DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: Karnataka contains
some of the richest wild places left on Earth.
One-quarter of all India's plant and animal species are found here.
It's one of the last places
where big wild animals can roam in safety.
We are about to travel across this diverse land.
From the mountain rainforests of the Western Ghats...
..to the ancient rocks of the Deccan Plateau.
From the rich jungles in the south...
..and over the waters that transform the land.
And we will reveal wonders.
This is the story of Southern India's largest state.
(BIRDS CALL)
September in Karnataka.
The monsoon rains have finished.
(BIRDS TWITTER, INSECTS BUZZ)
The land resonates to the sound of life
in all its abundance.
But the animals here must always be on guard.
(UNDERGROWTH RUSTLES)
This land is ruled by the largest cat on the planet.
Karnataka's rich jungles
provide its most famous residents
with all the food they need.
This young female has two young cubs.
They're just five months old and totally dependent on their mother.
Karnataka is home to more tigers than any other place in the world.
The 400 individuals that live here
make up 10% of the global tiger population.
And every single addition is priceless.
(SNUFFLES)
These jungles are where cubs learn how to survive.
With so much potential food,
they're likely to get an excellent start in life.
The thickness of these jungles in southern Karnataka
allows tigers to coexist alongside the largest of land animals.
Elephants.
This family has a new addition in tow.
A tiny calf, just a few weeks old.
The matriarch, the old female who leads the herd,
is taking them to a favourite destination.
At this time of year,
elephants love nothing more than a good bath.
With abundant food and water, they can focus on family time.
Elephants have some of nature's strongest social bonds.
It's now that the younger members of the family
get to know the rest of the herd.
But these good times won't last.
Now that the monsoon rains have finished,
Karnataka begins to dry out.
In just a few months, most of this vegetation will be gone.
The herd will have to rely on the matriarch's prodigious memory
to ensure that they find enough food to survive.
Forest covers only 20% of Karnataka.
The rest of this huge state appears to be barren.
The vast Deccan Plateau
contains some of the oldest rocks on Earth.
Here, the absence of rain produces strange landscapes.
In the historic lands of Hampi,
sand blown by the wind has carved the ancient rocks
into all kinds of shapes.
This is the stage
for one of nature's most dazzlingly beautiful spectacles.
(BIRD CALLS)
The competitive displays of peacocks.
The males have been preparing all year for this gathering.
This is their breeding season.
Dozens of females converge on the display grounds
to judge the competition.
A peacock's tail is unfakeable proof of his vigour.
The finest display will be produced by the fittest male.
With so much at stake, tempers flare.
(PEACOCKS SQUAWK)
This could be the only chance to mate a male will get for the whole year.
Only the most spectacular will be able to take it.
The males take every opportunity to impress the peahens.
With the audience assembled,
the show can begin.
(BRIGHT MUSIC)
The younger males watch from the sidelines.
It will be three years
before they have the plumage they need to take part.
The adult males angle their vibrating trains to face the sun
so that their displays will look as brilliant as possible.
The best dressed will enjoy
an uninterrupted opportunity to strut their stuff.
The owner of the most spectacular feather fan
has now earned himself mating rights
to all the females here.
Surprisingly, these rocks hide a major food source...
..though only a few can collect it.
Southern India's only bear, the sloth bear,
is expert at doing that.
A female is looking for lunch and leaving no stone unturned.
(QUIRKY MUSIC)
(SNIFFS)
Up to 60% of a sloth bear's diet
is made up of ants and termites.
Her jaws and lips are shaped like a funnel
with which she sucks them up.
She can eat half a kilogram of termites every day.
But this particular bear will have to turn over a lot of rocks
because she isn't just feeding herself.
She has two cubs, just a few months old.
She rarely lets them out of her sight.
And following mum around can get quite tiring.
No other kind of bear cubs
routinely travel on their mothers' backs.
Extra thick fur allows the cubs to get a firm grip.
