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En este fascinante video, "Las Madres Más Asombrosas del Reino Animal: Vínculos Inquebrantables", exploraremos las sorprendentes estrategias de crianza que utilizan las mamás en el reino animal. Desde el momento mágico del nacimiento hasta el momento en que los pequeños abandonan el nido, descubriremos cómo estas madres protegen, alimentan y guían a sus crías. Observa cómo se establece ese vínculo especial entre madre e hijo, así como los instintos maternos que llevan a las mamás a realizar actos extraordinarios para cuidar de sus jóvenes. ¡Acompáñanos en este viaje educativo que celebra el amor materno en la naturaleza!
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00:00With you, the most extraordinary creatures on the planet, the Mamas.
00:06We have all had one, and the Mamas of the animal kingdom are like ours.
00:12Incredible!
00:14From birth to the abandonment of the nest, we will explore the strongest bond of nature
00:31and meet the most amazing mothers in the animal world.
00:45Mamas of the animal kingdom
00:50Let's start from those precious moments that follow the birth,
00:54when that first magical bond between mother and baby is established.
01:00The moments when he helps her to stand up.
01:06His tricks to feed a crowd.
01:10His tricks to feed a crowd.
01:14And the incredible ways in which mothers protect their little ones.
01:23Babies
01:27The bond that unites a mother and her baby is the most powerful in the animal world,
01:31and is established with birth.
01:35This little one is going to meet the most important sheep of her life, her mother.
01:55Our little sheep has a minute of life.
01:58She can not see well, but her ears are very sensitive.
02:03And the first thing he perceives is the deep and reassuring bark of his mother.
02:10This is one of the many times that a sheep emits this deep bark.
02:15They use it exclusively with newborns.
02:20He can not hug him, so a conscientious licking of his whole body reinforces the affective bond.
02:27In the next half hour he will give an average of 80 licks per minute.
02:32This helps to regulate the body temperature of the baby.
02:36The smell and even the taste are essential to strengthen the vital maternal bond.
02:43We all like the smell of a newborn, but horses leave us far behind in that race.
02:52In this breeding ranch in Sacramento,
02:55Ellen Jackson knows well the secret of the union between a mare and her calf.
02:59And the key is in the smell.
03:02I've seen mares, especially firstborns, who have no maternal instinct at all.
03:07For her it is nothing more than a mass that has come out of her body, until she smells the calf and everything changes.
03:13This mare smells the air around her newborn calf,
03:17until her smell triggers a spectacular maternal reaction.
03:22When they catch their smell and taste, something clicks in their head,
03:26which produces the necessary hormones, and suddenly they want that calf.
03:32They go from confusion to amazement, and their eyes are sweetened,
03:35and they just want to lick him, as if they wanted to hug him, which they can not do.
03:43The first impulse of a human mother is not usually to fill the lungs with the smell of the newborn's butt,
03:49but that's what all mares do.
03:53Each calf has a characteristic smell.
03:56When her mother perceives that unmistakable aroma, it is imprinted in her memory.
04:01So she will always recognize her son in the middle of the herd.
04:07And from that moment on, the bond between mother and son is established.
04:12The time that a mother's bond with her calf lasts, varies enormously in the animal world.
04:19Some ball beetles, for example, leave their eggs even before hatching,
04:24leaving their babies just a ball of excrement lovingly prepared.
04:31Among the rabbits, the mothers wait four weeks before saying goodbye to their little bunny.
04:37And then they run to mate again, like rabbits.
04:47But most mothers in the animal kingdom are left short
04:51next to the queen of maternal instinct.
04:54With you, the orangutan.
05:08It takes up to five years to take care of a single calf.
05:12And during the first four months, it does not separate from it.
05:17Sure, in the shadow of his super mom, the baby does not lose detail,
05:21learns how to climb, what can be eaten, what places to avoid.
05:27The bond between them is strengthened day by day,
05:31and governs all aspects of the baby's life.
05:35His mother teaches him that he must share with friends, sometimes.
