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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,171 --> 00:00:05,305 . 2 00:00:05,905 --> 00:00:06,906 - NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS - SYMBOL, YOU KNOW YOU'RE 3 00:00:08,267 --> 00:00:10,023 WATCHING TELEVISION THAT IS 4 00:00:10,024 --> 00:00:11,778 EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL. 5 00:00:11,811 --> 00:00:15,515 THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC. 6 00:00:15,548 --> 00:00:17,283 - DYLAN: WELCOME TO "EARTH - ODYSSEY". 7 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:18,184 I'M DYLAN DREYER. 8 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:20,720 - GET READY TO TRAVEL AROUND THE - WORLD. 9 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:23,190 TODAY, WE DISCOVER THE RUGGED 10 00:00:23,191 --> 00:00:24,791 BEAUTY AND WONDER OF THE WORLD'S 11 00:00:24,824 --> 00:00:25,825 ELEPHANTS. 12 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,196 WE'LL DISCOVER WHERE THE GIANTS 13 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:30,964 GO TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR BEST 14 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:33,333 AND BIGGEST FRIENDS. 15 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:35,318 PLUS, WE TRAVEL TO THE ANCIENT 16 00:00:35,319 --> 00:00:37,270 ISLAND COUNTRY OF SRI LANKA AND 17 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:39,356 SEE HOW LOWLAND ELEPHANT BULLS 18 00:00:39,357 --> 00:00:41,408 GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN A BATTLE FOR 19 00:00:41,441 --> 00:00:42,442 DOMINATION. 20 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:45,805 AND LATER, FIND OUT WHY THESE 21 00:00:45,806 --> 00:00:47,800 ASIAN ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME 22 00:00:47,801 --> 00:00:50,500 KNOWN AS THE GARDENERS OF THE JUNGLE 23 00:00:50,830 --> 00:00:53,860 [MUSIC] 24 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:13,173 - DYLAN: THE NORTHEAST REGION OF - INDIA IS ONE OF THE MOST 25 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:14,875 MYSTERIOUS AND LEAST EXPLORED 26 00:01:14,876 --> 00:01:16,543 PLACES ON EARTH. 27 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:18,261 ALTHOUGH, TYPICALLY KNOWN AS THE 28 00:01:18,262 --> 00:01:19,946 SEVEN SISTER STATES, THERE ARE 29 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:21,905 ACTUALLY EIGHT INDIAN STATES 30 00:01:21,906 --> 00:01:23,829 THAT MAKE UP THIS ISOLATED 31 00:01:23,830 --> 00:01:24,317 REGION. 32 00:01:24,351 --> 00:01:26,103 EACH STATE IS UNIQUELY DIFFERENT 33 00:01:26,104 --> 00:01:27,854 IN THEIR CULTURE, LANDSCAPE, AND 34 00:01:27,887 --> 00:01:29,121 WILDLIFE. 35 00:01:29,122 --> 00:01:30,707 LET'S EXPLORE THIS AWESOME AND 36 00:01:30,708 --> 00:01:32,292 OFTEN OFF-LIMITS WORLD THAT 37 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:34,643 GIVES NORTHEAST INDIA ITS 38 00:01:34,644 --> 00:01:36,959 DIVERSITY, CHARACTER, AND SENSE 39 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:38,898 OF ADVENTURE. 40 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,600 NESTLING IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE 41 00:01:40,601 --> 00:01:42,268 HIMALAYAS IS A LUSH, GREEN, AND 42 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:45,104 MOUNTAINOUS WORLD. 43 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,607 FORESTS AND VALLEYS TEEM WITH 44 00:01:46,608 --> 00:01:48,108 LIFE. 45 00:01:54,714 --> 00:01:56,716 AND THEY ARE HOME TO A QUARTER 46 00:01:56,717 --> 00:01:58,718 OF THE WORLD'S ASIAN ELEPHANTS. 47 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:04,557 ONCE, THEY MIGRATED FREELY 48 00:02:04,558 --> 00:02:06,559 ACROSS INDIA ON AN EPIC 800 MILE 49 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:07,594 JOURNEY. 50 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:14,735 TODAY, THEIR AGE-OLD PATHS ARE 51 00:02:14,736 --> 00:02:16,503 PUNCTUATED WITH OBSTACLES AND 52 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:17,537 DANGER. 