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(laughter)
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(knocking)
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WOMAN: Wakey-wakey.
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WOMAN 2: Oh look there's a nose.
WOMAN: I see a nose.
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Hi. There's some
tasty snacks here.
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WOMAN 2: There we go.
WOMAN: Oh, there she is.
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Hey sweet girl.
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She loves avocado and we
actually mix it with banana.
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She's excited.
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WOMAN 2: Yeah.
WOMAN: Favorite, favorite.
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Enjoy that snack.
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(laughter).
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That’s perfect.
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(theme music playing).
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(trumpeting)
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NARRATOR: Every
day is magical at
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Disney’s Animal
Kingdom theme park.
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But for Mac, the
African bull elephant,
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today is once in a lifetime.
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HALEY: So today is
Mac’s 40th birthday.
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So we are getting together a
little birthday party for him,
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we have a birthday cake made
by our animal nutrition center.
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JENN: I like his,
his favorite, his icing, yeah.
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STEPHANIE: Oh yeah,
sweet potato icing.
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MAN: Good boy Mac, come on.
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NARRATOR: No time to waste,
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Mac loves a party.
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STEPHANIE: The theme
is Saint Patrick’s Day,
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what are you planning on
using the carrots for Jenn?
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JENN: I'm gonna make little
gold inside of his pot of gold.
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So use the watermelon for that.
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STEPHANIE: Oh very cool, okay.
JENN: Yeah.
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MAN: Good boy.
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NARRATOR: Another favorite,
frozen fruit treats.
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JENNY: So I'm going to be
making these ice treats here
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and trying to coordinate
with the rainbow that
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we're doing with
the elephant team.
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We're going to do
sweet potatoes
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and
carrots in one layer
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for orange, apples
in the other for red,
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blueberries for blue, I'll
be doing celery for green,
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and then one of Mac’s
favorites is bananas.
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MAN: All right Mac, go on.
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Good boy.
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JENN: It's gonna be delicious.
STEPHANIE: Oh yeah.
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JENNY: Nailed it.
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STEPHANIE: Are yours ready?
JENNY: Ready.
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JENN: Yeah, ready.
STEPHANIE: Let’s go.
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NARRATOR: Saint Patrick himself
would approve of this spread.
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Mostly.
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HALEY: Come on Mac.
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It's your big
birthday celebration.
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Oh, there he is.
Oh, I'm so excited.
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Here he comes.
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(trumpeting)
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STEPHANIE: Mac has a
really big personality,
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he's just really
fun to work with.
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As he's getting older you
can see that he is aging.
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HALEY: He's a
distinguished older gentleman.
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STEPHANIE: He definitely still
has what it takes to keep up
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with our younger elephants.
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Keep going.
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Look at all this other stuff.
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There's so much more.
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Oh...
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HALEY: Oh-uh, yeah, there we go.
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Oh happy birthday.
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STEPHANIE: Oh. Look
there's watermelon.
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JENN: You deserve
that pot of gold.
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STEPHANIE: He says, “Let me
just knock these carrots off,
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I don’t need those.”
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HALEY: We don’t
need the healthy bit.
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JENN: Not necessary.
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STEPHANIE: Oh good boy.
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Mm.
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ALL: Watermelon.
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STEPHANIE: The watermelon.
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I like when he eats it
and he closes his eyes.
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JENN: Yes.
STEPHANIE: 'Cause it's so good.
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HALEY: What a great
birthday celebration.
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STEPHANIE: Ooh,
that’s a big piece.
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Oh. He ate it.
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(bellows)
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Uh-oh, brain freeze.
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(laughter).
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(overlapping chatter).
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NARRATOR: Mac has two
young daughters at the park.
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(trumpets)
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11 year old Luna, and
five year old Stella.
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But the team hopes
that changes soon.
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LIZ: We are seeing
more testosterone with him,
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we've been tracking his
levels through his blood and,
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and in his behavior as well so
we're seeing it on the charts,
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but we're also
seeing it behaviorally.
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(trumpets)
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NARRATOR: This change
in behavior is called, “Must.”
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(bellows)
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LIZ: Some of the
signs of must for elephants
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is urine dribbling.
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(bellows)
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They start secreting
from their heads,
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those glands
right near their ears.
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He's got a little
bit of an attitude,
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he's a little crabby.
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NARRATOR: In the wild male
elephants in must square off
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with other males
to attract females.
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(trumpeting)
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(bellows)
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LIZ: From someone
outside the barn they go,
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“Oh that seems terrible,” for
us we're actually really excited
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that he's got a little
bit of an attitude now.
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NARRATOR: At the right
time to the right female,
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a musty Mac is quite the catch.
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KENT: All right Nadirah, down.
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Good girl. Good.
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NARRATOR: And the team
hopes 16 year old Nadirah
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could be the one.
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KENT: Give me your foot.
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That’s a good kid.
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Good foot.
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LIZ: Yeah.
KENT: Ready?
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LIZ: Ready.
KENT: All right, Nadirah, ear.
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Back up. Steady.
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Nadirah, ear. Good, steady.
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LIZ: Today we're gonna do a
blood draw from Nadirah’s ear,
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we're gonna use that blood
draw to see if she's cycling.
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But it's not painful, it's
just a little butterfly needle
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and the ear is the
thinnest part of their skin,
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so most of the time
they don’t even feel it,
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they don’t even
realize it's happening.
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And then right
afterwards they get a big treat.
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All done.
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NARRATOR: Using the blood draw,
Liz performs a quick test to
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determine if
Nadirah’s ovulating.
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LIZ: It only takes a few drops.
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And then 15 minutes.
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Very, very faint but I see it.
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If you see anything it
means that it's positive.
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That means that she
might get pregnant.
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ADRIANA: Steady. Good girl.
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Nadirah’s on her way.
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LIZ: She's gonna spend some
time with Mac this morning.
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NARRATOR: Science says it's
the perfect time for a meeting
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with Mac but now it's
up to the two of them
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to make the magic happen.
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LIZ: It's exciting.
Hopefully it happens.
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KENT: Good girl
Nadirah, Mac’s waiting.
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Don’t eat GoPros.
