All language subtitles for Into.the.Wild.Colombia.Series.1.5of5.Finding.A.Family.1080p.HDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.org.en

IN A TROPICAL FOREST
IN NORTHERN COLOMBIA,

ONE LITTLE MONKEY IS ALL ALONE.

SHE’S EMBARKING ON
A DANGEROUS QUEST

TO FIND A NEW FAMILY
AND A FUTURE MATE.

THERE’S NO GUARANTEE
SHE’LL MAKE IT.

SHE’S IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY
WITH PREDATORS ALL AROUND--

NO ONE TO HELP HER FIND FOOD

AND NO ONE TO WATCH HER BACK.

[HOWLING]

SHE’S HUNGRY, TIRED AND LOST.

BUT WHEN FAMILIAR FACES APPEAR,

SHE COULD STILL
SUFFER REJECTION.

[SQUEALING]

WITH NO HOPE OF SURVIVAL
ON HER OWN,

COULD THIS BE THE END OF
THE LINE FOR YOUNG MONA?

♪

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THIS IS MONA.

AN ADOLESCENT
COTTON-TOP TAMARIN.

AT JUST 9 INCHES TALL,

THEY’RE AMONG THE SMALLEST
MONKEYS IN THE WORLD.

THEY NORMALLY LIVE IN SMALL
GROUPS OF ABOUT FOUR OR MORE,

MADE UP OF A BREEDING PAIR,
THEIR OFFSPRING,

AND UNRELATED ADULTS.

BUT MONA IS ON HER OWN.

♪

AT TWO YEARS OLD,

SHE’S TAKEN HER FIRST BIG STEPS
TOWARDS ADULTHOOD.

YESTERDAY SHE LEFT THE SECURITY
OF HER BIRTH FAMILY.

BOTH MALE AND FEMALE COTTON-TOPS

TYPICALLY MOVE INTO
NEIGHBORING GROUPS,

WHERE THEY HELP RAISE
OTHERS’ YOUNG

AND HOPE TO FIND A FUTURE MATE.

♪

BUT RIGHT NOW, MONA’S ALL ALONE

IN AN UNFAMILIAR PART
OF THE FOREST.

♪

SHE’S A TINY, VULNERABLE MONKEY
IN A DANGEROUS WORLD.

♪

COTTON-TOPS ONLY LIVE
IN ONE PLACE ON EARTH:

THE TROPICAL FORESTS
OF NORTHWESTERN COLOMBIA.

BORDERED TO THE NORTH
BY THE CARIBBEAN,

THESE FORESTS RISE
FROM SEA LEVEL

TO COVER HILLS CLOSE
TO 5,000 FEET HIGH.

UNFORTUNATELY,
IN THE PAST SIX DECADES

MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS
OF THE COTTON-TOP’S HABITAT

HAS BEEN WIPED OUT.

♪

DEFORESTATION FOR AGRICULTURE,
LOGGING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS
TO THESE MONKEYS.

ANOTHER IS
THE ILLEGAL PET TRADE.

BEING SMALL AND ADORABLE
MAKES THEM APPEALING TO HUMANS,

BUT AT A HUGE COST.

BY THE EARLY 1970s,
AS MANY AS 30,000 COTTON-TOPS

HAD BEEN CAUGHT AND EXPORTED
FROM COLOMBIA.

♪

WHILE COTTON-TOPS ARE NOW
PROTECTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW,

THE ILLEGAL PET TRADE CONTINUES.

♪

[SQUEAK]

TODAY COTTON-TOPS ARE ONE OF
THE MOST ENDANGERED PRIMATES

ON THE PLANET,

WITH ONLY AN ESTIMATED 2,000
ADULTS LEFT IN THE WILD.

[THUNDER]

MONA IS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

SHE LIVES IN A PROTECTED RESERVE
CALLED MONTES DE MARIA,

WHICH COVERS ABOUT
28 SQUARE MILES.

IT LIES JUST A FEW MILES
FROM THE CARIBBEAN COAST,

AND THE OCEAN HAS A MAJOR
INFLUENCE ON THE CLIMATE HERE.

[THUNDER]

IT’S JUNE, THE START
OF THE RAINY SEASON.

FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS, WINDS
BLOWING IN FROM THE ATLANTIC

WILL BRING WITH THEM
MOISTURE-LADEN CLOUDS

AND ALMOST 80 INCHES OF RAIN.

COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES,

THIS CAUSES PLANT LIFE
TO EXPLODE,

FILLING MONA’S HOME WITH
A THICK UNDERSTORY OF SHRUBS

AND TREES TOWERING MORE THAN
60 FEET ABOVE THE FOREST FLOOR.

♪

♪

AGILE AND WEIGHING
JUST 15 OUNCES,

MONA’S PERFECTLY ADAPTED

TO NAVIGATE THIS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAZE.

♪

NO BRANCH IS TOO THICK...

OR TOO THIN.

SHE USES HER TAIL FOR BALANCE,

AND LONG FINGERS, TOES
AND CLAW-LIKE NAILS GRIP ON.

BUT BEING SO SMALL
DOES HAVE SOME DRAWBACKS.

WITH A HEAD AND BODY
ONLY NINE INCHES LONG,

GAPS BETWEEN TREES AND BRANCHES

ARE OFTEN TOO BIG
TO STEP ACROSS...

♪

SO LEAPING IS OFTEN THE BEST WAY
TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE FOREST.

♪

MONA’S NOT THE ONLY COTTON-TOP
WHO LIVES IN THIS RESERVE.

[CHIRPING]

TWO MILES AWAY, A FAMILY
OF COTTON-TOPS IS WAKING UP.

♪

AT THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY
IS A BREEDING PAIR,

BELLA AND CARLOS,
BOTH EIGHT YEARS OLD.

SIX WEEKS AGO, TIMED WITH
THE FRUITFUL RAINY SEASON,

BELLA GAVE BIRTH
TO NON-IDENTICAL TWINS,

WHICH ARE COMMON
AMONG COTTON-TOPS.

[CHIRPING]

BOTH PARENTS SHARE THE LOAD--
BELLA SUCKLING THEM,

AND CARLOS TAKING THE LEAD

CARRYING THEM AROUND
THEIR TREETOP HOME.

RAISING TWO BABIES AT ONCE
IS HARD WORK...

BUT LUCKILY THESE PARENTS
HAVE A HELPING HAND--

THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD
ADULT SON, PABLO.

IT’S NOT UNCOMMON
FOR COTTON-TOPS

TO STAY WITH THEIR PARENTS
FOR A FEW YEARS

AND HELP RAISE THEIR SIBLINGS.

FOR PABLO,
IT’S VALUABLE PRACTICE

FOR WHEN HE HAS A FAMILY
OF HIS OWN.

HIS EXTRA EYES AND EARS

ALSO HELP THE TROOP
STAY SAFE AND WELL-FED.

THE ENTIRE FAMILY WORKS
AS A COOPERATIVE UNIT,

BUT BELLA IS THE BOSS.

SHE MAKES ALL
THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS,

LIKE WHICH TREE TO SLEEP IN,

WHERE THE FAMILY GOES EACH DAY,
AND WHAT TO FEED ON.

AND SHE LETS THE REST
OF THE TROOP KNOW

EXACTLY WHAT SHE’S THINKING

WITH A CONSTANT STREAM OF
CHIRPS, WHISTLES AND TWITTERS.

[WHISTLING]

EVEN BY PRIMATE STANDARDS,
COTTON-TOP TAMARINS DISPLAY

INCREDIBLY COMPLEX
COMMUNICATION.

ADULTS PRODUCE NEARLY
40 DISTINCT SOUNDS,

EACH WITH ITS OWN MEANING.

[SQUEAKING]

THERE ARE GREETINGS...

[CHIRPING]

AND WARNINGS.

[SQUAWKING]

THEY EVEN HAVE A CALL
TO IDENTIFY HUMANS.

[CHIRPING]

BUT IT’S NOT JUST
THEIR RICH VOCABULARY

THAT MAKES THESE MONKEYS
GREAT COMMUNICATORS.

BY COMBINING CALLS,

COTTON-TOPS HAVE THEIR OWN
SOPHISTICATED LANGUAGE,

ALLOWING THEM TO SEND COMPLEX
MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER.

[CHIRPING]

THIS COMES IN VERY HANDY,

ESPECIALLY WITH THE MORNING
CHALLENGE: FINDING FOOD.

THE FAMILY SPREADS OUT
AMONG THE TREES

TO COVER MORE GROUND
IN THE SEARCH FOR BREAKFAST.

[CHIRPING]

BELLA KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH CHIRPS

TO LET THE FAMILY KNOW
WHERE SHE IS.

