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<p><span data-contrast="auto">When Australia’s wildlife is in crisis, conservation heroes answer the call. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In Queensland, Peter and Dr. Rae step inside the world of wildlife rescue, where dedicated veterinarians work tirelessly to nurse sick and injured koalas back to health. At the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre, sea turtles harmed by fishing gear, boat strikes and pollution are given a second chance at life in the wild. And Peter meets an extraordinary team of rescuers caring for orphaned kangaroo and wallaby joeys — nearly all rescued from their deceased mothers’ pouches after vehicle strikes — offering these vulnerable young animals a road to recovery and a future back in the bush.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/road-to-recovery/9000457430" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Road to Recovery” on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild on NBC</a>.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Check out how </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/how-aussies-are-saving-koalas"><span data-contrast="none">Aussies are saving koalas</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. And dive into the Great Barrier Reef for more underwater Aussie conservation in “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/reef-revival"><span data-contrast="none">Reef Revival</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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0:03\r\n
One animal defines Australia's amazing wildlife more than any other the kangaroo.\r\n
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0:11\r\n
The kangaroo's giant feet give them their scientific name, macropods.\r\n
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0:16\r\n
Macro means large and pod means foot.\r\n
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0:20\r\n
There are more than 50 species of macropod in Australia.\r\n
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0:23\r\n
Kangaroos are the largest, The next size down are Wallabies like these Agile Wallabies who have given their name to a unique non profit near Cairns in Queensland.\r\n
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0:36\r\n
The Agile project, founded in 2017 by ecologist Shay Ager, has just opened a brand new rescue center.\r\n
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0:45\r\n
This is absolutely beautiful here.\r\n
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0:47\r\n
This is your rescue Center for Wallabies, right?\r\n
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0:49\r\n
It sure is.\r\n
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0:50\r\n
Our new wildlife rehabilitation center.\r\n
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0:53\r\n
We've only been here 2 days.\r\n
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0:54\r\n
Two days.\r\n
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0:56\r\n
Our timing is perfect.\r\n
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0:59\r\n
The agile project rescues, raises and then releases orphan macropods back to the wild.\r\n
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1:06\r\n
This is great.\r\n
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1:07\r\n
You've got all ages here.\r\n
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1:08\r\n
We sure do.\r\n
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1:11\r\n
Macropods not only include Kangaroos and Wallabies, but also wallaroos and Paddy melons.\r\n
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1:18\r\n
Wow, look at them all of this.\r\n
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1:20\r\n
How many do you have at this location?\r\n
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1:21\r\n
We have 2727 mm Hmm.\r\n
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1:24\r\n
And that one right up the back is a swamp wallaby.\r\n
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1:28\r\n
Mm hmm, Common wallaboo.\r\n
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1:29\r\n
Nobody really knows how many wallaroos are left in Australia.\r\n
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1:33\r\n
That can be said for a lot of macropods and a lot of Australian species.\r\n
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1:38\r\n
Macropods are also marsupials, a group of animals that are born premature and complete their development inside a special pouch on their mother's abdomen.\r\n
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1:49\r\n
Young marsupials are called joeys, and it's time for all these joeys to get their morning bottles.\r\n
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1:55\r\n
So this is a whipped tail wallaby.\r\n
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1:57\r\n
They call them the Pretty face Wallaby because they've got this beautiful definition down the side of their face.\r\n
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2:03\r\n
And these are Wallaroos.\r\n
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2:05\r\n
How old are these two?\r\n
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2:06\r\n
They're around 1 1/2 years old.\r\n
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2:08\r\n
You are A2 fisted feeder.\r\n
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2:10\r\n
I see.\r\n
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2:11\r\n
I think I've held 8 bottles at once before.\r\n
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2:13\r\n
Really.\r\n
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2:14\r\n
You know, I reckon we'll feed the tiny little putties now, so we'll head over here.\r\n
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2:20\r\n
This is Porsche and Ferrari.\r\n
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2:22\r\n
These are Paddy melons.\r\n
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2:23\r\n
These are rainforest macropod species.\r\n
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2:25\r\n
Although they are so much smaller than the Wallaroos, they're actually a lot older in terms of development.\r\n
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2:31\r\n
At what point will you decide and where will you decide these will be released?\r\n
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2:35\r\n
We have some incredible pre release and release sites.\r\n
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2:38\r\n
Once they are ready, weaned off bottles, the gates open and they get to choose when they come and go back into the enclosure.\r\n
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2:45\r\n
Yeah, so it's like a soft release.\r\n
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2:48\r\n
How many would you say you've rescued over the years?\r\n
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2:51\r\n
Hundreds and hundreds.\r\n
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2:52\r\n
Hundreds.\r\n
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2:52\r\n
Probably over 1000.\r\n
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2:54\r\n
You've become attached to them.\r\n
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2:55\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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2:56\r\n
What's it like when you have to say goodbye?\r\n
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2:59\r\n
It's a definitely bittersweet moment.\r\n
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3:02\r\n
Unfortunately, as towns in North Queensland expand into previously wild habitat, rescuers like Shay have become all too important.\r\n
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3:11\r\n
Can you tell me a little bit about their history, how they ended up here?\r\n
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3:14\r\n
Every single joy that you see is actually an orphan.\r\n
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3:17\r\n
95% of them do come in when we rescue them from their mother's power after she's been hit by.\r\n
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3:23\r\n
95% are car strikes.\r\n
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3:25\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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3:25\r\n
And the other 5 or so percent are dog attacks.\r\n
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3:29\r\n
So this is Ayla.\r\n
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3:30\r\n
Uh huh.\r\n
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3:31\r\n
She is an Eastern grey kangaroo.\r\n
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3:33\r\n
She's very young, but she was one of those unfortunate car strike victims.\r\n
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3:38\r\n
She lost her mum to car strike.\r\n
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3:40\r\n
Let's see if she grabs grabs it.\r\n
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3:43\r\n
There we go.\r\n
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3:44\r\n
Look at her.\r\n
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3:44\r\n
Go.\r\n
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3:45\r\n
There we go.\r\n
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3:46\r\n
Oh, yeah, she's hungry.\r\n
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3:47\r\n
So you actually are removing them from a pouch, from a mother that's deceased and then try to get them going on the ball.\r\n
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3:54\r\n
Yeah, we have carers all across far North Queensland that do this work.\r\n
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3:58\r\n
Yeah, well, this has all been so interesting.\r\n
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4:02\r\n
I hope you have success here.\r\n
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4:03\r\n
I'm very blessed and very lucky to be able to provide these guys with a safe space.\r\n
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Dr. Rae and Peter explore the secrets behind keeping animals healthy and thriving under human care with the help of a good diet. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In San Diego, California, and Queensland, Australia, they roll up their sleeves to gather bamboo for giant pandas and eucalyptus for koalas to give the animals vital nutrition they need. In New Mexico, Peter and Dr. Rae assist with the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf by delivering zoo-formulated food that mimics eating habits they’ll experience when released back to the wild. The journey ends in Mexico, where rescued spider monkeys receive a second chance at life.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/feeding-time/9000457434" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Feeding Time!” on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild</a>. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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0:01\r\n
In southern New Mexico, where the sky stretches wide and endless, is Ladder Reserve.\r\n
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Owned by media mogul Ted Turner, it's both a working ranch and a wildlife preserve focused on restoring its 156,000 acres of rolling grasslands and rugged hills.\r\n
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0:22\r\n
Ladder is abundant with wildlife.\r\n
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0:24\r\n
You're going to find elk, You're going to find sheep, You're going to find antelope.\r\n
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0:29\r\n
You're going to find bison, predators like mountain lions and black bears.\r\n
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0:34\r\n
And the Mexican Gray wolf.\r\n
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0:39\r\n
