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{\an7}HI. I’M BILL PULLMAN.
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{\an7}AS PART OF A RANCH FAMILY,
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{\an7}I KNOW THAT WATER IS PRECIOUS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHERE IN MONTANA.
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{\an7}IT’S THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE WEST.
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{\an7}\h\hMOST OF AMERICA’S GREAT
WATERWAYS HAVE BEEN DAMMED,
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{\an7}BUT THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER
\h\h\h\h\hIS AN EXCEPTION.
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{\an7}IT FLOWS FREE FOR THE ENTIRE
\h\h\hLENGTH OF ITS JOURNEY.
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{\an7}BUT IT CAN ALSO BE
A PLACE OF PERIL.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIN THIS CHAPTER
OF "EPIC YELLOWSTONE,"
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{\an7}YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TWO MOTHERS,
A GRIZZLY AND A BISON,
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{\an7}EACH WITH THE CHALLENGE
\hOF GETTING THEIR YOUNG
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{\an7}ACROSS THE RAGING RIVER.
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{\an7}BOTH HAVE FIERCE DETERMINATION,
AND BOTH FACE UNCERTAIN ENDINGS.
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{\an7}I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE JOURNEY
\h\h\h\hDOWN THE RIVER WILD.
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{\an7}IT’S AMONG THE LAST
\h\h\hOF ITS KIND--
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{\an7}A MIGHTY RIVER STILL WILD.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT FLOWS FROM THE HEART
OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK...
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND CARVES THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS OF THE AMERICAN WEST.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hTHIS IS THE STORY OF A RIVER
MOVING AS FEW RIVERS STILL DO...
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{\an7}UNDAMMED...
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{\an7}UNTAMED,
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{\an7}OF RAGING WATERS THAT GIVE...
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{\an7}AND TAKE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THIS IS A JOURNEY FROM THE PEAKS
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{\an7}TO THE PLAINS,
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{\an7}WHERE ANCIENT LANDS WELCOME
CREATURES FROM ANOTHER TIME.
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{\an7}[THUNDER]
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{\an7}THIS IS THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER,
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{\an7}UNLEASHED AND FREE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THE PEAKS OF THE WORLD’S
\h\hFIRST NATIONAL PARK
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{\an7}FEED THE LARGEST HIGH ELEVATION
BODY OF WATER IN NORTH AMERICA,
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{\an7}YELLOWSTONE LAKE.
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}\hITS SHORE CIRCLES
MORE THAN 100 MILES.
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{\an7}ITS DEPTHS PLUNGE
\hNEARLY 400 FEET.
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{\an7}THIS GIANT NATURAL RESERVOIR
\h\h\hHAS ONLY ONE OUTLET...
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}THE MIGHTY YELLOWSTONE RIVER.
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{\an7}BUT ON THIS JANUARY DAY,
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{\an7}\hTHE RIVER’S EXIT
IS LOCKED IN ICE,
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{\an7}REDUCED TO A FEW STEAMING POOLS,
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{\an7}CRITICAL REFUGE FOR A SPECIES
\hTHAT ONCE FACED EXTINCTION.
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}NEARLY ALL THE TRUMPETER SWANS
\h\h\h\hIN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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{\an7}MIGRATE HERE EACH WINTER.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY FLOCK TO OPEN WATER
HEATED BY GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS.
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{\an7}BUT EVEN IN THIS SANCTUARY,
\h\h\hSAFETY IS NOT A GIVEN.
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hTHE WORLD’S LARGEST WATERFOWL
HAVE ATTRACTED A HUNGRY COYOTE.
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}HUNTING ON THE FROZEN RIVER
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A CHALLENGE.
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{\an7}THERE’S NO COVER,
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{\an7}NOTHING FOR THE COYOTE
\h\h\hTO HIDE BEHIND.
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{\an7}IT MUST BE PATIENT
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{\an7}AND WAIT FOR A MISSTEP.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}IT’S NOT EASY TO CATCH
\hTHE SWANS OFF GUARD.
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{\an7}\hTHEIR CROWDED SAFE HAVEN
IS SMALL, BUT IT’S ENOUGH.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THOSE LINGERING FARTHER
\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE WATER
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{\an7}WON’T BE ABLE TO MAKE
\hSUCH A QUICK ESCAPE.
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{\an7}GATHERING MOMENTUM TO LIFT
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{\an7}A 20-POUND BODY INTO THE AIR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTAKES TIME,
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{\an7}TIME THAT’S RUNNING OUT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}\hTHE COYOTE WATCHES
ITS CHANCE FLY AWAY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS GOLDENEYE DUCK
CAN’T ESCAPE TO THE AIR...
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{\an7}OR RETREAT TO THE WATER.
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{\an7}IT’S INJURED,
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{\an7}JUST THE ADVANTAGE
THE COYOTE NEEDS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[QUACKING]
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNOT A SWAN,
BUT BETTER THAN NOTHING.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}A FEW WARM FEBRUARY DAYS
\h\h\hOPEN THE CHANNEL.
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}THE SWANS HAVE ROOM TO MOVE,
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{\an7}TO STRETCH THEIR WINGS.
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{\an7}[TRUMPETING]
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{\an7}AND THE RIVER THAT GAVE
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{\an7}YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hITS NAME
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{\an7}FLOWS FREE.
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{\an7}IT LEAVES THE LAKE,
\h\h\hHEADING NORTH,
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{\an7}THE START OF A JOURNEY
TO THE MISSOURI RIVER,
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{\an7}NEARLY 700 MILES AWAY.
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{\an7}THIS IS NO ORDINARY VOYAGE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE YELLOWSTONE
IS THE LONGEST UNDAMMED RIVER
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{\an7}IN THE LOWER 48 STATES.
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{\an7}IT FLOWS WITH A WILDNESS THAT’S
DISAPPEARING FROM AMERICA.
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{\an7}\h\hIT STILL HARBORS
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}EVEN IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S AN ARTERY,
DRAWING MANY TO ITS BANKS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hTHE COYOTE MUST BE
ENDLESSLY ON THE HUNT
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{\an7}FOR CALORIES THAT WILL CARRY IT
THROUGH THE WINTER.
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{\an7}IT FOLLOWS THE OPEN RIVER.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE COYOTE SPENDS
MUCH OF ITS YEAR ALONE.
