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00:02Beyond its raw energy, Olympic National Park wows you with something only it can boast.
00:10Three enormous parks in one.
00:14Remote-pissive mountain wilderness.
00:17But few witness the beat of this park's wild heart.
00:21When drama unfolds in sea or sky, it's a place where giants roam.
00:29Primal instincts spur grueling journeys.
00:33And stars shine in unexpected places.
00:37While discover life behind the scenes in this unique adventure inside Olympic National Park.
01:09Now, food is everywhere.
01:14But the season's first salmon runs provide the best source of protein for the bear family.
01:25Fattening up now will help everyone get through next winter's hibernation.
01:34And with a family now well-sated.
01:37For the salmon that make it home, life isn't getting any easier.
01:42They've got to sneak by some unwelcome and probably ravenous company.
01:47It's a family of North American river otters caught up in daily rituals.
01:55They groom their thick waterproof fur to keep them insulated in cold water.
02:05They take time to play, rest, or daydream on the riverbank.
02:10The coho may just get by unscathed.
02:14After racing a fifth of their weight every day to generate proper body heat.
02:23As long as there's enough food, they're at home in almost any water environment.
02:36When it's time to relax, otters aren't beyond busting a few quirky moves.
02:53The scent marking isn't a way of claiming territory as it is for many carnivores.
02:58It's just their way of telling others they're in the hood.
03:18But look to the sky, and Mount Olympus makes it clear this isn't just any old walk in the woods.
03:25The park is more than four times the size of New York City.
03:32Nearly 600 square miles of old-growth trees soak up more than 12 feet of rainfall each year.
03:44Plants and wildlife found nowhere else on earth have made Olympic such an exceptional park
03:49that UNESCO designated it as a World Heritage Site.
03:55This is also the home of the world's largest unmanaged herds of Roosevelt elk.
04:05They're named after Teddy Roosevelt, the president who set aside this area
04:10as a national monument in 1909 to save the declining herds.
04:15Now, they protect the rainforest by browsing on undergrowth,
04:19making room for new plants and animals.
04:28But this half-ton bull isn't someone you want to butt heads with.
04:35Sixty different species of mammals live in forests they help maintain.
04:43Even the smallest do their part.
04:46When a squirrel eats a fur cone, it scatters seeds.
04:50It's one way new generations of Douglas fir or Sitka spruce get their start.
04:57The cycles of new and old growth keep this forest healthy.
05:04So do Olympic's vast networks of fresh water.
05:10And its protected status keeps it safe from commercial clear-cutting.
05:15The timber harvesting that wiped out much of the old growth forest beyond the park.
05:26Back on the coast, it's not.
05:30A true opportunist, the eagle takes advantage of a raft of sea lions stirring up supper.
05:40Swims or flies.
05:44Harsh winds and strong Pacific currents constantly shape the Olympic National Park's dramatic landscape,
05:51creating spectacular formations like Point of the Arches.
06:14Most visitors experience only a fraction of the park's secret life.
06:21Because so much of the action happens under Waddai.
06:25This sunflower sea star has a three-foot-wide arm span and a taste for sea urchin.
06:38This one is hunting.
06:40It has fifth-digest larger prey whole.
06:51Tired and demoralized, the Mother Grey fought hard.
06:55Now saving herself is the only option.
07:00Far from this battleground and beyond the rainforest,
07:04spring has finally reached the park's upper reaches,
07:07the Olympic Mountains.
07:10Alpine meadows are snow-free and ready for new life.
07:18Unlike any of the biospheres below,
07:21this third park within a park is all-unforgiving edge.
07:26And its overlord is Mount Olympus.
07:30At a mile and a half high,
07:32it's the tallest peak in the park's glacier-studded range,
07:36which has protected wilderness.
07:44It's a panorama most visitors see only from the heights of Hurricane Ridge.
07:51But far from prying eyes,
07:53drama is brewing.
07:57The warm weather has awoken Olympic marmots,
08:00ravenous after months of hibernation.
08:03It's not too early to pack on the pounds
08:06that will get them through the next winter.
