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(WIND WHOOSHING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

NARRATOR: China is aland of myth and mystery.

Almost inconceivabiy vast and diverse.

From the eastern coastal plain...

through mountain ranges and foresis...

to the high plateau of Ginghai.

From this magnificent landscape

are born countless lives.

Each of them part of a much larger story.

An all-encompassing circle of life...

that is fueled by the love...

the losses, and the hopes...

of many different creatures.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Our story takes place far from the bustling cities...

we often think of as China.

İt is a story of cranes...

pandas...

antelope...

monkeys...

and leopards.

Aİİ of whom call China their home.

(WARBLING)

Among all the creatures in Chinese mythology...

the crane holds a very speclal place.

(CRANES WARBLING)

A symbol of İlongevity and good fortune...

it is one of the oldest

and most prominent figures in Chinese art...

dating back thousands of years.

İt is said that when a crane takes flight...

it carries along the spirit Of a departed creature...

from this world to the next.

The Ginghai Plateau in western China...

is the highest mountain plateau on Earth.

And here, the elusive snow leopard...

rules the range.

This is Dawa.

And this incredible dreamscape is her home.

At an altitude of 14,000 feet above sea level...

the climate here is too cold for most mammals.

But Dawa ihrives here.

Every part of her body is designed for this unigue terrain...

from her exceptionally long tall...

that helps her maintain balance...

to her gray-dappled fur

that provides the perfect camouflage...

in these rocky surroundings.

Dawa is at the top of her food chain...

and at the top of her game.

She knows every crag and cranny of this mountain.

This is her turf.

(GROWLS)

But she's picked up a scent.

An unwelcome visitor.

(SNARLING)

The intruder knows she's in Dawa's territory...

but challenges her, nonetheless.

(GROWLING)

They face off in a chilling test of nerves.

Dawa must convey strengih or risk a full-on battle.

(BOTH GROWLING)

(GROWLING CONTİINUES)

The intruder finally submits.

Dawa retains her supremacy.

For now.

(GROWLS)

Dawa is not a feline to be messed with...

and right now nothing could shake her resolve.

After all, it's not just her hunting grounas...

she's protecting.

(CUBS GROWLING)

To her, these two little cubs...

are the most important things on Earth.

Providing for them and keeping them safe...

is herlife's mission.

Far to the east of Dawa...

in the Sichuan mountain valleys of central China...

a mere 8,000 feet above sea level...

goölden snub-nosed monkeys run wild.

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

Monkeys have İlong been figures of rebellion and mischief...

in Chinese folk tales.

And one of the most mischievous monkeys

on this mountain...

is Taolao.

He's the class clown of his troop...

and an aspiring kung fu master.

At two years old...

TaoTao no longer needs to be overseen by his parents.

But he still likes to come home to his father's side...

after a long day of adventuring.

(SCREECHING)

TaoTao just İoves his dad.

His dad, however, isn't big on showing affection...

leaving Taolao feeling a little unappreciated.

Oh, well.

He can always count on his mother to shower him with attention.

(İNFANT SOUEALING)

But the recent arrival of a new baby sister in the family...

has spoiled some of that maternal magic on the home front.

While monkey families only have one father...

they each have several mothers,

who all help one another care for their young.

(İNFANT SOUEALING)

TaoTao misses the days

when he used to be the center of attention...

despite the danger involved.

He's gulckly coming to the realization that he's no longer...

the darling of his family.

This new little bundle of joy has taken his place.

İt seems so unfarr...

when all the comfort and acceptance you've gotten used fo...

is suddeniy stolen from you.

"Fine, forget it, then!"”

This is exacily the kind of thing that makes a monkey turn to mischief.

Right next door to TaoTao...

in a lush bamboo forest on the other side of the mountain...

life is decidediy less stressful.

This is YaYa.

A giant panda.

Pandas are basically the opposite of monkeys.

They're not interested in stirring up trouble.

They just wanna be left alone to ealt...

and relax...

and scratch...

varlous, different areas.

And once YaYa has completed her morning chores...

she returns to her real focus in life...

(BLEATS)

her newborn daughter, MeiMeil.

Ovtside of raising cubs...

adult female pandas live almost completely solitary lives.

(WHIMPERS)

So, for YaYa...

this is the most treasured time of herlife.

(WHIMPERING)

These two will be spending the next several months...

snuggled up here inside this den.