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NARRATOR: At Gorilla Falls,
while Gino the silverback
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grapples with family life...
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(growls)
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Just across the hill
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Animal Kingdom’s
bachelor group takes it easy.
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COURTNEY: There are four
gorillas in our bachelor troupe.
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This is Kejana right here.
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He's the biggest male in
our troupe and he's our leader.
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Gus is all the way
back that direction.
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This is Zawadi,
Spike’s half-brother.
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Oh here comes Spike,
he’s the one that’s coming up
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the hill over here.
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Spike and Zawadi
they're very close.
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They spend a lot of
time very close together.
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NARRATOR: Male gorillas
who don’t have families form
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all-male squads like this one.
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COURTNEY: These bachelor
troupes are necessary and it
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actually happens in the
natural environment as well.
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These guys have lived
here most of their lives,
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they’ve been here
since the park opened.
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Their relationships
are just as important
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as
the family relationships.
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NARRATOR: Despite
living separately,
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the two groups are
on friendly terms.
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COURTNEY: They can
see over
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in to the
family habitat really well.
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Spike is actually one of
our gorillas that spends
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a lot of time
orienting to the family.
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He’ll actually sit and
make googly eyes at Lilly.
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NARRATOR: But
sometimes Spike struggles
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to make it to his lookout.
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COURTNEY: A couple of years ago,
Spike came down with an illness.
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He basically lost the
ability to move his back legs.
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He was essentially paralyzed.
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NARRATOR: Spike was
infected with rat lungworm,
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a parasite
transferred through snails.
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DR. NATALIE: Sometimes
you have no symptoms at all,
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but sometimes it affects
the brain and the spinal cord,
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and you can be paralyzed.
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Just like what
happened with Spike.
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COURTNEY: Because of our
amazing veterinary staff here,
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we were able to treat him.
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NARRATOR: With the help of
physical therapy specialists
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the team designed a program to
help him regain his mobility.
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COURTNEY: Spike in the middle.
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Come this way.
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To see him go
from being an animal in such
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a compromised condition to
recovering from his illness,
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being able to walk again,
reuniting with the group,
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it's been such a
wonderful experience.
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He's an amazing animal but he
still has lasting effects from
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what happened back then, so,
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he has some good days
and some bad days.
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PILAR: All right, we're
ready for Spike and Zawadi.
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DR. NATALIE: So every
month or so I go down
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and visit with Spike,
because we wanna make sure that
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his quality of
life is really great.
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KEEPER: Spike and
Zawadi are in the yard.
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DR. NATALIE: There's Spike.
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NARRATOR: Worryingly,
keepers notice a decline
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in Spike’s mobility.
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PILAR: See how
he's dragging that foot?
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DR. NATALIE: Do you see how he's
bearing weight on his right leg
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and that left leg is leaning in?
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That’s worse than it was.
That looks not very good.
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PILAR: The more he's
using it he tires out.
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And then that’s when
it starts to drag more.
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DR. NATALIE: He's
a bit animal...
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PILAR: Mm-hmm.
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DR. NATALIE: It's a lot
when your,
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both of your
legs aren't feeling great.
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PILAR: Right.
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DR. NATALIE: I am
really worried,
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his knees aren't working the way
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they should and I'm
very concerned
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what's happening there.
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NARRATOR: Spike needs to
be sedated for an examination
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as soon as possible.
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DR. NATALIE: In the immediate
sense we’ll start him on some
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anti-inflammatories
to get him better...
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WOMAN: Mm-hmm.
DR. NATALIE: More immediate.
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WOMAN: Yeah.
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DR. NATALIE: And
then I'll go from there.
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NARRATOR: About 100 miles
southeast of the park sits
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Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.
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And as night falls, some
extra special guests are due.
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RACHEL: We always have to
remember to look behind us too
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‘cause they could be coming
up just behind us as we walk.
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NARRATOR: Conservation
Programs Manager, Rachel,
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waits on the
beach to welcome them.
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RACHEL: So we're out here on the
beach this evening to look for
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loggerhead sea turtles so
that we can study them and
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perform health
assessments on them.
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We could see three
different species this evening,
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the loggerhead
which we're looking for,
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also green sea turtles
and leatherback sea turtles.
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We estimate that only
one in 1,000 sea turtles
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survive to adulthood.
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Which is why every single egg
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and every single
hatchling matters a lot.
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NARRATOR: Every year, mama
turtles make thousands of nests
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along this stretch of coastline.
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The team uses night vision
to avoid disturbing them.
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RACHEL: We're hoping to
see either turtles emerging
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directly from the surf,
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or a turtle that’s already
began her nesting process.
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So I see something
moving up in the bushes.
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WOMAN: Down there?
RACHEL: Yeah.
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I think she's
like up in the dune.
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Yeah she's up there.
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Awesome. It's a green turtle.
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They're notorious for
going up in the vegetation and
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making a huge mess.
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There she comes.
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We're staying back
at the water’s edge and
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watching her from a distance
because we are only out here
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to study loggerhead
sea turtles tonight.
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They’ll lay a new
nest every two weeks or so
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for the entirety of
the nesting season.
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This sometimes
results in six, seven,
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800 eggs per nesting female.
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It's amazing to see.
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NARRATOR: As dawn breaks,
Rachel heads out to see if
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any other
turtle mamas have laid.
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RACHEL: It's reading
the sand for clues.
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We call it turtle CSI.
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There's one.
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‘Cause we found a
new loggerhead nest,
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we can see these lovely
tracks coming up from the ocean,
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ascending up the beach and then
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we see this lovely
big fluffy pile of sand,
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and that’s our indicator
that this is a nest.
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years female loggerheads journey
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thousands of miles to nest in
the same area they hatched from.
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RACHEL: When the nesting
female came up here last night
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she dug out an
egg chamber that looks like
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sort of an
upside down light bulb
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and she did that entirely
with her rear flippers.
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After that point she went
in to the camouflaging phase,
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she meticulously covered the
nest back up to make sure that
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she protected this
nest from predator.
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NARRATOR: Eggs laid, the
mama loggerhead leaves and
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doesn’t come back.
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Rachel steps in to
monitor and protect the nest.
