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You can see that's a zebra

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that was taken down.

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I don't know why the culprits
aren't still here right now,

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but they're not very far.

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They wouldn't have left this
like that.

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They could be anywhere
in there.

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It'd be wise of me
to get out of here

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and stay away
from those bushes.

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Look, look, look, look,
look, look, look, look.

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There's something else
looking for food.

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Wow, I'd never think

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I'd get this close
but look at this.

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Look at those hyenas
right there.

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They are feeding
on a leg of something,

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and they are ravenous.

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They have to pound in

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as much food
as they possibly can.

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They don't want anybody to steal
their rotten leg meat.

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They can carry off carcasses,

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dragging it away
from anything else

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that's competing
for food with them.

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But these notorious scavengers

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are also fierce hunters.

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Big muscles,
big bones, big teeth.

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They're incredibly capable.

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I need to be careful
out here and keep moving.

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If hyenas are there,

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then there's
probably more coming.

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I'm Hazen Audel,

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wilderness explorer.

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I've been on an epic
solo safari

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through Africa's
Great Rift Valley.

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On a mission to see

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this continent's magnificent
wildlife first-hand.

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My expedition south
has taken me

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through some
of the most unique

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and bio-diverse environments
on earth.

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Now, the place I've battled
over 500 miles to see

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lies just ahead of me,

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the animal kingdom
of the Serengeti.

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What a journey in extreme

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and challenging conditions.

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It's taken everything I got
to get me this far.

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The Serengeti is home

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to an unrivaled
wildlife phenomenon

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when an annual journey
by millions of wildebeest

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brings Africa's most iconic
wildlife together

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in the heart
of the grasslands.

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Known as
"the Great Migration,"

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it's the largest congregation
of land animals

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anywhere on earth.

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And I'm determined
to witness it

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for myself.

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I've waited my life
to be here.

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I'm on the edge
of the Garden of Eden.

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It's where the millions
and millions

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of migrating animals are going.

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But the final leg
of my journey

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will push me
to the extreme.

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I will need
to make it 80 miles

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through the harsh scrubland
and arid plains

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of the Eyasi Valley

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before battling past
the untamed wilderness

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and apex predators
of the Serengeti.

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And the rains
that trigger the migration

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are due any day now.

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The sky is full of clouds.

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The rains are coming.

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I need to get there
for when they break.

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If I could make it,
I timed it just right.

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Or the spectacle I've come
all this way to see

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will have already moved on.

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Time is short.

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And getting through Eyasi
to the Serengeti grasslands

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won't be easy.

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My first challenge is to get
to the valley floor below.

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All this volcanic
igneous granite

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means I'm getting
into the valley.

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And this little trickle
of water here

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is everything I need to know.

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It all goes downhill.

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Descending this rift line

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requires complete concentration

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and as much grip
as I can muster.

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When the water is really
charging through here,

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it just polishes
this granite.

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Whoo. Makes it very slick.

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I've made it hundreds
of miles to get here,

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but one wrong step now
could end my journey.

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Whoo-hoo-hoo.

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Okay, there we go.

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Sometimes it just feels like

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inch by inch, I'm making it
to my final destination,

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but it's been miles
and miles.

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Finally, I see the scrubland
of the valley floor,

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my pathway ahead.

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Look at that. Way out there.

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Leading me right
to the Serengeti.

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But here in the Eyasi Valley,

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the landscape is a harsh
and ruthless environment.

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Look at all those bones.

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It's a big pile of bones.

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Look at this.

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Look at all these bones.

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At first glance, you'd think
that this would all be

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some sort of...

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giant cave bear.

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But the animal

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that is responsible
for all of this,

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there's the evidence
right there.

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Look.

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The quills, the spines
of an African porcupine.

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The biggest
and most spectacular porcupine

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in the world.

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They can get
real big and nasty,

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big enough to ward off lions.

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They have this
very peculiar habit

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of hoarding bones,

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bones from animals that
have been killed by predators.

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So a porcupine can always have
something to gnaw on.

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Bones are a fantastic source
of calcium,

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extra minerals, salts.

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So, nobody alive is home
but probably lots of ghosts.

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Out here,

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only the most ingenious
scavengers prevail.

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Food is scarce.

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The dry season has stripped
the scrubland

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of most of its life.

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And the remaining animals
will be desperate.

