1 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,759 They look like the jungles of the Amazon: 2 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,199 Russia's cloud forests on the Pacific Ocean. 3 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,399 A touch of the exotic touches you the Far Eastern coasts. 4 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,159 Everything is a little different here than in the rest of Russia. 5 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,839 But it is also close to the sea the winter long and hard. 6 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:48,039 Anyone who wants to survive here must be prepared. 7 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,759 The journey to the east of Russia - 8 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,679 - is an expedition to distant, strange shores. 9 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:14,479 3 hours flight east of Siberia an endless coastline appears. 10 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,839 The largest country on earth gives way to an even larger empire: 11 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,039 The Pacific Ocean. 12 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,399 This country is called Ussuria between taiga and sea. 13 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:41,359 A young spotted marten explores the snow that fell overnight. 14 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,359 For many martens, snow means snow an unknown substance. 15 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,519 The animals are mostly alive in southern Asia. 16 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,079 What does a tropical marten do? here in the cold? 17 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,839 The answer still lies buried under snow. 18 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:14,199 The taiga will awaken soon. 19 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,439 And be unrecognizable. 20 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:30,999 The Amur. of Russia second largest stream. 21 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:36,199 Its catchment area is 5 times bigger than Germany. 22 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,199 2 million square kilometers. 23 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:44,879 And dozens of nameless tributaries the size of the Elbe and Rhine. 24 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,879 The Amur Delta is still covered by ice of the Sea of Okhotsk blocked. 25 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,679 The North Pacific is delayed the spring. 26 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,479 Like a gigantic icebox. 27 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,359 These coasts and forests between Amur and Korea - 28 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,839 - are the most species-rich Habitats of Russia. 29 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,479 Nothing indicates that. Almost nothing! 30 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:31,799 No tiger lives this far north like the Russian Amur tiger. 31 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,199 The largest big cat on earth. 32 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,399 This one-year-old cub weighs 2OO kilograms. 33 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,039 As much as a small horse. 34 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,639 The mother is hunting. 35 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,799 Young Amur tigers remain then often alone for days. 36 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,719 The offspring lives with her, until she mates again. 37 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,719 When his mother goes into heat, - 38 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,879 - the young tomcat keeps his distance. 39 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,919 Old Amur Tiger Males - 40 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,279 - run long distances. 41 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,639 They cross territories several females. 42 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:35,279 They don't always catch the right time. 43 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,439 Tigresses like to walk their own ways. 44 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,279 Outside the mating season. 45 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,199 They encode your desires in markings. 46 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,239 They remain readable for a long time in winter. 47 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:53,079 They need to be deciphered. By “flehmen”. 48 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,359 The message is clear. 49 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,599 All you have left for now is to intoxicate yourself with the scents. 50 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,719 The young tiger reacts already like a professional. 51 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,599 Even if it's just the mother. 52 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:22,479 Only a few rivers remain ice-free in the Sichote-Alin Mountains. 53 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,279 But they are essential for survival. 54 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,159 For the shyest Night bird of Ussuri. 55 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,679 When the March sun sets, - 56 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:40,319 - the strange calls ring out the largest owl in the world: 57 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,359 The duet of 2 giant eagle owls. (owl calls) 58 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,279 It's minus 30 degrees in early spring. 59 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,839 Hunting time for the owls. 60 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,279 Their prey is also active in winter. 61 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,199 The double jump misses its target. 62 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,879 The chars are still there. 63 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,079 You feel safe close to the edge of the ice. 64 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,839 There are in Ussuria enormous abundance of fish. 65 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,079 That led to this amazing specialization. 66 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,319 When the sun is in the east of Russia rises, - 67 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:58,519 - it is in the west of the country just sunk. 68 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,679 The Sea of Japan opens - 69 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,519 - south of the Amur estuary. 70 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,559 Collared ducks are waiting for her most important event of the day: 71 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,759 The flood. 72 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,479 She flushes plankton and others Nutrients into the intertidal zone. 73 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,119 Lharga seals prefer rather the low tide. 74 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,559 The rest period now falls inevitably into the water. 75 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:46,759 This is getting warmer due to the Tsushima: a tropical ocean current. 76 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,999 District heating of Ussuria's coasts. 