But then they'li step out into the world...

and the real journey will begin.

Up in the higher elevations of western China...

a very different kind of family roams the plateau.

Chiru antelope are worshipped...

as sacred creatures in this region.

They are the living embodimenil...

of nature's back-and-forth, seasonal cycle.

(CALLING)

Every spring, thousands of female chiru...

embark on an epic journey.

But it's a bittersweet occasion.

They must bid fareweli to the males...

who will not see them again for several months.

(BLEATING)

In the meantime...

these bucks will have to make do on their own.

(HUFFIİNG)

The migration of these revered creatures...

washes across ihe mountain plains of western China...

like an ocean tide.

Their destination?

The legendary Zhuonai Lake...

in the remote uplands of the GCinghai Plateau.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(CUBS GROWLING)

Dawa's cubs are now old enough...

to venture outside their cave into the sunshine.

To them, this vast mountain range...

is just one big rocky playground.

(CUBS GROWLING)

Like pandas,

adult snow İeopards live very solitary lives.

So with no one infringing on her territory...

no competition for Oveen of the Mountain...

she can focus all her attention...

on her young.

Dawa could not be more content.

Nothing compares to being loved by the ones you İove most.

(CUBS GROWLING)

And while Dawa would İove nothing more...

than to just sit back and watch them climb and play...

she has other responsibilities.

She needs fo hunt.

These yaks offer a bouniy of meal...

but are far too powerful and dangerous.

She considers this marmolt.

(SOAVEAKS)

No, she doesn't.

-But these glorious creatures? -(SHEEP BLEATING)

This is what dinner looks like.

Bharal sheep are Dawa's main prey.

(BLEATING CONTINUES)

Her intimate knowledge of her home terrain...

helps her locate her prey and maneuver them...

into rocky narrows and steep slopes...

where they are more vulnerable to attack.

Like Dawa, these sheep are bullt to survive in these mountains.

Their blanched fur is the ideal camouflage...

and their strong legs make them remarkabiy fast and nimble.

(SAVEAKING)

But Dawa is smarlter.

Her cubs will go to sleep with full stomachs tonight.

This one meal could tide them over for an entire week.

In Dawa's world, you must ftake life to give life.

TaoTao has become increasingİy dejected...

and has been spending a lot of time...

jJust trying to avoid his little sister, and his family.

But today, he's come across some interesting neighbors...

who could change all that.

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

These are the Lost Boys...

a gang of young male outcasis...

some of them as young as Taolao.

These guys know all about rejection.

Being a Lost Boy is sort of like running away to join the circus...

except with fewer rules.

These kids don't seem to have a care in the world.

This is Rooster...

the leader of the Lost Boys.

He's been in a lot of battles.

You see that eye?

TaoTao's father had a hand'in that.

He's certainİy taken notice of TaoTao.

Maybe TaolTao reminds him of himself at that age.

ÖOr maybe he just stares at stuff a lol.

İn any case, if TaoTao has been looking...

for a way to vent his frustrations...

he's come to ihe right place...

because on ihis sunny afternoon...

the Lost Boys have invited him...

to play an ancient traditional monkey game...

called Let's Break Branches.

(SCREECHING)

(ROCK MUSİC PLAYING)

This is exacily what TaolTao needs right now.

Some of their shenanigans, however, go a little too far for TaoTao.

Like stealing a baby...

for kicks?

Bult hey...

it's not like it's his sister.

Being mischievous troublemakers...

is exhausting work.

For TaoTao, though, life with the Lost Boys seems...

pretiy sweet.

Until...

Goshawks are virtualiy

the onlİy natural predators these monkeys have.

And they're always on the İookout for abandoned babies.

(SOUEALS)

(MONKEY SOUEALS)

(CALLING)

İn the blink of an eye, TaoTao's world is turned upside down.

(GOSHAWK SCREECHES)

That came out of nowhere.

Why wasn't anyone keeping an eye out?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

İt's a harsh dose of reality for TaoTao.

That easily could have been his little sister.

(THUNDER CRASHING)

(BIRDS SAUVAWKING)

The summer winds,

carrying the warm scent of fresh pastures...

have İed the chiru to their sacred destination...

Zhuonal Lake.

And the real purpose of their herolic journey...

now reveals itself.

The whole fantastic, continuous cycle...

that is chiru existence...

is bullt on this first moment of bonding...

between a mother and her baby...

sharing each other's scent.

