All language subtitles for Jungle Cat

[ MUSIC PLAYS ]

Narrator: AMONG THE DOMESTIC
ANIMALS OF THE EARTH,

THE CAT HAS LONG BEEN
MAN'S FRIEND AND COMPANION.

THE ASSOCIATION
IS AN OLD AND HONORED ONE,

REFLECTED IN THE ART
OF ANCIENT CULTURES

AND THE SYMBOLS OF
LONG-FORGOTTEN DYNASTIES.

YET FOR ALL ITS TIME
IN CIVILIZED CIRCLES,

THE CAT HAS NEVER COMPLETELY
GIVEN UP ITS WILDERNESS WAYS.

GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY,

THE TAME CAT
WILL INEVITABLY REVERT TO TYPE

AND BECOME AGAIN
THE STEALTHY HUNTER.

THOUGH IT MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE OLD TECHNIQUES

FROM LACK OF PRACTICE,

ITS NATURAL INSTINCTS
REMAIN UNCHANGED.

AND FOR THE DOMESTIC CAT,

THERE'S ALWAYS HUMAN
HOSPITALITY TO FALL BACK ON

IN CASE OF FAILURE.

FOR ITS WILD COUSINS,
HOWEVER,

THERE'S NO BOWL OF MILK
AT THE END OF THE TRAIL.

OUT OF NECESSITY,
THE CATS OF THE WILDERNESS

MUST FEND FOR THEMSELVES.

THUS, THEIR TALENTS AS HUNTERS

ARE SHARPENED
TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE.

AND ON THIS COMMON GROUND,
ALL CATS ARE ALIKE.

THE TIGER, FOR ONE,

IS MERELY THE TABBY CAT
DRAWN LARGER THAN LIFE.

IT MOVES WITH THE SAME GRACE

AND HUNTS ITS PREY WITH
THE SAME CALCULATED CUNNING.

IT'S PERHAPS BECAUSE HE HAS
NEVER DOMINATED THIS SPECIES

THAT MAN HAS ALWAYS REGARDED
THE CATS

WITH ADMIRATION AND RESPECT.

FOR AS LONG AS HUMAN HISTORY
HAS BEEN RECORDED,

HE HAS HONORED THE GREATEST
OF CATS, THE LION.

IN THE CULTURE OF EVERY
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION,

THIS ANIMAL HAS SERVED AS
A SYMBOL OF ROYALTY AND POWER.

IN THE REALM OF NATURE,

THE LIVING LION WALKS
IN LORDLY SPLENDOR,

A TRUE KING OF BEASTS.

ALMOST ANY OF THE GREAT CATS
COULD WEAR THE LION'S CROWN,

FOR ALL ARE NOTED
FOR THEIR COURAGE,

THEIR INTELLIGENCE,
AND THEIR POWER.

IN ALL THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,
THERE EXIST NO BETTER HUNTERS.

AS A STALKER OF PREY,
THE CHEETAH IS WITHOUT PEER.

IN ANCIENT EGYPT,

THIS BEAST WAS ACTUALLY TRAINED
FOR THE HUNT.

THE CHEETAH
IS A DOCILE CREATURE.

IN FACT, IT COULD ALMOST
BE TAKEN FOR A DOG

AND, LIKE THE GREYHOUND
IT RESEMBLES,

LITERALLY RUNS ITS QUARRY
TO EARTH.

AT THE MOMENT OF THE KILL,
HOWEVER,

THE CHEETAH
BECOMES COMPLETELY THE CAT

AND COULD NEVER BE MISTAKEN
FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

THE LEOPARD IS ANOTHER
TO BE RECKONED WITH.

HERE IS A KILLER
BOTH WANTON AND RUTHLESS --

THE EXECUTIONER
OF THE AFRICAN PLAIN.

THE GREAT CATS OF THE WORLD
ARE A POWERFUL FORCE IN NATURE.

IT WOULD SEEM TO BE
THEIR FUNCTION

TO PURGE ALL OTHER SPECIES
OF WEAKLINGS,

AND IN SUCH A ROLE, THEY'RE
KNOWN ON EVERY CONTINENT.

IN NORTH AMERICA,
THE RULING MEMBER OF THE TRIBE

IS THE COUGAR,
OR MOUNTAIN LION.

HERE IS A HUNTER WITH A PRICE
ON HIS HEAD.

ELUSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS
IN HIS HABITS,

THE COUGAR LIVES BY HIS WITS

AND SOMEHOW SURVIVES
JUST BECAUSE HE IS A CAT --

SELF-RELIANT, RESOURCEFUL,
AND CLEVER.

BUT OF ALL THESE STALKERS
OF PREY,

THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE
IS THE CAT OF SOUTH AMERICA --

THE JAGUAR.

THIS IS THE JUNGLE CAT.

HERE IS THE QUINTESSENCE

OF ALL THAT GOES
TO MAKE UP A TRUE CAT.

FOR GRACE AND BEAUTY,
FOR PERSEVERANCE AND POWER,

THE JAGUAR WILL HOLD ITS OWN
WITH ALL OTHERS OF ITS KIND.

[ INSECTS, BIRDS CHIRPING ]

THE JUNGLE CAT LIVES DEEP
IN THE RAIN FORESTS OF BRAZIL.

IT ROAMS THE VAST
AMAZON BASIN,

HALF A CONTINENT COVERED
WITH TANGLED VEGETATION.

ITS SECRET DOMAIN IS THE SCENE
OF OUR TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE,

AND ITS PREDATORY HABITS --
OUR THEME.

FOR THIS IS THE STORY

OF THE GREATEST HUNTER
OF THEM ALL.

[ CHIRPING CONTINUES ]

[ CHATTERING ]

[ GROWLING ]

[ CHATTERING CONTINUES ]

THOUGH THE TREETOP RESIDENTS
ARE RELATIVELY SAFE,

THE CREATURES LIVING
ON THE FOREST FLOOR

MUST KEEP FOREVER ON THE ALERT.

AMONG THESE, THE TINY RODENTS
CALLED THE PACAS

TEND TO SUFFER
THE GREATEST LOSSES.

THEIR NUMBER IS ALMOST
CONSTANTLY DWINDLING,

FOR IN THE VERY NATURE
OF THINGS HERE,

THE PACA IS TO THE JAGUAR

WHAT THE ORDINARY MOUSE
IS TO THE ORDINARY CAT --

FAIR GAME ALWAYS.

[ SCREECHES ]
WITH EVERY KILL
THE JAGUAR MAKES,

THE MONKEYS CALL HER NAMES...

FROM A SAFE DISTANCE,
NATURALLY.

AND THE MACAWS HURL DOWN
THEIR OWN KIND OF EPITHETS.

[ MACAW CHATTERING ]

BUT THE GREAT CAT GOES ABOUT
HER DEADLY BUSINESS

UNMOVED AND UNDISTURBED.

