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<i>you're not alone.</i>

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<i>You're no monkey's uncle.</i>

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<i>But you are rather peculiar.</i>

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<i>Where did you come from
and who were your ancestors?</i>

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<i>Nope.</i>

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<i>Guess again.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(BUZZING THEN BEEPING)</font> 

9
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<i>That's right.</i>

10
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<i>The story of lemurs
begins over 60 million years ago.</i>

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<i>Back in the time of the dinosaurs.</i>

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<i>Long before monkeys, apes,
or humans ever existed.</i>

13
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<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING THEN ROARING)</font> 

14
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<i>Lemurs were small nocturnal creatures</i>

15
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<i>and survived the asteroid
that killed the dinosaurs.</i>

16
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<i>- They were living in Africa...</i>
- <font color="#D900D9">(THUNDER CRASHING)</font> 

17
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<i>...when a massive storm
blew a tangled raft of trees out to sea...</i>

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<i>and turned a family of tiny lemurs...</i>

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<i>into some of the greatest explorers
in the history of life on Earth.</i>

20
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<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING)</font> 

21
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<font color="#D900D9">(GURGLING)</font> 

22
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<font color="#D900D9">(MEOWING)</font> 

23
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<font color="#D900D9">(YELPING AND MEOWING)</font> 

24
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<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING AND CHIRPING)</font> 

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>The lemurs landed on Madagascar.</i>

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<i>A vast island isolated
from the rest of the world.</i>

27
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<font color="#D900D9">(SNORTING)</font> 

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<i>For millions of years, there were
no other mammals, or even birds.</i>

29
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<i>With no predators to fear...</i>

30
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<i>lemurs emerged into the daylight.</i>

31
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<i>And over time they evolved into
a wild variety of new shapes and sizes.</i>

32
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<i>Their ancestors went extinct in Africa.</i>

33
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<i>But in Madagascar, lemurs thrived...</i>

34
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<i>and became the rulers
of their glorious new world.</i>

35
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<i>Lemurs are the most ancient
primate alive today.</i>

36
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<i>And Madagascar is the only place
on Earth where they live.</i>

37
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<i>For a scientist seeking to preserve
our planet's rich biodiversity...</i>

38
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<i>Madagascar is Treasure Island.</i>

39
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<i>Dr. Patricia Wright is a primatologist
from New York's Stony Brook University.</i>

40
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<i>She's an expert
in finding rare and elusive lemurs.</i>

41
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<i>As a young scientist, her destiny
was changed by a journey to Madagascar.</i>

42
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<i>Back then, the country
was changing fast.</i>

43
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<i>And the lemurs' good luck
was running out.</i>

44
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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>I first came to Madagascar
to solve a mystery...</i>

45
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<i>about a lemur
that we feared had gone extinct.</i>

46
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<i>My mission was to find it.</i>

47
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<i>The greater bamboo lemur
once lived throughout Madagascar...</i>

48
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<i>but hadn't been seen in 50 years.</i>

49
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<i>I searched for months
and never saw a single one.</i>

50
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<i>I had almost given up,
when I got to Ranomafana.</i>

51
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<i>Then one morning...</i>

52
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<i>there he was.</i>

53
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<i>Alive.</i>

54
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<i>Feasting on his favorite treat:</i>

55
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<i>Crunchy, young bamboo shoots.</i>

56
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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>After her discovery...</i>

57
00:09:32,822 --> 00:09:37,435
<i>Patricia helped save this rain forest
as a national park.</i>

58
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<i>And she devoted her life to protecting
the wild places of Madagascar...</i>

59
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<i>and all the animals that call it home.</i>

60
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<font color="#D900D9">(CHIRPING AND HOOTING)</font> 

61
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<i>The word lemur means "wandering spirit."</i>

62
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<i>And there is something otherworldly
about the lemurs of this forest.</i>

63
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<i>These lemurs are sacred in Madagascar.</i>

64
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<i>There is a legend about two brothers
who lived in the forest.</i>