[WHISTLING]

A SPECIFIC WHISTLE LETS THEM
KNOW SHE’S LOOKING FOR FOOD.

[WHISTLING]

WITH SMALL BODIES
AND FAST METABOLISMS,

THEY NEED LOTS OF HIGH-ENERGY
NUTRITION TO KEEP THEM GOING,

SO THEY LOOK FOR FRUIT,
INSECTS, TREE SAP,

OR EVEN FROGS
AND SMALL REPTILES.

♪

BELLA’S IN LUCK.

RIPE BERRIES ARE THE PERFECT
SUGAR-RICH SNACK.

[CHIRPING]

IT’S TIME TO ALERT THE OTHERS.

[CHIRPING]

A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF CALLS

LETS THEM KNOW
SHE’S ON TO SOMETHING,

AND THEY SHOULD COME
AND JOIN THE FEAST.

[CHIRPING]

GOOD NEWS TRAVELS FAST.

[SQUEALING]

[CHIRPING]

THE TWINS MIGHT NOT
YET UNDERSTAND

THEIR PARENTS’ EVERY CHIRP,
WHISTLE AND TRILL,

BUT THE MORE THEY HEAR,
THE MORE THEY LEARN.

[CHIRPING]

♪

♪

IT’S TIME FOR MONA TO START
A FAMILY OF HER OWN.

BUT HER OWN GROUP HAD
NO UNRELATED MALES

FOR HER TO MATE WITH.

NOW SHE’S ON A RISKY JOURNEY

WHILE SHE SEARCHES FOR
ANOTHER FAMILY TO JOIN.

♪

IT WAS A DANGEROUS DECISION
TO EXILE HERSELF.

BEING ALONE WITH NO ONE
HELPING TO KEEP WATCH,

SHE’S INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE.

♪

AS SHE MAKES HER WAY
THROUGH THE FOREST,

HER LONG WHISTLE TELLS OTHERS
THAT SHE’S ALONE

AND SEARCHING FOR COMPANY.

[WHISTLING]

THIS MIGHT ATTRACT UNWANTED
ATTENTION FROM PREDATORS,

BUT IT’S A RISK SHE MUST TAKE.

[WHISTLING]

SHE LISTENS FOR A RESPONSE.

[GUTTURAL HOWLING]

THIS CALL ISN’T WHAT
SHE WAS HOPING FOR.

♪

[HOWLING]

IT’S A TROOP OF
RED HOWLER MONKEYS.

[GRUNTING]

MONA HAS ENTERED
THEIR TERRITORY.

[HOWLING]

THESE ARE THE LOUDEST ANIMALS
IN SOUTH AMERICA,

THEIR VOICES CARRYING UP TO
THREE MILES ACROSS THE FOREST.

[HOWLING]

THEIR CALLS WARN OTHER TROOPS
OF THEIR PRESENCE.

IT’S A WAY OF STAKING
THEIR CLAIM TO TERRITORY,

WHILE AVOIDING VIOLENT CLASHES
WITH NEIGHBORING TROOPS.

[GRUNTING]

THEY NORMALLY CALL
AT DAWN AND DUSK...

[GRUNTING]

BUT THIS MORNING THEY’RE HOWLING
BECAUSE THERE’S DANGER BELOW.

[HOWLING]

A TEN-FOOT-LONG BOA CONSTRICTOR
SILENTLY GLIDES

ACROSS THE FOREST FLOOR
LOOKING FOR BREAKFAST.

[HOWLING]

ALTHOUGH IT WOULD NORMALLY
FEED ON SMALLER MAMMALS,

THE HOWLERS DON’T WANT
THIS PREDATOR

ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR TERRITORY.

[HOWLING]

FOR TINY COTTON-TOP TAMARIN
LIKE MONA,

AN ADULT BOA IS A MAJOR THREAT.

IT COULD EASILY
SWALLOW HER WHOLE.

[MONKEYS GRUNTING]

THE HOWLER MONKEYS’ ALARM CALLS
ARE A REMINDER

THAT ON HER OWN,
SHE’S VULNERABLE.

SHE DESPERATELY NEEDS
THE SECURITY

OF A FAMILY OF HER OWN KIND,
AND FAST.

♪

ARMY ANTS...
AND THEY’RE ON THE MARCH.

♪

THEY WORK AS A TEAM, SCOURING
THE UNDERGROWTH FOR THEIR PREY.