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Because of the lack of rain,
there's not a lot of game

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but in places like this...

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it can be full of predators,

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and it stays very well hidden.

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Wherever you're going,

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you have to try
to almost imagine

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what might be
behind every bush.

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It's a wild place.

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This area's resilient
plant life

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is my best hope
for refuge and nutrients.

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Have you ever seen a tree

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like that?

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So this tree is called
a baobab tree.

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Among the oldest plants
in the world,

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baobab trees can live
up to 2,000 years.

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This baobab's fruits
have dried up

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and fallen to the ground.

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But it does bear
some encouraging evidence

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that I'm not
completely alone out here.

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This is manmade.

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It's very, very soft wood.
So you can hollow it out.

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You can use it like a,
like a big storage chest.

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So if you find
a surplus of food,

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you can block this up
with wood, stacks of rocks.

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Hyenas, other predators
can't get to it.

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You'll have a supply of food
that you can depend on.

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The baobab plays
an important role

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in the culture
of the ancient tribe

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that still wanders
these lands.

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The legendary Hadza

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are one of the last hunter
and gatherer tribes in Africa,

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living deep in
the Eyasi Valley.

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They've been thriving
in this beautiful

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but brutal landscape
for over 50,000 years.

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The Hadza believe the spirits
of their ancestors' rest

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within the baobab trees.

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For the Hadza,
trees that are like this,

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sometimes
they're birthing trees.

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So where women can go
and actually have their own

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private secluded spot
to give birth.

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And then the village
and community will come in

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and feed her,
keep her protected

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inside this tree
for a few weeks,

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and then she'll finally come out
and reveal her newborn.

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It's cool in there.

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Okay.

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Locating the elusive Hadza

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will give me the best chance
of finding

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a way into the Serengeti

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and witnessing
the Great Migration.

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Without their expert
local knowledge,

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tracking down moving herds
of animals

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in such a vast area

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will be like looking
for a needle in a haystack.

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But sometimes,

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wild animals find you.

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Oh, look at that.

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Look at the baby.

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One thing to know
about baby elephants

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is they never stray far
from their mothers.

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Ooh, you can hear them, too.

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I can't see them all

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because it's so dense
in here.

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There's a whole family of them.

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Elephants are fiercely
protective of their young.

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I need to be calm
and stay out of sight.

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It notices me.

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It's got its ears
right at me.

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It knows I'm here,
it's the only one
that knows I'm here.

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But if the others notice,
it could be trouble.

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They look like gentle giants,
but that could easily change.

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This is way too close
to be safe.

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Oh, they see me.

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It's amazing how big they are,

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but sometimes they can
just come out of nowhere

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if they are in this brush
like this.

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A whole family of elephants.

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From what I can see,
there are about 20 of them.

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Okay, time to give them
their space.

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As I trek closer
towards the Serengeti,

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I expect to see
more wild animals.

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But I'm also finding
more signs of people.

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There are some houses
over there.

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This is good.

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It's definitely a house...

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but nobody's home.

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Yeah...

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these are
Hadza-style houses.

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They're always migrating.

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They never stay
in one place for very long

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because they're always following
the patterns of their prey.

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So it looks like
they were here for a while.

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There wasn't enough game here,
so they moved on.

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This Hadza camp still looks
pretty fresh.

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They must have left it
just recently.

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I'll just keep heading west,

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and then I might meet up
with this family

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or a whole another community
or family group of Hadza.

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That's what I'm hoping.

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I need to keep pushing on.

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Ooh.

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You hear that?

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And there's just
a little bit of rain,

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but this could all change
real fast.

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It's a sign that the rains
are getting closer,

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and I could be running
behind schedule

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for the Great Migration
I'm desperate to see.

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But my luck
could be changing.

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Look at this.

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Good, clean freshwater.

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Anywhere where there's water,

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especially here in Africa,
could be people.

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And with these trails,
you can just see

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how much animal activity
is around.

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These are people trails too.

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I need to follow them.

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You hear that?

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I think
they're right down here.

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Whoo!

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It looks like the Hadza,

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a hunting party.

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Jambo!

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Jambo!

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Check it out.

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Jambo!Hoo!

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I'm just traveling through.

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I'm walking.

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Hello! I'm Hazen.

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I was coming east.

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Coming from way east.

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Yeah.

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And I was trying to get
to the Serengeti.