65
00:10:32,882 --> 00:10:37,069
<i>One ran off and became the first human.</i>

66
00:10:38,430 --> 00:10:41,782
<i>The other stayed and became...</i>

67
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<i>an indri.</i>

68
00:10:52,736 --> 00:10:56,839
<i>There were once lemurs
as big as gorillas.</i>

69
00:10:57,198 --> 00:11:02,479
<i>But those were hunted to extinction
just a few hundred years ago.</i>

70
00:11:02,579 --> 00:11:06,515
<i>Indri are the largest lemurs
that remain.</i>

71
00:11:14,257 --> 00:11:19,027
<i>Indri live in small family groups
that have their own territories.</i>

72
00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:26,869
<i>They trade news with each other
by singing haunting duets.</i>

73
00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:31,874
<font color="#D900D9">(WAILING)</font> 

74
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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Each family member adds their part...</i>

75
00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:43,260
<font color="#D900D9">(CONTINUES WAILING)</font> 

76
00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:49,099
<i>...to a chorus that travels
deep into the forest.</i>

77
00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,730
<font color="#D900D9">(LEMURS WAILING)</font> 

78
00:12:17,112 --> 00:12:22,809
<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>The song of indri once echoed
loudly across the eastern rain forest...</i>

79
00:12:22,909 --> 00:12:25,802
<i>but now it's fading away.</i>

80
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<i>No indri has ever survived in captivity.</i>

81
00:12:35,505 --> 00:12:38,315
<i>You can only meet one here...</i>

82
00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,035
<font color="#D900D9">(YELPS)</font> 

83
00:12:40,135 --> 00:12:42,486
<i>...in Madagascar.</i>

84
00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:55,249
<font color="#D900D9">(MEN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)</font> 

85
00:13:02,699 --> 00:13:04,883
<font color="#D900D9">(MEN CONTINUE SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)</font> 

86
00:13:22,844 --> 00:13:25,779
<font color="#D900D9">(ALL CHEERING)</font> 

87
00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:42,764
<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>The town of Ranomafana
is on the edge of the ancient rainforest...</i>

88
00:13:42,864 --> 00:13:44,849
<i>where I found the greater bamboo lemurs.</i>

89
00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:48,311
<font color="#D900D9">(WRIGHT SPEAKING IN FRENCH)</font> 

90
00:13:48,411 --> 00:13:53,108
<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>The people in the surrounding
villages benefit from the park.</i>

91
00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:55,902
<i>But they still rely
on the land to survive.</i>

92
00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:57,737
Aah!

93
00:13:57,837 --> 00:13:59,239
<font color="#D900D9">(SPEAKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)</font> 

94
00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:04,911
<i>Before I was a scientist,
I was a social worker in Brooklyn.</i>

95
00:14:05,011 --> 00:14:07,487
<i>It's my nature to solve problems.</i>

96
00:14:08,431 --> 00:14:14,254
<i>And in Madagascar,
humans and lemurs have the same problem:</i>

97
00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:18,498
<i>Limited resources that they both need.</i>

98
00:14:47,595 --> 00:14:53,075
<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Madagascar was one of
the last places on Earth settled by humans.</i>

99
00:14:53,977 --> 00:14:57,755
<i>They brought a small breed
of cattle called zebu...</i>

100
00:14:57,855 --> 00:15:00,916
<i>that need open space for grazing.</i>

101
00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:08,850
<i>Since their arrival 2000 years ago...</i>

102
00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:14,939
<i>people have burned down
over 90 percent of Madagascar's forests...</i>

103
00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:19,434
<i>to clear land for grazing and farming.</i>

104
00:15:35,476 --> 00:15:37,712
<i>Every dry season...</i>

105
00:15:37,812 --> 00:15:42,874
<i>thousands of fires
still burn across the island.</i>

106
00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:55,396
<i>The fires are set in fields,
but grow out of control...</i>

107
00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:59,474
<i>and spread to the forests
where lemurs live.</i>

108
00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:13,029
<i>It's the biggest threat
to wildlife in Madagascar.</i>