It will be another two years before they're truly independent.
The Deccan Plateau is an unforgiving place to raise a family.
With wolves and other predators
ready to attack at every opportunity...
..a safe refuge is of the greatest importance.
Jungle cats are well adapted to these exposed conditions.
Monumental outcrops provide strategic lookout points.
Danger is never far away.
But with mum on guard,
the kittens can play and hone their survival skills.
And those skills may be tested at any moment.
One bite from a spectacled cobra is usually fatal.
They're one of India's most dangerous snakes.
The inquisitive youngster edges closer.
The cobra's hood is a final warning.
Another inch and it will be game over for the kitten.
But this time, the kitten makes the right move.
The reason why the Deccan Plateau is so dry...
..lies in Karnataka's greatest geological feature.
The mighty Western Ghats mountain range.
This vast escarpment
intercepts the rain clouds arriving from the coast
and creates the most biodiverse habitat in India.
The number of species found here and nowhere else on Earth
rivals that of the Amazon.
This huge rainforest
is home to the world's largest venomous snake.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
The king cobra.
They have acute eyesight
and can track their prey through the thick forest.
They feed almost entirely on other snakes.
And when they catch one,
they swallow it whole and head first.
With no means of pinning it down,
the king cobra has to roll to subdue its victim.
And they are insatiable.
They even eat their own kind.
As the dry season progresses,
female king cobras stop hunting.
For the next few weeks,
this mother won't eat at all.
The drying rainforest
has created the conditions she has been waiting for.
This 10-foot long female
now uses her coils to pile leaves
into one of the animal kingdom's largest nests.
No other snake behaves in this way.
Exposed eggs wouldn't survive the rain.
So she heaps up the leaves to protect them.
The pile will act as a natural incubator.
She has special temperature receptors in her skin
and she adjusts the leaves of the nest
to ensure the eggs within
stay at a steady 28 degrees centigrade.
She will guard this nest with her life for up to a month,
eating nothing.
These rainforests are home
to several dozen kinds of fruiting trees.
In spite of the dry season,
many trees produce fruit all year round.
They are great boons for the rainforest's canopy dwellers.
But there's one tree here that almost everyone avoids.
The strychnine tree produces fruit so poisonous,
just one could kill a human.
Amazingly, Malabar pied hornbills
are able to stomach this lethal neurotoxin.
Exactly how they achieve this isn't yet known.
But it does give them the monopoly of these otherwise fatal fruits.
Being able to eat even the deadliest of meals
has made these hornbills the most prolific seed disperses
in the entire forest.
But even a bird that is immune to poison is not immune to parasites.
Each evening, the hornbills search out a very particular spot.
An open glade in the forest.
These dry conditions produce plenty of dust
and hornbills bathe in it.
With their feathers cleansed,
they return to the forest to roost.
The lower slopes of the Western Ghats
are home to India's very own dragon.
The camouflage of a Draco lizard
helps keep it off the menu of its many potential predators.
But camouflage is a problem
when trying to attract the attention of a female.
So the male flashes a bright yellow flap of skin
to show a female where he is.
But she is too busy feeding.
And he is too far away.
But like all dragons, he has got a hidden superpower.
He can fly.
On specially adapted ribs,
he will glide up to 100 feet between trees.
It's the quickest and safest way to travel in this aerial habitat.
Brushing him aside with her tail, she threatens to jump.
Despite his best efforts, she's not interested.
Perhaps this bachelor will have more luck on the next tree.
The Western Ghats are the backdrop to 280km of coastline.
Migrating gulls are drawn to these rich tropical waters.
Twice a day, the tide here creates the ideal habitat
for India's most industrious creature.
As the water recedes,
tiny edible particles get trapped in the sand.
This is food for some.
Sand bubbler crabs.
Scooping up sand with their fine pincers...
..they sieve out its edible bits and then roll it into small balls.
They have to work fast.
