1 00:00:02,833 --> 00:00:06,800 {\an7}MAN: WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE ICONIC AFRICAN WATERHOLE. 2 00:00:06,833 --> 00:00:08,900 {\an7}IN THE BAKING HEAT OF THE SAVANNA, 3 00:00:08,933 --> 00:00:11,733 {\an1}THEY LITERALLY TEEM WITH LIFE. 4 00:00:13,133 --> 00:00:15,400 {\an1}BUT HOW DOES ONE ACTUALLY FUNCTION? 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,833 {\an1}WHAT ARE THE POLITICS OF ANIMAL COEXISTENCE? 6 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:25,266 AND WHO RULES WHEN THE HEAT IS ON? 7 00:00:30,366 --> 00:00:34,866 {\an1}TO FIND OUT, WE BUILT OUR VERY OWN AFRICAN WATERHOLE. 8 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:37,700 {\an8}THIS WATERHOLE, IT'S HUMAN-MADE. 9 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:40,666 {\an7}WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH SOME GREAT SCIENTISTS AND CONSERVATIONISTS 10 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:43,466 {\an7}TO BRING THIS MUCH-NEEDED WATER SOURCE 11 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:48,033 {\an1}INTO THIS DRY, ARID LANDSCAPE. 12 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:51,766 {\an1}THIS IS A WATERHOLE WITH A DIFFERENCE. 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,466 WE HAVE A NEW AND TOTALLY EXCITING WAY 14 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,800 {\an1}OF KEEPING TRACK OF WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND DRAMA. 15 00:00:57,833 --> 00:00:59,800 WE'VE GOT A HIDE, HALF-SUBMERGED, 16 00:00:59,833 --> 00:01:01,533 {\an1}RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WATERHOLE, 17 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:03,133 {\an1}AND WE'VE GOT REMOTE CAMERAS 18 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:05,033 RIGGED UP AROUND THE WATERHOLE, 19 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:07,500 {\an1}KEEPING TRACK OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR 20 00:01:07,533 --> 00:01:10,200 {\an1}LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 21 00:01:10,233 --> 00:01:11,466 [NICKERS] 22 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:13,133 {\an1}IT'S A UNIQUE CHANCE TO FOLLOW 23 00:01:13,166 --> 00:01:16,366 {\an1}THE EVOLUTION OF A WATERHOLE... 24 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,100 {\an1}AND THE DAILY DRAMAS 25 00:01:18,133 --> 00:01:20,333 OF THE ANIMALS THAT DEPEND ON IT 26 00:01:20,366 --> 00:01:22,066 {\an1}FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 27 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:23,533 {\an1}MAN: WOW! SANJAYAN: YEAH? 28 00:01:23,566 --> 00:01:26,500 {\an1}THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BIG MALE LION. 29 00:01:28,666 --> 00:01:30,309 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO TURN UP 30 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:32,433 {\an1}AND IN WHAT NUMBER, 31 00:01:32,466 --> 00:01:35,300 {\an1}BUT WE'LL OBSERVE AND RECORD 32 00:01:35,333 --> 00:01:37,466 {\an1}EVERY SINGLE SPECIES 33 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:40,366 {\an1}OVER A PERIOD OF 6 MONTHS. 34 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,700 {\an1}WE'RE FILMING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE LIFE-SAPPING 35 00:01:47,733 --> 00:01:50,066 DRY SEASON, WHEN WATER IS SCARCE 36 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:52,733 AND TEMPERS FRAY. 37 00:01:52,766 --> 00:01:54,600 {\an1}SANJAYAN: HE'S WALKING STRAIGHT TO THEM. 38 00:01:54,633 --> 00:01:57,500 {\an1}IT'S A GAME OF CHICKEN, EXCEPT WITH BUFFALO. 39 00:01:57,533 --> 00:01:59,700 {\an1}UNTIL THE PRESSURE 40 00:01:59,733 --> 00:02:02,600 FINALLY BREAKS... [THUNDER] 41 00:02:02,633 --> 00:02:06,066 {\an1}AND THE ANNUAL RAINS CHANGE EVERYTHING. 42 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:08,233 {\an1}TO SEE IT FROM UP HERE GIVES ME A TOTALLY DIFFERENT 43 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:11,466 {\an1}PERSPECTIVE ON THE LANDSCAPE. 44 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,666 WE'LL GET TO KNOW A WILD CAST OF CHARACTERS 45 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:18,900 {\an1}AS THEY FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL AT THE ONE PLACE THEY ALL MEET. 46 00:02:20,166 --> 00:02:21,733 {\an1}IF THEY LINGERED ANY LONGER, 47 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:25,066 {\an1}THEN THEY BECAME TARGETS FOR PREDATORS. 48 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:31,433 {\an1}[ELEPHANT TRUMPETING] THIS IS THE STORY OF LIFE... 49 00:02:31,466 --> 00:02:33,066 {\an1}MAN: WHOA, LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT. 50 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,700 AND DEATH AT THE WATERHOLE. 51 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:48,466 {\an7}IN EAST AFRICA, TANZANIA, 52 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:51,700 {\an8}SOUTH OF THE SERENGETI ECOSYSTEM, 53 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:54,866 {\an1}IS MWIBA WILDLIFE RESERVE, 54 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:59,566 A PROTECTED AREA SPANNING 130,000 ACRES. 55 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:07,766 {\an7}IT PROVIDES A SANCTUARY FOR COUNTLESS ICONIC SPECIES 56 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,133 {\an1}INCLUDING ELEPHANT... 57 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,033 HIPPO... 58 00:03:13,866 --> 00:03:15,600 GIRAFFE... 59 00:03:17,933 --> 00:03:20,466 LEOPARD... 60 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,166 AND LION. 61 00:03:23,933 --> 00:03:27,133 {\an7}BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE RESERVE. 62 00:03:30,133 --> 00:03:34,500 {\an7}THEY MUST SHARE A SCARCE SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER WITH WILDLIFE. 63 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:40,766 {\an1}COMPETITION REACHES ITS PEAK RIGHT NOW IN THE DRY SEASON, 64 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,766 {\an1}SO, I'M HEADED TO KAKESIO, 65 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,466 A MAASAI VILLAGE 10 MILES AWAY. 66 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:48,633 {\an1}THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF THE DRY SEASON, AND WATER 67 00:03:48,666 --> 00:03:50,266 IS A REALLY PRECIOUS RESOURCE 68 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:53,066 FOR THE MAASAI AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. 69 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,266 {\an1}WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT IS WHAT DO THEY DO, 70 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:57,066 {\an1}WHERE DO THEY FIND WATER, AND DOES IT 71 00:03:57,100 --> 00:03:58,933 {\an1}PUT THEM IN CONFLICT WITH 72 00:03:58,966 --> 00:04:02,333 {\an1}THE ABUNDANT WILDLIFE THAT IS IN THIS AREA. 73 00:04:08,733 --> 00:04:11,566 {\an7}[CONVERSATION IN MAASAI] 74 00:04:12,966 --> 00:04:14,733 {\an1}SANJAYAN: VILLAGE CHIEF TINAYAY TANGWA 75 00:04:14,766 --> 00:04:16,966 {\an1}HAS BEEN LIVING HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 76 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,866 {\an1}THIS IS HIS PLACE. 77 00:04:18,900 --> 00:04:21,400 {\an1}RECENTLY, HE HAS SEEN HOW A LACK OF WATER 78 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:24,933 {\an1}HAS BEEN IMPACTING HIS FAMILY AND CATTLE. 79 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:28,433 {\an1}IT'S QUITE SORT OF EXTRAORDINARY 80 00:04:28,466 --> 00:04:31,266 {\an1}HAVING ALL OF THIS LIVESTOCK 81 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:34,866 {\an1}RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE HE AND HIS FAMILY LIVE. 82 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:38,333 [COWS MOOING] 83 00:04:38,366 --> 00:04:39,866 {\an1}THE CHIEF HAS INVITED ME TO SEE 84 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:42,966 {\an1}THE DAILY ISSUES HE IS FACING WITH WATER. 85 00:04:44,666 --> 00:04:46,600 {\an1}IN TANZANIA, THERE ARE NO FENCES BETWEEN 86 00:04:46,633 --> 00:04:50,200 {\an1}WILDLIFE RESERVES LIKE MWIBA AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS. 87 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:53,233 [COW MOOS] 88 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,466 {\an1}OUT HERE, PEOPLE, LIVESTOCK, AND WILDLIFE 89 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:03,200 ALL FIGHT OVER THE SAME RESOURCES. 90 00:05:03,233 --> 00:05:05,266 [INSECT BUZZING] 91 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:08,933 {\an1}TO GET ENOUGH WATER, THE MAASAI HAVE TO DIG WELLS, 92 00:05:08,966 --> 00:05:11,866 {\an1}AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE UP TO 20 FEET DEEP. 93 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:15,000 IT'S BONE-DRY. 94 00:05:15,033 --> 00:05:17,233 {\an1}THERE ARE LOADS OF WELLS THAT DOT THIS AREA. 95 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:18,966 {\an1}SOME ARE OLD AND ABANDONED, 96 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,966 OTHERS ARE VERY MUCH FUNCTIONAL... 97 00:05:23,433 --> 00:05:26,766 {\an1}WHICH ARE JUST DUG OUT BY HAND 98 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,100 {\an1}INTO WHAT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IS REALLY PRETTY TOUGH SOIL. 99 00:05:33,133 --> 00:05:34,700 {\an1}WATER IS SO PRECIOUS, 100 00:05:34,733 --> 00:05:37,200 THE WELLS OFTEN ATTRACT WILDLIFE... 101 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:42,700 AND THAT'S HOW THE CONFLICT STARTS. 102 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:47,900 {\an1}I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THIS FENCE. 103 00:05:47,933 --> 00:05:50,366 I MEAN, THIS IS A PRETTY SOLID FENCE 104 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,366 AND IT'S ALL HERE JUST TO KEEP WILDLIFE 105 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,133 {\an1}AWAY FROM THAT WELL. 106 00:05:55,166 --> 00:05:57,933 {\an1}BECAUSE IT TAKES SO MUCH WORK TO BUILD THAT WELL, 107 00:05:57,966 --> 00:05:59,533 THE LAST THING THIS COMMUNITY WANTS 108 00:05:59,566 --> 00:06:01,400 {\an1}IS THAT WELL TO BE DESTROYED 109 00:06:01,433 --> 00:06:04,133 {\an1}OR ELEPHANTS GOT IN THERE AND JUST DRANK ALL THE WATER. 110 00:06:04,166 --> 00:06:06,200 {\an7}[SPEAKING MAASAI] 111 00:06:13,333 --> 00:06:15,533 LOOK AT THIS. SEE THAT? 112 00:06:15,566 --> 00:06:18,100 {\an1}THAT'S ELEPHANT DUNG. IT'S OLD ELEPHANT DUNG, 113 00:06:18,133 --> 00:06:19,633 BUT IT'S ELEPHANT DUNG NONETHELESS. 114 00:06:19,666 --> 00:06:21,433 SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPLETE PROOF 115 00:06:21,466 --> 00:06:26,100 {\an1}THAT ELEPHANTS COME HERE REGULARLY AND DRINK THIS WATER. 116 00:06:30,633 --> 00:06:33,000 {\an1}WITH THE GROWING IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, 117 00:06:33,033 --> 00:06:37,100 {\an1}COMPETITION FOR WATER IS SET TO GET FIERCER. 118 00:06:37,133 --> 00:06:39,700 {\an1}TEMPERATURES IN AFRICA ARE RISING. 119 00:06:41,266 --> 00:06:43,100 {\an1}IN JUST 30 YEARS, IT'S PREDICTED THAT 120 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:46,500 {\an1}THE CONTINENT WILL ENDURE 50% MORE WARMING 121 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:48,966 {\an1}THAN THE REST OF THE PLANET. 