109
00:16:34,869 --> 00:16:40,233
<i>Many lemur species are dwindling
as their forests disappear.</i>

110
00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:43,736
<i>But one crafty lemur
has bet its survival...</i>

111
00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:49,107
<i>on the ability to adapt
to changing conditions.</i>

112
00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:56,531
<i>Beyond the reach of fire...</i>

113
00:16:56,724 --> 00:17:02,704
<i>gangs of ring-tailed lemurs
have found their perfect hideout.</i>

114
00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:12,631
<font color="#D900D9">(LEMUR WAILS)</font> 

115
00:17:26,587 --> 00:17:30,742
<i>Ring-tails live in groups
of extended families.</i>

116
00:17:30,842 --> 00:17:37,197
<i>And it's easy to observe one of the things
that makes all lemurs special among primates.</i>

117
00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:44,579
<i>The females are in charge.</i>

118
00:17:56,284 --> 00:18:01,555
<i>The alpha female decides
where they go and what they eat.</i>

119
00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:08,696
<i>This troop's leader is hobbled
by a broken hand...</i>

120
00:18:08,796 --> 00:18:12,691
<i>but that doesn't affect
her position at the top.</i>

121
00:18:21,893 --> 00:18:24,212
<i>Even the smallest female...</i>

122
00:18:24,312 --> 00:18:27,539
<i>is dominant over every male.</i>

123
00:18:33,821 --> 00:18:35,881
<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING)</font> 

124
00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:41,386
<i>Females inherit their power
from their mother.</i>

125
00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:46,224
<i>They keep it
through experience and attitude.</i>

126
00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:05,368
<i>Ring-tails once covered
much wider territory in Madagascar.</i>

127
00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:09,716
<i>But as humans spread out,
the ring-tails...</i>

128
00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:14,336
<i>retreated into the cracks
of this natural fortress.</i>

129
00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:23,813
<i>Like lemur outlaws...</i>

130
00:19:23,913 --> 00:19:29,976
<i>they live on the edge of civilization
and launch raids on the farms below.</i>

131
00:19:33,214 --> 00:19:35,315
<font color="#D900D9">(WAILS)</font> 

132
00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:30,161
<i>At night,
the day's squabbles are forgotten.</i>

133
00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:38,221
<i>The ring-tailed family grooms each other
and sleeps cuddled up in one big lemur ball.</i>

134
00:20:38,321 --> 00:20:40,672
<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING)</font> 

135
00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:03,862
<i>They survive by sticking together.</i>

136
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,241
<font color="#D900D9">(LEMURS WAILING)</font> 

137
00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:36,696
<i>Patricia's headquarters in Madagascar
is the Centre ValBio...</i>

138
00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:42,702
<i>a state-of-the-art research station perched
on the edge of Ranomafana National Park.</i>

139
00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:46,071
<i>Home to 15 kinds of lemurs.</i>

140
00:21:46,597 --> 00:21:49,981
<i>It's here that she's training
a new generation...</i>

141
00:21:50,081 --> 00:21:53,147
<i>of Western and Malagasy scientists...</i>

142
00:21:53,247 --> 00:21:56,581
<i>to build a future for the lemurs.</i>

143
00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:02,513
<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>Almost all the plants
and animals in Madagascar are endemic...</i>

144
00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:06,883
<i>and exist nowhere else on Earth.</i>

145
00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:12,607
<i>The more we learn
about their intricate relationships...</i>

146
00:22:12,707 --> 00:22:18,228
<i>the more we can do to protect the forest
and eventually to expand it.</i>

147
00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:22,357
<font color="#D900D9">(LAUGHING)</font> 

148
00:22:45,948 --> 00:22:47,590
<font color="#D900D9">(SHRIEKS)</font> 

149
00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:15,285
<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>To the lemurs, all this science
can seem awfully mysterious.</i>

150
00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:27,297
<i>Each night, Herman and Victor set traps
in the forest around ValBio...</i>

151
00:23:27,823 --> 00:23:31,602
<i>to catch the smallest primate
in the world.</i>