WITH AN ARMY
UP TO 200,000 STRONG

ALL LOOKING FOR FOOD,

IT’S THE LARGEST EATING MACHINE

THAT SHARES
THE COTTON-TOPS’ TERRITORY.

THESE ANTS SPEND THEIR
ENTIRE LIVES ON THE MOVE

TO MAXIMIZE THEIR CHANCES
OF CAPTURING PREY.

INSTEAD OF BUILDING A NEST
IN A SINGLE LOCATION,

WORKER ANTS CREATE A MOBILE HOME
CALLED A BIVOUAC.

IT’S A SORT OF LIVING NEST THEY
MAKE OUT OF THEIR OWN BODIES.

IT’S A HIGHLY ORGANIZED
STRUCTURE,

PROTECTING THE QUEEN,
HER EGGS, AND HER LARVAE.

FROM HERE, THE REST
OF THE WORKER ANTS

LAUNCH THEIR DAILY HUNTING RAIDS

IN SEARCH OF PROTEIN-RICH FOOD.

THE ANTS MAY BE
LESS THAN HALF AN INCH LONG,

BUT AS PART OF
A CARNIVOROUS WAVE

UP TO 60 FEET ACROSS
AND 300 FEET IN LENGTH,

THEY CAN OVERCOME
AND CONSUME ANIMALS

HUNDREDS OF TIMES THEIR SIZE.

ON THE FOREST FLOOR,
THERE IS NO SAFE HAVEN.

THIS SPIDER MAY BE MUCH LARGER
THAN A SINGLE ANT,

BUT IT HAS NO DEFENSE
AGAINST THE OVERWHELMING SWARM.

THE FEROCIOUS FEMALES ATTACK
WITH THEIR MANDIBLES

AND INJECT IT WITH A LETHAL
COCKTAIL OF CHEMICALS

THAT DISSOLVE
THE SPIDER’S FLESH.

THEY CAN OVERPOWER SCORPIONS,
TARANTULAS AND EVEN LIZARDS.

ON THIS DAY-LONG RAID ALONE,

THEY COULD CAPTURE
UP TO 30,000 INSECTS.

ANYTHING BIGGER,
LIKE A COTTON-TOP,

COULD GET HUNDREDS
OF PAINFUL BITES.

[CHIRPING]

SO THE FAMILY WATCHES
FROM THE TREES,

READY TO JUMP TO SAFETY
IF THE ANTS START TO CLIMB.

[CHIRPING]

HALF A MILE AWAY, MONA IS STILL
SEARCHING FOR FOOD.

WITHOUT TROOP-MATES TO HELP HER
SCOUR THE TREETOPS,

SHE RESORTS TO EATING WHATEVER
SHE CAN FIND ALONE.

SHE SEARCHES FOR BUGS
AMONG DEAD LEAVES.

♪

BY HERSELF, SHE NEEDS TO STAY
ALERT AT ALL TIMES,

EVEN WHILE SHE FEEDS.

♪

FOR A SOCIAL MONKEY
LIKE A COTTON-TOP,

SOLITUDE IS BOTH STRESSFUL
AND EXHAUSTING.

STILL HUNGRY, SHE KEEPS UP
HER LONELY WHISTLE

IN THE HOPE OF FINDING OTHERS.

♪

BUT SHE NEEDS TO FIND SHELTER

WHERE SHE CAN REST
FOR THE NIGHT.

♪

WHILE MONA SLEEPS IN THE TREES,
ANOTHER FOREST CREATURE APPEARS.

♪

♪

IT’S A RED-FOOTED TORTOISE.

SHE’S GOT COMPANY.

IT’S A YOUNGSTER,
BUT NOT ONE OF HERS.

UNLIKE MONKEYS, THESE REPTILES
DON’T CARE FOR THEIR YOUNG.

BUT THEY’RE NOT ANTI-SOCIAL,

AND THE ADULT DOESN’T MIND THE
SMALLER TORTOISE FOLLOWING HER

AS SHE SEARCHES FOR FOOD,

WHETHER IT BE FRUITS,
LEAVES OR SHOOTS.

THESE DOCILE CREATURES CAN LIVE
FOR 30 YEARS OR MORE

AND GROW UP TO 20 INCHES LONG.