Their specialised mouth parts can only extract the food
if the sand is wet.
To get enough to eat,
each crab produces over 1,000 of these sand balls every day.
But time is not their only enemy.
The crabs themselves make excellent snacks.
Plovers and sandpipers feast on them.
Pond herons stalk them one...
..by one.
This army has to eat out in the open.
But there is a defence in huge numbers.
Not even the turning tide stops them.
When the water arrives,
they break ranks and perform their final trick.
Rotating in the sun, each builds a circular wall of sand pellets.
Completing the roof traps a bubble of air beneath.
And that is just big enough
to enable the crabs to remain safely underwater until the next tide.
Beyond these familiar shores lies an alien world.
The reefs of Karnataka are still largely unexplored.
This is a wild India that few have seen.
After six months with little rain,
Karnataka's jungles are drying out.
This creates an opportunity
for India's most social wild canid -
the dhole.
Dhole packs communicate by whistling.
But when they hunt, they travel in silence.
With immense territories,
they know how to find every one of the shrinking waterholes.
As the drought intensifies,
they become the prime place for an ambush.
An adult sambar deer would feed the whole pack for days.
But sambar are tough adversaries.
A youngster is a far easier proposition.
The dogs have surrounded one in a tiny pool.
She challenges the inexperienced members of the pack...
..and tries to draw them away from her youngster.
One kick from an adult sambar could be fatal.
Eventually, the dogs give up.
This lone mother has seen off the whole pack.
It will be another year
before the calf is strong enough to fight its own battles.
Further into the jungle,
some of the last remaining pools have trapped huge carp.
It's an opportunity for specialist fish hunters.
Smooth-coated otters.
Travelling as a family,
they begin to search all the pools in their territory.
But today they are in for a surprise.
Tigers sweat mainly through their paws.
So on hot days, they cool off in jungle pools.
The otters would never approach a tiger on land.
But in water, their element,
their confidence is boundless.
Sometimes even a tiger...
..is no match for a pack of indignant otters.
With the coast clear...
..they set to work.
Smooth-coated otter families
can travel many kilometres each day.
When they find a shoal of fish...
..they work together to corner them
and pick them off one at a time.
Each of the family needs to eat a kilo of fish every day.
In two months, the monsoon rains will arrive
and release the imprisoned fish.
Until then, this pool will provide all the food the otters need.
Whilst tigers rule the jungle floor...
..the canopy is dominated by Karnataka's largest monkeys...
..gray langurs.
For much of the year, they get all they need from the treetops.
But now the cupboard is bare.
The langurs must search for food and water on the ground.
Scouts in the trees keep watch...
..ready to sound the alarm.
A rare black panther is quickly noticed.
The danger seems to have passed.
But in this jungle, there are always eyes watching.
(LANGUR SCOUTS CALL)
(GROWLS)
A close call.
Nowhere is entirely safe...
..from a leopard.
Life here is becoming tough,
even for an animal with no natural predators.
Karnataka's elephants constantly search for fresh vegetation.
But now the options are running out.
The last of the grass provides little sustenance.
As a last resort, the herd turns to the jungle trees.
Using their tusks, they prise off strips of bark.
Despite the conditions,
they still need to find over 100 kilos of vegetation every day.
And with the rains still a month away,
the outlook appears bleak.
Fortunately, there is one last possibility.
Within these jungles lies an Eden...
..where water flows all year round.
An elephant Shangri-la called Kabini.
The older members of the herd remember how to find it.
After months of walking,
the family have all made it.
Each year, hundreds of elephants from across all Karnataka
assemble at their great jungle paradise.
In a few weeks, the rains will come again and revive their forest home.
The water across Karnataka is now at its lowest point.
Temporary sandbars have appeared in the shrinking rivers,
creating pools where the remaining fish have congregated.
Thousands of river terns arrive here to breed.
Food is now readily available.
The birds have timed their arrival perfectly.