77 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:56,159 The sea will clear in a few weeks heated from 2 to 15 degrees. 78 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,559 The tide is coming. 79 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,759 Collared ducks are the gamblers - 80 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,799 - the nutrient-rich kelp forests. 81 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,999 They dive recklessly straight into the surf. 82 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,839 Sea snails, crabs and small fish - 83 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,439 - are from the Underwater willows harvested. 84 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,159 As long as the tide Supplies arrive. 85 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,519 The heating effect of Tsushima gets stronger in May. 86 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,599 Fog forms over the sea. 87 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,039 Clouds and humidity surge against coastal slopes. 88 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:29,039 They are driven inland and bring the taiga to life. 89 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:05,199 The chipmunks are straight awakened from hibernation. 90 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,359 Now they're looking for their pantries. 91 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:16,959 In the fall they laid depots from nuts, berries or mushrooms. 92 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:22,839 Now are the secret reserves crucial survival aid. 93 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,199 Correspondingly interested you are looked at by your neighbors. 94 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:38,399 Because full pantries next door protect your own pantry. 95 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:43,079 The only important thing is to pretend as if nothing had happened. 96 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,959 The giant fish eagle owls have had offspring for 2 months. 97 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,719 The goose-sized eagle owl chick is perched 12 meters above the river. 98 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,679 Quiet contact sounds of the elders wake him up. 99 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:05,999 First the deep duet of both adult birds really cheers up the young eagle owl. 100 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,159 (owl calls) 101 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,359 May nights are short. 102 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,679 He gets there already at dusk first food. 103 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,959 The parents are fishing within sight from the nest tree. 104 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,919 The sight is exciting and educational at the same time. 105 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,719 Fish owls are feeding now like bullheads. 106 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,399 They are here often and easy to capture. 107 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:59,439 The fish are with their heads first swallowed whole. 108 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,839 The young eagle owl needs 10 of them in one night. 109 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,239 And the night is just beginning. 110 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,679 It's around midnight digested the evening meal. 111 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,119 The young eagle owl dares on the edge of the nest. 112 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,799 Moonlight makes the valley bright as day. 113 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,039 Best conditions for the owls. 114 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,279 Full moon increases hunting success. 115 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:46,959 Feed the mighty animals and fishing in the jungles at Bikin. 116 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,159 Until dawn. 117 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:10,959 Shades of green in all nuances shine in the canopy of the Ussuri taiga. 118 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,479 It is the most species-rich northern forest of the earth. 119 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,959 In the west - Manchuria. 120 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:24,359 On the border with China - a big one Swamp basin with ancient rice fields. 121 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,319 And in it the largest lake of the Far East - the Chanka. 122 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,639 Flat and sunny like a tropical inland sea. 123 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,319 Asia's largest wild lotus fields. 124 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,279 Strange creatures live in the lake. 125 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:36,279 It's getting too colorful for the heron. A Chinese soft-shelled turtle. 126 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:43,039 The turtles have in Lake Chanka a final, northern refuge. 127 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,119 All relatives are alive in tropical Asia. 128 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,479 But the conquest of the North has a price. 129 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,719 The turtle year on Chanka only counts 5 months. 130 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,839 The lake is otherwise under thick ice. 131 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,639 So make the most of the sun! 132 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,599 The warmest places are quickly taken. 133 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,199 But there is only one for the best tanning bed. 134 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,239 When the boss comes, it says: Watch out! 135 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,879 Soft-shelled turtles don't like it when their favorite spot is occupied. 136 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:40,599 The hierarchy is first restored. 137 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:19,679 A shrill whistle comes through the forests on the Sea of Japan. 138 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,119 Sika deer on the way to the coast. 139 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,879 Something is pulling her always there. 140 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,519 (Shrill whistle) 141 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,679 The animals are restless and nervous. 142 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,919 Another group is on the way back from the sea. 143 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,319 Summer fog over the slopes off the coast. 144 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:59,999 The sound of the surf acts like a magnet on the Sikas. 145 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,359 The deer have only one target: kelp. 146 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,799 These are mineral-rich Brown algae. 147 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,519 They are food and Salt lick at the same time. 148 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,599 Even spray gets greedy licked out of the fur. 149 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,639 The coastal forests are washed out and low in salt. 150 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,839 Through constant Rain and snowfalls. 