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So you speak
a little bit of English?

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Yeah, yeah, great.

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Yeah, yeah.
Wh-what's your name?

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00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,880
Julius is the head
of this hunting party.

266
00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,760
I got it.

267
00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,760
He's brought his men out
into the bush looking for game.

268
00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,720
And you guys got the,
the bird? Wow.

269
00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,440
They've shot a guineafowl
with a bow and arrow.

270
00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,720
You got that?

271
00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:55,800
And now,
they're heading back to camp.

272
00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,080
This is the real deal,

273
00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,440
hunters and gatherers.

274
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,000
Okay, they're heading
that way.

275
00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,560
I found them. I got to go.

276
00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,560
Around 20 or so Hadza live
in this settlement.

277
00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,520
But as nomadic people,

278
00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,600
this clan will move on
every few months.

279
00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,600
Alright, a little barbecue
happening right now.

280
00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,800
I guess it might
as well be lunchtime.

281
00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,880
Yeah. To enjoy lunch time now,

282
00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,840
because too much hungry.

283
00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,920
When you guys went out
this morning to go hunting,

284
00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,720
what did you guys think
you would find?

285
00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,320
I wanted to find warthog.

286
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,760
-Oh, you wanted
to find warthog?
-But they were missing.

287
00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,920
Catching anything
from guineafowl to antelopes,

288
00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,000
the Hadza's hunting
is entirely opportunistic,

289
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,000
and they kill
only what they eat.

290
00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,760
It looks like some arrow making
too in the free time.

291
00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,720
So this is,
this is the tendon, right?

292
00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,560
Yeah. Tendon from animal.

293
00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,960
We take feathers
and then make like this.

294
00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,320
Then to bend.

295
00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,800
-Very, very cool.
-Yeah.

296
00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,280
So these bigger feathers,

297
00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,920
the big tail feathers,
the big wing feathers,

298
00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,200
they are saved for the fletching
for these arrows.

299
00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,520
Makes the arrow
fly straighter.

300
00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,400
The perfect marksmanship
needed for hunting

301
00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,080
requires constant training.

302
00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:20,800
This is where you do it?

303
00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,640
Right here.

304
00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,800
So with their down time,

305
00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,840
they're going to show me
one of the things

306
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:30,840
that they do
the very best,

307
00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:32,800
how good they are
at hitting a target

308
00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,200
with their bow and arrow.

309
00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:35,920
This is something
they do every day.

310
00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,040
Oh, man, bullseye.

311
00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:47,760
Oh, dead on.

312
00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:48,800
Golly!

313
00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,920
Oh! Another bullseye!

314
00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,320
Geez! These guys are good.

315
00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,000
Man!

316
00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:57,800
Killer shots.

317
00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,440
And then
that's right into a log,

318
00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,800
so you can imagine
just the penetrating power

319
00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,400
of each one of these.

320
00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:09,480
Now, it's time for me
to give it a shot.

321
00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,360
Oh, boy,
this is gonna be embarrassing.

322
00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,200
Let's see if I still got this.

323
00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,680
Oh, I way overshot it. Okay.

324
00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:27,480
I'm a little rusty,
but we'll get there.

325
00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,800
-Okay.
-Try again.

326
00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,280
Oh!

327
00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:35,880
Man, that was like
this close!

328
00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:40,240
Takes a while
to get used to these.

329
00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,040
Come on.

330
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,400
Ay! Yeah! There we go.

331
00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,120
Yeah, I mean, I got it,
but it was...

332
00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,720
This is all
very friendly competition,

333
00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,840
but being the one that's
the very best at a bow and arrow

334
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,760
is probably the one that's
bringing the most meat home

335
00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:10,200
to the community.

336
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,560
I'm hanging out
with the best of the best.

337
00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,680
Nice. Thank you.

338
00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,560
With dusk approaching,

339
00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,040
Julius has me spend
the night in

340
00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,280
with the community.

341
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,560
These are some of the last
true hunters and gatherers

342
00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,240
that still exist
on this huge planet Earth.

343
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,520
I am so happy
to be seeing this...

344
00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,320
and experiencing this
for myself.

345
00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,400
I am very fortunate.

346
00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,800
Morning has come.

347
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,440
Before I head off,

348
00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,640
I need advice on a route
into the Serengeti

349
00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,480
that will give me
the best chance of witnessing

350
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,840
the Great Migration.

