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Yeah, here we go.

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Here we go. We're on, guys.

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Oh, man, it's huge.

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I don't know how I'm going to land
this fish, it's in the grass already.

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Oh, my God.

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It's pulling me in. Oh.

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You guys stay back,
there are piranhas and caimans here.

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Yeah, just let me get the shot.

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It's a giant.

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Cyril Chauquet spends
his life traveling the world...

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Easy, big guy.

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...in search of massive fish.

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Look at the size of that thing!

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No matter the danger...

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Look at the amount of venom on that bark.

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Careful!

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...he'll do whatever it takes
to see these giants up close.

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He could almost swallow me whole.

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But many of these
animals are also in danger...

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They're facing a lot of challenges,
those fish.

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...from habitat destruction,
pollution, and commercial overfishing.

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Now, Cyril and his team
of adventure filmmakers

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are on a grueling mission
across the globe...

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- Look out!
- Unbelievable.

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Whoa! Oh, yeah!

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...to help scientists study

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these fantastic creatures
and protect them.

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We have the choice,

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whether we preserve these fish
or we let them go extinct.

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This time, the team
is in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Watch out, deep here.

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The planet's largest rainforest,

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known for its mysterious
beauty and lurking dangers.

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Electric eel, get out of the water.

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To help conserve
two of the planet's threatened giants.

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Oh, my God, did you see that?

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The armor-plated pirarucu

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and the Goliath catfish
known here as the paraiba.

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They're getting scarce.

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Practically
unchanged for millennia,

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these prehistoric fish
are now fighting for survival.

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In order to help these animals...

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Looks like a good spot,
but we're gonna have to get to it.

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...the team
will have to venture deep

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into uncharted and hostile territory.

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Get out, get out.

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And come face
to face with real giants.

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- Ah!
- Yeah, this is not good.

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And real dangers.

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Okay, we're going down, guys.

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Together, they'll fight
to save the Last of the Giants.

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The team begins their new journey
in the city of Manaus,

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the capital of the Brazilian
state of Amazonas.

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To achieve their mission,

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they must venture out
into the most remote corner

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of Brazil's rainforest

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in the northwestern
section of the country.

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Out there, it's a real no man's land
where anything could happen.

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So Cyril is traveling with
his fearless cinematographer, Chris,

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who is no stranger to danger
having filmed in Afghanistan,

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been chased by elephants.

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Run!

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And even been
shocked by an electric eel.

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They're followed
by the rest of the crew.

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Geoff, the director,
throws himself into his work.

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That's one way to study a shark.

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And likes to keep things fun.

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Aw, I want to see your face.

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Oh!

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- Come on, feel it.
- Ow! Damn!

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Even when it hurts.

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Manu, the unflappable sound recordist,

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never lets a little danger
keep him from doing his job.

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I heard something in the forest,
I think it's getting closer.

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And Jesse,
the team's jungle expert

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and second cameraman on this trip,

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has explored and survived
the jungles on four continents.

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Guys, remember, watch where you step,
watch what you touch.

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The team is here working
with a local biologist to collect

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non-intrusive DNA samples from
two of the country's largest fish.

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The Goliath catfish known here
as the piraiba will take the team far up

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the jungle rivers into unknown territory.

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But first, they have to find and sample
the prehistoric pirarucu.

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The pirarucu can grow to
over 400 pounds, breathe air,

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and has scales so tough that
piranhas can't bite through them.

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Humans have almost brought
the species to extinction

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in just the last century

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due to commercial
overfishing and poaching.

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Yesterday, the team
met with Lorenzo Barroco,

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a scientist studying
these prehistoric giants

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in order to better protect them.

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Lorenzo wants
the team to collect pirarucu DNA

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from deep in a rugged jungle region
of swamps, lakes, and rivers.

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With so few wild pirarucu left,
he hopes the team can find

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and help him identify
remaining wild populations,

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which desperately need protecting.

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Imagine that this area
that we're going to,

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there's no information
whatsoever on these fish.

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They've never been studied.

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We could be dealing with
a separate population altogether,

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a different, distinct population,
we don't know.

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That's what's crazy.

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And for this
new study, size matters.

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The DNA of a pirarucu

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that has succeeded in growing to full size

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in this hostile environment holds
precious genetic information

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that scientists can use in the future
to propagate the species.

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It's harmless for the fish.

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We'll take a small piece
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and that way we'll have its DNA.

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They will have to do this
with live fish in the jungle.

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But before they head out on their mission,

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the guys have an important stop to make,

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which takes them through
some rough parts of town.

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So the police have assigned them
a bodyguard for the drive.

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They want to see for themselves
one of the worst obstacles facing

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the fish they're trying to help.

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And for that, they're joining a raid
led by Brazil's military police.

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The Amazon covers a huge area.

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Unfortunately, a lot
of it is still untouched,

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but every giant fish that lives here

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is under a lot of pressure
for multiple reasons.

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And one of the main ones
is poaching or illegal killing.

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Cyril and the team
will be joining these elite forces

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on their mission to stop poachers.

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Poaching in Brazil
has grown into such a big business

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that police need powerful military
operations to take on the industry.

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- Wait!
- Pretty serious.

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They told me to cover my face
and they did the same thing,

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but they removed their name tags
to remain as anonymous as possible.

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But today, their most
important task is the protection

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of Brazil's fragile ecosystem.

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Getting to the harbor there,

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they want to control
some boats in the harbor.

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The police must go through all the fish

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to make sure none are illegally caught.

