,
PLAYFUL MUSIC]

BUT THE RABBIT SENSES HIS
PRESENCE AND FLEES.

[LYNX GROWLS]

THE LYNX CONTINUES STALKING,
MOVING THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE

WITH THE HOPE OF CATCHING A LESS
CAREFUL RABBIT.

[TENSE MUSIC]

HE MOVES SILENTLY.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE RABBIT RUNS
AWAY.

THIS IS THE ETERNAL DANCE
BETWEEN PREDATOR AND PREY.

ONLY THE MOST CUNNING AND CLEVER
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

NEAR HIS LAIR, THIS RABBIT TAKES
NO CHANCES AND HIDES IN HIS

LITTLE MAN-MADE FORTRESS.

[LIGHT-HEARTED MUSIC]

THE LYNX APPROACHES THE DEN AND
TRIES A DIFFERENT STRATEGY.

HE KNOWS THE RABBIT IS INSIDE.

BUT THERE IS AN INTRICATE
NETWORK OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.

THE RABBIT MIGHT BE ANYWHERE.

TRYING TO DECEIVE THE RABBIT,
THE LYNX MARKS ALL THE ENTRIES

EXCEPT FOR ONE AND WAITS
CAREFULLY AT ITS SIDE.

IF THE RABBIT DOESN'T SMELL HIM,
IT MAY COME OUT THROUGH THE

CHOSEN EXIT.

IT CAN BE A VERY LONG WAIT.

BUT SOMETIMES WAITING IS ALL
THERE IS LEFT TO DO.

[LYNX GROWLING]

IN THE END, PERHAPS IT'S TIME
FOR THIS HUNTER TO FIND ANOTHER

OPPORTUNITY.

WE'VE JUST SEEN HOW PRECIOUS
SPECIES LIKE THE IBERIAN LYNX

AND THE SNOW LEOPARD HELP SHAPE
THE ENVIRONMENTS THEY LIVE IN.

I'M DYLAN DREYER.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

JOIN US FOR ANOTHER WILDLIFE
ADVENTURE SOON ON EARTH ODYSSEY.

[MUSIC]