The endangered Mexican Gray wolf is one of North America's rarest animals.\r\n
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0:46\r\n
And to reach them, we'll need a ride.\r\n
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0:51\r\n
So this is all good wolf habitat, eh?\r\n
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0:55\r\n
Lots of quail out there.\r\n
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0:57\r\n
We're going to go through the the Creek right here.\r\n
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1:01\r\n
At last count, there were only 257 wild Mexican Gray wolves.\r\n
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1:07\r\n
Ladder Reserve supports one step of the groundbreaking collaborative Mexican wolf recovery program.\r\n
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1:14\r\n
Here on the ladder we have a facility that's a little like a halfway house.\r\n
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Wolves come here and they spend time being acclimated and getting ready to go into the wild.\r\n
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1:23\r\n
So we could have anywhere from 1 wolf to 12 wolves on our property at anyone given period of time.\r\n
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1:33\r\n
The wolves here were born in specialized breeding facilities across the US and Mexico.\r\n
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1:39\r\n
Once they're 5 to 10 months old, they come to live in pre release enclosures where they learn to avoid humans and prepare for life in the wild.\r\n
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After about a year, they're released into nearby national forests to join wild wolf packs, roam freely and help rebuild the population.\r\n
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1:57\r\n
Oh, there it is.\r\n
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2:01\r\n
OK, that was quite a drive, right?\r\n
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2:04\r\n
We're here at 10 two.\r\n
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2:06\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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2:06\r\n
So we need to keep voices down.\r\n
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2:08\r\n
Yeah, let's try and keep it down.\r\n
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2:10\r\n
Of course, while the wolves are here, they've got to eat.\r\n
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2:14\r\n
So I have two wolves in this pin or a companion pair.\r\n
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2:17\r\n
I see one, I see one.\r\n
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2:18\r\n
Look.\r\n
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2:19\r\n
Oh, look right down here.\r\n
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2:19\r\n
Running away.\r\n
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2:20\r\n
Oh, my gosh.\r\n
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2:21\r\n
Oh, I didn't know that we were going to see them straight away.\r\n
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2:23\r\n
I didn't either.\r\n
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2:24\r\n
I thought when we showed up with the food, they were going to come up here.\r\n
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2:27\r\n
So it's OK to enter.\r\n
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2:28\r\n
Yep.\r\n
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2:28\r\n
Come on in.\r\n
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2:29\r\n
We'll just make sure we close the gate behind us.\r\n
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2:31\r\n
OK, Look, there it is again.\r\n
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2:33\r\n
Just right down there.\r\n
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2:34\r\n
Running, running.\r\n
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2:35\r\n
Just come right along.\r\n
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2:36\r\n
Right along.\r\n
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2:37\r\n
Right along here.\r\n
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2:39\r\n
Wow.\r\n
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2:40\r\n
Oh, look at that.\r\n
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2:42\r\n
Oh my gosh.\r\n
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2:43\r\n
So while we're in here, we'll want to do a head check, make sure that they're alive, that they're moving around nice and easy, They're not limping or have any injuries.\r\n
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2:52\r\n
So the answer is yes, they're moving around.\r\n
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Yes, they're alive.\r\n
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2:55\r\n
They look beautiful.\r\n
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2:56\r\n
They look so healthy just racing around in here.\r\n
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3:00\r\n
The wolves are fed just twice a week to mimic the feast or famine they'll experience in the wild.\r\n
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3:07\r\n
They each get two 5 LB zoo formulated carnivore logs.\r\n
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3:13\r\n
Yum.\r\n
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3:14\r\n
So just right here, Melissa.\r\n
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That'll be fine.\r\n
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3:16\r\n
Yeah, they're going to.\r\n
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3:17\r\n
They're going to pick those logs up and take them wherever they want to take them, right?\r\n
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3:22\r\n
We're always told about the big bad wolf, right?\r\n
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3:24\r\n
That they are vicious and they're out to get us in.\r\n
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3:27\r\n
We are here with wolves that if they wanted to get us, they could do it in a moment.\r\n
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3:31\r\n
And they are staying as far away as possible.\r\n
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3:33\r\n
We have food right there, yet they're still afraid to come close to us.\r\n
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3:37\r\n
This fear is just what program biologists want.\r\n
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3:41\r\n
Learning to keep away from people is crucial for their survival.\r\n
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3:45\r\n
It's so beautiful just to see them racing around through the rocks and the cacti and around all this beautiful habitat.\r\n
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3:52\r\n
We're going to also change the water out.\r\n
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3:54\r\n
OK.\r\n
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3:54\r\n
When you want to give them fresh water, just dump it out.\r\n
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Waterfall smells.\r\n
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Smells.\r\n
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4:02\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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Fragrant.\r\n
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4:03\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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They love to mark on the side of these tubs.\r\n
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4:06\r\n
So that's the smell you're getting.\r\n
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4:08\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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4:09\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
\r\n
4:11\r\n
Another of the ranches, 5 carefully designed enclosures is nearby.\r\n
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4:15\r\n
This is pen, too.\r\n
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4:16\r\n
OK.\r\n
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We have a single female in here.\r\n
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Female in 19 O 7.\r\n
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4:21\r\n
Oh, I see.\r\n
\r\n
4:22\r\n
Oh, I see.\r\n
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Nineteen O 7 there.\r\n
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She's running fast.\r\n
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And that means that she's frightened.\r\n
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She's frightened.\r\n
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4:27\r\n
OK, so we'll just throw these in, get it in as quickly as we can and then get back out.\r\n
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4:31\r\n
Yep, right here.\r\n
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4:32\r\n
Looks good.\r\n
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4:33\r\n
There's a good spot.\r\n
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4:33\r\n
All right, I can toss mine.\r\n
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4:35\r\n
OK, let's do another quick look.\r\n
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A little little look at her, just to make sure she's moving around.\r\n
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4:40\r\n
OK, well, she's moving.\r\n
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4:42\r\n
I mean, that's she's running quickly.\r\n
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4:44\r\n
She's so beautiful.\r\n
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4:45\r\n
Really.\r\n
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4:46\r\n
Well, yeah, look at that.\r\n
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This species has been through a lot.\r\n
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4:51\r\n
Mexican Gray wolves were haunted nearly to extinction in the 1970's.\r\n
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4:56\r\n
The last 7 remaining wolves were captured to begin a breeding program, launching the efforts to return them to the wild.\r\n
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5:05\r\n
Today, their numbers are finally rising.\r\n
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5:08\r\n
Wow what a thanks for helping me out today guys.\r\n
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5:11\r\n
This has been just tremendous for us.\r\n
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5:13\r\n
What a pleasure.\r\n
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Feeding and caring for these wolves is just one step towards not only saving a species, but also restoring balance to the wild.\r\n
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<p>This special episode highlights the dedicated efforts of Native American tribes throughout the Americas to conserve natural habitats. Join Peter as he assists in the release of a lynx on Washington’s Colville Indian Reservation and explores tribal initiatives to protect salmon in Oregon. Later we see never before used footage as Peter and Dr. Rae visit the Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary to witness efforts to save wild mustangs.</p>\n
<p>Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/protectors-of-the-wild/9000457412" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Protectors of the Wild” on NBC.com</a> or the NBC app.</p>\n
<p>Learn more about the fascinating species featured in this episode, “<a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/return-of-the-lynx/9000457390" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Return of the Lynx</a>,” “the <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/art-science-to-save-the-sea/9000457392" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Art & Science to Save the Sea</a>” and “<a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/rewilding-the-american-prairie/9000414728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rewilding the American Prairie</a>”.</p>\n