05:42And intervenes immediately if someone goes too far.
05:49The bond between mother and son is what keeps the animal world together.
05:54But what happens if that bond is interrupted?
05:59And if something happens that prevents the mother from being with her calf after birth?
06:05This is Imani.
06:07She is 19 years old and belongs to a family of seven western gorillas
06:11from the Lowlands,
06:13with their adolescent adopters and their wise grandmother, Vila.
06:18They live under the watchful eye of Winston, who has not been wasting time.
06:23Eighteen months ago, Imani had a baby from Winston,
06:27who was only four months old.
06:30Eighteen months ago, Imani had a baby from Winston.
06:36And what happened next is an extraordinary story.
06:41The zookeepers, led by Andrew Stallard,
06:44did not take long to see that Imani had problems.
06:48Gorillas tend to have fast births.
06:51The more we observed her, the clearer we saw that something was wrong.
06:54The minutes became hours, and those hours happened,
06:58and we began to have the feeling that maybe there was a problem.
07:04With Winston's watchful eye,
07:07the veterinarians decided to do an emergency cesarean section for Imani with general anesthesia.
07:14The operation was a success.
07:19Our plan at that point was to wait for the anesthesia to pass
07:23and Imani to wake up with her baby on her chest.
07:26And we were all done.
07:28I thought everyone nice work, but it was not that way.
07:31The baby was alive, it was a female, but the baby was in distress.
07:37Joan's life was hanging by a thread.
07:40Her lungs were not working, she had a serious pneumonia.
07:46It was not possible to return her to her mother immediately.
07:50The situation lasted nine days.
07:53Given that the mother-son bond is created during childbirth and in the following moments,
07:58those nine days of separation were very worrying.
08:03A gorilla baby had never been introduced to her mother so late,
08:07after so long since birth,
08:09without ever seeing her baby.
08:13Would she accept it?
08:15Would she know how to feed it?
08:17We did not even know if she would have milk to breastfeed it.
08:22Joan began to recover.
08:24And after nine days, the veterinarians left her under the care of April Seldorf.
08:32The challenge was to get Joan to be accepted by Imani,
08:36the gorilla who had no idea she was a mother.
08:40The only thing she knew, Imani, was that her belly hurt a lot.
08:44She had woken up with a scar on her abdomen,
08:48but she did not know she was a mother.
08:52The caregivers showed Joan to the gorillas over and over again.
08:57But they had no idea if Imani would form the essential maternal bond with her.
09:03In the end, the separation lasted 13 days.
09:08And finally came the moment when they thought Imani could not wait any longer.
09:13We were all very worried, very anxious.
09:17We did not know what could happen.
09:19It was scary.
09:21There was a risk that Imani would reject Joan.
09:24Or worse, that the whole family would see her as an intruder and attack her.
09:31All of us said a little prayer wishing her good luck.
09:35Each of us said something before putting her in the cage.
09:39And then I left her on the straw bed and I closed the door.
09:44Without ever seeing her, would the maternal instinct be activated in her?
09:51Or was it too late for Imani to create the bond with her fragile baby?
09:59Finally, I opened the guillotine door and I entered Imani.
10:14It was amazing.
10:15She sniffed that baby and looked around like,
10:17is it Christmas or something?
10:19And she just took her in her arms.
10:21I'll never forget it.
10:22She walked right over to her.
10:24She sniffed her, she took her in her arms and she went over to her chest.
10:28She went over to the next room next door.
10:30There was a straw bed, so she got comfortable and she started to feel that baby.
10:34To clean her ears, her nose, her mouth, her mouth.
10:38It was amazing.
10:39She laid her mouth up and put the baby on her chest.
10:42And after about two hours she began to give birth.
10:45And we all started to scream and jump with joy.
10:48We were elated.
11:09And the next 12 hours, she had to give birth to her little baby 43 times.
11:17And the joy was even greater when it became evident that Winston and the rest of the family
11:22accepted Joan as one of them.
11:27For a year, Imani and Joan became inseparable.