152
00:23:31,702 --> 00:23:34,220
<font color="#D900D9">(BEEPING)</font> 

153
00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:37,733
<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING)</font> 

154
00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:43,354
<i>To these mouse lemurs,
it's like being abducted by aliens.</i>

155
00:23:44,381 --> 00:23:49,412
<i>They're taken to a strange laboratory
and scanned, probed...</i>

156
00:23:49,512 --> 00:23:53,031
<i>and analyzed by giant creatures.</i>

157
00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:03,592
<i>They may be small,
but mouse lemurs are fierce predators...</i>

158
00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:09,547
<i>that strike terror into insects
and frogs across the galaxy.</i>

159
00:24:17,331 --> 00:24:21,517
<i>After a few hours,
the mouse lemurs are released...</i>

160
00:24:22,753 --> 00:24:29,150
<i>and head home to their nests
with an out of this world story to tell.</i>

161
00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:41,162
<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING)</font> 

162
00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:53,383
WRIGHT: <i>I'm happiest when I'm alone
in the forest with lemurs.</i>

163
00:24:55,744 --> 00:25:00,223
<i>Lemurs have a very calm presence.</i>

164
00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:08,273
<i>The greater bamboo lemur
has a special place in my heart.</i>

165
00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:13,204
<i>They're not the most famous lemur,
and they're not the most beautiful...</i>

166
00:25:13,304 --> 00:25:15,280
<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING)</font> 

167
00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:20,952
<i>...but they have this mischievous charm
that I just fell in love with.</i>

168
00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:32,297
<i>There were once millions of them,
but now they're extremely endangered.</i>

169
00:25:33,157 --> 00:25:38,845
<i>These two are the only ones living
in a protected forest.</i>

170
00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:49,073
<i>This father and his daughter have been all
alone for two years since mom disappeared.</i>

171
00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:55,361
<i>For the species to survive,
I have to help this family now.</i>

172
00:25:56,472 --> 00:26:00,459
<i>They need new mates
from outside the park.</i>

173
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:04,829
<i>And I'll have to play lemur matchmaker.</i>

174
00:26:11,946 --> 00:26:16,142
<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>All over Madagascar,
the country's own scientists...</i>

175
00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:20,386
<i>are also working hard
to protect the lemurs.</i>

176
00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:26,235
<i>Dr. Hanta Rasamimanana works
in the spiny forest.</i>

177
00:26:26,335 --> 00:26:32,565
<i>A bizarre habitat of euphorbias
and prickly cactus-like trees.</i>

178
00:26:33,801 --> 00:26:38,571
<i>She's a census taker,
on the lookout for her favorite lemur...</i>

179
00:26:39,390 --> 00:26:41,366
<i>the sifaka.</i>

180
00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:56,506
<font color="#808080">HANTA:</font> <i>Sifaka are so curious.</i>

181
00:26:56,782 --> 00:27:02,387
<i>When they see me taking notes,
they come down to study me.</i>

182
00:27:02,705 --> 00:27:05,556
<i>It's like they are the primatologists.</i>

183
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:18,746
<i>Sifaka don't drink water.</i>

184
00:27:18,846 --> 00:27:21,957
<i>They get all the moisture
they need from fruits...</i>

185
00:27:22,057 --> 00:27:26,411
<i>and the little leaves
between the spines of plants.</i>

186
00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:36,712
<i>I've followed them for 20 years
and they still amaze me.</i>

187
00:27:43,787 --> 00:27:49,559
<i>I teach my students that lemurs
are Madagascar's living treasure.</i>

188
00:27:52,129 --> 00:27:56,784
<i>But what's most amazing
about the sifaka...</i>

189
00:27:56,884 --> 00:28:00,945
<i>is how they dance.</i>

190
00:29:23,345 --> 00:29:25,205
<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>After months of searching...</i>

191
00:29:25,305 --> 00:29:29,668
<i>Patricia's team finally found
a new group of greater bamboo lemurs...</i>

192
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:33,996
<i>to provide mates for the family
in the national park.</i>

193
00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:40,169
<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>Their habitat is awful,
I mean, very degraded.</i>

194
00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:43,974
I am so relieved. I'm really relieved.
I mean, my goodness...