They quickly pair up and start to nest.
Then, after just four weeks,
the first chicks begin to hatch.
Now, the parents are intensely busy.
A steady stream of small fish is delivered into tiny mouths.
The terns have just a few busy weeks
before the returning rains will submerge the sandbars
for another year.
Summer temperatures have now risen to over 40 degrees,
triggering a change in the atmosphere.
Huge clouds blow in from the Indian Ocean
and condense over the Western Ghats.
This is the start of one of the most important seasonal events
on the planet.
The mighty monsoon.
In just a few weeks,
trillions of litres of water will fall across India.
As the rivers swell, the rainforest is transformed.
The humidity soars to 100%...
..and the earth throbs with calls.
The Western Ghats have over 100 different species of frogs.
(FROGS CROAK, INSECTS BUZZ, BIRDS TWITTER)
These monsoon rains are the cue they have been waiting for.
It's time for the males to attract mates.
(WATER RUSHES LOUDLY)
But there's a problem.
The sound of water is so loud
it's difficult for the frogs to make themselves heard.
So Karnataka's amphibious orchestra
has evolved an unusual solution.
If you can't shout about your credentials,
flaunt them.
A female arrives.
The ante has been upped.
Stretching to the limit,
this male shows off his enormous legs.
His performance has paid off.
The monsoon rains are also a trigger for the female King Cobra.
She leaves her giant nest.
By abandoning her unhatched eggs,
this cannibal queen
is actually giving them their best chance of survival.
Were she to stay,
she might well eat her own offspring.
These youngsters aren't even safe from one another.
King cobras hatch hungry.
Their best chance is to get as far away from the nest
as fast as they can.
For the next five years,
these youngsters will lead entirely solitary lives in the forest
until they're large enough to find a mate.
But right now, they must slip away quietly and disappear.
During the monsoon,
the vast amount of rain falling across the state
creates an intricate network of streams.
Small ones join with others.
Rivers grow and turn into surging torrents...
..that feed almost every major river in southern India.
The waterfalls of Jog and Shivanasamudra
are among India's most impressive natural wonders.
More rain falls in the three months of the monsoon
than in the whole of the rest of the year.
The drenching monsoon rains
power Karnataka's spectacularly rich natural worlds.
Across rainforests...
..ancient rocks...
...thick jungles...
..and thundering waters...
..wildlife thrives.
This annual elemental pulse
ensures Karnataka is reborn each year
as one of the most important and glorious wild refuges on Earth.
大衛·艾登堡： 卡納塔克邦包含
一些最富有的野生地方 留在地球上。
印度四分之一的工廠 在這裡可以找到各種動物。
這是最後的地方之一
大型野生動物在哪裡 可以安全地漫遊。
我們即將去旅行 穿越這片多元化的土地。
來自山地雨林 西高止山脈...
..到古老的岩石 德干高原。
來自南方茂密的叢林......