53 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:24,344 - BUT HERDS CONTINUE THEIR QUEST - TO FIND BETTER GRAZING AND AMPLE 54 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:25,879 WATER BY FOLLOWING THE MONSOON 55 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,380 NORTH. 56 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:32,486 THEIR ANNUAL TREK TAKES THEM 57 00:02:32,487 --> 00:02:34,254 THROUGH JUNGLES, ACROSS PLAINS, 58 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:35,789 AND UP MOUNTAINS ALMOST TWO 59 00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:37,290 MILES HIGH. 60 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:44,731 THE HERD IS LED BY THE OLDEST 61 00:02:44,732 --> 00:02:46,232 FEMALE, THE MATRIARCH. 62 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:50,754 IT'S HER RESPONSIBILITY TO 63 00:02:50,755 --> 00:02:53,105 REMEMBER THE ANCIENT ROUTES. 64 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:56,109 [MUSIC] 65 00:03:04,884 --> 00:03:06,886 DYLAN: ELEPHANTS NEED A HUGE 66 00:03:06,887 --> 00:03:08,888 AMOUNT OF FOOD TO SUSTAIN THEM. 67 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:15,277 ADULTS NEED TO EAT ALMOST 500 68 00:03:15,278 --> 00:03:16,963 POUNDS OF VEGETATION A DAY. 69 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,532 THAT'S THE SAME WEIGHT AS TWO 70 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,534 AND A HALF FULLY GROWN MEN. 71 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:25,756 AND THEY NEED MORE THAN 25 72 00:03:25,757 --> 00:03:27,574 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY TO WASH 73 00:03:27,607 --> 00:03:28,608 IT DOWN. 74 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:39,386 THEIR TRUNK IS AN AMAZING 75 00:03:39,387 --> 00:03:40,887 MULTIPURPOSE TOOL. 76 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,592 USED FOR BREATHING, SMELLING, 77 00:03:48,593 --> 00:03:50,263 AND COMMUNICATING, AND CAN BE A 78 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:51,297 DANGEROUS WEAPON. 79 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:57,905 IT ALSO MAKES AN EXCELLENT 80 00:03:57,906 --> 00:03:59,406 SHOWER. 81 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:02,442 [MUSIC] 82 00:04:14,554 --> 00:04:16,423 DYLAN: ELEPHANTS LOVE WATER. 83 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:24,181 BUT THE BATHERS CAN'T LINGER, 84 00:04:24,182 --> 00:04:25,899 THE MATRIARCH MUST GET HER HERD 85 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,034 BACK ON TRACK AND CONTINUE TO 86 00:04:28,035 --> 00:04:30,136 FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE MONSOON. 87 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:33,173 [MUSIC] 88 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:46,353 - DYLAN: ADULT ELEPHANTS ARE TOO - LARGE TO BE THREATENED BY 89 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:48,622 PREDATORS, BUT FOR A YOUNG 90 00:04:48,623 --> 00:04:50,857 ELEPHANT, INDIA'S FORESTS CAN BE 91 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:51,891 EVEN WORSE. 92 00:04:53,927 --> 00:04:56,529 TIGERS LURK IN THESE FORESTS. 93 00:04:56,563 --> 00:04:59,566 [MUSIC] 94 00:05:06,706 --> 00:05:08,458 DYLAN: BUT WITH ADULTS CLOSE, 95 00:05:08,459 --> 00:05:10,210 THE YOUNGSTER IS SAFE. 96 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:11,244 FOR NOW. 97 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:15,415 - COMING UP ON "EARTH ODYSSEY", - WE'LL DISCOVER WHERE THE GIANTS 98 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:17,989 GO TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR BEST 99 00:05:17,990 --> 00:05:20,529 AND BIGGEST FRIENDS. 100 00:05:20,530 --> 00:05:22,511 PLUS, WE TRAVEL TO SRI LANKA AND 101 00:05:22,512 --> 00:05:24,491 SEE HOW LOWLAND ELEPHANT BULLS 102 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:26,643 GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN A BATTLE FOR 103 00:05:26,644 --> 00:05:28,762 DOMINATION. 104 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:30,464 AND LATER, FIND OUT WHY THESE 105 00:05:30,465 --> 00:05:32,132 ASIAN ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME 106 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,667 KNOWN AS THE GARDENERS OF THE 107 00:05:33,668 --> 00:05:35,168 JUNGLE. 