HERS IS A CAREER
OF ASSASSINATION,

AND SHE MAKES NO PRETENSE
THAT IT SHOULD BE OTHERWISE.

THE JAGUARS LIVE IN
THE LARGEST JUNGLE ON EARTH.

IT IS IMPASSABLE
AND IMPENETRABLE --

A NATURAL BARRIER TO MAN
AND ALL HIS WORKS.

AND SO IT REMAINS

THE JUNGLE CAT'S
EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN.

APPROXIMATELY 300,000 SPECIES
OF PLANTS GROW HERE,

MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER LOCALE.

RAIN FALLS NEARLY EVERY DAY
OF THE YEAR.

IN FACT, IT'S MEASURED
IN FEET RATHER THAN INCHES.

AND THIS ACCOUNTS
FOR THE LUXURIANCE
OF THE VEGETATION.

THIS IS A TRUE RAIN FOREST.

ITS PECULIAR CHARACTERISTIC

IS THAT EVERYTHING GROWS
TO EXTRAORDINARY SIZE.

THE PALM TREES SHOOT UP
HUNDREDS OF FEET INTO THE AIR,

TOWERING ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.

PLANTS THAT ARE
TECHNICALLY VIOLETS

GROW LARGE AS APPLE TREES.

AND A SPECIES OF ROSE
ATTAINS A HEIGHT OF 150 FEET.

THE VINES ARE
AS THICK AS TREE TRUNKS,

AND THE WILDFLOWERS
SPRINGING UP ON EVERY SIDE

ARE OVERSIZED ORCHIDS.

IN THIS NATURAL HOTHOUSE,
THEY APPEAR EVERYWHERE --

AN ENDLESS PROFUSION
OF EXOTIC SHAPES AND COLORS.

IN QUIET BAYOUS, THE LILY PADS
GROW BIG AS TABLETOPS,

COVERING THE WATERS
WITH A STRANGE GREEN FLOOR.

THIS IS A LAND
CRISSCROSSED WITH THOUSANDS
OF NAMELESS STREAMS.

ALMOST HIDDEN BY
THE OVERHANGING FOLIAGE,

THEY GO THEIR WAY
UNEXPLORED, UNKNOWN,

AND UNRECORDED ON ANY MAP.

ONLY THOSE THAT CAN QUALIFY
AS MAJOR RIVERS

ENJOY THE DISTINCTION
OF A NAME.

AND SOME,
LIKE THE IGUAçú RIVER,

CREATE SPECTACULAR WATERFALLS.

THESE ARE THE CATARACTS
OF THE IGUAçú

ON THE BORDER BETWEEN
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA.

ITS PANORAMA IS WORLD-FAMED

AND ON A SCALE
TO MATCH ANY ON EARTH.

ON APPROACHING A BRINK
OF THE CHASM,

THESE WATERS PLUNGE 200 FEET

INTO THE MIST-FILLED GORGE
BELOW.

THE IGUAçú GOES ITS WAY

INDEPENDENT OF THE MAIN SYSTEM
OF STREAMS,

BUT MOST OTHER BRAZILIAN RIVERS
FORM A VAST NETWORK

THAT DRAINS THE HEART
OF THE JUNGLE CAT'S DOMAIN.

TRIBUTARIES LIKE THE MADEIRA,

THE TAPAJOS, THE XINGU,
THE BRANCO

ALL COMBINE THEIR CURRENTS

TO CREATE THE MIGHTIEST RIVER
OF ALL -- THE AMAZON.

WHERE THE RíO NEGRO
JOINS THE AMAZON,

THE TWO RIVERS REMAIN
IN SUSPENDED DEADLOCK

FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE
DOWNSTREAM.

SO POWERFUL
IS THE AMAZON'S FLOW,

SO THICK IS THE INCOMING SILT

THAT THE TWO CURRENTS
WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY BLEND.

4,000 MILES IN LENGTH

AND SOME 200 MILES WIDE
AT ITS MOUTH,

THE AMAZON CARRIES MORE WATER
TO THE SEA

THAN ANY OTHER RIVER
IN THE WORLD.

AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR,

IT ALSO OVERRUNS THE LAND
AND CREATES A SCENE OF FLOOD

REACHING AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

ALONG THE AMAZON'S COURSE,

THERE IS A TEEMING
AND COLORFUL VARIETY OF LIFE --

MAMMALS AND BIRDS AND REPTILES
AMONG THE STRANGEST IN NATURE.

THIS BEING THE JUNGLE,
MONKEYS ARE EVERYWHERE.

INDEED, IT WOULD HARDLY SEEM
A JUNGLE WITHOUT THEM.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THESE,
THERE ARE GIANT-SIZED LIZARDS

THAT SEEM A THROWBACK
TO A PREHISTORIC PAST.

THEN THERE ARE THE WEIRD BIRDS,
CREATURES OUT OF A FANTASY...

SUCH IS THE TOUCAN,

WHOSE BILL RESEMBLES THE CLAWS
OF AN OVERSIZED LOBSTER --

STRANGE EQUIPMENT INDEED FOR
THE DAINTY FRUITS HE FAVORS.

THIS JUNGLE LOCALE
TEEMS WITH PARROTS

TO THE NUMBER
OF 100 DIFFERENT SPECIES.

MOST OF THEM DRESS
IN SHADES OF GREEN,

PREFERRING TO BLEND
WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

[ PARROTS CHATTERING ]

BUT HERE ARE BIRDS
OF QUITE A DIFFERENT FEATHER.

THESE ARE THE MACAWS,

CLOTHES-CONSCIOUS COUSINS
OF THE PARROTS,

WHO LIKE TO STAND OUT
IN ALL THEIR FLAMBOYANT BEAUTY.

PERHAPS THE MOST BRILLIANT
PLUMAGE OF ALL

BELONGS TO THE IBIS FAMILY.

THESE ARE THE SCARLET IBIS,

DEBONAIR MEMBERS
OF THE STORK CLAN.

THEY FEED
IN UNDISTURBED SOLITUDE

ALONG THESE HIDDEN BACKWATERS.

THE RIVER SWARMS WITH FISH
AND THE CATCHERS OF FISH,

BUT NONE SO UNORTHODOX
AS THE SKIMMER.

THIS BIRD'S APPROACH
TO THE PROBLEM

IS INDEED A STRANGE ONE.

HE HOPES TO MAKE A CATCH

WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING DOWN
ON THE SURFACE.

THERE ARE JUST TWO THINGS
HE MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT --

SUBMERGED LOGS
AND SUBMERGED CROCODILES.

THE SOUTH AMERICAN VERSION
OF THE CROCODILE

IS CALLED THE JACARE,
OR SOMETIMES THE CAIMAN.

IT'S A DISTINCT SPECIES

PECULIAR TO THIS PART
OF THE WORLD.