351
00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,720
And master hunter Julius
knows this region

352
00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,440
and its wildlife
better than anyone.

353
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,520
If you follow down in sunset?

354
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,280
-Yes. Okay, so west...
-Yeah.

355
00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,400
...where the sunset is?

356
00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,400
Then go, go, go, go.

357
00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,120
There are big plains.

358
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,760
Big plains. Yeah.

359
00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,120
A vast arid plain
lies ahead of me.

360
00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,400
Water will be scarce
until I reach a river.

361
00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,800
But here, I will face
another problem.

362
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,840
If you are
passing here, careful,

363
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,400
because there are
many, many crocodile.

364
00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:30,600
Big!

365
00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:31,480
-Yeah, yeah.
-Huge!

366
00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,560
After these dangerous waters,

367
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,600
I'll face new terrain

368
00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,560
marked by
a distinctive formation.

369
00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:40,760
Then there are big rocks

370
00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,320
and very nice striped,
like zebra.

371
00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,120
The rocks have stripes on them?

372
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,480
-Like a zebra?
-Stripes, stripes...

373
00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,560
Beyond zebra rock

374
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,240
and the rocky ranges

375
00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:54,960
lie the grasslands
at the heart of the Serengeti.

376
00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,400
And if I can
make it in time,

377
00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,800
the spectacle I've come
so far to see.

378
00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,920
And then you are near

379
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,160
to go the migration.

380
00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,720
Uh-huh! Okay. Great.

381
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,040
With my route to
the Great Migration set out,

382
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,920
it's time to leave the Hadza.

383
00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,520
And I push west
into the arid barren plains.

384
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,720
No grass, no herbivores.

385
00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,560
No herbivores, no predators.

386
00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,400
It's just me.

387
00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,800
Truly in the middle
of nowhere.

388
00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,680
This kind of landscape,
this is where

389
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,600
the majority
of human evolution occurred.

390
00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:44,800
Places that are wide open,

391
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,920
places where you could walk
and walk and walk

392
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,440
for miles
and miles and miles.

393
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,960
I need to keep pushing hard

394
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,000
to reach
the Serengeti grasslands

395
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,360
in time for the rains.

396
00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,200
There are just
a few rain bursts

397
00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,800
maybe way far off there
in the horizon.

398
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:04,720
But nothing on me.

399
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,800
This place is still so dry.

400
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,120
On these exposed plains,

401
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,320
temperatures reach 90 degrees,

402
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:15,920
and there's zero shade,

403
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,000
meaning I'm facing
a very real risk

404
00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,200
of dehydration
and heatstroke.

405
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,800
I got to find some water... bad.

406
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,960
Miles of trekking
across the arid plains

407
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:33,800
take their toll...

408
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,760
and ahead,
I finally see a river.

409
00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,200
But I don't think this is
the one that Julius mentioned.

410
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,000
There are no crocodiles.

411
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,480
And look, it's dry.

412
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,040
I desperately need
to find water.

413
00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:54,760
Look at all these
little depressions here.

414
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,800
Here they go
all along the sand.

415
00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,240
Those are dug out by animals.

416
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,200
Yeah, it's wet.

417
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,480
This is going to be good.

418
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,720
Yeah. I've already hit water.

419
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,880
You can see how wet
this sand is.

420
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,200
I'm reaching water right here.

421
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:22,800
I'll just dig it deep enough

422
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:24,440
so I can collect it.

423
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,000
I've had a lifetime
of drinking questionable water

424
00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:28,560
and at this point,
I pretty much have

425
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:29,880
the constitution of a warthog.

426
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:48,880
Okay.

427
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,920
Well, it's not
the best-looking water.

428
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,520
It's not
the best-tasting water.

429
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,480
But this is the only stuff
that's out here.

430
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000
It's a last resort.

431
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,560
I'm thankful
for what I found.

432
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,720
Okay, I'll top up
and be on my way.

433
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,240
I consider that a success.

434
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,320
But just as I'm about
to move on,

435
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,040
I spot
some concerning tracks.

436
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,160
Look at this.
Look at this, though.

437
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,680
Right here. See that?

438
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,360
This is so fresh.

439
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,200
It's a leopard.
See that?

440
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:36,800
Yeah.
Passing right through here.