151 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,359 Salt-addicted Sikas take risks a lot for fresh kelp. 152 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,479 Amur tigers know weaknesses the deer. 153 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,799 Your nervousness was justified. 154 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,759 The tiger returns to his nightly crack. 155 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,919 He can do adult deer Don't eat it in one go. 156 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,039 This requires several meals. 157 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,879 The first onlookers have arrived. 158 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,359 You don't have to take long waiting for her. 159 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:26,439 The nocturnal Amur tigers hunting in summer primarily: 160 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,559 Collared bears, badgers or raccoon dogs. 161 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:38,159 But they are on the coast the Sikas easy prey. 162 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:44,159 The deer is in the rocky Bays cut off the way back. 163 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,239 An Amur tiger on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. 164 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:57,319 The shy big cats could to be filmed here for the first time. 165 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:03,639 The big cat is actually fed up for a long time. 166 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,839 But she knows: 167 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,439 It will be a little later there will be nothing left to get. 168 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,199 What weighs heavier? 169 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,799 A stomach full to bursting? 170 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,479 Or food envy the insatiable crows? 171 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:32,119 Not an easy decision for the ruler of the taiga. 172 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,959 It wasn't anyway much more left. 173 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,479 The buffet is open. 174 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,319 It comes in the queue to first differences. 175 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,599 Thick-billed crows include among the smartest corvids. 176 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,799 Here's the proof! 177 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,839 The young giant sea eagle will give up at some point. 178 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,399 The crows are then at their destination. 179 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:35,039 The southwest monsoon is now almost grazing the Far Eastern coasts every day. 180 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:58,999 The Ussuri taiga near the sea is the only Russian rainforest. 181 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,439 Collared bears bother them constant wetness does not. 182 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:18,439 You spend a lot of it of the year in the canopy. 183 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,919 Unlike their brown relatives. 184 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:26,599 Only good climbers are safe in the kingdom of the Amur Tiger. 185 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,919 There is enough food at all times. 186 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:39,759 Even in the treetops. You just have to know how to find them. 187 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,839 The young eagle owl sat all night in the rain. 188 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:58,439 The puddle in his nest pit cannot drain away. 189 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,559 He can up here no longer stay. 190 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,679 The water rises below. 191 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,199 When he falls into the current, he is lost. 192 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,839 But he has no choice. 193 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,999 His down would be in the clump together in the flooded nest. 194 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,279 That went well again. 195 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,479 He has to wait now. 196 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,039 Streams become fast torrents. 197 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,279 "Land under" in the Ussuri taiga. 198 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,479 But life goes on. 199 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,159 Trout in just now dry riverbed. 200 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,839 Uprooted poplars and elms stack up. 201 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,879 Like matches around the sandbanks. 202 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:20,039 The floodwaters fill the basin of the nearby Lake Chanka. 203 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,319 The rain itself does it not this far. 204 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:31,439 With the floods suddenly comes wind into the treeless valley. 205 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,999 He makes the flat chanka to a treacherous sea. 206 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,599 Develop the short waves an enormous power. 207 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:59,679 First waves flood the sandy shores. 208 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:07,159 Like being created in an atoll small secondary lakes: lagoons. 209 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,519 The first calm after the storm. 210 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,399 Explore soft-shelled turtles the new spit. 211 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,919 Thousands of fish are in the lagoon. 212 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,999 The storm washed them up. You can't go back into the lake. 213 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,399 Another hunter is on site: a snake head. 214 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,919 The fish can get oxygen too breathe directly from the air. 215 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,239 He also sometimes goes on shore leave. 216 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,359 The situation is getting tight for the small fish. 217 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,839 The turtle is suddenly in the middle of the swarm. 218 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,479 She doesn't hesitate for long. 219 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:07,039 The soft-shelled turtles only have one month left, - 220 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,199 - before the lake ices up again. 221 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:15,359 You have to wait until then have eaten up enough reserves. 222 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,119 The snake head will increasingly restless. 223 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,159 Why this spectacular shore leave? 224 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:34,639 It is used to measure distance to the safe main lake. 225 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,919 This lagoon will dry quickly. 