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For as long as humans
have existed on earth,
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we have looked to the heavens in wonder.
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Fascinated by the countless stars
in the night sky.
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But in all the unimaginable
vastness of space,
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we found only one place like this.
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It's a small blue planet,
with a rocky moon.
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Travelling around a star.
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It's just close enough
to be fed by its sun's energy,
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but not blasted by its heat.
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It spins on its axis,
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so that for half a day
its surface basks in light,
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then for half it cools in shade.
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You might say, it's the lucky planet.
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Because its rhythm of light and shade,
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turns out to be a vital ingredient,
for life itself.
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Earth, our home.
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As far as we know, our planet is unique.
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As far as we know,
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one day spent here is the most
amazing thing in the whole universe.
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The magical dance of earth and sun,
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has created millions of different kinds
of plants and animals,
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alive on our earth today.
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Some, you see every day.
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Others, are very rare.
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But, we all have one thing in common.
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Our lives are driven
by the rhythm of night and day.
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One hint of morning sunlight...
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And we respond in so many different ways.
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Some animals need it.
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Others, hide from it.
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Most of us, love it.
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Some, even greet it with song.
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Whatever way we choose to meet it,
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sunrise is the power
that brings our world to life.
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Africa.
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Here, the first hours of the day belong
not just to those who rise early,
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but to those who stayed up late.
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This serval has been hunting
during the night.
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But now he's pushing his luck.
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He's out late,
trying for a final mouthful.
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His high jumping technique is perfect,
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for hunting amongst the long grass
of the African Savanna.
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He's looking for prey,
but mostly listening for it.
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His enormous radar ears
can hear a pin drop.
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Or a careless step
from a Southern vlei rat.
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Now the sunlight's growing stronger,
maybe it's time for bed.
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On the other side of the world,
on an isolated group of pacific islands,
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there are animals who can't even think
about running around so early in the day.
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They can't do anything until they've
been warmed up by the sun's power.
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The galapagos islands are home for some
of the most unusual animals on earth.
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Marine iguana.
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Their morning ritual is always the same.
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As the sun comes up on their island home,
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they simply sprawl on the rocks,
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lapping it up.
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Reptiles are pretty much solar-powered.
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They need the sun's heat,
before they can move a muscle.
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And they're not the only creatures
soaking up the sun.
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Galapagos racer snakes aren't big enough
to trouble an adult iguana.
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But, something smaller?
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Away from the rocks where grown-ups live,
buried in the sand,
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baby iguanas have been incubating
underground...
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For over three months.
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Today when the sun has warmed the sand,
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they will emerge.
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It's time for this one,
to crawl out into the rest of life.
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If she starts too early,
before she's warm enough,
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she won't have the energy
to run very fast.
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If she leaves too late,
then her enemies may be supercharged.
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It's the biggest decision
she'll ever make.
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She made it.
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The snakes missed their chance.
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But more babies are hatching.
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And now the snakes are on alert.
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It's the best opportunity
they will get to eat all year.
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On flat ground a baby iguana
can outrun a racer snake.
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But, others are waiting in ambush.
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Another hatchling has his first glimpse
of a dangerous world.
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The snake's eyes aren't very good,
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but they can detect movement.
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So, if the hatchling keeps its nerve,
it may just be okay.
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An amazing escape.
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The biggest achievement
of any young animal's life.
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Powered by our local star.
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Mid-morning.
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As the sun climbs higher,
its rays reach further.
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Bringing magic wherever they touch.
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Plants turn the light into life.
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They take thin air and the sun's energy
and with photosynthesis make new growth.
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Conjuring up tangled forest worlds,
leaf by leaf.
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It's the alchemy upon which
everything else on earth depends.
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A matter of life,
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and death.
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One plant can weave
its particular spell in a single Clay.
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This is bamboo.
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It can grow almost a millimetre a minute.
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The fastest growing plant in the world.
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It's still only mid-morning.
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Most of this has grown since dawn.
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And since dawn,
this giant panda has been eating it.
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The trouble with bamboo,
is that it's not very nutritious.
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The trouble with pandas,
is that they're very fussy.
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Bamboo is almost
the only thing they'll eat.