<p>Get to know the lynx even better! Check out this 1976 episode, <a href="https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=wild+kingdom+the+lynx#id=1&vid=1f24050875935ee16219d913e536c97b&action=click" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Day of the Lynx,”</a> from Season 15 of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.</p>\n
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0:03\r\n
The high desert Wind River Basin stretches wide beneath Wyoming's sky.\r\n
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0:08\r\n
To the casual eye, it can feel quiet, empty.\r\n
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0:12\r\n
But this vast landscape is anything but.\r\n
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0:16\r\n
For centuries, wild Mustangs have been a part of the American West.\r\n
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0:20\r\n
But because they have few natural predators, herds grow fast and often exceed what the land can support.\r\n
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0:27\r\n
This leads to conflict with wildlife, ranchers and livestock for scarce food.\r\n
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0:34\r\n
So over the last 50 years, thousands of these horses have been rounded up and moved to expensive and controversial long term holding facilities.\r\n
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0:43\r\n
Kinder ways to care for both the Mustangs and the land have been badly needed.\r\n
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0:51\r\n
The Wind River Horse Sanctuary, run by the Olden family, offers an alternative.\r\n
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0:57\r\n
They blend 2 philosophies, modern conservation and veterinary science with Indigenous knowledge.\r\n
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1:03\r\n
Wayne, tell me, what is your mission out?\r\n
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1:05\r\n
Harry?\r\n
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1:05\r\n
What are you trying to accomplish?\r\n
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1:07\r\n
You know, we're trying to help be part of the solution and the overpopulation of the horses on the range land.\r\n
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1:14\r\n
How many years has it been that you've been working with wild horses?\r\n
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1:18\r\n
Over 30 years.\r\n
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1:19\r\n
30 years now.\r\n
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1:22\r\n
Why is it important that we manage wild horses?\r\n
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1:26\r\n
Well, the biggest reason that it's important that we manage them is that we don't want them to literally eat themselves out of house and home, if you will.\r\n
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1:33\r\n
Horse eats about 2 1/2% of their body weight a day.\r\n
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1:36\r\n
You get 1000 LB horses eating £25 a day.\r\n
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1:39\r\n
They're drinking 5 to 8 gallons of water a day.\r\n
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1:42\r\n
And then we see these horses where they're unable to get enough food or unable to get to water, and we see them dying, or we see the folds unable to get to their moms.\r\n
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1:51\r\n
And those situations are not pretty.\r\n
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1:53\r\n
The cattle rancher doesn't want to see it when he's out there.\r\n
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1:56\r\n
A horse advocates don't want to see it.\r\n
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1:58\r\n
Certainly the general public doesn't want to see it.\r\n
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2:01\r\n
Here.\r\n
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2:02\r\n
Horses are released to form natural bands, grazing and living out their lives on open range land rather than in holding pets.\r\n
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2:09\r\n
The herd size is humanely managed, but human intervention is minimal.\r\n
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2:14\r\n
The ideal solution would be operating ranches as well as a place for Mustangs that's correct, having the correct carrying capacity and keeping that balance in check in place.\r\n
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2:27\r\n
Horses were first brought to North America by Spanish explorers in the 1500s.\r\n
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2:31\r\n
We go back several 100 years.\r\n
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2:34\r\n
Horses were not originally from this landscape.\r\n
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2:37\r\n
They were introduced.\r\n
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2:38\r\n
They have kind of adapted to this environment.\r\n
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2:42\r\n
That's true.\r\n
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2:42\r\n
They do well as long as there's enough forage and enough water.\r\n
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2:46\r\n
But they do not have the natural predators and they kind of take over if we're not careful.\r\n
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2:52\r\n
Once they were introduced, horses quickly became central to culture, economy and identity for many Native nations.\r\n
\r\n
3:00\r\n
As I learned from Dwayne's daughter Odessa, stewardship is a responsibility passed down through generations.\r\n
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3:07\r\n
Dwayne's wife, Denise, is Navajo, originally from Arizona, and this sanctuary is part of the Wind River Indian Reservation, home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes.\r\n
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As Navajo people, we're supposed to be caretakers of all living things and stewards of the land.\r\n
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We value the horse but understand that there needs to be some management for the wild horses.\r\n
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3:31\r\n
A balance, right?\r\n
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3:32\r\n
Not too many, not too few, but kind of the right amount for the ecosystem to remain balanced and thriving.\r\n
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3:47\r\n
Having an entire 50 plus horses go stampeding past me with the sound of those thundering hooves as they went by us, I couldn't imagine it would be anything like that.\r\n
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3:57\r\n
Yeah, most people don't.\r\n
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3:58\r\n
They hear it, I guess on ATV show, and they don't realize that the noise they make, but they make quite a noise when they go past it is pretty neat to hear and experience.\r\n
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4:06\r\n
I've always admired horses personally because they're just exquisite.\r\n
\r\n
4:10\r\n
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But took my breath away, it really did.\r\n
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<p>In the heart of Far North Queensland, Dr. Rae and Peter embark on a mission to explore critical conservation efforts to safeguard Australia’s most iconic creatures — the macropods. These remarkable animals, named for their “large feet,” include kangaroos, wallabies and tree kangaroos. The adventure begins with a passionate team of rescuers who care for orphaned joeys, 95% of which are recovered from their mothers’ pouches after tragic vehicle collisions. From there, our co-hosts journey into the picturesque Atherton Tablelands to explore a private macropod sanctuary. Here, Dr. Rae and Peter witness the delicate rehabilitation of rare tree kangaroos, including an orphaned joey named Pixie, who must conquer a custom “jungle gym” ropes course to relearn the climbing skills essential for her return to the wild.</p>\n
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0:03\r\n
One animal defines Australia's amazing wildlife more than any other the kangaroo.\r\n
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0:10\r\n
Red Kangaroos, known as Big Reds, are the largest of the four kangaroo species and Australia's biggest land mammals.\r\n
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0:19\r\n
Standing over 6 feet tall with a three foot tail, their powerful spring loaded legs propel them at speeds of more than 35 miles an hour, covering up to 30 feet in a single bound.\r\n
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0:34\r\n
The kangaroo's giant feet give them their scientific name, macropods.\r\n
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0:39\r\n
Macro means large and pod means foot.\r\n
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0:43\r\n
There are more than 50 species of macropod in Australia.\r\n
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0:46\r\n
Kangaroos are the largest.\r\n
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0:48\r\n
The next size down are wallabies like these agile wallabies who have given their name to a unique nonprofit near Cairns in Queensland.\r\n
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0:59\r\n
The Agile Project, founded in 2017 by ecologist Shay Ager, has just opened a brand new rescue center.\r\n
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1:08\r\n
This is absolutely beautiful here.\r\n
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1:10\r\n
This is your rescue center for wallabies, right?\r\n
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1:12\r\n
It sure is.\r\n
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1:13\r\n
Our new wildlife rehabilitation center.\r\n
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1:15\r\n
We've only been here 2 days, two days.\r\n
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1:19\r\n
Our timing is perfect.\r\n
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1:22\r\n
The Agile Project rescues, raises, and then releases orphan macropods back to the wild.\r\n
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1:29\r\n
This is great.\r\n
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1:30\r\n
You've got all ages here.\r\n
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1:31\r\n
We sure do.\r\n
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1:34\r\n
Macropods not only include kangaroos and wallabies, but also wallaroos and pademelon.\r\n
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1:41\r\n
Wow, look at them all of this.\r\n
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1:43\r\n
How many do you have at this location?\r\n
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1:44\r\n
We have 27. 27 mm Hmm.\r\n
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1:47\r\n
And that one right up the back is a swamp wallaby.\r\n
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1:51\r\n
Mm hmm, common wallaboo.\r\n
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1:52\r\n
Nobody really knows how many wallaroos are left in Australia.\r\n
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1:56\r\n
That can be said for a lot of macropods and a lot of Australian species.\r\n
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2:01\r\n
Macropods are also marsupials, a group of animals that are born premature and complete their development inside a special pouch on their mother's abdomen.\r\n
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2:12\r\n
