One Life Page #2

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(distant growling)

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(growling)

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babysitting.

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lt's so exhausting.

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(growling)

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(screaming)

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(distant whooping)

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(distant thumping)

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That sound is another male.

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A rival. A challenge.

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(whooping)

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(echoing sound effects)

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The rival would steal his territory,

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and that would be the end of his family

and everything he holds dear.

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(distant whooping)

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(distant thumping)

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(whooping)

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(echoing sound effects)

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No reply.

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(soft music)

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When it comes to

the important things in life,

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he's actually a pretty good dad.

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(wind gusting)

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(whimpering)

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Often, being a good parent

comes naturally.

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but there are times

when you have to learn the hard way.

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This baby elephant was born last night

to a first-time mother.

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These are the first steps on a life

that could last 70 years,

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if the baby survives

these critical early days.

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To produce enough milk to feed her calf,

the mother must find water.

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The baby has no option,

she has to join the march.

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(soft music)

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She manages 5 miles,

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but there's still a long way to go.

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(growling)

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(soft music)

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(trumpeting)

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(growling)

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(trumpeting)

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She's not sure what to make

of a waterhole.

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(whimpering)

And no idea how to get out of it.

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As the herd moves deeper

into the swamp,

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the young mother and her calf follow.

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This is dangerous.

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(trumpeting)

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baby elephants can get fatally stuck

in mud.

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(calf crying)

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The mother's trying to help,

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but she's actually pushing her baby

deeper into the mud.

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(trumpeting)

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The grandmother sees the problem.

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(trumpeting)

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She barges her daughter out of the way

just in time.

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(soft music)

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Whether it's a baby elephant

or a baby frog,

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a snow monkey or a gorilla,

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they're all cared for by parents

who do their best to keep them safe.

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Too soon, childhood ends...

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(trumpeting)

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...and they'll discover it's time

to make their own way in the world.

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The lifelong search for food begins.

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(birds chirping)

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lmagine trying to feed

10 million hungry mouths.

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Well, that's the challenge facing

the inhabitants of this underground city.

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The city is surrounded by grassland.

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Unfortunately its citizens,

grass-cutter ants,

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can't actually eat grass.

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(crunching)

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(thumping)

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(upbeat music)

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Yet they collect

every blade of grass they can,

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and they carry it all the way back

to the colony.

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(upbeat music)

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And they do this all day.

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Every day.

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365 days a year.

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(upbeat music)

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So why are they doing it?

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The answer lies deep underground.

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(cringing)

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They chop it up and feed it to a fungus

that can eat grass.

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And then they eat the fungus.

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The anthill is a massive

underground farm.

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lt's a perfect arrangement,

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except that the fungus produces

so much carbon dioxide

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it poisons the air down here.

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The ants have sorted that problem, too.

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They've built specially designed

ventilation shafts to keep their air clean.

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They're farmers,

architects and engineers.

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Each individual ant has a brain

the size of a pinhead.

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but somehow, together,

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they have invented a solution

to feeding themselves

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that we would be proud to match.

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Sometimes in life, the best way

is to follow your own path.

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Choose food that no one else

has a taste for.

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(distant squawking)

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Here's a lammergeier,

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a huge bearded vulture,

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scanning the ground for his next meal.

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(squawking)

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(distant squawking)

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A lot of rival scavengers

have beaten him to this carcass.

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(squawking)

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but a lammergeier is happy

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