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[growling]
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-[tranquil music plays]
-[cub squeals]
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[Helena Bonham Carter] After two nights
alone in the South African bush…
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the little lion cubs
are finally reunited with their mother.
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[tranquil music continues]
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[cubs squeal]
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But their sister Kaya is still missing.
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[lion growls]
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[tranquil music continues]
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More careful than her brothers,
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this clever little cub has been hiding,
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waiting to ensure the coast is clear.
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[tranquil music continues]
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[cub squeals]
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But this moment of tenderness
must be brief.
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[tranquil music continues]
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With a strong scent
of leopard in the area,
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mom has to keep her cubs moving.
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Their survival depends on it.
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[tranquil music fades]
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Babies born wild
must often be on the move.
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They need to find food,
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seek safety,
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or simply move home.
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[tranquil music plays]
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Kaya and her brothers
are on their way to a new den site.
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Each new hideout
will keep them safe from their enemies.
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[tranquil music continues]
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But traveling by day is risky.
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They need to stay close to their mom.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Until now, their world has been restricted
to a little rocky outcrop.
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So the journey
is an eye-opener to their African home.
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[lion growls]
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[tranquil music continues]
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[tranquil music fades]
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Kaya gets her first real view
of the MalaMala Pride Lands.
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And the neighbors she'll share them with.
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[cub squeals]
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[bird squawks]
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But this guinea fowl
is not quite as pleased to see Kaya.
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[guinea fowl squawks]
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[cub growls]
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The little cub doesn't yet understand
she's Africa's top-ranking predator…
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[cub squeals]
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…and everyone's afraid of them.
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[whimpering]
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It's been a long walk.
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And being the smallest…
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Kaya's feeling tired and hungry.
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[cub whimpers]
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She's beginning to lag behind.
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[tranquil music plays]
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There's only one thing for it.
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[tranquil music continues]
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It's tough as a single mom
traveling with kids.
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[lion growls]
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[lion growls]
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Suddenly, out in the grasslands…
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[growling]
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…there's a familiar call.
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[lion growls]
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[uplifting music plays]
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The cubs keep low.
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Any strange lion is a threat.
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[uplifting music continues]
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But she's one of the family.
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Mom's younger sister.
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[uplifting music continues]
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Lionesses are the heart
and soul of the pride.
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They form lifelong attachments
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and share the duties
of bringing up the cubs.
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In this first meeting with their aunt,
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straightaway, the bond is clear.
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[uplifting music fades]
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Now, they have help
to get to their new den site.
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It's close to the shores
of the Sand River.
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[elephant trumpets]
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Stretching for 15 miles
through the center of their territory,
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this river is the lifeblood
of the MalaMala pride.
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Its precious water is a magnet
for the animals that lions like to hunt.
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[tranquil music plays]
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Mom hasn't made a kill in days.
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But now, with backup from her sister,
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she might have more success.
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Unless she eats soon,
her cubs won't make it.
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[cub squeals]
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Together, they hide the cubs
in the shelter of the bushes
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and set off
on a vitally important hunting trip.
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Newborns usually need time
to grow strong enough to travel.
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But some babies face a journey
from the very first moment of birth.
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[tranquil music plays]
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The tropical coast of Central America.
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[uplifting music plays]
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For thousands of sea creatures,
it marks the start of a journey.
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[uplifting music continues]
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These are olive ridley turtles.
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Every one, an expectant mother.
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[uplifting music continues]
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They've swum a whole ocean to get here.
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[tranquil music plays]
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To the beach where their lives began.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Each year, they come back to nest.
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And produce
the next generation of sea turtles.
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[tranquil music continues]
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It's known as the arribada, or arrival.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Over just a few days,
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millions of eggs will be buried here.
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[tranquil music continues]
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[tranquil music fades]
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This mom is one of the last to arrive.
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She heads to the back of the beach,
beyond the tide line…
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where her clutch of 100 eggs
will be safe from the waves.
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With her babies all tucked in,
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it's time to leave.
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But her mission hasn't gone unnoticed.
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[tense music plays]
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A hunter is stalking the sands.