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What are you looking for?

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Either contraband fish or drugs.

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Poachers will not leave
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so the police must be extremely
thorough in their search.

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Oh, I think they found something.

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Surubi, red tail.

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Those are all catfish,
just like the paraiba.

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But these are small ones.

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They just intercepted
a shipment of the, uh, illegal fish.

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These catfish here, they're surubi,

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tiger shovelnose catfish in English.

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But it can't be harvested.

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The surubi aren't
the only fish being caught illegally.

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But for some of these fishermen,

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catching illegal fish is a necessary risk.

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You know, I don't take any
pleasure busting people, you know,

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because they're people,
they got to make a living, but...

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These are protected species,

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that's the only way
that you can help the fish.

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A few of these
guys are going to have to face

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charges of illegal fishing,

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but the severity of their
punishment is up to the courts.

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What's great
is that he just told me

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that the fish is not going to go to waste,

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it's going to be donated
to charity, which is great.

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Suddenly, the captain gets a call.

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Poachers were sighted a few miles away.

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The poachers are located on shore

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near where the waters of the Rio Negro
meet the Amazon River.

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Be careful, just stay behind me

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and stay behind the guys,
don't go, don't go forward.

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I know you want to get
the shots, but be careful, okay?

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Because Cyril will be
out front with the police,

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he was the only one on his team
given a bulletproof vest.

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Geoff, stay down.
Geoff, stay down, man.

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Come on, stay down.

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With no visuals on the poachers,

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the military police
need to be on full alert

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and make sure not to get
ambushed by a surprise attack.

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They got him.
Over there, over there.

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They got weapons man, be careful.

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Okay, they got him.

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Diego...

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With both suspects now
in custody, the police interrogate them.

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The fact that
those guys ran clearly says that

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there was something suspicious going
on here and they knew about it.

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I think the main sentence would be...
Will be for the weapons

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'cause there is no registration
for the weapons,

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but they couldn't find the fish, so,

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I think they're going to get, uh,
in trouble for the weapons.

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The police force
takes poaching very seriously

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as it is wiping out many
of Brazil's large fish species.

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Having gained a greater understanding
of the poaching problem,

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Cyril and his crew are heading deep
into the heart of the jungle.

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They need to find massive pirarucu
to get samples for Lorenzo to analyze.

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The information stored
in their DNA will help

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scientists protect these ancient giants.

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This is good. Go right here.

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- Right?
- Right.

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I like how
you put your seatbelt on,

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but Geoff has absolutely
nothing and he's in the back.

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You all right, Geoff?
Hanging in there?

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Hanging in.

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Geoff guides the team by GPS.

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We're still going in the right direction.

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That's good to know.

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But as they
get deeper into the jungle,

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the road becomes less reliable.

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It isn't long before they encounter
their first roadblock.

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Well, looks like
we're going to need machetes here.

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Guys, I'll need, uh,
I'll need some help here.

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Yep.

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Man, we have barely
even started this trip, and, uh,

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already we got a major obstacle.

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I'm wondering what's coming up next?

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So we're going to get stuck.

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- Ah, there you go.
- All right.

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Fine down here, we're good.

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Good job, buddy, good job.

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Now they need to get
the truck through the mud hole

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without getting stuck.

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Whoo!

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Yes, sir.

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Almost hit the tree, you see that?

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-Good job, man.
-Yeah, man.

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It came this close to the tree.

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Oh, man.

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Geoff tries to steer the team
towards the lakes they're looking for,

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but the tree canopy
is making that difficult.

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The signal's terrible.

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Yeah, I know, but we got the lakes.

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So I think we're getting to the lake area.

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Yeah, it looks like it.

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Well, I think that's
as far as we can go, guys.

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Yeah, I think we should
stop here and keep, uh,

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trekking through the woods, right?

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They just passed a small lake,

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but there are better
lakes for pirarucu up ahead.

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How was it? Not too rough?

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Sorry, man.

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It was all right, actually.

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- You have the cell phone?
- I have one.

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Geoff, you have the... The GPS?

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Yep.

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Good.

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- You got a signal?
- Yep.

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Yeah, I find it's a little
bit of an opening here.

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Into straight down here.

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Yeah, straight.

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As straight
as you can possibly make it.

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All right, let's just
pick a tree and head for it.

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They leave
the safety of the forest path

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00:14:44,516 --> 00:14:46,746
and hike deeper into the jungle.

250
00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:50,019
Guys, remember rule number one:

251
00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:52,419
watch where you step,
watch what you touch.

252
00:14:52,491 --> 00:14:54,561
Rule number two: see rule number one.

253
00:14:56,262 --> 00:14:57,462
Pretty much.

254
00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:02,998
See, what I'm telling you that everything
here is meant to hurt you.

255
00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:07,636
Look at this, look at the spikes
on this palm tree.

256
00:15:07,706 --> 00:15:12,076
It's actually the tree's
natural way to defend itself,

257
00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:13,754
just like a cactus.

258
00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:15,812
Along with hostile vegetation,

259
00:15:15,881 --> 00:15:20,251
the crew needs to also watch out for
other jungle perils such as snakes,

260
00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:23,989
venomous ants, spiders, and even jaguars.

261
00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,616
Yeah, we're heading
in the right direction

262
00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:26,861
to some water down there.

263
00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:28,026
Yeah.

264
00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:30,763
These fish are obligate air breathers.