BUT WITH A TOP SPEED THAT BARELY
HITS 100 YARDS PER HOUR,

FINDING ENOUGH FOOD ON THE
FOREST FLOOR CAN TAKE SOME TIME.

A FRESH FLOWER IS
A SNACK TO SAVOR.

♪

BUT SOMETHING SPOOKS HER.

PLAYING IT SAFE,
BOTH TORTOISES TAKE COVER

INSIDE THEIR HARD,
KERATINOUS SHELLS.

HUNTING IN THE BRANCHES
ABOVE THEM IS A TAMANDUA:

A 4-FOOT-LONG
TREE-CLIMBING ANTEATER.

BUT IT’S NOT INTERESTED
IN THE TORTOISES.

IT’S SEARCHING
FOR ANTS OR TERMITES,

USING ITS ELONGATED NOSE

TO SNIFF OUT TELL-TALE CHEMICAL
TRAILS IN THE DARKNESS.

♪

REASSURED,
THE RED-FOOTED TORTOISES

GET BACK TO BUSINESS...

SLOWLY.

♪

IN ANOTHER PATCH OF UNDERGROWTH,

FALLEN FRUIT IS SUSTAINING

A VERY DIFFERENT FORAGER
OF THE NIGHT.

A MILLIPEDE.

DESPITE ITS NAME, IT ONLY HAS
A FEW HUNDRED FEET.

BUT IT DOES HAVE
AN ANCIENT LINEAGE.

THESE ARTHROPODS FIRST APPEARED
MORE THAN 400 MILLION YEARS AGO,

MAKING THEM ONE OF THE OLDEST
KNOWN ANIMALS ON LAND.

IT’S GOT COMPANY.

♪

ANOTHER ARTHROPOD WITH
AN ANCIENT HERITAGE.

♪

A BLUE LAND CRAB.

IT LIVES OVER A MILE
FROM THE SEA,

BUT THANKS TO FREQUENT RAIN
AND DAMP SOIL,

IT’S ABLE TO SURVIVE
HERE IN THE FOREST.

IT’S A MALE, AND HE’S
CLOSING IN ON HIS NEXT MEAL.

THE BLUE CRAB IS AFTER
THE FRUIT, NOT THE MILLIPEDE.

UNLIKE HIS CARNIVOROUS
MARINE COUSINS,

THIS LAND CRAB IS AN HERBIVORE,

FEASTING ON FRUIT,
FLOWERS AND LEAVES.

FEEDING TIME OVER,

THE CRAB RETREATS TO HIS BURROW
DEEP UNDERGROUND,

WHERE HE CAN SHELTER FROM
THE HEAT AS A NEW DAY DAWNS.

[MONKEYS HOWLING]

AS THE SUN RISES, THE COLOMBIAN
FOREST COMES TO LIFE.

THE DAY SHIFT BEGINS.

[MONKEYS HOWLING]

HOWLER MONKEYS FINISH
THEIR DAWN CHORUS

AND SET OUT IN SEARCH
OF BREAKFAST.

WEIGHING UP TO 16 POUNDS,

THEY’RE 14 TIMES LARGER THAN
THE COTTON-TOP TAMARINS.

WHILE THEIR SMALLER,
FASTER COUSINS

RELY ON HIGH ENERGY FOODS
SUCH AS INSECTS AND BERRIES,

HOWLERS MAINLY EAT LEAVES, LIKE
THOSE OF THE CECROPIA TREE.

TO COMPENSATE FOR THEIR
LOW-ENERGY DIET,

THEY TAKE A RATHER RELAXED
APPROACH TO LIFE,

RESTING FOR UP TO
15 HOURS A DAY.

♪

THEIR PREHENSILE TAILS HELP THEM
NAVIGATE THE TREETOPS.

♪

NAKED AND RIDGED
ON THE UNDERSIDE,

LIKE A FINGERPRINT,

THEY PROVIDE A FINGER-LIKE GRIP
ON BRANCHES...

♪

PERFECT FOR EXTRA BALANCE...

♪

OR FOR CLOSING A GAP...

♪

AND EVEN FOR
THE OCCASIONAL ITCH.

♪

WHILE THE HOWLERS ARE
WELL INTO THEIR BREAKFAST RUN,

IN A NEIGHBORING TREE,
ONE FAMILY IS SLEEPING LATE.

♪

BELLA AND CARLOS’S BROOD

HAVE SPENT A COMFORTABLE
NIGHT TOGETHER.