108 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:44,310 . 109 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:47,147 - NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC. 110 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:51,284 [MUSIC] 111 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:01,695 DYLAN: WELCOME TO THE DIVERSE 112 00:06:01,696 --> 00:06:03,129 AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF 113 00:06:03,163 --> 00:06:05,752 MALAYSIA, WHERE YOU NEVER KNOW 114 00:06:05,753 --> 00:06:08,339 WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND. 115 00:06:08,340 --> 00:06:10,937 [MUSIC] 116 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:25,235 DYLAN: MALAYSIA'S JUNGLES CAN 117 00:06:25,236 --> 00:06:26,753 SEEM LIKE AN IMPENETRABLE WALL 118 00:06:26,786 --> 00:06:28,538 OF GREEN BUT RUNNING THROUGH IT 119 00:06:28,539 --> 00:06:30,290 ALL IS WATER. 120 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:34,828 [MUSIC] 121 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:43,670 DYLAN: 150 RIVER SYSTEMS SPREAD 122 00:06:43,671 --> 00:06:45,739 INTO A NETWORK OF CREEKS AND 123 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:48,775 STREAMS, SLICING UP THE FOREST. 124 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,806 THE RIVER DRAWS GIANTS OUT OF 125 00:07:02,807 --> 00:07:04,691 THE FOREST. 126 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:07,727 [MUSIC] 127 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:11,815 DYLAN: A GRASSY RIVERBANK IS 128 00:07:11,816 --> 00:07:13,400 THE PERFECT PLACE FOR A HERD TO 129 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:14,768 GATHER. 130 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:17,804 [MUSIC] 131 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,759 DYLAN: THESE ELEPHANTS ARE RARE 132 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,761 TO FIND IN THESE PARTS. 133 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,382 THEY'RE PYGMY ELEPHANTS, FOUND 134 00:07:45,383 --> 00:07:47,100 ONLY IN BORNEO. 135 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:48,752 THE SMALLEST ELEPHANTS IN THE 136 00:07:48,753 --> 00:07:50,370 WORLD, THEY STAND ALMOST THREE 137 00:07:50,403 --> 00:07:52,155 FEET SHORTER THAN THEIR LARGER 138 00:07:52,156 --> 00:07:53,907 ASIAN COUSINS. 139 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:56,943 - AN ADAPTATION TO LIVING IN DENSE - FOREST. 140 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:04,234 THIS RIVERSIDE SHINDIG IS A 141 00:08:04,235 --> 00:08:05,885 SOCIAL EVENT. 142 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:08,521 - RELATIVES WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN - EACH OTHER FOR MONTHS GET A 143 00:08:08,555 --> 00:08:10,057 CHANCE TO CATCH UP AND REAFFIRM 144 00:08:10,058 --> 00:08:11,558 BONDS. 145 00:08:20,767 --> 00:08:22,569 ELEPHANTS FORM STRONG EMOTIONAL 146 00:08:22,570 --> 00:08:24,369 TIES. 147 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:26,873 - THEIR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN - FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAN BE AS 148 00:08:26,906 --> 00:08:28,808 COMPLEX AS OUR OWN. 149 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:31,845 [MUSIC] 150 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:44,758 DYLAN: BUT LIKE ALL ELEPHANTS, 151 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:46,259 THEY LOVE MUD. 152 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:04,377 ELEPHANTS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS. 153 00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:05,929 THEIR BULK MAKING THEM BUOYANT 154 00:09:05,930 --> 00:09:07,447 IN THE WATER. 155 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,417 [MUSIC] 156 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,456 - DYLAN: AND TAKING TWO TONS OF - WEIGHT OFF YOUR FEET IS THE 157 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:19,292 ULTIMATE WAY TO RELAX. 