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A jaguar.
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[tense music continues]
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With his own forest home shrinking,
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he's been forced to hunt further afield.
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[tense music continues]
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He's discovered
there's food to be found on the beach.
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[tense music continues]
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If mom can reach the surf,
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she might just make it.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[suspenseful music crescendos]
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[melancholy music plays]
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Coming here,
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she's paid the ultimate sacrifice
a mother can make
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for the offspring she'll never meet.
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[melancholy music continues]
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But in a matter of weeks…
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her story will be continued.
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[melancholy music continues]
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[melancholy music fades]
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Being on the move
doesn't always involve a journey.
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Sometimes, it's about taking
those first tentative steps
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towards independence.
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[tranquil music plays]
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This is Indonesia's dense tropical jungle.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Up in the canopy, 70 feet high,
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an orangutan.
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[tranquil music continues]
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A mother with her tiny baby.
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Few have a stronger bond
in the animal world.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Mina, her daughter,
is just a few months old.
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She's been clinging
to her mom since birth.
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Using her body as a climbing frame…
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[tranquil music continues]
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…to feed…
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even to sleep.
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[tranquil music continues]
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[tranquil music fades]
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But now, Mina's at the age
when she wants more freedom.
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[tranquil music plays]
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After all, in the jungle,
there's a lot to explore.
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A sheer variety of animals and plants.
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[tranquil music continues]
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But which trees are safe to climb?
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What's on the menu?
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And where?
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That's why every minute
of her first seven years
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will be spent with mom.
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[baby orangutan squeals]
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It'll take that long
to acquire all her knowledge and wisdom.
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[baby orangutan squeals]
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But Mina's got a problem.
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[baby orangutan squeals]
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Her mom's first baby
died suddenly in infancy.
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[melancholy music plays]
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It seems the memory
of her firstborn has left her fearful.
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[melancholy music continues]
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Every attempt Mina makes to leave her side
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is thwarted.
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[melancholy music continues]
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She's not allowed to climb.
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Or try things out.
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Even when they're tantalizingly close.
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[melancholy music continues]
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This overprotectiveness
is holding Mina back.
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[melancholy music continues]
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[melancholy music fades]
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But this baby is a bit of a rebel.
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[jaunty music plays]
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[baby orangutan squeals]
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Desperate for some freedom,
she starts pushing against the boundaries.
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[jaunty music continues]
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Her constant fidgeting
wears her mother down.
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[jaunty music continues]
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She never gives her a break.
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[jaunty music continues]
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And, of course, there are downsides
to keeping your baby this close.
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[jaunty music plays]
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[jaunty music fades]
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Mom's finally got the message.
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[tranquil music plays]
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It's just a small win for Mina.
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Hardly the freedom of the forest.
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[tranquil music continues]
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But it's a milestone for her mom.
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[tranquil music continues]
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In letting Mina take her first steps…
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she's realized
that part of being a good mom
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is letting your loved ones go.
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[tranquil music fades]
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[tranquil music plays]
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It's a warm, clear night in Costa Rica.
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[tranquil music continues]
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And new life is stirring.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Under cover of darkness,
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tiny olive ridley turtles
crawl from their buried nests.
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[tranquil music continues]
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Each of these baby hatchlings
is driven by instinct,
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following the brightest horizon
to reach the sea.
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[tranquil music continues]
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There's just 70 feet of sand to cross.
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But if you're less than two inches long,
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that's a marathon.
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[exciting music plays]
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As thousands begin to emerge…
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the synchrony of the hatching
becomes clear.
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[exciting music continues]
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This midnight flight
has been widely anticipated.
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[exciting music fades]
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[foreboding music plays]
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Predators have turned up to take
advantage of a feast.
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[tense music plays]
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Even an old enemy is back.
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[tense music continues]
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Picked off one by one,
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thousands won't make it.
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[tense music continues]
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But of those who run the gauntlet,
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some will get through
to reach the safety of the sea.
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[tense music fades]
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Up beyond the tide line,
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the last to emerge.
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[tranquil music plays]
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The hatchlings have reached the surface
of their late mother's nest.
