One Life Page #4

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He's joined forces with not just 1,

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but his 2 brothers.

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As fast as ever,

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and now 3 times as strong.

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They're turning their sights

on much bigger prey.

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(distant zebra crying)

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An ostrich knows a lone cheetah

is too small and weak to worry about.

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but these brothers have changed the rules.

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(dramatic music)

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(ostrich squawking)

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The female is slow to react

and the cheetahs switch target.

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(squawking)

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(groaning)

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(cheetahs panting)

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These brothers have figured out

how successful a team can be.

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Strange circular scars on the sea floor

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are the mark of a spectacularly

successful team.

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Cunning, coordinated and creative.

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These dolphins have worked out

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that fish out of water

are much easier to catch.

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(puffing)

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by beating her tail down hard,

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this bottlenose dolphin

stirs up the seabed.

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And by swimming in a circle,

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she creates a ring of mushrooming mud

around a shoal of fish.

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A fishing net... made of mud.

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As the net pulls tighter and tighter,

the fish are trapped,

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till there's only one way out...

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straight into the mouths

of the waiting dolphins.

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(classical music)

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(birds chirping)

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What can you do if you're a hunter

that doesn't move, can't move?

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There's only one option:

lure your victim in.

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(fly buzzing)

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The Venus flytrap does just that:

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making itself irresistible,

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oozing sugary nectar

around the brim of each leaf.

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bait for hungry visitors.

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The triggers, fine hairs,

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which only work when 2 of them

are touched within 20 seconds.

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(metallic clanging)

One...

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(clock ticking)

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(metallic clanging)

...two.

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(buzzing)

(dramatic music)

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(fly squirming)

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Once the plant has digested the fly,

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the trap reopens and resets itself,

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ready for its next meal.

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lt works brilliantly, except...

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if it eats all the visiting flies,

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there'll be nobody left

to pollinate its flowers.

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No baby flytraps next year.

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So it sends up its flowers on stems

a foot long,

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well away from the traps below.

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(birds chirping)

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Up here, flies can safely graze

on nectar.

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ln return, they fertilize the flowers.

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(buzzing)

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Down below, business as usual.

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When it comes to the truly ruthless

pursuit of prey...

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there is one hunter

you don't want to meet.

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The Komodo dragon,

the biggest lizard on the planet.

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10-feet long and weighing 300 pounds.

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lt's the height of the dry season.

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Perfect times for a dragon.

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(insects buzzing)

(growling)

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ln the pitiless heat, buffalo concentrate

at the shrinking waterholes.

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The dragon is wary of getting too close.

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A jab from those horns,

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even a kick from those legs

could badly injure him.

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He knows all he needs is just one bite.

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lt's just a nip,

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a flesh wound,

but it alerts the other dragons close-by.

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Like sharks,

they're attracted by blood.

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(grunting)

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They gather round and watch

the buffalo's every move... for days.

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The wound doesn't heal.

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This is the Komodo dragon's

secret weapon.

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lts bite injected a poisonous cocktail

of bacteria and venom.

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As days turn into weeks,

the buffalo weakens.

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And the dragons wait.

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That's all they have to do.

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Just bear the hunger, watch,

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and wait for the poison to take effect.

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(snorting)

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(groaning)

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The buffalo died in the night.

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(flies buzzing)

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The dragons can eat almost

their own body weight in one meal.

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They strip the buffalo to the bone

in under 3 hours.

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Hunters.

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Resourceful, imaginative, determined.

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They seem to hold all the aces.

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So what can you do

if you're the one being hunted?

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beneath this tree lives a tiny creature

called a sengi.

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And she has a plan.

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One needing speed, agility,

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and a very good memory.

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