265
00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:33,369
That means that they have to come up
to the surface every once in a while

266
00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:34,702
to breathe air.

267
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,697
But when they come up
to the surface to breathe,

268
00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,469
usually they make a big
splash with their tail.

269
00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:41,538
And it's very loud, you can hear it.

270
00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:44,977
Because those fish, they're the apex
predator around here, they're huge.

271
00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:46,954
They don't care about being noticed.

272
00:15:49,748 --> 00:15:51,348
You know, it looks
like a good spot though,

273
00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:52,887
and it's a quiet lake,

274
00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:56,062
like a flooded forest,
maybe some pirarucus.

275
00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:57,461
But we should hear 'em.

276
00:15:57,523 --> 00:15:59,433
Well, yeah,
if we're going to hear them,

277
00:15:59,491 --> 00:16:00,491
we need to stop talking.

278
00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:02,093
Telling me to shut up?

279
00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:03,201
I'm talking too much?

280
00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:04,262
Kind of.

281
00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:12,495
- Ooh, ooh. You heard that?
- Yeah.

282
00:16:12,571 --> 00:16:13,811
Pirarucu.

283
00:16:14,373 --> 00:16:16,813
Yeah, looks like somebody's home.

284
00:16:16,875 --> 00:16:19,475
Yeah, we hit it right,
this is the lake.

285
00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,245
See some open water there,

286
00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:23,323
but from the shore here
it's impossible to fish.

287
00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:25,482
It's just... It's just too thick.

288
00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:30,021
Down this bank to the right here,
if you go aways it gets more open.

289
00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:40,629
Cyril and his team follow
the lake's natural drainage

290
00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:43,339
into a more accessible spot to fish.

291
00:16:43,969 --> 00:16:46,039
Yeah, looks like a good place here.

292
00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:48,739
Whoa, that was a big one.

293
00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:52,745
A giant pirarucu
just broke the surface.

294
00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:54,351
I'm dying to put a bait
in the water, I'm telling you,

295
00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:56,523
but I've got to show you how this works.

296
00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,882
It's a circle hook,
it's a special type of hook.

297
00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:02,761
Basically, fish takes
bait and as it swims away,

298
00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:06,955
I just put some tension
on the line slow but sure,

299
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:10,956
what happens here is that
the hook lodges itself right here

300
00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:12,430
in the corner of the mouth.

301
00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:15,568
So, uh, this hook is designed
to avoid hurting the fish.

302
00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:17,672
I'd rather have fresher bait,

303
00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:19,666
but I'm pretty sure
this will do the trick.

304
00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:21,739
Better start fishing.

305
00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:23,707
Man, monsters and giants in there.

306
00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:27,407
Wow, a big one surfaced right there.

307
00:17:27,479 --> 00:17:29,249
I won't cast too close,
so I don't spook it.

308
00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:36,924
I just saw a fish come up
to the surface over there,

309
00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:38,789
that's why I cast right in that area.

310
00:17:39,925 --> 00:17:41,955
But the problem is that if I...
If I get this fish,

311
00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:44,997
I don't know how I'm going to land it
because you see there's a lot of grass.

312
00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:47,968
Hmm.

313
00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:50,197
Feel like going over there but,

314
00:17:51,336 --> 00:17:56,176
looks like a perfect environment
for anaconda and caimans.

315
00:17:57,509 --> 00:17:59,849
The grass looks thinner
at the back of the lake,

316
00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:03,122
which might give Cyril a better
chance at landing a giant.

317
00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:05,850
Here goes nothing.

318
00:18:11,056 --> 00:18:14,256
Oh, there's a little guy here.
Guys, be careful.

319
00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:15,486
There's a caiman here.

320
00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:16,901
Oh, perfect.

321
00:18:18,363 --> 00:18:21,873
Caimans are an ever present
danger lurking on the banks,

322
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:25,044
waiting until they're close
enough to their prey to attack.

323
00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:27,414
So the team moves very carefully.

324
00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:43,757
♪ ♪

325
00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:54,774
Don't quite know what I'm getting
myself into here, but...

326
00:18:57,236 --> 00:19:00,036
Oh, my God, did you see that?
Did you hear that?

327
00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,740
Cyril quickly
gets a line in the water

328
00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:05,078
just in front of where the fish surfaced.

329
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:08,108
Guys, just so you know,
we can't stay here for too long.

330
00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:10,420
You know, we'll try to
get this fish and get, uh,

331
00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:12,553
get out of here.

332
00:19:12,751 --> 00:19:14,821
- Why?
- Guess why.

333
00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:16,757
- Anacondas?
- Yeah.

334
00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:18,392
- Caimans?
- Yeah.

335
00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:19,457
Piranhas?

336
00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:21,285
- Exactly, all of the above.
- All of them.

337
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,867
I think we need fresher bait, guys.

338
00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:31,535
But this one should do for now.

339
00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:34,038
Oh.

340
00:19:37,075 --> 00:19:38,105
Here we go.

341
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:40,914
A fish has picked up
Cyril's bait.

342
00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:47,151
But he can't set the hook until he feels
that the fish is fully committed to it.

343
00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,730
Yeah, here we go, here we go.

344
00:19:53,792 --> 00:19:54,832
We're on, guys.

345
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,570
Oh, man, it's huge.

346
00:20:08,106 --> 00:20:10,736
I don't know how I'm gonna land this fish,
it's in the grass already.

347
00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:14,678
It's pulling me in.

348
00:20:14,746 --> 00:20:15,746
Oh, my God.