122 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,300 {\an1}THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH WATER TO GO AROUND. 123 00:06:52,333 --> 00:06:54,533 {\an1}FOR THE MAASAI, WHAT IS REALLY AT THE TOP OF 124 00:06:54,566 --> 00:06:57,633 THEIR HIERARCHY OF NEEDS IS WATER, 125 00:06:57,666 --> 00:07:01,033 {\an1}WATER THAT WILDLIFE NEED AND THE MAASAI NEED. 126 00:07:01,066 --> 00:07:05,566 {\an1}THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT JUST INCREASES. 127 00:07:08,833 --> 00:07:11,966 {\an1}TO HELP EASE TENSIONS, MWIBA RESERVE HAS 128 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,833 {\an1}DECIDED TO BUILD A WATERHOLE JUST FOR WILDLIFE 129 00:07:15,866 --> 00:07:18,000 {\an1}ON AN OPEN PATCH OF GRASSLAND, 130 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:21,333 EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. 131 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,233 {\an1}THE CONSTRUCTION WAS BLESSED BY 132 00:07:30,266 --> 00:07:32,733 {\an1}THE ANCESTRAL STEWARDS OF THE LAND, 133 00:07:32,766 --> 00:07:34,166 {\an1}THE HADZABE TRIBE. 134 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,900 [PEOPLE SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE] 135 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,866 {\an1}THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE FOR US TO LEARN 136 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:44,633 {\an1}HOW DIFFERENT SPECIES FIND, USE, AND INTERACT 137 00:07:44,666 --> 00:07:46,933 {\an1}AROUND A NEW WATERHOLE. 138 00:07:50,666 --> 00:07:53,066 WE'RE INSTALLING A REMOTE CAMERA SYSTEM, 139 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:56,633 {\an1}ABLE TO RECORD DAY AND NIGHT. 140 00:08:00,766 --> 00:08:03,000 {\an1}13,000 GALLONS OF WATER 141 00:08:03,033 --> 00:08:05,900 {\an1}FROM A SUSTAINABLE UNDERGROUND RESERVOIR 142 00:08:05,933 --> 00:08:08,000 {\an1}FILL TWO SEPARATE POOLS, 143 00:08:08,033 --> 00:08:11,300 {\an1}GIVING MORE ACCESS POINTS FOR WILDLIFE. 144 00:08:18,533 --> 00:08:20,766 YOU MIGHT THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BIGGER, 145 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,300 {\an1}BUT THE AVERAGE WATERHOLE IS PUDDLE SIZE. 146 00:08:24,333 --> 00:08:27,400 {\an1}THESE TWO POOLS ARE REFILLABLE AND BIG ENOUGH 147 00:08:27,433 --> 00:08:30,933 {\an1}TO QUENCH THE THIRST OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS. 148 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,566 {\an1}SO, HERE'S THE PLAN. 149 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,733 {\an1}WE'LL FOLLOW THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE WATERHOLE 150 00:08:37,766 --> 00:08:42,133 ACROSS 3 DISTINCT TIMES OF THE YEAR. 151 00:08:42,166 --> 00:08:45,833 {\an1}WE'LL START IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDY, DRY SEASON. 152 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:49,700 {\an1}THEN, A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, 153 00:08:49,733 --> 00:08:52,766 {\an1}IT TURNS TO THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE YEAR... 154 00:08:55,733 --> 00:08:59,000 {\an1}AND FINALLY, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FIRST RAINS. 155 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:06,066 {\an7}WE'VE GOT 20 CAMERAS SET TO RECORD 156 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:09,233 {\an1}EVERY DETAIL OF LIFE AT THE WATERHOLE. 157 00:09:13,533 --> 00:09:15,200 {\an1}WE CONTROL THEM FROM 158 00:09:15,233 --> 00:09:17,100 {\an1}OUR BASE CAMP 800 FEET AWAY, 159 00:09:17,133 --> 00:09:21,333 {\an1}WHERE AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF BIOLOGISTS AND LOCAL EXPERTS 160 00:09:21,366 --> 00:09:24,666 {\an1}CAN WATCH AS THE DRAMA UNFOLDS. 161 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:27,942 {\an1}IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT 162 00:09:27,966 --> 00:09:30,066 THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 163 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,766 {\an1}I HAVE NO IDEA... WE HAVE NO IDEA 164 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,100 WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. 165 00:09:36,466 --> 00:09:37,966 {\an1}TO KEEP TRACK OF THE ACTION, 166 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,766 {\an1}WE'LL ATTEMPT TO COLLATE DATA 167 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,566 ON EVERY VISITOR, 168 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,533 {\an1}BUILDING A SPECIES LIST TO TELL US 169 00:09:43,566 --> 00:09:46,900 HOW MANY ANIMALS COME TO A NEW WATERHOLE. 170 00:09:54,033 --> 00:09:56,633 {\an1}OUR FIRST QUESTION... HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE 171 00:09:56,666 --> 00:09:58,700 {\an1}FOR WILDLIFE TO FIND IT? 172 00:10:00,366 --> 00:10:04,633 {\an1}THE ANSWER... JUST 45 MINUTES. 173 00:10:04,666 --> 00:10:06,700 {\an1}[WARTHOG GRUNTING] 174 00:10:10,700 --> 00:10:13,400 {\an1}IT'S A WHOLE FAMILY OF WARTHOGS, 175 00:10:13,433 --> 00:10:15,733 {\an1}4 OF THEM, JUST SHOWED UP. 176 00:10:18,533 --> 00:10:21,966 {\an1}TAILS WAGGING, ROOTING UP THE ENTIRE EDGE 177 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,066 OF THIS WATERHOLE THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED, 178 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:28,366 MAKING IT LOOK SO MUCH MORE NATURAL. 179 00:10:36,666 --> 00:10:40,900 {\an1}THE WARTHOG FAMILY LIVES ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET AWAY. 180 00:10:40,933 --> 00:10:43,100 {\an1}THEY PROBABLY DISCOVERED THE WATERHOLE WHILE 181 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:45,466 {\an1}OUT FORAGING FOR FOOD. 182 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:50,333 {\an1}INTERESTINGLY, THEY'RE NOT HERE TO DRINK. 183 00:10:50,366 --> 00:10:53,300 {\an1}WHAT THEY'RE REALLY AFTER IS A MUD BATH. 184 00:10:57,066 --> 00:11:01,666 {\an1}IT'S A STIFLING 95 DEGREES, BUT WARTHOGS DON'T HAVE 185 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:04,966 {\an1}SWEAT GLANDS THAT REGULATE THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE. 186 00:11:09,533 --> 00:11:14,133 {\an1}OUR INFRARED CAMERA SHOWS HOW EFFECTIVE MUD BATHING IS. 187 00:11:14,166 --> 00:11:17,800 {\an1}THEIR BODIES TURN BLUE THE COOLER THEY GET. 188 00:11:21,033 --> 00:11:23,000 {\an1}MUD BATHING CAN REDUCE BODY TEMPERATURE 189 00:11:23,033 --> 00:11:26,333 BY A LIFESAVING 7 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 190 00:11:29,566 --> 00:11:33,100 {\an1}OUR WATERHOLE ALREADY HAS ITS FIRST HAPPY CUSTOMERS. 191 00:11:34,966 --> 00:11:36,633 {\an1}THEY LOOK REALLY IN GREAT CONDITION, 192 00:11:36,666 --> 00:11:39,033 {\an1}AND THEY ARE LOVING, LOVING THIS WATER. 193 00:11:39,066 --> 00:11:41,500 {\an1}PROBABLY HOW COLD IT IS AND ALL THE MUD, 194 00:11:41,533 --> 00:11:44,300 {\an1}AND THEY'RE JUST PIGS IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. 195 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:51,466 {\an1}AS WELL AS WATCHING THE WATERHOLE, 196 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,533 {\an1}WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW A BRAND-NEW WATER SOURCE 197 00:11:54,566 --> 00:11:57,100 {\an1}AFFECTS LIFE AROUND IT. 198 00:11:59,733 --> 00:12:02,433 {\an1}SO, WILDLIFE CAMERAMAN BOB POOLE 199 00:12:02,466 --> 00:12:05,266 {\an1}WILL BE PATROLLING A 6-MILE CIRCUIT, 200 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:09,433 {\an1}KEEPING US UPDATED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA. 201 00:12:11,566 --> 00:12:13,266 {\an1}POOLE: YEAH, SANJAYAN, DO YOU COPY? 202 00:12:14,966 --> 00:12:17,233 {\an1}HI, BOB. THE ELEPHANT'S ON HIS WAY. 203 00:12:17,266 --> 00:12:18,700 {\an1}HE'S JUST MOVING, ACTUALLY, 204 00:12:18,733 --> 00:12:22,066 QUITE QUICKLY TOWARDS YOUR DIRECTION. 205 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:23,966 {\an1}SANJAYAN: YEP! WELL DONE. 206 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,466 {\an1}HOLY COW. THAT... NO, HOLY ELEPHANT. 207 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:28,333 {\an1}I MEAN, THAT IS INCREDIBLE. 208 00:12:28,366 --> 00:12:31,600 {\an1}YOU JUST SAW A LITTLE GREY MOVE, RIGHT? 209 00:12:31,633 --> 00:12:33,233 {\an1}POOLE: IF YOU CAN SEE HIM, MAYBE THIS IS 210 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:35,200 {\an1}A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE. 211 00:12:35,233 --> 00:12:38,000 {\an1}SANJAYAN: OK, WE CAN SEE HIM. IT'S FINE. 212 00:12:38,033 --> 00:12:39,466 {\an1}IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, 213 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,033 {\an1}AND HE'S TUCKED IN SOME SHADE, 214 00:12:41,066 --> 00:12:43,966 {\an1}USING THOSE BIG EARS TO FAN HIMSELF 215 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,600 {\an1}AND GENERATE SOME AIR FLOW BECAUSE THAT'S HOW 216 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:49,800 {\an1}ELEPHANTS TYPICALLY LOSE SOME OF THEIR HEAT, 217 00:12:49,833 --> 00:12:54,733 {\an1}IS THROUGH THOSE BIG RADIATORS IN THEIR EARS. 218 00:12:54,766 --> 00:12:55,876 {\an1}THERE'S BOB. HEY, I THOUGHT YOU 219 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:57,166 {\an1}WERE OUT WITH THE ELEPHANT. 220 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,566 YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW IT 221 00:12:58,600 --> 00:12:59,676 DISAPPEARS INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT. 222 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:00,740 {\an1}OH, MY GOODNESS. I LOST HIM 223 00:13:00,766 --> 00:13:03,200 {\an1}3 TIMES OUT THERE. 224 00:13:03,233 --> 00:13:04,800 {\an1}OH, THIS IS FANTASTIC. HE'S DEFINITELY 225 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:08,566 {\an1}ON THE MOVE AND COMING RIGHT OUT INTO THE OPEN. 226 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,166 SANJAYAN: HERE HE'S FINALLY GETTING 227 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,433 WHAT HE WANTED ALL THIS TIME. 228 00:13:11,466 --> 00:13:13,166 {\an1}POOLE: YEP, STRAIGHT TO THE WATER... 229 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,433 {\an1}AND SO HE'LL... SANJAYAN: DEEP TASTE OF IT. 230 00:13:15,466 --> 00:13:17,309 {\an1}YEAH, HE'S GOING TO TAKE A GOOD, LONG TASTE OF IT. 231 00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:19,300 {\an1}MY GUESS IS HE'LL DRINK FOR QUITE A WHILE, 232 00:13:19,333 --> 00:13:20,900 {\an1}AND THEN HE'LL JUST COVER HIMSELF, 233 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:23,700 {\an1}ONCE HE TOTALLY RELAXES INTO THIS. 234 00:13:23,733 --> 00:13:25,366 I THINK HE'S NOW AMAZED 235 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,166 AT THE QUALITY OF THIS WATER. 236 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,566 {\an1}HE'S LIKE, WOW, I HAVEN'T TASTED THIS IN A LONG TIME. 237 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,300 {\an1}HA HA HA! 238 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:33,300 {\an1}YEAH, JACKPOT, RIGHT? 