Miraculousiy, baby chiru are able to walk...

within 30 minutes of being born.

İt's that "standing still” part that's so difficult.

Within a few days,

they can run like their mothers.

As moithers and their calves learn to identify each other by smell...

they're forming the essenlial, unbreakable connections...

that bind the herd together

and allow it to survive its return migration.

Sometimes, it takes a while...

for calves to figure out whose smell is whose...

and they are gentliy encouraged to keep sniffing.

The chiru will stay here until the calves are capable...

of making their long return journey.

Then their pendulum will swing back toward home...

where they'li be reunited with the males they left behind.

(BLEATING)

(BIRDS WARBLING)

Up in the mountains of Sichuan...

the turn of seasons unfurls...

in a breathtaking kaleidoscope of color.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(WATER TRICKLING)

(MEİMEİ WHIİMPERIİNG)

YaYa and her baby have finally emerged from their den of solitude.

LE's time for MeiMei to meet the world.

(WHIMPERING)

"Well, the baby's been fed...

"and cudoled...

"and put to bed.”

"Time for lunch."

(LEAVES RUSTLING)

Pandas in the wild eat almost nothing but bamboo.

Up to 40 pounas per day.

40...

pounds...

of bamboo...

per day.

(SOAVEAKS)

MeiMei, however, has a belly full of mother's milk...

and is fully rested.

And there's a whole new world to explore.

Right.

She can't really go anywhere.

At this age, panda cubs have barely learned to crawli.

(SAVEAKING)

But that doesn't diminish her fascination...

with all these new sights and sounds.

Like this guy.

(WHIMPERS)

A red panda.

He's not realliy a panda ai all.

He's actualİy closer to a raccoon.

MeiMei doesn't care what he is.

She just wants to climb up there and say hello.

Red pandas spend almost all their time up in trees...

which makes him a perfect role model for MeiMeil.

Because climbing trees...

is all baby pandas dream about.

There's so much beauviy.

İt's entrancing.

But behind the beauvily...

lurks danger.

(SOAVEAKS)

(SAVEAKING)

"Okay?"

"And here we go again."

(SOUEALS)

(GROWLS)

(WHIMPERING)

"Oh, my gosh.

"That was so embarrassing."

(HUFFIİNG)

(MEİMEİ WHIİMPERIİNG)

(WHIMPERS)

Moms are always there to pick you up when you fall down.

And to drag you around by the neck afterward.

If she could...

YaYa would stay in this momeni forever.

(LOW BARK)

All she wants to do is hold onto her baby...

and smother her with love.

(SOAVEAKS)

But MeiMei has had a faste of freedom.

And she likes İit.

(SAVUEALING)

Pine nuts are only available in the fall...

and today Rooster and the Lost Boys...

have found a nice patch all to themselves.

And TaoTao is making sure he gets his fair share.

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

"Whoops."

He's been spending almost all his time with the Lost Boys...

ever since his cute lİittle baby sister swallowed up his family.

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

But when TaoTao's father shows up...

with the whole family in towv...

the festive mood changes...

to less festive.

(MONKEY SOUEALING)

Rooster probably still has a chip on his shoulder...

about that whole eye thing.

(SCREECHES)

Looks like it's time for some long-awaited payback.

(SCREECHING)

(SNARLING)

TaolTao can't believe this.

Why is Rooster picking a fight with his father?

The females in TaoTao's family rally around their man.

(SCREECHING)

Rooster, however, is on his own.

The Lost Boys only look out for themselves.

With nobody to back him up...

Rooster beats a hasiy retreat.

(SCREECHES)

Taolao is torn.

These new pals of his are turning out to be a bunch of self-centered brats.

İs there anybody in this crazy world you can actually depend on?

(BLEATING)

Up on the high plains...

the chiru have embarked on their journey back home

to rejoin the males.

But the smell of young calves has attracted followers.

(BLEATING)

This wolf tests the herd...

trying to separate the little ones.

By now, luckily, those baby legs...

are strong and fast, jJust like their mothers'.

(ANTELOPE BLEATING)

The chiru are united.

The bonds between moms and babies hold strong.

Each calf glued to its mother's scent.

(BLEATING)

The herd is many...

but the herd is one.

The sheer beauty of China...

manifests itself in so many different ways...

İN sOo many remote corners.