226 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,439 Until another typhoon hits Ussuria's coasts. 227 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,959 The original inhabitants of Lake Chanka - 228 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,999 - are ready for the next flood. 229 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:16,319 The warm Tsushima current reaches the annual peak in August. 230 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,879 The sea is now just under 20 degrees warm. 231 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:25,239 Above the Rimsky-Korsakov Archipelago there is a Mediterranean flair. 232 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,439 Japanese red pines bow far into the ocean. 233 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,559 A last barren symbol of the taiga. 234 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,879 Kelp and seagrass meadows form real forests. 235 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,839 In light-flooded shallow water. 236 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,679 With exotic inhabitants in the branches. 237 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,239 And on the ground. 238 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,279 Tropical colors in the species richest marine area in Russia. 239 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:23,919 With Tsushima come Japanese Fugu fish to the Russian coast. 240 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:32,399 Your skin and liver contain one of the strongest poisons in the animal kingdom. 241 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,599 They still apply in Japan as a specialty. 242 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:48,919 Suckers of a Pacific Starfish make contact. 243 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:55,479 A feeding spree develops. The mussel has no chance. 244 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,319 Strong digestive juices liquefy their insides. 245 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,879 It is sucked out. From shellfish only the shells remain. 246 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:15,639 Soft corals and sponges filter through the plankton-rich water. 247 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:30,159 Sea cucumbers search like vacuum cleaners scour the seabed for food. 248 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,559 Japanese summer guests are drifting in the Tsushima fairway. 249 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,839 Fringed blennies are grotesque creatures. 250 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,439 They spawn in well flowed through caves. 251 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,999 They disappear back to Japan, before it gets cold. 252 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,559 In the coastal jungle at night is busy. 253 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,919 The young eagle owl has now found a dry place. 254 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:33,679 As long as the rivers are in flood, Frogs are the snack. 255 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:41,559 One floor below is a another on the way: the raccoon dog. 256 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,079 He is too a master frog hunter. 257 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,079 Nothing can stop him from hunting. 258 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:59,439 Neither the cloudy water nor the loud fish owls above him. 259 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:06,039 He finds things with his fine nose smallest tadpoles. 260 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:12,039 It remains his secret whether he can sniff under water. 261 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:41,759 The young giant eagle owl is now as heavy as his parents. 262 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,759 His new sitting tree offers him View and protection at the same time. 263 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,479 He did it. He will wait in peace. 264 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,719 Until the flood flows beneath him. 265 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,599 And his future fishing grounds releases. 266 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:19,319 The river valley is after the rain many riparian forest islands emerged. 267 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,919 There is a female collared bear moved back here. 268 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,279 Her boys are playing above her in the canopy. 269 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,439 They climb like monkeys even the thinnest branches. 270 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,279 A good protection against tiger attacks. 271 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,599 Collared bear paws are more like gripping hands. 272 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,799 Less pawing. ...But still: 273 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,599 Protection from below when climbing can never do any harm. 274 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:06,559 The blue flycatcher drives away a rival with singing. 275 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,279 Morning fog at Chanka. 276 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:26,159 The raccoon dog is drawn over into the lagoon. 277 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,839 He follows as always his good nose. 278 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,119 Floating above the sand a fine aroma. 279 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,279 It's hatching time of soft-shelled turtles. 280 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,519 Leave the little ones behind a scent trail in the sand. 281 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,279 They lead the raccoon dogs directly to the clutch. 282 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,119 It's worth reading up on. 283 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,199 Some eggs are always infertile. 284 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:21,119 Many clutches were lost during the storm Waves washed over. Eggs spoil. 285 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,679 Only the central nests are safe. 286 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,599 They are from the sun hatched. 287 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,839 The time has come at the beginning of September. 288 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,559 The young turtles hatch almost synchronously. 289 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,759 The tiny ones know first only one destination: the lake. 290 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,399 And it's far. 291 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,759 The adult in the dishwashing seam is not a patron saint. 292 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,959 The cub is 2 centimeters tall. 293 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,119 It's nothing more than prey. 294 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:21,319 Anyone who doesn't get into the water straight away dare, the lake will help. 295 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:27,999 The little ones don't stay long dangerously close to the shore. 296 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,199 They wander out. 297 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,479 To the swimming fields the seapot. 298 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,279 Their leaves offer Privacy protection from above. 