349
00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:20,918
Guys, stay back, just...

350
00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:24,517
I don't want you to get in this mess here.

351
00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:27,688
Just let me get the shot.

352
00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,962
Oh, my God. It's a giant.

353
00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:34,769
It's the fish we need.

354
00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:41,337
Cyril and the team
are in the Amazon to catch

355
00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:43,476
and sample giant pirarucu.

356
00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:46,183
And there's one on the line.

357
00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:51,650
At close range, pirarucu
are dangerous when they thrash.

358
00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:57,592
He needs to grab it before someone
gets smashed by its bony head.

359
00:20:58,557 --> 00:20:59,557
Watch out, guys.

360
00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,325
Don't get knocked out by this fish's head.
It's pure bone.

361
00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:06,698
And it's very much alive right now,
look, it's right here.

362
00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:10,095
In order to get a DNA
sample from this pirarucu,

363
00:21:10,168 --> 00:21:13,138
Cyril would have to drag it
through the floating grass.

364
00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:15,565
I don't think there's any way
we can sample this fish.

365
00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:18,211
Which might
injure or even kill it.

366
00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:21,784
He has no choice,
he has to release the fish.

367
00:21:21,847 --> 00:21:24,417
We got to get out of here, guys,
we got to get out of here.

368
00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:28,617
I just want to put it over the grass
here so he can swim freely.

369
00:21:31,156 --> 00:21:32,556
He's good.

370
00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:34,028
You want to sample that guy?

371
00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:36,764
Can't, I had to let it go, man,

372
00:21:36,828 --> 00:21:38,558
it's too complicated
for you to make it here.

373
00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:42,065
And it's not the giant
that we need for Lorenzo.

374
00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:45,174
That was a sizable fish,
but not, not a giant.

375
00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:46,307
Let's get out of here.

376
00:21:48,106 --> 00:21:52,506
Get out. Come on, move.
You can't stay here too long.

377
00:21:56,181 --> 00:21:59,991
All right, everybody out of the water,
because now we made a big mess,

378
00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:03,592
and that's going to get some attention,
predator's attention.

379
00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:09,855
No, it was too risky for us to be
standing in the water there

380
00:22:09,928 --> 00:22:11,398
and not only that, but at one point

381
00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:13,433
I was thinking of maybe
bringing the fish to shore,

382
00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:14,498
but it's not good for the fish.

383
00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:16,466
I don't want to be dragging
the fish over the grass,

384
00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:18,695
and here would have been the ideal
spot to actually sample it, but...

385
00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:20,110
It would have been the perfect spot.

386
00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:21,172
I'm trying to think...

387
00:22:21,239 --> 00:22:23,479
That's what I'm thinking right now,
how we can do this.

388
00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:25,442
You made the right call
but, uh, I mean,

389
00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:27,610
it looks like there's
more fish out there, so,

390
00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:29,249
how are we going to sample them?

391
00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:31,254
- That's the question.
- Yeah.

392
00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:36,722
With the grass along
the bank making it impossible to bring

393
00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:39,118
an adult pirarucu near shore,

394
00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:41,331
the guys have to find another solution.

395
00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:45,432
But there's grass everywhere.

396
00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:49,399
Hey, guys,
there are fishermen over there.

397
00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:55,405
They got a big fish,
they're holding a big fish.

398
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:58,914
Cyril thinks these fishermen
might have a pirarucu in their net.

399
00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:02,452
But it's far from it.

400
00:23:03,648 --> 00:23:04,648
Ah!

401
00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:07,788
It's an anaconda.

402
00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:11,764
And the fishermen
are planning on killing it.

403
00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:13,464
This snake doesn't need to die.

404
00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:32,384
Getting too
close can result in serious injury.

405
00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:37,220
It's a constrictor,
but we still don't want to get bit.

406
00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:41,723
Cyril must secure
the head to avoid getting bitten.

407
00:23:59,538 --> 00:24:01,108
Biggest snake
in the world right here.

408
00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:02,313
Anaconda, and I'm hold...

409
00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:04,744
I'm securing the head right
now because I'm telling you,

410
00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:06,010
you don't want to
get bit by an anaconda,

411
00:24:06,077 --> 00:24:07,877
especially an anaconda this size.

412
00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:10,146
They have, like... He's ready to go,

413
00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:13,045
and they have teeth
that have pointed backwards.

414
00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:15,248
It's not so much the bite
itself that is dangerous,

415
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:16,990
it's the infection
that comes after the bite

416
00:24:17,055 --> 00:24:18,315
because most times
they don't want to let you go.

417
00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:21,030
The way they kill their prey
is that they latch onto their prey

418
00:24:21,092 --> 00:24:24,162
with their mouth and then they wrap around
and they choke the life out of him.

419
00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:27,629
If you happen to be in the water
and you get caught by one of those,

420
00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:29,069
I'm telling you it's going
to pull you under water.

421
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:30,504
It's going to wrap you
and pull you underwater.

422
00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:32,199
And a snake this size,

423
00:24:33,071 --> 00:24:35,811
it's definitely, definitely
capable of killing a person.

424
00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:37,942
Oh, yeah.

425
00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:43,719
Guys, we, uh,
we're lucky we showed up just in time.

426
00:24:43,782 --> 00:24:46,622
Otherwise this snake was going
to get chopped up in pieces.

427
00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:48,589
Did you see that?

428
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:49,993
- He was going to go for the machete.
- Yeah.