195
00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:47,552
we have been chasing those animals
for a long time.

196
00:29:48,495 --> 00:29:51,138
<i>We have to catch them today.</i>

197
00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:15,047
<i>When we reached the lemurs,
fires were burning throughout the forest...</i>

198
00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:18,207
<i>and I hoped we weren't too late.</i>

199
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:32,847
<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>They captured them just in time.</i>

200
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:40,146
<i>But another piece of forest is gone.</i>

201
00:30:58,232 --> 00:31:02,428
<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> See if she has milk,
or if she's pregnant.

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Back at ValBio...</i>

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<i>the rescued lemurs
are sedated and examined...</i>

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<i>to make sure they are free
from parasites and disease.</i>

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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> The canine has tooth wear. Okay.

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>The new lemurs wear radio collars...</i>

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<i>so scientists can
easily monitor their progress.</i>

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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>I've studied
these animals for so long...</i>

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<i>but this is the first time
I've ever held one in my arms.</i>

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You're really beautiful.

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Mm.

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So amazing.

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I thought you guys were extinct. Yeah.

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What a shame that would be.

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Such beautiful animals.

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But now you're going to be
in the national park. Yeah.

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Soon after,
Patricia brings the rescued lemurs...</i>

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<i>to an enclosure in the rain forest...</i>

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<i>so they can get used to the environment
before meeting the residents.</i>

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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>So much was at stake.</i>

221
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<i>But even I didn't know what to expect.</i>

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<i>Would they fall in love?</i>

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<i>Would they fight?</i>

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<i>Would they even find each other?</i>

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>The next day, the father
and daughter discover the cage...</i>

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<i>and realize they are no longer alone.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(SQUEAKING AND CHIRPING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(PURRING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(CHIRPING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(CHIRPING AND SQUEAKING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(CHIRPING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(CHIRPING AND SQUEAKING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(PURRING)</font>

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<font color="#D900D9">(CHIRPING)</font> 

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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>I didn't expect true love right away.</i>

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<i>They have to get to know each other.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(GRUNTING)</font> 

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<i>But this seems like the start
of a beautiful friendship.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(GRUNTS)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(SNORTING AND PURRING)</font> 

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<font color="#D900D9">(SHRIEKS)</font>

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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>If all goes well,
next year we'll have babies in the park.</i>

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<i>That's how we're going
to save these lemurs.</i>

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<i>One generation at a time.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(PEOPLE SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)</font> 

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Across Madagascar,
lemurs have an uphill battle to survive.</i>

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<i>But momentum is shifting in their favor.</i>

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<i>Some villagers have begun
to fight fires...</i>

249
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<i>not just start them.</i>

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00:36:14,965 --> 00:36:17,191
<font color="#D900D9">(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)</font> 

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>And thanks to people like Hanta...</i>

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<i>kids are teaching their elders
about conservation.</i>

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<i>And learning to avoid the mistakes
of their ancestors.</i>

254
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<font color="#D900D9">(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)</font> 

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Lemurs came to Madagascar as castaways.</i>

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<i>Their epic adventure has lasted
for 60 million years.</i>

257
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<i>Fate brought the lemurs to Madagascar.</i>

258
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<i>But they'll need more than luck
to survive much longer.</i>

259
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<i>They'll need help.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(LEMUR GRUNTING)</font>

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<i>Hello.</i>

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How are you?
Are you doing okay up there?

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<font color="#D900D9">(LEMUR GRUNTS)</font>

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<font color="#808080">WRIGHT:</font> <i>The more I get to know lemurs,
the more I love them.</i>

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<i>And I want to share these
incredible animals with the world.</i>

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<font color="#D900D9">(GIBBERING)</font> 

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<font color="#808080">NARRATOR:</font> <i>Lemurs have a miraculous story.</i>

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<i>Now it's up to us to keep it alive.</i>

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<i>After all...</i>

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<i>the best stories in nature
are the ones that never end.</i>