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To get enough energy to feed herself,
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this panda will need
to eat up to 14 hours today.
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Longer probably, because she's nursing.
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But for her cub, it's different.
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She lives mostly on her mother's milk,
so chewing is only really her hobby.
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Not yet a full-time job.
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This morning, she has something
rare in the natural world.
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Time to spare.
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And, to explore.
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Because of their specialised way of life,
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giant pandas are amongst
the rarest animals in the world.
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Cubs like her are more precious still.
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There are only a few hundred alive.
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A rare animal with the rarest luxury.
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Time.
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As the morning sun grows in strength,
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it begins to brew a spell
of a different kind.
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The sun is pouring energy
into our atmosphere, heating it up.
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It evaporates water from land and sea,
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and builds clouds.
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Across Africa, clouds and weather
are constantly on the move,
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bringing rain and fresh grass
to different places at different times.
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For millions of animals,
the job of every morning is to move
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to where the rain
will make the grass grow next.
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Whatever stands in their way.
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This morning,
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the need to keep moving will present a
particular challenge for one young zebra.
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This foal could walk
less than an hour after birth.
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She can handle almost anything.
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But she's never faced
an obstacle like this.
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Swollen by highland rain,
the river is fast and furious.
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And full of dangers.
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The young zebra is going to need
every bit of her mother's help,
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if she's going to make it.
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It turns out the biggest threat
isn't attack by other animals,
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it's the river itself.
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Her mother tries to lead the foal
to the shallowest waters,
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but she's just too small.
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And the current's just too strong.
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The foal is on the verge of exhaustion,
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but her mother will not give up.
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While others are escaping,
she calls for her foal to keep going.
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And finally, a way out.
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There is a saying in Africa,
"lf you wanna go quickly, go alone.
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If you wanna go far, go together."
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After this,
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the zebra foal and her mother can surely
handle anything the day throws at them.
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The sun is approaching
its highest and most powerful.
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In the far north, in the arctic,
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ice has held land and ocean
in its grip for months.
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The sun near the poles is always lower
and weaker than anywhere else.
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But still, its energy will transform.
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Narwhal.
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One of the most mysterious
animals on the planet.
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For the moment they can't travel far,
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only small openings in the ice
allow them to surface and breathe.
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But the power of the sun
is coming to their rescue.
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For many days
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the sun's heat has been gnawing away
at the ice's hold on sea and land.
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Now, approaching its highest
and strongest, the sun begins to triumph.
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And the battle of heat against cold,
becomes a rout.
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On land, rivers flow again.
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In the oceans, where the ice is now weak,
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the sun's warmth, opens cracks.
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And the cracks become channels.
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Roadways along, which the narwhal
can traverse their icy kingdom.
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In inuit legend, the first narwhal
was a brave female hunter.
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Caught up in a deadly embrace
with a whale she hunted,
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her braided hair flung out,
becoming the twisted tusk.
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For these narwhal, what an amazing day.
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They are free again,
to roam their ocean home.
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The strength of the sun becomes greater
and greater, the further south you go.
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In the mountains of north America,
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the sunlight of a spring day,
brings the freshly thawed world to life.
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If you're still wearing your winter coat,
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the heat during the middle-of-the-day
can get a bit uncomfortable.
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You need to find a tree
and give yourself a good scratch.
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Rubbing against the bark
not only gets to the itch,
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it helps a hot bear shed its winter fur.
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It's also a chance to mark the territory
with your personal scent.
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So everyone knows exactly who's in town.
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It's now midday,
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and the world feels the full force
of our friendly neighbourhood star.
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The sun is now at its highest in the sky.
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Its light penetrates even
the deep hidden folds of the earth.
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In Africa, near the equator,
its energy creates a furnace.
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This zebra foal and her herd
still need to move on.
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But every step is tough in heat like this.
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Any scrap of shade...
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Is an oasis.
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In full sunlight,
the herd are easy for hunters to see.
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But there is one blessing
about the midday sun.
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It's simply too hot for lions to hunt.
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There is something, however,
that doesn't take a break,
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even in the heat of the day.
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The struggle for power.
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Rivalry between males for territory
and for the attentions of females
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is so overpowering, it drives even
the most placid of creatures to combat.