Young marsupials are called joeys, and it's time for all these joeys to get their morning bottles.\r\n
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2:18\r\n
So this is a whipped tail wallaby.\r\n
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2:20\r\n
They call them the pretty face wallaby because they've got this beautiful definition down the side of their face.\r\n
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2:26\r\n
And these are wallaroos.\r\n
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2:28\r\n
How old are these two?\r\n
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2:29\r\n
They're around 1 1/2 years old.\r\n
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2:31\r\n
You are?\r\n
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2:31\r\n
A 2 fisted feeder.\r\n
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2:33\r\n
I see.\r\n
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2:34\r\n
I think I've held 8 bottles at once before.\r\n
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2:36\r\n
Really.\r\n
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2:37\r\n
You know, I reckon we'll feed the tiny little putties now.\r\n
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2:40\r\n
OK, we'll head over here.\r\n
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2:43\r\n
This is Porsche and Ferrari.\r\n
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2:45\r\n
These are Paddy melons.\r\n
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2:46\r\n
These are rainforest macropod species.\r\n
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2:48\r\n
Although they are so much smaller than the wallaroos, they're actually a lot older in terms of development.\r\n
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2:54\r\n
At what point will you decide and where will you decide these will be released?\r\n
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2:58\r\n
We have some incredible pre release and release site.\r\n
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3:01\r\n
Once they are ready, weaned off bottles, the gates open and they get to choose when they come and go back into the enclosure.\r\n
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3:08\r\n
Yeah, so it's like a soft release.\r\n
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3:11\r\n
How many would you say you've rescued over the years?\r\n
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3:14\r\n
Hundreds and hundreds.\r\n
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3:15\r\n
Hundreds.\r\n
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3:15\r\n
Probably over 1000.\r\n
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3:17\r\n
You've become attached to them.\r\n
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3:18\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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3:18\r\n
What's it like when you have to say goodbye?\r\n
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3:22\r\n
It's a definitely bittersweet moment.\r\n
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3:25\r\n
Unfortunately, as towns in North Queensland expand into previously wild habitat, rescuers like Shay have become all too important.\r\n
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3:34\r\n
Can you tell me a little bit about their history, how they ended up here?\r\n
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3:37\r\n
Every single joy that you see is actually an orphan.\r\n
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3:40\r\n
95% of them do come in when we rescue them from their mother's power after she's been hit by.\r\n
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3:46\r\n
95% are car strikes.\r\n
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3:48\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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3:48\r\n
And the other 5 or so percent are dog attacks.\r\n
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3:52\r\n
So this is Ayla.\r\n
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3:54\r\n
She is an Eastern grey kangaroo.\r\n
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3:56\r\n
She's very young, but she was one of those unfortunate car strike victims.\r\n
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4:01\r\n
She lost her mum to car strike.\r\n
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4:03\r\n
Let's see if she grabs grabs it.\r\n
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4:06\r\n
There we go.\r\n
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4:07\r\n
Look at her.\r\n
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4:07\r\n
Go.\r\n
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4:08\r\n
There we go.\r\n
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4:09\r\n
Oh, yeah, she's hungry.\r\n
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4:10\r\n
So you actually are removing them from a pouch, from a mother that's deceased and then try to get them going on the ball.\r\n
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4:17\r\n
Yeah, we have carers all across far North Queensland that do this work.\r\n
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4:21\r\n
Yeah, well, this has all been so interesting.\r\n
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4:25\r\n
I hope you have success here.\r\n
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4:26\r\n
I'm very blessed and very lucky to be able to provide these guys with a safe space.
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Saving endangered species often requires bold action and daring rescues. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Peter joins a helicopter team in New Mexico to conduct a census of critically imperiled Mexican wolves. Then he helps biologists relocate a wild lynx to strengthen conservation in the Cascades. In California’s rugged Sierra Nevada, Peter and Dr. Rae work to protect endangered bighorn sheep. Their journey ends in Georgia, where biologists study a massive alligator to advance vital animal protection efforts.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/captures-for-conservation/9000457432" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Captures for Conservation” on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild</a>. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Learn how </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/filming-bighorn-sheep-on-wild-kingdom"><span data-contrast="none">Wild Kingdom has filmed bighorn sheep</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> over the years, then watch “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/saving-the-sierra-bighorn"><span data-contrast="none">Saving the Sierra Bighorn</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Go up-close with lynx in “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/return-of-the-lynx"><span data-contrast="none">Return of the Lynx</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">,” see wolf pups in “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/leader-of-the-pack"><span data-contrast="none">Leader of the Pack</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">” and journey into the swamp in “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/graduation-day-for-a-gator"><span data-contrast="none">Graduation Day for a Gator</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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The Canada lynx once graced America's Pacific Northwest, but the destruction of its habitat over hunting and climate change has decimated the US population.\r\n
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0:16\r\n
To jump start a new population, wildlife biologist Rose Piccianini and her team from the Colleville Indian Tribe safely capture healthy links in Canada where they are plentiful, transplant them to Washington State.\r\n
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0:31\r\n
They hope to capture and transplant a total of 50 Canada links over the five year program.\r\n
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0:39\r\n
I caught up with Rose on one of her daily expeditions.\r\n
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0:42\r\n
We're heading up into the Beaverdale Mountain range.\r\n
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0:44\r\n
It's going to be an exciting day.\r\n
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So yeah, we've got about 30 traps to check.\r\n
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0:49\r\n
You know, high is the elevation we'll be driving.\r\n
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Yeah, we're going to be going up, up close to 6000 feet today.\r\n
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0:55\r\n
So there are plenty still here in BC Plenty still here is robust.\r\n
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1:01\r\n
You're taking them across the border into the US They'll be in the state of Washington.\r\n
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1:05\r\n
I've spent a lot of time in my life in the wilderness.\r\n
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1:08\r\n
I've never seen a bobcat.\r\n
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1:10\r\n
I've never seen the lynx.\r\n
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1:11\r\n
The odds that people in the woods may get to see the lynx?\r\n
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1:15\r\n
Pretty rare.\r\n
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1:16\r\n
We're out seven days a week and some of our teams still hasn't seen a lynx not in a trap.\r\n
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1:22\r\n
Well, I'm hoping to see my first one very soon.\r\n
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1:25\r\n
Me too.\r\n
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1:28\r\n
We reach the first trap and find the first cat of the day.\r\n
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There is a small cat in there.\r\n
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I can't tell what species it is yet.\r\n
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Either way, by the size, I know that we're going to release it here on site.\r\n
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Then we'll review the game camera footage and make sure that mom was with it.\r\n
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It's a feisty young bobcat.\r\n
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There are four species of lynx.\r\n
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1:50\r\n
Canada lynx are one, Bobcats, the smallest of the four are another.\r\n
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We released the Bob kitten and then at the next trap, the moment we've been hoping for something big isn't when our roses traps.\r\n
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2:07\r\n
We got the lynx, we got the lynx, We're rolling with the lynx.\r\n
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2:09\r\n
So you're happy.\r\n
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2:11\r\n
So we got a cat.\r\n
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2:12\r\n
Oh, lynx right here.\r\n
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2:13\r\n
We got a lynx right here.\r\n
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Oh, that's a big one.\r\n
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2:17\r\n
That's a big.\r\n
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2:19\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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2:20\r\n
You just started sitting there looking at us.\r\n
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2:22\r\n
So calm.\r\n
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2:24\r\n
Now that we've got a lynx, the clock starts ticking.\r\n