11:32Imani, the proud mother of a beautiful daughter.
11:39And if one of the mischievous members of the family is too rude,
11:43Imani doesn't take long to intervene.
11:47She is the protector, teacher and best friend of Joan all day long.
11:54And thanks to the incredible strength of the bond of a primate mother with her baby,
11:58Imani recognized her daughter after such a long separation.
12:02We just didn't know that that could happen.
12:05And I think that clearly shows the maternal instinct that gorillas have.
12:11No one could have imagined something like that.
12:15Joan does everything her mother tells her to do.
12:18She even eats the vegetables.
12:21Well, sometimes.
12:24We have seen how mothers establish a strong bond with their babies after giving birth.
12:29The next challenge is to put the newborn on his feet.
12:33Our babies don't start walking on their own until they are about a year old.
12:38But many of our four-legged friends are able to walk an hour after birth.
12:45And they are able to walk on their own.
12:48They leave this world with all the muscles of their legs ready to start working.
12:52They just need to learn how to handle them.
12:57Mom massages the newborn's body with her snout to stimulate blood circulation.
13:02And he doesn't take long to learn how to use his legs.
13:07More or less.
13:10But when you are born in the African savannah,
13:12surrounded by hungry lions, hyenas and cheetahs,
13:15the urgency is even greater.
13:20A newborn has to stand up minutes after birth
13:23to hide from predators in the middle of a flock of moving animals.
13:28And that's a lot of work.
13:31It's a lot of work.
13:34It's a lot of work.
13:36It's a lot of work.
13:38It's a lot of work.
13:44And a baby giraffe doesn't just walk,
13:46it gallops with a day of life.
13:50Babies from all over the world fight to get on their feet.
13:54And if something goes wrong, their mothers are always there.
14:06Twenty minutes after birth,
14:08our little sheep is on her feet and about to receive her first meal of her life.
14:14Her eyes are still useless.
14:16Luckily, she doesn't have to read the menu.
14:21Her mother's valiant depths guide her to the food
14:24as if she were a loving mother.
14:28And she's not the only one enjoying her first meals.
14:33Breastfeeding a newborn is already quite difficult.
14:37But let's not forget the mothers who have eight or more mouths to feed
14:41and not a single bottle of breast milk in sight.
14:47This is Dolly.
14:49She's one of the six mothers of the Glowster All Spot breed
14:52that Adam Henson has, a very popular farmer in the United Kingdom.
14:58Where are your sardines?
15:00Hola, senora.
15:02¿Quieres un poco de esto?
15:04Toma un poco.
15:07Pigs have an enormous appetite.
15:10And these two-week-old calves need to eat every hour.
15:15The problem with Dolly is that every time she produces milk,
15:18she only does it for 60 seconds.
15:23That's why it's very important that everyone is in their place
15:26when the milk starts to flow.
15:30First, she calls her calves with a grunting sound.
15:36In the language of pigs, it means,
15:38leave what you're doing and come to the table.
15:49After a few pushes,
15:51the calves caress the calves with their snout and lick them,
15:54causing a powerful discharge of hormones
15:57that stimulate the production of milk.
16:04You can hear them grunting, and she replies.
16:12As they increase the grunting,
16:15the mother's hormones begin to send milk to the calves,
16:19and the calves begin to suck furiously, like now.
16:23They're sucking like crazy.
16:28She's totally relaxed.
16:30The milk is flowing to the calves,
16:33and the pigs suck as fast as they can.
16:37As a farmer, this is a brilliant scene
16:41to see such a fantastic mother
16:43to see such a fantastic mother
16:44to see such a fantastic mother
16:45to see such a fantastic mother
16:46to see such a fantastic mother
16:47and to see how they become such a beautiful pig.
16:52In this way, the mother makes sure
16:55that the eight of them receive their food without too much fuss.
17:04She's a wonderful mother.
17:06That's it, mission accomplished.
17:09Have you had your breakfast, little ones?
17:13Yes.
17:14What a good girl.
17:16What a good girl.