429
00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:51,315
- Yeah.
- I saw it.

430
00:25:12,277 --> 00:25:14,807
Have a bit of a little
conflict in my head right now

431
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,020
because I just told them that, okay,
let's release it.

432
00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,583
And they're like, "No, let's kill it."

433
00:25:19,651 --> 00:25:21,591
'Cause it can be... It can be dangerous

434
00:25:21,653 --> 00:25:24,763
for the, uh, the people
of the village, even the kids.

435
00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:26,663
Why don't we move it
to a different place?

436
00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:28,285
A different spot?

437
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,060
- Relocate it?
- Yeah, relocate it.

438
00:25:30,128 --> 00:25:31,558
Look, they have a boat.

439
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:32,900
Yeah, that's not
a bad idea, actually.

440
00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:51,882
Cool. Good idea, man.

441
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:54,350
Moving a big
snake must be done carefully

442
00:25:54,419 --> 00:25:57,259
to avoid hurting the snake
or getting attacked by it.

443
00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:06,568
But the snake
seems tired from struggling, otherwise,

444
00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:08,071
it wouldn't be this docile.

445
00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:12,769
Cyril's on high alert, though,

446
00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,937
because the animal
still could bite him,

447
00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:16,776
resulting in a bad infection.

448
00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:22,749
Get onboard.

449
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:28,489
The snake is tired.

450
00:26:30,255 --> 00:26:33,255
And there they go,
relocating a freakin' anaconda.

451
00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:34,485
Yeah, that's really cool.

452
00:26:37,362 --> 00:26:38,832
Man, this snake
smells really strong.

453
00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:43,474
This typical musk, you know?
Very strong smell.

454
00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:46,472
This guy is definitely one
of the giants in the Amazon.

455
00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:48,642
Running some water on it.

456
00:26:50,308 --> 00:26:51,308
Cool it down, I don't know,

457
00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:52,976
maybe it's too hot on the boat,
I don't know.

458
00:26:57,215 --> 00:26:58,475
After about ten miles...

459
00:27:00,051 --> 00:27:01,051
They find a good spot...

460
00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:03,964
To let the predator go.

461
00:27:16,901 --> 00:27:20,311
Okay, buddy.
You're one lucky snake.

462
00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:28,949
Wow.

463
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,177
Now I can tell how
big this snake is, you know?

464
00:27:31,249 --> 00:27:33,249
It was hard to tell
with the guys holding it...

465
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,046
And when it was coiled up.

466
00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:38,991
But now, whew,
when it's all stretched out, it's huge.

467
00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:41,587
It's way, way, yeah,
it's definitely over 15 feet long.

468
00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:43,827
That's a big snake, yes.

469
00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:46,355
With the snake
safely away from the village,

470
00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:48,171
Cyril and the team can get back

471
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:50,873
to their mission of catching
a giant pirarucu.

472
00:27:50,935 --> 00:27:54,265
And the first thing they need to do
is catch some fresh bait.

473
00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:56,880
But not just any bait.

474
00:27:57,308 --> 00:27:59,978
One of the planet's
most feared predator fish:

475
00:28:00,378 --> 00:28:01,708
the piranha.

476
00:28:03,882 --> 00:28:07,452
And some tasty beef should
definitely get their attention.

477
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,119
Yeah, it's probably not the best
idea to be fishing for piranha

478
00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,089
with our feet in the water
right now, but...

479
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,292
I've been around piranhas quite a bit
and they have a bad rep

480
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,401
because they're very aggressive predators.

481
00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:21,533
But, you know, there's certain conditions
where they get especially dangerous.

482
00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,435
Because the water level
in the Amazon fluctuates.

483
00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:27,243
It goes up and down a lot.

484
00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:30,639
And when it goes up, it floods areas
of the forest that are not flooded,

485
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:34,149
usually creating lakes that...
And those lakes remain when

486
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:36,412
the water level goes down and piranhas,

487
00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:40,021
they breed in those lakes until
they deplete all the food that's around

488
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:41,415
and then they get really aggressive.

489
00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:44,216
They can start even eating each other,
they can be cannibals.

490
00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:47,059
And that's in those conditions
that they get really dangerous.

491
00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:49,058
I know we're not
going to get attacked here.

492
00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:50,127
Normally.

493
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:56,872
Making some noise on the surface
to get the piranha's attention.

494
00:28:56,935 --> 00:29:02,965
To them, it mimics the sound of prey
on the surface, in distress.

495
00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:09,605
Oh, oh, oh,
something's picking at it.

496
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,493
The bait keeps getting attacked.

497
00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:16,451
- But no big piranhas, yet.
- Oh, oh, oh.

498
00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:19,162
Oh, yeah, here we go.

499
00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:21,934
Here we go. Here we go.
Here we go. Right away.

500
00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:25,504
Oh, that's a nice red belly right here.

501
00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:27,473
Check this out, that's a big one.

502
00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:31,643
See that, how red the belly is?

503
00:29:31,936 --> 00:29:34,966
This is probably the most
common species of piranha,

504
00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:37,083
the red belly piranha.

505
00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:40,479
These fish have a very strong bite,
really powerful jaws.

506
00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:43,212
So you don't want to get near this mouth.

507
00:29:43,581 --> 00:29:47,221
What makes the piranha bite so devastating
is a combination of two elements.

508
00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:52,855
Number one is this, look at those teeth,
serrated triangular shark-like teeth

509
00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:56,134
and the fact that
they perfectly interlock,

510
00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:58,604
resulting in a typical cookie-cutter bite,

511
00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:01,627
semi-circular, flesh gone.

