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Asia, the largest of all
the Earth's continents.

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It stretches from the equator
to beyond the Arctic Circle.

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This is a continent of extremes.

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Here, temperatures can drop to
below minus 60 degrees Celsius.

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On land, survival
is almost impossible.

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But, for a few weeks in summer,

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the ice melts and
the coast is transformed.

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This is one of the biggest
gatherings of mammals

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to be found anywhere on Earth.

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WALRUS BELLOW

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These are Pacific walrus.

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For most of the year, they feed
out in the Arctic Ocean,

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emerging to rest on the sea ice.

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But now, climate change
has melted the ice here,

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and the only place within reach
of their feeding grounds

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where they can rest are
a few beaches such as this one.

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100,000 of them - almost the entire
world population - are here.

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WALRUS BELLOW

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They are gigantic.

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A male can weigh over a tonne.

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And many die in the scrum.

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On a beach 250 miles to the west,
there's a further danger.

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Polar bears.

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They, too, have been forced
to spend more time ashore

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by the dwindling ice.

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And now, they're very hungry.

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WALRUS BELLOWS

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BEAR GROWLS

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But adult walrus are tough,
well-armed and agile in water...

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..and could fatally injure the bear.

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He's failed.

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The narrow beaches here
are backed by cliffs...

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..and some walrus scramble up them,
escaping the crowd.

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At the top, they are 80 metres
above the beach.

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But this is not a place
where a walrus should be...

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..nor are they the only ones
to have found it.

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The bears have got up here too.

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The walrus' instinct is
to find safety in the water.

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They can still smell the sea.

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And they can hear it.

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Just the polar bears' presence
is enough to spook the walrus.

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WALRUS BELLOW

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Many walrus that climb the cliffs
never make it back to the ocean.

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Even once the polar bears
have moved on,

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the walrus need to return
to the sea -

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and some take the nearest way
to do so.

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As one crashes on the rocks,
those on the beach stampede

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and more lives are lost.

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In the course of just a few days,
over 200 walrus die.

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Now the polar bears
can feed on the carcasses.

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These events only occur
once every few years.

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But as the world warms and
the ice retreats still further,

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they may become more frequent.

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Inland, the ground is gripped by
winter for six months of the year.

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Two million square miles
of northern Russia

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are locked beneath the ice.

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But even so, some creatures have
managed to make their homes here.

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They leave evidence of
their presence in the snow.

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These tracks all lead
in one direction.

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WAVES CRASH

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Kamchatka has the highest density
of active volcanoes on the planet.

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Temperatures underground
reach 250 degrees Celsius,

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pushing up cauldrons of boiling mud
and clouds of steam.

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But in spite of the dangers,

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some creatures travel long distances
to visit the area.

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A Kamchatka brown bear.

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He spent the long winter
sleeping in a den below ground,

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and now he is extremely hungry.

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But finding food means
getting dangerously close

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to the scalding fountains.

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This is the only place
for many miles around

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where a bear can reach grass that is
snow-free - thanks to the hot earth.

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Putting a foot wrong here
could lead to real trouble,

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and bodies have been found of bears
that stumbled into the pools

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and were scalded to death.

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And this bear is not alone.

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Brown bears, by and large,
are solitary creatures,

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and this is one of the few times
of the year when they tolerate

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the presence of others.

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And now, they are so well-fed
and relaxed

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that they even have time to play.

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BEARS GROWL

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This volcanic spot has become
a warm oasis in Asia's frigid north.

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Away from Arctic Russia,

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Asia has the hottest deserts,

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highest mountains and
tallest jungles on our planet.

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This is a continent of
incredible variety.

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But it was not always so.

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Some 89 million years ago, India was
an island lying away to the south.

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But it drifted northwards,

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pushing up the sediments
between it and mainland Asia.

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Over millions of years,
the sediments lying between

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crumpled up and rose
to form the Himalayas.

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Now, these are the tallest mountains
on the planet.

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They stand over five miles high.

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India is still moving northwards and
these mountains are still rising.

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Asia's mountains stretch all the way
from Afghanistan,

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across northern India,
to here in central China.

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These are the mountains
of Shennongjia...

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..among China's highest.

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The forests here were,
until comparatively recently,

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the least known in the world.

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Few outsiders had any idea of what
animals might be living in them.