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{\an7}SOMETIMES A HUNTER,
\hOFTEN A SCAVENGER,
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{\an7}ITS STRENGTH IS ADAPTABILITY.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}BUT THE COYOTE ISN’T AT EASE
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE ICY WATER,
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND ITS QUEST
TO FIND ENOUGH FOOD
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{\an7}WILL BE AS LONG AND GRUELING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THE SEASON.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[SQUEALING]
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{\an7}RIVER OTTERS ARE AT HOME
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WATER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY RELY
ON THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER
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{\an7}WHEN THEIR SUMMER HABITAT
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{\an7}IN LAKES AND TRIBUTARIES
\h\h\h\h\hFREEZES OVER.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}LESS THAN A YEAR OLD,
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{\an7}TWO PUPS HAVE ALREADY GROWN
\h\h\h\hAS BIG AS THEIR MOM,
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{\an7}BUT THEY STILL HAVE
\h\hA LOT TO LEARN.
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{\an7}THEY’LL STAY WITH HER
\h\h\hTHROUGH WINTER,
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{\an7}FOLLOWING HER EVERY MOVE.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE MOTHER LEADS
THE PUPS DOWNSTREAM,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTOWARD A PLACE
THEY’VE NEVER BEEN--
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{\an7}A PERFECT FISHING HOLE.
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{\an7}BUT AS THEY GET CLOSER
TO THEIR DESTINATION,
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{\an7}SHE CAN’T LET THEM
STAY IN THE WATER.
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{\an7}UP AHEAD, THE RIVER IS CHANGING.
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{\an7}THE PULL OF THE CURRENT
\h\h\hIS SUDDENLY SWIFT,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE SOUND
OF A DISTANT ROAR SWELLS.
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{\an7}[ROARING]
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{\an7}[SQUEALING]
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{\an7}THE MOTHER CALLS THE PUPS
\h\h\h\h\hOUT OF THE WATER
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{\an7}AND INTO THE DEEP SNOW.
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{\an7}THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO ESCAPE
\hTHE DANGER AROUND THE BEND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE UPPER FALLS
OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER
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{\an7}PLUMMET MORE THAN 100 FEET
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOVER A LIP
OF HARD VOLCANIC ROCK.
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{\an7}THE OTTERS CAN’T RISK A SWIM.
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{\an7}\h\h\hA RIDE OVER THIS GIANT
WOULD LIKELY BE THEIR LAST.
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{\an7}FORCED OUT OF THE RIVER,
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{\an7}THE OTTERS MUST FIND
\h\h\hANOTHER ROUTE.
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{\an7}WHEN YOU CAN’T SWIM,
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{\an7}YOU CAN SLIDE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}FOLLOWING THEIR MOTHER’S LEAD,
\hTHE PUPS GET THE HANG OF IT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hTHE DAUNTING DESCENT
BECOMES A NEW ADVENTURE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBY THE TIME THEY REACH
THE BOTTOM, THE PUPS ARE FLYING.
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{\an7}[SQUEALING]
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{\an7}THEY ARRIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME
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{\an7}\h\h\hIN A PLACE THAT’S UNLIKE
ANY OTHER ON THE YELLOWSTONE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}IN THIS GROTTO OF ICE,
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{\an7}THE CONSTANT IMPACT
\h\h\hOF THE CASCADE
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{\an7}\h\h\hKEEPS THE POOL
FROM FREEZING OVER.
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{\an7}\hTHE FORCE OF FALLING WATER
CREATES A DEEP PLUNGE BASIN
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{\an7}FULL OF OXYGEN,
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{\an7}IDEAL HABITAT FOR LARGE FISH.
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{\an7}\h\h\hFINDING CONFIDENCE
IN THIS SHELTERED COVE,
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{\an7}THE PUPS EXPLORE
THEIR NEW HOME.
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{\an7}THEY FISH FROM RAFTS
\hOF FLOATING ICE...
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{\an7}AND DINE IN SCULPTED CAVES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMAKING THE MOST
OF A WINTER WONDERLAND.
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{\an7}IN MARCH, SUNLIGHT SLOWLY
\hRETURNS TO YELLOWSTONE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}CLIMBING TEMPERATURES
\hUNLOCK SNOW AND ICE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSLABS BREAK FREE,
UNLEASHING POWERFUL FLOES.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THEY BUILD VOLUME AND MOMENTUM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE CHANNEL.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMELTWATER
FROM 70,000 SQUARE MILES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDRAINS INTO
THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER.
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{\an7}BY MAY, STREAMS BEGIN TO SWELL.
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{\an7}TRIBUTARIES BECOME TORRENTS.
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{\an7}MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER
\h\h\h\h\hRACE TO THE RIVER.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}HALF A MILE DOWNSTREAM
FROM THE UPPER FALLS,
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{\an7}SPRING’S RAGING FLOOD
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{\an7}\h\h\hPOURS OVER THE LARGEST
VERTICAL DROP IN THE RIVER--
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{\an7}THE LOWER FALLS.
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{\an7}THE RIVER PLUMMETS 308 FEET,
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{\an7}NEARLY TWICE THE HEIGHT
\h\h\hOF NIAGARA FALLS.
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{\an7}THE THUNDERING WHITEWATER
\h\h\hSLICES THROUGH ROCK,
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{\an7}CARVING THE GRAND CANYON
\h\hOF THE YELLOWSTONE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIRON IN THE ROCKS PAINTS
THE WALLS OF THE FAMOUS GORGE
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{\an7}A BOLD YELLOW.
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{\an7}[CHIRPING]
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{\an7}HOT SPRINGS AND STEAM VENTS
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{\an7}LEAVE STRIPES OF PASTEL PINK
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ORANGE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h24 MILES LONG,
AS MUCH AS 1,200 FEET DEEP,
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{\an7}\hTHE GRAND CANYON
OF THE YELLOWSTONE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS A MONUMENT
TO THE FORCE OF RAGING WATER.
200
00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:42,043
{\an7}♪
201
00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:52,052
{\an7}♪
202
00:16:53,804 --> 00:16:57,558
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
203
00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:03,481
{\an7}WITH THE BIG MELT, BISON BEGIN
A MIGRATION TO HIGHER GROUND.
204
00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:07,068
{\an7}THEY MUST CROSS SWOLLEN RIVERS
\h\h\hTO REACH SUMMER PASTURE.
205
00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:14,491
{\an7}THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY SPRING
TRAVELERS DRIVEN BY HUNGER.
206
00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:23,542
{\an7}\h\h\h\hA GRIZZLY BEAR,
JUST OUT OF HIBERNATION,
207
00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:29,340
{\an7}APPROACHES A RUSHING TRIBUTARY,
208
00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:31,843
{\an7}AND SHE’S NOT ALONE.
209
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:37,098
{\an7}\h\hAFTER A LONG WINTER
IN THE DEN WITHOUT FOOD
210
00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:40,101
{\an7}AND MONTHS OF NURSING
\h\h\hTHREE NEW CUBS,
211
00:17:40,309 --> 00:17:43,103
{\an7}HER RESERVES ARE GONE.
