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- This is a story about connections
- between people,
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- between cultures,
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- even between animals.
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- For a determined panda expert like
- Ho Ron,
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- those connections can be full
- of surprises.
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- Hou Rong is the Director of Research
- at the Chengdu Panda Base
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- in China's Sichuan province.
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- She's responsible for
- the country's largest population
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- These cubs are just two months old.
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- Hou Rong and her colleagues
- used new techniques -
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- - that led to the birth
- of over 200 baby pandas.
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- I've dedicated my life
- to the conservation of giant pandas.
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- A healthy captive population
- can help save wild pandas -
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- - from extinction.
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- For such a famous animal,
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- very little is actually known
- about wild pandas.
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- Giant pandas are the oldest -
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- - and most endangered species
- of all living bears.
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- They once roamed across much of
- ancient China.
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- For thousands of years kingdoms
- and dynasties rose and tumbled.
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- And people transformed the landscape -
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- - for their own use.
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- The loss of their habitat pushed pandas
- higher and higher into these mountains.
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- Today, there are fewer than 2,000
- giant pandas in the wild.
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- Scattered in small groups
- and isolated from each other -
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- - by rugged terrain and human development.
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- The lack of genetic diversity
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- is an added danger
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- Hou Rong hopes her cubs can help -
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- - increase the wild population
- and expand their gene pool.
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- They've been carefully bred -
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- - for a special mission,
- to be a panda force -
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- Hou Rong's dream is to start
- the next phase of her program -
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- - and release some of
- these cubs into the wild.
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- The cubs' mothers were also born
- at the Panda Base.
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- They don't have the experience
- to help them go wild.
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- So Hou Rong will look elsewhere for help.
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- Her search will lead her across the world -
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- - to the small American town
- of Lyme, New Hampshire.
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- And the home of Papa Bear.
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- Yeah, what a good boy.
- What a good boy. Yeah.
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- Ben Kilham takes in
- orphaned black bear cubs -
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- - and returns them to the wild.
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- Black bears are the most common
- of all bear species.
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- But each one has its own personality.
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- These little orphans
- are only ten weeks old.
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- You wanna climb out, you wanna
- come up and see me.
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- Hmm?
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- Yeah, that wasn't so hard, was it?
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- At this age, they sleep most of the day.
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- But when they're hungry,
- they turn into little monsters.
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- [Bell] Ben and his family provide
- constant care and affection.
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- If you think having kids is hard,
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- Come on guys, let's go for a walk.
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- Once spring arrives,
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- the cubs move out of the house -
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- - and Ben takes them
- for long walks in the woods.
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- Come on, guys.
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- Let's go up the pond. Come on.
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- When I was a boy I had trouble
- learning in school.
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- As I grew up I realized I just had
- a different way of seeing the world.
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- I could read nature the way other
- people read books.
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- Do you wanna go for a swim?
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- Ben's method is simple.
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- Build trust,
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- then provide security
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- and opportunity for the cubs to explore.
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- I don't teach bears
- how to be bears.
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- The knowledge is already inside them.
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- Come on, let's go home.
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- Next summer,
- this little troupe will break up.
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- And the bears will be returned to
- the forests of New England.
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- Ben has successfully
- released over 150 bears.
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- Hou Rong was introduced to Ben -
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- - by her friends at
- the Global Cause Foundation.
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- She came to New Hampshire to see -
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- - if he and his black bears
- could help her pandas.
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- Hi.
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- Watch out, guys, watch out.
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- By your experiments, which
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- Well, the younger ones are the only ones
- we can do the method with.
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- - Okay.
- - Of walking that would be comparable -
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- - to what we could do with pandas.
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- - Mmm-hmm.
- - And because all of your pandas,
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- they don't have the experience
- with their mothers either.
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- Yes. Yeah.
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- The best model for Hou Rong's pandas -
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- - is a bear named Squirty.
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- Squirty was one of the first cubs
- I ever raised.
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- She was a tiny little thing.
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- But she had a big, bossy personality.
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- Ben brings Hou Rong to his
- study site to demonstrate -
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- - how the trust you develop
- with young bears -
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- - can last long after they go wild.
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- Squirty is a wild bear now.
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- She's 22 years old.
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- And has raised over 20 of her own cubs.
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- Hi, Squirty.
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- Hi, Squirty.
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- Yeah, good girl.
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- Squirty lets me put a tracking
- collar around her neck.
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- But I have to be careful.