239 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:35,566 {\an1}THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING. 240 00:13:41,433 --> 00:13:42,776 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT NEEDS TO DRINK 241 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,433 NEARLY A BATHTUB OF WATER EACH DAY. 242 00:13:46,466 --> 00:13:48,266 {\an1}THEY MIGHT HAVE TO WALK OVER 100 MILES 243 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:51,833 {\an1}TO FIND ENOUGH, WHICH IS WHAT 244 00:13:51,866 --> 00:13:55,033 LEADS TO CONFLICT WITH LOCAL VILLAGES. 245 00:13:57,566 --> 00:13:59,266 {\an1}HOPEFULLY, THIS ELEPHANT COMING HERE 246 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:01,900 {\an1}MEANS HE STAYS OUT OF TROUBLE. 247 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,342 {\an1}SANJAYAN: YEAH, THERE HE GOES, WITH SOME WATER ON HIS BODY... 248 00:14:06,366 --> 00:14:07,976 {\an1}POOLE: NOW LET'S SEE. SO HE CAN START TO COOL DOWN. 249 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,409 {\an1}POOLE: NOW HE'S HAD SOMETHING TO DRINK, 250 00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:11,233 {\an1}HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO START COVERING HIMSELF 251 00:14:11,266 --> 00:14:13,933 {\an1}WITH CLEAN WATER AND THEN MUD, 252 00:14:13,966 --> 00:14:15,366 {\an1}AND YOU CAN SEE, WATCH HIS TAIL, 253 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,500 {\an1}YOU KNOW, JUST ABSOLUTELY, 254 00:14:17,533 --> 00:14:21,466 {\an1}TOTALLY LIMP AND RELAXED THERE. 255 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,666 YOU SEEM PRETTY LIMP AND RELAXED RIGHT NOW YOURSELF. 256 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:27,333 {\an1}I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE IN OUT OF THE TSETSE FLIES. HA HA! 257 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,066 {\an1}OH, LOOK, HE'S GETTING A... 258 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:30,109 {\an1}HE'S STARTING TO FEEL REALLY GOOD, 259 00:14:30,133 --> 00:14:31,266 {\an1}LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. 260 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:32,733 [LAUGHTER] 261 00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:34,800 THAT'S NOT A LEG. 262 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,266 LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THE CAMERA 4. 263 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:41,000 LOOK AT THAT SHOT. 264 00:14:41,033 --> 00:14:42,676 {\an1}POOLE: ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? SANJAYAN: FANTASTIC, RIGHT? 265 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:43,742 {\an1}I LOVE THE LOW ANGLES. I DO, TOO. 266 00:14:43,766 --> 00:14:47,300 {\an1}THAT'S IT. FANTASTIC STUFF. 267 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:50,133 REALLY FANTASTIC. I MEAN, YOU JUST HAVE TO 268 00:14:50,166 --> 00:14:51,600 PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT 269 00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:54,333 THIS WATERHOLE DIDN'T EXIST, YOU KNOW, 270 00:14:54,366 --> 00:14:56,200 A MONTH AGO, AND, YOU KNOW, 271 00:14:56,233 --> 00:14:58,466 THE BIGGEST, WELL, NOT JUST 272 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:00,366 THE BIGGEST MAMMAL OUT HERE 273 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,633 BUT THE BIGGEST LAND MAMMAL ON THE PLANET 274 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:03,766 IS ALREADY USING IT. 275 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:04,766 {\an1}YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S 276 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,533 PRETTY INCREDIBLE. 277 00:15:11,133 --> 00:15:13,700 {\an1}IT'S ALSO GREAT BECAUSE ELEPHANTS ARE THOUGHT TO HELP 278 00:15:13,733 --> 00:15:16,866 {\an1}OTHER ANIMALS LOCATE WATER IN THE DRY SEASON. 279 00:15:18,766 --> 00:15:20,800 {\an1}AS HE FORAGES, THIS MALE 280 00:15:20,833 --> 00:15:24,100 {\an1}INADVERTENTLY CREATES PATHWAYS THROUGH THE BUSH, 281 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:26,533 {\an1}LEADING BACK TO THE WATERHOLE. 282 00:15:32,833 --> 00:15:35,533 AND, SURE ENOUGH, 15 MINUTES LATER, 283 00:15:35,566 --> 00:15:38,766 {\an1}MORE THIRSTY ANIMALS ARRIVE. 284 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,966 {\an1}SANJAYAN: WE'VE GOT AN IMPALA THAT'S SHOWN UP. 285 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,600 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: THE IMPALA ARE FOLLOWED BY ZEBRA. 286 00:15:47,633 --> 00:15:50,200 {\an1}BOTH THESE ANIMALS GET A LOT OF HYDRATION 287 00:15:50,233 --> 00:15:53,533 {\an1}FROM THE PLANTS THEY EAT. 288 00:15:53,566 --> 00:15:57,133 {\an1}BUT IN THE DRY SEASON, THEY MUST RELY ON WATERHOLES, 289 00:15:57,166 --> 00:16:00,000 {\an1}AS A LOT OF THE PLANT LIFE DIES OFF. 290 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,100 TO ADD 4 SPECIES TO OUR LIST ON DAY ONE, 291 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:10,533 {\an1}WITHIN JUST A FEW HOURS OF THE WATERHOLE BEING FINISHED, 292 00:16:10,566 --> 00:16:14,000 {\an1}SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH IT'S NEEDED. 293 00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:20,400 {\an1}160 FEET AWAY, THE NEAREST WATER SOURCE IN THE AREA, 294 00:16:20,433 --> 00:16:24,566 {\an1}THE OLOIBORRISINYAI RIVER, IS COMPLETELY DRY. 295 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:31,266 {\an1}AND FOR HERBIVORES, EVEN THE PLANT LIFE CAN BE HOSTILE. 296 00:16:35,266 --> 00:16:37,466 {\an1}I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 297 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:39,200 {\an1}THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE TREES. 298 00:16:39,233 --> 00:16:41,866 IT'S CALLED A WHISTLE THORN ACACIA 299 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:44,900 {\an1}BECAUSE APPARENTLY WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, 300 00:16:44,933 --> 00:16:46,642 {\an1}IT MAKES A WHISTLING SOUND THROUGH THESE TREES, 301 00:16:46,666 --> 00:16:50,366 {\an1}AND THEY'RE FOUND ON THESE EAST AFRICAN SAVANNAHS. 302 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,566 {\an1}AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THEM IS THIS TREE IS... 303 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,000 FIRST OF ALL, IT LOOKS SO WICKED, 304 00:16:55,033 --> 00:16:56,742 {\an1}AND YOU THINK IT'S DEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT IT ISN'T, 305 00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:58,042 IT'S JUST DORMANT BECAUSE IT'S IN 306 00:16:58,066 --> 00:16:59,566 {\an1}THE MIDDLE OF THE DRY SEASON. 307 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,042 {\an1}AS SOON AS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE, 308 00:17:01,066 --> 00:17:02,900 {\an1}IT'S GOING TO LEAF UP. 309 00:17:02,933 --> 00:17:05,733 {\an1}BUT NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE THESE GIGANTIC THORNS, 310 00:17:05,766 --> 00:17:08,666 {\an1}AND YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DETER ANYTHING 311 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:10,566 {\an1}FROM EVEN ATTEMPTING TO EAT IT, 312 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,566 {\an1}BUT IT HAS AN EXTRA LAYER OF DEFENSE. 313 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,066 {\an1}IT PRODUCES THESE GALLS THAT YOU CAN SEE 314 00:17:17,100 --> 00:17:19,000 {\an1}SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE TREE. 315 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:20,766 {\an1}IT HOUSES ANTS WITHIN THEM, 316 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,800 {\an1}AND THESE ANTS NOT ONLY PRODUCE A FAIRLY NASTY BITE, 317 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:26,366 {\an1}BUT THEY ALSO SPRAY FORMIC ACID 318 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,566 {\an1}AND THEY DETER HERBIVORES, 319 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,266 {\an1}THEY DETER THINGS LIKE KUDU AND IMPALA AND EVEN GIRAFFE, 320 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:35,466 {\an1}THAT ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO BROWSE ON THESE TREES. 321 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:38,033 {\an1}NOW, HERE'S KIND OF AN AMAZING THING. 322 00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:40,166 {\an1}IF I WAS TO FENCE THIS TREE 323 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,066 AND KEPT ALL THE HERBIVORES AWAY, 324 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:46,300 AFTER A WHILE THIS TREE WILL THINK, 325 00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:47,700 {\an1}NOTHING'S EATING ME ANYMORE, 326 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,333 {\an1}IT WILL STOP PRODUCING THESE GALLS, 327 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:51,233 {\an1}AND IT WILL KICK OUT THE ANTS. 328 00:17:51,266 --> 00:17:54,633 {\an1}SO, THERE IS THIS TRADE-OFF THAT THIS TREE ACTUALLY MAKES. 329 00:17:54,666 --> 00:17:57,733 {\an1}IT USES SOME ENERGY TO KEEP ITSELF SAFE, 330 00:17:57,766 --> 00:17:59,866 {\an1}BUT IT ONLY DOES THAT IN PLACES WHERE IT'S 331 00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:02,566 {\an1}REALLY BEING BROWSED QUITE HEAVILY. 332 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,466 {\an1}THE PRESSURE ON THIS ENVIRONMENT IS SO CONSTANT 333 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:09,100 {\an1}AND SO UNRELENTING THAT BIG THORNS ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. 334 00:18:09,133 --> 00:18:11,133 {\an1}YOU HAVE TO HAVE, IN THIS CASE, 335 00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:15,766 {\an1}AN EXTRA LAYER OF ANT DEFENDERS TO KEEP YOU SAFE. 336 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,733 {\an1}AT NIGHT, THERE'S SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT OF THE DAY, 337 00:18:25,766 --> 00:18:29,000 {\an1}AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO 59 DEGREES. 338 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,000 BUT THIS IS OFTEN 339 00:18:32,033 --> 00:18:34,033 {\an1}THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME TO BE AT A WATERHOLE. 340 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,466 {\an1}LION, LEOPARD, AND HYENA ARE MUCH MORE ACTIVE AFTER DARK. 341 00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:48,933 {\an1}AND ON THE FIRST NIGHT, AROUND 8 P.M., IT HAPPENS. 342 00:18:50,233 --> 00:18:52,933 {\an1}ONE OF MWIBA RESERVE'S MOST NOTORIOUS HUNTERS 343 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,433 {\an1}HAS DISCOVERED THE WATERHOLE. 344 00:19:07,366 --> 00:19:09,066 LEOPARDS HAVE THE LARGEST RANGES 345 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:11,866 {\an1}OF ALL THE AFRICAN BIG CATS. 346 00:19:14,033 --> 00:19:18,033 {\an1}MALE TERRITORIES CAN SPAN OVER 1,200 SQUARE MILES. 347 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,400 {\an1}IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THIS GUY IS A MWIBA RESERVE RESIDENT 348 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:33,566 {\an1}OR JUST PASSING THROUGH. 349 00:19:36,366 --> 00:19:39,833 {\an1}TO FIND OUT, LOCAL GUIDE SAITOTI OLEKUWAI JOINS ME 350 00:19:39,866 --> 00:19:41,766 {\an1}TO REVIEW THE SHOTS. 