158 00:09:19,325 --> 00:09:22,328 [MUSIC] 159 00:09:32,472 --> 00:09:34,541 DYLAN: GETTING OUT IS A LOT 160 00:09:34,542 --> 00:09:36,609 TRICKIER THAN GETTING IN. 161 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:38,195 EVEN THE SMALLEST OF THESE 162 00:09:38,196 --> 00:09:39,746 LITTLE LEVIATHANS CAN GET STUCK 163 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:41,469 IN THE MUD. 164 00:09:41,470 --> 00:09:44,500 [MUSIC] 165 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:55,295 DYLAN: BATH TIME OVER, THE 166 00:09:55,296 --> 00:09:56,796 WHOLE HERD SLIPS INTO THE GREEN 167 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:59,833 GLOOM AND VANISHES FROM SIGHT. 168 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:05,002 COMING UP, WE SEE HOW LOWLAND 169 00:10:05,003 --> 00:10:07,234 ELEPHANT BULLS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD 170 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,100 IN A BATTLE FOR DOMINATION. 171 00:10:10,430 --> 00:10:11,872 AND LATER, FIND OUT WHY THESE 172 00:10:11,873 --> 00:10:13,313 ASIAN ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME 173 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:14,848 KNOWN AS THE GARDENERS OF THE 174 00:10:14,849 --> 00:10:16,349 JUNGLE. 175 00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:27,327 . 176 00:10:28,610 --> 00:10:30,330 - NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC. 177 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,670 [MUSIC] 178 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:44,978 - DYLAN: ON EVERY "EARTH - ODYSSEY", WE FIND A DIVERSE 179 00:10:45,110 --> 00:10:47,747 - GROUP OF WILDLIFE ALL WITH - UNIQUE TRAITS THAT SERVE THEM IN 180 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:48,882 THE WILD. 181 00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:51,317 - WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEET - ANOTHER ANIMAL WITH A SPECIAL 182 00:10:51,351 --> 00:10:52,786 TALENT FOR SURVIVING AND 183 00:10:52,787 --> 00:10:54,220 THRIVING. 184 00:10:54,254 --> 00:10:55,255 TAKE A LOOK. 185 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:02,028 LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF 186 00:11:02,029 --> 00:11:03,830 INDIA SITS THE ISLAND NATION OF 187 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:06,466 SRI LANKA. 188 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,168 ALTHOUGH IT IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE 189 00:11:08,169 --> 00:11:09,836 OF PENNSYLVANIA, THIS TROPICAL 190 00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:11,671 REGION IS PACKED WITH ENOUGH 191 00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:13,473 WILDLIFE TO RIVAL A VAST 192 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:17,243 CONTINENT. 193 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:18,996 BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE CLIMATE, 194 00:11:18,997 --> 00:11:20,714 YOU WILL FIND A STAGGERING ARRAY 195 00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:23,750 OF CREATURES BOTH LARGE 196 00:11:24,284 --> 00:11:27,354 AND SMALL. 197 00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:29,389 AND THEY RANGE FROM THE FRIENDLY 198 00:11:29,390 --> 00:11:31,391 TO THE FEROCIOUS. 199 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,854 FOR SUCH A SMALL COUNTRY, SRI 200 00:11:36,855 --> 00:11:38,556 LANKA HAS A VERY COMPLICATED 201 00:11:38,557 --> 00:11:39,699 CLIMATE SYSTEM. 202 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:41,518 ON AVERAGE, TWO MONSOONS A YEAR 203 00:11:41,519 --> 00:11:43,303 HIT THE ISLAND, DRENCHING IT IN 204 00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:45,222 TORRENTIAL RAINS FOR WEEKS ON 205 00:11:45,223 --> 00:11:47,106 END. 206 00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:48,492 HOWEVER, FOR THE REST OF THE 207 00:11:48,493 --> 00:11:49,876 YEAR, SRI LANKA'S LOWLANDS 208 00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:54,113 ENDURE MONTHS OF DROUGHTS. 209 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:55,616 THIS LEAVES ANIMALS LIKE THE 210 00:11:55,617 --> 00:11:57,117 ELEPHANT TO GO IN SEARCH OF 211 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:59,118 WATER. 