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2:28\r\n
Me and you will go in alone and and we'll cover the kennel.\r\n
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2:32\r\n
We've got just 24 hours to process this lynx and transport it from Canada to the US, where it will be released back into the wild tomorrow.\r\n
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I help Rose carefully coax our precious cargo from the trap into a carrier.\r\n
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Cover the doors.\r\n
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2:51\r\n
Not right.\r\n
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3:04\r\n
That was amazing.\r\n
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3:10\r\n
This Canada lynx will spend the night at a processing station where it will be sedated, given a full health exam fitted with a tracking collar.\r\n
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We learned this cat is a female.\r\n
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3:22\r\n
Great news.\r\n
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The hope is she'll start a family of kittens in her new home and you'll notice how thin she feels.\r\n
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3:29\r\n
I would consider this an excellent condition cat.\r\n
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3:32\r\n
These animals, they're always on the thin side.\r\n
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3:38\r\n
Tomorrow, she'll go through Canadian customs and be released into the Wilds of the Colleville Indian Reservation.\r\n
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3:50\r\n
These animals are sacred to our people.\r\n
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3:53\r\n
We're really grateful for you guys bringing her.\r\n
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Her arrival will help revive America's fragile population of this elusive predator.\r\n
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">In this episode, the journey begins in Queensland, Australia, where Dr. Rae teams up with dedicated rescuers to rehabilitate injured and orphaned wallabies and return them to safe new habitats. From there, Peter travels to Puerto Rico to relocate a feisty young parrot to a new nest before traveling to the wilds of British Columbia to help release an orphaned fisher back where it belongs. The adventure ends in New Mexico where Dr. Rae works to strengthen the fragile population of Mexican wolves by integrating captive-bred puppies into a wild den, giving the next generation a fighting chance to survive.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch “<a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/back-where-they-belong/9000457428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Back Where They Belong” on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild on NBC</a>.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/macropod-mania"><span data-contrast="none">Macropod Mania</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">” for more wallaby facts. Then, learn about </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/how-iowa-zoo-and-australia-conserve-wallabies"><span data-contrast="none">wallaby conservation in the U.S.</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Discover another Puerto Rican conservation story in “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/puerto-ricos-conservation-comeback"><span data-contrast="none">Puerto Rico’s Conservation Comeback</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Plus, </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/wolves-and-the-endangered-species-act"><span data-contrast="none">discover the history of wolf conservation</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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0:04\r\n
When the sun rises on Trinity Beach in North Queensland, Australia, locals and tourists are just getting out for beach walks or a morning surf.\r\n
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0:13\r\n
Hi, are you Shay?\r\n
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0:14\r\n
Yes, I am.\r\n
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0:15\r\n
Oh my gosh, it's nice to meet you too.\r\n
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0:18\r\n
But Shay, Agers Day is already well underway.\r\n
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0:21\r\n
Am I going to head off and do Rd.\r\n
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0:22\r\n
checks to start off with?\r\n
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0:24\r\n
OK.\r\n
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0:24\r\n
This early?\r\n
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0:25\r\n
We're starting.\r\n
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0:25\r\n
Yeah, we're starting.\r\n
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0:26\r\n
Let's do it.\r\n
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0:27\r\n
Hey, here we go.\r\n
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0:29\r\n
Growing neighborhoods in Queensland and the cars that come with them are a major threat to local wildlife, especially to Wallabies, smaller cousins of Australia's iconic Kangaroos.\r\n
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0:40\r\n
They're as familiar along the edge of town here as deer are in American suburbs.\r\n
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0:45\r\n
Shay and her team check the roads every morning for injured or orphaned Wallabies.\r\n
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0:50\r\n
The urban sprawl is getting worse and worse.\r\n
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0:53\r\n
Understandably, humans need homes.\r\n
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0:55\r\n
We all need homes to live in.\r\n
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0:57\r\n
But it is definitely creating that human wildlife conflict that we see today.\r\n
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1:02\r\n
We do find quite a few car strikes here.\r\n
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1:05\r\n
This road only went through a couple of years ago.\r\n
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1:08\r\n
Does it usually take you a while to find anything?\r\n
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1:10\r\n
Are there ever mornings where you don't find a wallaby?\r\n
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1:13\r\n
It's a really happy morning and a very rare morning.\r\n
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Unfortunately, if we don't find a wallaby that's been hit on the side of the road.\r\n
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1:23\r\n
This morning just so happened to be one of those happy mornings.\r\n
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1:27\r\n
The streets around Trinity Beach were clear, so we moved on to one of the best parts of Shay's day.\r\n
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1:33\r\n
All right, So what we're going to do is escort these Wallabies out of the sports field and it's kind of hilarious because they know the drill.\r\n
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1:41\r\n
They are all in there.\r\n
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1:43\r\n
They've gotten in there because they absolutely love that fresh grass, whereas out here there's not so much.\r\n
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1:51\r\n
These are agile Wallabies.\r\n
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1:52\r\n
They're built for speed and tropical grasslands, hence the name Agile.\r\n
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1:57\r\n
As you can see, there's about 50 in here right now.\r\n
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2:00\r\n
So how do we approach them?\r\n
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2:01\r\n
Do we just walk slowly?\r\n
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2:02\r\n
Yeah, walk slowly.\r\n
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2:04\r\n
We call it escorting the Wallabies because you can see they're already lining up waiting to get out that little tiny gate.\r\n
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2:11\r\n
And they do that every single day without us.\r\n
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2:14\r\n
If a dog got in or say if kids started playing soccer, they would absolutely freak out and throw them themselves against fences.\r\n
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2:22\r\n
Look at that little head eating the grass.\r\n
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2:24\r\n
She's trying to get in her lost snacks before she gets out.\r\n
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2:26\r\n
And look at that mom.\r\n
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2:27\r\n
I could see her pouch is low with the Joey and the head is sticking out.\r\n
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2:42\r\n
So now that they're out of here, I imagine we're going to close the gates.\r\n
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2:47\r\n
But our day isn't over, is it?\r\n
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2:49\r\n
No.\r\n
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2:49\r\n
Well, we haven't got any rescue calls in the past 20 minutes, so that's good.\r\n
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2:54\r\n
But I'm on the 24/7 hotline at the moment, so I am essentially on call.\r\n
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3:02\r\n
Thank you for calling the Agile project Shea speaking.\r\n
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3:06\r\n
Agile project Shea speaking.\r\n
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3:10\r\n
Thank you for calling the Agile project.\r\n
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3:11\r\n
Shay speaking.\r\n
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3:12\r\n
We don't know what happened to the females.\r\n
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3:14\r\n
Throughout the day, Shay received constant phone calls from staff and members of the public reporting on the status of injured wildlife throughout North Queensland.\r\n
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3:24\r\n
I mean you are the go to person for this whole team of rescuers.\r\n
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3:28\r\n
Yeah, so I was, so I was asking you about, you know, every wild animal is different, every species is different.\r\n
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3:35\r\n
But there was like a business as usual approach to moving Wallabies.\r\n
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3:40\r\n
And my understanding is that you made a major change.\r\n
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3:43\r\n
We wanted to prove that you can move a population of Wallabies from one area where their habitat has been destroyed and move them to several safe areas.\r\n
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Shay's plan was initially rejected by the state government because previous attempts by others had failed.\r\n
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4:00\r\n
But she created a simple humane trap that worked like a charm.\r\n
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Her team with local humane societies has moved hundreds of Wallabies to safe, secret locations.\r\n
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4:11\r\n
What's your vision for the future based on what you've seen so far?\r\n
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4:15\r\n
Wildlife relocation is needed more than ever.\r\n
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Us scientists and us passionate conservationists, we need to be trialling these maybe out-of-the-box approaches to manage these human wildlife conflicts.