08:11These rodents may be the most extroverted mammals in the park.
08:19Adults are about the size of house cats.
08:26These little guys are world-famous.
08:29Olympic marmots evolved in this park and live nowhere else.
08:35But they're not immune to predators.
08:41And nothing can ruin their day
08:43like a young bald eagle on a hunt.
08:52Like good eagle scouts,
08:54marmots do prepare for
08:56eagles.
08:59Guard duty is serious business.
09:06This piercing whistle
09:08sends an urgent message to the colony.
09:15Run for cover.
09:17Now.
09:24One youngster is oblivious to the danger,
09:28despite the repeated alarms.
09:30It's a mistake that could cost him his life.
09:38The hunting eagle is hot on the marmots' heels.
09:42But he lucks out and makes a narrow escape.
09:46Timing is everything.
09:53Today, it's marmots' one, eagle, zero, here in the alpine meadow.
10:00Let no one underestimate the survival skills of the little guys.
10:09A bird's eye view of the Olympic mountain range
10:12shows the upside to nature's upheaval.
10:17The peninsula was shaped by the collision of tectonic plates,
10:21then by massive glaciers,
10:23all creating the dramatic features
10:26that makes this one of America's
10:28most geographically diverse parks.
10:42Here, too,
10:44water contributes to the park's visual magic.
10:47But at these elevations,
10:49it's frozen in hundreds of stunning glaciers,
10:52many of them active.
11:07In July,
11:08the alpine meadows come into full bloom.
11:12Even the black-tailed deer from the forest hike up
11:15for a meal with a view,
11:18vexing the year-round residents.
11:24For this very brief season,
11:26life at altitude is lush.
11:29Not so in a few more weeks.
11:33Marmots are among the few
11:35that brave the harsh early winters here.
11:37Some have already doubled their weight
11:40and will soon disappear down their burrows.
11:50But winter's icy breath
11:53has a lighter touch
11:54in the lower reaches of the park.
12:00Down here on the west side,
12:03the misty hills are a sign
12:05that summer is still in full swing.
12:11Rainfall drenches these temperate forests,
12:14making Olympic one of the wettest spots in the U.S.
12:28native Americans hunted and fished here
12:31thousands of years
12:32before European explorers arrived.
12:37And water,
12:38and the life that thrives around it,
12:40are still honored in tribal culture.
12:47One legend holds
12:48that when humankind was placed on Earth,
12:51water volunteered itself
12:53as a gift to help us survive.
13:04Usually, that means plants.
13:06But black bears are
13:07all huckleberries in season,
13:09insects,
13:10young tree bark,
13:11and salmon
13:11once they return in the fall.
13:15On today's...
13:18The shells are a rich source of calcium
13:20for the old bear.
13:24And that's doubly true
13:26for these growing cubs.
13:28They're...
13:28His bolder sibling is a quick study
13:31and savors the taste of success.
13:38Or stray into harm's way.
13:42Suddenly, she's on high alert.
13:46And for good reason.
13:57An adult male
13:58is a serious threat
14:00to bear cubs.
14:03These cubs may belong to a rival,
14:06and he might kill
14:08and even eat them.
14:10Way.
14:14But a mouth-watering feast
14:16distracts the hungry male.
14:19Harbor seals
14:20trying not to lose their cool.
14:24So far offshore,
14:26there's no way he can get to them.
14:29In life,
14:30he's left to science's roving eye.
14:35Up above
14:36and beyond the park's borders,
14:38the Pacific shows
14:39who's really at the helm
14:41near Cape Flattery
14:43and Tattoosh Island.
14:51Here at Washington's northwestern edge,
14:54the seas are always angry.
14:57They come ashore mainly to breed.
15:05It doesn't take them long
15:07to turn the sheer cliffs
15:08below the lighthouse
15:09into daycare
15:10for thousands of hatching eggs.
15:13Nature has engineered
15:14their pear-shaped eggs
15:16to stay put on these cliff sides,
15:18even in high winds.
15:19They can spin,
15:21but won't roll,
15:22and always return
15:23to perfect balance.