212 00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,835 SRI LANKA'S LOWLAND PLAINS COVER 213 00:12:00,836 --> 00:12:02,549 MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE 214 00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:03,289 ISLAND. 215 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:05,459 THIS REGION IS HOME TO OVER 216 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:07,594 2,000 WILD ELEPHANTS, ONE OF THE 217 00:12:07,627 --> 00:12:11,131 BIGGEST POPULATIONS ON EARTH. 218 00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:12,917 WITH THE ARRIVAL OF DRY SEASON, 219 00:12:12,918 --> 00:12:14,669 FINDING FOOD BECOMES 220 00:12:14,670 --> 00:12:17,270 INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. 221 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:19,556 A FULLY GROWN ELEPHANT SPENDS UP 222 00:12:19,557 --> 00:12:21,808 TO 16 HOURS A DAY GRAZING. 223 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:24,844 [MUSIC] 224 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,082 DYLAN: FEEDING ON THE SHORT, 225 00:12:29,083 --> 00:12:30,684 DRY GRASS REQUIRES A SPECIAL 226 00:12:30,717 --> 00:12:33,353 TECHNIQUE. 227 00:12:33,386 --> 00:12:35,372 THE ELEPHANT GRABS, TWISTS, THEN 228 00:12:35,373 --> 00:12:37,357 SHAKES THE CLUMPS TO REMOVE ANY 229 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:38,391 DIRT. 230 00:12:45,980 --> 00:12:48,134 - ELEPHANTS LIVE IN CLOSE-KNIT - GROUPS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF 231 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:52,639 AN OLDER FEMALE. 232 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:54,474 WITH HER YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE AND 233 00:12:54,475 --> 00:12:56,276 EXPERIENCE, THE MATRIARCH KNOWS 234 00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:58,311 WHERE TO FIND FOOD AND WATER IN 235 00:12:58,312 --> 00:13:00,313 TIMES OF SHORTAGE. 236 00:13:06,186 --> 00:13:08,373 WITH WATER A PRECIOUS COMMODITY, 237 00:13:08,374 --> 00:13:10,559 HERDS FROM ACROSS NORTHEAST SRI 238 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:12,580 LANKA MAKE THEIR WAY TO A VAST 239 00:13:12,581 --> 00:13:14,600 LAKE KNOWN AS MINNERIYA TANK. 240 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:17,881 SOME ELEPHANTS TRAVEL HUNDREDS 241 00:13:17,882 --> 00:13:19,366 OF MILES TO REACH THIS 242 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:21,868 RESERVOIR. 243 00:13:21,901 --> 00:13:23,903 OFTEN, FAMILY GROUPS BAND 244 00:13:23,904 --> 00:13:25,905 TOGETHER TO FORM LARGER HERDS. 245 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:30,477 [MUSIC] 246 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,282 - DYLAN: THE LAKE IS A KEY TO - SURVIVAL FOR THE ISLAND 247 00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:37,317 ELEPHANTS. 248 00:13:41,888 --> 00:13:43,757 EVEN AFTER WEEKS WITHOUT RAIN, 249 00:13:43,758 --> 00:13:45,625 MINNERIYA TANK OFFERS BOTH FOOD 250 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,160 AND WATER FOR THESE MIGRATING 251 00:13:47,161 --> 00:13:48,661 HERDS. 252 00:13:53,867 --> 00:13:55,485 AND THE SURROUNDING SCRUB FOREST 253 00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:57,102 PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED SHELTER 254 00:13:57,103 --> 00:13:59,105 FROM THE SUN. 255 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,211 AND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE 256 00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:06,579 FEMALES, MALE ELEPHANTS ARE 257 00:14:06,613 --> 00:14:10,617 NEVER FAR BEHIND. 258 00:14:10,650 --> 00:14:12,385 MALE ELEPHANTS, OR BULLS, 259 00:14:12,386 --> 00:14:14,120 NORMALLY LEAD A SOLITARY 260 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:15,255 EXISTENCE. 261 00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:18,158 - BUT DURING MATING SEASON, THEY - ARE READY FOR SOME FEMALE 262 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:21,394 COMPANIONSHIP. 263 00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:24,464 - WITH THE BULL'S HORMONES RAGING, - THEY'RE READY TO GRAPPLE WITH 264 00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:25,999 OTHER MALES TO ASSERT THEIR 265 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,500 DOMINANCE. 