212
00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:45,022
{\an7}SHE NEEDS TO REACH
\hHUNTING GROUNDS
213
00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,108
{\an7}ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
214
00:17:49,986 --> 00:17:52,989
{\an7}\h\hBUT GETTING THERE
WILL BE NO EASY FEAT.
215
00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:01,706
{\an7}IN THESE EARLY DAYS
\h\hOUT OF THE DEN,
216
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:04,333
{\an7}THE CUBS ARE STILL CLUMSY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON FOOT.
217
00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:21,976
{\an7}THIS RIVER IS A TURBULENT PLACE
FOR A FIRST SWIM.
218
00:18:24,353 --> 00:18:26,730
{\an7}BISON MOVE AS A HERD,
219
00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:29,900
{\an7}\h\h\hPROTECTING YOUNG CALVES
WITH THE STRENGTH OF NUMBERS.
220
00:18:33,237 --> 00:18:34,947
{\an7}THE CALVES STAY CLOSE,
221
00:18:34,989 --> 00:18:38,784
{\an7}EVEN WHEN THEIR MOTHERS LEAD
THEM INTO DANGEROUS WATERS.
222
00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,377
{\an7}A CALF TAKES THE PLUNGE,
223
00:18:48,419 --> 00:18:51,464
{\an7}\h\h\hAND INSTANTLY,
IT’S IN DEEP WATER.
224
00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:01,974
{\an7}♪
225
00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:05,394
{\an7}\hIT TAKES ALL OF ITS EFFORT
TO KEEP UP WITH ITS MOTHER.
226
00:19:08,773 --> 00:19:13,111
{\an7}AS THE REST OF THE HERD
PILES IN, CHAOS ENSUES.
227
00:19:14,695 --> 00:19:17,198
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
228
00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:22,120
{\an7}♪
229
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:26,332
{\an7}THE GRIZZLY HASN’T FOUND AN EASY
PLACE FOR THE CUBS TO CROSS.
230
00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:34,215
{\an7}\h\hBUT HER EMPTY STOMACH PULLS
HER INTO THE WATER NONETHELESS.
231
00:19:34,256 --> 00:19:39,470
{\an7}♪
232
00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,848
{\an7}FEAR GRIPS HER ENTOURAGE.
233
00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:44,892
{\an7}[GROWLING]
234
00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:50,523
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE SOW STAYS PUT,
COACHING THE CUBS TO FOLLOW,
235
00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:53,901
{\an7}BUT IT’S A BIG RIVER
\hFOR LITTLE BEARS.
236
00:19:57,947 --> 00:20:00,616
{\an7}THE BISON HERD STRUGGLES
\h\h\h\hTO STAY UPRIVER
237
00:20:00,658 --> 00:20:03,452
{\an7}FROM THE MOST VIOLENT RAPIDS.
238
00:20:04,787 --> 00:20:07,248
{\an7}\h\h\hLOSE YOUR FOOTING,
AND THE RIVER TAKES YOU.
239
00:20:07,456 --> 00:20:12,002
{\an7}♪
240
00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,630
{\an7}[GROANING]
241
00:20:18,426 --> 00:20:20,929
{\an7}EVEN THE STRONGEST ARE LOST.
242
00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:27,768
{\an7}\h\hTHE SAME CURRENT
DRAGS THE CALF DOWN.
243
00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:35,735
{\an7}THE GRIZZLY MAY HAVE MADE
\h\h\h\h\hTHE WRONG MOVE.
244
00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:40,281
{\an7}ALL THREE CUBS FOLLOWED HER
\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE RIVER.
245
00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:44,285
{\an7}NOW THEY’RE SWIMMING
\h\hFOR THEIR LIVES,
246
00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:49,707
{\an7}AND SHE CAN’T HELP THEM
\h\h\h\h\h\hALL AT ONCE.
247
00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:53,169
{\an7}MATERNAL INSTINCT IS FIERCE,
248
00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:54,878
{\an7}BUT SO IS THE RIVER.
249
00:20:54,920 --> 00:21:06,181
{\an7}♪
250
00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:10,936
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE COW USES HER BODY AS
A SHIELD, BREAKING THE CURRENT.
251
00:21:13,022 --> 00:21:18,110
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIN HER LEE,
THE CALF MAKES HEADWAY,
252
00:21:18,152 --> 00:21:20,237
{\an7}WHILE OTHERS FALTER.
253
00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:24,200
{\an7}♪
254
00:21:25,701 --> 00:21:27,161
{\an7}[GRUNTS]
255
00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:31,416
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY’VE ESCAPED
THE WATER’S DEADLY GRIP.
256
00:21:32,833 --> 00:21:33,751
{\an7}[GRUNTS]
257
00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:37,713
{\an7}FOR THE BEAR CUBS,
258
00:21:37,755 --> 00:21:41,175
{\an7}THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER
\h\h\h\hIS FINALLY IN REACH.
259
00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:46,138
{\an7}ONE DOWN...
260
00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:51,977
{\an7}♪
261
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,020
{\an7}TWO TO GO.
262
00:21:53,062 --> 00:22:03,906
{\an7}♪
263
00:22:16,043 --> 00:22:19,380
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAGAINST THE ODDS,
ALL THREE CUBS HAVE SURVIVED
264
00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:23,383
{\an7}THEIR FIRST ENCOUNTER
\h\h\hWITH THE RIVER,
265
00:22:23,425 --> 00:22:25,344
{\an7}BUT THE BATTLE HAS DRAINED THEM.
266
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:37,397
{\an7}BEFORE THEY CAN SET OUT
\h\h\h\h\hTO FIND FOOD,
267
00:22:37,523 --> 00:22:39,275
{\an7}IT’S NAPTIME.
268
00:22:39,316 --> 00:22:49,368
{\an7}♪
269
00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:54,999
{\an7}♪
270
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,502
{\an7}\hTHE BISON HERD WILL CONTINUE
THE JOURNEY TO HIGHER PASTURES
271
00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:00,629
{\an7}IN THE HEART OF YELLOWSTONE.
272
00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:08,971
{\an7}\h\hBUT THE RIVER TRAVELS
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
273
00:23:09,013 --> 00:23:10,598
{\an7}LEAVING THE PARK
274
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:13,350
{\an7}AND MEETING CIVILIZATION.
275
00:23:16,186 --> 00:23:19,731
{\an7}IT RUNS THROUGH THE GATEWAY TOWN
OF GARDINER, MONTANA,
276
00:23:19,773 --> 00:23:24,569
{\an7}THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE
\h\h\hTO YELLOWSTONE.
277
00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:26,614
{\an7}\hBUT THE STREETS
ARE SOON REPLACED
278
00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:31,243
{\an7}BY A MAN-MADE TAPESTRY
OF RANCHES AND HOMES.