299 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,919 And from below. 300 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:49,399 There is also plenty of food to be found. For example algae. 301 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,159 Soft-shelled turtles have good eyes and noses. 302 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,919 Leftover food from the big ones are quickly tracked down. 303 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,559 need snakeheads live prey. 304 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:20,519 The little turtle gives don't stop and forget the danger. 305 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,399 Lucky you! 306 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,799 Late summer is slowly coming. 307 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:45,719 Swarming over the shores of the lake thousands of small mayflies. 308 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:51,559 Rise shortly before sunset the lake then hundreds of thousands. 309 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,559 Out of hundreds of thousands become millions. 310 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,079 From millions to billions in minutes. 311 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,199 They dance over the summer lagoon. 312 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,839 Like clouds of snow. 313 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,439 The spiders already have it long abandoned. 314 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,879 The sunset is coming. 315 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,799 The ethereal spectacle comes to an end. 316 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,599 One of the great natural wonders of the Chanka. 317 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,679 Autumn has begun in the Sichote-Alin Mountains. 318 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,439 The taiga shines in unreal splendor of colors. 319 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,839 Like a final glow before the long winter. 320 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,199 Cork trees and elms. Maple and walnut trees. 321 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,959 Who has the most beautiful coloring? 322 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:27,359 Only frost leaves the leaves really shine. 323 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,319 There are still enough leaves for the deer. 324 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:36,439 Or for the chipmunks as a warm winter cushion. 325 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,839 Musk animals are shy taiga deer. 326 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,879 Males have them fragile canines. 327 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,559 They are intended to intimidate rivals. 328 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,599 Antlers would be in the undergrowth rather hindering. 329 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:03,279 The young collared bears are already there traveling on your own for a long time. 330 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:13,079 They become like the Ussurian badger will soon go into a long winter rest. 331 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,239 The bears have each other fattened in late summer. 332 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,959 They now weigh three times as much. 333 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:31,519 You can recognize the young animals in them just the behavior. 334 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,559 Friendly wrestling is supplemented by: 335 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,519 Mutual bites in the rear. 336 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,959 The badger has some of them nothing to fear. 337 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:25,919 Collared bears breed in the fall Sleeping nests made of brushwood and leaves. 338 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,519 To protect yourself from sudden cold to protect. 339 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:35,799 When the first snow comes, they climb into a safe, high tree hole. 340 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,559 Autumn is coming inexorably also to the Chanka. 341 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,519 It will be short. 342 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,519 The lotus capsules are empty. 343 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,319 Your seeds have been sown for a long time at the bottom of the lake. 344 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,399 Hoarfrost covers the swampland. There is still life here. 345 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:12,559 Tiny parrot-billed tits bite stalks and look for insects. 346 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:22,279 The stalks are their pantries. Only they can crack it. 347 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,439 Exclusive winter reserves. Even in extreme cold. 348 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:41,559 Ussuria's great inland sea falls finally in Siberian cold torpor. 349 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,839 The shallow lake will be in 2 weeks already lying under ice. 350 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,599 Goblins become active at night: 351 00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:02,399 flying squirrel. They were startled. 352 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:09,439 By the rarest big cat of Earth - the Amur leopard. 353 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,679 It should only be about 4O of these big cats give. 354 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:26,159 Russia's Far East is their last refuge. 355 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,119 The cat killed a deer. 356 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:38,039 He comes back to him, until there's nothing left. 357 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,839 Just a fleeting moment: 358 00:41:56,040 --> 00:42:01,999 The leopard becomes like a phantom soon disappear into the darkness. 359 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,359 It will be the end of October bright in the taiga. 360 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:20,119 The frost turns forest rivers small milky ways. 361 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,079 The Siberian cold comes suddenly. 362 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,799 It preserves all life. 363 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,279 He was only a short, but life-filled episode: 364 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,479 The Ussurian summer. 365 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,599 Its exoticism is now dying in crystalline splendor. 366 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,519 Winter comes last to the coast. 367 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:07,319 The sea delayed spring like a refrigerator. 368 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,279 It now extends the fall like a huge heater. 369 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:18,199 The tropical Tsushima will soon displaced by arctic currents. 370 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,959 Snow sinks into the surf of the Pacific Ocean. 371 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,519 Time to return to the taiga. 372 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,719 Back to the cold jungles of the Amur tiger.