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RACHEL: I'm digging to
verify the clutch location.
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We only dig until we find
the top egg in the clutch.
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I can feel the top
of the clutch here.
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We don’t pull any eggs out, we
don’t disturb the nest at all.
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DANIELLE: Did
you find it already?
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RACHEL: I found it yup,
I got it on the first hole.
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DANIELLE: Woo-hoo!
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RACHEL: So I'm just putting some
protective flagging tape around
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this nest to make
sure that everyone
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knows where not to step.
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Danielle’s packing in
the sand really tight to
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make sure to leave it
exactly as we found it.
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These nests are temperature
dependent in terms of
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what sex the hatchlings becomes.
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The warmer eggs will turn
in to female hatchlings and
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cooler eggs will become males.
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We at Disney like to
affectionately call that,
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"Hot Chicks, Cool Dudes,"
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to remember it.
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She tries to find that
sweet spot in the sand where
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the upper half of the
nest is slightly warmer than
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the lower half of the nest.
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NARRATOR: In around two months
the little hatchlings will make
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their way to the sea.
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RACHEL: Loggerheads are
rapidly declining elsewhere
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throughout their range.
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So we're really happy
to be able to see them
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thriving here in Florida.
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It's just due to all the
conservation efforts of so
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many decades, so many people.
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NARRATOR: Over at
the elephant barn,
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at Disney’s Animal Kingdom,
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the team hopes
romance is in the air.
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LIZ: So Mac’s already
stationed in the bull yard,
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he's been hanging out
there for the last hour or so.
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Look, here comes Nadirah.
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And we’ll see what happens.
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So this is their
initial greeting.
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(bellows)
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This is great behavior, like
Nadirah’s comfortable enough and
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she's confident
enough to go up to him,
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she wants him to interact
with her which is great.
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And then her turning.
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So her walking away might
seem like she's not interested,
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but that’s just kind
of how this process goes.
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And if he were to stop at
any moment you'll probably see
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her stop as well so
that he can catch up.
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And now she's coming back just
to kinda see what he's doing.
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There is a little bit of
flirting I guess you could say.
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Like sparring
between the two of them.
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It's a lot of sniffing.
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NARRATOR: But will
Mac make his move?
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LIZ: Oh, here he comes.
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Maybe?
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She's moving.
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She’ll stop,
hopefully sometime soon.
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NARRATOR: Elephant
romance can't be rushed.
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LIZ: So this is probably
gonna go off and on all day,
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this is always like
the frustrating part.
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(trumpets)
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LIZ: So they're
both being very polite,
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they're both being very gentle.
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NARRATOR: Mac
moves at his own pace.
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LIZ: We’ll keep them together
for most of the day still and
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we’ll probably give
them more opportunities
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throughout the week.
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NARRATOR: But Nadirah
wants to move things along.
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LIZ: That’s definitely something
that we are looking for,
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we want her to stand for him.
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(gasps)
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There he goes.
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(trumpets)
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NARRATOR: A
perfect elephant meeting.
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LIZ: Yeah I'm excited, hopefully
get a little baby Nadirah.
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NARRATOR: Over at
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
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and Camp Ground,
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the stables at
Tri-Circle-D-Ranch are home to
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a fairy tale star in training.
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STEPHANIE: You
excited for your big day?
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NARRATOR: Say hello to Lilly.
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STEPHANIE: Lilly’s training
to be a Cinderella pony for
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our Disney’s
Fairy Tale Weddings.
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NARRATOR: People
from around the world choose
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Walt Disney World Resort
to host their weddings,
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and at some, Cinderella’s
ponies transport couples
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to their happily ever afters.
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STEPHANIE: It does
take a lot of work
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to become a Cinderella pony.
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To be a part of someone’s
special day is truly magical.
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Are you ready?
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She says, "Just
eating breakfast."
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She's in no hurry.
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She says, "You
guys move on my time."
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(laughs).
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NARRATOR: Today, little
Lilly needs a big breakfast.
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STEPHANIE: It's a
special day for Lilly because
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she's heading to
Disney’s Wedding Pavilion
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to practice for a
fairy tale wedding.
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Are you ready for your big day?
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NARRATOR: If the
training goes well,
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Lilly will be in line
for her first real wedding.
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STEPHANIE: But what
we're gonna do is make sure
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all of the spots are off.
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That’s very important
that she's looking her best.
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Get your hair outta your eyes.
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Hi Elsa, good morning.
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So this is Elsa, this
is Lilly’s friend that
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is gonna support her.
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(bellows)
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Elsa says, "Hello."
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Yeah, that’s a good girl.
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This is actually the first
time that Lilly’s gonna put
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on the wedding harness.
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The key is to make
sure that everything we do,
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she's like, “Oh scratch me,” um,
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is comfortable for her.
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And when she goes out there
we want her to feel her best.
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All right, Lilly let’s go.
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NARRATOR: Beyond the Ranch,
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Walt Disney World Resort
brims with activity.
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STEPHANIE: The first step for
Lilly’s training is for Lilly to
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be confident out there because
she's gonna encounter a lot,
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they see lots of
children, strollers, balloons,
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we wanna make sure
that she enjoys all of it.
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(cheering)
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NARRATOR: In today’s session,
Lilly will see one of the park’s
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most famous features
for the first time.
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The monorail.
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STEPHANIE: It makes a lot of
noise and it's higher than them
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so we wanna make sure that
they're not afraid of anything.
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We don’t want her to be scared,
we want her to come over here
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and be really
relaxed doing her job.
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(rumbling)
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Are you ready to go?
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Elsa, are you ready
to show her the ropes?
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WOMAN: There it is.
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STEPHANIE: Now
pretty girl, all right, step.
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(rumbling)
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Step. Good girl.
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WOMAN: Oh.
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STEPHANIE: Oh,
that’s such a good girl!
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(laughter)
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WOMAN: Good job!
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STEPHANIE: So she's
licking her lips, um,
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that’s showing she's relaxed,
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she’s not tense anywhere, that’s
exactly what we're looking for.
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NARRATOR: Training
session one is a win.
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Time to rest before
the next challenge.