BUT IT REMAINS
A TYPICAL CROCODILE

IN ITS VORACIOUS HABIT
OF EATING ALMOST ANYTHING.

SOMETIMES,
BIRD AND REPTILE

MINGLE IN RATHER
STARTLING PROXIMITY.

EACH SEEMS TO KNOW THE LIMIT
OF THE OTHER'S ABILITIES

AND JUST HOW FAR TO GO
WITH THE LAWS OF CHANCE.

THE WISER AMONG THE EGRETS,
HOWEVER,

WILL RETURN TO ITS OWN ELEMENT
AND TAKE ITSELF ELSEWHERE

WHEN JACARES ARE KNOWN
TO BE AROUND.

THE PANIC OF A SINGLE BIRD

WILL SOMETIMES SET OFF
A CHAIN REACTION,

FOR NONE CAN TELL

WHEN THE JACARE
WILL BID FOR ITS VICTIM.

WHEN THE FLAMINGOS
TAKE TO THE SKY,

THE RESULTING PANORAMA

CAN BE CURIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL
AND IMPRESSIVE.

THIS, THEN, IS THE WORLD
OF THE JUNGLE CAT.

IN A WAY, IT'S A PRIMEVAL
GARDEN OF EDEN,

COMPLETE WITH SERPENT.

IT'S A STRANGE
AND EERIE WORLD --

A WORLD OF PARADOX --

WHERE PLENTY PREVAILS
YET HUNGER STALKS.

HERE, LIFE IS HECTIC,

FIERCELY COMPETITIVE,
EXCITING, AND GRIM.

FOR THIS, WE MUST REMEMBER,
IS THE JUNGLE --

RAW AND UNTAMED,

WHERE ALL ARE RULED
BY THE LAW OF FANG AND CLAW.

LIKE ALL THE CATS, JAGUARS
ARE ALOOF AND INDEPENDENT

AND GENERALLY PREFER
TO TRAVEL ALONE.

AND SINCE THEY ARE NOMADS
BY HABIT,

THEIR ROAMING
OFTEN TAKES THEM

OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED
SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY.

IN THE COURSE OF THEIR PATROLS,

THEY COME TO ADOPT A CERTAIN
HUNTING GROUND AS THEIR OWN

AND BITTERLY RESENT
THE INTRUSION OF OTHER JAGUARS.

AND SO WHEN AN ACCIDENTAL
MEETING OCCURS

WITHOUT PROPER INTRODUCTION AND
PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS,

THERE'S SURE TO BE A FIGHT.

[ BOTH ROARING, SNARLING ]

A BATTLE BETWEEN THESE CATS,

EACH WEIGHING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200 POUNDS,

IS A SAVAGE AND VICIOUS AFFAIR.

[ ROARING, SNARLING CONTINUE ]

HAVING DISPOSED OF HER ENEMY,

THE JUNGLE CAT
TAKES A MOMENT'S REST.

IT WAS A LIVELY TUSSLE
WHILE IT LASTED,

BUT, FORTUNATELY,
SHE'S MANAGED TO GET THROUGH

WITHOUT PERMANENT DAMAGE.

SUDDENLY,
A THIRD JAGUAR APPEARS.

YES, THIS IS A JAGUAR,

EVEN THOUGH ITS COAT
IS AS DARK AS THE JUNGLE NIGHT.

UNUSUAL AS HE MAY APPEAR,

A BLACK SPECIMEN SUCH AS THIS
IS NOT ACTUALLY RARE.

IF HE'S UNCOMMON AT ALL,

IT'S IN THE FACT THAT
HE'S UNCOMMONLY HANDSOME.

THIS FELLOW IS A HUGE MALE,
AND TO JUDGE FROM HIS ATTITUDE,

HE COULD WELL BE THE ONE
TO TAKE OVER THIS TERRITORY.

275 POUNDS OF FIGHTING TRIM.

[ BOTH GROWLING, SNARLING ]

THIS TIME IT APPEARS

THE JUNGLE'S MISTRESS
MAY HAVE MET HER MATCH.

BUT AS THE BATTLE PROGRESSES,

THE ATTITUDE OF THE
BELLIGERENTS BEGINS TO CHANGE.

IN A MOMENT,

IT'S CLEAR THAT WHAT BEGAN
AS AN ALL-OUT ARGUMENT

HAS TURNED INTO
A ROMANTIC LOVE SPAT.

IT SEEMS THESE TWO AREN'T MAD
AT EACH OTHER AT ALL.

THIS IS A SORT OF
ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE COURTSHIP,

THE KIND THAT CATS THRIVE ON.

AND SO, EACH WOOED AND WON
IN THE PROPER JUNGLE FASHION,

THE HANDSOME PAIR AGREES TO
TRAVEL THROUGH LIFE TOGETHER.

TIME HAS PASSED --
100 DAYS, TO BE EXACT.

AND NOW OUR JUNGLE MISTRESS
FINDS HERSELF A MOTHER

WITH A FAMILY TO CARE FOR.

THE TWO KITTENS ARE SMALL
IMAGES OF THEIR PARENTS --

ONE RESEMBLING ITS FATHER

AND THE OTHER AN IDENTICAL
REPRODUCTION OF ITS MOTHER

IN MINIATURE.

ALTHOUGH THE JUNGLE WAY CAN BE
INCREDIBLY HARSH AT TIMES,

THERE ARE THESE MOMENTS
WHEN LIFE HAS ITS LIGHTER SIDE.

AND ON OCCASIONS SUCH AS THIS,

THE JUNGLE CAT
IS CAPABLE OF GENTLENESS

AND UNENDING PATIENCE.

NOW SHE'S COMPANION,
PROTECTOR, AND TEACHER,

DEDICATED TO THE WELFARE
OF HER YOUNG.

FROM THE BEGINNING,
THE JAGUAR KITTEN IS ALL CAT,

VERY EARLY DISPLAYING THE
CURIOSITY THAT MARKS HIS KIND.

HE'S SUREFOOTED, TOO,

OR TRIES TO BE TO THE BEST
OF HIS ABILITY,

AND RATHER ABHORS THE IDEA
OF FALLING INTO THE CREEK.

HE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET,
BUT HE'S GOING TO HAVE
TO GET USED TO WATER,

FOR, SOONER OR LATER,
EVERY CREATURE OF THE JUNGLE

MUST LEARN TO SWIM.

UNLIKE MOST CATS, THE JAGUARS
DON'T MIND THE WATER --

IN FACT,
ALMOST SEEM TO ENJOY IT.

AND THE MOTHER CAT IS ANXIOUS

THAT HER YOUNGSTERS
LEARN TO LIKE IT EARLY.

AND SO SHE SPENDS MANY
PLEASANT HOURS WITH THEM

AT THE SWIMMING HOLE.