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- Ben and Squirty have changed
- each other's lives.
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- He gave her the chance to thrive
- and in return, she's been his guide -
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- - into the world of wild black bears.
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- Ben's experience with Squirty -
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- - guided his work
- with all the bears that followed.
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- Oh, wow. You gonna let us come in? Huh?
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- - Hi, guys.
- - Hi, guys.
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- The cubs are comfortable around Ben.
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- But not strangers.
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- Hi, there. Hi, there.
- Can I play hide-and-seek with you?
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- Hmm?
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- Hi, there.
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- Hi, there.
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- Hi, there. Yeah.
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- What a pretty girl.
- What a pretty girl.
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- Hi, guys, I remember all you guys.
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- I was touched by Ben
- and his love for the bears.
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- They accept him like he's also a bear.
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- That's a bluff charge, but it's not
- a really highly emotional bluff charge.
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- The intensity of the bluff charge shows
- the emotion of the bear.
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- At first, I was skeptical of Ben's method.
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- Once I saw it with my own eyes,
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- I knew it was the best
- way to help our pandas.
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- Hou Rong invites Ben to collaborate.
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- They'll combine his experience -
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- - and her knowledge to chart
- a new way forward.
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- Pandas inspire a frenzy
- of adoration around the world -
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- - and especially at home in China.
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- They are the King Kong of cute.
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- And it takes a special person
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- Ben and Hou Rong selected Jake Owens,
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- an American biologist, to move to China
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- Playtime is an essential part.
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- It's how young animals bond
- and a relationship formed now -
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- The next scientist to join the team -
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- - was Bi Wen Lei.
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- He's from a small village
- in Inner Mongolia.
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- His friends call him Xiao Bi.
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- Yeah, right, it's a noodle one.
- We can try.
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- Working with giant pandas is my dream.
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- And I can't wait to get started.
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- - This one?
- - That one, yeah.
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- Introducing any captive animal
- to the wild is risky.
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- The team's first step
- is to pick the right panda.
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- We assess the cubs for qualities
- that will help them survive in the wild.
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- Climbing ability,
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- curiosity,
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- and courage.
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- We need cubs that will follow,
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- so we can take them
- for walks in the forest.
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- Just like Ben.
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- Following is good.
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- - Biting, not so much.
- - My head.
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- Ooh, ow!
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- Even little pandas bite hard.
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- Their jaws are built to crush bamboo.
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- Ah, you got my neck.
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- Wild pandas must survive cold winters.
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- So we brought in snow
- to see how they respond.
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- You never know what surprises
- they'll encounter in the wild.
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- And in the battle of panda versus snowman,
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- there can be only one winner.
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- Hey, buddy.
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- The team settled on
- a little cub called Qian Qian Qian Qian.
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- She's about to trade
- the comforts of Panda Base
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- Hey! Hey!
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- As a scientist,
- I usually just observe animals.
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- Now my role is to make friends
- with a panda -
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- - and head out together
- on a new adventure.
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- The team brings Qian Qian
- to Panda Valley -
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- - where she can begin training
- for her new life.
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- Come out and play with us.
- She does play. Who's that?
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- Wow.
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- Now Qian Qian is about to
- experience nature -
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- - for the very first time.
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- Pandas explore with their nose,
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- investigating every new scent.
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- There's a whole new world to discover -
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- - and this is just the beginning.
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- With every step,
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- Qian Qian is discovering
- her true identity.
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- And learning what it's like
- to be a real panda.
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- Come on. Let's go.
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- There you are.
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- Hey.
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- You found a nice little spot, huh?
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- You found a nice little spot.
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- Hey.
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- One year later,
- Qian Qian is almost two years old -
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- - and getting hard to handle.
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- She already weighs 120 pounds.
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- So playtime is no game.
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- Jujitsu is really similar to
- wrestling with a panda.
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- It's all about weight and leverage.
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- Yeah.
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- There she is. What?
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- What?
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- Qian Qian has outgrown
- this phase of her life.
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- And it's time for her
- to climb a real mountain.
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- Qian Qian moves with Jake
- and Xiao Bi to a new home -
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- - at the Liziping Nature Reserve.
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- Here Qian Qian will live in
- a 50-acre enclosure
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- while she adapts to the wild environment.
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- Liziping is real panda habitat -
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- - full of natural bamboo.
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- Wild pandas live in the mountains
- just beyond the fence.
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- For the first few days,
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- Jake escorts Qian Qian
- around the enclosure -
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- - so she can explore her new home.