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">It can be hard to observe wild animals. They like to hide and are always on the move. But thanks to drones and hidden cameras, wildlife conservationists are learning more than ever before. Get a glimpse on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">From drones to hidden cameras, cutting-edge technology is transforming wildlife conservation. In the Cascades, Peter and Dr. Rae make a snowy trek to remote camera traps aiding wolverine research. In Australia, they learn how drones are being used to monitor koalas, helping conservationists protect these vulnerable animals from devastating wildfires. The journey concludes in California, where Peter teams up with a drone expert to capture breathtaking aerial footage of gray whales near the Channel Islands.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/eyes-on-the-wild/9000457426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Eyes on the Wild” on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild</a>. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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Snowcapped peaks, Evergreen forests, frozen waterfalls.\r\n
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It's wintertime in the Cascade Mountain Range in northern Washington state.\r\n
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We're here to join 2 field biologist Stephanie Williams and Dave Moskowitz.\r\n
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They study one of the most elusive animals on Earth.\r\n
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We're going to go check two of our monitoring stations for Wolverines by early Winter's Creek water set here in the North Cascades.\r\n
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Wolverines are found across the northern parts of America, Europe and Asia.\r\n
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Vast, rugged and remote terrains that are difficult for humans to even access, let alone for scientists to study.\r\n
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The range of an individual Wolverine can cover hundreds of square miles.\r\n
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Finding just one of these carnivores is like searching for a needle in a snowy haystack.\r\n
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1:00\r\n
The trail to Stephen David's Wolverine Research area is up the North Cascades Hwy.\r\n
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1:06\r\n
This road is closed in the winter due to heavy snowfall and the risk of avalanches.\r\n
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1:13\r\n
The best way up is by snowmobile with skis and snowshoes.\r\n
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We set out on foot into the base of the watershed hoping to spot one of these elusive creatures.\r\n
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Mush.\r\n
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1:30\r\n
Globally, Wolverine populations are stable, but here in the US there are an estimated fewer than 350 remaining.\r\n
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1:39\r\n
Since so little is known about this, solitary animal, conservation efforts are a challenge.\r\n
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Dave and Steph are here to change that, to learn all they can by trapping Wolverines.\r\n
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1:52\r\n
But not with a cage, with a camera.\r\n
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Oh, I see it.\r\n
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This is it Steph and Dave, I found the trap.\r\n
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Oh good.\r\n
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So before we walked around too much, it's a good idea to like to look around the tracks, see if there's any **** or any sign of an animal being here recently.\r\n
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OK, I've already seen tracks coming up through the trees here.\r\n
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2:14\r\n
These tracks don't belong to Wolverines.\r\n
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2:16\r\n
They've been made by another fur covered winter survivor, Martins.\r\n
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2:23\r\n
These forest specialists are best known for their exceptional climbing abilities, and although they're both members of the weasel family, Martins are relatively common compared to the incredibly rare Wolverine.\r\n
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2:37\r\n
Looks like we've got 2 cameras.\r\n
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2:40\r\n
The wolverine's supposed to come up on this pole and come through here, and this one's going to get a photo of it front on its chest place.\r\n
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2:48\r\n
And then this one's a vicinity camera that's just going to get any animals that come around the base of this.\r\n
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2:53\r\n
OK.\r\n
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2:54\r\n
And then the little wire brushes, what are those for?\r\n
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2:56\r\n
For snagging hairs.\r\n
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2:57\r\n
So as The Wolverine comes through, ideally it leaves a little bit of its hair on the gun brushes.\r\n
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DNA from collected hair samples and unique chest markings captured by the cameras allow Steph and Dave to identify individual Wolverines without capturing or handling them.\r\n
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This noninvasive approach helps researchers understand Wolverine populations, habitats and health, providing vital data for conservation efforts.\r\n
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We're not just capturing these animals.\r\n
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3:29\r\n
If they happen to run by, there's actually something luring them to the spot.\r\n
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3:33\r\n
And I imagine it's this above my head.\r\n
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3:35\r\n
But Dave, what is this?\r\n
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That's our attractant, in this case, a piece of a road killed deer, which we collect with the help of the Washington Department of Transportation.\r\n
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And then we'll apply a trapper's lure as well to it, which is a long-range attractant that smells really bad to us, but really good to Wolverines.\r\n
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3:50\r\n
Their sense of smell is hundreds of times better than ours.\r\n
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3:54\r\n
The camera traps are triggered by any movement.\r\n
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Wolverines are primarily scavengers, and sometimes a determined Wolverine will take dramatic steps to try and get the hanging bait.\r\n
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4:07\r\n
We have a dozen overall throughout the North Cascades, and it takes us about a week to get through checking each one of them, which we do once a month over the course of the winter.\r\n
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4:15\r\n
Oh, my gosh.\r\n
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4:16\r\n
How long have you 2 been up to this project?\r\n
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4:20\r\n
Year eight.\r\n
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4:21\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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And we got a Wolverine at this station the first two years of the project.\r\n
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We haven't gotten one since, so we're quite curious about why that is.\r\n
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Has there been any change in weather patterns and snowfall that might relate to them not being seen the last six years?\r\n
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Generally the snowpack average is declining.\r\n
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That's the long-term trend and that's why they're listed as a threatened species I see, because we're losing snowpack and temperatures are warming.\r\n
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There's snow adapted species that can't survive without deep snow.\r\n
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So they're an indicator of the functioning of this ecosystem.\r\n
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And if they disappear, that's going to speak to whether or not there's ecosystem level changes going on as well.\r\n
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Stephanie removes the memory card from the camera.\r\n
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Trout, it's time to see what we've caught.\r\n
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And we're just going to scroll through Martin.\r\n
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So that matches the tracks.\r\n
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5:09\r\n
I can see that.\r\n
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Martin.\r\n
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Can you see him bounding through the snow?\r\n
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5:14\r\n
That's right.\r\n
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5:15\r\n
OK.\r\n
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Let's see if anybody else showed up.\r\n
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Martin again.\r\n
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5:18\r\n
Martin.\r\n
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I mean, they're pretty cute.\r\n
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5:20\r\n
So we don't mind.\r\n
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5:21\r\n
Yeah, we don't mind.\r\n
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We thought about calling this the Cascades Martin Project because we get 10s of thousands of images of Martin and only, you know, handfuls of Wolverine.\r\n
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Oh, is it?\r\n
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5:31\r\n
Nope.\r\n
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5:32\r\n
Beach out.\r\n
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5:33\r\n
Yeah, it looks like everybody.\r\n
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Oh, right here.\r\n
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5:34\r\n
Look at that.\r\n
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5:35\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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Pure white snowshoe hair.\r\n
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5:37\r\n
Beautiful.\r\n
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5:37\r\n
Well, this is really cool.\r\n
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I'm slightly disappointed, but I also know that we would have been the luckiest team on Earth to actually get a Wolverine.\r\n
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5:45\r\n
Welcome to the club, Ray.\r\n
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5:47\r\n
We're all slightly disappointed but makes the detection extra.\r\n
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5:50\r\n
It's like it's like a lifetime goal.\r\n
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5:52\r\n
That's right.\r\n
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5:52\r\n
No, detection is still data.\r\n
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We know that they live here.\r\n
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So then the question is, why aren't they showing up?\r\n
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Yeah, the fact that we did not capture a single image of a Wolverine demonstrates just how rare and elusive they are here in the United States.\r\n
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6:07\r\n
Well, we did it.\r\n
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6:08\r\n
We did it.\r\n
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6:09\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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6:09\r\n
Let's get back off the mountain before it gets dark.\r\n
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6:11\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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6:11\r\n
Racing daylight.\r\n
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6:12\r\n
Sounds good.\r\n
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6:12\r\n
Nice.\r\n
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The good part about skiing up to the trap is now we get to ski back down.\r\n
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Having too much fun.