THESE HIDDEN STREAMS
ARE THE PLAYGROUND

OF MANY A JUNGLE RESIDENT,

BUT NONE SEEMS TO GET
QUITE AS MUCH KICK OUT OF LIFE

AS THIS CAREFREE CREATURE.

THIS IS
THE SOUTH AMERICAN OTTER.

HE CRUISES THESE MYSTERIOUS
BACKWATERS SEEKING ADVENTURE,

TAKING AN OCCASIONAL FISH,

GOING OUT OF HIS WAY
TO HAVE FUN.

AN OTTER IS AN OTTER
NO MATTER WHERE YOU FIND HIM.

AND TRUE TO TYPE,
THIS ONE LOVES TO PLAY.

IT DOESN'T MUCH MATTER
WITH WHOM.

HE'LL EVEN HECKLE SUCH STOLID
FELLOWS AS THE CAPYBARA.

IN GENERAL DISPOSITION,

THE CAPYBARA
IS THE OTTER'S EXACT OPPOSITE.

AS A PLAYMATE, HE'S PRETTY MUCH
A STICK-IN-THE-MUD --

SOBER, SLOW-MOVING,
AND QUITE WITHOUT IMAGINATION.

HE'S THE WORLD'S
LARGEST RODENT,

A COUSIN OF
THE NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER,

BUT WITHOUT ANY
OF THE BEAVER'S TALENT

AS A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER.

TO THE CAPYBARA,
PLAY MEANS GOING OFF BY HIMSELF

AND QUIETLY MUNCHING
WATER PLANTS.

AN OTTER MUST WORK OFF HIS
SUPERCHARGED ENERGY SOMEHOW,

AND, IF NECESSARY, HE'LL INVENT
GAMES HE CAN PLAY BY HIMSELF.

FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A SORT
OF "HE WENT THATAWAY" AFFAIR

THAT INVOLVES
CHASING HIS OWN TAIL.

IF HE CAN FIND A JUNGLE VINE
HANGING LOW OVER THE WATER,

HE MAKES UP A TRAPEZE ROUTINE

THAT CAN GO ON
FOR AN ENTIRE MORNING.

[ LOW RUMBLING ]

SUDDENLY, HE'S INTERRUPTED
BY A STRANGE SOUND.

IT SEEMS TO BE COMING
FROM SOME KING-SIZED FISH

WITH A CASE
OF KING-SIZED HICCUPS.

[ RUMBLING CONTINUES ]

THESE ARE AN AIR-GULPING
SPECIES CALLED THE PIRARUCU.

THEY SWALLOW AIR PERIODICALLY

AND EXPEL IT THROUGH
THEIR GILLS,

AND THEIR BELCHING CAN BE HEARD
FOR ALMOST A MILE.

HERE'S SOMETHING
TO AMUSE A BORED OTTER --

A BURPING FISH.

AN OLD HAND
AT PURSUING FISHES,

HE'S INTRIGUED
JUST ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

HE DISCOVERS, HOWEVER,

THAT THESE ARE
TWICE AS BIG AS HE IS.

THE PIRARUCU ARE RELATED
TO THE SALMON AND THE HERRING,

AND THEY GROW TO SIX
AND SEVEN FEET IN LENGTH.

SOMETIMES AS A RESULT
OF THE FLOODS,

THEY GET TRAPPED
IN THESE LANDLOCKED POOLS

AND FIND THEIR SWIMMING SPACE
RATHER CRAMPED,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY MUST SHARE
IT WITH A MISCHIEVOUS OTTER.

NOW THERE COMES ON THE SCENE
A TRUE FANCIER OF FRESH FISH,

AND HE MAY JUST BE BIG ENOUGH

TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THESE MONSTERS.

FIRST HE TRIES
THE STANDARD APPROACH --

POKING AT THEM WITH HIS PAW,
LOOKING FOR ALL THE WORLD

LIKE AN OVERSIZED KITTEN
BESIDE A GOLDFISH POND.

BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY OUT
TO CATCH A FISH,

YOU'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED
TO...CATCH IT.

SEVEN-FOOT FISH
VERSUS EIGHT-FOOT JAGUAR.

FOR A WHILE,
IT'S ALMOST AN EVEN TUSSLE.

WHATEVER THE PRIZE --
FISH, FOUL, OR FLESH --

THE JAGUAR'S NOT ONE
TO GIVE UP.

HE PURSUES AND PURSUES
AND, ABOVE ALL, PERSISTS.

AND SO IN THE END,

THE EXHAUSTED PIRARUCU
IS OVERPOWERED

TO BECOME A FINE FISH DINNER
FOR THE JUNGLE CAT'S FAMILY.

AS THE DAYS GO BY
IN LAZY SUCCESSION,

THE JUNIOR JUNGLE CATS
GROW A LITTLE BOLDER,

A LITTLE MORE INDEPENDENT,

AND SOON THEY'RE READY TO DO
A LITTLE HUNTING ON THEIR OWN.

BY NOW, THEY'VE BEEN WEANED
AND ARE READY FOR A MEAT DIET.

THESE KITTENS TAKE TO
THE ART OF THE CHASE NATURALLY.

IT ALL COMES INSTINCTIVELY,
FOR WITH THESE LITTLE FELLOWS,

HUNTING IS IN THE BLOOD.

AS WITH ALL CATS,

BIRDS SEEM TO HAVE
A STRANGE FASCINATION FOR THEM,

ESPECIALLY THESE GAILY COLORED
BIRDS OF THE JUNGLE.

WHEN THEY DISCOVER
A FLOCK OF PARAKEETS,

THEY FIGURE
THEY'VE STRUCK IT RICH.

WITH ALL THESE TO TRY FOR,
THEY CAN HARDLY MISS.

[ PARAKEETS CHATTERING ]

BUT THE LEADER
OF THE EXPEDITION
COMMITS A SLIGHT ERROR.

[ MEOWS ]

WELL, MISTAKE NUMBER ONE.

BUT THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN,
APPARENTLY,

AND SO THEY PUSH ON.

HERE'S A LITTLE FELLOW
ABOUT THEIR OWN AGE

AND APPARENTLY AS NEW
TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS,

HE'S TRYING TO MAKE
HIS FIRST MISTAKE, TOO.

IF HE LETS GO NOW,
THE KITTENS BELOW

ARE ALMOST CERTAIN TO CATCH HIM
ON THE FIRST BOUNCE.

FINALLY, MOTHER ARRIVES,
AND NOT A SECOND TOO SOON.

IN FACT, IN HER EXCITEMENT,

SHE ALMOST DROPS
THE BABY HERSELF.

THIS BUSINESS
OF CATCHING SOMETHING

TURNS OUT TO BE HARDER
THAN THEY THOUGHT.

ALREADY, THEIR FEET HURT.
THEY'RE HOT AND TIRED.