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There were stories of
humanlike monsters -

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Yetis, Abominable Snowmen -

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who left strange footprints
in the snow...

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..but little else.

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And indeed, there are monkeys
living in these snowy forests -

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and they're very strange.

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Meet the blue-faced, gold-coated
snub-nosed snow monkey.

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They are among the heftiest
of monkeys.

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Big animals keep warm more easily
than small ones,

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and they survive in
colder conditions

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than any other monkey on Earth.

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They all have snub noses.

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Perhaps prominent ones would only
too easily get frostbitten.

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The whole group huddles together
at the slightest opportunity

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to keep warm.

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And who wouldn't?

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Even adults, if they get separated
from the group, can freeze to death.

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Now, in the depths of winter,
food is desperately hard to find.

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The head of the family leads them
to the edge of their territory

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in search of something to eat.

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The only food here is
wretchedly unnourishing -

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bark, moss and lichen.

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There's hardly enough to sustain
one monkey, let alone a family.

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But they share it peaceably.

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Survival depends on the group
keeping together.

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In these mountains,
any food is precious.

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MONKEYS HOWL

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A rival group?

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They, too, are searching for food.

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The two males go head-to-head.

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MONKEYS SHRIEK

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And now the females join the fray.

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Outnumbered, the intruders retreat.

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Their leader is the last to go.

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The fight was over
the smallest of meals,

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but it was ferocious nonetheless,
and the family is now scattered.

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But they must stay together.

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The youngest are already
badly chilled.

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MONKEY CRIES

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She can see her father,

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but has she the strength
to reach him?

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MONKEY CRIES

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Back to safety and warmth.

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The huddle is the only
source of warmth

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in these bleak, frozen forests.

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To the west of the Himalayas,
in Iran,

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lie some of the hottest deserts
on Earth.

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This is the Lut Desert...

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..and here, temperatures
can reach 70 degrees Celsius.

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The blisteringly hot rocks
and baking sands of Iran's deserts

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may appear totally lifeless...

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..but a few trees manage to grow
in the shade of the canyon walls.

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And here at least,

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migrating birds passing through
can stop for a little rest.

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A flycatcher.

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With luck, there might be
a meal of some kind here.

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There are spiders in the crevices.

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Not much, but worth having.

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And there's something
moving up there.

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The bird was mistaken.

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It was a viper with a lethal bite.

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This species has only recently
been discovered -

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and so far, it has been found
nowhere else but here.

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Its camouflage is so effective
that it's almost impossible

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to see it on these rocks.

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And on its tail, movable scales
have been modified

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to look like a spider's legs...

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..and its tip like an abdomen.

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Migrating birds only appear
in this barren desert

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during a few weeks of the year.

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This is the snake's only chance
to eat for months.

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A shrike.

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It has flown here from Africa
and hasn't fed for days.

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BIRD SINGS

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Better luck next time.

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Conditions are almost as harsh
on the dry plains of northern India.

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A male Sarada lizard does his best
to get himself noticed.

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It's breeding time.

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The wide-open spaces
are a good place to be seen.

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He's only seven centimetres tall,

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but a rock will help
to make him conspicuous.

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And he's already been noticed
by one female.

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It's time for him to show off.

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The more healthy and virile he is,
the brighter his colours are.

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And females like
bright, flashy colours.

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But he, it seems, is not
as conspicuous as he might be.

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In the neighbouring territory,

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there's another male who's found
an even bigger rock.

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So the newcomer is not making
quite such a good impression.

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The one on the big rock
is attracting all the females.

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The newcomer will need a higher
platform if he's to be seen

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by a female - and he'd better
do something about it.

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He only lives for a year.

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This is his one chance.

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He will have to fight if necessary.

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His rival isn't backing down.

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So now, the males can fight
to the death.

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The newcomer has won.

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Now, he can claim the high platform
and the best territory.

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And the females will choose him
for a partner

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as long as he can fight off
the other claimants.

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As the Himalayas rose
over millions of years,

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they eventually formed a
gigantic barrier that prevented

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rain clouds from the south
travelling farther north...

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..and a completely new weather
system developed in southern Asia.

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The monsoon.

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These drenching annual rains
transformed southern Asia.

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Dense rainforests formed, in which
plants and animals of all kinds

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were able to proliferate and evolve.