441
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,360
You've got to keep in mind
that they're somewhere,

442
00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,360
and you hope that you see them
before they see you.

443
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:48,880
Might be better
to kind of get up
into the open plains...

444
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,040
so I can keep a lookout...

445
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,880
for exactly what we just saw.

446
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,720
Moving past the dry river,

447
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,400
the harsh arid plains seem
to finally be behind me.

448
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,160
The vegetation starts
to green up.

449
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,760
But with those
fresh prints nearby,

450
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,400
the tree line ahead
is potentially more dangerous.

451
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,680
As I'm walking
through here,

452
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,120
you've got to look
at every single one

453
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:19,800
of these little hiding spots.

454
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,120
There might be something
ready to pounce.

455
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:35,800
Whoa!

456
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,200
Oh, my God,
are you seeing this?

457
00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:43,800
Are you seeing this?

458
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,200
Up in the tree.

459
00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,080
They're so
incredibly well camouflaged,

460
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,440
they stay up
in the branches.

461
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,720
Even from here,
it's hard to see.

462
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,720
It is a real live leopard,

463
00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:59,640
a juvenile one.

464
00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:03,880
I am so close to it

465
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,880
that I can hear
its jaws crunching

466
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:08,120
the bones of its prey.

467
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,960
It's a very hungry cat.

468
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:11,840
I think it just got
a monkey.

469
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,560
They're such incredible hunters.

470
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,280
They can easily carry
their own body weight in food.

471
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,920
They have big powerful claws,
powerful jaws.

472
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,880
That camouflage paint job,
they can sneak up on prey.

473
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,080
More than likely,

474
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,520
its mother is around
in another hiding spot.

475
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,640
An adult would be
twice that big.

476
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,960
Adult leopards are known
to defend themselves

477
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,920
and can attack
and kill humans,

478
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,760
especially if they
feel exposed
or threatened.

479
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,280
They pounce when
your back is turned

480
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,920
or when you're
least suspecting.

481
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,800
There is
a lot more eyes on me

482
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:50,800
than what my eyes
can see out there.

483
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,720
I'll have to keep a lookout.

484
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,280
I have to be especially wary
of where I'm going now.

485
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,640
This feasting leopard
is the first clear sign

486
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,480
that I'm closing in
on the animal kingdom

487
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:06,760
of the Serengeti

488
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,360
and an early reminder

489
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,240
I'm heading into a totally
untamed wilderness.

490
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,000
I'm not always going
to be the one

491
00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:18,760
that's at the top
of the food chain.

492
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,800
So you always have
to be on the lookout.

493
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,760
Ahead of me, I finally see
flowing waters.

494
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,960
This must be the river
Julius told me about.

495
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:36,720
But it's not crocodiles

496
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,120
I should have been
watching out for.

497
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,880
Instead, it's one of the most
temperamental animals out here.

498
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,440
Wow, there are a lot of eyes
looking in my direction,

499
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,760
a lot of ears pointed
in my direction.

500
00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:59,440
They know I'm here.

501
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,800
Hippos kill more people
than any other large animal

502
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:06,960
in the entire world.

503
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,640
Being so packed together
in such limited water,

504
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,000
they're stressed and ready
to defend their territory.

505
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,640
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Look at that one.

506
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,800
It's starting to come up,
it's starting to come up.

507
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:25,840
Oh, oh, oh.

508
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,680
Just showing me their jaws,
showing me their tusks

509
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,040
that could literally cut
a man in half.

510
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,760
They're telling me
to back off.

511
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,000
Hippos are dangerous
in and out of the water.

512
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,080
They can run
up to 22 miles an hour.

513
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,280
And in this area,

514
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,640
I need to keep a lookout
everywhere around me.

515
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,120
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Here's what I'm talking about.

516
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,720
The ones that are up on land,

517
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,760
those are just
on the land feeding,

518
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,760
which means there could be
more out here.

519
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,880
That's when they get
really dangerous.

520
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,680
Okay, time to go.

521
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,440
I'll need make sure to give
this river a wide berth...

522
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,800
and push on in search
of the Great Migration.

523
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,320
Julius told me that
once I pass the river,

524
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,760
I need to find
a zebra-striped rock.

525
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:26,760
It marks the start
of a rocky range

526
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,080
that leads up
to my ultimate destination,

527
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,240
the lush grasslands
of the Serengeti.