512
00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,344
Piranhas hunt in schools.

513
00:30:04,402 --> 00:30:07,012
So it's a safe bet
there are others nearby.

514
00:30:07,539 --> 00:30:09,869
Chris, you're not too far from the action.

515
00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:12,979
There's a bunch of them there,
so be careful.

516
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,720
After Afghanistan,
there's nothing here to scare you.

517
00:30:18,783 --> 00:30:21,353
It's not an old piranha
you're going to be afraid of, right?

518
00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:22,419
Not one.

519
00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,315
There's about 50 of 'em
for sure there, swimming around.

520
00:30:36,601 --> 00:30:37,601
Oh, got a bite.

521
00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:38,839
Yeah, here we go.

522
00:30:40,905 --> 00:30:42,035
Ooh.

523
00:30:43,041 --> 00:30:44,411
- And that's a good one.
- Yeah.

524
00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:49,179
Yes, there's another one.

525
00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:53,351
Yeah, here we go. Oh! Yep.

526
00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:54,818
I think we've got enough, guys.

527
00:30:56,087 --> 00:30:59,387
With fresh bait in hand,
the team is ready to find

528
00:30:59,457 --> 00:31:03,057
and sample a giant pirarucu,
but they have to get away

529
00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:05,527
from the grass and all these piranhas,

530
00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:08,897
which will eat the bait
even if it's another piranha.

531
00:31:16,274 --> 00:31:18,014
Oh, yeah, looks good here.

532
00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:22,778
Predator, and it's going to get
eaten by another predator.

533
00:31:25,316 --> 00:31:27,686
This piranha
will make a delicious meal

534
00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:30,119
for a giant pirarucu.

535
00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:36,726
Oh, here we go, here we go.

536
00:31:36,794 --> 00:31:38,164
We got a good bite here,
that's a good bite.

537
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:47,372
Here we go, fish, good fish, big fish.

538
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:55,049
That might be a catfish,
or a big tambaqui.

539
00:31:55,113 --> 00:31:57,353
I don't think it's a pirarucu
'cause it's not jumping.

540
00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:03,345
I'm going to try to work
my way down the shoreline here.

541
00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:05,421
It looks like there's a good spot
to land it there.

542
00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:10,427
What is this fish?

543
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,273
Oh, no, it's...
Yeah, it's a tambaqui, big tambaqui.

544
00:32:22,006 --> 00:32:23,266
Wait till you see this fish.

545
00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:40,659
You got to see the teeth on this fish.
This fish is the...

546
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:42,455
The cousin of the piranha.

547
00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:47,832
The teeth of a human that would
have a pretty, uh, bad, uh,

548
00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:49,429
oral hygiene, let's say.

549
00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:53,265
This fish are known for
eating mainly seeds and fruit,

550
00:32:53,338 --> 00:32:56,008
but obviously this fish
took a piece of fish,

551
00:32:56,174 --> 00:32:57,614
so that I think they're omnivores.

552
00:32:57,675 --> 00:32:58,975
They can eat anything they find.

553
00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:01,607
But look, what a beautiful creature.

554
00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:03,049
Like the pirarucu...

555
00:33:03,114 --> 00:33:04,124
Tambaqui.

556
00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:07,352
...these fish are exploited
for their meat in Brazil.

557
00:33:07,418 --> 00:33:09,788
And if nothing is done
to stop overfishing,

558
00:33:09,854 --> 00:33:11,664
they will also need protection.

559
00:33:17,228 --> 00:33:21,128
There may be a school of Tambaqui
here that will take all of Cyril's

560
00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:25,269
fresh piranha bait before
he ever catches a pirarucu.

561
00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:31,075
The team can't risk it,
so they trek to another part of the lake.

562
00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:35,877
A slow river connects
a series of still water lakes,

563
00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:38,217
an ideal environment for pirarucu.

564
00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:40,953
But to find a true giant for Lorenzo,

565
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:45,459
they need to access areas so remote
even poachers won't go there.

566
00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:50,961
Here's the lake.

567
00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:55,468
I don't know how
we're going to fish here though.

568
00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:57,467
From the shore?

569
00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:01,711
It's going to be really tough.

570
00:34:01,773 --> 00:34:03,443
Yeah, we can't
do anything from here.

571
00:34:04,075 --> 00:34:06,535
It looks like, uh,
prime anaconda water.

572
00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,845
And the banks
are steep, really steep.

573
00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:12,818
Vegetation is really dense, too.

574
00:34:14,919 --> 00:34:15,989
So thick.

575
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:22,090
Look over there, I think we can fish
from there, on that spot.

576
00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:25,100
Yeah, maybe
we can fish from the far bank.

577
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,767
Looks like a good spot,
but we're going to have to get to it.

578
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,603
I think that
requires a little swim.

579
00:34:31,202 --> 00:34:32,372
Well, yeah.

580
00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:33,907
Now the question is, uh,

581
00:34:34,972 --> 00:34:36,112
who goes first?

582
00:34:38,176 --> 00:34:40,806
Let's get the rope
and get down there, and, um,

583
00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:42,678
I'll make the first cross and, uh,

584
00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:45,421
if I make it alive over there
without any...

585
00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:47,593
Too many piranha bites on my legs

586
00:34:47,652 --> 00:34:49,452
and then go ahead and follow.

587
00:34:50,988 --> 00:34:51,988
I can come with you.