351 00:19:44,766 --> 00:19:48,800 {\an1}OLEKUWAI: OOH, LOOK AT THAT. OH, UH-HUH. 352 00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:50,000 SANJAYAN: YEAH. 353 00:19:50,033 --> 00:19:51,300 {\an1}BEAUTIFUL. LOOK AT THAT. 354 00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:52,466 A BIG LEOPARD JUST SHOWED UP. 355 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:54,033 {\an1}YOU CAN SEE IT'S A BIG LEOPARD. 356 00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:55,833 AND HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE? 357 00:19:55,866 --> 00:19:57,666 {\an1}YES, I'VE SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE. 358 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:00,133 {\an1}HIS NAME IS UJASIRI, MEANS CONFIDENCE. 359 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:01,700 A LEOPARD NAMED CONFIDENCE 360 00:20:01,733 --> 00:20:03,766 IS THE FIRST ONE TO COME TO THE WATERHOLE, YEAH? 361 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,666 SO, WHEN YOU SEE THIS GUY LIKE THIS, 362 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:07,833 YOU CAN TELL WHICH LEOPARD THIS IS? 363 00:20:07,866 --> 00:20:11,066 {\an1}YES. IT'S MAINLY THE WHISKER PATTERNS, 364 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:12,540 {\an1}THE BLACK MARKING OR THE DOTS THAT... 365 00:20:12,566 --> 00:20:14,100 IT'S LIKE THE SPOTS RIGHT ON THE... 366 00:20:14,133 --> 00:20:15,166 ON THE MOUTH? 367 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,433 {\an1}YEAH. HE'S GOT TWO ON HIS, 368 00:20:17,466 --> 00:20:19,100 {\an1}ON ITS RIGHT-HAND SIDE. 369 00:20:19,133 --> 00:20:20,409 YES, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE, 370 00:20:20,433 --> 00:20:22,133 THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF 371 00:20:22,166 --> 00:20:23,133 EXACTLY WHICH LEOPARD THIS IS. 372 00:20:23,166 --> 00:20:24,366 {\an1}EXACTLY. 373 00:20:26,633 --> 00:20:29,200 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: UJASIRI'S ARRIVAL IS A SIGN 374 00:20:29,233 --> 00:20:31,042 {\an1}THAT OUR WATERHOLE HAS ALREADY GRABBED THE ATTENTION 375 00:20:31,066 --> 00:20:33,300 {\an1}OF THE AREA'S PREDATORS. 376 00:20:39,033 --> 00:20:41,900 {\an1}LEOPARDS HUNT A WIDE VARIETY OF PREY, 377 00:20:41,933 --> 00:20:45,633 {\an1}FEEDING ON EVERYTHING FROM INSECTS TO RODENTS 378 00:20:45,666 --> 00:20:48,066 {\an1}TO LARGE ANTELOPE. 379 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,866 {\an1}AND THEY HAVE EVOLVED A KILLER ADAPTATION 380 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:52,400 {\an1}TO HUNT AT NIGHT. 381 00:20:52,433 --> 00:20:53,709 SANJAYAN: SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE GUYS, 382 00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:55,566 WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE CAMERA, 383 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,966 {\an1}YOU CAN REALLY SEE THEIR EYES ARE LIKE 384 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,400 {\an1}ALMOST AS IF THERE'S A LIGHT INSIDE IT. 385 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:03,233 I MEAN, THE EYE SHINE IS SO STRONG. 386 00:21:03,266 --> 00:21:05,233 {\an1}WELL, THAT IS CALLED THE TAPETUM LUCIDUM. 387 00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:07,300 {\an1}ANY AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT'S REFLECTED 388 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:09,200 {\an1}FROM THE STARS GOES IN THERE. 389 00:21:09,233 --> 00:21:13,100 {\an1}THAT ENHANCE THE EYESIGHT OF THAT CAT. 390 00:21:13,133 --> 00:21:14,966 {\an1}THESE CATS CAN SEE 391 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,166 {\an1}6 TIMES BETTER THAN US AT NIGHT. 392 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,366 {\an1}HE'S BEAUTIFUL, AND HE'S FULL-BELLIED THERE. 393 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,100 {\an1}LOOK AT HIS ROUNDISH TUMMY. 394 00:21:23,133 --> 00:21:24,342 {\an1}HE'S PROBABLY JUST ATE SOMETHING. 395 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:25,633 YOU THINK SO? 396 00:21:25,666 --> 00:21:27,133 {\an1}YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. HE IS FULL-BELLIED. 397 00:21:27,166 --> 00:21:28,442 AND DO YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS, AFTER THEY 398 00:21:28,466 --> 00:21:29,900 HUNT LIKE THIS, THEY DO LIKE 399 00:21:29,933 --> 00:21:31,466 TO COME TO THE WATER, RIGHT? 400 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,566 {\an1}THEY WILL, YEAH, THEY WILL LIKE TO DRINK. 401 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,366 {\an1}ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY NEED IMMEDIATELY 402 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,400 {\an1}TO GO TO DRINK BECAUSE THEY WILL GET THAT 403 00:21:39,433 --> 00:21:41,633 {\an1}LIQUID FROM THE BLOOD. 404 00:21:41,666 --> 00:21:43,566 {\an1}IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAT. 405 00:21:46,933 --> 00:21:49,066 SANJAYAN: AFTER UJASIRI'S VISIT, 406 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,000 {\an1}THE NIGHT GROWS QUIET AT THE WATERHOLE. 407 00:21:58,533 --> 00:22:01,100 BUT THE SILENCE DOESN'T LAST LONG. 408 00:22:06,633 --> 00:22:09,400 {\an1}OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE ADD AN INCREDIBLE 409 00:22:09,433 --> 00:22:12,300 {\an1}15 NEW SPECIES TO OUR LIST... 410 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:17,366 {\an7}INCLUDING CAPE BUFFALO. 411 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,100 {\an8}THEY HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP 412 00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:22,733 {\an8}WITH OXPECKERS IN THE DRY SEASON. 413 00:22:22,766 --> 00:22:25,733 {\an1}THE BIRDS PICK OFF PARASITES FROM THE BUFFALO'S SKIN 414 00:22:25,766 --> 00:22:29,000 AND IN RETURN GET A FREE RIDE TO WATER. 415 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:34,166 {\an1}ALONG WITH OXPECKERS, 4 NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS 416 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,566 {\an7}COME TO THE WATERHOLE. 417 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,233 {\an7}YELLOW-BILLED STORKS OFTEN HUNT IN SHALLOW WATER. 418 00:22:42,966 --> 00:22:44,900 {\an7}BLACK-FACED SANDGROUSE ARE SPECIALISTS 419 00:22:44,933 --> 00:22:48,233 {\an7}AT TRAVELING LONG DISTANCES TO WATERHOLES, 420 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:51,700 {\an7}NOT ONLY TO DRINK, BUT TO WET THEIR BREAST FEATHERS 421 00:22:51,733 --> 00:22:54,766 {\an8}TO CARRY WATER BACK TO THEIR CHICKS. 422 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:59,766 {\an7}CAPE TURTLE DOVES, WHICH ARE FOUND ACROSS EAST AFRICA. 423 00:23:02,733 --> 00:23:05,566 {\an7}BARE-FACED GO-AWAY BIRDS, WHICH GET THEIR NAME FROM 424 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,800 {\an7}THEIR DISTINCTIVE CALL, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE "GO AWAY." 425 00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:11,233 [BIRD CALLS] 426 00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:14,266 AFTER DARK, AFRICAN HARE HOP IN. 427 00:23:14,300 --> 00:23:17,300 {\an1}WATER HELPS THEM DIGEST VEGETATION. 428 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:23,033 AS WE WATCH, THE SPECIES LIST GROWS. 429 00:23:24,733 --> 00:23:27,533 {\an7}ON NIGHT 3, A LONE WATERBUCK, 430 00:23:27,566 --> 00:23:30,600 {\an7}WHICH NEEDS WATER DAILY TO SURVIVE, 431 00:23:30,633 --> 00:23:32,400 {\an7}COMES IN FOR A DRINK. 432 00:23:33,900 --> 00:23:37,300 {\an7}TWO SPECIES OF PRIMATES ALSO FIND THE WATERHOLE... 433 00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:41,200 {\an8}OLIVE BABOONS AND VERVET MONKEYS. 434 00:23:41,233 --> 00:23:44,266 {\an7}THEY LOVE TO SOCIALIZE AROUND WATER SOURCES, 435 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:47,100 {\an7}MUCH TO THE ANNOYANCE OF EVERYONE ELSE. 436 00:23:51,333 --> 00:23:54,500 {\an1}ON DAY 5, THE PARTY REALLY GETS STARTED. 437 00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:58,333 {\an1}20 SPECIES HAVE FOUND AND ARE SHARING THE WATERHOLE. 438 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,800 THE SAME ANIMALS ARE RETURNING EVERY DAY 439 00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:06,866 {\an1}AND THERE'S MORE TO THEIR VISITS THAN MEETS THE EYE. 440 00:24:08,466 --> 00:24:11,433 {\an1}NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CAMERAS RUN 24/7, 441 00:24:11,466 --> 00:24:13,233 {\an1}AND THAT'S COLLECTING DATA... 442 00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:14,733 {\an1}REALLY INTERESTING DATA! 443 00:24:14,766 --> 00:24:16,733 {\an1}AND I'VE BEEN PARTICULARLY KEEN 444 00:24:16,766 --> 00:24:19,266 {\an1}TO FIND OUT WHAT ANIMALS SHOW UP WHEN. 445 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:21,800 {\an1}FOR SOME OF OUR SPECIES THAT COME TO THIS WATERHOLE, 446 00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:24,500 {\an1}IT'S LIKE CLOCKWORK. 447 00:24:25,933 --> 00:24:28,700 {\an1}THERE'S ALREADY A SCHEDULE TO LIFE AT THE WATERHOLE. 448 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,966 {\an1}FROM AROUND 8 A.M., A STEADY STREAM OF IMPALA 449 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,666 {\an1}COME IN FOR A DRINK. 450 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:38,666 {\an1}11:00 IS THE MOST FREQUENT TIME FOR ZEBRA. 451 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:40,366 [NICKERS] 452 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,466 {\an1}AT 1 P.M., THE VERY PUNCTUAL WARTHOG FAMILY 453 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:45,366 {\an1}COMES FOR A MUD BATH. 454 00:24:47,866 --> 00:24:50,833 {\an1}3:00 IS WHEN ELEPHANTS OFTEN TURN UP. 455 00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:53,833 {\an1}[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING] 456 00:24:53,866 --> 00:24:56,366 {\an1}AND THE HERD OF BUFFALO, WELL, THEY'RE COMING IN 457 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,833 {\an1}FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND AT DUSK. 458 00:24:58,866 --> 00:25:00,933 {\an1}[BUFFALO GRUNTING] 459 00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:04,300 I HAVE A THEORY AS TO WHY THIS ROUTINE 460 00:25:04,333 --> 00:25:06,933 {\an1}HAS BEEN SET SO EARLY ON. 461 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,342 {\an7}YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS DATA, THERE ARE CERTAIN PATTERNS 462 00:25:11,366 --> 00:25:13,300 THAT, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY JUMP OUT AT YOU, 463 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:16,700 {\an1}AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN MOST SURPRISING TO ME 464 00:25:16,733 --> 00:25:20,266 {\an1}IS THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY, 465 00:25:20,300 --> 00:25:21,833 {\an1}WHEN YOU'D THINK THE WATERHOLE 466 00:25:21,866 --> 00:25:23,466 {\an1}WOULD BE COMPLETELY DESERTED, 467 00:25:23,500 --> 00:25:25,433 {\an1}SOME ANIMALS, IT TURNS OUT TO BE 468 00:25:25,466 --> 00:25:27,000 {\an1}A SURVIVAL STRATEGY. 469 00:25:27,033 --> 00:25:28,900 THEY ARE WILLING 470 00:25:28,933 --> 00:25:32,033 {\an1}TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S A TIME 471 00:25:32,066 --> 00:25:34,333 WHEN THEY'RE SAFE FROM PREDATION. 472 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,633 {\an1}IF THEY COME TOO LATE IN THE DAY, 473 00:25:36,666 --> 00:25:40,300 {\an1}THAT'S WHEN THE PREDATORS ARE ABOUT AND THEY'RE VULNERABLE. 