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A new wave of technology is transforming the way scientists understand the natural world, decoding animal behavior and delivering real time data from the world's most remote places.\r\n
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Places like the El Biscayano Biosphere Reserve, located on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, the largest Wildlife Refuge in Latin America.\r\n
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It's a land of dramatic contrasts, where rugged desert spills into the turquoise water of the Pacific Ocean and one of only three places on Earth where eastern Pacific gray whales come to give birth.\r\n
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Researchers here have studied these whales for decades, and the latest technology is offering unprecedented insight into their lives.\r\n
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You know, the thing about this biosphere is we have to have a special permit to do what we're doing.\r\n
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Today.\r\n
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I've teamed up with videographer Carlos Gauna.\r\n
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During the winter breeding season, we've been granted rare access to the lagoon's restricted research zone to meet a team of field biologists at work.\r\n
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Hey, are you all the research team we're looking for?\r\n
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Yes, I think so.\r\n
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Great.\r\n
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Earlier this morning, this team pole mounted a suction cup tag directly onto a gray whale cab.\r\n
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They're out here now.\r\n
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We're covering the tag so they can download its data.\r\n
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Hey, I'm Ray.\r\n
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I'm Will.\r\n
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Will Cameron.\r\n
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1:27\r\n
Nice to meet you all.\r\n
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So this is a customized animal tracking solutions tag.\r\n
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And so it has a whole bunch of sensors, accelerometers, magnetometers, gyroscopes, pressure sensor to get to depth.\r\n
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It has a camera.\r\n
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That'll help you understand what quantity of food they need in a given ecosystem and you can measure whether that ecosystem is matching it or not.\r\n
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2:04\r\n
Yes, exactly.\r\n
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Doctor Swartz We all headed back to shore where I met Doctor Steven Swartz, head of the Sun Ignacio Gray Whale Field Station.\r\n
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So I'm so impressed when I get to bring Wild Kingdom to places like this.\r\n
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We see the tents that the grad students are sleeping in.\r\n
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2:24\r\n
We see the bare bones nature of the facilities.\r\n
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Oh, we certainly wouldn't know nearly as much as we do now because of this facility.\r\n
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It takes a special person though to live in close quarters and these types of surroundings.\r\n
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You know this is where the magic happens.\r\n
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This is our field station established in 2006.\r\n
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Sorry to interrupt everyone's hard work.\r\n
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2:52\r\n
Hey there, I had the unique privilege to go desk by desk to see the research firsthand.\r\n
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One grad student was comparing whale photos from the 70s to present day whales.\r\n
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Another was studying drone video to evaluate the body condition of this season's whales.\r\n
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We meet again, and I reconnected with Will and his team.\r\n
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They were reviewing the data from the suction cup tag they collected this morning.\r\n
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So what we're really hoping for is the tags on the cap to be facing forward so we can see when they're suckling, to try to get a sense for how often they're nursing, how much energy they're taking in.\r\n
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<p>In the winding blackwater channels of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, Dr. Rae and Peter join a team of wildlife biologists on a high‑stakes wildlife conservation mission to track, capture and study one of America’s most iconic reptiles — the American alligator. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, this powerful apex predator now stands as a living symbol of species recovery and animal protection. After first practicing scientific data‑collection techniques on a juvenile gator, the team faces their ultimate challenge: capturing a massive 12‑foot-long, 600‑pound dominant male alligator, the largest ever recorded in the swamp. Working together, Dr. Rae and Peter help safely restrain the giant, retrieve critical GPS tracking and conservation data from his transmitter and release him back into the wild. This advanced research helps protect alligators and preserve one of America’s most important wetland ecosystems.</p>\n
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The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, at 400,000 acres, is one of the largest intact freshwater wetlands on the Earth, a crown jewel of America's proud history of conservation.\r\n
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0:19\r\n
Stunning.\r\n
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0:19\r\n
Yeah, it's so beautiful.\r\n
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0:22\r\n
Ray and I are with the University of Georgia research team that for nearly a decade has called this swamp their workplace.\r\n
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0:30\r\n
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937, before a lot of our parks started forming.\r\n
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0:37\r\n
So this was really groundbreaking stuff that we can save these precious, diverse parts of our country.\r\n
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0:44\r\n
This isn't very, very cool.\r\n
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0:48\r\n
It is opposed to an incredible amount of diversity.\r\n
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0:51\r\n
We have Gopher tortoises, red cockaded woodpeckers and indigo snakes.\r\n
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0:55\r\n
Multiple species of pitcher plants and bladder warts.\r\n
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0:59\r\n
Huge host of insect diversity.\r\n
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1:02\r\n
This entire ecosystem functions like a natural machine that regulates the water security, biodiversity and climate of the entire American Southeast, requesters huge amounts of carbon, millions of tons of carbon.\r\n
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1:16\r\n
It's really important for preventing climate change and the increase in global warming.\r\n
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1:20\r\n
We were to get rid of it and release that.\r\n
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1:22\r\n
It would have profound effects on the ecosystem.\r\n
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1:27\r\n
We're here to study this swamp's apex predator, the American alligator.\r\n
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1:33\r\n
They don't just live in this ecosystem; they help build it.\r\n
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1:36\r\n
Alligators are considered ecosystem engineers, and what that means is they modify the habitat in some way, shape or form that benefits other species in the swamp.\r\n
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1:49\r\n
Unmanned camera traps set by the University of Georgia team have caught this habitat modification in action.\r\n
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1:57\r\n
Those nests they build up are actually important nesting habitats for other species such as turtles and skinks.\r\n
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2:02\r\n
Then there are other species still like bears or raccoons that'll use that as a food source during summer droughts.\r\n
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2:08\r\n
Alligators even carve out lifesaving pools.\r\n
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2:11\r\n
They are so important.\r\n
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2:12\r\n
They will create what we call wallows.\r\n
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2:16\r\n
That wallow can then fill in with rainwater, and it provides really important, important habitat for other organisms.\r\n
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2:24\r\n
As part of this team's ongoing conservation work, our mission today is to collect location and biometric data on the Okefenokee's alligators.\r\n
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2:33\r\n
We started the alligator project in 2017.\r\n
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2:37\r\n
What we're looking at is a lot of movement, where they're going, how they're interacting or overlapping with other animals, and the types of habitats that they're using across the swamp.\r\n
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2:47\r\n
To gather data on an alligator, first we'll have to find one.\r\n
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2:51\r\n
That's the easy part.\r\n
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2:52\r\n
A stable population of as many as 15,000 American alligators inhabit the Okefenokee’s winding black water channels.\r\n
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3:00\r\n
I think there might be one up here by the sun.\r\n
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3:02\r\n
And it's swimming out.\r\n
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3:03\r\n
And he looks a bit smaller.\r\n
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3:05\r\n
Yeah, this is about the size we want right here.\r\n
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3:07\r\n
That's a 30-minute Gator.\r\n
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3:09\r\n
That's a 30-minute Gator.\r\n
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3:10\r\n
They're often seen basking on the banks, Oregon, drifting silently through the tea-colored water.\r\n
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3:16\r\n
Oh, look at this.\r\n
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3:17\r\n
I throw it right out of the truck.\r\n
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3:19\r\n
Catching one now that's another story.\r\n
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3:21\r\n
There we go.\r\n
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3:22\r\n
Got him.\r\n
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3:23\r\n
Unless you're biologist Mark Hope for him, this is just another day at the office.\r\n
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3:28\r\n
Here comes what these guys call a 30-minute Gator, which means it's small and body size, but still important for data.\r\n
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3:35\r\n
And Mark actually just hooked it and is now reeling it in.\r\n
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3:39\r\n
So we're hustling to get ready.\r\n
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3:41\r\n
A 30-minute Gator is 1.\r\n
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3:43\r\n
Mark and Kimberly haven't captured before an animal they can add to their study and process quickly.\r\n
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3:49\r\n
Over his mouth, back behind the jaws.\r\n
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3:51\r\n
Got him All right.\r\n
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3:51\r\n
All right, Abby.\r\n
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3:54\r\n
Now they tend to twist and roll and then just sort of get out.\r\n
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3:58\r\n
Right.\r\n
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3:58\r\n
Yeah.\r\n
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3:58\r\n
We don't want them.\r\n
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4:00\r\n
First thing you're doing, I see is taping that mountain.\r\n
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4:02\r\n
Please.\r\n
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4:03\r\n