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At high noon in the desert heat,
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a young male giraffe is challenging
the resident bull for prime territory
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and the females that go with it.
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At first they just push and shove,
trying to intimidate each other.
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Normally, this would be an end to it,
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but the young rival seems to think
he has a chance and attacks.
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Neither will back down.
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The old bull is down.
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He knows the final blow is coming.
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So, he ducks...
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And hits back.
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It is over.
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The day still belongs to the old master.
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For the loser, it's exile in the desert.
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The land and the creatures that live
on it, toast under the noonday sun.
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But one habitat remains cool, even now.
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Over the course of a single day,
even the enormous power of the sun,
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isn't strong enough to warm
the great oceans by much.
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Here, some of the largest
creatures on earth,
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live lives as long,
and perhaps as complex, as our own.
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This is a family of sperm whales.
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And at its heart, a rare sight.
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A calf.
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Already 15ft long, she's about a year old,
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and very inquisitive.
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For two or three years,
she will feed on her mother's milk.
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It's so rich in fat,
it has the consistency of cottage cheese.
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So it doesn't dissolve in the sea
water as it's being gulped down.
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The great whales are the biggest
predators that have ever existed,
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yet, they make
the most protective parents.
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And very talkative ones,
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chatting in a language of clicks.
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They're the loudest
creatures on the planet,
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capable of sounds,
far louder than a jet engine.
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But right now, it's time for silence.
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Hanging vertically,
the giants of the sea...
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Take an afternoon nap.
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These whales have brains larger
than any other animal.
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Who can guess with what richness
they dream away the day.
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In the tropics, the oppressive heat
of midday lingers well into the afternoon.
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On a tiny island, off the coast of Panama,
in central America,
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everything takes life slowly.
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00:48:18,145 --> 00:48:20,231
A pygmy three-toed sloth.
246
00:48:24,527 --> 00:48:27,988
At his best, he is slothful.
247
00:48:35,371 --> 00:48:37,623
At this time of day,
he's pretty much comatose.
248
00:48:50,845 --> 00:48:52,888
Only one thing might rouse him.
249
00:48:57,351 --> 00:48:58,185
And it's this...
250
00:49:01,063 --> 00:49:05,901
The call of the female sloth,
out there somewhere.
251
00:49:12,032 --> 00:49:14,785
And since it's high tide,
why not take the short cut.
252
00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:28,632
The only problem is from down here,
253
00:49:29,467 --> 00:49:33,220
it's not easy to tell where
the potential mate is calling from.
254
00:50:09,632 --> 00:50:10,633
Could this be her?
255
00:50:59,390 --> 00:51:02,935
Sadly for him,
this female is not looking for a date.
256
00:51:11,151 --> 00:51:14,780
While she's nursing her cub,
she's quite happy to stay single.
257
00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:26,041
As they say, “mafiana.“
there's always tomorrow.
258
00:51:48,355 --> 00:51:50,899
Though island life here moves slowly,
259
00:51:51,984 --> 00:51:55,696
the pace of the afternoon is very
different in other parts of the world.
260
00:52:25,267 --> 00:52:28,187
This is zavodovski island in Antarctica,
261
00:52:28,729 --> 00:52:32,066
home for 1.5 million chinstrap penguins.
262
00:52:47,373 --> 00:52:49,083
It's an extraordinary place.
263
00:52:49,667 --> 00:52:53,712
An outcrop of rock,
spewed out by the volcano at its heart.
264
00:53:00,219 --> 00:53:02,805
The oceans beat against it night and day.
265
00:53:10,396 --> 00:53:13,023
And the penguins
are caught in the crossfire.
266
00:53:19,738 --> 00:53:22,282
All day, the adult penguins
struggle against the waves
267
00:53:22,366 --> 00:53:25,369
as they journey between home
and their hunting grounds, offshore.
268
00:53:28,706 --> 00:53:30,457
It's an ordeal they can't avoid.
269
00:53:33,377 --> 00:53:34,795
Their families depend on them.
270
00:53:39,258 --> 00:53:41,719
Chinstrap penguin chicks
are completely helpless,
271
00:53:41,802 --> 00:53:44,430
without the support
of both mother and father.
272
00:53:48,809 --> 00:53:50,644
They need fresh food every day.