474 00:25:42,133 --> 00:25:44,666 AN UNDERSTANDABLE FEAR OF PREDATORS 475 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:47,500 IS AFFECTING WHEN ANIMALS SHOW UP. 476 00:25:51,666 --> 00:25:55,066 {\an1}BUT THE CAMERAS ARE PICKING UP SOMETHING DEEPER. 477 00:25:56,566 --> 00:25:59,333 AFTER 8 DAYS, A HIERARCHY IS DEVELOPING 478 00:25:59,366 --> 00:26:01,566 {\an1}WITHIN THE WATERHOLE COMMUNITY... 479 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,366 {\an1}AND BY ANALYZING FOOTAGE, IT'S CLEAR THAT 480 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,133 {\an1}TWO AFRICAN GIANTS ARE BATTLING TO CONTROL 481 00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:10,833 {\an1}THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE. 482 00:26:13,133 --> 00:26:14,476 {\an1}SO, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE BUFFALO, 483 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:16,400 {\an1}AND THEY'VE KIND OF FORMED A SEMI-CIRCLE 484 00:26:16,433 --> 00:26:17,833 {\an1}AROUND THE WATERHOLES. 485 00:26:17,866 --> 00:26:20,766 {\an1}SO, THIS IS A GREAT BIT OF BEHAVIOR, 486 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,933 {\an1}AND THIS IS REALLY TYPICAL. 487 00:26:22,966 --> 00:26:25,166 {\an1}SO, ONE YOUNG... RELATIVELY YOUNG 488 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,733 {\an1}ELEPHANT, A TEENAGER. 489 00:26:27,766 --> 00:26:30,500 {\an1}NOW, HE'S APPROACHING THE BUFFALO DEAD ON. 490 00:26:30,533 --> 00:26:32,000 {\an1}HE'S WALKING STRAIGHT TO THEM. 491 00:26:32,033 --> 00:26:35,066 {\an1}IT'S A GAME OF CHICKEN EXCEPT WITH BUFFALO. 492 00:26:38,233 --> 00:26:41,933 {\an1}EARS WIDE... TRUNK RAISED... 493 00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:45,300 {\an1}[ELEPHANT TRUMPETS] 494 00:26:45,333 --> 00:26:47,066 {\an1}HEAD HELD HIGH, 495 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:48,233 {\an1}TRYING TO MAKE ITSELF LOOK 496 00:26:48,266 --> 00:26:50,100 {\an1}MUCH BIGGER THAN IT REALLY IS. 497 00:26:59,533 --> 00:27:02,500 {\an1}IT'S A TEENAGE BOY, TESTOSTERONE-FUELED. 498 00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:05,233 {\an1}HE'S GOT TO PROVE TO SOMEONE THAT HE'S 499 00:27:05,266 --> 00:27:07,500 {\an1}THE BIGGEST ELEPHANT ON THE BLOCK, 500 00:27:07,533 --> 00:27:09,833 {\an1}EVEN THOUGH HE REALLY ISN'T. 501 00:27:09,866 --> 00:27:11,933 {\an1}I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK HE'S THAT THIRSTY. 502 00:27:11,966 --> 00:27:14,166 {\an1}I THINK HE JUST WANTED TO SHOW OFF TO THE BUFFALO 503 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,100 {\an1}THAT HE'S AN ELEPHANT. 504 00:27:17,133 --> 00:27:21,066 THE BUFFALO HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, 505 00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:24,733 BUT AN ELEPHANT CAN WEIGH OVER A TON, 506 00:27:24,766 --> 00:27:27,133 {\an1}AND THE BUFFALO ARE SIMPLY NOT WILLING TO PUT UP 507 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:31,100 {\an1}MUCH OF A FIGHT, FOR NOW. 508 00:27:47,933 --> 00:27:50,500 {\an1}IN 24 HOURS, WE MEASURE THAT BETWEEN THEM, 509 00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:52,966 {\an1}BUFFALO AND ELEPHANT ARE DRINKING 510 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 {\an1}OVER 1,500 GALLONS OF WATER. 511 00:27:59,533 --> 00:28:01,166 {\an1}A NATURAL WATERHOLE MIGHT DRY UP WITH 512 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,566 THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF CONSUMPTION. 513 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,133 {\an1}BUT THIS ONE HAS A PLUMBED-IN FRESH WATER SUPPLY. 514 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:16,666 {\an1}THERE'S SOME ZEBRA OVER THERE. 515 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:19,833 {\an1}SO, THIS IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER WATERHOLE I'VE EVER SAT AT, 516 00:28:19,866 --> 00:28:21,966 {\an1}BECAUSE IT'S GOT THOSE TWO TAPS, 517 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,066 {\an1}AND THESE TAPS BASICALLY CONTROL HOW MUCH WATER 518 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,133 {\an1}GOES INTO THAT WATERHOLE AND THAT WATERHOLE. 519 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,900 {\an1}WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WATER USAGE. 520 00:28:31,933 --> 00:28:36,400 {\an1}HALF AN INCH DROP IN BOTH POOLS IS 500 GALLONS OF WATER. 521 00:28:38,466 --> 00:28:40,966 IT COMES FROM A NATURALLY OCCURRING RESERVOIR 522 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,666 {\an1}ABOUT 150 FEET UNDERGROUND. 523 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:48,166 {\an1}THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE WATER SOURCE 524 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,066 {\an1}THAT IS REPLENISHED EVERY RAINY SEASON. 525 00:28:52,466 --> 00:28:54,400 {\an1}WIND TURBINES POWER THE PUMP, 526 00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:57,666 {\an1}WHICH CAN DELIVER UP TO 2,600 GALLONS PER HOUR, 527 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:59,466 {\an1}SHOULD WE NEED IT. 528 00:29:02,933 --> 00:29:04,533 {\an7}OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, 529 00:29:04,566 --> 00:29:06,466 {\an7}THE IMPORTANT ROLE OUR WATERHOLE 530 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,366 {\an7}IS STARTING TO PLAY IN THE REGION 531 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,566 {\an7}IS UNDERLINED BY A STAGGERING 532 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:16,433 {\an7}20 NEW SPECIES THAT COME FOR A DRINK... 533 00:29:16,466 --> 00:29:19,500 {\an1}INCLUDING THE HADADA IBIS, 534 00:29:19,533 --> 00:29:22,366 {\an1}WHICH ARE NATIVE TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 535 00:29:24,366 --> 00:29:27,066 {\an1}THE WHITE-TAILED MONGOOSE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF 536 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:31,233 MONGOOSE SPECIES, REACHING 3 FEET IN LENGTH. 537 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:39,600 {\an1}KIRK'S DIK-DIK, ONE OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST ANTELOPES, 538 00:29:39,633 --> 00:29:42,033 {\an1}STANDING AT JUST A FOOT TALL. 539 00:29:50,433 --> 00:29:53,400 {\an7}AND A BLACK-BACKED JACKAL THAT WASTES NO TIME 540 00:29:53,433 --> 00:29:56,433 {\an7}MARKING THIS TERRITORY AS HIS OWN. 541 00:30:05,366 --> 00:30:08,966 {\an1}SO FAR, 40 SPECIES HAVE VISITED THE WATERHOLE. 542 00:30:12,933 --> 00:30:14,209 {\an7}POOLE: THERE WE ARE. THAT'S PERFECT. 543 00:30:14,233 --> 00:30:17,933 {\an3}WOW! 544 00:30:17,966 --> 00:30:20,633 {\an1}ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT. 545 00:30:20,666 --> 00:30:24,233 {\an1}TO BE AT THIS LEVEL IS SO NICE. 546 00:30:24,266 --> 00:30:27,166 {\an1}SANJAYAN: ON DAY 10, BOB AND I ARE LUCKY ENOUGH 547 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,500 {\an1}TO BE FILMING IN THE BLIND WHEN THE TALLEST ANIMALS ON EARTH 548 00:30:31,533 --> 00:30:33,433 COME FOR A DRINK. 549 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:37,700 [SPEAKING SOFTLY] THERE'S 8 GIRAFFES, EIGHT OF THEM, 550 00:30:37,733 --> 00:30:40,666 AND THEY'RE ALL WATCHING US, 551 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:42,433 AND THESE GIRAFFE KNOW SOMETHING IS UP 552 00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:46,466 BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AT US LIKE... LIKE A COP 553 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:48,466 WITH A RADAR GUN ON THE HIGHWAY. 554 00:30:50,533 --> 00:30:52,533 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THESE GIRAFFE 555 00:30:52,566 --> 00:30:54,900 ARE DRINKING FROM THIS WATERHOLE WHILE 556 00:30:54,933 --> 00:30:56,766 WE'RE IN THIS HIDE, 557 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,033 BUT THIS IS THE FIRST THAT WE'VE SEEN... 558 00:31:02,433 --> 00:31:05,100 AND IT'S LIKE MY HEART IS RACING RIGHT NOW, 559 00:31:05,133 --> 00:31:06,533 KNOWING THAT AT ANY MOMENT, 560 00:31:06,566 --> 00:31:08,733 THEY MIGHT JUST BOLT. 561 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:11,700 WE'RE SURROUNDED BY GIRAFFE AND ZEBRA. 562 00:31:15,166 --> 00:31:17,866 {\an1}WHEN A GIRAFFE DOES THAT, GETS HIS NECK DOWN, 563 00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:20,800 IT BASICALLY HAS TO SURRENDER ITSELF 564 00:31:20,833 --> 00:31:22,366 TO WHATEVER MIGHT ATTACK IT. 565 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,233 {\an1}SO, IT'S A VERY VULNERABLE, UNCOMFORTABLE, 566 00:31:25,266 --> 00:31:27,166 CONTORTED POSITION. 567 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,766 THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO NERVOUS WHEN THEY'RE DRINKING. 568 00:31:40,133 --> 00:31:42,600 10 GIRAFFE ALL DRINKING 569 00:31:42,633 --> 00:31:44,100 RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. 570 00:31:54,366 --> 00:31:57,733 IT'S ONLY TAKEN 10 DAYS FOR THE WATERHOLE 571 00:31:57,766 --> 00:31:59,733 TO LOOK LIKE AN ESTABLISHED OASIS 572 00:31:59,766 --> 00:32:01,633 IN MWIBA RESERVE. 573 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,366 {\an1}BUT ON THE 12TH DAY, THINGS GO REALLY QUIET. 574 00:32:17,766 --> 00:32:19,533 {\an1}IT'S OUR FIRST BIG MYSTERY. 575 00:32:19,566 --> 00:32:21,733 {\an1}WHERE DID EVERYONE GO? 576 00:32:21,766 --> 00:32:23,500 BOB HAS A THEORY, 577 00:32:23,533 --> 00:32:25,700 {\an1}AND HE HEADS OUT TO INVESTIGATE. 578 00:32:31,666 --> 00:32:33,533 {\an1}LESS THAN 300 FEET FROM THE WATERHOLE, 579 00:32:33,566 --> 00:32:35,633 {\an1}HIS HUNCH PAYS OFF. 580 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,133 {\an1}RIGHT THERE. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG ANIMAL, YOU SEE. 581 00:32:42,166 --> 00:32:46,600 1, 2, 3, 4, AND THE PAD GOING TO HERE. 582 00:32:46,633 --> 00:32:48,833 {\an1}LOOK AT THE... LOOK AT THE DISTANCE IN THAT. 583 00:32:54,766 --> 00:32:56,600 {\an1}IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG CAT, 584 00:32:56,633 --> 00:33:01,000 {\an1}WHETHER IT'S A LION OR A BIG LEOPARD. 585 00:33:01,033 --> 00:33:03,966 {\an1}LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THIS HERE. 586 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,866 YOU SEE? 587 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,033 {\an1}SO, YOU CAN TELL THIS IS A VERY FRESH TRACK 588 00:33:08,066 --> 00:33:10,966 {\an1}BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A VEHICLE TRACK HERE, 589 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,666 {\an1}AND RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT, BOOM, IS A BIG CAT. 590 00:33:15,700 --> 00:33:18,033 {\an1}SANJAYAN: JUST THE SMELL OF A BIG CAT IN THE AREA 591 00:33:18,066 --> 00:33:20,933 {\an1}IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANIMALS WARY. 592 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,000 {\an1}BOB WILL TRY TO TRACK DOWN THE OWNER OF THESE TRACKS. 