Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer Season 2, Episode 30: Exploring Around the Andes

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Malaysia

Dylan visits Malaysia, where proboscis monkeys gather food while escaping predators; crocodiles hunt for their next meal; pitcher plants and other wildlife grow on the highest peaks of Malaysian mountains; Malaysian orangutans make their homes.

2

Thailand

Dylan Dreyer meets exotic creatures in Thailand, including local hog deer, who are targeted by Indochinese tigers; gibbons and macaques live in the canopy of some of the world's oldest trees; creatures on the Kra Isthmus call caves home.

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Venezuela

Dylan Dreyer visits Venezuela's Orinoco River, one of the longest, largest rivers in the world; a puma uses the river as a hunting ground; four-eyed fish and fiddler crabs make their homes in the river; red howler monkeys hang out in the trees above.

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Amazon

Dylan Dreyer takes a journey to South America's dense and crowded Amazon rainforest; red howler monkeys, harpy eagles and sloths live in the canopy, while army ants march on the forest floor along with wasps, tadpoles, flies and stick ticks.

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Patagonia

Dylan Dreyer visits Patagonia in South America, where penguins almost outnumber people; beavers build dams that affect woodpeckers and other birds' lives; glaciers and ice fields host a range of creatures, including flamingos, guanacos and pumas.

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The Pantanal

Dylan Dreyer explores South America's Pantanal region, the biggest wetland on Earth; parakeets and parrots make their nests in cliffs and trees; a jaguar and a crocodile engage in an epic showdown; ranchers and their cattle play an important role.

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Thar Desert

Dylan Dreyer explores India's Thar Desert, one of the world's biggest deserts; in the thriving city of Jaipur, people share the streets with macaques; deer hogs, peacocks and tigers live in desert grasses; cranes migrate through the desert.

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Philippines

Dylan Dreyer visits the island chain of the Philippines in Southeast Asia; Palawan Island is home to an array of interesting creatures, including the giant pitcher plant, giant centipedes, and binturongs; tarantulas and scorpions live in local caves.

9

Zanzibar

Dylan Dreyer travels to the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of East Africa to explore lush beaches and beautiful reefs full of exotic mammals, crustaceans and fish, from small fiddler crabs on Chumbe Island to massive whale sharks.

10

Amazon River Islands

Dylan Dreyer explores the Amazon River Islands in the heart of South America; the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, as well as the rainforest, provide a rich environment for fascinating animals from high-flying squirrel monkeys to slow-moving sloths.

11

Andes

Dylan Dreyer explores South America's Andes Mountains, where the tumultuous weather and treacherous heights cause many unusual animals to form specialized behaviors to survive; plus, what life is like for the descendants of the Incas.

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Philippines Revisited

Dylan Dreyer returns to the Philippines, where people call the mangrove forests home and use the rivers and streams as a means of transportation, food and fun; in the trees, macaques play and tree nymphs turn into beautiful butterflies.

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Best of: South America

Dylan Dreyer returns to South America to visit some favorite animals, including pumas, egrets and crocodiles, who make their homes around Venezuela's Orinoco River, and red howler monkeys and harpy eagles in the Amazon rainforest.

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Best of: Islands

Dylan Dreyer returns to some favorite islands around the world, including the Amazon River Islands, where red howler and squirrel monkeys are at home in the trees; in the Philippines, unbelievable insects include a tree nymph becoming a butterfly.

15

The Himalayas

Dylan Dreyer travels to Asia to visit the highest peaks in the world -- the Himalayas -- and witness crane migrations and the daily life of snow leopards, as well as explore what it takes to live in this challenging climate and landscape.

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Patagonia Revisited

Dylan Dreyer returns to Patagonia in South America to learn about amazing animals, from sea lions to armadillos, that find ways to thrive in the coldest, steepest and most dangerous places on Earth and make them home.

17

Lost Worlds

Dylan Dreyer travels to northern India to explore the "lost worlds" that remain and discover what lives in the least human-inhabited regions, from elephants to spectacle monkeys to pythons.