IT’S AN HOUR AFTER DAWN BEFORE
THEY FEEL THE NEED TO RISE.

[CHIRPING]

THEIR MORNING SLEEP-IN
ISN’T OUT OF LAZINESS.

IT’S A STRATEGY TO AVOID
THEIR DEADLY ENEMIES,

AS MANY PREDATORS HUNT
MAINLY AT DUSK AND DAWN.

[CHIRPING]

♪

GROOMING IS ALWAYS A GOOD WAY
TO START THE DAY.

IT HELPS TO KEEP
PARASITES AT BAY

AND ALSO REINFORCES BONDS
WITHIN THE TROOP.

[CHIRPING]

A SHARED PERFUME ALSO PROVIDES
A SENSE OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITY.

[CHIRPING]

THEY MARK THEIR TERRITORY
WITH SCENT FROM ANAL GLANDS

AND URINE.

THESE CHEMICAL MESSAGES
REASSURE THE FAMILY

THAT THIS IS THEIR TERRITORY

AND LETS OTHER COTTON-TOPS KNOW

THEY’VE ENTERED
ANOTHER TROOP’S PATCH.

AT 6 WEEKS OLD, THE TWINS
ARE STARTING TO TAKE

THEIR FIRST INDEPENDENT STEPS
IN THE FOREST.

♪

THEY PLAY AND PRACTICE,

CLIMBING UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE
OF THEIR OLDER BROTHER, PABLO.

♪

[WHISTLING]

BELLA GATHERS UP THE TWINS
WITH A "CLIMB ON BOARD" WHISTLE,

AND THE FAMILY HEADS OFF
IN SEARCH OF BREAKFAST.

[CHIRPING]

♪

BARELY A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY,

MONA WAKES FROM AN UNCOMFORTABLE
NIGHT ON HER OWN.

♪

WITHOUT ANYONE TO GROOM HER,

SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH LAST
NIGHT’S INSECT BITES HERSELF.

♪

IN THE NEXT TREE
SHE PICKS UP A SCENT.

IT’S ONE OF CARLOS’S
TERRITORIAL MARKERS.

MONA MAY BE ABOUT TO FIND THE
FAMILY SHE’S BEEN LOOKING FOR.

SHE BEGINS A STREAM OF
"LONELY" CALLS ONCE MORE,

AS SHE FOLLOWS THE SCENT
AND CONTINUES HER SEARCH.

♪

[SHRIEKING]

♪

ON THE FOREST FLOOR BELOW,

AN INDUSTRIOUS CREATURE RUMMAGES
THROUGH THE LEAF LITTER.

♪

♪

IT’S A DUNG BEETLE.

USING ITS FINELY TUNED
SENSE OF SMELL,

IT HOMES IN ON ITS BOUNTY.

DUNG BEETLES ARE
THE FOREST’S RECYCLERS.

THEY THRIVE ON
ALL DECAYING MATTER,

AND MONKEYS’ WASTE PROVIDES THEM

WITH ALL THE MOISTURE
AND NUTRIENTS THEY NEED.

♪

WHAT THEY DON’T EAT IMMEDIATELY,

THEY SHAPE INTO A BALL
AND ROLL AWAY.

♪

IT’S A PORTABLE FOOD STORE,

OR EVEN AN EDIBLE NEST IN WHICH
THEY CAN LAY THEIR EGGS.

♪

MALES ARE PARTICULARLY STRONG

AND CAN ROLL BALLS
UP TO 10 TIMES THEIR WEIGHT.

THIS ONE TRIES TO HIDE ITS
PRECIOUS CARGO IN A FALLEN FIG.

♪

BUT IT MIGHT HAVE
MISJUDGED THE FIT.

♪

MONA’S SEARCH THROUGH THE FOREST
HAS TAKEN HER FAR FROM HOME.

[CHIRPING]

FINALLY HEARS THE SOUNDS
SHE’S BEEN HOPING FOR.

[CHIRPING]

[BRANCHES RUSTLING]

SHE CAN HEAR THE CONTACT CALLS
OF A COTTON-TOP FAMILY.

[CHIRPING]

COMFORT, SECURITY,
AND A FUTURE MATE

COULD NOW JUST BE YARDS AWAY.

♪

[CHIRPING]

THE FAMILY HAS SPOTTED HER, TOO.