593 00:33:32,966 --> 00:33:34,342 {\an1}WE WERE A BIT WORRIED THAT THE DAYS OF 594 00:33:34,366 --> 00:33:36,600 {\an1}THIS OASIS WERE NUMBERED, 595 00:33:36,633 --> 00:33:39,166 {\an1}BUT IT TAKES MORE THAN A PREDATOR IN THE AREA 596 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,466 {\an1}TO KEEP THE BIG DRINKERS AWAY. 597 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,833 {\an1}IN TANZANIA, ELEPHANTS ARE RARELY PREDATED ON BY LIONS, 598 00:33:49,866 --> 00:33:52,833 {\an1}AND THIS HERD HAS ALSO STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. 599 00:33:52,866 --> 00:33:54,900 {\an1}[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING] 600 00:33:57,433 --> 00:33:58,476 {\an1}OLEKUWAI: THAT'S A BREEDING HERD. 601 00:33:58,500 --> 00:33:59,633 SANJAYAN: OH, THAT'S, WOW. 602 00:33:59,666 --> 00:34:01,166 {\an1}LOOK, THEY'VE GOT YOUNGSTERS. 603 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,676 {\an1}YOU SEE, ALL, THEY'RE LIFTING UP THEIR TRUNKS. 604 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:04,409 {\an1}LOOK AT THE BABIES. THEY LIFT UP THEIR TRUNK, 605 00:34:04,433 --> 00:34:06,133 {\an1}THEY'RE LIKE, "NO WE CANNOT BELIEVE IT. 606 00:34:06,166 --> 00:34:08,133 {\an1}IS THAT WATER? OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THERE?" 607 00:34:08,166 --> 00:34:10,700 SANJAYAN: HA HA! LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THEM. 608 00:34:10,733 --> 00:34:12,366 IT'S LIKE THIS DISMAL NEIGHBORHOOD... 609 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,000 {\an1}OLEKUWAI: YEAH. THAT HAD 610 00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:16,000 NO GOOD RESTAURANTS OR, YOU KNOW, BARS AROUND, 611 00:34:16,033 --> 00:34:17,766 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT, LIKE, 612 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,266 YOU KNOW, THE MOTHER OF ALL BARS 613 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,566 THAT JUST OPENED UP. 614 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,000 {\an1}THEY COME UP WITH THE TRUNK UP, 615 00:34:23,033 --> 00:34:25,866 {\an1}THEY'RE LIKE, "OOH, THAT SMELLS VERY NICE," 616 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:27,833 {\an1}YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH, TIME TO DRINK. 617 00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:30,000 OH, THIS IS SO INCREDIBLE. 618 00:34:30,033 --> 00:34:31,233 {\an1}LOOK AT THAT. BEAUTIFUL. 619 00:34:31,266 --> 00:34:32,533 YEAH. 620 00:34:32,566 --> 00:34:34,266 REALLY INCREDIBLE, ISN'T IT? 621 00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:36,200 {\an1}THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL. SO PRETTY. 622 00:34:41,133 --> 00:34:43,366 {\an1}SANJAYAN: A HERD OF 12 MAKES THIS THE BIGGEST NUMBER 623 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,433 OF ELEPHANTS AT THE WATERHOLE SO FAR. 624 00:34:45,466 --> 00:34:47,533 {\an1}[ELEPHANTS GRUNTING] 625 00:34:48,933 --> 00:34:51,233 {\an1}ELEPHANT HERDS ARE LED BY A MATRIARCH, 626 00:34:51,266 --> 00:34:52,800 {\an1}WHO IS IDENTIFIABLE BY BEING 627 00:34:52,833 --> 00:34:56,300 BIGGER AND OLDER THAN THE OTHERS. 628 00:34:57,833 --> 00:35:00,466 THIS ONE IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD... 629 00:35:02,866 --> 00:35:05,433 {\an1}THE YOUNGEST CALF, JUST OVER A YEAR. 630 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,166 THE DRY SEASON, LIKE IT IS NOW, 631 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,966 FOR THOSE YOUNG BABIES, 632 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,433 IS IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GO 633 00:35:16,466 --> 00:35:17,800 FOR A LONG WAY FROM WATER, 634 00:35:17,833 --> 00:35:19,466 OR CAN THEY GET MILK FROM THE MOTHER? 635 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:21,400 I MEAN, HOW, HOW DO THEY SURVIVE 636 00:35:21,433 --> 00:35:23,433 IN THIS INCREDIBLY DRY ENVIRONMENT? 637 00:35:23,466 --> 00:35:25,900 {\an1}THEY SURVIVE BY DEPENDING ON THE SUPPLEMENT OF THE MILK 638 00:35:25,933 --> 00:35:27,700 {\an1}THEY'RE GETTING FROM THEIR MOTHER. 639 00:35:27,733 --> 00:35:29,800 {\an1}[ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING] 640 00:35:33,766 --> 00:35:35,409 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: THE YEARLING IN THIS FAMILY 641 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:36,933 {\an1}IS JUST GETTING TO GRIP 642 00:35:36,966 --> 00:35:38,600 {\an1}WITH TRUNK CONTROL. 643 00:35:43,666 --> 00:35:46,866 {\an1}THERE ARE OVER 40,000 MUSCLES IN AN ELEPHANT TRUNK, 644 00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:49,900 {\an1}AND IT CAN TAKE CALVES OVER A YEAR TO MASTER. 645 00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:55,000 {\an1}IT'S A VITAL SKILL, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DRY SEASON 646 00:35:55,033 --> 00:35:59,233 {\an1}WHEN WATER IS SCARCE AND EVERY DROP COUNTS. 647 00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:05,333 SANJAYAN: AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, ARE THESE ELEPHANTS 648 00:36:05,366 --> 00:36:07,766 REQUIRED TO DRINK EVERY DAY? SOMEWHERE. 649 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,633 {\an1}IT'S HIGHLY PREDICTABLE. THEY WILL DRINK EVERY DAY, 650 00:36:10,666 --> 00:36:12,066 {\an1}SO, THEY WILL GO INTO ANY 651 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:14,300 {\an1}WATERING HOLE WHICH IS AROUND. 652 00:36:14,333 --> 00:36:15,900 ONCE THEY'VE DONE THIS, LIKE, 653 00:36:15,933 --> 00:36:17,900 ONCE THEY'VE DRUNK AT THIS NEW WATERHOLE... 654 00:36:17,933 --> 00:36:19,000 {\an1}YEAH? 655 00:36:19,033 --> 00:36:20,533 IT'S IN THEIR MEMORY, RIGHT? 656 00:36:20,566 --> 00:36:21,842 I MEAN IT, THAT... THAT'S THE GREAT THING 657 00:36:21,866 --> 00:36:23,200 ABOUT ELEPHANTS, THEY REALLY 658 00:36:23,233 --> 00:36:25,000 DO HAVE GREAT MENTAL MAPS. 659 00:36:25,033 --> 00:36:27,733 {\an1}EXACTLY. AND THESE MOTHERS 660 00:36:27,766 --> 00:36:30,566 {\an1}WILL KNOW TO COME BACK HERE WHEN THEY NEED WATER. 661 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,000 {\an1}YES, IT WILL GET IMPRINTED INTO THAT BIG COW, 662 00:36:34,033 --> 00:36:35,966 {\an1}AND THAT ALSO WILL BE TRANSFERRED 663 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,500 {\an1}INTO THE YOUNGSTERS AS WELL. 664 00:36:37,533 --> 00:36:39,433 SO, WITH TIME, THESE WATERHOLES JUST GET 665 00:36:39,466 --> 00:36:40,542 BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER. 666 00:36:40,566 --> 00:36:41,633 {\an1}YES. 667 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:46,566 [CALLS] 668 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:50,733 {\an1}SANJAYAN: SADLY, AFTER THE ELEPHANT FAMILY LEAVES, 669 00:36:50,766 --> 00:36:54,633 {\an1}THE WATERHOLE GOES MYSTERIOUSLY QUIET AGAIN. 670 00:36:57,100 --> 00:37:00,000 {\an1}BOB IS STILL TRACKING THE BIG CAT PRINTS, 671 00:37:00,033 --> 00:37:03,000 BUT THE TRAIL HAS NOW GONE COLD. 672 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:06,933 [BIRDS CALLING] 673 00:37:10,766 --> 00:37:13,333 {\an1}POOLE: GUINEA FOWLS ARE ALARM CALLING OVER THERE. 674 00:37:13,366 --> 00:37:17,566 {\an1}IT SOUNDS LIKE KA GE-GE GE-GE GE-GE GE-GE GE-GE. 675 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,133 {\an1}AND THEY GIVE AWAY PREDATORS ALL THE TIME. 676 00:37:25,366 --> 00:37:28,333 {\an1}PERHAPS THERE'S A LION OR A LEOPARD RIGHT IN THIS BUSH. 677 00:37:29,666 --> 00:37:33,400 {\an1}THAT NOISE RIGHT THERE: KA GE-GE GE-GE GE-GE GE-GE GE. 678 00:37:33,433 --> 00:37:35,033 {\an1}IT'S AN ALARM CALL. 679 00:37:40,333 --> 00:37:44,533 {\an1}HMM. I'M GONNA GO UP THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE KA-KING AT. 680 00:37:54,133 --> 00:37:57,766 {\an1}THERE'S A LION RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A BIG LION RIGHT THERE. 681 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,166 {\an1}DO YOU SEE IT? AT THE BASE OF THE TREE, RIGHT THERE? 682 00:38:02,233 --> 00:38:04,600 WOW. WE FOUND IT. 683 00:38:06,666 --> 00:38:09,266 {\an1}HE'S JUST WAKING UP FROM A LONG DAY'S SLEEP. 684 00:38:11,533 --> 00:38:13,833 HE'S HUGE! 685 00:38:13,866 --> 00:38:15,600 {\an1}HE'S WEARING A COLLAR, 686 00:38:15,633 --> 00:38:18,000 SO HE'S OBVIOUSLY BEING STUDIED. 687 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:22,200 {\an1}BUT HE'S A SERIOUSLY BIG LION. 688 00:38:26,233 --> 00:38:28,133 {\an1}SANJAYAN: MALES ARE NOT ALWAYS PART OF A PRIDE, 689 00:38:28,166 --> 00:38:32,000 {\an1}SO, THIS LARGE LION COULD BE TRAVELING ALONE. 690 00:38:34,133 --> 00:38:37,500 {\an1}IT'S LIKELY THAT HE'S NOTICED THE INCREASED PREY ACTIVITY 691 00:38:37,533 --> 00:38:39,200 {\an1}AT THE NEW WATERHOLE. 692 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,966 {\an1}POOLE: IN THE DRY SEASON LIKE THIS, 693 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,433 {\an1}WILDLIFE GETS CONCENTRATED AROUND WATER POINTS, 694 00:38:46,466 --> 00:38:48,566 {\an1}AND THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR LIONS 695 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,166 {\an1}BECAUSE THEY CAN AMBUSH THOSE WATER POINTS, 696 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,300 {\an1}AND SO THAT GIVES LIONS AN ADVANTAGE. 697 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:56,500 {\an1}IT'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS GUY HAS SHOWN UP OVER HERE 698 00:38:56,533 --> 00:38:59,066 {\an1}BECAUSE THERE'S WATER NEARBY. 699 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:00,833 HERE HE COMES. 700 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:17,833 {\an1}WOW. THAT IS A BIG LION, AND HE'S HEADED 701 00:39:17,866 --> 00:39:20,066 IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WATERHOLE. 702 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,876 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: TO TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF THE LION, 703 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:34,533 {\an1}I HEAD OUT WITH BOB ON A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED STAKEOUT. 704 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,200 YOU SHOULD PICK UP A COUPLE OF DIK-DIK IN HERE. 705 00:39:40,233 --> 00:39:44,500 {\an1}WE'LL SCAN A 3-MILE CIRCUIT AROUND THE WATERHOLE, 706 00:39:44,533 --> 00:39:47,666 {\an1}AND WE HAVE A MILITARY-GRADE THERMAL CAMERA 707 00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:50,400 {\an1}TO SPOT THIS ELUSIVE BIG CAT. 708 00:39:52,466 --> 00:39:53,666 {\an1}POOLE: WHAT IS THAT? 709 00:39:56,266 --> 00:39:59,433 {\an1}SANJAYAN: HEY, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S NOT MOVING. 710 00:39:59,466 --> 00:40:00,833 {\an1}POOLE: DIK-DIK. TWO OF THEM. 711 00:40:00,866 --> 00:40:02,166 {\an1}WHAT'S BEHIND THEM? 712 00:40:03,466 --> 00:40:05,066 {\an1}OH, THAT'S SOMETHING. 713 00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:06,333 SANJAYAN: BUSHBABY. NO, NO, NO. 714 00:40:06,366 --> 00:40:07,700 {\an1}POOLE: NO, IT'S GOT HORNS. 715 00:40:07,733 --> 00:40:08,833 {\an1}IT'S GOT HORNS, RIGHT? 716 00:40:08,866 --> 00:40:10,966 {\an1}YEAH. IMPALA. 717 00:40:13,233 --> 00:40:14,766 SANJAYAN: IMPALA. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. 718 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,733 {\an1}POOLE: A SPRING HARE. 719 00:40:16,766 --> 00:40:18,000 A SPRING HARE? 720 00:40:18,033 --> 00:40:21,400 {\an1}I THINK SO. SEE? OH, NO, BUSHBABY. 721 00:40:21,433 --> 00:40:22,400 BUSHBABY. 722 00:40:22,433 --> 00:40:23,933 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 723 00:40:23,966 --> 00:40:25,666 {\an1}JUMPING ACROSS THE GROUND. 