279
00:23:31,285 --> 00:23:44,465
{\an7}♪
280
00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:45,549
{\an7}IN PARADISE VALLEY,
281
00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:47,843
{\an7}\hTHE SHARP RIDGES
OF YOUNG MOUNTAINS
282
00:23:47,885 --> 00:23:50,304
{\an7}RISE ABOVE THE RIVER,
283
00:23:50,346 --> 00:23:54,767
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND SPRING TURBULENCE
MELLOWS INTO EASIER CURRENTS.
284
00:23:57,353 --> 00:24:02,483
{\an7}\hBENEATH THE SURFACE, WARMING
TEMPERATURES SEND AN UGLY BUG
285
00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:05,361
{\an7}ON A QUEST TO FIND A PARTNER.
286
00:24:09,531 --> 00:24:14,453
{\an7}FOR THREE YEARS, THE SALMONFLY
\hLIVES IN THE FORM OF A NYMPH
287
00:24:14,495 --> 00:24:16,080
{\an7}ON THE RIVER BOTTOM.
288
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,584
{\an7}NOT A PRETTY PHASE,
289
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:24,505
{\an7}BUT A DRAMATIC MAKEOVER
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS IN REACH,
290
00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,089
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIF THE NYMPH
CAN MAKE THE JOURNEY
291
00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:30,427
{\an7}FROM ITS WATERY HOME
\h\h\h\hTO DRY LAND.
292
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:36,934
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THIS CLEAN,
FAST-FLOWING WATER,
293
00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,728
{\an7}THE SALMONFLY NYMPH
\h\hHAS GROWN TO BE
294
00:24:38,769 --> 00:24:41,480
{\an7}MORE THAN TWO INCHES LONG.
295
00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:48,571
{\an7}IT’S THE LARGEST OF MORE THAN
\h\h3,000 SPECIES OF STONEFLY.
296
00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:50,614
{\an7}FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS LIFE,
297
00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:55,327
{\an7}THE GIANT LEAVES THE WATER
\h\h\h\hAND MEETS THE AIR.
298
00:24:57,746 --> 00:25:01,166
{\an7}BUT BEFORE IT CAN TAKE
\h\h\hA SINGLE BREATH,
299
00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:03,460
{\an7}IT MUST TRANSFORM.
300
00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:07,506
{\an7}AS THE SUN SETS,
301
00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:11,552
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF NYMPHS EMERGE
\h\h\hFROM THE YELLOWSTONE
302
00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:16,681
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND BEGIN
THE SAME METAMORPHOSIS.
303
00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:18,559
{\an7}WRITHING FROM WITHIN,
304
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:24,856
{\an7}THE SALMONFLY STRUGGLES TO BREAK
OUT OF ITS HARD EXOSKELETON.
305
00:25:24,898 --> 00:25:28,652
{\an7}UNTIL IT TEARS ITS LUNGS
\h\hFROM ITS OLD SHELL,
306
00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:30,571
{\an7}IT CAN’T BREATHE.
307
00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:41,581
{\an7}♪
308
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:50,507
{\an7}♪
309
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:56,388
{\an7}WITH TREMENDOUS EFFORT,
THE NYMPH BECOMES A FLY.
310
00:25:56,430 --> 00:26:07,483
{\an7}♪
311
00:26:07,524 --> 00:26:15,073
{\an7}♪
312
00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:17,909
{\an7}\h\hIN ORDER TO MINGLE
IN THE GROWING CROWD,
313
00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:22,080
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE SALMONFLY
WILL NEED ITS WINGS.
314
00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:26,627
{\an7}\hCRINKLED MEMBRANES
MUST UNCURL AND DRY.
315
00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:40,056
{\an7}♪
316
00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:43,644
{\an7}BY DAWN, THE SALMONFLY SHIMMERS.
317
00:26:43,685 --> 00:26:46,396
{\an7}ITS TRANSFORMATION IS COMPLETE.
318
00:26:54,321 --> 00:26:57,741
{\an7}BUT REACHING NEW COMPANY
\h\hWILL TAKE A CLIMB...
319
00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:10,671
{\an7}AND A LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.
320
00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:20,305
{\an7}♪
321
00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:27,855
{\an7}♪
322
00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:30,690
{\an7}URGENCY FILLS THE AIR.
323
00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:32,693
{\an7}\h\hTHE SALMONFLIES
HAVE JUST A FEW DAYS
324
00:27:32,734 --> 00:27:35,278
{\an7}TO FIND A MATE AND LAY EGGS.
325
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:46,373
{\an7}♪
326
00:27:46,415 --> 00:27:55,090
{\an7}♪
327
00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:58,927
{\an7}NOT ALL MAIDEN FLIGHTS
\h\hMEET WITH SUCCESS.
328
00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:04,474
{\an7}HEAVY BODIES AND DELICATE WINGS
329
00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:07,728
{\an7}MAKE THE SALMONFLY CLUMSY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE AIR.
330
00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:12,774
{\an7}THE SLIGHTEST GUST CAN SEND THEM
PLUMMETING BACK INTO THE RIVER.
331
00:28:14,818 --> 00:28:19,448
{\an7}WET, THEIR NEW WINGS
\h\h\h\hARE USELESS,
332
00:28:19,489 --> 00:28:21,908
{\an7}AND HUNGRY MOUTHS WAIT.
333
00:28:27,164 --> 00:28:29,750
{\an7}TROUT RISE TO THE SURFACE,
334
00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:31,752
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hCOLLECTING
THE WEALTH OF PROTEIN
335
00:28:31,919 --> 00:28:33,879
{\an7}DELIVERED BY CRASH LANDINGS.
336
00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:50,770
{\an7}♪
337
00:28:50,938 --> 00:28:55,109
{\an7}\h\hOTHER HUNTERS JOIN THE FISH
IN MAKING THE MOST OF THE EVENT.
338
00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:06,953
{\an7}BUT SO MANY SALMONFLIES EMERGE
339
00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:10,790
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT PREDATORS
HARDLY DENT THEIR NUMBERS.
340
00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,376
{\an7}AS SUMMER’S WARMER TEMPERATURES
341
00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:15,086
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMAKE THEIR WAY
TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS,
342
00:29:15,128 --> 00:29:19,049
{\an7}THE HATCH CONTINUES IN WAVES.
343
00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:23,095
{\an7}DENSE CLOUDS OF SALMONFLIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMOVE UPRIVER,
344
00:29:23,136 --> 00:29:26,848
{\an7}BACK TO THE LOWER FALLS.
345
00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:28,600
{\an7}ALONG THE RIVER’S BANKS,
346
00:29:28,642 --> 00:29:33,522
{\an7}INSTINCT DRIVES THEM TO FULFILL
THEIR ONE AND ONLY PURPOSE.
347
00:29:36,358 --> 00:29:41,780
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA MALE SEARCHES
FOR HIS LARGER COUNTERPART.