273
00:53:53,772 --> 00:53:55,774
And their parents take turns to fetch it.
274
00:53:59,987 --> 00:54:01,655
It means an awful lot of hunting...
275
00:54:04,324 --> 00:54:06,410
...for an awful lot of moms and dads.
276
00:54:10,873 --> 00:54:13,959
This mother has no food
left to feed her chicks.
277
00:54:17,087 --> 00:54:19,256
They now need their father to return,
278
00:54:20,883 --> 00:54:21,800
and soon.
279
00:54:32,895 --> 00:54:33,729
At mid-afternoon,
280
00:54:33,812 --> 00:54:37,941
the first wave of hunters,
who left early this morning, return.
281
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,489
Amongst them is the chick's father.
282
00:54:46,658 --> 00:54:51,705
He's been fishing 50 miles offshore,
but now he's not far away.
283
00:54:57,628 --> 00:55:02,508
If getting safely into the water
was difficult, getting out is even harder.
284
00:55:28,075 --> 00:55:32,120
Tiny claws help them to get whatever
grip he can on the rough water.
285
00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:05,904
The father now has
a two mile walk to his family.
286
00:56:09,116 --> 00:56:11,326
And a stomach loaded
with food, doesn't help.
287
00:56:19,793 --> 00:56:22,212
This is the largest
penguin colony on earth.
288
00:56:27,843 --> 00:56:30,596
But, as he makes the same
journey every other day,
289
00:56:33,223 --> 00:56:35,559
he should be able
to do it with his eyes closed.
290
00:56:39,146 --> 00:56:40,606
At least, most of the time.
291
00:56:44,151 --> 00:56:46,361
Like any commute,
it can get a little congested.
292
00:56:47,362 --> 00:56:51,033
And sometimes, it can be hard
to remember where you parked your kids.
293
00:56:55,996 --> 00:56:59,791
The mother is still waiting,
the chicks are now desperate.
294
00:57:07,424 --> 00:57:11,803
In the midst of all this deafening chorus,
he can recognise her particular cry.
295
00:57:13,889 --> 00:57:15,599
She is, literally, one in a million.
296
00:57:21,688 --> 00:57:25,233
A head Bob, is the penguin's way
of saying, "welcome home."
297
00:57:33,700 --> 00:57:35,410
Both chicks will get a meal.
298
00:57:41,833 --> 00:57:44,628
A happy end to the toughest
commute on earth.
299
00:57:57,724 --> 00:58:00,727
Mid-afternoon
in the rainforests of Ecuador.
300
00:58:02,896 --> 00:58:04,606
The air steams in the heat.
301
00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:17,369
Here, the sun and plants conspire
to create their own unique weather.
302
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:21,957
And is the same practically every day.
303
00:58:28,422 --> 00:58:31,633
This afternoon,
that's going to help one of its smallest
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00:58:31,717 --> 00:58:35,512
and most beautiful inhabitants
in a surprising way.
305
00:58:42,310 --> 00:58:45,772
The racket-tailed hummingbird
is about the size of your thumb.
306
00:58:52,946 --> 00:58:55,365
It takes a lot of energy
to look this graceful.
307
00:59:00,662 --> 00:59:04,249
That means it's living
in a perpetual state of near starvation.
308
00:59:09,004 --> 00:59:13,842
In fact, its metabolism is so fast,
it needs to fuel up on nectar,
309
00:59:13,925 --> 00:59:15,761
over a thousand times a day.
310
00:59:23,268 --> 00:59:25,020
It can't stop feeding for a moment.
311
00:59:26,897 --> 00:59:28,857
All day is a race against time.
312
00:59:57,969 --> 01:00:01,431
The racket-tail isn't the only one
hunting for nectar in the forest flowers.
313
01:00:02,808 --> 01:00:05,811
Bees are too,
and they don't like to share.
314
01:00:10,232 --> 01:00:14,069
A single bee sting,
close to the bird's heart, could be fatal.
315
01:00:39,344 --> 01:00:41,763
But time, is on the racket-taips side.
316
01:00:44,182 --> 01:00:45,892
Rain is about to intervene.