528
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,920
You see those clouds

529
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,360
where I'm heading towards?

530
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:40,320
Those are cumulus clouds,

531
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,680
and they're getting bigger
and bigger

532
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,320
as I'm getting closer
and closer.

533
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:48,440
It might mean rain,

534
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,400
turning this
into green, lush grass.

535
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,080
As soon as the rains
have fallen,

536
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,480
new grasses will sprout,

537
00:28:58,600 --> 00:28:59,800
bringing the wildebeest.

538
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:02,960
I need to make it
to the Serengeti

539
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:04,160
before the herds have eaten

540
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,320
and moved on deeper
into the vast wilderness.

541
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,280
I think that's the big rock

542
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,560
that the Hadza
were telling me about,

543
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,520
the one that looks
like a zebra.

544
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,200
I'll find out
when I get closer.

545
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,800
So these big rocky outcroppings
are called kopjes.

546
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,160
This formed deep underground,

547
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,800
crystallized,
made these big stripes,

548
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,000
and then millions
of years of uplifting,

549
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,560
it brought those rocks
up above.

550
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,080
And it is definitely
the biggest,

551
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,480
tallest rock around by far.

552
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,920
This is a very important
marker for me.

553
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,800
It gives me a good idea
that I'm still on track.

554
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,120
Ahead of me
is the rocky terrain

555
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:02,320
Julius told me about.

556
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,400
The final passageway
separating me

557
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,640
from the lush
central grasslands.

558
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,280
This landscape makes
for ideal ambush territory

559
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,000
for large predators
like lions.

560
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,280
And with dusk approaching,

561
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,480
I need to find
somewhere safe to sleep.

562
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,640
Huh?

563
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,840
Have a look at that lizard.

564
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:36,680
Isn't that a beautiful one?

565
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,960
It's called an agama lizard,
in breeding colors.

566
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,760
Bright orange and blue.

567
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:45,640
It went in there.

568
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,720
Okay.

569
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,360
Lizard went in there
but disappeared.

570
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,480
It's revealed a potential place
to spend the night.

571
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,520
It's very simple,

572
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,080
tight with only
one access hole.

573
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,640
If I had a big poky branch,
like an acacia branch,

574
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,760
put it right in there.

575
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,960
I'd be tucked in
but nice and safe.

576
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,120
Considering what's out here
in this kind of an environment.

577
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,680
They've been
incredibly long days

578
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:25,800
the last couple days.

579
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,720
So sometimes,
you just make do.

580
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:32,960
Tomorrow is going
to be a big push.

581
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,160
And if I can keep up with
the herd and actually find them,

582
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:36,800
tomorrow's going to be
the big day.

583
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,040
So I've slept
in better places.

584
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,120
But if I make it
through the night

585
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,280
and, uh...

586
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,360
that's really
all that matters.

587
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,240
Okay.

588
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:55,440
But after dark

589
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,760
is when the Serengeti
truly comes alive.

590
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,320
The lions...

591
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,800
you can hear
different prides of lions.

592
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,840
Some of them
are really close.

593
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,440
The next morning...

594
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,800
I am awoken by the sound
of heavy rainfall.

595
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:30,480
It's raining.

596
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:33,600
Wow!

597
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,480
It's really coming down!
This is just the beginning!

598
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:38,680
Look at it!

599
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,080
The seasonal downpours
that trigger

600
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,360
the Great Migration
have broken.

601
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:46,440
I've made it here
just in time.

602
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:48,960
I am not the only one happy

603
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,800
about this rain,
I'm sure of it.

604
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,280
Incredibly,
wildebeest can smell rain

605
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,920
in the air
from 40 miles away

606
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,800
and then follow it
to find the freshest pastures.

607
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,600
They'll be on the Serengeti
grasslands very soon.

608
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,720
I need to get moving.

609
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,000
Okay, let's find
this migration.

610
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:15,800
If Julius is right,

611
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,200
this rocky range
is my last hurdle

612
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:19,800
before I reach the Serengeti.

613
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,160
With the rains easing off,

614
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,720
I head higher up
for a better vantage point.

615
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:56,360
Last little bit here.

616
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:03,680
Okay.

617
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:11,800
And there you go.

618
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,040
All that there.

619
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:15,680
That's what I came to see.

620
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,440
Amazing how you can just see
for miles and miles...