348
00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:43,699
{\an7}OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK,
349
00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:47,535
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHE PAIRS OFF WITH
AS MANY FEMALES AS POSSIBLE.
350
00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:58,880
{\an7}♪
351
00:29:58,922 --> 00:30:01,383
{\an7}SHE HAS JUST ONE PARTNER.
352
00:30:01,425 --> 00:30:12,478
{\an7}♪
353
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:18,859
{\an7}♪
354
00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,611
{\an7}WHEN THE COUPLING IS OVER,
355
00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:25,532
{\an7}SHE PUMPS A ROUND EGG SAC
\h\h\hOUT OF HER ABDOMEN.
356
00:30:25,574 --> 00:30:29,578
{\an7}SHE’LL DROP THIS EGG BOMB
\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE RIVER,
357
00:30:29,619 --> 00:30:31,996
{\an7}LEAVING HER LEGACY
\hIN THE CURRENT.
358
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:43,716
{\an7}THE ADULT SALMONFLIES WILL LIVE
FOR JUST A FEW WEEKS.
359
00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:50,891
{\an7}IN THAT TIME, THEIR PRESENCE
\h\h\hBECOMES A SIREN CALL,
360
00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:53,810
{\an7}PULLING DRIFTERS TO THE RIVER.
361
00:30:53,852 --> 00:31:03,862
{\an7}♪
362
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:09,701
{\an7}♪
363
00:31:09,743 --> 00:31:19,795
{\an7}♪
364
00:31:19,795 --> 00:31:24,758
{\an7}♪
365
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:33,267
{\an7}♪
366
00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:37,521
{\an7}IT’S THE FINE ART OF IMITATION--
367
00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:41,149
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA HANDMADE FLY
CRAFTED IN EVERY DETAIL
368
00:31:41,191 --> 00:31:43,276
{\an7}TO MATCH THE GIANT INSECT.
369
00:31:50,659 --> 00:31:54,246
{\an7}\h\h\h\hATTENTIONS TO THE LURE
HAVE BEEN PIQUED BY THE HATCH.
370
00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,878
{\an7}\hTHE CAST REQUIRES
GRACE AND PRECISION.
371
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:16,935
{\an7}♪
372
00:32:16,977 --> 00:32:17,978
{\an7}♪
373
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:27,946
{\an7}♪
374
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:33,368
{\an7}♪
375
00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:36,330
{\an7}A PERFECT LANDING
MIMICS THE SPLASH
376
00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:38,373
{\an7}OF A FALLEN SALMONFLY.
377
00:32:38,415 --> 00:32:39,458
{\an7}♪
378
00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:49,551
{\an7}♪
379
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:54,556
{\an7}♪
380
00:32:54,598 --> 00:32:58,894
{\an7}\h\h\hIT TAKES YEARS
TO MASTER THIS HOAX.
381
00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:03,481
{\an7}THE BEND OF THE ROD,
THE ARC OF THE LINE,
382
00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:06,067
{\an7}MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
\hIN SELLING THE STUNT.
383
00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:16,661
{\an7}♪
384
00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:19,789
{\an7}IT’S NOT THE MOUTHFUL
\hTHE TROUT EXPECTED.
385
00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:27,047
{\an7}♪
386
00:33:27,214 --> 00:33:29,633
{\an7}BUT IT WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.
387
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:36,556
{\an7}♪
388
00:33:36,598 --> 00:33:39,559
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR AS LONG
AS THE SALMONFLY HATCH LASTS,
389
00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:43,980
{\an7}OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE PLENTY.
390
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:45,357
{\an7}AND EVERY LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN
391
00:33:45,398 --> 00:33:48,401
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBENEFITS
FROM THE RIVER’S BOUNTY.
392
00:33:52,572 --> 00:33:55,158
{\an7}THE MEETING OF HUMAN AND RIVER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS NOT CONFINED
393
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:58,203
{\an7}TO THE NARROW CHANNEL
\h\h\hOF THE WATERWAY.
394
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,166
{\an7}FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
395
00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:06,169
{\an7}\h\hFLOODS HAVE DEPOSITED
RICH SEDIMENT ON THE LAND
396
00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:09,047
{\an7}STRETCHING TO THE BASE
\h\hOF THE MOUNTAINS.
397
00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:15,011
{\an7}WATER PULLED FROM THE RIVER
\h\h\h\h\h\hIRRIGATES FIELDS
398
00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,055
{\an7}AND SUSTAINS A WAY OF LIFE.
399
00:34:17,097 --> 00:34:23,395
{\an7}♪
400
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:25,897
{\an7}AS SETTLERS MOVED WEST
\h\hTO WORK THE LAND,
401
00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:30,527
{\an7}SMALL TOWNS SPRANG UP
\hON THE YELLOWSTONE.
402
00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:35,199
{\an7}\h\h\h\hA BEND IN THE RIVER
FRAMES LIVINGSTON, MONTANA.
403
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,950
{\an7}ON THE FOURTH OF JULY,
404
00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:40,954
{\an7}\h\hTHE RODEO DRAWS THOUSANDS
TO AN ARENA ON THE RIVERBANK.
405
00:34:43,665 --> 00:34:47,127
{\an7}COMPETITORS WAIT BEHIND GATES.
406
00:34:47,335 --> 00:35:00,139
{\an7}♪
407
00:35:00,181 --> 00:35:07,939
{\an7}♪
408
00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:15,530
{\an7}\hWHILE THE RIVER
CRUISES CALMLY BY,
409
00:35:15,572 --> 00:35:17,741
{\an7}SPECTATORS SETTLE IN.
410
00:35:22,245 --> 00:35:25,165
{\an7}A TORRENT IS UNLEASHED.
411
00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:33,715
{\an7}♪
412
00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:38,428
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE CHALLENGE--TO HOLD ON
FOR EIGHT EXCRUCIATING SECONDS.
413
00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:44,601
{\an7}THE TRICK IS LETTING MOTION
\h\h\h\h\hFLOW LIKE WATER...
414
00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:51,191
{\an7}♪
415
00:35:51,316 --> 00:35:53,068
{\an7}DIVERTING THE IMPACT...
416
00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:58,197
{\an7}♪
417
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:01,200
{\an7}\h\hFINDING FLUIDITY
AND A KIND OF GRACE.
418
00:36:01,368 --> 00:36:11,295
{\an7}♪
419
00:36:11,295 --> 00:36:17,217
{\an7}♪
420
00:36:17,258 --> 00:36:18,718
{\an7}♪
421
00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:36,236
{\an7}[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
422
00:36:36,319 --> 00:36:39,531
{\an7}\h\h\h\hEVERY RODEO EVENT TESTS
A SKILL USED TO WORK THE CATTLE
423
00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:42,241
{\an7}\h\h\h\hON THE RANCHES
UP AND DOWN THE RIVER.
