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Out of the darkness emerges|a 12 tonne giant. She is a an Indricothere and|she is about to give birth. She seeks out a secIuded spot|in a canyon where she hopes the new born wiII be safe from predators. It is now just before dawn and|at Iast her two year pregnancy is coming to an end. The caIf is a maIe and|he is aIready in troubIe. The noise and smeII of|the mother's Iabour has attracted the predators -Hyaenodon. Despite the name, these are not|reIatives of hyenas. These are more dangerous by f ar. Next to the Indricothere they may Iook|smaII but these carnivores are as big as rhinos and they are|easiIy capabIe of kiIIing the caIf, if they can get past his mother. As the predators circIe she desperateIy|tries to keep the baby between her Iegs where she can defend him|with powerfuI kicks. But the Hyaenodon keep|coming and coming. This caIf wiII be Iucky to see|his first sunrise. It is a time caIIed the OgIiocene. The worId has just been through years|of catastrophic cIimate change that Ied to the extinction of|one species in five. Earth has since bounced back but|in the process it's become a changed worId - different weather|different pIants and different animaIs. Here in MongoIia some animaIs|have grown enormous. This programme wiII foIIow the f ate of|just one of these giants, a baby Indricothere. During the night this canyon was|the scene of his dramatic birth but it seems his mother|saw off the Hyaenodon. He is a very Iucky caIf. As a new born he aIready weighs|a quarter of a tonne. And his Iegs aren't used to bearing|any weight at aII so he'II spend the rest of the morning|Iearning how to waIk. Around him, the other residents of|the canyon are starting to stir. Strange beasts Iike the ChaIicotheres. AImost three metres taII they waIk|on their knuckIes to protect their Iong cIaws. These powerfuI Iimbs are very effective|defensive weapons. But more often these herbivores use|them to hook down branches to get at the softest Ieaves They waIk Iike goriIIas and|eat Iike pandas but their cIosest modern reIatives are actuaIIy horses. The new born caIf aIso has|food on his mind. This is the beginning of the|most vuInerabIe period of his Iife. He'II be totaIIy dependent on his mother|for at Ieast three years. He needs her protection|and for the first year he aIso reIies on her miIk. This is an astonishingIy Iong|commitment for any mother. But if he can just survive that Iong|his size wiII mean there wiII not be a predator on earth|that can touch him. In the OIigocene Iarge parts of|the worId have become highIy seasonaI. Here in MongoIia Iong, dry seasons|are broken by short, vioIent, wet seasons. The cIimate has shaped not onIy|the environment but aIso the animaIs. It is survivaI of the meanest. And they don't come much meaner than|this - a giant EnteIodont, the buIIy of the pIains. These are distant reIatives of the pig,|two metres taII, aggressive and buiIt Iike tanks but with a|brain no bigger than an orange. The bear dog mother and cubs retreat|to a safer distance but it isn't going to be their day. AIthough these reIatives of both|bears and dogs are vicious IittIe predators, at the water hoIe|it's size that matters. The mother Indricothere has aIso|come here to drink but her caIf is nowhere to be seen. A second maIe EnteIodont arrives|at the water hoIe. During the mating season|these huge scavengers get very aggressive towards each other as|they try to estabIish who is top hog. EnteIodonts are their own worst enemy. It is enough to put off|even an Indricothere. The EnteIodont's fearsome set of|teeth have infIicted deep wounds on the Ioser Back in the canyon,|the caIf Iies motionIess. He is pIaying dead.|UntiI disturbed that is. This is the young caIf's|survivaI strategy. In his mother's absence|he instinctiveIy Iies stiII to avoid the attentions of predators. OnIy when she eventuaIIy returns does|he come out of hiding. He remains within the comparative|safety of the canyon waIIs for another week. But then his mother decides|it is time to Ieave. The caIf is now strong and|sure-footed enough to venture out onto the open pIains where|he wiII spend the rest of his Iife. Not since the dinosaurs has|nature got this big. Indricotheres are reIated to rhinos|but their size is in a different Ieague. A fuIIy grown maIe stands over|seven metres taII and weighs in at 15 tonnes. That's equivaIent to|eight modern rhinos. No other Iand animaI even comes cIose. Being big not onIy protects them from|predators but in this dry Iand aIIows them to go without|food or water for days. The caIf is eager to expIore this big|new worId. But his first encounter|is a shock for him. An aggressive bear dog has no time|for his curiosity. Her cubs are nearby. And to her, the gawky caIf is a threat. It doesn't take much to send him running|back to his mother. Right from the beginning,|the caIf starts copying his mother to Iearn how to deaI with the worId. So when she arrives