15:25Neither parent nor chick
15:27realizes they're under attack.
15:31And by the time they do,
15:33it may be too late.
15:40Hungry eagles
15:41will always go
15:42for the expedient kill.
15:44It's nothing personal.
15:47But with no place to hide,
15:50that makes aim.
15:53Without a doubt,
15:54there are going to be casualties.
15:59Especially among the most vulnerable.
16:13The invaders show no mercy.
16:16They raid the colony
16:18with razor-sharp beaks and talons
16:20and make off with the doomed.
16:29Almost powerless
16:31to defend themselves,
16:32the MERS can only
16:34mourn their losses.
16:43against all odds.
16:45This will...
16:46Eagle chicks face
16:47different challenges.
16:49They grow at a faster rate
16:50than any other
16:51North American bird
16:52and need a lot of food.
16:56It takes five years
16:58for the fledgling chick
16:59to become a sexually mature adult.
17:01That's when he'll develop
17:02his distinctive white head
17:04and tail feathers
17:05and his magnificent plumage.
17:11No one said
17:12the path to national celebrity
17:13would be easy.
17:20In early October,
17:22the first major storms
17:23signal that autumn is here.
17:26It's the season
17:28when the peninsula's
17:29normally turbulent seas
17:30pound the Olympic coastline
17:32with extra fury.
17:58But even in such brutal conditions,
18:01nature adapts.
18:04And there's a method
18:05to her madness.
18:08In the storm's wake,
18:10the Strait of Juan de Fuca
18:11enjoys a little calm
18:13and a gift sent in
18:15on the tide
18:15for the area's
18:16resident orcas,
18:18salmon.
18:18So today,
18:20they're going fishing.
18:22Unlike the transient orcas,
18:25residents don't hunt
18:26or eat marine mammals,
18:27just fish.
18:28...of Chinook
18:29or King Salmon
18:30to freshwater spawning grounds.
18:35The leader of this pod
18:37is a matriarch
18:38thought to be more
18:39than a hundred years old.
18:41...
18:52...
18:52...
18:55...
18:58They coordinate the attack
19:00with high-pitched vocalizations
19:01and stun the fish
19:03with tail flukes
19:04before pouncing
19:05on their movable feast.
19:10...
19:11...
19:11...
19:26There are far more success stories
19:28playing out in isolated currents
19:30and cascades
19:31from sea to summit.
19:34Dramas hidden from all
19:36but the most adventurous eyes.
19:39Every autumn,
19:40the Roosevelt elk
19:41climb up to the mountains.
19:44It's mating season,
19:46and this rugged terrain
19:47is the perfect setting
19:49for seduction.
19:55This bull may look macho
19:57with his massive antlers,
19:58but will his love songs
20:00win him any hearts?
20:02...
20:02...
20:03...
20:04...
20:05Heads are turning
20:06and hooves will follow.
20:08It's clear
20:09he knows how to impress.
20:12But a black bear
20:13could cramp his style.
20:18Best to rally the harem
20:20and head for the hills.
20:25He could care less.
20:27His only plan
20:28is to eat his fill
20:29of high-energy power food,
20:31ripe and juicy berries.
20:34With months of hibernation looming,
20:36who wouldn't take the time
20:38for a little more binging?
20:44All too soon,
20:46winter is here.
20:48Pacific winds
20:49surge through the mountains,
20:51dropping temperatures
20:52below freezing.
20:55Life at the top
20:56has closed its doors
20:57for the season,
20:59and the stragglers
21:00know it's time
21:01to leave the mountains
21:01to their brooding.
21:07Others will seek
21:08the less hostile climate
21:09of distant shorelines,
21:14and winter
21:15will cast a wide veil,
21:17keeping the secrets
21:18of these three parks
21:20within a park
21:21under wraps
21:22for now.
21:25The wildest
21:26may yet to be revealed.
21:29That's the strength
21:30and the timeless allure
21:32of Olympic National Park.
21:34and the purest
21:38and woom.
21:38See you next year.
21:39You
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