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For this baby female,
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a first view of dawn.
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[tranquil music continues]
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But now, in the clear light of day,
it's the very worst time to run.
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[tense music plays]
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With no one to guide her,
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the plucky hatchling makes her move.
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[tense music continues]
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Tangled tree roots
must seem like a mountain range
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to a tiny turtle.
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[tense music continues]
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Her siblings find a way through.
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[tense music continues]
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While with one tumble,
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she's a sitting target.
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[tense music continues]
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But she's not done yet.
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[tense music continues]
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It's a straight sprint ahead.
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But out in the open,
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there's nowhere to hide.
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[tense music continues]
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Black vultures stalk the sands.
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And up above,
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frigate birds mount relentless attack.
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[foreboding music plays]
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On this beach…
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[suspenseful music crescendos]
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…it seems there are a hundred ways to die.
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[tense music plays]
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She's almost
within striking distance of the surf.
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Now,
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it's all down to luck.
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[tense music crescendos]
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[tranquil music plays]
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Where her mother's journey ended…
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could hers be just beginning?
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[tranquil music continues]
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[uplifting music plays]
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In reaching the ocean,
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this baby turtle
will spend the next 15 years at sea,
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before finding her way back
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to this same beach to lay her own eggs
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and continue her mother's legacy.
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[uplifting music fades]
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With a new dawn in Southern Africa,
comes excitement.
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[jaunty music plays]
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Their mother has a tasty treat
for Kaya and her brothers.
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During the night,
she and her sister finally made a kill.
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[jaunty music continues]
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Now she has the chance to give the cubs
their first taste of meat.
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But to get there,
they have to cross the Sand River.
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[jaunty music continues]
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[cub squeals]
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[cub squeals]
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Like most cats…
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[cub squeals]
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…Kaya's afraid of water.
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It's the darkness of it.
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[tense music plays]
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The strange creatures
lurking in the depths.
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[grunting]
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It's not safe
for little Kaya to attempt to swim.
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[tense music plays]
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Whereas her big brothers
must fend for themselves.
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[tense music continues]
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[cub squeals]
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[tranquil music plays]
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The cub's aunt has been guarding the kill,
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waiting for their arrival.
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[tranquil music continues]
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The brothers are the first to approach.
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They've never had solids before.
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[tranquil music continues]
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They soon tuck in,
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while Kaya is typically wary.
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[cub growls]
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[tranquil music continues]
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[cub growls]
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But there's something
about that smell that's irresistible.
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[tranquil music continues]
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This fresh meat, full of protein,
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will be a nutritious supplement
to mom's milk.
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[tranquil music fades]
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But they've got visitors.
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[ominous music plays]
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Hooded vultures.
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Scavengers, forever on the lookout
for their next meal.
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[ominous music continues]
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[lion growls]
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The adults know this is very bad news.
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Because where there's one vulture…
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soon, there will be dozens.
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00:27:16,403 --> 00:27:18,403
[foreboding music plays]
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To any predator,
circling vultures advertise a kill.
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00:27:25,363 --> 00:27:26,883
[foreboding music continues]
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And the MalaMala pride
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happen to be on patrol close by.
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[tense music plays]
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Mom's unsure
how they'll react to her cubs.
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[tense music continues]
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[growling]
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But they're only interested
in the carcass.
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[tense music continues]
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00:28:12,243 --> 00:28:13,643
[cub squeals]
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[growling]
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As the pride rush in,
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these are the very worst circumstances
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for the cubs' first meeting
with their family.
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[cub squeals]
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00:28:29,443 --> 00:28:31,443
[tense music continues]
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00:28:32,523 --> 00:28:37,923
Getting between a lion and food
can be fatal for a vulnerable youngster.
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[tense music continues]
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[cub squeals]
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[growling]
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In all the commotion…
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[growling]
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…their mom loses her hard-won kill.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[lion growls]
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[lion growls]
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But worst of all,
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as they run for cover,
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she loses sight of her cubs.
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[suspenseful music continues]
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[lion roars]
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-[suspenseful music crescendos]
-[lion growls]
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[dramatic music plays]