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WOMAN: Are you ready?
STEPHANIE: All right, off we go.
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WOMAN: All right.
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NARRATOR: Over at the
veterinary treatment room
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the team welcomes
a special guest.
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Bachelor gorilla
Spike’s decreased mobility has
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Doctor Natalie worried
about his quality of life.
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DR. NATALIE: Today we're gonna
do a CT scan of both his knees.
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WOMAN: One, two, three.
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DR. NATALIE: ‘Cause we have
our veterinary technicians,
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we've got three veterinarians,
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we've got all of
the husbandry staff so
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there's gonna be
a lot of folks here today.
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DR. NATI: He
weighs 175 kilograms,
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thankfully we have
our hydraulic table.
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WOMAN: (inaudible).
DR. NATI: Yes.
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I'm liking what
I'm seeing on the ECG.
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Okay.
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WOMAN: Good boy.
DR. NATI: Awesome.
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(overlapping chatter)
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WOMAN: Stop. Stop.
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NARRATOR: Keeper, Courtney, has
worked closely with Spike since
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his parasite infection.
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COURTNEY: He's one of
my favorite gorillas.
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We've seen him have some
pretty dramatic ups and downs.
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We don’t always know what's
gonna happen so it's always
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a little bit scary each time he has one of
those downward slumps, we,
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we don’t know if
he's gonna come out of it as
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well as he did the last time.
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WOMAN: He's
staying nice and cozy.
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WOMAN: ECG hooked up,
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and he's got a nice
steady rhythm there.
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NARRATOR: The CT scan uses
a series of x-rays to create
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a 3D map of Spike’s skeleton.
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DR. NATALIE: Looking through
these images that we took of
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Spike’s knee I'm not
seeing anything obvious.
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I can make some things out but
nothing that would be causing
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the degree of
discomfort that he gets.
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WOMAN: A big man.
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DR. NATALIE: Have to admit,
I'm a little disappointed.
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NARRATOR: The team
needs to know how compromised
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Spike’s mobility is.
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DR. NATALIE: We've got our
occupational therapist here and
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she's gonna be able to
actually touch his knee which
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she's not been able to
do for a very long time.
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SUSAN: So right now we're
really just looking a lot of
486
00:25:05,378 --> 00:25:08,381
his passive range of motion,
seeing how everything moves,
487
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:12,052
we're gonna look a lot at
symmetry to see if one side is
488
00:25:12,135 --> 00:25:15,305
doing the same thing
as the other side.
489
00:25:18,892 --> 00:25:23,355
NARRATOR: The therapists find
something deeply troubling.
490
00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:25,982
MARZENA: Look at
the muscle tone here and
491
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:29,986
then nothing, right there.
492
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:31,696
The musculature
on his right side
493
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:34,074
is very, very thick
and very, very strong,
494
00:25:34,157 --> 00:25:36,993
when you compare that to what
we see on his left side you feel
495
00:25:37,077 --> 00:25:40,956
just soft tissue that really
isn't able to be used the way
496
00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:43,875
that he is intended to use them.
497
00:25:46,461 --> 00:25:50,382
NARRATOR: Spike’s
condition is deteriorating.
498
00:25:50,465 --> 00:25:53,927
DR. NATALIE: This
concerns me a lot.
499
00:25:54,010 --> 00:25:55,887
COURTNEY: It's hard to see.
500
00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:59,099
We wanna make sure
that he's not in any pain.
501
00:25:59,182 --> 00:26:01,142
‘Cause he moves okay.
502
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:04,604
But we just wanna make
sure that he's not hurting.
503
00:26:12,612 --> 00:26:14,281
STEPHANIE: Get
you all harnessed up.
504
00:26:14,364 --> 00:26:15,824
NARRATOR: Back
over at the Ranch,
505
00:26:15,907 --> 00:26:20,078
three year old Lilly has a
much bigger challenge ahead.
506
00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:22,330
STEPHANIE: All right Lilly,
you can do this.
507
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:25,875
She's gonna be pulling the wagon
with three other ponies here at
508
00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:28,086
Fort Wilderness Camp Ground.
509
00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:32,340
This is the next big step for
Lilly to be a Cinderella pony.
510
00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:33,341
Nice and slow Bun.
511
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,343
DEANNA: Good girl, step.
STEPHANIE: Good boy, easy. Slow.
512
00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:38,305
NARRATOR: Lilly’s pulling
a training wagon today.
513
00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:40,599
Cinderella’s out
and about in her coach.
514
00:26:40,682 --> 00:26:42,559
STEPHANIE: Oh, I'm
glad I noticed that.
515
00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:45,604
DEANNA: So we are hooking up
Sherlock and Elsa to start with
516
00:26:45,687 --> 00:26:49,065
and then we’ll hook up
Wilbur and Lilly together.
517
00:26:49,149 --> 00:26:51,735
Take you over to Elsa here.
518
00:26:51,818 --> 00:26:54,195
There you go Lilly.
519
00:26:54,279 --> 00:27:00,285
So being in the lead helps
Lilly be able to move around.
520
00:27:00,368 --> 00:27:03,121
She actually is very
confident by herself.
521
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:08,001
NARRATOR: But walking as a team
is a whole nother ball game.
522
00:27:08,084 --> 00:27:11,212
DEANNA: She said
she's ready to go.
523
00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,506
Yeah.
524
00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:16,217
STEPHANIE: Ready? Team step.
DEANNA: Lilly, step.
525
00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:18,219
STEPHANIE: Good girl Lilly.
DEANNA: Good girl. Step.
526
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,805
Good girl.
527
00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,602
Good girl. Good girl.
528
00:27:25,685 --> 00:27:28,563
Good girl!
529
00:27:29,564 --> 00:27:30,899
STEPHANIE: We're gonna go
to the right, let her out.
530
00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:32,859
DEANNA: Okay.
STEPHANIE: There you go.
531
00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:36,404
DEANNA: Kind of an easy way to read the
horses’ body language here,
532
00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:38,573
one of the first things
you can look at is their ears,
533
00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:42,535
with Lilly you can see her
ears are kind of doing different
534
00:27:42,619 --> 00:27:45,246
things every few seconds.
