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This is the story of our America.

From Alaska to Patagonia, follow a great
mountain spine

that spans two continents, born of fire,
starved of water,

and beaten by two great oceans.

Life is an intense struggle with
limitless opportunities.

The Americas are a stage for some of the
greatest spectacles on Earth.

Our journey begins along the mountains
and coasts of Alaska.

Many ocean giants migrate through the
Gulf of Alaska in search of cooler

waters These

are critical feeding grounds

for countless ocean wonders

And

their faith can also affect the fortunes
of those on land.

A hungry grizzly smells an unexpected
opportunity.

Millions of calories have washed ashore.

A beached humpback whale.

Grizzlies are usually solitary.

But the smell draws them together from
miles away.

They're not used to sharing.

Latecomers are especially unwelcome.

He settles for the short end of the
whale, a safe distance from the others.

There's not much to eat on the tail, but
all he has to do is

wait.

Soon, the other bears eat their fill,
and then some.

It's like after a Thanksgiving feast.

With everyone else in a food coma the
hungry male helps himself to stress-free

seconds This

unexpected

windfall helps sustain these Grizzlies
through the long cold winter Not

everything comes this easy

In the Americas.

You need backbone to live here.

Inland, across Alaska's frozen north.

It's as if the ice age never ended.

In places.

Ice is almost a half mile thick.

And over a thousand miles to the south,
the most iconic North American mountain

range of them all,

the Rockies.

They're some of the highest ranges in
all of North America.

And there's one animal that's as hard as
the rock that gives them their name.

Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

The arrival of fall is the cue for their
annual battle to decide who among them

will get the females and father next
spring's lambs.

The six-year-old is finally ready to
compete.

His opponent is a bigger, stronger
eight-year-old ram.

The challenger must provoke the fight.

With body kicks and tongue flicking he
pulled his opponent

The

older Ram seems to walk away in
submission

But his posture is known as the low
stretch.

It means, you want a piece of me?

Come get it.

The force of the impact, delivered at
over 20 miles per hour, is enough to

kill a human instantly.

Two layers of skull protect their
brains.

The fight lasts for hours, each ram
battering the other dozens of times.

By day's end, the young challenger
concedes.

But he'll get another chance next year.

The fighting ensures only the toughest
genes will be passed on.

Survival in the Rockies demands nothing
less.

They say the Rockies have only three
seasons because winter can last for six

months.

The animals of Yellowstone National Park
live through the worst the Americas can

throw at them.

In this harsh climate, finding enough
food is a daily battle.

This big wolf pack needs big prey.

In the Rocky Mountain forest, that means
elk.

Over 700 pounds, adorned with lethal
antlers, a bull elk presents a

daunting target.

But they have strength in numbers.

They flush him out of the forest, where
the deep snow will tire him out.

They've made a bad choice.

He's too healthy too dangerous and he's
ready to fight back

They

must

find a different target

The pack leaders focus on another big
bull, perhaps sensing a weakness.

But he could still fatally injure any
one of them.

Younger, faster rules set the pace.

Pushing the elk hard.

The older, bigger wolf catch up and help
bring him down.

They'll need to hunt again in a couple
of days, but right now, life's good.

Traveling southward.

toward the Colorado Plateau, a
high-altitude wilderness shadowed by the

Rockies, where the elements twist and
carve the rock.

A distant storm releases this canyon
sculptor.

Each year, the Colorado River moves more
than 4 trillion gallons of water.

The architect of America's most
spectacular landmarks.

Including the grandest canyon of all.

But all this water does little to quench
the desert's thirst.

Much of it drains down into a labyrinth
of chasms, where an entirely different

world survives.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats
waits for nightfall.

Their doorway opens to our world right
in the heart of Texas.

Twice as many bats emerge from this one
desert cave than there are people in New

York City.

Every summer night, 20 million predators
are set loose to feast in the desert

skies.

From canyons formed by water,

to a coastline forged by volcanoes.

These cold currents off the coast of
Central America

offer a gathering place for predator and
prey.

Currents collide with volcanic islands,
driving nutrients from the deep to the

surface.

fuel for one of the most spectacular
food chains on Earth.

Rich waters draw in millions of
sardines.

They are the feast.

Nearly all of this school will die.

Sea lions strike first.

Then sharks appear.

The sardines fall together.

Alone, they're easy targets.

But predators use it to their advantage.

Finally,

the

real Thor arrives.

Striped marlin travel more than 600
miles at speeds up to 50 miles per hour.

They're usually loners, but feeding
events like this bring them together in

extraordinary numbers.

They use their swords not to skewer the
sardines, but to knock them senseless.

They feast along this coast for just a
few weeks, until the surviving sardines

move on.

From Central America, the Great Mountain
Spine runs down to South America.

Here, it rises.

At the end.

Topped by a 23,000-foot peak, they're
the highest mountain outside Asia.

In some places, they're an ice world of
massive glaciers.

Another part, a desert wasteland.

And here, at the equator, tropical cloud
forests full of astonishing creatures.