AND, FINALLY, THEY DECIDE
TO LEAVE IT ALL TO FATHER.

THEY'LL REST AWHILE

AND LET HIM BRING
SOMETHING HOME LATER.

NOW THAT THERE'S
A FAMILY TO SUPPORT,

THE PARENTS HUNT AS A TEAM.

IF ONE JAGUAR IS DEADLY,

IT NATURALLY FOLLOWS THAT
TWO CAN BE QUITE DISASTROUS.

THEIR FAVORITE PREY,

THE CREATURE THEY'RE ALMOST
CONSTANTLY SEEKING,

IS THIS ANIMAL
CALLED THE TAPIR.

THE TAPIR IS A RELATIVE
OF THE RHINOCEROS

AND A DISTANT COUSIN
OF THE HORSE.

FROM THE LOOKS OF THAT SNOUT,

HE COULD EVEN HAVE A BIT
OF ELEPHANT MIXED IN

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.

HE'S THE COMPLETE VEGETARIAN
AND PERFECTLY HARMLESS.

BUT IT'S JUST BECAUSE HE DOES
FEED WELL AND GROWS FAT

THAT HE'S SUCH A TEMPTATION
TO THE JUNGLE CATS.

FULL-GROWN, HE'S ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A SMALL DONKEY,

WEIGHING FROM 500
TO 700 POUNDS.

AND TO THE CAT FAMILY,

HE REPRESENTS A FEAST
THAT MAY WELL LAST A WEEK.

THE TAPIRS SPEND
CONSIDERABLE TIME

KEEPING COOL
IN THEIR FAVORITE WATER HOLES.

KNOWING THIS, THE JAGUARS
MAKE A DAILY CHECK

ON THESE HIDDEN HAUNTS.

WELL, IT WAS A GOOD TRY,
BUT NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH.

FOR ONCE, THE JUNGLE CATS
MUST GO HUNGRY.

BUT MAYBE THEY WON'T STARVE
AFTER ALL.

HERE COMES A PORK CHOP
ON THE HOOF.

THIS IS THE COLORED PECCARY,
THE WILD PIG OF THE JUNGLE.

HE'S AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS ANIMAL.

INDEED, THIS FELLOW
MAY TAKE SOME HANDLING.

BUT TO THE JUNGLE CATS,

A LITTLE RISK SIMPLY ADDS
ZEST TO THE GAME.

[ SQUEALING ][ GROWLING ]

IT'S GOING TO TAKE STRATEGY
AND A BIT OF TEAMWORK

TO DOWN THIS FELLOW.

THE FEMALE
STARTS THE KEY MANEUVER

BY DRAWING THE PIG'S ATTENTION
TO HERSELF.

THIS ALLOWS HER PARTNER
TO STRIKE FROM BEHIND

AND FINALLY MAKE THE KILL.

IT'S MORE AND MORE APPARENT

THAT THE SAFEST PLACE
IN THE JUNGLE

IS UP IN THE TREES.

INDEED, IF ALL SPECIES
LIVED ON THE GROUND,

WITHIN REACH
OF THE JUNGLE CATS,

THERE WOULD SOON BE NONE LEFT.

TO COUNTERACT THIS THREAT,

THE OTHER CREATURES EVOLVE
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OF THEIR OWN.

AND ONE WHOSE TALENTS
ARE DEVELOPED TO A HIGH DEGREE

IS THIS TREETOP TRAVELER.

THIS IS THE TAMANDUA,
OR LESSER ANTEATER.

HE LIVES ON A DIET
OF ANTS AND TERMITES

AND PRACTICALLY NOTHING ELSE.

HE FINDS THIS STAPLE FOOD

HANDILY AVAILABLE
IN THE TREETOPS

IN THESE AERIAL ANTHILLS
CALLED TERMITARIUMS.

WITH STRONG TALONS DEVELOPED
OVER CENTURIES OF SUCH EFFORT,

HE TEARS
THESE TERMITE CITIES APART

AND SCOOPS UP
THE FLEEING FUGITIVES

WITH HIS FACILE TONGUE.

BECAUSE HE MUST WORK
HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND,

THE TAMANDUA HAS DEVELOPED
HIS OWN SAFETY DEVICE --

A SENSITIVE, PREHENSILE TAIL

THAT AUTOMATICALLY ANCHORS HIM
BETTER THAN ANY HAND.

AMONG THE ANTEATERS, THIS IS
THE CLASSIC FIGHTING STANCE --

ARMS HELD WIDE APART,
AS THOUGH TO INVITE ATTACK.

BUT THERE'S A METHOD IN THIS
MADNESS, FOR IN THIS POSE,

THE SHARP TALONS ARE READY,
AND THESE CAN BE DEADLY.

HERE, THE DISPUTE
IS MORE OR LESS IN THE FAMILY

AND NOT AS SERIOUS
AS MIGHT BE.

IT WAS SORT OF A QUESTION
OF PRIORITY --

WHO SHOULD GIVE WAY TO WHOM?

WHEN THE SHUFFLE PUSHED THEM ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT,

THEY DECIDE THEY CAN
BREAK IT OFF WITH DIGNITY.

AND SO THEY GO THEIR
RESPECTIVE, ILL-TEMPERED WAYS.

IN SOME RESPECTS,
THE ANTEATERS ARE THE STRANGEST

AMONG ALL THE STRANGE
CREATURES OF THE JUNGLE.

THE MERE FACT OF AN ANIMAL
EXISTING SOLELY ON INSECTS

IS STARTLING,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CREATURE
IS THE SIZE OF THIS ONE.

THIS IS THE GIANT ANTEATER,
LARGEST OF ALL THE TRIBE.

THIS FELLOW'S DAILY INTAKE
OF ANTS

COULD WELL BE FIGURED
IN BUSHEL BASKETS.

THE ANTEATER'S TONGUE
IS LONG AND LIMBER

AND COATED
WITH A STICKY SUBSTANCE.

IT CAN PROBE THE TINIEST
CRACKS AND CRANNIES,

AND FOR THE ANTS, ESCAPE
IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

GENERALLY SPEAKING,

THE ANTEATERS
ARE WITHOUT ENEMIES.

THE ONLY ANIMAL THAT'S INCLINED
TO MOLEST THEM,

AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED,
IS THE JUNGLE CAT.

LIKE EVERY CAT IN CREATION,

THE JAGUAR IS PLAGUED
BY CURIOSITY.

IF SOMETHING MOVES,
HE'S GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS,

IF ONLY TO PROVIDE A MOMENT
OF DIVERTING AMUSEMENT.

IN SELF-DEFENSE, THE ANTEATER
ASSUMES HIS FIGHTING STANCE

AND KEEPS
HIS SHARP TALONS READY.

AT TIMES, HE BECOMES
THE AGGRESSOR,

TURNING THE TABLES
AND CHASING HIS TORMENTOR.