[CHIRPING]

COTTON-TOP FAMILIES
OFTEN ACCEPT OUTSIDERS,

WHO REINFORCE THEIR
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS,

HELP WITH CHILD-REARING

AND ENHANCE THEIR
POTENTIAL GENE POOL.

[CHIRPING]

PABLO, THE YOUNG MALE,
TWITTERS EXCITEDLY TO MONA.

BUT MOTHER BELLA
IS APPREHENSIVE.

SHE’S THE ALPHA,

AND ALLOWING ANOTHER FEMALE
TO JOIN HER FAMILY

COULD THREATEN HER
BREEDING POSITION IN THE TROOP.

[CHIRPING]

MONA APPROACHES CAUTIOUSLY.

BUT BELLA’S NOT HAPPY.

SHE’S MADE IT CLEAR...

[SCREECHING]

[SCREECHING]

THE NEWCOMER’S UNWELCOME.

AND MONA BEATS A HASTY RETREAT.

♪

PABLO MIGHT WANT HER AROUND,
BUT BELLA’S NOT HAVING IT.

SHE’S THE BOSS, AND SHE DECIDES
WHO’S IN AND WHO’S OUT.

[HOWLING]

THE HOWLERS’ CALLS ECHO THROUGH
THE CANOPY ONCE MORE,

BUT THIS TIME THEY’RE ANNOUNCING
THE COMING RAIN.

[THUNDER]

IN THE 5-MONTH RAINY SEASON,

RAIN FALLS ALMOST
EVERY OTHER DAY.

[THUNDER]

IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS,
MANY ANIMALS TAKE COVER.

THE HOWLERS JUST HUNKER DOWN.

BUT FOR LITTLE ONES,

THERE’S ALWAYS SHELTER
TO BE FOUND WITH MOM.

♪

[THUNDER]

BELLA AND HER FAMILY
HUDDLE TOGETHER

FOR WARMTH AND SECURITY.

NOT FAR OFF, MONA SEEKS SHELTER
UNDER THE LEAVES, ALONE.

HER TINY BODY IS WET AND COLD.

♪

SHE HAS A DECISION TO MAKE:

KEEP TRYING TO WIN BELLA’S FAVOR
AND JOIN THE FAMILY,

OR HEAD OFF AGAIN
INTO THE FOREST

IN HOPES OF FINDING
ANOTHER TROOP.

EXHAUSTED, HUNGRY,
AND DANGEROUSLY COLD,

MONA IS IN REAL TROUBLE.

ALONE LIKE THIS, SHE WON’T
SURVIVE IN THE JUNGLE FOR LONG.

♪

DUNG BEETLES QUICKLY STRIP
A HOWLER MONKEY SKULL,

A FATE THAT COULD BE HERS IF
SHE DOESN’T FIND A FAMILY SOON.

FINDING SAFETY IN NUMBERS
IS A COMMON STRATEGY

FOR MANY ANIMALS,

INCLUDING THESE PECULIAR-LOOKING
NEIGHBORS OF THE COTTON-TOPS.

[CLUCKING]

THEY’RE BOATBILL HERONS,

YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS
OF THE FOREST.

[CLUCKING]

NESTING IN A COLONY
ABOVE A SEASONAL LAKE,

THEY’VE CREATED A SAFE HAVEN IN
WHICH TO BRING UP THEIR YOUNG.

[CLUCKING]

THE FEMALE SHARES PARENTING
DUTIES WITH HER MATE,

EACH TAKING TURNS TO INCUBATE
THEIR BROOD.

THEY TIME THEIR INCUBATION

SO THE EGGS HATCH A FEW DAYS
APART FROM ONE ANOTHER.

IT’S A STRATEGY USED
BY MANY BIRDS

AND ALLOWS THEM TO MATCH
THEIR BROOD SIZE

TO THE AVAILABLE FOOD SUPPLY.

[CLUCKING]

EVENTUALLY THE PARENTS’
PATIENCE PAYS OFF.

♪

WITH TWO EGG-TEETH ON ITS BILL,
THE CHICK BREAKS OPEN THE SHELL.

[CHATTERING]

ITS PARENTS WILL GUARD
THIS HELPLESS NEW ARRIVAL.

[CHATTERING]

COME NIGHTFALL THEY WILL
HEAD OUT IN THE DARKNESS

TO HUNT IN THE POOL BELOW.

THEY WILL REGURGITATE
FISH, SHRIMP OR INSECTS

FOR THEIR CHICK’S FIRST MEAL.