17:20After breakfast, it's time to play.
17:23Like any good mother,
17:25despite her big ears,
17:27Dolly doesn't lose sight of them.
17:32The way she breastfeeds the babies
17:34changes according to the family you're born into.
17:37The porpoises or wild boars do it from behind.
17:44The newts do it on the go,
17:46if the little ones can keep up the pace.
17:49And some mothers do it for five years.
17:53But over time, the teeth come out,
17:55which brings other problems.
18:03When your mother has a lot of newts
18:05and you're an only child,
18:06you can drink all the milk you want.
18:09But if you're part of a large flock,
18:12you have to establish a hierarchy of newts.
18:15Just as each of us has his favorite cup,
18:18the kittens can smell their favorite cup.
18:21And it's said that the newts
18:23decide who each cup belongs to when they're born.
18:27And who better to prove this theory
18:29than Adam Henson and his beautiful assistant, Dolly.
18:35What I'm going to do
18:36is number these little newts with a marker.
18:39And we'll see if the next time
18:41they come back to the same cup.
18:43So I'm just going to let them settle down.
18:45Where are you going to go?
18:47Come on, get yourself organized.
18:49Right, this one, the number one.
18:52You are number two.
18:58Number three.
19:00Oh, do you tickle?
19:05So, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
19:08When will she last?
19:09Next time, I'll just be going to the same spot.
19:12Very good girl.
19:18We all like to take a nap after a good meal.
19:22And the little newts are no exception.
19:24After the usual push-ups
19:26to find the most comfortable place,
19:28they don't take long to be in the country of dreams.
19:35But when their stomachs start to protest,
19:38will they return to the same spots?
19:43It's been an hour
19:44since the insatiable little newts
19:46last breastfed.
19:48If anyone thinks breastfeeding a baby at night is hard,
19:51they should rethink it.
19:53The eight Dolly babies will continue to demand their milk
19:56every day, hour after hour,
19:58for the next month.
20:01But is it true that each one returns
20:03to exactly the same spot on the table?
20:06Well, there she is lying down again
20:08to breastfeed them.
20:10So let's check the numbers.
20:12Shall we let them settle down?
20:14Okay.
20:15It looks like they've all decided.
20:19Let's see.
20:20One,
20:22two,
20:23three,
20:24four,
20:25five,
20:27six,
20:30seven,
20:31eight.
20:32It works.
20:33They're all suckling in the same order
20:35they did an hour ago.
20:37Impressive.
20:38And this big one
20:39seems to have chosen a spot
20:41where it has two or three good newts
20:43within its reach.
20:44And that's probably why it's a little bigger.
20:46And once you get big and strong,
20:48it's still big and strong.
20:50It's the natural selection.
20:53The stronger babies tend to be
20:55in front,
20:56towards the side of the mother,
20:58because it seems in the front
21:00of the ovary there's more milk.
21:02And the smaller babies
21:04settle in the opposite end.
21:06When they were born,
21:07they fought for the best newts
21:09and they got the strongest ones.
21:14All done.
21:17You are a very busy mother.
21:20I know.
21:21I know.
21:27After the meal,
21:28they need another nap.
21:30After all,
21:31they only have 59 minutes
21:33to start again.
21:36The newts fight
21:37for the closest newts
21:38to Dolly's head,
21:39because they produce more milk.
21:42But other mothers
21:43of the animal kingdom
21:44offer more personalized services.
21:49The cows produce more milk
21:51if they breastfeed a female,
21:52unlike most mammals
21:54that prefer children
21:56over daughters
21:57in terms of nutrition.
22:01It is believed that cows do this
22:02so that their daughters
22:03grow strong
22:04and can raise them
22:05as quickly as possible.
22:09In the case of the rhesus monkeys,
22:10the boys like to play
22:12and fight more than the girls.
22:14That's why they spend less time
22:16breastfeeding than their sisters.
22:19The mother compensates
22:20this imbalance
22:21with a dense milk
22:22and energy rich in sugar
22:24and specially designed
22:25for restless boys.