İt sometimes feels like another world.

Ünder Dawa's nurturing...

her cubs are growing into two impressive young cats.

And she's just had a successful hunlt...

which comes none too soon.

Her cubs are now fully weaned and hungry for some fresh meal.

They've been watching and learning the ways of the great hunter...

their mom.

-(LEOPARD SNARLS IN DISTANCE) -But suddeniy...

across the valley, the intruder has returned.

This time, with her three grown sons.

Scarcity of prey has brought them into Dawa's territory...

and they are more than prepared to take all that is hers.

Dawa's old rival is much more emboldeneda...

now that she has reinforcemenits.

She and Dawa both knowr...

Dawa would never survive a fight agalnst all four leopards.

(GROWLING)

(SNARLING)

Dawa can't bring herself to abandon this precious food, though.

Her cubs must eaft, and when it comes to their survival...

Dawa would fight almost any foe.

The trade-off between life and death...

is sometimes a very difficult calculation.

(SNARLING)

But then the sons move in.

Outnumbered and out-fanged...

Dawa must retreat to guard her cübs.

Not satisfied with merely stealing Dawa's kill...

the interlopers now pursue her to let her knowr...

they're here to stay.

To save her young...

Dawa must take them and leave the area.

Expelled from their own home.

(WIND WHISTLING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(WHIMPERING)

When your baby is the cutest, fuzziest creature...

this side of the Yangize River...

it's not easy to just leave it alone.

(SAVUEALING)

At six months old, MeiMei is thinking...

she's ready to move about on her own.

Her mother is thinking...

"Yeah, not so much."

That's a fall tree.

And MeiMei is no expert climber.

Yet.

(MEİMEI SOUEALING)

(SOVEALING CONTINUES)

"Come on! Momli l just wanna... Argh!"

(SOUEALS)

Being a helicopter mom can suffocate a cub's curlosity, though.

For young pandas, tree climbing is a rite of passage.

When a cub is able to successfully climb a tree...

it means it can be safe from predators.

A cub that can climb a tree...

is a cub that no İonger needs its mother.

"Mom, relax. l got this.”

(SOUEALS)

(THUD)

(SOUEALS)

On the plains of Ginghai...

the male chiru stand guard on the home fronl...

awaiting the return of their far-roving females.

(ANTELOPE BLEATING)

(SNORTS)

The females have traveled İlong and far...

to be reunited with their partners.

(BLEATING)

Unfortunately...

after being away from each other for so long...

neither the males nor the females...

have the slightest idea who their partners are.

But not to worry...

(SNORTS)

the males are more than happy to impress new females...

and start new families.

(HUFFIİNG)

They've spent the entire spring and summer bulking up...

and vying with each other for supremacy.

And they're raring to show off their masculinity.

"Problems with wolves, ladies?”"

"Fear not. İ'İl deal with this scoundrel."

(SNORTING)

Öne glance at that imposing male physigue...

and this scrappy little predator is soon sent on his way.

"Hey! Whoa!"

(SNORTING)

"İts all good."

"The ice causes abit of a... whoa!l"

(WOLF WHIMPERIİNG)

Regardless of how they accomplish it...

the herd always comes together again as öne great big family.

And the never-ending tide of chiru life flows on.

(ANTELOPE BLEATING)

(BIRD CAWING)

As the temperatures begin to plummet...

the öonce mighity GOuveen of the Mountain...

hasn't made a kill in over a week.

Now, she's forced to share her unfamiliar new territory...

with more successtİul rivals.

She must survey the area constanlly...

to get the lay of the land and reestablish her dominion...

with scent markings.

But she's been spotted by this area's male.

(GROWLIİNG AND SNARLING)

She defends her ground bravely...

but is forced to retreat back to her cubs.

Those playful days of summer...

seem very far away to Dawa right now.

İf only a family's love could determine its fate.

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(BIRD WARBLING)

YaYa's instinct is to keep her cub safe.

But she can't protect MeiMeil forever.

At some point...

she's going to have to let go.

(SOUEALS)

(WHIMPERING)

Just... maybe not today.

Winter turns the dense foresi...

into a majestic crystal fantasy land.

This is the first snowfall TaoTao's sister has ever seen.

Her pure amazement is a welcome distraction...

from the hardships of winter.

"What is this stuff2"

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

"Whatever it is, it's cold.”

"Must get to higher ground!"