424
00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:48,331
{\an7}♪
425
00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:50,333
{\an7}ROPING RUNAWAY CALVES...
426
00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:56,798
{\an7}WRANGLING STEERS
FOR BRANDING...
427
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:06,266
{\an7}\h\hMAKING TIGHT TURNS
WHILE MOVING THE HERD.
428
00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:08,976
{\an7}\hTHE NIGHT BUILDS
TO A GRAND FINALE.
429
00:37:09,018 --> 00:37:11,270
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
430
00:37:11,354 --> 00:37:22,282
{\an7}♪
431
00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:29,289
{\an7}♪
432
00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:33,501
{\an7}THE CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE
REFLECTS ON THE YELLOWSTONE,
433
00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:35,628
{\an7}A RIVER THAT RUNS FREE.
434
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:51,060
{\an7}♪
435
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:53,730
{\an7}JUST BEYOND THE TOWN
\h\h\hOF LIVINGSTON,
436
00:37:53,772 --> 00:37:56,358
{\an7}THE YELLOWSTONE TURNS EASTWARD.
437
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:03,323
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT MEETS
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD,
438
00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:06,534
{\an7}\h\h\hA LINE WHICH CONNECTED
THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST.
439
00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:17,003
{\an7}\h\hAS AMERICA EXPANDED, MANY OF
ITS GREAT RIVERS WERE HARNESSED.
440
00:38:17,045 --> 00:38:20,632
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hDAMS POWERED
THE GROWTH OF A NATION.
441
00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:24,510
{\an7}BUT THE YELLOWSTONE MOVES
\h\h\hWITHOUT OBSTRUCTION.
442
00:38:24,552 --> 00:38:27,221
{\an7}\hIT’S THE LONGEST
FREE-FLOWING RIVER
443
00:38:27,263 --> 00:38:30,725
{\an7}IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES.
444
00:38:30,767 --> 00:38:33,103
{\an7}IN THE ABSENCE OF DAMS,
445
00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:36,522
{\an7}WATER LEVELS RISE AND FALL
\h\h\h\hWITH THE SEASONS,
446
00:38:36,564 --> 00:38:40,109
{\an7}KEEPING A RARE FOREST ALIVE.
447
00:38:42,654 --> 00:38:46,908
{\an7}\h\h\hCOTTONWOOD TREES DEPEND
ON FLOODING FOR REGENERATION.
448
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:55,542
{\an7}♪
449
00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:59,462
{\an7}IN THE SPRING, HIGH WATER
\hCOVERS THE GRAVEL BARS.
450
00:39:03,216 --> 00:39:06,720
{\an7}WATER LEVELS DROP AGAIN
JUST AS CLOUDS OF WHITE
451
00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:09,347
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBEGIN TO DRIFT
FROM THE COTTONWOODS.
452
00:39:09,389 --> 00:39:15,061
{\an7}♪
453
00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:19,482
{\an7}\hA SINGLE TREE CAN DISPERSE
MORE THAN 25 MILLION SEEDS.
454
00:39:21,150 --> 00:39:26,322
{\an7}EACH IS WRAPPED IN DOWNY FIBER
\h\h\hAND FLOATS ON THE WIND.
455
00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:32,411
{\an7}IT NEEDS THE PERFECT CONDITIONS
TO GERMINATE--
456
00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:36,374
{\an7}MOISTURE, BARE DIRT,
\h\h\hAND SUNLIGHT.
457
00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:39,794
{\an7}THE RECEDING FLOODWATERS
REVEAL SILTY GRAVEL BARS
458
00:39:39,836 --> 00:39:43,423
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT EXACTLY
THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR.
459
00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:47,677
{\an7}THE SEEDLINGS HAVE A NARROW
\hWINDOW, JUST A FEW WEEKS,
460
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,765
{\an7}TO TAKE ROOT BEFORE THEIR
LANDING SITES GET TOO DRY.
461
00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:59,439
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCOTTONWOODS THRIVE
ALL ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE.
462
00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:00,773
{\an7}THEY PROVIDE HABITAT
463
00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:04,319
{\an7}\h\h\h\hFOR MORE THAN HALF
OF MONTANA’S BIRD SPECIES.
464
00:40:07,947 --> 00:40:11,951
{\an7}\hTHE GREAT BLUE HERON
STANDS FOUR FEET TALL.
465
00:40:11,993 --> 00:40:13,620
{\an7}[SQUAWKING]
466
00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:20,460
{\an7}IT SPENDS MUCH OF ITS LIFE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SOLITUDE.
467
00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:25,381
{\an7}♪
468
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,050
{\an7}BUT TO RAISE YOUNG,
469
00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:31,554
{\an7}NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST HERONS
\h\h\h\h\hGATHER IN A ROOKERY.
470
00:40:35,183 --> 00:40:38,395
{\an7}HIGH IN THE COTTONWOODS
\hABOVE THE YELLOWSTONE,
471
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:42,357
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY BUILD PLATFORM NESTS
AND TAKE TURNS DEFENDING CHICKS
472
00:40:42,398 --> 00:40:46,694
{\an7}FROM EAGLES, RACCOONS,
\hAND OTHER PREDATORS.
473
00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:51,616
{\an7}BUT THE RELATIVE SAFETY
OF THE ELEVATED ROOKERY
474
00:40:51,658 --> 00:40:54,536
{\an7}ALSO POSES A PROBLEM.
475
00:40:54,577 --> 00:40:56,704
{\an7}STRANDED IN THE AIR,
476
00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:59,999
{\an7}THE CHICKS CAN’T GATHER FOOD
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THEMSELVES,
477
00:41:00,041 --> 00:41:04,128
{\an7}EVEN WHEN THEY GET QUITE LARGE.
478
00:41:04,170 --> 00:41:08,716
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEIR PARENTS HAVE AN
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT CHORE--
479
00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:11,177
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFEEDING
THEIR ENORMOUS OFFSPRING.
480
00:41:11,219 --> 00:41:19,769
{\an7}♪
481
00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:23,523
{\an7}\hTHE HERON HUNTS
IN SHALLOW WATER,
482
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:26,233
{\an7}LOCATING ITS PREY BY SIGHT.
483
00:41:26,275 --> 00:41:39,163
{\an7}♪
484
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:42,542
{\an7}SMALL FISH COMPOSE
MUCH OF ITS DIET.
485
00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:49,340
{\an7}IT ALWAYS SWALLOWS FISH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHEADFIRST,
486
00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:53,177
{\an7}\h\h\h\hORIENTING THE SCALES
SO THEY SLIDE DOWN SMOOTHLY.