588
00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:53,590
- You, uh, you'd swim with me?
- Yeah, sure.

589
00:34:53,658 --> 00:34:54,658
Yeah, I think that's a good idea,
actually. Yeah.

590
00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:55,725
Yeah.

591
00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:57,803
In case one of you guys has a problem,
a cramp or something?

592
00:34:57,862 --> 00:35:00,732
Uh, yeah, and I think also, you know,
the fact that we're bigger,

593
00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:04,842
it's more intimidating for a predator.

594
00:35:04,902 --> 00:35:05,902
Right.

595
00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:07,540
Thinking of caimans and anacondas.

596
00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:08,935
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.

597
00:35:09,006 --> 00:35:10,006
Oh, yeah.

598
00:35:10,074 --> 00:35:11,544
I didn't forget about them,
they're here.

599
00:35:12,076 --> 00:35:14,406
So gonna repel down first and, uh...

600
00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:15,579
I'll follow you.

601
00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:21,518
Geoff anchors a rope around
the tree for Cyril and Manu to climb down.

602
00:35:21,586 --> 00:35:23,716
- Rope's secured?
- Yeah.

603
00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:27,755
Everyone's a little tense
because they don't know what creatures

604
00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:30,225
could be possibly lurking along the ledge.

605
00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:32,304
I'm making sure,
might go slow because

606
00:35:32,363 --> 00:35:34,603
there could be a lot of things here.

607
00:35:34,665 --> 00:35:36,125
Or in the water.

608
00:35:46,377 --> 00:35:48,547
They have to be careful on their descent.

609
00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:49,713
If they slip and fall...

610
00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:50,780
Good job, Manu.

611
00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:53,278
The splash could
provoke a bite or draw the attention

612
00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:54,751
of a nearby predator.

613
00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:02,632
Keep going, we're close.

614
00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:05,127
- Manu, you follow real close, okay?
- Yeah.

615
00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:17,142
They all need to hurry
across to avoid predators

616
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,438
that may be attracted by the splashing.

617
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,879
You guys, you're gonna pass me my bag
and my camera and everything, okay?

618
00:36:23,948 --> 00:36:24,948
Yeah. Okay, exactly.

619
00:36:28,452 --> 00:36:29,822
You all right?

620
00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:34,961
Good job Manu, you did it.

621
00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:38,626
Cyril and Manu
arrive safely onshore,

622
00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:41,426
but the rest of the crew
still needs to cross.

623
00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:44,066
Geoff and Jesse are the last in line.

624
00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:46,235
And now that the others
have stirred up the water...

625
00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:47,314
Yeah.

626
00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:48,941
...they'll have to make it fast.

627
00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:52,441
- Ready?
- Yeah, one, two...

628
00:36:55,346 --> 00:36:57,516
Well, I guess Jesse
didn't wait for Geoff's count.

629
00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:09,292
Good job.

630
00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:13,974
Good job, guys.

631
00:37:14,031 --> 00:37:15,801
- Good job, buddy.
- All right, man.

632
00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:18,001
Now let's do some fishing.

633
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:24,281
With everyone safely across,
it's time to catch the largest pirarucu

634
00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:27,252
in the region and get
a sample for Lorenzo.

635
00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:33,447
Collecting DNA to learn more
about these fantastic creatures

636
00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:36,347
is imperative for ensuring their survival.

637
00:37:43,728 --> 00:37:45,928
All right, piranha, there you go.

638
00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,379
Pull, pull, here we go, here we go,
here we go. Fish, fish, fish.

639
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,420
Something
found the bait very quickly.

640
00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:18,355
My God.

641
00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:34,707
I think this fish is tired.

642
00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:38,049
Swam around a snag,
and the line is cut.

643
00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:42,420
That's why sometimes
you want to use very heavy line.

644
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:48,130
You know, you got a lot of abrasion
going on and the line rubs.

645
00:38:48,192 --> 00:38:52,802
So you want to have heavy line
that can withstand the abrasion

646
00:38:52,863 --> 00:38:55,733
and the friction long enough
that you can land this fish.

647
00:38:57,201 --> 00:39:01,311
I'm going to do something careless,
which is that I'm gonna

648
00:39:01,372 --> 00:39:03,972
open the bail to try
to let the fish swim freely,

649
00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:06,741
and maybe it'll go...
It'll go back around the snag.

650
00:39:08,312 --> 00:39:11,222
Cyril hopes that by giving
the fish enough line to swim,

651
00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:13,452
it will head back out into open water.

652
00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:14,891
Slowly.

653
00:39:15,786 --> 00:39:17,316
Okay, he's swimming. Look at the line.

654
00:39:17,388 --> 00:39:18,758
Look at the line,
look at the line on the water.

655
00:39:18,823 --> 00:39:21,493
Boom, boom, boom.
Yeah, this fish is still on there.

656
00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:28,266
I'm gonna let him swim real free.

657
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,300
No.

658
00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:34,410
Cyril's plan worked.

659
00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:37,172
The fish is free of the snag
and fighting to get away.

660
00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:46,578
If it's a pirarucu, it's a big one.

661
00:39:49,453 --> 00:39:50,553
Oh!

662
00:39:53,524 --> 00:39:56,164
He's coming, he's coming,
he's right here, he's right here.

663
00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:01,800
Oh, my God! It's a big pirarucu.

664
00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:08,074
Oh, look at that.

665
00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:18,581
Oh.