WHEN HE SEES
THE CHANCE FOR A GETAWAY,
HE TAKES TO THE RIVER

AND PUTS AN EXPANSE OF WATER
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE CAT.

APPARENTLY, THE JAGUAR

DOESN'T FEEL LIKE CARRYING
THINGS THAT FAR,

AND SO HE LETS THE VICTIM GO.

AFTER ALL THAT EXERTION,
THE ANTEATER NEEDS A REST.

BUT BEFORE LYING DOWN,

HE SCOOPS OUT AN IMPROVISED
COUCH ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR.

THEN HE CIRCLES THE SPOT
AND FINALLY SPIRALS INTO BED.

ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS
OF THE HUNT

ARE THE JUNGLE CAT'S
DAILY OCCUPATION,

SHE MUST OFTEN INTERRUPT THEM

TO CONTINUE
THE TRAINING OF HER YOUNG.

IN TIME, THEY MUST TAKE
HER PLACE, AND TO DO SO,

THEY MUST KNOW
ALL THE JUNGLE'S WEIRD WAYS.

AND NOW COMES
THE STRANGEST LESSON

OF THEIR YOUNG CAREERS --

HOW TO DEAL WITH
THEIR WORST ENEMY.

[ SNARLS, GROWLING ]

THERE ARE MANY THINGS
FOR THE KITTENS TO LEARN

FROM THIS DEMONSTRATION,
AND ONE OF THEM IS THIS --

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHEN TO
MOVE IN AND WHEN TO MOVE BACK

AND WHEN TO CALL IN
THE RESERVES.

IT WOULD SEEM THE BIG CATS

HAVE STIRRED UP A WHOLE NEST
OF JACARES,

AND NOW IT'S A MATTER
OF PICKING ONE THEY CAN HANDLE.

HERE'S A LIKELY LOOKING
CANDIDATE.

CAT VERSUS CROCODILE --

A BATTLE OUT OF THE SWAMPS
OF ETERNITY.

THE CAT HAS CLEVERNESS
AND GUILE ON ITS SIDE.

THE CROCODILE -- BRUTE STRENGTH
AND A KILLER'S INSTINCT.

THE CAT'S PROBLEM IS SIMPLE,
THOUGH NOT EASY.

IT'S HOW TO GET PAST
THOSE MURDEROUS TEETH.

WHEN THE THING IS DONE,

IT IS DONE SIMPLY
AND MOST EFFECTIVELY --

BY DROWNING.

THUS PERISHES
THE AMPHIBIOUS LIZARD

THAT HAUNTS THE JUNGLE SWAMPS.

AGAIN, THE JAGUARS CONQUER

SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY KNOW NO FEAR.

OF NECESSITY,
THE HUNTERS OF THE JUNGLE

MUST WORK FOR THEIR KEEP,

BUT FOR OTHERS, FOOD IS
TO BE HAD WITHOUT EFFORT.

THE VEGETARIANS FIND THE JUNGLE
A VAST BANQUET TABLE

AND ALL ITS DELICACIES
FREE FOR THE TAKING.

THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF MONKEYS

ARE ESPECIALLY
WELL PROVIDED FOR.

SUCH IS LIFE FOR THE MONKEYS --

EAT, THEN SLEEP.

SLEEP, THEN EAT.

AND BETWEENTIMES, DO NO MORE
WORK THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

OF COURSE, IT PAYS
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

TO TAKE A CHECK
ON THE JUNGLE CAT.

AND IF SHE'S WHERE SHE BELONGS
AND YOU'RE WHERE YOU BELONG,

THEN YOUR JUNGLE SIESTA
CAN BE UNDISTURBED.

IF AFTER ALL
THIS FOOD AND REST

YOU FEEL YOUR ENERGY
BEGINNING TO STIR A BIT,

THEN IT'S TIME
FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL.

FOR THE MONKEY CLAN,
THIS MEANS A FAST QUARTER MILE

ALONG THESE TREETOP HIGHWAYS.

IF HE'S ESPECIALLY AMBITIOUS,
THE MONKEY'S WORKOUT

IS APT TO INCLUDE A FEW QUICK
SWINGS ON A JUNGLE TRAPEZE.

THESE SPIDER MONKEYS
HAVE THEIR OWN SENSE OF BALANCE

AND A PREHENSILE TAIL TO TAKE
CARE OF ANY ERRORS IN JUDGMENT.

OUT OF NOWHERE,
A BOA CONSTRICTOR APPEARS.

AND THIS MEANS THAT ALL
MONKEY BUSINESS IS OVER.

THE BOA IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST CONSTRICTORS

LIVING
IN THE BRAZILIAN JUNGLE,

AND ALTHOUGH NOT POISONOUS,
IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

IT STRANGLES ITS PREY
IN ITS MUSCULAR COILS

IF AND WHEN
IT CATCHES SOMETHING.

[ SCREECHING ]

FORTUNATELY FOR THE MONKEYS,
THE BOA IS NOT A FAST CRAWLER.

THE BIGGER IT IS,
THE SLOWER IT TRAVELS.

IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME,
IN FACT,

TO MOVE 300 PAIRS OF RIBS
PAST A GIVEN POINT.

BUT THE BOA REQUIRES
ONLY ONE GOOD MEAL A MONTH,

AND SO IT HAS PLENTY OF TIME
TO DEVOTE TO THE ART OF AMBUSH.

IT'S FOR THIS REASON
THAT IT WILL LIE ALONG
THE LIMB OF A TREE,

SIMULATING THE BRANCH
UPON WHICH IT RESTS.

WHEN IT FREEZES
INTO POSITION,

ITS MOTTLED MARKINGS
MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.

THE MONKEYS SEE IT, HOWEVER,
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHICH END
THEY CAN PLAY AROUND WITH

AND WHICH END
TO LEAVE STRICTLY ALONE.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT LIBERTIES

THESE IMPISH CREATURES
WILL TAKE.

UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS
IS THE MONKEYS' WAY
OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY.

FINALLY TIRING
OF THEIR LITTLE GAME,

THE MONKEYS DO A QUICK EXIT.

THEY'VE DECIDED
THIS ISN'T THEIR MONTH

TO BE THE BOA'S BANQUET.

AND NOW HERE'S
A NEW KIND OF FUN --

A PAIR OF BABY TOUCANS,

NOT READY TO FLY
AND NOT READY TO FIGHT, EITHER.

[ SQUAWKING ]

SOMETIMES A MONKEY
IS LIKE A NAUGHTY CHILD,

NOT SO MUCH MALICIOUS
AS MISCHIEVOUS.

LIKE A KID WITH A NEW TOY,

HE'S GOT TO KNOW
WHAT MAKES THIS THING WORK,

EVEN IF HE BREAKS IT
FINDING OUT.