724 00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:29,600 {\an1}THAT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD LIFE. 725 00:40:31,166 --> 00:40:32,266 {\an1}LIFE OF A BUSHBABY. 726 00:40:32,300 --> 00:40:33,666 {\an3}HMM. 727 00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:36,442 {\an1}YOU GOT TO PEE ON YOUR HANDS ALL THE TIME, THOUGH. 728 00:40:36,466 --> 00:40:39,866 {\an1}OH, THAT'S TRUE. AND SO WHAT? 729 00:40:41,033 --> 00:40:42,000 {\an1}NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. 730 00:40:42,033 --> 00:40:44,000 [LAUGHTER] 731 00:40:44,033 --> 00:40:45,866 {\an1}I'VE DONE THAT A FEW TIMES BY MISTAKE. 732 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:47,933 [LAUGHTER] 733 00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:52,766 {\an1}LISTEN... LIONS! 734 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:53,900 YOU'RE RIGHT. 735 00:40:53,933 --> 00:40:55,533 {\an1}LISTEN, LISTEN. YOU HEAR? 736 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,100 [LIONS GRUNTING] 737 00:41:03,133 --> 00:41:05,033 [SPEAKING SOFTLY] YEAH. NOT FAR. 738 00:41:05,066 --> 00:41:06,700 {\an1}THAT'S FAR. NO. 739 00:41:06,733 --> 00:41:08,233 {\an1}YEAH. IT IS? 740 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:09,500 {\an1}YEAH. 741 00:41:10,733 --> 00:41:12,700 {\an1}LISTEN. 742 00:41:12,733 --> 00:41:13,866 WHERE IS THAT? 743 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:15,466 {\an1}I DON'T KNOW. 744 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:17,233 {\an1}I'M WONDERING IF THERE ISN'T SOMETHING HERE. 745 00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:19,366 OH, HE'S CLOSE. [LOUDER GRUNTING] 746 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:23,566 HE'S CLOSE. OH, HE'S CLOSE. 747 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,366 {\an1}HE'S RIGHT THERE. YEAH. 748 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:26,700 {\an1}I MEAN, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS 749 00:41:26,733 --> 00:41:29,633 {\an1}ALMOST PARALLEL TO US, DIDN'T HE, THEN? 750 00:41:29,666 --> 00:41:32,400 IT DID. JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND... 751 00:41:32,433 --> 00:41:33,833 {\an1}LET'S GO. LET'S GO OVER THERE. 752 00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:34,866 YOU SURE? 753 00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:36,633 {\an1}YEAH. 754 00:41:36,666 --> 00:41:38,242 {\an1}WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S TURN THE LIGHT ON, THEN. 755 00:41:38,266 --> 00:41:40,000 [BLEEP]. I CAN'T SEE. HANG ON, HANG ON. 756 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:43,166 OH, JESUS. 757 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,433 {\an1}WHAT IS IT? 758 00:41:44,466 --> 00:41:47,866 THE TEQUILA. IT GOT TIPPED. 759 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:50,000 {\an1}[BLEEP] DID YOU DROP ANY? 760 00:41:50,033 --> 00:41:53,833 UH-HUH. WE HAVE SOME STILL. 761 00:41:53,866 --> 00:41:55,876 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: IN OUR RUSH TO CATCH UP WITH THE LION, 762 00:41:55,900 --> 00:42:00,733 {\an1}WE ALMOST LOSE ANOTHER PART OF OUR STAKEOUT KIT. 763 00:42:00,766 --> 00:42:02,000 {\an1}WHAT! OH, FOR [BEEP]. 764 00:42:02,033 --> 00:42:03,866 {\an1}NO WAY. YEAH, IT WAS WRAPPED 765 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,433 AROUND THAT CORD. IT'S OK. DON'T WORRY. 766 00:42:05,466 --> 00:42:06,700 {\an1}NO WAY. 767 00:42:06,733 --> 00:42:07,766 IT'S OK, IT'S OK, IT'S OK. 768 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,200 {\an1}OH, MY GOD. 769 00:42:12,333 --> 00:42:14,009 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: THANKFULLY, THERE'S JUST ENOUGH 770 00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:15,833 {\an1}TEQUILA TO KEEP US GOING. 771 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,966 BUT THE LION IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. 772 00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:29,666 THE NEXT DAY, WE CHECK THE FOOTAGE 773 00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:31,933 FROM THE CAMERAS AROUND THE WATERHOLE. 774 00:42:34,133 --> 00:42:35,733 THE LION SLIPPED RIGHT PAST US 775 00:42:35,766 --> 00:42:39,233 {\an1}AND CAME FOR A QUICK DRINK JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. 776 00:42:40,866 --> 00:42:45,266 {\an1}AS IT TURNS OUT, SAITOTI HAS SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE. 777 00:42:46,466 --> 00:42:47,866 {\an1}OLEKUWAI: OOH, LOOK AT THAT. 778 00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:49,866 {\an1}HA HA HA. WOW. 779 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,300 YEAH? 780 00:42:51,333 --> 00:42:54,133 {\an1}IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BIG MALE LION. OOH. 781 00:42:54,166 --> 00:42:56,666 LOOK AT THAT MANE. 782 00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:58,333 {\an1}EXACTLY. THE SIZE OF THAT, UH, 783 00:42:58,366 --> 00:42:59,933 {\an1}THAT CAT IS HUGE. IT'S IMMENSE. 784 00:42:59,966 --> 00:43:01,433 DO YOU KNOW THIS LION? 785 00:43:01,466 --> 00:43:02,700 {\an1}I KNOW THIS GUY. REALLY? 786 00:43:02,733 --> 00:43:04,500 {\an1}YEAH, HE'S, TO ME, 787 00:43:04,533 --> 00:43:06,833 {\an1}HE'S THE BIGGEST, OR HE'S THE LARGEST LION. 788 00:43:06,866 --> 00:43:09,933 {\an1}THIS LION IS ABOUT, UM, 10 YEARS OLD. 789 00:43:09,966 --> 00:43:11,800 {\an1}HE'S ON HIS PRIME. 790 00:43:11,833 --> 00:43:14,500 {\an1}WE NAME HIM FROM THE MAASAI TRIBE. 791 00:43:14,533 --> 00:43:17,400 {\an1}THE BOYS, WE CALL HIM KALAMAS. 792 00:43:17,433 --> 00:43:19,100 {\an1}MEANS "SNEAKY BOY." 793 00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:24,133 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: THE NAME SAYS IT ALL. 794 00:43:24,166 --> 00:43:25,866 {\an1}IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE WE WERE 795 00:43:25,900 --> 00:43:28,033 DRINKING TEQUILA ON THE STAKEOUT. 796 00:43:28,066 --> 00:43:30,500 THIS SNEAKY BOY IS AN EXPERT AT 797 00:43:30,533 --> 00:43:33,566 {\an1}MOVING AROUND THE SAVANNAH WITHOUT BEING SEEN. 798 00:43:35,166 --> 00:43:38,766 {\an1}HE'S SUCH A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, TANZANIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN 799 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:42,533 {\an1}TRACKING HIS MOVEMENTS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. 800 00:43:43,966 --> 00:43:45,276 {\an1}OLEKUWAI: WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS FACE... 801 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:46,766 {\an1}HE'S GOT NO SCARS. 802 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,433 {\an1}MEANS HE HAS TRIED TO AVOID 803 00:43:48,466 --> 00:43:50,166 {\an1}THE FIGHTING WITH THE OTHER LIONS. 804 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,266 {\an1}THAT'S PROBABLY KEPT HIM IN THIS BETTER, 805 00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:54,800 {\an1}GOOD CONDITION LIKE THIS UNTIL NOW. 806 00:43:54,833 --> 00:43:58,333 {\an1}THESE LIONS, THEY CAME FROM NGORONGORO AND... 807 00:43:58,366 --> 00:43:59,476 ALL THE WAY FROM NGORONGORO CRATER? 808 00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:01,366 {\an1}ALL THE WAY FROM THE CRATER. 809 00:44:03,833 --> 00:44:05,209 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: KALAMAS' TRACKING DATA SHOWS 810 00:44:05,233 --> 00:44:06,933 {\an1}THAT HE HAS RECENTLY BEEN 811 00:44:06,966 --> 00:44:08,800 {\an1}IN THE NGORONGORO CRATER... 812 00:44:08,833 --> 00:44:11,833 {\an1}A NEIGHBORING RESERVE TEEMING WITH WILDLIFE. 813 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:15,600 {\an1}BUT THIS UNUSUAL MALE LION HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE 814 00:44:15,633 --> 00:44:18,633 {\an1}A HUGE MIGRATION TO MWIBA, 815 00:44:18,666 --> 00:44:21,633 {\an1}WALKING OVER 50 MILES. 816 00:44:23,733 --> 00:44:25,342 SANJAYAN: BUT IS HE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S TERRITORY RIGHT NOW? 817 00:44:25,366 --> 00:44:27,200 {\an1}OLEKUWAI: YES, HE IS IN, IS IN 818 00:44:27,233 --> 00:44:29,600 {\an1}THE TERRITORY OF OTHER TWO MALES 819 00:44:29,633 --> 00:44:31,233 {\an1}THAT ARE ON THIS AREA. 820 00:44:31,266 --> 00:44:33,433 IF THEY FIND HIM, THEY'LL FIGHT? 821 00:44:33,466 --> 00:44:34,642 {\an1}THEY WILL FIGHT BUT... OR CHASE HIM. 822 00:44:34,666 --> 00:44:36,466 {\an1}HE DON'T LIKE FIGHTING, 823 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:38,533 {\an1}AND SO HE WILL JUST WALK AWAY. 824 00:44:38,566 --> 00:44:41,200 HA HA HA. THIS IS A GREAT LION STORY. 825 00:44:41,233 --> 00:44:42,600 {\an1}YEAH. YEAH. 826 00:44:42,633 --> 00:44:43,776 SO THIS GUY DOESN'T LIKE TO FIGHT? 827 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,000 {\an1}YEAH, HE DOESN'T LIKE TO FIGHT, 828 00:44:45,033 --> 00:44:46,633 {\an1}AND PROBABLY THAT, HE FIND THAT IS 829 00:44:46,666 --> 00:44:48,400 {\an1}THE BEST WAY FOR HIM TO SURVIVE... 830 00:44:48,433 --> 00:44:49,900 {\an1}AND THAT'S WHY HE HAS BEEN 831 00:44:49,933 --> 00:44:51,400 {\an1}AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. 832 00:44:51,433 --> 00:44:52,966 {\an1}YEAH. YEAH. 833 00:44:58,900 --> 00:45:01,066 {\an1}SANJAYAN, VOICE-OVER: THE TWO MALES ARE 834 00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:02,966 {\an1}PART OF THE MWIBA PRIDE. 835 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,100 {\an1}THEIR DEN IS JUST OVER A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE WATERHOLE... 836 00:45:08,566 --> 00:45:09,900 A DISTANCE THAT KALAMAS THE LION 837 00:45:09,933 --> 00:45:12,266 {\an1}COULD HAVE COVERED IN 30 MINUTES. 838 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,766 {\an1}BOB GOES TO SEE IF HE'S MADE IT THERE LAST NIGHT, 839 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:21,600 {\an1}AND, ON THE WAY, HE SPOTS LIONS IN THE BUSHES. 840 00:45:21,633 --> 00:45:28,166 THERE THEY ARE. TWO MALE LIONS. WOW. 841 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:32,033 TOTI AND TOM ARE A COALITION OF MALES 842 00:45:32,066 --> 00:45:34,666 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE HAD BETTER DAYS. 843 00:45:36,033 --> 00:45:39,333 HAVE PROBABLY JUST HAD A RUN-IN WITH KALAMAS. 844 00:45:39,366 --> 00:45:41,466 I THINK I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A SCAR 845 00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:43,233 ON ONE OF THEIR EYES, 846 00:45:43,266 --> 00:45:45,966 {\an1}WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THEY WOULD REALLY BE 847 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,700 DEFENDING THEIR CUBS. 848 00:45:48,733 --> 00:45:50,500 KALAMAS WOULD KILL THEM INSTANTLY. 849 00:45:50,533 --> 00:45:52,366 THERE'S A FEMALE. 850 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,166 ONE OF THESE TWO IS PROBABLY THE DAD. 851 00:45:56,866 --> 00:45:58,533 KALAMAS IS A GREAT BIG MALE, 852 00:45:58,566 --> 00:46:01,133 AND HE'S FORMIDABLE EVEN ON HIS OWN, 853 00:46:01,166 --> 00:46:03,233 BUT THESE TWO GUYS CERTAINLY WOULD OVERPOWER HIM, 854 00:46:03,266 --> 00:46:04,900 BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE A FIGHT, 855 00:46:04,933 --> 00:46:07,466 {\an1}AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'VE HAD A ROUGH NIGHT. 