535
00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:48,041
She's just trying to
figure out what's happening,
536
00:27:48,124 --> 00:27:52,045
and where she needs to be,
where the other ponies are.
537
00:27:52,128 --> 00:27:54,172
STEPHANIE: She's getting
her tongue over Deanna.
538
00:27:54,255 --> 00:27:56,132
DEANNA: Okay.
STEPHANIE: A little bit of it.
539
00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:58,218
DEANNA: Easy.
STEPHANIE: Easy.
540
00:27:58,301 --> 00:27:59,761
DEANNA: Oh, whoa.
STEPHANIE: Whoa.
541
00:27:59,844 --> 00:28:02,931
All right, let’s stop for just
a second Deanna, let me fix her.
542
00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:04,432
DEANNA: Okay.
STEPHANIE: Whoa. Whoa.
543
00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:05,433
Good girl.
544
00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:06,434
DEANNA: Good girl.
545
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:10,063
I want her to stay straight,
and not walk sideways or
546
00:28:10,146 --> 00:28:12,148
be looking around too much.
547
00:28:12,232 --> 00:28:14,150
NARRATOR: After an
adjustment to her harness,
548
00:28:14,234 --> 00:28:16,695
Lilly is ready to try again.
549
00:28:16,778 --> 00:28:18,488
DEANNA: Team step.
STEPHANIE: Easy.
550
00:28:18,571 --> 00:28:19,864
Easy. Good girl.
551
00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:22,325
DEANNA: Good girl.
STEPHANIE: Good girl.
552
00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:24,327
DEANNA: There we go Lily.
553
00:28:24,411 --> 00:28:28,790
NARRATOR: The only way
to pass this challenge,
554
00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:31,292
is together.
555
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:39,092
DEANNA: So I need to make sure I
have all four of the ponies even
556
00:28:39,175 --> 00:28:44,347
with each other, so I'm
pulling on my left line here,
557
00:28:44,431 --> 00:28:48,309
on Wilbur and Lilly,
to get them to turn.
558
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:51,646
There we go Lilly.
Good girl Lilly.
559
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:53,690
STEPHANIE: Good girl.
DEANNA: Good girl.
560
00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:54,774
STEPHANIE: Good girl. Easy.
561
00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:57,193
DEANNA: Lilly is doing amazing,
562
00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:59,904
she is going through
the turn beautifully,
563
00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:02,115
she is taking
charge and really showing
564
00:29:02,198 --> 00:29:04,826
that she's going to
be an amazing lead pony.
565
00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:08,121
NARRATOR: And Lilly’s first
wedding is already booked.
566
00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:09,873
STEPHANIE: I can't wait
to see her first wedding,
567
00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:12,459
she was born to be
a Cinderella pony.
568
00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:14,252
DEANNA: Good girl Lilly.
569
00:29:14,335 --> 00:29:16,921
STEPHANIE: Good girl,
that was so good!
570
00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:18,798
DEANNA: She says, “I
kinda like this stuff.”
571
00:29:18,882 --> 00:29:21,801
STEPHANIE: Next
to the wedding, huh?
572
00:29:27,974 --> 00:29:29,684
CAITLIN: Oh this
is gonna be exciting.
573
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:32,479
NARRATOR: 100 miles
away at Vero Beach
574
00:29:32,562 --> 00:29:35,523
conservation representative
Caitlin checks on
575
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,902
loggerhead turtle nests
that have just hatched.
576
00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:41,654
CAITLIN: Three mornings ago we
noticed in this particular nest
577
00:29:41,738 --> 00:29:45,617
there was this little divot of
sand here and dozens and dozens
578
00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:49,078
of little teeny tiny turtle tracks
coming down out of the sand.
579
00:29:49,162 --> 00:29:52,540
We give them three days
to make it out on their own,
580
00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,168
let nature take its course,
and then after that time that’s
581
00:29:55,251 --> 00:29:58,171
when we're gonna dig in
and do the science work.
582
00:29:58,254 --> 00:30:01,007
We're excited to see what we
find and my hope it's to find
583
00:30:01,090 --> 00:30:02,342
a lot of empty egg shells.
584
00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:04,344
But I'd be lying if I said
I wasn't a little bit excited
585
00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:08,181
every time I find a hatchling who needed a
little help in the nest.
586
00:30:08,681 --> 00:30:10,934
I'm gonna dig down through.
587
00:30:11,059 --> 00:30:13,853
See what we find here.
588
00:30:13,937 --> 00:30:15,980
First handful.
589
00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:19,484
Oh, check it out, we got a
whole nice egg right there.
590
00:30:19,567 --> 00:30:20,527
That’s awesome.
591
00:30:20,610 --> 00:30:22,862
This is probably
an unfertilized egg,
592
00:30:22,946 --> 00:30:25,448
and that happens,
turtles plan for this.
593
00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:28,827
Lay as many as you can
and hopefully the majority of
594
00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,246
those eggs are gonna hatch
out and make it to the sea.
595
00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,915
I'm loving the color and
texture of all the empty shells
596
00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:35,124
we're putting out.
597
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,919
It's nice, healthy white
papery shells are a great sign
598
00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:40,755
that these eggs had a really
easy time on the beach and
599
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,382
developed really well.
600
00:30:42,465 --> 00:30:44,884
NARRATOR: To find out
how successful the nest is,
601
00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:47,345
Caitlin counts up the contents.
602
00:30:47,428 --> 00:30:49,430
CAITLIN: We have
79 empty egg shells,
603
00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:52,517
that means 79 sea turtles
hatched out of this nest here,
604
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:53,893
which is a really,
really great number,
605
00:30:53,977 --> 00:30:56,521
only five that didn’t, uh,
make it or develop,
606
00:30:56,604 --> 00:30:58,731
and that is one heck of
a success rate, that’s really,
607
00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:01,901
really great for this nest
and for sea turtles in general.
608
00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:07,532
NARRATOR: Caitlin has
several nests to check.
609
00:31:07,615 --> 00:31:09,659
CAITLIN: You can see
just how many came out,
610
00:31:09,742 --> 00:31:11,369
these tracks all lead
straight to the water
611
00:31:11,452 --> 00:31:13,955
which is a great sign.