487
00:41:53,219 --> 00:42:08,151
{\an7}♪
488
00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:12,780
{\an7}\hTHE HERON SHAKES ITS CATCH,
ATTEMPTING TO BREAK ITS SPINE,
489
00:42:12,822 --> 00:42:16,284
{\an7}\h\hMAKING IT EASIER
TO GULP DOWN WHOLE.
490
00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:22,122
{\an7}♪
491
00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:25,502
{\an7}\hCONVENIENTLY STASHED
IN THE BIRD’S STOMACH,
492
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:30,214
{\an7}THE FISH IS READY FOR TRANSPORT
BACK TO THE ROOKERY.
493
00:42:30,256 --> 00:42:37,597
{\an7}♪
494
00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:41,475
{\an7}THE HERON WILL REGURGITATE
\hTHE FISH FOR ITS CHICKS.
495
00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:52,570
{\an7}♪
496
00:42:52,612 --> 00:42:58,368
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS SUMMER PEAKS,
WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO DROP
497
00:42:58,409 --> 00:43:00,494
{\an7}AND NEW FEATURES EMERGE.
498
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:06,334
{\an7}A WAVE.
499
00:43:08,795 --> 00:43:11,881
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h700 MILES
FROM THE NEAREST OCEAN,
500
00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:14,968
{\an7}THE YELLOWSTONE HAS SURF.
501
00:43:25,228 --> 00:43:31,276
{\an7}\h\h\h\hA RIVER WAVE ONLY FORMS
UNDER VERY SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
502
00:43:31,317 --> 00:43:34,403
{\an7}\h\h\hON THIS AUGUST DAY,
THE YELLOWSTONE SPEEDS BY
503
00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:37,782
{\an7}AT MORE THAN 4,000 CUBIC FEET
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPER SECOND.
504
00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:43,079
{\an7}HIDDEN JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE,
505
00:43:43,121 --> 00:43:47,167
{\an7}A ROCKY SHELF ABRUPTLY SLOWS
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE RIVER’S FLOW
506
00:43:47,208 --> 00:43:50,545
{\an7}AND CREATES A STANDING WAVE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN ITS WAKE.
507
00:43:50,586 --> 00:44:00,638
{\an7}♪
508
00:44:00,638 --> 00:44:05,685
{\an7}♪
509
00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:16,696
{\an7}♪
510
00:44:16,863 --> 00:44:22,702
{\an7}♪
511
00:44:25,538 --> 00:44:29,792
{\an7}\h\hTHE RIVER BRUSHES OFF MANY
WHO ATTEMPT TO TAME ITS SWELL.
512
00:44:36,716 --> 00:44:40,386
{\an7}BUT THE FORCE OF THE WATER
\h\h\h\hCAN BE HARNESSED.
513
00:44:47,393 --> 00:44:51,731
{\an7}♪
514
00:44:51,772 --> 00:44:55,150
{\an7}THIS WAVE WILL ONLY LAST
\h\h\h\hFOR A FEW WEEKS.
515
00:44:57,778 --> 00:45:01,156
{\an7}IT’S ONE OF ROUGHLY A DOZEN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTANDING WAVES
516
00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:03,785
{\an7}EVER SURFED ON THE YELLOWSTONE.
517
00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:09,957
{\an7}THE PHENOMENON IS RARE ENOUGH
518
00:45:09,999 --> 00:45:13,669
{\an7}THAT SOMETIMES THE HIDDEN GEMS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE KEPT SECRET.
519
00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:21,761
{\an7}♪
520
00:45:21,969 --> 00:45:28,767
{\an7}EACH YEAR, AS THE WATER LEVELS
VARY, SURF SPOTS COME AND GO.
521
00:45:28,809 --> 00:45:34,398
{\an7}\h\hBUT UNLIKE AN OCEAN BREAK,
THIS IS A NEVER-ENDING RIDE...
522
00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:39,778
{\an7}FOR AS LONG AS THE WAVE LASTS.
523
00:45:39,946 --> 00:45:45,785
{\an7}♪
524
00:45:45,826 --> 00:45:57,796
{\an7}♪
525
00:45:57,838 --> 00:46:01,342
{\an7}[THUNDER]
526
00:46:01,384 --> 00:46:04,804
{\an7}AUGUST STORMS FILL THE AIR
\h\h\h\hWITH ELECTRICITY.
527
00:46:04,971 --> 00:46:06,806
{\an7}[THUNDER]
528
00:46:06,847 --> 00:46:11,268
{\an7}♪
529
00:46:11,310 --> 00:46:13,979
{\an7}AND THE RIVER FLOWS
\hWITH A NEW ENERGY
530
00:46:14,021 --> 00:46:18,817
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAS IT MOVES
INTO A DRIER LANDSCAPE.
531
00:46:18,985 --> 00:46:20,570
{\an7}IN EASTERN MONTANA,
532
00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:25,616
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS
OF THE HEADWATERS ARE LONG GONE.
533
00:46:25,658 --> 00:46:31,497
{\an7}\hHERE, THE YELLOWSTONE
REVEALS ANCIENT STORIES.
534
00:46:31,539 --> 00:46:35,001
{\an7}EACH BAND OF STONE MARKS
\h\hA CHANGING GEOGRAPHY
535
00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:38,796
{\an7}\hSTRETCHING BACK
65 MILLION YEARS,
536
00:46:38,838 --> 00:46:43,885
{\an7}\h\h\hTO A TIME WHEN THIS WAS A
TROPICAL SWAMP ON AN INLAND SEA.
537
00:46:43,926 --> 00:46:50,141
{\an7}♪
538
00:46:50,182 --> 00:46:52,059
{\an7}LIGHT REFLECTED ON THE RIVER
539
00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:55,771
{\an7}\hLEFT DISTANT GALAXIES
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
540
00:46:55,813 --> 00:47:00,568
{\an7}♪
541
00:47:00,609 --> 00:47:04,905
{\an7}THE GLOW OF THE AURORA BOREALIS
PAINTS A RIBBON OF COLOR
542
00:47:04,947 --> 00:47:07,366
{\an7}THAT WINDS THROUGH THE BADLANDS.
543
00:47:07,408 --> 00:47:16,834
{\an7}♪
544
00:47:19,420 --> 00:47:24,842
{\an7}ON THE RIVER BOTTOM, A DIFFERENT
GROUP OF SPECIES APPEARS,
545
00:47:24,884 --> 00:47:28,221
{\an7}CREATURES THAT COEXISTED
\h\hWITH THE DINOSAURS.
546
00:47:31,057 --> 00:47:34,727
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE SNAPPING TURTLE
HAS REMAINED NEARLY UNCHANGED
547
00:47:34,769 --> 00:47:38,564
{\an7}FOR MORE THAN 90 MILLION YEARS.
548
00:47:38,606 --> 00:47:43,486
{\an7}IT EVOLVED FROM TURTLES THAT HAD
NO HARD PROTECTIVE EXTERIOR.