856 00:46:11,466 --> 00:46:13,400 {\an1}SANJAYAN: JUST LIKE SAITOTI SAID, 857 00:46:13,433 --> 00:46:16,733 {\an1}KALAMAS AVOIDED A BIG FIGHT AND HAS SNEAKED OFF AGAIN... 858 00:46:20,633 --> 00:46:23,166 {\an1}BUT HIS PRESENCE SEEMS TO HAVE ALTERED THE ROUTINE OF 859 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,766 {\an1}THE COMMUNITY AT THE WATERHOLE. 860 00:46:29,866 --> 00:46:31,766 {\an1}SO EVERYTHING CHANGES ONCE THIS LION SHOWS UP. 861 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,266 {\an1}IT SEEMS THAT THE WHOLE SPECIES COMPOSITION... 862 00:46:34,300 --> 00:46:35,833 YOU KNOW, WHO SHOWS UP WITH WHOM... 863 00:46:35,866 --> 00:46:38,466 SEEMS TO CHANGE AFTER A PREDATOR 864 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:40,233 {\an1}APPEARS AT THE WATERHOLE. 865 00:46:40,266 --> 00:46:43,133 {\an1}SO A COMMON GROUPING AT OUR WATERHOLE, FOR EXAMPLE, 866 00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:46,666 {\an1}IS GIRAFFES, ZEBRA, AND IMPALA, 867 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:48,166 {\an1}AND THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE. 868 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,866 GIRAFFES CAN SEE LONG DISTANCES; 869 00:46:49,900 --> 00:46:52,000 {\an1}THEY CAN SPOT THINGS FAR, FAR AWAY. 870 00:46:52,033 --> 00:46:54,400 {\an1}ZEBRAS HAVE GREAT EARS AND GREAT NOSES; 871 00:46:54,433 --> 00:46:56,600 THEY CAN PICK UP SCENT AND SOUND. 872 00:46:56,633 --> 00:46:59,533 {\an1}AND IMPALA, BEING KIND OF LOW TO THE GROUND, 873 00:46:59,566 --> 00:47:01,266 ARE ABLE TO SPOT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE 874 00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:03,666 CROUCHING, HIDDEN IN THE UNDERBRUSH. 875 00:47:03,700 --> 00:47:05,600 SO, EACH OF THESE ANIMALS IS REALLY 876 00:47:05,633 --> 00:47:08,600 COMPENSATING, OR ADDING THEIR POWER 877 00:47:08,633 --> 00:47:11,633 {\an1}TO, UM, TO THE GROUP, AND SO, YOU HAVE 878 00:47:11,666 --> 00:47:13,500 {\an1}SAFETY IN NUMBERS FOR SURE, 879 00:47:13,533 --> 00:47:16,800 {\an1}BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SAFETY IN DIVERSITY. 880 00:47:30,233 --> 00:47:34,533 {\an1}NOW THAT PREY ARE TEAMING UP TO WATCH OUT FOR PREDATORS, 881 00:47:34,566 --> 00:47:36,966 THE WATERHOLE IS GETTING BUSY AGAIN... 882 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,033 [BIRDS SQUAWKING] 883 00:47:45,633 --> 00:47:49,700 {\an1}AND WE'RE SEEING MORE NEW BIRD SPECIES, INCLUDING... 884 00:47:49,733 --> 00:47:51,700 {\an1}FISCHER'S LOVEBIRDS. 885 00:47:51,733 --> 00:47:53,600 {\an1}THEY'RE ONLY FOUND IN TANZANIA. 886 00:47:56,966 --> 00:48:01,433 {\an7}MARABOU STORKS, WHICH ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST STORK SPECIES, 887 00:48:01,466 --> 00:48:03,766 {\an7}REACHING UP TO 5 FEET TALL. 888 00:48:05,933 --> 00:48:09,833 {\an1}COLORFUL LILAC-BREASTED ROLLERS... THEY SYMBOLIZE PEACE 889 00:48:09,866 --> 00:48:12,733 {\an1}FOR MANY AFRICAN COMMUNITIES. 890 00:48:15,466 --> 00:48:18,400 {\an1}WE ALSO GET OUR FIRST BIRD OF PREY: 891 00:48:18,433 --> 00:48:20,200 AN AUGUR BUZZARD. 892 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:25,066 {\an1}THEY SCOPE OUT WATERHOLES AND PREDATE ON RODENTS 893 00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:27,833 AND SMALL BIRDS THAT COME TO DRINK. 894 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,400 {\an7}ADDING THE AUGUR BUZZARD BRINGS OUR SPECIES LIST TO 61. 895 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,466 {\an1}ON AVERAGE, WE'VE HAD 4 NEW SPECIES A DAY 896 00:48:40,500 --> 00:48:43,433 COME FOR A DRINK DURING THE DRY SEASON. 897 00:48:44,900 --> 00:48:48,033 {\an1}AND DESPITE PREDATORS BEING A CONSTANT THREAT, 898 00:48:48,066 --> 00:48:52,066 {\an1}THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SIGN OF HUNTING AT THE WATERHOLE. 899 00:48:54,433 --> 00:48:56,800 BUT JUST A MILE AND A HALF AWAY, 900 00:48:56,833 --> 00:48:59,200 {\an1}BOB MAKES A DISCOVERY. 901 00:49:01,966 --> 00:49:04,400 {\an1}I'VE JUST FOUND THIS MALE KUDU CARCASS 902 00:49:04,433 --> 00:49:06,400 {\an1}IN THE DRAINAGE RIGHT HERE. 903 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,666 {\an1}SANJAYAN: IT LOOKS LIKE PREDATORS 904 00:49:11,700 --> 00:49:13,300 {\an1}AREN'T HUNTING AT THE WATERHOLE 905 00:49:13,333 --> 00:49:14,866 BECAUSE THEY'RE PICKING OFF PREY 906 00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:17,666 {\an1}AS THEY TRAVEL TO AND FROM IT. 907 00:49:19,033 --> 00:49:20,342 POOLE: IT'S SO INTERESTING BECAUSE 908 00:49:20,366 --> 00:49:21,800 {\an1}IT'S JUST BEEN KILLED. 909 00:49:21,833 --> 00:49:24,666 {\an1}YOU CAN SEE THE STOMACH HAS BEEN OPENED. 910 00:49:26,733 --> 00:49:27,776 SANJAYAN: WHATEVER KILLED THIS KUDU IS 911 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,566 {\an1}PROBABLY GOING TO BE BACK. 912 00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,400 {\an1}SO, BOB IS GOING TO STAKE OUT THIS CARCASS. 913 00:49:40,466 --> 00:49:42,166 {\an1}AFTER A FEW HOURS OF WAITING, 914 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,133 {\an1}HE SPOTS SOMETHING MOVING IN THE BUSHES. 915 00:49:49,100 --> 00:49:51,700 {\an1}MY GOODNESS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 916 00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:55,933 {\an1}WOW. WHAT A POWERFUL ANIMAL. 917 00:49:58,100 --> 00:50:01,633 {\an1}SANJAYAN: IT'S THE MWIBA PRIDE LIONESS LERIAH, 918 00:50:01,666 --> 00:50:03,666 {\an1}AND SHE'S MADE THE KILL. 919 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:07,433 {\an1}THE MALES TOTI AND TOM ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, 920 00:50:07,466 --> 00:50:09,966 BUT THIS MEAL ISN'T JUST FOR HER. 921 00:50:12,033 --> 00:50:13,742 {\an1}WHOA. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT RIGHT ON THERE, 922 00:50:13,766 --> 00:50:15,066 {\an1}ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, 923 00:50:15,100 --> 00:50:17,800 {\an1}CUBS COMING DOWN THE BANK. 924 00:50:17,833 --> 00:50:23,800 {\an1}WHOA! THAT'S INCREDIBLE. LOOK AT THAT! 925 00:50:25,566 --> 00:50:27,666 I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER LIONESSES, 926 00:50:27,700 --> 00:50:29,000 {\an1}SO, IT MEANS SHE'S ALL ALONE, 927 00:50:29,033 --> 00:50:30,866 {\an1}AT LEAST AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. 928 00:50:33,133 --> 00:50:35,300 {\an1}SANJAYAN: LION PRIDES VARY IN SIZE, 929 00:50:35,333 --> 00:50:39,000 {\an1}BUT THEY USUALLY HAVE UP TO A DOZEN FEMALES. 930 00:50:39,033 --> 00:50:43,200 {\an1}A LONE MOTHER LIKE THIS IS A HIGHLY UNUSUAL SIGHT, 931 00:50:43,233 --> 00:50:47,533 {\an1}ESPECIALLY WITH TWO CUBS THAT ARE JUST 6 WEEKS OLD. 932 00:50:47,566 --> 00:50:48,976 {\an1}THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH THING FOR A LIONESS TO BE 933 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,466 {\an1}ALL ALONE LIKE THAT WITH TWO CUBS. 934 00:50:51,500 --> 00:50:53,933 VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER MOVING FORWARD. 935 00:50:56,133 --> 00:50:57,666 ONLY ABOUT 50% OF THE CUBS MAKE IT 936 00:50:57,700 --> 00:50:59,866 {\an1}WHEN THEIR MOTHER'S ALONE LIKE THIS. 937 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,433 {\an1}SANJAYAN: THE WATERHOLE COULD BECOME AN IMPORTANT 938 00:51:06,466 --> 00:51:09,833 {\an1}FOCAL POINT FOR LERIAH, AS IT PROVIDES 939 00:51:09,866 --> 00:51:12,800 {\an1}A RELIABLE SOURCE OF FOOD AND WATER. 940 00:51:25,533 --> 00:51:28,600 {\an1}IT'S BEEN JUST 14 DAYS SINCE THE WATERHOLE WAS BUILT, 941 00:51:28,633 --> 00:51:31,100 {\an1}AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SO MUCH MORE ACTION 942 00:51:31,133 --> 00:51:33,100 {\an1}THAN WE EVER EXPECTED. 943 00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,266 {\an1}I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE ANIMALS 944 00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:40,833 {\an1}THAT THIS WATERHOLE HAS ATTRACTED, AND IT'S 945 00:51:40,866 --> 00:51:44,033 {\an1}WELL OVER 70 SPECIES OF VERTEBRATES THAT HAVE 946 00:51:44,066 --> 00:51:45,800 {\an1}COME TO THIS WATERHOLE IN JUST 947 00:51:45,833 --> 00:51:48,333 {\an1}THE FIRST MONTH OF... OF THE OPENING. 948 00:51:48,366 --> 00:51:49,833 {\an1}I HONESTLY CAN SAY IT'S BEEN 949 00:51:49,866 --> 00:51:51,100 {\an1}MORE THAN I EXPECTED. 950 00:51:51,133 --> 00:51:52,666 {\an1}EVER EXPECTED. 951 00:51:55,300 --> 00:51:58,300 {\an1}NUMBERS AT THIS WATERHOLE HAVE GONE WILD... 952 00:51:58,333 --> 00:52:02,166 {\an1}A FULLY FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEM HAS SPRUNG UP... 953 00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:09,100 {\an1}FROM BUTTERFLIES TO BUFFALOS 954 00:52:09,133 --> 00:52:12,266 {\an1}AND LAPWINGS TO LIONS. 955 00:52:12,300 --> 00:52:16,600 {\an1}WE HAVE SEEN A WILD COMMUNITY BUILD FROM NOTHING, 956 00:52:16,633 --> 00:52:20,300 {\an1}BUT THEIR LIVES ARE GOING TO GET TOUGHER. 957 00:52:20,333 --> 00:52:24,233 {\an1}IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE DRY SEASON DRAWS TO A CLOSE 958 00:52:24,266 --> 00:52:29,666 {\an1}AND MWIBA RESERVE ENTERS THE HOTTEST TIME OF YEAR. 959 00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:32,766 {\an1}WE'LL BE BACK TO FOLLOW OUR WATERHOLE ANIMALS 960 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,433 WHEN THE HEAT IS REALLY TURNED ON. 961 00:52:37,433 --> 00:52:38,566 {\an1}[ELEPHANT TRUMPETS] 962 00:52:40,700 --> 00:52:44,266 {\an7}NEXT TIME, AS TEMPERATURES SURPASS 100 DEGREES... 963 00:52:46,500 --> 00:52:49,200 {\an1}TENSIONS REACH A BOILING POINT WHEN A NEW PREDATOR 964 00:52:49,233 --> 00:52:51,666 {\an1}SWARMS THE WATERHOLE. 965 00:52:51,700 --> 00:52:54,466 {\an1}HYENAS INVADE AND TURN THE AREA 966 00:52:54,500 --> 00:52:56,066 {\an1}INTO A DANGER ZONE. 967 00:52:56,100 --> 00:52:57,500 {\an1}OH, WOW. LOOK, LOOK, LOOK. 968 00:52:57,533 --> 00:52:59,666 {\an1}SO, THERE'S A WHOLE CLAN OF HYENAS COMING IN. 969 00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:01,800 {\an1}WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY JUST PICKING ON HIM? 970 00:53:04,566 --> 00:53:09,466 {\an1}OUR SPECIES LIST EXPANDS WITH AN UNEXPECTED AFRICAN GIANT. 971 00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:12,666 {\an1}OH, THE HIPPO. HOLY MOSES. 972 00:53:12,700 --> 00:53:14,233 YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. 973 00:53:15,633 --> 00:53:18,600 {\an1}AND FOR ONE EXTRAORDINARY ELEPHANT, THE WATERHOLE 974 00:53:18,633 --> 00:53:21,500 {\an1}BECOMES A VITAL LIFELINE. 975 00:53:21,533 --> 00:53:22,933 {\an1}IT'S AMAZING TO SEE AN ELEPHANT 976 00:53:22,966 --> 00:53:23,966 {\an1}WITH HALF HIS TRUNK GONE. 977 00:53:28,433 --> 00:53:30,433 {\an8}♪ 978 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,066 {\an8}TO ORDER "LIFE AT THE WATERHOLE" 979 00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:36,066 {\an8}ON DVD. 980 00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:37,733 {\an8}VISIT SHOP.PBS.ORG 981 00:53:37,766 --> 00:53:40,566 {\an8}OR CALL 1-800-PLAY-PBS 982 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,766 {\an8}THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO 983 00:53:45,766 --> 00:53:51,766 {\an8}♪ 984 00:53:53,766 --> 00:53:55,766 {\an8}♪