266 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:35,642 - THE WINNER OF THIS SHOWDOWN - STANDS TO WIN THE PICK OF THE 267 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:36,676 HERD. 268 00:14:39,446 --> 00:14:42,449 [MUSIC] 269 00:14:44,751 --> 00:14:46,303 DYLAN: BUT ROMANCE ASIDE, THE 270 00:14:46,304 --> 00:14:47,854 REAL PULL OF MINNERIYA IS ITS 271 00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:49,889 PRICELESS WATER SUPPLY. 272 00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:55,011 EVERY ANIMAL NEEDS WATER TO 273 00:14:55,012 --> 00:14:56,896 SURVIVE, BUT FEW ANIMALS ENJOY A 274 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:58,432 GOOD BATH QUITE AS MUCH AS 275 00:14:58,433 --> 00:14:59,933 ELEPHANTS. 276 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:07,240 - THEIR TRUNKS CAN PULL IN UP TO - TWO GALLONS OF WATER, WHICH THEY 277 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:08,775 USE TO HOSE DOWN THE OTHER 278 00:15:08,776 --> 00:15:10,276 MEMBERS. 279 00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:13,313 [MUSIC] 280 00:15:18,318 --> 00:15:20,094 DYLAN: WITHOUT THIS INVALUABLE 281 00:15:20,095 --> 00:15:21,870 WATER SUPPLY, YOUNG ELEPHANTS IN 282 00:15:21,871 --> 00:15:23,123 PARTICULAR ARE PRONE TO 283 00:15:23,124 --> 00:15:25,125 OVERHEATING AND DEHYDRATION. 284 00:15:33,767 --> 00:15:35,469 SO A COOL DIP IN THE LAKES IS 285 00:15:35,470 --> 00:15:37,170 NOT JUST REFRESHING, IT IS 286 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:40,206 ESSENTIAL TO THEIR SURVIVAL. 287 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:44,177 - UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHY THESE - ASIAN ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME 288 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:45,712 KNOWN AS THE GARDENERS OF THE 289 00:15:45,713 --> 00:15:47,213 JUNGLE. 290 00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:57,257 . 291 00:15:57,691 --> 00:16:00,260 - NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE - MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC. 292 00:16:01,610 --> 00:16:04,640 [MUSIC] 293 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,643 - DYLAN: IN THE LOWLAND JUNGLES - OF SOUTHWEST CHINA LIVES ONE OF 294 00:16:16,676 --> 00:16:19,679 - THE MOST ENDANGERED CREATURES ON - EARTH. 295 00:16:21,915 --> 00:16:23,713 DESPITE THEIR SIZE, THESE 296 00:16:23,714 --> 00:16:25,509 LUMBERING BEASTS HAVE MANAGED TO 297 00:16:25,510 --> 00:16:28,540 EVADE DETECTION FOR DECADES. 298 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:33,326 THIS IS THE ASIAN ELEPHANT. 299 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,562 - WHILE THEY TRAVEL IN LARGE - GROUPS, THEY REMAIN ONE OF 300 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:37,597 CHINA'S GREATEST SECRETS. 301 00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:42,653 GIANT HERDS USED TO BE COMMON 302 00:16:42,654 --> 00:16:44,571 ACROSS CHINA, ROAMING AS FAR AS 303 00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:46,406 BEIJING. 304 00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:48,174 BUT THIS HIDDEN VALLEY IN YUNNAN 305 00:16:48,175 --> 00:16:49,909 IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY 306 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:52,746 SURVIVE. 307 00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:55,305 ASIAN ELEPHANTS EAT UP TO 300 308 00:16:55,306 --> 00:16:57,474 POUNDS OF FOOD A DAY, AND THEY 309 00:16:57,475 --> 00:16:59,269 ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE 310 00:16:59,270 --> 00:17:01,421 JUNGLE ECOSYSTEM. 311 00:17:01,454 --> 00:17:02,872 ELEPHANT DROPPINGS BOTH 312 00:17:02,873 --> 00:17:04,290 FERTILIZE THE SOIL AND HELP 313 00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:07,327 - DISPENSE SEEDS OF THE MANY PLANT - SPECIES. 314 00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:12,749 ASIAN ELEPHANTS LIVE IN SMALL 315 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,267 GROUPS CONTAINING SIX OR SEVEN 316 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:16,703 FEMALES, AS WELL AS THEIR YOUNG. 