Amazing Earth: A journey through South America's predator battlegrounds!

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00:00No matter how fierce or fast an animal is, it can also find an opponent.

00:05Because in the heart of the jungle, there are predators that are furious.

00:09This is South America's weirdest predator battleground.

00:16Insects that like to form, are forced to go to war.

00:19Vampires that like to hunt, are targeted by the blood of the insects.

00:36Pigs that like to hunt, are targeted by the blood of the insects.

00:41Crocodiles that like to hunt, are targeted by the blood of the insects.

00:57Pumas that like to hunt, are targeted by the blood of the insects.

01:11To the grown-ups watching now, have you experienced dressing up to notice that you want to get pregnant?

01:18But the ending has no meaning.

01:20This is painful, right?

01:22That's how we feel the beauty of life in the story of Amazing No. 5, Boston.

01:29South America's predators are known for their strength and ferocity.

01:35But there are many more things you can discover about the mini-monsters in the Atlantic forests.

01:42The scenes here are like a Hollywood blockbuster.

01:47There's a love story, action and horror.

01:52To the residents living here, all needs can be met by the jungle.

01:59Good weather, delicious food and plenty of available space.

02:05This community is very rich.

02:09Residents are prepared to live here.

02:13Under the sugar-covered jungle, there are plenty of life and stories.

02:21This mantis is looking for a girlfriend.

02:25Of course, she should be pretty.

02:28His mother said that he won't find a girlfriend if his teeth are dirty.

02:37Hey, what's this? It's beautiful.

02:40His eyes are perfect, with 10,000 photoreceptor cells.

02:46Our mantis is also long-legged.

02:49This is a prey to be caught by the poisonous cockroach.

02:54But they are careful because the sexing reina is a cannibal.

02:58It will bite you to death.

03:01This mantis doesn't seem to accept the memo.

03:06A woman approached him.

03:08Does he want to kiss or eat?

03:12The man waited.

03:15But the woman wasn't interested in him.

03:19The woman just passed him by like she didn't see him.

03:23Pogi couldn't do anything.

03:26Better luck next time.

03:29On the other hand, this mantis is excited to have dinner.

03:34What's on its menu is a raw grasshopper.

03:38It doesn't have any other ingredient but a cockroach.

03:43Mantis' movement is simple.

03:47Step 1, catch the grasshopper.

03:54It's not easy to do.

03:56It's not easy to do.

03:59You have to hold it carefully.

04:07Step 2, hold it tightly so that it won't escape.

04:11And you have to slightly bite it using its slender teeth.

04:17Its skin is crunchy but inside, it's delicious.

04:23It doesn't need sauce.

04:24Just the meat is enough.

04:27Yum!

04:29One of their biggest fears in horror movies and fairy tales is vampires.

04:35But did you know that they are not just imagination?

04:38There are vampires that are alive now.

04:41They will introduce us to the story of Amazing Number 4,

04:44The Mystery of the Night.

04:46It's almost night and one of their biggest fears is hiding in the dark.

04:51Even the mosquitoes are careful.

04:54They hold on to the ends of the branches so that they can get away from their fears.

05:00The rats are also not afraid.

05:03They know that they can't escape.

05:06They are like a vampire bat.

05:09They look for blood.

05:11Using the heat detector in their nose, they know where it can be found.

05:16No one can save them.

05:19No one can save the rats from the camps of darkness.

05:24The vampire bat has an enzyme in its saliva so that the blood of the rat won't boil while it's thinking.

05:31But at least it's a rat.

05:34It should be.

05:36It has a bigger enemy than the rat, the puma.

05:40And not just the blood, but also its guts.

05:42Especially the flesh, heart, and soul of the rat.

05:45The soul of the rat is not that bad.

05:48The puma is already close to the rat.

05:52But the rat is still lucky.

05:55There's a surprise escape and it jumped.

05:58That's why it escaped.

06:00But they still don't give up on the blood-stained rats.

06:05For the panics, the night is still long.

06:10There's still a rat around.

06:12And they have another target, the wild boar.

06:16This time, they won't be able to escape it.

06:19Among the many predators in the South American jungle,

06:23there's only one way for the prey to survive,

06:27to come together.

06:30Its hideout is mysterious and closed.

06:33It's hard to believe that it's already on the ground.

06:37These are the versions of the insects of the Pyramids of Egypt.

06:42Several civilizations have lived here.

06:46At night, they're alive.

06:49There are hundreds of millions of ants.

06:52Grass is their favorite food.

06:56Beneath the ground, there's action.

07:00Everyone is focused on one thing.

07:02Their queen.

07:05She's not just the mother, she's also the leader here.

07:09All the mothers here are from her.

07:13That's why all of them are siblings.

07:16This mountain is strong.

07:20Welcome to their neighbors, the birds.

07:23On the ground where these insects live.

07:27They're doing well.

07:29But up there, there's another border.

07:33The Campoflickers are a species of woodpeckers.

07:37Because there are only a few trees around,

07:40they live in a clay condo.

07:44This is where they raise their offspring.

07:48But the mothers aren't happy with them.

07:52They're afraid of the birds.

07:55But the mothers aren't happy with them.

07:59Because if the birds are destroyed in the wall,

08:02the mothers are sleepy to repair it.

08:05The ground is muddy, and the cement is sticky.

08:10Later on, the makeover is done.

08:14In the world of insects, men are usually the leaders of the family.

08:18But in our next story, the mother is the leader.

08:21Let's go to the amazing story number three.

08:24Gangsters.