317
01:00:49,855 --> 01:00:54,484
The heat of the afternoon sun,
has built massive thunder clouds.
318
01:01:01,241 --> 01:01:04,578
And when they can no longer
hold their burden, they break.
319
01:01:23,305 --> 01:01:26,266
Above the canopy, the rain is torrential.
320
01:01:30,187 --> 01:01:35,775
Under the shelter of layers of leaves,
the deluge is reduced to drips.
321
01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:50,040
A raindrop as big as its head,
may not be much fun for a hummingbird.
322
01:01:57,505 --> 01:01:59,633
But it's altogether too much, for a bee.
323
01:02:33,416 --> 01:02:35,627
The race to eat, continues.
324
01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:48,515
All over the world, tiny creatures
are on a mission to stock up before night.
325
01:02:55,397 --> 01:02:59,192
In a European Meadow, there's a great
deal of food hidden in the plants.
326
01:03:00,944 --> 01:03:02,153
For those who can reach it.
327
01:03:16,459 --> 01:03:18,086
As the day begins to fade,
328
01:03:18,169 --> 01:03:22,048
this tiny harvest mouse,
must gather as much fuel as possible.
329
01:03:40,317 --> 01:03:41,985
Her best chance for a good dinner,
330
01:03:42,068 --> 01:03:45,613
are the seeds and fruit,
at the tips of the tallest stalks.
331
01:03:51,453 --> 01:03:54,873
But, it's the most dangerous part,
of her tiny world.
332
01:04:15,727 --> 01:04:18,355
A barn owl, is a night-time hunter.
333
01:04:28,448 --> 01:04:29,908
But this one has woken early.
334
01:04:31,743 --> 01:04:32,744
And hungry.
335
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:57,727
The world at ground-level is bewildering
for a mouse used to the high life.
336
01:05:19,582 --> 01:05:23,044
But she can read the pattern
of the stems overhead, like a map.
337
01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:35,682
Which is just as well,
because back home...
338
01:05:37,434 --> 01:05:38,435
She's needed.
339
01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:16,431
The light is dying.
340
01:06:18,308 --> 01:06:20,310
But new life is being born.
341
01:06:36,534 --> 01:06:38,119
A mayfly emerges.
342
01:06:41,498 --> 01:06:43,249
It will live for just this day.
343
01:06:49,631 --> 01:06:52,675
Or less, if it doesn't move fast enough.
344
01:07:10,276 --> 01:07:12,320
When life is as perilous as this...
345
01:07:17,325 --> 01:07:19,410
Nature finds safety in numbers.
346
01:07:23,289 --> 01:07:25,667
This hatch, on the tisza river in Hungary,
347
01:07:26,376 --> 01:07:28,962
is one of the world's
great wildlife spectacles.
348
01:07:36,761 --> 01:07:39,305
Having spent three years
as nymphs in the river,
349
01:07:40,181 --> 01:07:44,143
up to five million of these
remarkable insects emerge together,
350
01:07:45,645 --> 01:07:47,605
on just this stretch of water alone.
351
01:07:55,697 --> 01:07:58,533
They'll never feed.
They don't even have mouths.
352
01:07:59,659 --> 01:08:05,123
Instead, as soon as they hatch,
they begin a vast glittering mating dance.
353
01:08:19,762 --> 01:08:21,931
Every day on earth is amazing.
354
01:08:23,182 --> 01:08:27,812
But surely the mayfly's day,
is one of the most amazing of all.
355
01:08:33,943 --> 01:08:38,531
By nightfall, they will have met,
mated, laid their eggs, and died.
356
01:08:39,741 --> 01:08:42,201
The future entrusted
to the next generation.
357
01:08:50,126 --> 01:08:54,505
Their entire adult life will be spent
in just a few hours of a single day.
358
01:09:15,652 --> 01:09:19,030
Day, is now spinning swiftly,
towards night.
359
01:09:24,035 --> 01:09:26,954
The sun slips, ever lower in the sky.
360
01:09:31,668 --> 01:09:33,378
It is a time of great beauty...
361
01:09:34,837 --> 01:09:36,089
And grave danger.
362
01:09:43,596 --> 01:09:48,726
In the cool evening shadows,
is the best time to be a predator,
363
01:09:50,186 --> 01:09:52,230
and the worst time to be prey.