..在水面上 改變土地。
我們將揭示奇蹟。
這是一個故事 印度南部最大的邦。
（鳥叫聲）
九月在卡納塔克邦。
季風雨已經結束。
（鳥兒嘰嘰喳喳，昆蟲嗡嗡作響）
大地產生共鳴 到生命的聲音
盡其所能。
但這裡的動物 必須時刻保持警惕。
（灌木叢的沙沙聲）
這片土地被統治 是地球上最大的貓科動物。
卡納塔克邦茂密的叢林
提供其最著名的居民
以及他們需要的所有食物。
這位年輕女子 有兩個幼崽。
他們才五個月大 完全依賴母親。
卡納塔克邦是更多老虎的家園 比世界上任何其他地方都要多。
住在這裡的四百人
老虎數量佔全球的十巴仙。
以及每一個添加是無價的。
這些叢林是幼崽們生活的地方 學習如何生存。
有了這麼多潛在的食物，
他們可能會得到 人生美好的開始。
這些叢林的厚度 位於卡納塔克邦南部
允許老虎共存 最大的陸地動物。
大象。
這家人 還有一個新的補充。
一隻小牛犢，才幾周大。
女族長， 帶領牛群的老雌性，
正在帶走他們 去一個最喜歡的目的地。
每年的這個時候，
大像不再愛了 比好好洗個澡更重要。
有了充足的食物和水， 他們可以專注於家庭時間。
大像有一些大自然的特徵 最牢固的社會紐帶。
現在就是這樣 家庭中的年輕成員
了解牛群的其他成員。
但這些美好時光不會持續太久。
現在正值季風雨 完成了，
卡納塔克邦開始乾燥。
短短幾個月內，大部份 這些植被將會消失。
牛群將不得不依賴 論女族長驚人的記憶力
以確保他們找到 足夠的食物來生存。
森林僅覆蓋卡納塔克邦的廿巴仙。
這個龐大國家的其餘部份 看起來很貧瘠。
廣闊的德干高原
包含一些最古老的岩石 在地球上。
這裡，沒有下雨 產生奇異的景觀。
在亨比這片歷史悠久的土地上，
風吹走的沙子 雕刻了古老的岩石
成各種形狀。
這就是舞臺
對於大自然之一 最令人眼花繚亂的美麗眼鏡。
（鳥叫聲）
孔雀的競技表演。
男生們已經做好了準備 為了這次聚會一整年。
這是它們的繁殖季節。
數十名女性 匯聚於展示場地
來評判比賽。
孔雀的尾巴 是他活力的不可偽造的證明。
將生產最精美的顯示器 由最適合的男性。
事關重大，脾氣暴躁。
（孔雀的叫聲）
這可能是唯一的交配機會 男性將獲得全年的收入。
衹為最壯觀的 將能夠接受它。
雄性抓住一切機會 給雌孔雀留下深刻印像。
隨著觀眾的聚集，
演出可以開始了。
（明亮的音樂）
較年輕的男性 旁觀。
這將是三年
在它們擁有羽毛之前 他們需要參與。
成年雄性將它們的角度 震動列車迎向太陽
這樣他們的顯示器就會看起來 盡可能輝煌。
穿著最好的人會享受
不間斷的機會 炫耀他們的東西。
業主為 最壯觀的羽毛扇
現在已經為自己贏得了交配權
致這裡所有的女性。
令人驚訝的是，這些岩石 隱藏主要食物來源...
..雖然衹有少數人可以收集它。
印度南部唯一的熊， 懶熊，
是這方面的專家。
一位女性正在尋找午餐 並且不遺餘力。
（古怪的音樂）
（嗅嗅）
高達懶熊飲食的六十巴仙
由螞蟻和白蟻組成。
她的下巴和嘴唇 形狀像漏斗
她用它吸吮它們。
她可以吃半公斤 每天都有白蟻。
但這衹特殊的熊 必須翻開很多石頭
因為她不衹是在餵食 她自己。
她有兩個幼崽， 才幾個月大。
她很少讓他們 在她的視線之外。
並跟著媽媽 會變得很累。
沒有其他種類的小熊
經常旅行 在他們母親的背上。
超厚的皮毛可以讓幼崽 牢牢抓住。
又將是兩年 在他們真正獨立之前。
德干高原是一個無情的高原 養家糊口的地方。
與狼和其他掠食者一起
準備進攻 在每一個機會...
..安全的避難所 是最重要的。
叢林貓的適應能力很強 對於這些暴露的條件。
巨大的露頭 提供戰略觀察點。
危險永遠不會遠離。
但有媽媽的守護，
小貓可以玩 並磨練他們的生存技能。
這些技能可能會受到考驗 任何時候。
被眼鏡蛇咬了一口 通常是致命的。
他們是印度人之一 最危險的蛇。
好奇的年輕人 邊緣更接近。
眼鏡蛇的兜帽是最後的警告。
再一英寸就會是 小貓的遊戲結束了。
但這一次， 小貓做出了正確的舉動。
德干高原的原因 太乾了...