Yes, snow is a bummer...

and it's really cold on your hands.

The one upside is...

it's a perfect excuse to walk like this.

(SCREECHING)

(MONKEYS SOUEFALING)

The cold and scarcity of winter...

has brought the various groups within the troop together again.

They're so hungry...

they'li eat anything.

(SCREECHING)

Rooster certainly isn't giving TaoTao any handouts.

Or warmth.

Ör support.

This is what you get...

when you're hooked up with the Lost Boys.

(SAVUEALING)

(SCREECHING)

Whoa!

Rooster is scrapping over food again.

(SCREECHING)

And the hostility is spreading.

Before you know it, TaoTao gets drawn into the fray.

Even his little sister gets caught up in İt.

She tries to help her brother and stop them from fighting...

but there's just no reasoning with these animals.

(SCREECHING)

TaoTao's father wants nothing to do with it.

There's barely any food here to fight over anyway.

(SCREECHING)

He packs up his family and heads off...

to lower, warmer territory.

With the cold biting at his bones...

TaoTao is longing for some comforil.

For someone, anyone, to just keep him warm.

He misses his family.

Up until now, he's resisted going back to them.

Maybe he's still bitter about his sister.

Maybe he's trying to prove something to his father.

Who knows?

(YAWNS)

Right now, he needs warmih.

He abandons the Lost Boys...

and follows his family.

(SCREECHES)

(MONKEY SOUEALS)

His sister welcomes him back.

But life isn't always that simple.

(SAVUEALING)

His father won'tlet him in.

TaoTao has no one to tum to.

He's run out of options.

(WIND WHOOSHING)

Between winter's wrath...

and plain old bad luck...

Dawa's hunting successes have been few and far between.

(SHEEP BLEATING)

But these sheep, seeking shelter from the weather...

have just moved within range.

(BLEATING)

(BLEATING CONTINUES)

Something terrible happens, though.

The snow has concealed jagged rocks, and Dawa has injured her paw.

Dawa knows if she and her cubs are to survive...

she must be in top physical condition to hunt.

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(BIRDS WARBLING)

(SAVUEALING)

İt looks like TaoTao has finaliy...

been allowed to rejoin the family furball.

(SAVUEALING)

Or more like cling onto the outside of it.

As long as he's willing to help protect the family against the cold...

his father will let him stay.

İt's better than freezing all alone.

At least his little sister looks happy to see him.

Maybe Taolaco is finally learning the true value of family.

(SOUEALS)

Or maybe he's just reallİy cold.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

In China...

some believe the panda to be the living embodimenl...

of the yin and yang concept...

the curved black-and-white patterns Of its fur...

mimicking the symbol itself.

(SAVUEALING)

This duality of opposing forces exisits everywhere in nature.

But perhaps nowhere more so...

than in the mounting relationship between YaYa and MeiMel.

The push and pull between freedom and protection...

is coming to a head.

(SOUEALS)

YaYa wants so badly...

to hold on to her precious daughter and keep her safe.

But MeiMei has an uncontrollable...

evolutionary urge to just climb.

And yeah, sure, the kid has some issues with gravity.

But so what? Life is risky.

She's going to fall down.

(SAVUEALING)

And then, she'li get back up.

(SAVUEALING)

But at some poinlt, she has to do it on her own.

And today is that day.

(SOUEALS)

(SAVUEALING)

As deep as YaYa's love for her daughter is...

there is a force that is stronger.

A force of nature.

And it's pulling them apart.

She's golng for it.

(SAVUEALING)

(SOUEALS)

(SAVUEALING)

The day you climb a tree on your own...

without falling out of it...

is a big day.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

YaYa may be a slightly overprotective molher...

but she's raised oöne extraordinary little panda.

She also knows...

it will soon be time to say goodbye.

The joy a mother recelves...

from raising a cub from birth, however...

is worth a thousand farewelis.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(MONKEYS SOUEFALING)

Springtime means more food.

More fleas.

And more babies.

(MONKEYS SOUEFALING)

Which, in turn, means...

more baby fever.

(SAVUEALING)

(SAVUEALING)

Though Taolao is getting along better with his family lately...

he's understandabiy been spending İess time around his father.

And a lot more time by himself.

TaoTao's sister is growing up, too.

She's starting to show off her own personality.

She's at an age now where her mother can İeave her alone...

to go forage for food.