08:27This white place is the home of a group of woodpeckers.

08:31A gang of wild animals that love to hunt.

08:35They're very popular.

08:37Plastic, Aguela, Metaglay, Nakababuyan.

08:41They are the white-lipped acaries.

08:44This is one of the most famous members of the group.

08:47A male woodpecker.

08:50But he's not the boss here.

08:53This is the female woodpecker.

08:56She has control of the family and the mind of each member of the group.

09:01The priority of her duties is to protect the whole family.

09:06She's the one who knows where to find food and drink.

09:10She's ready to get dirty, just to feed the whole family.

09:13The whole group attacks.

09:15Woodpeckers here, woodpeckers there.

09:19She's really good at leading.

09:21But there's a twist to our story.

09:24They were not the only ones who benefited from the woodpecker environment.

09:28This was also done by the neighbors of Lang Ibon.

09:33Let's fly to Bandang Note to see where they live.

09:38When it comes to the woodpeckers,

09:41it's not just the woodpeckers.

09:45This is not an excerpt from the movie, The Mummy.

09:48This is real.

09:50Army ants.

09:53With so many of them, they can cover the whole area.

09:59Because of the woodpeckers,

10:01it's not just the woodpeckers.

10:04It's the ants.

10:06Because of this place,

10:08there are more of them than there are ants.

10:12They are not afraid, they are not greedy.

10:15The zombies are not afraid of them.

10:17Even the woodpeckers on the top of the tree are not afraid of them.

10:22They took the larvae from their house.

10:26The neighbors are successful.

10:29But their story does not end here.

10:32Inside their territory,

10:35the baby wasps are fed to the babies of the army ants.

10:41The army ants have built a tower

10:43while clinging to the help of their larvae.

10:47It will only collapse when they look for food.

10:52When the food is finished, the larvae will have their own taste.

10:57Then the tower will collapse.

11:00Until it is rebuilt, but in a different territory.

11:06While they are doing this,

11:08it's equivalent to a marathon of distance they travel in one day.

11:13This is a proven effective way to help the forest of South America.

11:19Do you still believe that if you smell the food, it's surely delicious?

11:23I'm sure the people who are fond of shrimp,

11:25puro, tuyo, or durian are also included in the list of people who are fond of smelling.

11:30The hungry bird in the story of Amazing No. 2,

11:33a meat-eater.

11:36They have their own luner.

11:38They prefer the solo flight in all walks of life.

11:41They don't care about the cold weather.

11:44When it's winter, it's cold here in Serrano.

11:48That's why this open desert is eager to go out.

11:52Others are already sunbathing.

11:55They need to warm up their bodies to be ready for the whole day.

12:00Our bird is already hungry, and it looks like it's enjoying watching the butterflies.

12:05But it still needs to chase them to taste them.

12:08It's so far, it's so lazy, it's just sweating.

12:12It's almost morning, so its body is already warm.

12:16It's time to have brunch and look for a girl.

12:19It's already the breeding season.

12:21It's already hungry and lonely.

12:23It needs a date.

12:25It's already excited to eat.

12:28There are fruits here that it can't eat.

12:32But it has food, so it can steal it.

12:36It's eating the meat.

12:38Yum!

12:40It needs to look for a girlfriend.

12:42More importantly, it needs to be full.

12:45However, its breakfast is smelly.

12:49Ew!

12:51At this time, the heads of male penguins are literally getting hot.

12:54It can raise the temperature of its body by 10 degrees.

13:00To do this, it needs to eat.

13:03This is usually a problem for a stealer like it.

13:07Good thing, it's looking for something.

13:10The egg of Lapwing the bird.

13:13Hey, there's no watch.

13:15It's right, it's close to the nest.

13:17Perfect!

13:19It swallowed the whole egg.

13:23In a blink of an eye, the nest is empty.

13:28Because it's full, it's time to look for a girlfriend.

13:33There, there's one.

13:35Yikes! It's the same zone as its grandfather.

13:38If you're the breadwinner, you're double-checked to make sure the whole family is alive.

13:42All the rackets will go in as long as you earn and eat.

13:46That's the life of a working mom in the story of Macy No. 1.

13:50There's no punishment if you just work.

13:51Just work.

13:56This is Torres del Paine National Park in Chile.

14:00It's owned by Patagonia Puma.

14:04This mother puma is a hard worker.

14:08She's the only one who raises her four cubs.

14:12Her father doesn't help her.

14:16Daddy pumas are very irresponsible.

14:20That's why this mother puma is double-checked to make sure the cubs are alive.

14:25You're not allowed to rest.

14:28Good thing there's overtime pay.

14:30But there's none.

14:32This animal is called guanaco.

14:36It's the size of a small horse.

14:39So don't stand behind it if you don't want to be bitten by a tadjap.

14:45Pumas are very greedy.

14:49This is her chance.

14:51But guanaco are smart.

14:53That's why her attack should be simple so that it won't be noticed.

15:04All of a sudden, her cubs appear.

15:07They're also hungry.

15:11Pumas are not the only ones who will be caught by their mother.

15:15Even the giant condor.

15:17Caraca.

15:20And Andean foxes.

15:23All of them will eat what's left.

15:26So that the puma cubs can eat all you can.

15:32When the mother guanaco is dead, they're full.

15:36Their mother can also rest.

15:39And the guanaco can rest in peace.

15:44There's no more danger.

15:47But by the way, Patagonia is the territory of pumas.

15:52Anytime, they can be a victim.

16:16To be continued.

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