612
00:31:14,664 --> 00:31:17,292
Oh, something’s moving.
613
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,050
CAITLIN: No way! Hi buddy!
614
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:29,387
Check it out! Amazing.
615
00:31:29,470 --> 00:31:33,433
This is a loggerhead
hatchling and he is ready to go.
616
00:31:33,516 --> 00:31:35,184
Looks like he was just
sitting at the top of the nest
617
00:31:35,268 --> 00:31:38,646
but we’ll give him a little bit
of a helping hand right now.
618
00:31:39,647 --> 00:31:42,108
We’ll let him go, I
don’t wanna delay him.
619
00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:45,361
NARRATOR: This little one
has a huge swim ahead that will
620
00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:47,655
take more than 24 hours.
621
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,032
CAITLIN: Literally
like a marathon,
622
00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:51,826
off the coast of Florida
there's a big patch of algae
623
00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:55,163
that they can hide in,
there's food in there for them.
624
00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:58,374
I know it looks rough right now,
but it's a good way to get
625
00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:00,501
his strength up
before he has to swim.
626
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,046
It's the first time
he's used those muscles.
627
00:32:12,805 --> 00:32:15,934
So hard to watch as he like
just keeps getting beat back.
628
00:32:16,017 --> 00:32:18,603
It’ll take a couple
tries but he’ll get out.
629
00:32:21,397 --> 00:32:22,982
Oh, it always feels so
incredible to be able to give
630
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,401
a hatchling a helping
hand and if it's a female
631
00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:28,196
we're gonna see her
come back in 30 years.
632
00:32:29,072 --> 00:32:30,365
See you later little guy.
633
00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:32,450
Good luck.
634
00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:39,457
DEANNA: Good morning Lilly.
635
00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:41,376
NARRATOR: Dawn at the stables.
636
00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,128
DEANNA: All right Lilly,
we have a surprise for you.
637
00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:47,048
It's your big day.
638
00:32:47,131 --> 00:32:49,592
Ready for your surprise Lilly?
639
00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:52,679
STEPHANIE: Lilly,
look, it's your mom!
640
00:32:52,762 --> 00:32:55,098
She's gonna go with you today.
641
00:32:56,224 --> 00:32:57,392
DEANNA: Make sure that...
642
00:32:57,475 --> 00:33:00,436
NARRATOR: Finally,
it's a wedding day.
643
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,982
And the ponies need pampering.
644
00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:08,778
DEANNA: Now we put a bunch of soap all
over them and we scrub them down,
645
00:33:08,861 --> 00:33:11,072
make sure to scrub
their manes and their tails,
646
00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:14,409
their faces, and
even their hooves.
647
00:33:16,577 --> 00:33:19,205
Lilly, you're all clean, it's
time for you to get dressed
648
00:33:19,288 --> 00:33:21,082
and ready to go.
649
00:33:21,165 --> 00:33:22,166
All right.
650
00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:24,293
STEPHANIE: Come on mom.
651
00:33:27,171 --> 00:33:29,424
NARRATOR: The team
gets ready backstage at
652
00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:32,260
Disney’s Grand
Floridian Resort and Spa,
653
00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:35,430
and today only
Cinderella’s coach will do.
654
00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:36,931
STEPHANIE: Lilly
you're gonna be great today,
655
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:40,143
your mom’s behind you
and Deanna’s driving,
656
00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:43,354
you're gonna be awesome today.
657
00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:46,733
DEANNA: Team step.
STEPHANIE: Good girl Lilly.
658
00:33:46,816 --> 00:33:50,778
Good girl Lilly. Good girl.
659
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:55,241
NARRATOR: Disney’s wedding
pavilion is half a mile away.
660
00:33:55,324 --> 00:33:56,242
(bellows)
661
00:33:56,325 --> 00:33:58,077
STEPHANIE: Good job Lilly.
662
00:33:58,161 --> 00:34:00,121
Slow down Deanna, you got the monorail
coming in the bay right now.
663
00:34:00,246 --> 00:34:01,205
DEANNA: Okay.
664
00:34:01,622 --> 00:34:03,207
(rumbling)
665
00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:05,877
STEPHANIE: That's a good girl.
DEANNA: Good girl!
666
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,504
STEPHANIE: Good girl.
DEANNA: Good.
667
00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:11,215
STEPHANIE: Good job Lilly.
668
00:34:11,674 --> 00:34:14,552
This is exactly what we've
been preparing for with Lilly.
669
00:34:14,635 --> 00:34:17,638
She looks like she's been
doing this her whole life.
670
00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:22,018
DEANNA: Walk up.
STEPHANIE: Good girl.
671
00:34:22,101 --> 00:34:23,186
DEANNA: Stop. Stop.
672
00:34:23,269 --> 00:34:25,605
Team step.
Good girl, stop, easy.
673
00:34:25,688 --> 00:34:27,523
And whoa.
674
00:34:27,607 --> 00:34:31,235
All right, now we're just gonna
wait for our bride to come out.
675
00:34:31,319 --> 00:34:34,155
STEPHANIE: She did so good,
she's so relaxed, she says,
676
00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:36,199
“Everyone gets scratches.”
677
00:34:36,282 --> 00:34:37,909
(laughs)
678
00:34:37,992 --> 00:34:39,952
NARRATOR: Scratches
are nice any time.
679
00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:41,913
STEPHANIE: Good girl.
680
00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:47,919
NARRATOR: But Lilly’s waited
her whole life for this moment.
681
00:34:48,002 --> 00:34:50,088
KATHLEEN: Oh my, God.
682
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:53,091
It's incredible!
683
00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:01,432
I feel like Cinderella.
684
00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,935
So magical.
685
00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:06,979
DEANNA: Your
Prince Charming awaits.
686
00:35:07,063 --> 00:35:10,441
STEPHANIE: Good girl Lilly.
687
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:12,777
Good girl Lilly.
688
00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:14,570
I am beyond excited.
689
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:17,907
We knew her destiny from
the beginning and to see it all
690
00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:22,245
come together has
just been truly magical.