364
01:10:00,738 --> 01:10:05,451
For a zebra and her foal, this
is the most dangerous time of the day.
365
01:10:50,204 --> 01:10:52,665
A cheetah has his eye on the foal.
366
01:11:52,308 --> 01:11:56,062
- Sometimes a mother's love...
367
01:11:56,145 --> 01:11:57,980
Can be a match for almost anything.
368
01:12:13,454 --> 01:12:17,625
As the day fades,
the shadow world is taking over.
369
01:12:21,295 --> 01:12:23,965
In the changzhou mountains,
in southwest China,
370
01:12:25,091 --> 01:12:28,386
the world is turning its face
away from its nurturing star,
371
01:12:29,470 --> 01:12:31,806
towards the chilly emptiness of space.
372
01:12:37,687 --> 01:12:42,066
Here, white-headed langurs
are taking their last meal of the day.
373
01:12:46,946 --> 01:12:49,156
They're amongst
the rarest creatures on earth.
374
01:12:50,283 --> 01:12:52,326
Rarer, even than the giant panda.
375
01:12:58,124 --> 01:13:03,754
But when daylight disappears,
this is no place to linger.
376
01:13:26,611 --> 01:13:29,739
They are obeying an ancient
and overpowering instinct.
377
01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:49,383
With the lengthening of the shadows,
they scramble for height and refuge.
378
01:13:58,351 --> 01:14:00,144
The route is precarious.
379
01:14:01,187 --> 01:14:03,105
It's not unknown for a langur to fall,
380
01:14:04,607 --> 01:14:06,359
or baby be dropped.
381
01:14:15,409 --> 01:14:19,872
Yet, despite the risks,
the iangurs never stay out after dark.
382
01:14:55,032 --> 01:14:58,327
Even the babies feel it,
and know to fear it.
383
01:15:01,914 --> 01:15:03,165
Night is coming.
384
01:15:05,710 --> 01:15:07,920
The world no longer belongs to them.
385
01:15:16,345 --> 01:15:19,265
It belongs to another set of players.
386
01:15:21,475 --> 01:15:23,227
The creatures of darkness.
387
01:16:54,860 --> 01:16:58,823
The night can turn a friend
into a deadly foe.
388
01:17:04,495 --> 01:17:05,621
During the day,
389
01:17:06,163 --> 01:17:11,293
whitetip sharks are content
to cruise gently around the reef alone.
390
01:17:20,386 --> 01:17:21,512
But when night comes,
391
01:17:23,139 --> 01:17:27,184
they're transformed
into hunters working in packs.
392
01:17:35,192 --> 01:17:37,403
In the gloom,
the shark's eyesight is poor.
393
01:17:41,073 --> 01:17:44,243
But they can smell
potential prey from far off.
394
01:17:48,164 --> 01:17:49,582
And they have another advantage.
395
01:17:50,583 --> 01:17:54,670
A sixth sense, that can pick up
the tiny electrical signals
396
01:17:55,087 --> 01:17:57,131
from the heartbeat of a frightened fish.
397
01:18:00,676 --> 01:18:01,844
And track it down.
398
01:18:08,309 --> 01:18:11,061
Even the deepest shadow,
is no hiding place.
399
01:19:01,028 --> 01:19:03,822
Darkness is not just
a time for nightmares.
400
01:19:05,658 --> 01:19:09,203
But also for dreams and wonders.
401
01:19:32,810 --> 01:19:36,563
Energy stored
from the sunlight is recycled.
402
01:19:38,941 --> 01:19:40,401
And the world lights up again.
403
01:20:05,092 --> 01:20:07,177
Some creatures use their lights for love.
404
01:20:12,349 --> 01:20:14,018
For this male click beetle,
405
01:20:14,435 --> 01:20:19,231
his glowing spots are designed
to impress and attract a mate.
406
01:20:22,484 --> 01:20:25,446
And seeing the glow from this fungus,
he thinks he's found one...
407
01:20:26,488 --> 01:20:27,489
Hidden inside.
408
01:20:33,495 --> 01:20:35,664
But the fungus is playing a trick on him.