621
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,440
of untouched wilderness.

622
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,640
At last.

623
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,720
The grasslands
of the Serengeti.

624
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,000
Five hundred miles
after starting my epic journey,

625
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,040
I've set eyes
on this garden of Eden.

626
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:36,960
I still have miles
ahead of me,

627
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,880
but this is the Serengeti.

628
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,120
If the migration is nearby,

629
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,800
this would be the place
to spot it.

630
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,280
The big contenders

631
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,120
are the wildebeest
and the zebra.

632
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,840
It's hard to imagine that you
couldn't see them from up here

633
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,480
because some of the herds
are so big.

634
00:34:58,240 --> 00:34:59,640
And then,

635
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,960
I see something
in the distance.

636
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:03,200
There is, though,

637
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,800
a bunch of dust
coming up over the horizon.

638
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,800
If there was a herd
in the millions,

639
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:12,280
it'd be awfully dusty.

640
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,680
A dust cloud that big

641
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,120
could only be from the animals
of the Great Migration.

642
00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:21,840
It finally looks
within reach.

643
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:29,920
Heading down
into the grassland,

644
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,480
I see the impact
of the recent downpours.

645
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,200
Look at what the rains
have done.

646
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,240
They've turned this place
into this...

647
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:41,760
bountiful land...

648
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,520
and it's brought
all this green.

649
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,760
And the Serengeti's reputation

650
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,440
as being one of the planet's
wildlife paradises

651
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:53,800
becomes immediately clear.

652
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,800
Oh wow, look at the giraffes.

653
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,600
They're pretty close.

654
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,240
You're looking at
the tallest animal

655
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,680
in the entire world.

656
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,800
The giraffes,
they're pretty much residents.

657
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,400
They don't have
huge migrations

658
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,080
because they have the advantage
over the other animals.

659
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:17,840
When all the grass is dried up
and there's no more food,

660
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,200
they're the ones that can reach
up at the tops of these branches

661
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,080
and always have
something to eat.

662
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,640
Giraffes are one of
the most iconic species

663
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:30,800
found in Serengeti.

664
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,760
But I'll have
to push deeper still

665
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,520
into this wild kingdom
to reach the Great Migration.

666
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,800
And to get to it,
first I've got to pass

667
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,160
right through the territory
of apex predators.

668
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,680
There are a lot of lions
around here,

669
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,280
but that's a special pride
right up there

670
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,800
with all those females
and the little cubs up, up high,

671
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,120
where they can just have
such a good view.

672
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,800
Yeah. The kid in me

673
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,240
wants to get closer
and closer

674
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:10,800
just to get a little bit
of a better look,

675
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,120
but the adult in me

676
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,320
knows enough
about animal behavior

677
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,160
to give these wild animals
the space that they need.

678
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,680
Up to 30 lions
can belong to one pride.

679
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,040
And it's not long
before I'm face to face

680
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,200
with the defender
of this one.

681
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:31,840
Look at that big male.

682
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,280
Big lion.

683
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,800
Oh, it's got its eyes
right on me.

684
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,680
When you get a stare-down
by a giant predator like that,

685
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:44,760
it's a little unnerving.

686
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,520
It's marking its territory
right now.

687
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,840
If that lion wanted
to eat me,

688
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,880
I really wouldn't stand
a chance out here.

689
00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:59,760
And these lions are hungry.

690
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:02,080
You can see the females,

691
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,120
almost their hip bones
sticking out,

692
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,840
It's been a hard lean year,

693
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,760
not very much food.

694
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,800
Fortunately, for me,

695
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,080
these lions are waiting

696
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,920
for the migration
to pass through.

697
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:20,000
Tasty morsels
of big wildebeest, big zebras,

698
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,240
that's what
they're all waiting for.

699
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,920
Not a funky-looking human
with a backpack on.

700
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,800
This pride is
the clearest sign yet

701
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:32,800
that I'm in striking range

702
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,320
of the vast herds
I'm looking for,

703
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,600
but staying this close
to hungry lions

704
00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:38,880
is never a good idea.

705
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,240
I think I'll just,
I'll just move on.

706
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:45,680
Stay out of their hair.

707
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,160
You've got to keep
your guard up around here.

708
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:50,640
The Great Migration

709
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,880
stages the largest interaction

710
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,880
of predator and prey
on the planet,

711
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,680
with lion, leopards,
and hyenas taking advantage

712
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,760
of the millions of animals
crossing the Serengeti.