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Some of the tallest jungles
grow in Indonesia,

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the home of the largest of all
tree-living animals of any kind...

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..the orangutan.

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There is a multitude of things
to eat here,

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but you have to know
where to find them.

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Young orangs stay with their mother
for years, learning how to do that.

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This youngster has only
just started.

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Termites - an important source
of protein.

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But perhaps they are
an acquired taste.

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He's off to search for something
he might prefer.

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It's hard to know where to look...

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..or where it's safe to clamber.

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Different levels in the forest
contain different foods,

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and some of the most delicious
are in the very highest parts

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of the canopy, 50 metres
above the ground.

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He's a couple of years old and
he's already getting adventurous.

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His mother could climb right
to the top in ten minutes or so

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if she wanted to, but she lingers
to keep an eye on him.

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A fall from this height
could be fatal.

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Where the gaps between the branches
are too wide for him,

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his mother lets him use her body
as a bridge.

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Only ten metres to go
before the top.

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But it's hard going for small hands.

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He's had enough.

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Time for a rest...

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..with Mother.

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And this is his reward -

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ripe mangoes, sweet and juicy.

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There's so much he must learn.

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He will depend entirely
on his mother until he's seven.

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It's the longest of all childhoods,
except ours.

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In these dense forests, it's not
easy for animals to see one another

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at any distance, but songs
carry well through the jungle.

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MONKEYS SING

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This is the characteristic sound

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that echoes through the
Sumatran forest at every dawn.

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LOUD SINGING

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But what can this be?

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SINGING CONTINUES

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Of all the sounds in
the Indonesian forests,

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this is one of the strangest
to our ears.

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It can be heard
nowhere else on Earth.

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And this is the singer...

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..a Sumatran rhinoceros.

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She's tiny, only a fifth of the size

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of her more familiar
African relatives.

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Her head could rest comfortably
on your knee.

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She is the gardener of this Eden.

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She doesn't just live in it,
she helps to create and sustain it.

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She eats fruits and then sheds
the seeds in her droppings,

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and so spreads the foods
she prefers through the forest.

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RHINOCEROS SINGS

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In this dense tangle, she uses sound
to locate a possible mate.

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But her calls are unanswered.

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She is living behind a fence...

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..for her own protection.

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In the past, Sumatran rhinos were
widespread throughout southern Asia.

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Today, there are fewer than 70.

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It may well be that,

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as she approaches the end of
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she will have become
one of the last of her species.

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Because in the last 40 years,
one third of the forests

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of Southeast Asia
has been destroyed,

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in order to sell timber and
food products around the world.

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The forests of Borneo and Sumatra -
home to the orangutan, rhinos

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and thousands of other species
that have evolved here

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over millions of years - are now in
real danger of being lost forever.

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It seems that the animals
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are worth less to us than
the land they lived on.

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Viewed from space, the scale
of destruction is only too obvious.

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Asia has undergone a faster change
in the last 100 years

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than at any other time
in its history.

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Its forests are being annihilated.

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Its cities are expanding.

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And as the human population
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the largest of all continents
is no longer able, it seems,

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to allow space for its wildlife.

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The oceans around southern Asia
are also feeling this pressure.

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These seas feed billions of people
around the world.

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For many fishermen here, their catch
is their only source of livelihood.

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And there is one fish here
that they prize above all others...

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..the whale shark.

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It swims slowly,
gently harvesting the plankton.

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It's almost 20 metres long,
the largest fish in the world.

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They are also under threat.

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Like many shark species in Asia,

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populations have declined
by more than half in recent years.

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They are an easy and valuable catch.

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But here, there is a respect for
the seas and their inhabitants.

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Whale shark hunting has now been
banned across Indonesia's waters.

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This whale shark
plays a different part

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in the lives of these fishermen.

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They feed him and the relationship
seems to bring joy to both parties.

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And with this new protection has
come something truly remarkable.

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Whale sharks from far away
are seeking out these fishermen.

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And in these safe waters,

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there is a chance for their numbers
to increase.

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And maybe one day, other shark
species will be protected, too.

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The people here have made
a simple but extraordinary choice -

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fishing in a way that is sustainable
for themselves and the animals.

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Caring for wildlife is surely
our shared responsibility.

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Across this vast continent,
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it is decisions like these
that are key

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to protecting the planet's
most precious diversity.