22:27And what is more surprising,
22:29recent research indicates
22:31that human mothers
22:32do the same.
22:44But there is a group of animals
22:45that, in one jump,
22:46raise the personalized milk
22:48to a new level.
22:52The mothers of kangaroos and guava
22:54often feed two young
22:55of different ages at the same time,
22:57one of up to one year
22:59and a newborn
23:00in the deepest part
23:01of the mother's womb.
23:03Believe it or not,
23:04different types of milk
23:05are produced
23:06in different nests
23:07and their consistency
23:08changes
23:09as the calf grows.
23:12The milk received by the oldest
23:13is rich in fats
23:14and the one
23:15that is breastfed
23:16by the newborn
23:17is rich in carbohydrates.
23:20It is not surprising
23:21that they are not in a hurry
23:22to leave the mother's womb.
23:24But if you are
23:25a marsupial mother
23:26who personalizes the milk,
23:27as if you are
23:28a milk dispenser
23:29like Dolly,
23:30breastfeeding your young
23:31is something natural.
23:35But what happens
23:36when a mother
23:37cannot breastfeed her young?
23:39It is not as simple
23:40as sending her father
23:41to buy breast milk.
23:43In these cases,
23:44finding a substitute mother
23:45is a matter of life or death.
23:51This is Clara,
23:52a two-haired
23:53marine wolf calf
23:54of nine months.
23:56And this is Lee,
23:57a human
23:58of 40 years old.
24:03I suppose I am your mother.
24:06Right?
24:07You are my little one.
24:11When Clara was born here,
24:12in the Zoo Living Coats
24:13in Torquay,
24:14the bond between her
24:15and her mother, Grace,
24:16was well established.
24:19But the celebrations
24:20ended soon
24:21when her caretaker,
24:22Libor,
24:23realized that Grace
24:24could not produce milk.
24:27Her mother was angry
24:29because she wanted
24:30the calf to breastfeed her.
24:32Clara could not.
24:34And it was quite sad
24:35to see that,
24:37because Clara
24:38was getting weaker
24:39and weaker
24:40and was calling her a lot.
24:42In freedom,
24:43Clara would have died
24:45and Lee had no choice
24:47but to take charge.
24:49The problem was
24:50that in no zoo in Europe
24:52a marine wolf calf
24:53had been raised
24:55and had to face
24:56one of the most basic impulses
24:57of nature.
25:01When a bird
25:02comes out of the shell
25:03or a mammal is born,
25:04it feels a powerful impulse
25:05to follow the first animal
25:06it sees,
25:07hears
25:08or flies.
25:09This impulse
25:10is called impromptu
25:11and it is very good
25:12if the first animal
25:13you meet
25:14is your mother.
25:25These little ducks
25:26will follow their mother
25:27everywhere.
25:28But sometimes
25:29the babies
25:30get the wrong mother
25:31and end up
25:32becoming
25:33internet superstars
25:34like this little cat.
25:41In its natural environment,
25:42the link between
25:43a female marine wolf
25:44and its calf
25:45is immediate.
25:46It depends on its mother
25:48to feed sometimes
25:49up to two years old.
25:51In order to feed Clara,
25:53Lee had to temporarily
25:54break the link
25:55with his mother.
25:57He had to convince her
25:58that his mother
25:59was a Czech
26:00caretaker of 70 kilos.
26:02He had to think
26:03like a marine wolf.
26:07Human milk
26:08has 5% fat,
26:10while that of a marine lion
26:11contains 40%.
26:13Lee began
26:14to prepare
26:15a delicious mixture
26:16of flour
26:17and extra-fat milk.
26:19At first,
26:20Clara was not convinced
26:21by this homemade
26:22child formula,
26:23and Lee had no choice
26:24but to feed her
26:25by force.
26:27But suddenly,
26:28on the tenth day,
26:29there was a radical change.
26:31Clara finally accepted
26:32the bottle.
26:34Her loving adoptive mother
26:35began to feed her
26:36every four hours,
26:38and the little one
26:39began to regain strength.