..位於卡納塔克邦 最大的地質特徵。
雄偉的西高止山脈 山脈。
這廣闊的懸崖
攔截雨雲 從海岸抵達
並創造了最多 印度的生物多樣性棲息地。
這裡發現的物種數量 地球上其他地方也沒有
可以與亞馬遜相媲美。
這片巨大的雨林
是世界上 最大的毒蛇。
（險惡的音樂）
眼鏡王蛇。
他們有敏銳的視力
並且可以追踪他們的獵物 穿過茂密的森林。
他們幾乎完全進食 在其他蛇身上。
當他們抓住一隻時，
他們把它整個吞下去，然後把頭先吞下去。
沒有辦法固定它，
眼鏡王蛇必須滾動 制服其受害者。
他們是貪得無厭的。
他們甚至吃自己的同類。
隨著旱季的進展，
雌性眼鏡王蛇停止狩獵。
在接下來的幾周里，
這位媽媽根本不吃東西。
乾燥的雨林
已經創造了條件 她一直在等待。
這衹十英尺長的雌性
現在用她的線圈來堆樹葉
進入動物王國之一 最大的巢。
沒有其他蛇有這樣的行為。
裸露的雞蛋 無法在雨中生存。
於是她把樹葉堆起來 保護他們。
樁將行動 作為一個天然的孵化器。
她有特殊的溫度感受器 在她的皮膚裡
她調整葉子 巢的
以確保雞蛋在
保持穩定廿八攝氏度。
她會守護這個巢穴 與她長達一個月的生活，
什麼也不吃。
這些雨林是我們的家
到幾十種 的果樹。
儘管正值旱季，
許多樹結出果實 全年。
他們是偉大的恩賜 對於雨林樹冠居民來說。
但這裡有一棵樹 幾乎每個人都避免這樣做。
馬錢子鹼樹 結出有毒的果實，
衹要一個人就可以殺死一個人。
令人驚奇的是，馬拉巴爾斑犀鳥
能忍住 這種致命的神經毒素。
他們到底是如何實現這一目標的 目前尚不清楚。
但這確實給了他們壟斷權 這些否則致命的水果。
能夠吃飯 即使是最致命的飯菜
創造了這些犀鳥 最多產的種子傳播
整個森林中。
但即使是免疫的鳥 中毒也不能免疫寄生蟲。
每天晚上，犀鳥 尋找一個非常特別的地方。
森林中的一片空地。
這些乾燥的條件 產生大量灰塵
犀鳥在其中沐浴。
他們的羽毛被潔淨了，
他們返回森林棲息。
西高止山脈的較低斜坡
是印度自己的龍的家園。
天龍蜥蜴的偽裝
有助於將其從菜單中刪除 它有許多潛在的掠食者。
但偽裝是個問題
當試圖吸引註意力時 一位女性的。
所以男的就閃了 亮黃色的皮瓣
向女性展示他在哪裡。
但她正忙著餵奶。
而他距離太遠了。
但就像所有的龍一樣， 他有一個隱藏的超能力。
他會飛。
在專門改裝的肋骨上，
他將滑翔至一百英尺 樹木之間。
這是最快、最安全的方法 在這個空中棲息地旅行。
用尾巴把他推到一邊， 她威脅要跳下去。
儘管他盡了最大努力， 她不感興趣。
也許這個單身漢 在下一棵樹上會有更多的運氣。
以西高止山脈為背景海岸線長達皕八十公里。
遷徙的海鷗被繪製 到這些豐富的熱帶水域。
這裡一天兩次潮水 創造理想的棲息地
對於印度的 最勤勞的生物。
隨著水退去，
可食用的微小顆粒 被困在沙子裡。
這是一些人的食物。
沙泡蟹。
舀起沙子 用他們精緻的鉗子……
..他們篩出可食用的部份 然後將其搓成小球。
他們必須快速工作。
他們專門的口器 衹能提取食物
如果沙子是濕的。
為了吃飽，
每隻螃蟹產量超過1,000 每天都有這些沙球。
但時間並不是他們唯一的敵人。
螃蟹本身 製作精美的小吃。
鴴和鷸以它們為食。
池塘蒼鷺跟踪他們...