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I first went in search of orangutan
in 1956.

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Then, there were around 175,000

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living in the remote forests
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ARCHIVE: I found
on the forest floor

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the rinds and cores of durian fruit,

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which I knew was the favourite food
of orangutan.

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Then we heard a crashing in
the branches ahead

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and, high up in the trees,
we saw a great, furry red form.

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He seemed enormous. He was probably
almost five feet high.

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In the 60 years since, I've returned
to Borneo on many occasions

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to film and document its wildlife.

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But during that time,

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the island's orangutan population
has more than halved -

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leaving them endangered -

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and finding them in
their natural habitat

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has become ever more difficult.

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The cause of this decline
was evident during a visit in 2012.

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When I first came to this river
in Borneo in 1956, the rainforest

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stretched unbroken on either side
of the river for hundreds of miles.

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Today, it's very different.

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Now, only patches of forest remain -

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so, to film orangutan in the wild,

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the Seven Worlds crew
joined a research team

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heading for the Gunung Palung
National Park.

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This 400-square-mile area is home
to Borneo's largest remaining

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wild orangutan population.

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Here, they are protected
and studied.

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The crew follow a mother -
known to researchers as Bebe -

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and her infant, Bias,
as she teaches him how to find food.

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Like all orangutan mothers,
Bebe has to work hard to raise Bias,

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and this means she may only
have four or five infants

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in her lifetime.

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This low number of babies means
it's hard for orangutan to recover

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from population decline.

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Researchers want to know why
orangutan give birth so rarely.

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Today, they're following
a young female, Walama,

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to find out if she's pregnant.

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But to do this, they'll have to
put themselves in the firing line.

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So what we do is,
we have to wait till she pees

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and we have a bag on a fishing pole.

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And when she starts to go, we run
over there and try to catch it.

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Yeah, a few years ago,
I was featured in a magazine as

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"The Top Ten Worst Jobs in Science".
It was kind of a joke,

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but Orangutan Pee Collector
was number one.

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SHE LAUGHS
So, not...

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Not too glamorous, apparently.

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Research is starting to show
an important pattern -

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that orangutan can only conceive

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when there's enough food around
in their home.

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The team will now test the sample
to discover if Walama is pregnant.

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But the orangutan within
Gunung Palung are the lucky ones.

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Those beyond the borders of the park
face a very different world.

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Many are left with no home at all.

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This footage shows members
of International Animal Rescue

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attempting to dart and sedate
a stranded orangutan

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so it can be moved to safety.

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WORKERS TALK IN OWN LANGUAGE

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Rescued orangutan are treated,

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but, with each passing year,

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there are fewer places
left for them to go.

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Since 1960, the destruction
of Borneo's rainforests

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has been happening
on an industrial scale.

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Huge areas were initially stripped
for timber,

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and then a very different
type of tree was planted...

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..oil palm.

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Today, it has become the most
widely-used type of vegetable oil

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in the world, and Borneo is
the location of almost half

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the oil palm plantations
on the planet.

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These uniform plantations
can't support life in the same way

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as a rich and diverse rainforest.

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But oil palm is very important
to the local economy -

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and it's highly efficient.

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Simply using another type of oil
might take up more land,

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leading to more deforestation.

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And this is where it ends up.

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Palm oil is found in around
half the packaged products

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in our supermarkets,
as well as in biofuels.

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The balance between our needs
and conservation is hard,

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but we can offer a vital lifeline
for our forest relatives.

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We may be able to protect them
through simple choices

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like buying products made
with deforestation-free,

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sustainable palm oil from companies
that support local people,

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using existing plantations without
cutting down more rainforest...

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..keeping Gunung Palung's
inhabitants safe, including Walama.

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She did become pregnant
and now has a daughter to care for.

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Their future will be determined
by the choices we make today.

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Back in 1956, I never imagined that,
within the space of my lifetime,

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these intelligent apes
and the ancient forests

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they have lived in
for millions of years

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would be placed under
such dire threat.

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Just how much longer
they will inhabit the planet...

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..is up to all of us.

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Next time,
a land of the unexpected.

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The richest and most diverse
continent on Earth...

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..South America.

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# No, I don't wanna walk alone

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# I want to believe

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# Can you hear my call?

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# As love will speak to me. #