691
00:35:23,412 --> 00:35:26,958
NARRATOR: Lilly
finally gets her wish.
692
00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:29,585
As for the fairy tale bride...
693
00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:32,171
KATHLEEN: I've finally
found my Prince Charming.
694
00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:33,172
TATE: Guess what I found?
695
00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:34,298
KATHLEEN: Hmm?
696
00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:36,217
(laughs).
697
00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:47,145
(bellows)
698
00:35:47,228 --> 00:35:48,229
HALEY: Good girl, Nadirah!
699
00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:49,730
Oh good girl.
700
00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:51,774
ERIN: So we are having
a very busy day today,
701
00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:55,236
we have a
reproductive specialist here.
702
00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:58,781
NARRATOR: It's been
three months since Mac and
703
00:35:58,865 --> 00:36:01,784
Nadirah’s first mating meet-up.
704
00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:04,704
ERIN: So we do have blood results that
indicate she is pregnant.
705
00:36:06,956 --> 00:36:10,751
I'm really happy, it's something
that the team we've been working
706
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,588
towards it for a very long time.
707
00:36:13,671 --> 00:36:16,841
And what we are hoping
today is being able to conduct
708
00:36:16,924 --> 00:36:19,427
the ultrasound and to
have more confirmation.
709
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:23,848
NARRATOR: Ultrasounds can only
image a foot beyond the probe.
710
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:26,893
DR. WENDY: So going
through their thick skin is
711
00:36:26,976 --> 00:36:30,062
quite difficult so what
we do is we go rectally.
712
00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:31,439
All right, I'm
going in with the probe.
713
00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:33,566
WOMAN: Okay.
714
00:36:33,649 --> 00:36:35,193
DR. WENDY: In. Steady.
715
00:36:35,276 --> 00:36:37,486
Nadirah. Steady.
716
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:38,529
DR. RYAN: She's all the way in.
717
00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:41,407
NARRATOR: Doctor Wendy
aims for Nadirah’s uterus.
718
00:36:41,490 --> 00:36:43,618
DR. BETSY: Good girl.
719
00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:46,329
DR. WENDY: I'm a few inches off.
720
00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:48,039
DR. BETSY: Okay.
DR. WENDY: So close.
721
00:36:48,122 --> 00:36:49,874
So I'm wondering if, um...
722
00:36:49,957 --> 00:36:50,875
DR. BETSY: Do you want...
723
00:36:50,958 --> 00:36:52,293
DR. WENDY: Doctor Ryan
wants to try to stick his hand
724
00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,587
‘cause he has longer arms.
725
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,842
DR. RYAN: I'll give it a try.
726
00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:02,803
I'm gonna get messy.
727
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,931
Let's hope I
don’t strike out, huh?
728
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,438
DR. RYAN: I think I have some
extra breeches in my office.
729
00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:23,241
DR. WENDY: Try to come back towards
her feet, you know what I mean?
730
00:37:23,616 --> 00:37:26,535
Oh, there we go. Hold on.
731
00:37:27,328 --> 00:37:28,829
That is tip of the
uterus right there.
732
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:30,706
DR. RYAN: Mm-hmm.
DR. WENDY: Mm-hmm.
733
00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:32,917
There's a lot of
vasculature there.
734
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,711
Looks suspicious of
a pregnant elephant.
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00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:39,465
NARRATOR: Doctor Wendy sees
extra blood flow in the area,
736
00:37:39,548 --> 00:37:41,676
a positive sign.
737
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:44,553
But even with
Doctor Ryan’s long arms,
738
00:37:44,637 --> 00:37:47,682
the key shot lies out of view.
739
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,684
DR. RYAN: It appears that
part of the uterus that we need
740
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:53,479
to image has already fallen
over the brim of the pelvis so
741
00:37:53,562 --> 00:37:56,148
we can't access it with
the angles and the depth that
742
00:37:56,232 --> 00:37:58,901
we can, we can access in there.
743
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:00,361
(trumpets)
744
00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,863
ERIN: Even though we weren't
able to see an actual photo of
745
00:38:02,947 --> 00:38:06,158
the elephant baby there were
still signs on the ultrasound
746
00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:07,368
that indicates she is pregnant,
747
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:11,497
so I still feel
really good about it.
748
00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:14,166
The gestation for an
elephant is 22 months,
749
00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:17,169
so it is almost two years.
750
00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:21,340
We have several opportunities
to try to get another one.
751
00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:29,890
NARRATOR: Back at Vero Beach,
early morning crowds gather for
752
00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:31,809
a race with a difference.
753
00:38:31,892 --> 00:38:33,936
RACHEL (over speaker):
Welcome to the 15th annual
754
00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:35,229
Tour de Turtle!
755
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,356
(cheering)
756
00:38:37,481 --> 00:38:40,609
RACHEL: The sea turtle conservancy created
the Tour de Turtles program,
757
00:38:40,776 --> 00:38:42,987
helping to release turtles
every single year here at
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00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:44,238
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.
759
00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:47,199
So here we have two female
loggerhead sea turtles that
760
00:38:47,366 --> 00:38:50,828
successfully deposited their
nests on the beach last night.
761
00:38:50,911 --> 00:38:53,414
And right now we're here
applying satellite transmitters
762
00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:55,458
to the top of their shell.
763
00:38:55,541 --> 00:38:59,295
Our two sea turtles are swimming
alongside 19 other sea turtles
764
00:38:59,378 --> 00:39:02,131
that are participating in
the Tour de Turtles this year.
765
00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:04,800
From locations all
throughout the Caribbean.
766
00:39:04,884 --> 00:39:07,720
NARRATOR: The trackers
allow biologists to monitor
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00:39:07,803 --> 00:39:11,349
sea turtles away from
their nesting beaches.
768
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:13,851
RACHEL: These transmitters
don’t harm the turtle at all and
769
00:39:13,934 --> 00:39:16,771
they fall off naturally
after a couple of years.
770
00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:19,315
They’re gonna help us learn
really valuable information
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00:39:19,398 --> 00:39:22,651
about the foraging pathways
of several sea turtle species,
772
00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:26,947
their migrations, how and when
and why they use these different habitats,
773
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:29,367
so that we can be
sure to best protect them in
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00:39:29,450 --> 00:39:31,327
the areas that matter most.