549
00:47:45,738 --> 00:47:49,283
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE TODAY’S
SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE,
550
00:47:49,325 --> 00:47:51,744
{\an7}THEY WERE DEFENSELESS.
551
00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:00,627
{\an7}THE SHOVELNOSE STURGEON
552
00:48:00,669 --> 00:48:05,090
{\an7}BELONGS TO ONE OF THE EARLIEST
\h\h\hKNOWN FAMILIES OF FISH.
553
00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:07,509
{\an7}ALL OF THESE ANCIENT SPECIES
554
00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:12,598
{\an7}ARE AT THE FAR WESTERN EDGE
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THEIR RANGE,
555
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:16,811
{\an7}\h\hAND THEIR PRESENCE HERE IS
A HARBINGER OF WHAT’S TO COME.
556
00:48:16,852 --> 00:48:21,273
{\an7}♪
557
00:48:21,315 --> 00:48:23,192
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE YELLOWSTONE
IS BEGINNING TO RESEMBLE
558
00:48:23,234 --> 00:48:27,905
{\an7}THE WIDE AND MURKY RIVERS
\h\h\hOF THE GREAT PLAINS.
559
00:48:27,947 --> 00:48:33,744
{\an7}♪
560
00:48:33,786 --> 00:48:39,750
{\an7}SOON AFTER IT CROSSES THE BORDER
FROM MONTANA TO NORTH DAKOTA,
561
00:48:39,792 --> 00:48:42,712
{\an7}\h\hTHE YELLOWSTONE
MEETS THE MISSOURI.
562
00:48:46,173 --> 00:48:48,967
{\an7}THEIR STREAMS CONVERGE,
563
00:48:49,009 --> 00:48:51,637
{\an7}AND THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER ENDS.
564
00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:55,975
{\an7}♪
565
00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:59,979
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTOGETHER, THESE WATERS
WILL TRAVEL NEARLY 3,000 MILES
566
00:49:00,020 --> 00:49:04,525
{\an7}TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
567
00:49:04,567 --> 00:49:08,863
{\an7}BUT THEIR PATH WILL BE TAME.
568
00:49:08,904 --> 00:49:14,701
{\an7}THE MISSOURI IS CAREFULLY
\h\h\hCONTROLLED BY DAMS.
569
00:49:14,743 --> 00:49:18,997
{\an7}RESERVOIRS HOLD BACK WATER
\h\hWHERE IT ONCE FLOWED,
570
00:49:19,039 --> 00:49:20,707
{\an7}AND MUCH OF THE WILDLIFE
571
00:49:20,749 --> 00:49:25,796
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THRIVED ACROSS
AMERICA’S GREAT PLAINS IS GONE.
572
00:49:27,423 --> 00:49:29,967
{\an7}BUT THERE IS A PLACE
\h\hON THIS PRAIRIE
573
00:49:30,009 --> 00:49:32,261
{\an7}WHERE THE PAST IS RETURNING,
574
00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:36,891
{\an7}IN SMALL HERDS REINTRODUCED
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE GRASSLANDS.
575
00:49:36,932 --> 00:49:39,643
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
576
00:49:43,022 --> 00:49:46,651
{\an7}BISON GATHER IN LATE SUMMER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE RUT.
577
00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:52,531
{\an7}♪
578
00:49:52,573 --> 00:49:57,787
{\an7}\hBULLS FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE AND
A CHANCE TO PASS ON THEIR GENES.
579
00:49:57,828 --> 00:50:03,334
{\an7}♪
580
00:50:03,375 --> 00:50:05,752
{\an7}THE SOUND OF THEIR BATTLES
581
00:50:05,794 --> 00:50:08,672
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS ONCE HEARD
ACROSS THESE GREAT PLAINS
582
00:50:08,714 --> 00:50:11,926
{\an7}\h\hAND ON EVERY BANK
OF THE YELLOWSTONE...
583
00:50:16,180 --> 00:50:21,519
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO ITS VERY BEGINNINGS
IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
584
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:31,612
{\an7}♪
585
00:50:31,612 --> 00:50:37,076
{\an7}♪
586
00:50:37,243 --> 00:50:39,787
{\an7}AT THE RIVER’S HEADWATERS,
587
00:50:39,828 --> 00:50:42,080
{\an7}GIANTS EXCHANGE BLOWS...
588
00:50:42,164 --> 00:50:47,503
{\an7}♪
589
00:50:47,545 --> 00:50:50,548
{\an7}\hA RITUAL MARKING
THE END OF SUMMER.
590
00:50:50,589 --> 00:51:03,685
{\an7}♪
591
00:51:03,727 --> 00:51:07,814
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT LIKE THE RIVER,
THE SEASONAL CYCLE CONTINUES.
592
00:51:07,856 --> 00:51:12,319
{\an7}♪
593
00:51:12,361 --> 00:51:16,699
{\an7}FOR THOSE THAT ENDURED THE RIVER
AT ITS LEAST FORGIVING,
594
00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:20,786
{\an7}THE TRANQUILITY OF SUMMER
\hIS A WELCOME RESPITE...
595
00:51:23,872 --> 00:51:26,041
{\an7}A TIME OF ABUNDANCE.
596
00:51:28,794 --> 00:51:34,133
{\an7}\hAS THE SEASONS CHANGE,
SO, TOO, WILL THE RIVER,
597
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:37,053
{\an7}A STORY CONSTANTLY IN MOTION
598
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:40,389
{\an7}ALONG THE WILD BANKS
OF THE YELLOWSTONE.
599
00:51:45,603 --> 00:51:48,314
{\an7}IT’S BEEN WELL OVER A CENTURY
\h\h\hSINCE YELLOWSTONE BECAME
600
00:51:48,355 --> 00:51:51,108
{\an7}THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WORLD.
601
00:51:51,150 --> 00:51:55,529
{\an7}\h\hIT’S TO ALL OUR BENEFIT
THAT IT’S PROTECTED FOREVER.
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00:51:55,571 --> 00:51:57,573
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THIS PLACE
ISN’T FROZEN IN TIME.
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00:51:57,615 --> 00:52:00,868
{\an7}\hIT’S ALWAYS CHANGING,
REVEALING NEW MYSTERIES.
604
00:52:00,909 --> 00:52:04,746
{\an7}\h\h\hYELLOWSTONE IS A REMINDER
THAT PRESERVING OUR WILD SPACES
605
00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:08,500
{\an7}ISN’T JUST FOR WILD ANIMALS,
\h\h\hBUT IT’S ALSO FOR US,
606
00:52:08,542 --> 00:52:10,919
{\an7}IF WE KEEP LOOKING AFTER IT.
607
00:52:10,961 --> 00:52:14,590
{\an7}THANKS FOR WATCHING
"EPIC YELLOWSTONE."
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