♪

AS THE CLOUDS CLEAR AND
THE SUN WARMS THE FOREST,

THE COTTON-TOP TWINS
EXPLORE THEIR JUNGLE GYM.

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THEY STILL GET MOST OF THEIR
NUTRIENTS FROM BELLA’S MILK,

BUT ARE STARTING TO SUPPLEMENT
THEIR DIET WITH SOLIDS.

THIS MORNING THEY’RE
LOOKING FOR INSECTS.

AT THEIR YOUNG AGE,

CATCHING JUST ONE WOULD BE
A MAJOR VICTORY.

BELLA AND CARLOS LOOK ON.

THEY’VE DEMONSTRATED HOW TO
CATCH INSECTS MANY TIMES,

BUT NOW IT’S
THEIR STUDENTS’ TURN.

COULD THIS BE IT?

NOT QUITE.

ANOTHER TRY.

GOT IT!

THIS GRASSHOPPER
IS QUITE A HANDFUL!

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WHILE THE FAMILY’S ATTENTION
IS ON THE TWINS’ SUCCESS,

BENEATH THEM DANGER
SLITHERS IN UNNOTICED.

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A BOA CONSTRICTOR ON THE HUNT.

CAMOUFLAGED SCALES
HELP ITS 10-FOOT BODY

DISAPPEAR INTO THE UNDERGROWTH.

BUT IT DOESN’T JUST SEEK
ITS QUARRY ON THE GROUND.

AT 60 POUNDS, THIS GIANT SNAKE
IS A SURPRISINGLY ADEPT CLIMBER.

THICK MUSCLES GRIP TIGHTLY
TO THE TRUNK

AS IT PUSHES ITSELF UP,
COIL BY COIL.

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LACKING BOTH FANGS AND VENOM,

IT’S STILL A VERY
EFFECTIVE KILLER.

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SMALL, HOOKED TEETH GRAB
AND HOLD ON TO PREY...

WHILE ITS POWERFUL BODY
WRAPS AROUND ITS VICTIM,

SQUEEZING UNTIL IT SUFFOCATES.

IT TASTES THE AIR,

ITS TONGUE PROBING FOR
CHEMICAL CLUES FROM ITS PREY.

RIGHT NOW, IT CAN TASTE
COTTON-TOP.

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MONA HAS DECIDED TO MAKE A FINAL
ATTEMPT TO JOIN BELLA’S FAMILY.

[CHIRPING]

SHE APPROACHES THE BRANCHES
WHERE THE TWINS ARE FEEDING,

WHISTLING HER DESIRE
TO JOIN THEM.

[WHISTLING]

CREEPING CLOSER BELOW,
THE BOA APPROACHES SILENTLY.

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BUT MONA SPOTS IT.

[SCREECHING]

SHE CALLS OUT THE ALARM,
"DANGER FROM BELOW!"

THE FAMILY SPRINGS INTO ACTION,

BUT THEY DON’T RUN AWAY.

THEY DIVE TOWARDS THE SNAKE,
AND MONA JOINS THEM.

WITH A SHOW OF STRENGTH
AND SHRIEKING CALLS,

THEY MOB THE BOA,
HOPING TO DRIVE IT AWAY.

[SHRIEKING]

WITH ITS COVER BLOWN,
THE SNAKE RETREATS.

[CHIRPING]

THE TWINS ARE SAFE, THANKS
TO THEIR NEW HEROINE, MONA.

SHE CALLS GENTLY
AS BELLA APPROACHES,

BUT IT’S NO LONGER
THE "LONELY" CALL.

THIS IS A CONTACT CALL,
AN INVITATION TO GROOM.

[CHIRPING]

BELLA RESPONDS, ALLOWING
THE OUTSIDER TO GROOM HER;

A CLEAR SIGN THAT SHE’S ACCEPTED
MONA INTO THE FAMILY.

MONA’S DANGEROUS JOURNEY
IS FINALLY OVER.

THE BRAVE, YOUNG FEMALE
HAS FOUND A NEW FAMILY.

SHE WILL BOLSTER THEIR NUMBERS

AND HELP PABLO
WITH BABYSITTING DUTIES.

IN RETURN,
SHE’S FOUND THE SECURITY

SHE DESPERATELY NEEDS...

AND PERHAPS, IN PABLO,

THE CHANCE TO ONE DAY START
A FAMILY OF HER OWN.

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