Basking in the warmth of the tropics,
mountain life can luxuriate a little.

and even show off.

Hummingbirds abound in these forests.

Some 50 species.

Their names are as pretty as they are.

The violet-tailed sylph.

The booted racquet tail.

The tawny-bellied hermit.

Many have evolved Longville to get to
the sweet nectar that powers their

flight.

Descending from the high altitude, a new
forest appears.

A different ecosystem.

A different world.

This is the Amazon.

The largest rainforest on Earth.

A perfect assassin stalks the jungle
floor.

Silent.

Almost invisible.

The jaguar.

The biggest big cat in the Americas.

In the forests of Brazil, the jaguar
must navigate two worlds.

On land, it's the undisputed king.

But not necessarily in the water.

Living here means crossing dangerous
waters.

Despite the abundance of animals, a
jaguar can sometimes spend days looking

for prey.

If an opportunity arises, he must take
it.

Even if it's another top predator.

To even see a jaguar requires a lot of
luck. To film one killing a caiman

is like winning the lottery.

The jaguar has very powerful jaws.

And bite force is key to its signature
killing technique.

A bite through the skull to the brain.

Everything here lived in fear of the
jaguar.

Across the continent to the east, the
Atlantic Ocean fuels an entirely

different world.

One animal truly thrives in paradise.

The dolphin.

And nowhere more than here, Brazil's
Fernando de Noronha National Marine

Park. Home to one of the

largest resident groups of dolphins in
the world.

This young female has recently come of
age.

She's one of an extended family,
numbering in the thousands.

Known as spinners, for good reason.

Eat splash.

It's thought to mean something
different.

Anything from let's move to danger to
let's get it on.

This communication is key to their
social lives.

as is sex.

Spinners' penises are pencil-thin and
only an inch long.

Lucky for female spinners, it's not
about size, but frequency and variety.

She could mate with several different
males today alone.

Mothers keep a strong bond with their
calves but don't know who the father is.

Because males don't know which calves
are theirs they protect them all.

It's an unconventional family, but it
works for them.

Some 1,500 miles south of the tropics,
between Chile and Bolivia, the Andes

completely change.

It's called the altiplano, or high
plains, a place of extremes

and extreme contrast,

where deserts freeze and

waters boil.

More like Mars than Earth, it seems just
as hostile to life.

But even here, a few animals tough it
out.

And into this barren world comes the
Altiplano's most surprising residence.

Flamingos.

They spend their lives commuting from
lake to lake, looking for their favorite

foods.

Algae and tiny shrimp that thrive in the
briny water.

But as showy as they are, the flamingos
pale in comparison to the real stars of

the Altiplano stage.

the stars themselves.

At about 12,000 feet, the dry, thin air
makes for perfect stargazing.

Some of the world's astronomers have
telescopes nearby.

But just looking up with the naked eye,
you really don't need one.

At about 12,000 feet, the great mountain
spine of the Americas finally ends

here, in Patagonia.

Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

Millions of years, ice, rain, wind.

have conspired to create one of the most
beautiful places on Earth.

A top hunter lives here, known by many
names.

Mountain lion.

Cougar.

Puma.

From Alaska to California, from Brazil
to Patagonia,

this big cat is the ultimate icon of the
American mountain.

Although it's the most widespread big
predator in the Western Hemisphere, it's

rare to ever see one.

To see a family in broad daylight is
extraordinary.

Three cubs and their mother.

They're not quite cubs anymore, and
that's the problem.

Time to see if they can make it on their
own.

Fortunately for Patagonia's young
mountain lions, they're leaving home at

the best possible time.

It's spring in Patagonia.

Wanako calving season.

They may seem like easy prey, but
catching them is a lot harder than it

looks, especially for these beginners.

They need the cover of darkness.

For novice predators, sometimes it's
hard to figure out what's prey and

what's not.

The puma can't seem to decide if this
skunk would make a good meal.

And the skunk is in no mood to be eaten.

Sometimes it's better to stick with what
you know.

Tonight.

The full moon hands a critical advantage
to the prey.

The young hunters will have to work very
hard to remain unseen.

But as the night goes on the change in
the weather begins to tip the balance

back in their favor They

have the darkness they need

They pass a vital tact, proving they can
make it without their mother.

Soon, they will have to go their
separate ways.

But now, they're ready.

Nearly 600 miles from Antarctica,

The Falkland Islands sit at the southern
edge of the Atlantic Ocean, one of the

most isolated places on Earth.

Swells build to over 30 feet.

The water feels freezing cold.

Gale horse winds are common.

A paradise for penguins.

When gentoo hunt, they're all in.

At sea, They're in their element.

But they're not alone.

A southern sea lion hunts.

For penguins, there's safety in numbers.

For all but one.

However, some are lucky.

Mated pairs will raise over a dozen
chicks in their lifetime.

in the frigid waters of the Southern
Atlantic.

Across our continent, even the most
hostile land can offer hidden

opportunities. The animals here endure
incredible extremes, yet they

triumph and make the Americas their
home.