713
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,720
Right now though,
my trail has run cold.

714
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,600
I've lost track of the
dust cloud I've been chasing.

715
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:30,760
Ooh.

716
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:34,440
Oh!

717
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:37,920
Then...

718
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,760
Look, look, look, look!

719
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,000
-...I see them.
-Wow.

720
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,240
Can you make out?
Can you see?

721
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,640
It's just a continuous line
of wildebeest,

722
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,160
one after the next.

723
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,800
And it just keeps going

724
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,760
out of sight
from as far as I can see.

725
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,040
They're not just running.
They're galloping.

726
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:02,640
Look at them.
Look at them go.

727
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,720
They're all going
in unison.

728
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,320
These rampaging wildebeest

729
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:12,960
are running
towards the epicenter

730
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,240
of the Great Migration,

731
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:16,760
the mega herds.

732
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,920
Where they're going,
it should be amazing.

733
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,760
I'm just going
to follow them.

734
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,880
Over a million wildebeest

735
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,960
move together
through the Serengeti

736
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,600
searching for
the lushest of grasses...

737
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,040
the largest herd
of animals on earth.

738
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,280
Oh wow!

739
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,920
This is all magic
right here.

740
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,000
It's nature.
Look at this.

741
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,240
What a spectacle.

742
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:51,840
And I've managed
to place myself

743
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,360
right in the heart of it.

744
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,920
Look at what
I am experiencing,

745
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,440
what I am...
what I am breathing in.

746
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,240
I am surrounded

747
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,520
by millions of animals.

748
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,400
Wow. Wow.

749
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,480
The biggest land migration
in the entire world.

750
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,720
And I timed it just right
to be able to see it right now.

751
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:29,920
The great migration covers
up to 600 miles every year.

752
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,280
But it comes
at a heavy price.

753
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:33,840
For the wildebeest,

754
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:38,640
about 250,000 of them die

755
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,680
trying to complete
this annual migration.

756
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,680
And the luckiest
and the strongest

757
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,840
are the ones that are able
to carry on their genetics

758
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,120
to the next generation.

759
00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:52,760
Every single one
of these animals

760
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,400
is a product of survival
of the fittest.

761
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,920
Africa's most iconic
animals follow

762
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,640
in the wildebeest's wake,

763
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,400
bringing an extraordinary
collection

764
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,600
of wildlife together
all in one place.

765
00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:10,920
You've got wildebeest, zebra,

766
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,400
gazelle, eland.

767
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:15,800
Over there, there's hyenas.

768
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,080
Wow!

769
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,800
All of these animals,
all living together,

770
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,760
all dependent
on one another.

771
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,760
The complexity
of the natural world.

772
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,480
The Serengeti is
the world's last

773
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,400
true animal kingdom,

774
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:37,200
and I've managed to see it
in its most incredible moment.

775
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:38,680
It's the perfect finale

776
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,920
to my once-in-a-lifetime
adventure

777
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,880
through Africa's legendary
Great Rift Valley.

778
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,600
This is one of
the most amazing spectacles

779
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:49,840
anyone could ever be able
to experience.

780
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,640
This is one of the top wonders
of the world right here.

781
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,680
This is the most amazing thing

782
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,480
I have ever seen
in my entire life.

783
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:04,320
This is a dream come true

784
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,080
that I never thought
I'd ever be able to see.

785
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,320
Having trekked
over 500 miles

786
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,240
to reach the Serengeti,

787
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,600
tackling immense challenges
and unforgiving landscapes.

788
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,520
Okay, it's starting
to get scary now.

789
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,520
Meeting amazing people
along the way.

790
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:25,720
Ay! Yeah! There we go.

791
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,640
And seeing this continent's
legendary wildlife first-hand.

792
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,880
Whoa. Whoa!
That one just hit me.

793
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,720
What I'm seeing right now
is so incredibly rare!

794
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,280
I feel like I've been
on a "great migration" of own.

795
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,240
It's given me
a true understanding

796
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:43,760
of the journey of survival

797
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:45,640
these animals go through
every year.

798
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,720
I now have
even more respect

799
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:50,840
for Africa's
magnificent creatures.

800
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,920
They are this planet's
true primal survivors.

801
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:57,920
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