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Documentary, BBC The Wild West Ep 1 Land of Giants (narrated by Ian Holm) (1994)
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01:05On the west coast of North America, from Northern California to Alaska,
01:09is the oldest conifer forest in the world.
01:14On the west coast of North America, from Northern California to Alaska, is the oldest coniferous
01:44in the world.
01:45In this great span of human time, these trees can grow.
01:49This truly is a land of giants.
01:54And the wilds.
04:23These primeval forests are the last stronghold of the elusive Roosevelt elk.
04:27The largest elk in North America, a full-grown bull male can weigh up to half a ton.
04:36The key to the existence of the ancient forest is water.
04:39Torrents on it.
04:41Winds blowing in off the Pacific bring rain.
04:44Like huge sponges, the forest...
04:46...soak it up and then slowly release it into the streams.
04:49The water then makes its...
04:51...long downhill journey back to the sea.
04:54This perpetual water cycle creates...
04:56...the kingdom of the conifers.
05:00The cascading...
05:01...and fast-flowing streams are ideal for the water ooze or North American...
05:06...and dipper, which make their nests in the most inaccessible places.
05:11...an additional...
05:12...transplantation...
05:13...an additional...
05:16...transplantation...
05:16...eyelid provides the dipper with its own diving goggles.
05:20Not only...
05:21...does it nest in a watery location...
05:23...but it specializes in foraging underwater for aquatic...
05:26...insects.
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05:36Extra thick body feathers insulate this hardy little bird from the cold of forest
05:41streams.
05:46The wind is still in the middle of the forest.
05:51Let's go.
07:37The ruffed grouse beats out its drum-like call.
07:42Hoping to attract a mate.
07:46But sometimes it's...
07:47It attracts the wrong kind of attention.
07:53Right, on a little bit.
07:57Great job.
07:59So, here's our fan.
08:00So, today the Ratio really prescribed our
08:16weasel family is extremely rare and elusive it is a fierce and fast predator
08:21the dangerous reputation birds hares and other small mammals are its main prey
08:26but it also has a taste for easier food like wild berries and the occasion
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09:31Fishers are the fastest arboreal predators in North America.
09:36Although it's unlikely they would ever be fast enough to catch an adult hummingbird, they are quick.
09:41They're quick enough to catch pine martins and squirrels, which are also at home high up in the forest canopy.
09:46fall out of the forest and fire.
09:51The next week, the wolf grows a little Look at theurai.
09:56On the left, the wolf grows a little but the wolf grows a little bit longer.
10:01The wolf grows an even longer than one year.
10:04The wolf grows a little billion.
10:10in the forest by gathering the nitrogen from the atmosphere
10:13and making it available to other plants and animals.
10:15Another nitrogen-fixing specialist is the lettuce-like Leberia.
10:20Which, in time, supplies the forest with half of all its nitrogen.
10:25мой сыng, my father, I love this.
10:30I have never seen vegetables from home.
10:35I have no idea how to do this.
10:38It is the whole thing that I teach it.
10:42I know I have always listened to the друга.
10:47It is the whole machine that I have.
10:57A vulture's eye view of the ancient...
11:02...forest canopy reveals its characteristic unevenness.
11:07Towering amongst...
11:07...the healthy conifers are the spiky tops of dead trees or snags.
11:11Ironically, the presence of these dead snags indicates a healthy forest.
11:16Towering amongst...
11:21...the healthy conifers...
11:22...the healthy conifers...
11:23...the healthy conifers...
11:24...the healthy conifers...
11:25...the healthy conifers...
11:26...the healthy conifers...
11:27...the healthy conifers...
11:28...the healthy conifers...
11:29...the healthy conifers...
11:30...the healthy conifers...
11:31...the healthy conifers...
11:32...the healthy conifers...
11:49When the aging giants eventually succumbed to the ravages of disease...
11:53and the vagaries of weather, they topple to the ground, leaving holes in the canopy.
11:58Light can now penetrate the green blanket, bringing new life to the forest floor.
17:44Black bears may also lick up the pollen and while the mother bear is keen to feed,
17:49her two cubs have other things in mind.
18:20The weather can change in an instant.
18:24Mist and fog gather suddenly and within minutes the sun is blotted out, plunging this down
18:29damp world into a murky half light.
18:39Birded in mist, Roosevelt elk gather in a forest clearing left by a summer fire.
18:44They are ideal display sites where a territorial male can keep a close eye on him.
18:49And his hard-won females, this primary bull will tolerate yearling males.
18:54In the harem, but will aggressively see off any other bull.
18:59Whistling
19:04While the elk aren't bothered by the mist and rain, the forest cannot survive without their life.
19:09Life-giving properties.
19:14It's a linear switch.
19:17We have a small boat there.
19:21We're still in it.
19:24We're still in it.
19:27Our humanмоer is still drinking, right?
19:31The lake is a river and there's an island.
19:34And now we have vocals while the elk is there.
19:37We're still in it.
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20:28The mists are the lifeblood of the forest.
20:31Nurturing the mammoth trees in the valleys.
20:33But higher up in the mountains,
20:35the mists
20:36turns to snow.
20:38This white blanket can lie for eight months.
20:41Of each year.
20:42Reducing the growing season and stunting growth.
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21:41The salmon struggling upstream are at the end of their journey.
21:44Far from the sea, they shape their spawning sites, or reds, in quiet and secure...
21:49included streams, which will nurture their eggs.
21:51But not all.
21:56Some are destined to hatch.
21:58Some are food for the opportunistic dipper.
22:05Unlike the rainwater that swells the streams, the adult salmon...
22:10will not return to the Pacific Ocean.
22:13Once they have spawned, they die.
22:15But even in death, they contribute to the forest ecosystem, bequeathing their own nutrients.
22:20Thanks to the streams.
22:28The goggles come into their own as the bird searches out the protein-rich salmon eggs.
22:33and the peanut store, they name the watercolon, crit and Messi.
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22:44Here's so much guessed that in the watercolon here.
22:51Mist and spray from a waterfall cast a luminous rainbow of color echoed in the...
22:56...brilliant rufous hummingbird feeding on wild honeysuckle.
23:01The hummingbird, a surprising resident in the...
23:06...as cool lush forests must continually visit the flowers throughout the day to fuel its high...
23:11...to lead life.
23:14But this female has more than herself to feed...
23:16...she is collecting nectar for one of her newly fledged chicks.
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23:31The rivers of the ancient forest don't always
23:36flow uninterrupted to the sea giant trees tumble into the rushing stream
23:41creating log jams that slow the rivers journey and form quiet pools and riffles
23:46These pools are ideal nurseries for salmon eggs
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24:00Protected by fish
24:01With fearsome jaws and a spine covered body
24:03It roots through the gravel in search of a meal
24:06But the same quiet pools also harbour the larval
24:11Form of the pacific giant salamander
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