317 00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:19,739 [MUSIC] 318 00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:28,431 DYLAN: THIS TIGHTLY KNIT FAMILY 319 00:17:28,432 --> 00:17:30,116 OF FEMALES REMAINS TOGETHER FOR 320 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:31,384 LIFE. 321 00:17:31,418 --> 00:17:34,421 [MUSIC] 322 00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:43,130 DYLAN: ADULT ELEPHANTS DRINK 323 00:17:43,131 --> 00:17:44,831 MORE THAN 25 GALLONS OF WATER A 324 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,166 DAY. 325 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:48,251 BUT A VISIT TO THIS FOREST POND 326 00:17:48,252 --> 00:17:50,303 SATISFIES ANOTHER IMPORTANT NEED 327 00:17:50,337 --> 00:17:53,506 BESIDES THIRST. 328 00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:55,158 BLOWING BUBBLES INTO THE MUCKY 329 00:17:55,159 --> 00:17:56,776 POOL RELEASES MINERALS SUCH AS 330 00:17:56,810 --> 00:17:58,978 CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM. 331 00:17:59,790 --> 00:18:01,140 SALTS ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR DIET. 332 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:07,754 THE GROWNUPS HAVE HAD THEIR FILL 333 00:18:07,755 --> 00:18:09,506 AND ARE READY TO MOVE ON. 334 00:18:09,507 --> 00:18:11,291 BUT THIS YOUNGSTER DECIDES THE 335 00:18:11,292 --> 00:18:13,460 FUN ISN'T OVER YET. 336 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:16,496 [MUSIC] 337 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:32,178 - DYLAN: THIS RIVER IS A FAVORITE - GATHERING POINT FOR MANY OF THE 338 00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:35,479 REGION'S FAMILIES. 339 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,518 - BATHING ISN'T JUST ABOUT KEEPING - COOL, IT'S ALSO A PLACE FOR THE 340 00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:41,254 ELEPHANTS TO PLAY AND SOCIALIZE. 341 00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:44,290 [MUSIC] 342 00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:10,067 DYLAN: AFTER A RELAXING DIP IN 343 00:19:10,068 --> 00:19:11,718 THE WATER, THIS HERD IS OFF TO 344 00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:15,209 FIND THEIR NEXT MEAL. 345 00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:16,725 ALTHOUGH THEIR FAVORITE FOOD IS 346 00:19:16,726 --> 00:19:18,239 BAMBOO AND GRASS, TREE LEAVES, 347 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,368 LIANAS, AND SAPLINGS WILL DO IN 348 00:19:20,369 --> 00:19:22,495 A PINCH. 349 00:19:22,529 --> 00:19:24,047 AS THESE ANIMALS MAKE THEIR WAY 350 00:19:24,048 --> 00:19:25,565 THROUGH THE FOREST, THEY CREATE 351 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:27,434 CLEARINGS THAT ALLOW LIGHT TO 352 00:19:27,435 --> 00:19:29,269 REACH THE FOREST FLOOR, 353 00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:31,938 NURTURING NEW PLANT GROWTH. 354 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,741 - THEY ARE QUITE LITERALLY THE - GARDENERS OF THIS TROPICAL 355 00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:35,775 LANDSCAPE. 356 00:19:38,945 --> 00:19:40,630 OF THE THOUSANDS OF ELEPHANTS 357 00:19:40,631 --> 00:19:42,315 THAT ONCE ROAMED ACROSS CHINA, 358 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:45,218 FEWER THAN 300 REMAIN. 359 00:19:45,251 --> 00:19:47,253 AND THEY ALL LIVE HERE IN 360 00:19:47,254 --> 00:19:49,255 YUNNAN'S SECRET FORESTS. 361 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:55,261 - THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON THIS - SPECTACULAR JOURNEY THROUGH THE 362 00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:57,230 GREATEST PLACES ON EARTH. 363 00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:59,082 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR 364 00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:00,900 ANOTHER "EARTH ODYSSEY". 365 00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:03,937 [MUSIC] 24154

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