18

Vancouver

Dylan Dreyer visits Vancouver Island to go on one of the most epic journeys in the animal kingdom with the Pacific salmon, including witnessing hungry black bears, slick sea lions and other obstacles faced by the salmon on their journey.

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Return to Malaysia

Dylan Dreyer returns to explore the wildlife that lives in Malaysia; its diverse landscape is home to an incredible number of different species, from shifty cave swiftlets to feisty fiddler crabs.

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Zanzibar Revisited

Dylan Dreyer returns to the tropical archipelago of Zanzibar to discover the animals in its incredible ecosystem, from monkeys swinging through the forest to Aldabra tortoises ruling the beaches.

21

Frozen Frontiers

Dylan Dreyer explores some of the most unbelievable -- and unbelievably cold -- places on Earth, from the ice fields of Patagonia to the snowy mountains of the Himalayas, discovering what thrives and survives in the world's most frigid ecosystems.

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Incredible Islands

Dylan Dreyer returns to some of Earth's most extreme islands, from the Amazon River islands to the Philippines, getting up close with fascinating creatures -- from squirrel monkeys leaping around in the Amazon to fireflies illuminating the night sky.

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Return to Thailand

Dylan Dreyer returns to the incredible country of Thailand, where giants roam the forests and swim through the reefs of its diverse and vast ecosystem; visit highlights include fishing with the locals and looking for Asian elephants.

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Return to Amazon River Islands

Dylan Dreyer revisits the Amazon River to explore what lives in the water and on the islands, including a fishing trip with some locals and a run-in with two of the Amazon River's biggest mammals -- the giant river otter and the Amazonian manatee.

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Thar Dessert Revisited

Dylan Dreyer returns to the Thar Desert to explore what and who lives in the harsh ecosystem of one of the largest deserts on Earth, including monkeys and lions.

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Adventures in Venezuela

Dylan Dreyer returns to Venezuela to continue exploring its diverse and exotic wildlife, including swimming with crocodiles and avoiding waterfalls on a journey to discover what thrives in Venezuela's rich ecosystem.

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Paddling Through the Pantanal

Dylan Dreyer explores the rivers of the Pantanal, from the hunting techniques of hungry otters to the agility of Pantanal jaguars, and takes a fishing trip with locals to discover what they catch during the day versus the giants they catch at night.

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Hiking the Himalayas

Dylan Dreyer journeys to the Himalayas to follow the unbelievable migratory path of geese and cranes and discover how black bears, clouded leopards and people all have a connection through the deep-rooted cultures of the Himalayas.

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Voyage in Vancouver

Dylan Dreyer travels to Vancouver to explore the beautiful landscape and discover the diversity of animals native to the area, including humpback and killer whales, as well as the relationship that salmon and black bears have with the land itself.

30

Exploring Around the Andes

Dylan Dreyer goes on an adventure to the Andes Mountains, a region full of a wide array of animals; from Andean bears to pumas, the land is rich with Earth's most fascinating creatures.

31

The Amazing Amazon

Dylan Dreyer travels to the Amazon to explore the wildlife and the cultures that live there, imagining what it was like to be some of the first European explorers to make landfall and coming nose-to-nose with pink river dolphins.

32

Finding the Lost Worlds

Dylan Dreyer embarks on an adventure to the lost worlds of India, exploring ancient cultures that are still there today and magnificent animals that share the land with humans.

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Going Down the Ganges

Dylan Dreyer travels the Ganges to discover the creatures that live in the amazing landscape, from fierce Bengal tigers to wild-looking mudskippers.

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Charging Through China

Dylan Dreyer journeys to China to explore the unbelievable wildlife that roams the land; she climbs with red pandas and tries to stay clear of the path of Asian elephants; she explores caves that hold the secret wildlife of the Chinese regions.

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Journey Through Japan

Dylan Dreyer explores the incredible wildlife of Japan and jumps in the water to explore what creatures live down deep -- and what they eat; Dylan discovers what makes the swan migration over Japan so special.

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A Campaign in Cambodia

Dylan Dreyer journeys to Cambodia to find the elusive clouded leopard and the giant Asian elephant, discover the connection between humans and tarantulas, and take a reptile ride with turtles and crocodiles.