666
00:40:21,352 --> 00:40:22,392
Ah!

667
00:40:23,954 --> 00:40:26,694
Jesse, I'm gonna need
your help holding the rod.

668
00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:32,559
To land this giant,
Cyril needs Jesse to hold the rod,

669
00:40:34,131 --> 00:40:35,701
while he secures the line.

670
00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:43,069
Okay, I think I got it,
but I'll never know with this fish.

671
00:40:44,341 --> 00:40:46,441
They're super powerful,
so I gotta be careful.

672
00:40:48,546 --> 00:40:54,486
The true Amazon warrior.
This fish... Look at the scales,

673
00:40:54,552 --> 00:40:56,392
look at the construction of this fish.

674
00:40:56,654 --> 00:40:58,564
It's armor-plated,

675
00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:01,892
it's basically the equivalent
of a bullet-proof jacket for us.

676
00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,563
The scales are so powerful
they can withstand swarms

677
00:41:05,629 --> 00:41:07,229
of piranhas attacking them.

678
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:12,738
The pirarucu, the, "pira," for fish.
In indigenous language,

679
00:41:12,803 --> 00:41:15,873
"pira," means fish
and, "urucu," means red,

680
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:19,240
hence the red scales on the tail.

681
00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:21,450
It's perfectly adapted to its environment.

682
00:41:21,512 --> 00:41:27,052
I can barely lift him, and yet
it's a small fish for pirarucu.

683
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:29,816
Let's get the fish.

684
00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:31,817
He's good, as you can see he's breathing.

685
00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:33,019
That's a beautiful fish, man.

686
00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:35,290
Yeah. He's in good shape right now.

687
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:39,059
Geoff needs to take a small
sample of the fish's pectoral fin

688
00:41:39,363 --> 00:41:41,603
so Lorenzo can catalog its DNA.

689
00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:42,665
- Oh, yeah.
- Good job.

690
00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:44,673
- Got it.
- You got it. Good to go.

691
00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:46,699
One second.

692
00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:51,476
Getting samples
from a large pirarucu

693
00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:55,612
is the first step in helping scientists
protect these prehistoric fish.

694
00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:58,917
Okay, from the snout to the tail.

695
00:41:58,983 --> 00:42:01,093
Uh, 178 centimeters.

696
00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:02,551
178 centimeters?

697
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:03,750
And the fish is not even straight.

698
00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:04,821
70 inches.

699
00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:08,529
Matching the fish's size
with its DNA will help Lorenzo

700
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:11,762
accurately catalog
the pirarucu in this region.

701
00:42:11,829 --> 00:42:13,759
28 inches, 71 centimeters.

702
00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:15,431
20, yeah. So yeah, it's not a...

703
00:42:15,733 --> 00:42:16,973
It's not a fat fish.

704
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:18,544
It's not a fat fish, but it's a long fish.

705
00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:19,842
No. Yeah, yep.

706
00:42:22,740 --> 00:42:25,210
This guy's ready to go,
beautiful creature.

707
00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:27,036
But I think we'll have
to get an even bigger one.

708
00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:28,111
A true giant.

709
00:42:30,848 --> 00:42:33,348
There are even
bigger pirarucu out here.

710
00:42:33,417 --> 00:42:36,747
And since Lorenzo needs
samples from a true giant,

711
00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:39,290
the pirarucu mission isn't over yet.

712
00:42:44,695 --> 00:42:45,695
Hear that?

713
00:42:45,763 --> 00:42:48,303
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

714
00:42:48,365 --> 00:42:49,525
Are you prepping for them?

715
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:50,770
Yeah, I can hear it coming.

716
00:42:50,834 --> 00:42:52,144
Yeah, it's coming, that's the wind.

717
00:42:52,202 --> 00:42:54,072
But bad weather rolls in.

718
00:42:54,138 --> 00:42:56,008
Guys, it is a big
storm that's about to happen.

719
00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:59,013
And the crew packs up
to seek shelter in the jungle.

720
00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:04,178
They don't want to risk all their
camera gear in a thunderstorm.

721
00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:08,354
Okay, let's move, guys.

722
00:43:13,390 --> 00:43:14,390
Hey, look at all this water.

723
00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:17,260
Oh, man.

724
00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:19,628
Flood, flood, flood, guys, flood.

725
00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:21,367
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

726
00:43:22,099 --> 00:43:23,329
Flash flood.

727
00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:26,544
Floods in this
region can be disastrous.

728
00:43:26,937 --> 00:43:29,437
When rivers overflow from heavy rain,

729
00:43:29,506 --> 00:43:33,436
the rising water can quickly reach
over ten feet in some areas.

730
00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:34,850
Ah!.

731
00:43:34,912 --> 00:43:37,112
The crew needs
to get to higher ground

732
00:43:37,181 --> 00:43:38,951
before they're swallowed by the water.

733
00:43:43,253 --> 00:43:45,623
- Watch out, deep here.
- Guys, I'm stuck.

734
00:43:47,491 --> 00:43:49,061
- You all right, Geoff?
- Yeah, I'm okay.

735
00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:51,196
Let's keep walking this way,
we don't want to go upstream

736
00:43:51,261 --> 00:43:52,501
because we don't know
what's coming next.

737
00:43:52,563 --> 00:43:54,203
We're gonna try
to protect the equipment.

738
00:43:54,264 --> 00:43:55,734
Get the samples!

739
00:43:57,601 --> 00:43:59,741
- Get the samples!
- Ah!