..一。
這支軍隊要吃飯 在戶外。
但有一個防禦 數量巨大。
即使潮流的轉變也無法阻止他們。
當水到達時，
他們打破了隊伍 並表演他們最後的把戲。
在陽光下旋轉，各自建造 沙粒的圓形牆。
完成屋頂 在下面捕獲一個氣泡。
這已經足夠大了
確保螃蟹安全 水下直至下一次潮汐。
超越這些熟悉的海岸 存在著一個外星世界。
卡納塔克邦的珊瑚礁 很大程度上仍未被探索。
這就是狂野的印度 很少有人見過。
經過六個月的少雨之後，
卡納塔克邦的叢林正在乾涸。
這創造了一個機會
印度最具社交性的野生犬科動物 -
豺狼。
豺狼群通過口哨進行交流。
但當他們打獵時， 他們默默地旅行。
擁有廣闊的領土，
他們知道如何找到每一個人 不斷縮小的水坑。
隨著乾旱加劇，
他們成為黃金地段 伏擊。
成年水鹿會進食 整個包好幾天。
但水鹿是很難對付的對手。
一個年輕人 這是一個更容易的提議。
狗已經包圍了一個 在一個小水池裡。
她挑戰沒有經驗的人 包裡的成員……
..並試圖把他們吸引走 來自她的孩子。
成年水鹿的一腳 可能是致命的。
最終，狗們放棄了。
這位孤獨的母親 已經送走了整個狼群。
又將是一年
在小腿還沒有足夠強壯之前 去打自己的仗。
再深入叢林，
最後剩下的一些池子 捕獲了巨大的鯉魚。
這是一個機會 適合專業捕魚者。
光滑皮毛的水獺。
一家人一起旅行，
他們開始搜索所有的池子 在他們的領土上。
但今天他們卻大吃一驚。
老虎主要出汗 通過他們的爪子。
所以在炎熱的日子裡， 他們在叢林泳池裡消暑。
水獺永遠不會靠近 陸地上的老虎。
但在水這個它們的元素中，
他們的信心是無限的。
有時甚至是老虎...
..不匹配 為了一群憤怒的水獺。
海岸清澈...
..他們開始工作。
光滑毛水獺家族
每天可以行駛很多公里。
當他們發現一群魚時……
..他們共同努力將他們逼入絕境
並一次把它們摘下來。
每個家庭都需要吃飯 每天一公斤魚。
兩個月的時間裡， 季風雨即將到來
並釋放被囚禁的魚。
在那之前，這個池將提供 水獺需要的所有食物。
雖然老虎 統治叢林地面...
..樹冠佔主導地位 卡納塔克邦最大的猴子...
..灰葉猴。
在一年中的大部份時間裡，他們得到 他們需要的一切都來自樹頂。
但現在櫃子裡空空如也。
葉猴必須尋找 地面上的食物和水。
偵察兵在樹上監視著……
..準備拉響警報。
罕見的黑豹 很快就被注意到。
危險似乎已經過去了。
但在這片叢林裡， 總有眼睛在註視著。
（葉猴偵察兵呼叫）
（咆哮）
千鈞一發。
沒有什麼地方是絕對安全的...