[ SQUAWKING ]

[ SQUAWKING CONTINUES ]

WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING
INTO TROUBLE,

THE MONKEYS HAVE SOME COUSINS
WHO ARE RATHER GOOD AT IT, TOO.

THESE ARE THE SO-CALLED
NEAR MONKEYS --

THE MARMOSETS
AND THE TAMARINS.

THEY SEEM TO SHARE THE TRIBE'S
GENERAL PROCLIVITIES

FOR MEDDLING
IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS.

[ SQUAWKING ]

AMONG THEIR NUMBER, THEY
INCLUDE SOME ODD SPECIMENS,

LIKE THIS FELLOW.

HE'S CALLED
THE MOUSTACHED TAMARIN

AND COULD HARDLY BE
ANYTHING ELSE.

THEN THERE'S A RELATIVE
KNOWN AS THE LION MARMOSET,

SO NAMED FOR HIS COLOR AND NOT
FOR HIS COURAGE OR HIS SIZE.

NEXT, THERE'S
THE TUFTED MARMOSET,

A FELLOW WITH HIS WHISKERS
IN HIS EARS.

THIS IS THE SILKY MARMOSET,

THE ALBINO MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY.

AND FINALLY,
THERE'S AN IDIOT COUSIN

WHO MIGHT BE CALLED
THE HALF-WITTED MARMOSET.

HE'S THE ONE WHO LIKES
TO PLAY WITH SNAKES...

IN THIS CASE,
AN EMERALD TREE BOA.

THE TREE BOA IS ANOTHER
OF THE CONSTRICTORS --

NOT POISONOUS, BUT NOT THE BEST
OF PLAYMATES EITHER.

FOOLHARDINESS
MUST ALWAYS PAY ITS PRICE.

IF YOU WILL COMMIT SUICIDE,

THE JUNGLE IS QUICK
TO ACCOMMODATE.

HIGH ABOVE ALL THIS TROUBLE
AND TURMOIL,

THERE LIVES A SPECIES WHOSE
LIFE IS SIMPLE AND SERENE.

NOT FOR THEM,
THESE NERVE-RACKING MOMENTS

OF CONSTANT CRISIS.

THEIRS IS A SLOW
AND UNRUFFLED EXISTENCE,

FOR THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND
OF CREATURES THEY ARE --

THE SLOW
AND UNRUFFLED SLOTHS.

THE SLOTH SPENDS ITS WHOLE LIFE
SUSPENDED IN SPACE,

NOT BECAUSE IT WANTS TO,
ESPECIALLY,

BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT CAN'T
BEHAVE IN ANY OTHER FASHION.

IT'S SO ACCUSTOMED
TO THIS TOPSY-TURVY EXISTENCE

THAT IT CAN'T WALK UPRIGHT
ON ALL FOURS.

IN FACT, A SLOTH THAT FINDS
ITSELF ON THE GROUND

IS JUST ABOUT IN
THE WORST PREDICAMENT POSSIBLE.

ONLY WHEN IT CAN CLIMB
BACK INTO THE TREES

IS IT IN ITS PROPER ELEMENT.

AND NOT JUST ANY OLD TREE,

FOR THIS PARTICULAR
SPECIES CAN LIVE ONLY
ON ONE KIND OF FOOD --

THE LEAVES AND SEEDPODS
OF THE CECROPIA TREE.

THUS, ITS RESTRICTED DIET

KEEPS IT WITHIN
A RELATIVELY LIMITED AREA.

TO A SLOTH, THIS DOESN'T SEEM
A HANDICAP, HOWEVER.

HE WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE
ANYWAY.

AND EVEN IF HE SHOULD DECIDE
TO TRY, HE WON'T TRAVEL FAR,

FOR IT TAKES HIM ALL DAY
JUST TO CROSS THE STREET.

UH-OH.

HERE COME THE NUISANCES AGAIN.

THESE WHITE-FACED RASCALS

SEEM ANNOYED AT THE SLOTHS
FOR SOME REASON.

PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE
THEY'VE TAKEN OVER
THE MONKEYS' FAVORITE TREE.

ORDINARILY, SLOTHS NEVER ENTER
THE WATER ONCE IN A GENERATION.

AND YET, WHEN PLUNGED
INTO IT, LIKE THIS,

THEY'RE ABLE TO SWIM
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

THEY MIGHT DO WELL TO STEP UP
THE TEMPO A BIT, HOWEVER.

NOW THE ANACONDA'S
ON THEIR TRAIL.

THIS IS THE RIVER-GOING VERSION
OF THE BOA CONSTRICTOR

AND TWICE AS DANGEROUS TO ALL
THAT'S WARM-BLOODED AND MORTAL.

AND NOW SAFETY
IS WITHIN THEIR GRASP,

IF THEY COULD ONLY GRASP IT.

AT LAST, A MOTHER'S COURAGE
AND TENACITY WIN OUT,

EVEN OVER
PHYSICAL INEPTITUDE.

THE FEUD BETWEEN THE SLOTHS
AND THE MONKEYS IS AN OLD ONE,

A FORM OF HARASSMENT
THAT NEVER ENDS.

THE ACROBATIC MONKEYS
ARE SO CLEVER,

AND THE HANDICAPPED SLOTH
SO HELPLESS,

THEY TAKE GREAT
DELIGHT IN SHOWING HIM UP
WHENEVER THEY GET THE CHANCE.

IF EVER THERE WAS AN UNDERDOG
IN THE WORLD,

THE POOR SLOTH IS IT.

BEFORE LONG, HOWEVER,
THE MONKEYS SEEM TO LOSE
INTEREST IN THEIR VICTIM.

THEY DROP HIM AS SUDDENLY
AS THEY TOOK HIM UP.

IN A MOMENT, IT'S CLEAR WHY.

A COUPLE OF CURIOUS SPECTATORS
ARE QUITE SPELLBOUND

BY THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

DESPERATELY SEEKING
SOME SMALL ADVANTAGE,

THE SLOTH TRIES
THE ONE TRICK IT KNOWS.

BY NOW, THE SLOTH IS LITERALLY
HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE,

BUT SO IS THE CAT
IT TURNS OUT.

IF THERE'S ONE THING
TO UNSETTLE THE JAGUAR,

IT'S A SENSE OF UNSURENESS.

THIS LIMB MAY GIVE WAY,
AND IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN,

EVEN FOR A CREATURE ACCUSTOMED
TO MAKING GOOD LANDINGS.

NEVER ONE TO GIVE UP,

THE SLOTH FINDS A THIN CHANCE
OFFERING ITSELF.

IT'S THE SLENDEREST
OF CHANCES,

BUT IT'S WELL WORTH
THE TAKING.

AND SO, FOR ONCE, THE MIGHTY
JUNGLE CAT IS DEFEATED...

NOT BY SUPERIOR STRENGTH
OR BETTER REFLEXES,

BUT SIMPLY BY STEADIER NERVES.