Or for someone else's baby.

(SOUEALS)

But wherever there are little babies...

goshawks are not far away.

TaoTao spots the predator and sounds the alarm.

(SCREECHES)

The troop scrambles for cover.

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

All little önes are accounted for.

Except for one. Taolao's sister.

(SCREECHING)

But TaolTao has been keeping an eye on her...

and leaps into action.

He reaches her just in time.

(GOSHAWK SCREECHES)

(SOUEALS)

TaoTao has never felt so valued.

He acted on pure instinct to protect his sister.

And that brave act has made him realize...

that he's grown up.

A lot.

(SCREECHES)

His dad is definitely happy to have him back in the fold.

The young outcast without a care in the world...

has grown up into the family hero.

He's certainİy a hero in his sister's eyes.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

Back up on the high plateau...

the winter snow lingers well into spring...

and Dawa is still fighting to provide for her cubs.

(BLEATING)

The injury to her foot

has greatly hampered her hunting ability...

and she no longer has ithe speed to chase down prey...

as fast as these wild sheep.

(BELLS TINKLING)

But an opportunity arises.

İn springtime, domesticated yaks are released...

to graze in the higher elevations.

These beastis are 10 times as heavy as Dawa...

and one blow from those powerful horns could be fatal.

Going up agalnst a whole herd is like attacking an army.

(LOW GROWL)

But her cubs are relying on her.

(YAKS GRUNTING)

(BELLS TINKLING)

İt's now or never.

(GRUNTING)

(BELLS TINKLING)

(YAKS GRUNTING)

The calf's mother rallies to save her baby.

Dawa refuses to let go.

She knows this is her last chance.

But a yak mother's will to protect her young...

is just as strong as Dawa's.

The yak strikes Dawa hard with her horns.

(DAWA SNARLS IN PAIN)

Dawa is injured badly.

(GRUNTING)

One mother's brave rescue of her baby...

is another's tragic failure to feed hers.

(YAKS GRUNTING)

(LOW GROWL)

(CUBS GROWLING FAIİNTLY)

(BELLS TINKLING)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

(CRANES WARBLING)

In Chinese mythology, when a life ends...

a crane carrles that soul...

to rejoin the cycle of birth and rebirth.

From the end to the beginning.

Time pushes this cycle ever forward.

The young become adiulis.

The adults grow old.

And the old are rebom.

Death is not the end.

İt is merely a waypoint in a circle that continues endlessiy.

(SCREECHES)

(CUB WHIİMPERING)

(CUB SOUEALS)

(CRANES CAWING)

(CRANES WARBLING)

(YAWNING)

Every creature plays its parl...

in this great cyclical symphony.

Each life lived...

is just one beat in the larger beautiful rhythm.

This vast land breeds both love and hardship.

But in the hardship...

there is hope.

(MONKEYS SCREECHIİNG)

This is where they live.

This is where they die.

This is where they grow.

(UPLİFTİNG MUSIİC PLAYING)

This is where they are born.

In China.

(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)

(SOUEALS)

(SCREECHES)

We tried to take some time-lapses of the landscape.

As you might see right now...

the light is not very interesting.

But the good thing is...

the weather is changing every half an hour.

So, if you don't like the weather or the light...

you just have to wait a little bit

and everything changes again. (CHUCKLES)

Got a snow leopard sneaking up on blue sheep.

İt doesn't get any better than this!

CREW MEMBER: Now İt's hailing.

Perhaps in half an hour, it will be beautiful sunshine.

So, it's just a waiting game.

(PUPS SOUEALING)

(CHUCKLING)

CREW MEMBER 1:1'm done with it.

CREW MEMBER 2: (ON RADIO) Go ahead.

CREW MEMBER 3: (ON RADIO) Hello?

CREW MEMBER 4: Okay.

(LAUGHING) He's looking at the monitor.

(CREW MEMBERS LAUGHING)

(SCREECHES)

(CHUCKLES) Oh! The camera moves.

-(WİIND WHOOSHING) -Okay, it's, again,

half an hour later.

-And now it's snowing. -(THUNDER RUMBLING)

We have rolling mist and a proper thunderstorm.

But l'm still convinced that if we wait another half an hour...

we will have best conditions for my time-lapse.

İt's really wonderful getting so intimate...

with the early family life of such a rare and beautiful bird.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(WIND WHOOSHING)