775
00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:36,082
RACHEL (over speaker): All right, it's the
moment we’ve all been waiting for.
776
00:39:36,165 --> 00:39:41,462
Five, four, three, two, one.
777
00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:46,258
(cheering).
778
00:39:48,594 --> 00:39:50,596
NARRATOR: The mamas
will swim hundreds or even
779
00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:54,767
thousands of miles to
reach their foraging grounds.
780
00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:58,896
RACHEL (over speaker):
And they are off,
781
00:39:58,979 --> 00:40:00,648
not to return for probably
782
00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:05,861
two more years to this nesting
beach to come and lay more eggs.
783
00:40:06,779 --> 00:40:09,490
NARRATOR: As the turtles
begin their long migration,
784
00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:13,452
the work at Disney goes on.
785
00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:17,039
RACHEL: We've seen our
green turtle population numbers
786
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,333
go up across the
state of Florida,
787
00:40:19,625 --> 00:40:22,962
and our loggerhead sea turtle
population is remaining stable.
788
00:40:23,129 --> 00:40:26,215
My biggest hope is that
this trend will be mirrored
789
00:40:26,298 --> 00:40:29,635
in populations across
the rest of the world.
790
00:40:29,718 --> 00:40:31,137
That’s why we're
all in this role and
791
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:33,431
we're committed
for the long haul.
792
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,769
NARRATOR: Walt Disney’s
dream was to create living,
793
00:40:38,853 --> 00:40:42,189
breathing parks
for guests to enjoy.
794
00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:46,235
Here, thousands of cast
members nurture that dream and
795
00:40:46,318 --> 00:40:49,488
help it to flourish.
796
00:40:49,572 --> 00:40:52,783
Through happy times and sad.
797
00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:57,204
DR. NATALIE: We had to
make the hard decision of
798
00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,957
euthanizing Spike.
799
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,877
Despite the fact that
it was devastating for us,
800
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,463
it was something
that we needed to do.
801
00:41:07,923 --> 00:41:11,135
He was getting worse
and we needed to make
802
00:41:11,218 --> 00:41:14,263
the right decision for him.
803
00:41:14,346 --> 00:41:17,141
These are some of
the hardest days.
804
00:41:19,101 --> 00:41:23,105
For me, being able to meet
these gorillas, meet Spike...
805
00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:24,106
RACHEL: Yeah.
806
00:41:24,190 --> 00:41:25,649
DR. NATALIE: And to
work with you guys,
807
00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,568
I've been able to spend
so much time with them and
808
00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:31,822
I've learnt so much more
and we've had hard times...
809
00:41:31,906 --> 00:41:32,823
RACHEL: Yeah.
810
00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:34,116
DR. NATALIE: And you guys have
been able to get them through
811
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,244
the hard times and keep them
as a cohesive friendly group.
812
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:41,165
And to me that’s been remarkable
and a highlight of my career to
813
00:41:41,248 --> 00:41:42,500
be able to do that.
814
00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:44,001
RACHEL: Thank you.
815
00:41:44,084 --> 00:41:46,086
So I'm gonna give these guys a
call and we’ll watch the boys
816
00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:50,549
come out and you can kinda get a
feel for how they're doing now.
817
00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:54,512
Hey, are you guys
ready to ship boys out?
818
00:41:54,595 --> 00:41:56,764
WOMAN (over radio):
They're coming out now.
819
00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:58,807
DR. NATALIE: Here we go.
RACHEL: Oh there's Gus.
820
00:41:58,891 --> 00:42:02,228
Yes, our old man.
821
00:42:02,311 --> 00:42:05,773
NARRATOR: The bachelor gorillas
are still coming to terms with
822
00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:07,608
the loss of Spike.
823
00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:09,777
RACHEL: So see
normally Kejana would run...
824
00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:12,154
Hey, bud.
825
00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:14,573
He's looking back,
he's making sure Gus is there.
826
00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:16,825
He's definitely adjusting.
827
00:42:20,287 --> 00:42:21,705
DR. NATALIE: How’s
Zawadi been doing?
828
00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:25,918
RACHEL: Zawadi used to always
pace himself according to Spike
829
00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:27,670
so Spike was often
very slow because of his...
830
00:42:27,753 --> 00:42:28,671
DR. NATALIE: Yeah.
831
00:42:28,754 --> 00:42:31,215
RACHEL: Disability, and you
can see he's coming right out,
832
00:42:31,298 --> 00:42:33,259
he's moving out further
because he doesn’t have
833
00:42:33,342 --> 00:42:35,886
to do that anymore.
834
00:42:40,432 --> 00:42:42,393
You know, they were
together for 25 years.
835
00:42:43,018 --> 00:42:46,480
And so it's a complete change.
836
00:42:50,943 --> 00:42:55,114
It's really interesting
because gorillas actually do
837
00:42:55,197 --> 00:42:58,909
seem to grieve
almost like people.
838
00:43:01,537 --> 00:43:06,750
It's, it's been really
hard for the gorillas.
839
00:43:07,167 --> 00:43:10,796
And it's been really hard
for the caregivers as well.
840
00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:17,970
I want them to understand how
proud we are of them for all
841
00:43:18,053 --> 00:43:20,848
the efforts they gave for
Spike and how much better
842
00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:24,018
they really did make his life.
843
00:43:26,478 --> 00:43:31,650
I think that is the one thing to
be said about being a keeper and
844
00:43:31,734 --> 00:43:36,071
being a vet is that this is,
this is kind of what we signed
845
00:43:36,155 --> 00:43:41,160
up for is we know this is gonna
happen and we make things work
846
00:43:41,243 --> 00:43:44,079
and we move forward, even
when the bad things happen,
847
00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:48,667
and I think that’s,
that’s what makes us so strong.
848
00:43:48,751 --> 00:43:53,005
We’ll, we’ll all get
through it because that’s
849
00:43:53,088 --> 00:43:54,757
what we can do for Spike.
850
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,343
DR. NATALIE: Let
me give you a hug.
851
00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:03,390
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