409
01:20:36,498 --> 01:20:39,084
The glow comes from the fungus itself.
410
01:20:46,091 --> 01:20:47,801
Puzzled, he searches everywhere.
411
01:20:49,595 --> 01:20:51,930
And gets covered in fungal spores.
412
01:20:57,186 --> 01:20:59,480
He'll spread them wherever he goes next.
413
01:21:00,230 --> 01:21:05,694
Not reproducing himself,
but helping reproduce the fungus instead.
414
01:21:13,369 --> 01:21:17,289
A light in the dark,
can also be a deadly trap.
415
01:21:25,214 --> 01:21:28,842
In New Zealand,
glow-worms cling to the roof of a cave.
416
01:21:31,595 --> 01:21:35,766
They shine out their strange lights
from within circles of hanging silk,
417
01:21:36,433 --> 01:21:37,684
sticky with mucus.
418
01:21:47,736 --> 01:21:50,823
Tiny flies are drawn
to the beautiful lights.
419
01:21:52,574 --> 01:21:57,371
Only to become glued
to the dangling strands and trapped.
420
01:21:59,164 --> 01:22:01,542
Later, they'll be reeled in for supper.
421
01:22:17,641 --> 01:22:20,686
And the night brings magic,
on a much grander scale.
422
01:22:27,985 --> 01:22:30,195
The sky seems to come alive.
423
01:22:53,552 --> 01:22:57,055
Even when the sun is out of sight,
it makes its presence felt.
424
01:23:01,059 --> 01:23:05,105
Its electrical energy powers a firework
display that lights up the planet.
425
01:23:09,526 --> 01:23:10,527
The Aurora.
426
01:23:38,347 --> 01:23:40,265
And there is another light show on earth.
427
01:23:42,059 --> 01:23:43,560
One powered by us.
428
01:23:49,483 --> 01:23:51,610
We no longer have to wait for sunrise.
429
01:23:53,654 --> 01:23:56,073
We no longer
need to be afraid of the dark.
430
01:23:58,408 --> 01:24:01,870
In our cities, we've created
an endless electrical daylight of our own.
431
01:24:14,925 --> 01:24:17,553
We've broken away
from the rhythm of night and day.
432
01:24:28,730 --> 01:24:30,691
As more and more of us live this way,
433
01:24:30,774 --> 01:24:34,570
it's easy for us to forget
our connexion to the natural world.
434
01:24:36,154 --> 01:24:37,990
Even, when it's on our doorstep.
435
01:24:57,134 --> 01:25:01,221
These raccoons in Toronto
seem just as home in the city, as we are.
436
01:25:31,835 --> 01:25:34,463
Not all creatures can adapt
so easily to our world.
437
01:25:36,548 --> 01:25:38,467
But we humans can do something to help.
438
01:25:40,761 --> 01:25:44,473
We have the ability to appreciate
what no other animal on earth can.
439
01:25:47,476 --> 01:25:51,897
If we open our eyes,
we can see the magic all around us.
440
01:25:54,066 --> 01:25:56,568
The extraordinary in the everyday.
441
01:26:07,788 --> 01:26:12,084
We can see the fragile web
that connects us with all living things.
442
01:26:15,170 --> 01:26:17,923
And understand that the future
of all life...
443
01:26:18,882 --> 01:26:20,217
Lies in our hands.
444
01:26:40,570 --> 01:26:43,532
We have searched
the far reaches of space for wonders.
445
01:26:46,868 --> 01:26:51,164
But instead, we found the most wonderful
things of all, back home.
446
01:26:54,334 --> 01:26:56,461
Here, on our lucky planet.
447
01:26:58,296 --> 01:27:02,134
Small and blue,
spinning in an ocean of stars.
448
01:27:13,019 --> 01:27:15,188
In the whole universe, as far as we know,
449
01:27:16,940 --> 01:27:18,734
there's nowhere else with life.
450
01:27:20,110 --> 01:27:21,486
Nothing more extraordinary...
451
01:27:22,821 --> 01:27:23,864
Than planet earth.
452
01:27:25,574 --> 01:27:28,952
Nothing more important to protect
than our one and only home.
453
01:27:31,079 --> 01:27:36,793
And nothing more amazing
than what happens here, day after day.
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