26:41Every day that passed,
26:42the link between Lee
26:43and Clara
26:44became stronger.
26:46I spent countless days
26:47and nights
26:48here with Clara.
26:50She would lie down
26:51in her cage,
26:52and she would come
26:53and cuddle by my side.
26:55And we were kind of
26:56falling asleep together.
26:58Of course I love her.
26:59I call her my baby.
27:01And I'm pretty sure
27:02she loves me as well.
27:04Come on!
27:06While Clara
27:07learned to overcome obstacles,
27:11Lee learned
27:12to speak his language.
27:21And to this day,
27:22Clara still loves
27:23to talk to him.
27:30If Lee wanted to reunite
27:31Clara with her real mother,
27:33the next thing he had to do
27:35was teach her how to swim.
27:37Clara?
27:38Normally in the wild,
27:39her mother would teach her
27:40how to swim.
27:42So at a certain age,
27:43she would throw her into the water,
27:45and they learn
27:46quite quickly.
27:48Sea lion cubs
27:49usually start swimming
27:5015 days after they're born.
27:52With her two weeks of life,
27:54Clara didn't care
27:55about a bath.
27:57But with three weeks,
27:58the pool imposed
27:59a little more.
28:00I jumped into the water,
28:01and she followed me.
28:03But then she got scared
28:04and came out quickly.
28:06So she went back
28:07a little bit,
28:08and she was a little bit
28:09scared.
28:12Come on, Clara!
28:13Clara!
28:14Clara would hold on
28:15to the edge of the pool,
28:17like a child
28:18in their first swimming lesson.
28:20But like a mother,
28:22Lee was gradually convincing her.
28:25In a short time,
28:26she began to submerge
28:27her head under the water,
28:29but she felt insecure.
28:37It was more or less
28:38like when you teach
28:39your son how to swim.
28:40Come on, Ben!
28:42And when you teach
28:43your son how to swim,
28:44at some point,
28:45he has to venture
28:46into the area that covers him.
28:48Here!
28:49Here!
28:51At first,
28:52Clara didn't dare.
28:54But like a good mother,
28:55Lee was by her side
28:57to lend her
28:58a shoulder to lean on.
29:00And in a few days,
29:01she took the pleasure
29:02and learned to do
29:03what sea wolves
29:04do best.
29:09At the beginning,
29:10she spent a couple of hours
29:12swimming with her.
29:15To keep her company
29:16because she felt alone.
29:18She didn't have
29:19her real mother
29:20to play with her
29:21and cuddle by her side,
29:23so I had to do it myself.
29:27Lee had a friend
29:28for life,
29:30but he knew
29:31he had to return
29:32to his real family.
29:34And after seven months
29:35of adoption,
29:36he introduced Clara
29:37to his mother
29:38and his cousin again.
29:41It makes me very happy
29:42to see Clara again
29:43with the group
29:44and especially
29:45with her real mother.
29:46Good girl, Clara!
29:47It makes me feel happy
29:48because I see
29:49she's a sea wolf
29:50and she knows
29:51she is.
29:52And one day
29:53she can also be a mother.
29:55I will always miss her.
29:57For me,
29:58she will always be my baby.
29:59And when I have
30:00the opportunity,
30:01I go swimming with her
30:02and it's something wonderful.
30:05In the last nine months,
30:07Lee has learned
30:08how much
30:09sea wolves
30:10are like us.
30:13Here I have
30:14this little one
30:15who is very playful
30:16and very affectionate
30:17and nice
30:18and sometimes
30:19quite grumpy
30:20like any child.
30:21And I can't punish her
30:22by sending her
30:23to the corner
30:24because she would
30:25not stay there.
30:26She's a good girl.
30:27She's a good girl.
30:28She's a good girl.
30:29She's a good girl.
30:30She's a good girl.
30:31She's a good girl.
30:32She's a good girl.
30:33She's a good girl.
30:34She's a good girl.
30:40You're very smart.
30:41You're very smart.