..來自豹子。
這裡的生活變得艱難，
即使對於動物 沒有天敵。
卡納塔克邦的大像不斷 尋找新鮮的植被。
但現在的選擇已經不多了。
最後的草叢 提供很少的食物。
作為最後的手段， 牛群轉向叢林樹木。
利用它們的獠牙， 他們撬開樹皮條。
儘管有條件，
他們每天還需要找到一百公斤植被。
並且隨著雨水 還有一個月的時間，
前景顯得黯淡。
幸運的是， 還有最後一種可能性。
在這些叢林中有一個伊甸園......
..全年都有水流的地方。
香格里拉有一頭大象，名叫卡比尼。
牛群中年長的成員 記住如何找到它。
經過幾個月的步行，
一家人都成功了。
每年都有數百頭大象 來自卡納塔克邦各地
聚集在他們偉大的地方 叢林天堂。
幾週後，降雨將會來臨 再次復興他們的森林家園。
卡納塔克邦的水 現在正處於最低點。
出現了臨時沙洲 在不斷萎縮的河流中，
創建池，其中 剩下的魚已經聚集了。
數千隻河燕鷗 到達這裡繁殖。
現在食物很容易獲得。
鳥兒們已經準時了 他們的到來完美。
他們很快配對 並開始築巢。
然後，僅僅四個星期後，
第一批小雞開始孵化。
現在，父母都忙得不可開交。
源源不斷的小魚 被送到小嘴裡。
燕鷗衹有忙碌的幾週時間
在再次下雨之前 將會淹沒沙洲
再過一年。
夏季氣溫目前已昇至卌多度，
觸發改變 在大氣中。
巨大的雲層吹來 來自印度洋
並在西高止山脈上空凝結。
這是其中之一的開始 最重要的季節性事件
在這個星球上。
強大的季風。
在短短幾週內，
數万億昇水 將落在印度各地。
當河流水位上漲時， 雨林發生了翻天覆地的變化。
濕度飆昇至一百巴仙...
..大地因呼喚而顫動。
西高止山脈已經結束 100 種不同種類的青蛙。
（青蛙呱呱叫， 昆蟲嗡嗡聲，鳥類推特）
這些季風降雨是暗示 他們一直在等待。
又到了男人們的時間了 來吸引異性。
（水流嘩啦啦）
但有一個問題。
水聲那麼大
這對青蛙來說很難 讓自己的聲音被聽到。
卡納塔克邦的兩棲管弦樂團
已經發展出一種不尋常的解決方案。
如果你不能喊叫 關於您的憑據，
炫耀他們。
一位女性到來。
賭注已經提高了。
伸展到極限，
這位男性炫耀 他巨大的雙腿。
他的表現得到了回報。
季風降雨也是一個觸發因素 為雌性眼鏡王蛇。
她離開了她的巨大巢穴。
通過拋棄她未孵化的蛋，
這個食人女王
實際上是在給他們 他們最好的生存機會。
如果她留下來，
她很可能會吃掉自己的後代。
這些年輕人 甚至彼此之間都不安全。
眼鏡王蛇在飢餓中孵化。
他們最好的機會是獲得 離巢有多遠
盡可能快。
未來五年，
這些年輕人將引領 完全孤獨地生活在森林裡
直到它們足夠大 尋找伴侶。
但現在，他們必須 悄悄地溜走並消失。
季風期間，
大量的降雨 落在整個州
創造出一個錯綜複雜的 流網絡。
小的會和其他的一起加入。
河流生長 並化作洶湧的洪流……
..幾乎可以餵食 印度南部的每條主要河流。
喬格瀑布 和濕婆薩手印
屬於印度的最令人印像深刻的自然奇觀。
更多降雨 在季風的三個月裡
比整體 今年剩下的時間裡。
傾盆大雨
卡納塔克邦電力 極其豐富的自然世界。
穿越雨林...
..古老的岩石...
...茂密的叢林...
..還有雷鳴般的水流...
..野生動物繁衍生息。
這個一年一度的元素脈衝
確保卡納塔克邦每年重生
作為最重要的之一 以及地球上光榮的野生避難所。