THUS DO THE MEEK SURVIVE.

THE JAGUAR'S DISAPPOINTMENT IS
SOMETHING SHE TAKES IN STRIDE.

IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE,
AND IT MAY WELL HAPPEN AGAIN.

SHE QUICKLY FORGETS
THE WHOLE THING

WHEN SHE REJOINS HER FAMILY.

HERE'S SOMETHING
SHE CAN'T IGNORE, HOWEVER --

THE BOA CONSTRICTOR,
POISED TO STRIKE.

THE BOA STRIKES NOT TO KILL,
BUT TO CATCH HOLD.

ONCE ATTACHED, IT WILL LOOP
ITS GREAT COILS AROUND A VICTIM

WITH LIGHTNING SPEED.

REALIZING ALL THIS, THE MOTHER
MANEUVERS FOR THE KILL.

SHE DISPLAYS A CERTAIN RESPECT
FOR THE SNAKE,

BUT NO REAL FEAR.

SHE'S MET ITS KIND BEFORE.

SHE KNOWS THAT AS LONG
AS SHE STAYS OUT OF REACH,

SHE'S REASONABLY SAFE.

AFTER THE FIRST SKIRMISH,
THE MOTHER JAGUAR DECIDES
ANOTHER TACK IS IN ORDER.

BUT FIRST, SHE MUST
MAKE SURE HER KITTENS

ARE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

NOW TO GET DOWN
TO THE DEADLY BUSINESS AT HAND.

[ GROWLING ]

THE CAT DISCOVERS THAT
THE REPTILE HAS CRAWLED
ON TO AN OVERHANGING LIMB.

SHE BATS AT IT,
FEINTING LIKE A CLEVER BOXER.

HER OBJECT -- TO BRING
THE BOA'S HEAD WITHIN REACH.

THAT'S THE VULNERABLE SPOT --

THE NECK,
JUST BEHIND THE HEAD --

IF SHE CAN ONCE GET AT IT.

ONCE ON THE GROUND, HOWEVER,
THE ADVANTAGE SWINGS
TO THE SNAKE,

FOR NOW THERE'S ROOM
TO MANEUVER AND STRIKE AGAIN.

AGAIN, THIS HAS BECOME
A SITUATION REQUIRING TEAMWORK.

AND HELP ARRIVES WHEN HER MATE
COMES ON THE SCENE.

WITH THE ATTACK
COMING FROM TWO SIDES,
THE SNAKE TRIES RETREAT.

THIS UNHEARD-OF TACTIC
ROUSES THE JAGUAR

TO A NEW PITCH OF RESENTMENT.

HE'S DETERMINED TO SEE THIS
THROUGH TO A DECISION.

AND THIS MONSTER IS NOT GOING
TO BE "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY,"

NOT IF HE CAN HELP IT.

CAN A 200-POUND JAGUAR
HOLD A 300-POUND SNAKE?

THAT'S THE QUESTION NOW.

THE POWER OF THE REPTILE
FINALLY PREVAILS,

AND NOW THE BATTLE
MOVES TO AN ELEMENT

THE SNAKE LIKES BETTER.

EVERY CREATURE
HAS A LAST-DITCH STRATEGY.

THE SNAKE'S IS THIS -- LURE
THE ENEMY IN OVER HIS DEPTH,

THEN SEIZE HIM
IN THE MUDDY WATERS.

MOST CREATURES WOULD SEE
THE DANGER DEVELOPING

AND THINK TWICE
BEFORE STEPPING INTO THE TRAP.

BUT NOT THE JAGUAR.

HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT DANGER.

HIS BLOOD IS UP,
BUT HE MEANS BUSINESS,

AND SO HE GOES AFTER
THE GIANT REPTILE.

THERE OCCURS ONE BAD MOMENT

WHEN THE CAT SEEMS
TERRIBLY CLOSE TO SUFFOCATION.

HIS MATE MOVES IN TO HELP,

BUT BEFORE SHE CAN GET
INTO THE FRAY,

THE MALE MANAGES TO BREAK
THE STRANGLEHOLD.

NOW HE HAS THE ENEMY
OUT ON DRY LAND AGAIN.

FOR ALL ITS GREAT STRENGTH,

THE SNAKE IS BEGINNING
TO SHOW SIGNS OF EXHAUSTION.

ITS MOVEMENTS
HAVE BECOME SLUGGISH,

AND ITS REFLEXES, SLOW.

ALL IT CAN DO NOW IS TO TRY
TO PROTECT ITS VULNERABLE HEAD.

FINALLY DEATH COMES.

THE DREADED REPTILE LIES LIMP
AND LIFELESS.

THE MOMENT THE ENEMY
IS DISPOSED OF,

THE JAGUARS
IGNORE IT COMPLETELY.

SOON THE INCIDENT
IS QUITE FORGOTTEN.

FOR THE JUNGLE CATS,
IT WAS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK --

NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IT,
NOTHING UNUSUAL AT ALL.

FOR THIS LITTLE TIME,

WE HAVE DWELT IN THE WORLD
OF THE JUNGLE CATS.

AND IN WATCHING
THEIR TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE,

WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE
THAT THESE TRULY ARE

THE MOST CATLIKE OF ALL CATS.

THEIRS IS A LIFE
LIKE NONE OTHER ON EARTH.

THEIRS IS A DOMAIN
WITHOUT EQUAL ANYWHERE.

IT IS BOTH HOME AND HAVEN

TO SOME OF THE STRANGEST
OF CREATURES.

AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT,

WE'VE HAD AN INTIMATE GLIMPSE
OF SOME OF THESE, TOO.

THE TAMANDUA,
DRESSED IN HIS CURIOUS JACKET.

THE TAPIR, BRAVING THE PERILS
OF THE HIDDEN RIVERS.

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE SLOTH
AND HER QUAINT CHILD.

THE GAUDY BIRDS
AND ALL THEIR VIBRANT PLUMAGE.

THE SILENT REPTILES
LYING IN WAIT.

AND THAT ANCIENT OF ANCIENTS --
THE JACARE,

LURKING IN THE DARK WATERS LIKE
THE SOUL OF THE JUNGLE ITSELF.

NOW THE TROPICAL RAINS
DELUGE THIS LEAKY WORLD,

BRINGING A MOMENT OF PEACE.

BUT PEACE IS ONLY TEMPORARY,

AND NOT THE NATURAL ORDER
OF THINGS.

FOR AS LONG AS
THE JAGUAR RULES SUPREME,

LIFE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
EXCITING AND HAZARDOUS,

FOR SUCH IS THE NEED
AND THE WAY OF THE HUNTER,

AND SUCH,
MORE THAN ANY OTHER CREATURE,

IS THE WAY OF THE JUNGLE CAT.

[ MUSIC PLAYS ]