30:47When the baby
30:48is eating and standing,
30:49the true work
30:50of a mother
30:51begins.
30:53The animal kingdom
30:54is full
30:55of dangers
30:56and predators.
30:57Protect
30:58your precious
30:59prow is a
31:00complete job.
31:01And the mothers
31:02The crocodiles, for example, have one of the most dangerous weapons in nature,
31:07the mother's mouth.
31:12The jaws of a crocodile are the most powerful known.
31:17And yet, the mother is able to tenderly take care of her young
31:22and protect them in a cage of deadly teeth.
31:27But not all mothers have such effective weapons at their disposal.
31:32This adorable animal, all eyes and hair, is a lazy loris.
31:37They are nocturnal hunters, and mothers protect their children in a very original way,
31:42but somewhat repulsive.
31:47Before going hunting, she gives her young a toxic saliva bath.
31:52In this way, hungry predators stay away from her.
32:07Normally, we do not expect to see deadly predators in our backyard,
32:12but here, in Keith Jackson's farm, in the Scottish Highlands,
32:17they are an ancestral problem.
32:20In ancient times, the cattle of the Highlands had multiple predators,
32:25from brown bears to herds of wolves.
32:30And although those disappeared from the region long ago,
32:35the defensive instinct of the cows is still alive.
32:40The natural predators in the last thousand years
32:46The mother's impulse is still to protect her newborn calf.
32:51So when she has fed him,
32:56she hides him among the tall grass of the Highlands
33:01to be able to graze freely and regain strength.
33:06It is an instinctive tactic, but it is not practical for Keith and his daughter Jess,
33:11who visits the newcomers daily.
33:16Start counting them from the top, Jess.
33:26How many are there? Thirteen?
33:31They were not sixteen?
33:36Ah, look, there they are.
33:41They are all together. They look quite happy.
33:46If our mother hid us to go out to dinner,
33:51it would not take long to receive the visit of social services.
33:56But for the mothers of the animal world, it is an effective method to protect the young.
34:01Even cheetah mothers hide their babies to protect them.
34:06Here the threat of predators is very real,
34:11and mothers defend their young with an arsenal of deadly weapons.
34:16The favorite weapon of a rhinoceros mother
34:21is a deadly horn that can reach a meter in length.
34:26The horns of rhinoceros are more valuable than gold for criminals.
34:31Although they have no medicinal value,
34:36they are highly appreciated in oriental medicine.
34:41And in South Africa, the stealth hunt ends with three rhinoceros every night.
34:46This is the Kariega Natural Reserve.
34:51Its 100 square kilometers is approximately the extension of Manchester,
34:56and has a team of caretakers to protect the rhinoceros.
35:01But even in a reserve like this, a rhinoceros is never safe,
35:06especially at night.
35:11The stealth hunters operate in the dark,
35:16and the night is very dangerous.
35:21The most I fear is that the full moon will come,
35:26and that I used to love to contemplate it.
35:31But since I started to know more about the problem of stealth hunting,
35:36I hate it and I fear it. I pray that it is cloudy.
35:41Where are you?
35:46That's my wife.
35:51She's that direction.
36:11The stealth hunters had brutally cut her horn with machetes.
36:16Will Fowles was the first veterinarian who saw her.
36:21She'd been pushed through a mountain at night,
36:26literally in this corner, with her face completely mutilated.
36:31They had cut her horn with machetes.
36:36We just thought there was nothing we could do.
36:41In these cases, the rhinoceros almost always dies from the wounds,
36:46but Tanley refused to give up and managed to get up.
36:51That kicked off a process of years in which humans responded to all their needs.
36:56It was a great challenge.
37:01We operated on her 12 times,
37:06and to our amazement, her face responded,
37:11and the skin began to close little by little.
37:16But there came a time when we saw that there was more to be done,
37:21and for the first time they decided to try to insert a skin in a rhinoceros.
37:26Surgery is especially risky in the middle of nature.
37:31It was already a great risk to anesthetize Tandy once,
37:36and they had to do it 12 times.