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- In exchange for small pieces of apple,
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- Qian Qian lets Jake and Xiao Bi
- adjust her GPS collar.
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- The collar will be their lifeline
- to Qian Qian -
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- - once she goes wild.
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- You're okay. It's okay. Come on.
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- It's just a collar.
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- Giant pandas have developed
- a special feature.
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- A wrist bone that acts like a thumb -
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- - to help them hold bamboo.
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- Qian Qian needs to eat over 50 pounds
- of bamboo each day.
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- Oh, my God. That's like a ball.
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- Right. Come on.
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- Some people say pandas are lazy.
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- The truth?
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- They're just masters of energy efficiency.
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- You're right.
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- During our time together,
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- Xiao Bi has become
- an excellent field biologist.
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- What we are doing now,
- you know how to say in Chinese?
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- Right.
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- When my work is done here,
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- I hope he runs this project
- for many years.
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- Our relationship with Qian Qian
- is changing.
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- She's more independent -
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- - and that's good.
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- A few months later Qian Qian
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- She's ready for a world without fences.
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- After two years together
- the big day arrives.
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- Jake leads Qian Qian out into
- the wild for the very first time.
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- The safety of the enclosure
- was now behind her.
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- Jake and Xiao Bi followed Qian Qian
- every day.
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- She led them through dense bamboo,
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- climbing higher
- and higher up the mountain -
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- - into prime panda habitat.
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- She was in bamboo heaven.
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- Have you seen Qian Qian?
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- Here. Look.
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- Three months later,
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- Qian Qian is still thriving in the wild.
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- So Jake prepares for a rare trip home
- to see his family in America.
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- I was home when I received
- the worst possible news.
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- An alert from Qian Qian's collar.
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- She hadn't moved in 24 hours.
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- I felt sick.
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- I was so far away at the moment
- she needed me most.
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- Xiao Bi and Hou Rong
- headed outwith a search party.
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- They hacked their way through
- dense forest for two days and nights.
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- The signal led them to a towering tree.
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- Xiao Bi is terrified of heights.
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- But he climbed all the way to the top.
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- [Qian Qian. Come on, Qian Qian.
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- Qian Qian was injured,
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- but alive.
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- Come on, Qian Qian.
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- She was scared and dehydrated.
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- Xiao Bi gave her water
- mixed with medicine and honey.
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- After five days,
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- she felt safe enough to climb down.
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- Come on, Qian.
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- Good girl.
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- She had bite wounds
- that became infected.
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- Qian Qian trusted Xiao Bi -
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- - and he saved her life.
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- When I finally got there I was shocked.
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- She was so skinny.
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- She wouldn't leave my side.
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- Once she was strong enough to travel,
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- Qian Qian was sedated and carried out.
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- She's doing all right, she's good.
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- I was so relieved she survived.
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- There we go.
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- Good girl, Qian Qian.
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- How's Qian Qian doing?
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- She's better. She's gained back
- almost 20 pounds now.
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- That relationship that you
- and Xiao Bi have with her -
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- - made all the difference.
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- It made it possible to get her
- and bring her back from the wild.
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- As Qian Qian recovers,
- the challenge now -
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- - is to move forward.
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- We all face adversity.
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- Humans and animals alike.
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- She still remembers you.
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- What's important is how we respond.
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- Do we give up?
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- Or do we get stronger?
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- And sometimes she climbs
- some big trees for fun,
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- for interesting...
- so she's doing great there.
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- So she likes having you around,
- she responds to you?
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- Yeah.
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- We are more committed than ever -
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- New cubs are born
- at Panda Base every year.
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- And some will follow in
- Qian Qian's footsteps.
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- We'll keep working to give them
- the future they deserve.
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- Qian Qian has changed.
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- - She's more alert.
- - Okay, okay, you're okay.
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- More wary.
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- She's more prepared for
- any danger she'll encounter.
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- When Qian Qian returns to the wild,
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- she'll enter an environment
- that's changing for the better -
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- - in one important way.
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- China is creating a new
- giant panda national park -
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- - to connect the fragmented habitats -
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- - and link the isolated panda groups.
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- There you go.
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- One day, Qian Qian may be
- as successful as Squirty.
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- When she's ready,
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- she'll take us all into
- the world of wild pandas.
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- It's up to her to take the next step.
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- And if she ever needs help again,
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- whether it's in five years or 20,
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- we'll be there.
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