Electrical tape because it can come off in waters as opposed to something like duct tape or rubber bands that they can't get off themselves.\r\n
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4:11\r\n
How cool?\r\n
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4:12\r\n
I mean, I mean, literally because the animal itself feels cool.\r\n
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4:16\r\n
Is it because they are cold blooded?\r\n
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4:18\r\n
It is.\r\n
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4:18\r\n
They can't generate any of their own body heat, so they rely on the sunshine.\r\n
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4:23\r\n
Wow.\r\n
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Reptile lovers — this one’s for you!</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="none">Peter and Dr. Rae are on a scaly adventure from the grasslands of Texas to the pine forests of Florida to help rescue two of North America’s most radical reptiles. Texas horned lizards are iconic animals that are beloved across the Southwest, but habitat loss and climate change are erasing these critical creatures from the landscape. Peter visits a nursery where baby lizards are raised and released. Later, Dr. Rae teams up with a specially trained dog that can sniff out horned lizards to help conservationists keep track of their progress in the wild. Peter then travels to Florida for a reptile recovery and release of the remarkable Eastern indigo snake, one of the largest snakes in North America.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="none">Get a glimpse of the episode in this </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/protecting-the-wild-in-california-mexico-and-more"><span data-contrast="none">behind-the-scenes story</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/radical-reptiles/9000457420" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Radical Reptiles” on NBC.com</a> or the NBC app.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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We begin our radical reptile road trip with the beloved Texas horned lizard.\r\n
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0:05\r\n
Once abundant across America's southern landscape, they're rarely seen now due to habitat loss and years of being captured for the pet trade.\r\n
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0:15\r\n
Today, we're meeting up with a team of scientists working together to raise and release baby horned lizards to boost this beloved animals’ numbers once again.\r\n
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0:24\r\n
After all, it's the Lone Star States of official state reptile.\r\n
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0:29\r\n
We are here in Eastland, TX.\r\n
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0:31\r\n
Or the famous RIP Best.\r\n
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0:33\r\n
Or probably the most famous of all the horn lizards.\r\n
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0:37\r\n
This is the home of Old RIP, who's now laid to rest inside a glass case at this courthouse.\r\n
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0:44\r\n
Wow, look at that, that's really him.\r\n
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0:47\r\n
In 1897 this lizard was sealed up in a time capsule and legend has it 31 years later it woke up from a very long nap.\r\n
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0:58\r\n
From that he was named Old RIP after Rip Van Winkle.\r\n
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1:01\r\n
Are you sure he's not still hibernated?\r\n
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1:05\r\n
It's a lot of Texas hoopla for a little lizard now.\r\n
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1:09\r\n
Old RIP story might be a little far-fetched, but it's gained a lot of attention and sparked real conservation.\r\n
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1:17\r\n
I'm headed to the San Antonio Zoo where scientists are taking big steps for these little horned heroes.\r\n
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1:24\r\n
You are in a really special place.\r\n
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1:26\r\n
This is our Texas horn lizard lab.\r\n
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1:28\r\n
This is a place where we breed Texas horn lizards and we're learning how to put them out onto the landscape.\r\n
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1:38\r\n
Oh yeah, look at that.\r\n
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1:40\r\n
This is about as close to a prehistoric animal I think I've ever been.\r\n
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1:45\r\n
The Texas Horn Lizard Reintroduction project at the San Antonio Zoo is working to bring our spiky friends back by teaming up with private landowners and releasing zoo hatch lizards into the wild.\r\n
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1:59\r\n
If you think about those open wild spaces where you used to find Texas horn lizards, they're just not there anymore.\r\n
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2:06\r\n
They're strip malls, they're housing tracks, their roads.\r\n
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2:09\r\n
So habitat losses definitely impacted this species.\r\n
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2:13\r\n
This program is designed to provide a, a, a, how to guide.\r\n
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2:18\r\n
How do you keep them in the lab successfully?\r\n
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2:21\r\n
How do you breed them in the lab successfully?\r\n
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2:23\r\n
And then how do you put them back out onto the landscape with a high degree of success?\r\n
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2:29\r\n
How do you keep track of the ones you have released?\r\n
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2:31\r\n
How do you know how well they're doing?\r\n
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2:32\r\n
There's a couple different ways that we can ID them.\r\n
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2:35\r\n
Each lizard is unique in their belly spots.\r\n
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2:37\r\n
It's kind of like a fingerprint.\r\n
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2:39\r\n
I still can't get over those horns.\r\n
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2:42\r\n
Those horns aren't just for show.\r\n
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2:44\r\n
They help lizards blend into their rocky surroundings and keep predators away.\r\n
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2:49\r\n
And they're sharp enough to be great protection against birds or snakes that might try and eat one.\r\n
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2:55\r\n
We have been lucky enough to produce well over 200 babies that we've been able to put back out on the landscape.\r\n
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3:01\r\n
Get ready for some serious cuteness when they first hatch.\r\n
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3:05\r\n
A horn lizard is about the size of a nickel and weighs less than a paper clip at the smallest size.\r\n
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3:12\r\n
They've got a lot to learn, especially like how to hunt for food.\r\n
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3:17\r\n
What's going on here with the ants on a stick?\r\n
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3:20\r\n
It mimics a harvester Ant colony.\r\n
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3:24\r\n
They go up and down on the stick and then the lizards can come up and feed off them just like they would on a foraging trail in the wild.\r\n
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3:31\r\n
It's incredible.\r\n
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3:33\r\n
Once they're about 3 months old and big enough to handle life on their own, they'll be ready for the wild.\r\n
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3:39\r\n
And Doctor Ray is heading out to find these lizards a future wild home.\r\n
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3:45\r\n
I am so pumped to be here.\r\n
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3:46\r\n
Why exactly is this such a suitable sight?\r\n
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3:50\r\n
This private ranch has been retexist gotten back to its natural grasses be suitable habitat to where these lizards were historically.\r\n
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3:59\r\n
Plenty of food sources.\r\n
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4:01\r\n
So termites for little guys like this.\r\n
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4:03\r\n
Big, beautiful harvester Ant mounds.\r\n
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4:05\r\n
Everyone loves the lizards.\r\n
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4:07\r\n
Can't get enough of them.\r\n
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4:08\r\n
This spiky little reptile is a favorite and goes by lots of names.\r\n
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4:13\r\n
***** toad, horned frog, But it's 100% lizard.\r\n
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4:17\r\n
These nicknames derive from its scientific name, Frontosima coronutum, which means toad bodied because of its shape.\r\n
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4:25\r\n
Looks like the team's here.\r\n
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4:28\r\n
Before releasing the newest batch from the zoo, the team needs a sign that the lizards from previous releases are doing well.\r\n
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4:35\r\n
So they've called in a canine with a special skill.\r\n
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4:39\r\n
Let's go, Let's go to work.\r\n
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4:40\r\n
Hey doggy.\r\n
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4:41\r\n
Hey, girl.\r\n
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Meet the mustelid family!</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">On this episode, we explore the wild and wonderful world of mustelids — the spirited family of small, but mighty predators that includes otters, weasels, ferrets, wolverines and fishers. Dr. Rae travels to Seattle for an up-close encounter with otters, uncovering what makes them so special. Meanwhile, Peter joins a biologist in British Columbia who’s racing to protect fishers after she discovers three fragile kits hidden in a tree. The orphaned youngsters are rushed to a wildlife park, where they’re carefully raised until they’re strong enough to survive on their own. Peter joins the team for a milestone moment: witnessing one of the fishers take its leap back into the wild.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Get a </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/wild-kingdom-films-in-northwest-u-s-canada"><span data-contrast="none">behind-the-scenes look at fishers</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. Plus, dive into </span><a href="http://mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/sea-otter-conservation"><span data-contrast="none">sea otter conservation</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Watch <a href="https://www.nbc.com/mutual-of-omahas-wild-kingdom-protecting-the-wild/video/three-little-fishers/9000457418" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Three Little Fishers” on NBC.com</a> or the NBC app.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Peter and Dr. Rae encounter nature’s most vulnerable survivors — orphaned animals given a second chance through expert care and unwavering dedication to wildlife conservation. In Queensland, Australia, Peter joins passionate volunteers providing critical animal protection for rescued koalas, while he and Dr. Rae witness the delicate rehabilitation of rare tree kangaroos, including a tiny orphan named Pixie. Back in the United States at a zoo in Brownsville, Texas, Dr. Rae provides care to rescued baby spider monkeys.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Learn more about </span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/article/how-aussies-are-saving-koalas"><span data-contrast="none">koala conservation</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. Then, watch “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/rescue-down-under"><span data-contrast="none">Rescue Down Under</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">,” “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/macropod-mania"><span data-contrast="none">Macropod Mania</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">” and “</span><a href="https://www.mutualofomaha.com/wild-kingdom/video/adventure-south"><span data-contrast="none">Adventure South</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">” to get an in-depth look at koalas, kangaroos and spider monkeys.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>\n
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