37:41It's going to take a couple of minutes to wake up and get up.
37:46Miraculously, Tandy responded to the treatment,
37:51but she had lost an essential tool to defend a calf.
37:56A female rhinoceros can have 10 or more calves throughout her life,
38:01but only one case was known of a female who had raised after suffering such mutilation.
38:06I know where you are.
38:11Angie Goody is Tandy's bodyguard.
38:16Cool. At least we have a signal.
38:21And in January her role became even more important.
38:26Only three years after the attack, Tandy had a daughter.
38:31It was an amazing event that was possible
38:36thanks to the unprecedented medical attention she had received.
38:41The name of the little girl is Tembi, which means hope.
38:46Hey. Is this her?
38:51Let's see. Hey, rhinoceros.
38:56Tandy, are you there?
39:01After three hours of search, Angie can finally breathe at ease.
39:06Yeah. Another saved one.
39:11That's it. Best feeling in the world. They're safe.
39:16Well, just to see Tembi out every day, growing.
39:21She's playing.
39:26She's trying to say, hey, I'm a big baby rhino just like you.
39:31Yes, she's wild.
39:36I think her mom's probably thinking, okay, get on with your job. She's just mad.
39:41I think she knows she's special.
40:01Good morning.
40:06How are you?
40:11Good, thank you.
40:16She's a deformed rhino.
40:21That's probably the most vulnerable part of her body.
40:26Even in a natural reserve with 24-hour surveillance
40:31there are risks.
40:36Sometimes the most aggressive males attack the young.
40:41But our mom doesn't hesitate to defend Tembi, even without her horn.
40:46She'll just go and forget about anything.
40:51When you see how protective she is of other baby rhinos
40:56you realize that if something were to happen,
41:01if someone were to try to harm their young, there's going to be trouble.
41:06I think there's a misappreciation.
41:11People think that because these animals look like tanks armored by the thickness of their skin
41:16if you hear the noises they make, it's as if you could hear their hearts.
41:21Tembi!
41:26I think rhino females are wonderful mothers.
41:31The survival rate of these little ones is very high
41:36and the maternal instinct of their mothers is incredible.
41:46It seems that Tembi has inherited all of her mother's courage.
41:51Her favorite game is to charge at the news.
41:56And the difference in size doesn't seem to matter to her.
42:01She might be small, but she has a lot of character.
42:06She's very brave.
42:11Now they're going to the puddle for a while.
42:16I'm sure that sinking the nipples in that cool, soft mud must be a fabulous feeling.
42:21But you can see mom's ears are always moving.
42:26She's always looking out for any sound.
42:31They have such a fine ear that they can hear sounds hundreds of meters away.
42:36They have an incredible sense of smell.
42:41So she's using all of her senses to protect the little one.
42:55Tembi is closely guarded by her mother.
43:00She's trying everything a rhino baby can do.
43:05And for this wonderful little one who proves it, it's certainly worth it.
43:10And when I look at her with her baby, I think for her too,
43:15just to have that beautiful creature by her side.
43:20And I'm sure that makes her forget all those months of pain and suffering.
43:25That creature that's out there running and playing, like a baby should.
43:31And without Tembi, this little ray of hope would not have existed.
43:36That appreciation for life, which I think many people who have survived something feel,
43:41might make her a better mother.
43:46Because she's out there with a wonderful baby, after having come out of such a desperate situation.
43:52I think if we talk about supermoms, she's one of the best.
43:57Right, mom? You're an incredible mom, Tandi.
44:21Good night, girls. I'll see you tomorrow morning. Be safe.
44:51In the next episode, we'll see how they manage when their young are growing and gaining security.
44:56How the lioness moms see them and want them to keep their puppies under control.
45:01How temperamental parents resolve disputes between their young.
45:06How the elephants call their friends to help them take care of the little ones.
45:11And how a glance at the toy drawer differentiates the boys from the girls.
45:16And how a glance at the toy drawer differentiates the boys from the girls.
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