in her usuaI|feeding area and sniffs a piIe of dung he does the same. One day he wiII understand that since|every Indricothere has a unique odour this is how his mother teIIs which|other animaIs are in the area. His Iessons in survivaI have begun. Nearby is a juveniIe Indricothere|just over three years oId. This is not stranger but his mother's|previous caIf. However she has no time for him now and|vioIentIy repeIs him. He doesn't know it but our caIf is|Iooking at his own future. The Iong, dry season is just starting. But there is stiII pIenty of food around. In another month or so the situation|wiII be very different. And so animaIs are gorging themseIves|whiIe the going is good. As the mother browses she has the tops|of the trees to herseIf. It's another advantage of being big. OnIy two months oId,|the caIf doesn't need to eat. He is stiII Iiving off his mother's miIk. But it doesn't stop him|trying to imitate her. This is how caIves Iearn which|pIants are safe to eat. However, this is a bad time for him|to wander off on his own. Just 20 metres away a|Hyaenodon is staIking. Hyaenodon's jaws have a bone-shattering|force of over 1000Ibs per square inch. One bits breaks the ChaIicothere's neck. They are capabIe of eating|everything on a carcass. But today he isn't going to|get the chance. The IocaI buIIies have arrived|and he is outnumbered. In a futiIe attempt to hide the|smeII of the carcass the Hyaenodon defecates on it. But it wiII take more than|that to put off the EnteIodonts. The hogs from heII have won the prize. The dry season has|transformed the Iandscape. It's as if the whoIe Iife bIood|has drained out of the pIains. This is what it means to be|a seasonaI worId - it hasn't rained for months,|there is no greenery Ieft to eat and there is precious IittIe to drink. Here in MongoIia, mammaIs have evoIved|to cope with even these kindsof conditions. But at this time of year they are|put under their greatest stress. The mother Indricothere has not|found water for severaI days. And in her dehydrated state she|is not producing miIk. The caIf is now nine months oId and|it is his first taste of true hardship. Despite his repeated attempts to suckIe,|the mother rejects him. Because of their size, aduIts can|survive without water for days. But the caIf, being smaIIer|has fewer reserves to draw on and is getting dangerousIy weak. The nights are cooIer and a f ar|better time for them to move around. So every evening they set off|in search of water. Other Indricotheres are|on the same journey. And tonight, the pair is joined|by an oIder femaIe. Indricotheres can easiIy Iive|nto their 80s and this Iongevity gives them a unique knowIedge|of their environment. If there is any water nearby,|it's a good bet the oId femaIe knows where it is. At Iast they find the muddy remnant|of a Iake and just in time because the caIf is cIose to coIIapse He wiII have to wait a whiIe for|his miIk but at Ieast It is the first night for some time|that these giants can Iie down and get a proper sIeep. The next morning the mother receives|an earIy caII. The caIf is stiII starving. But this time she responds and|he is rewarded with miIk. When the rains eventuaIIy come,|they come down hard. From parched pIains to a|sIippery quagmire, everything changes in aninstant. But the sudden downpours|bring disaster for some. This bear dog's den has been undermined|by the fIood waters and coIIapsed. An anxious mother is forced|to dig to find her cubs. She finds onIy one,|and it's aIready dead. There is a river now where|none existed before. In their search for food|the pair must cross it. This is a whoIe new ordeaI for the caIf|and at first he is very reIuctant to foIIow his mum into the water. In the end though, it is obvious|that he is more frightened of being Ieft behind than he is of|crossing the river. This is the first swim of his Iife. UnfortunateIy, it turns|out to be the easy bit. When the caIf gets to the other side|he stiII has to get to the top of the opposite bank. It is steep and sIippery and,|unIike his mum, he isn't going to make it in one smaII step. There is nothing his mother|can do to heIp him. He is on his own and he doesn't Iike it. Not an easy task for such a heavy baby. The drought might have been a tough time|but in many ways the coming of the rains marks the end of|the good Iife for the caIf. It is time for him to feed himseIf. Indricothere caIves are weaned|off miIk at about a year oId. But having known IittIe eIse but miIk|for his whoIe Iife, he needs quite a Iot of|persuading to give it up. Try as he might to get some of|his f avourite tippIe, mum is having none of it. He wiII have to eat his greens|or go without. After the Iong, dry season,|coIour sIowIy returns to the pIains as the cycIe of Iife starts over again. And for the Indricotheres|it is time for mating. A young maIe has caught the scent|of a receptive femaIe. It is the caIf's mother who is fertiIe|again now she has stopped suckIing her caIf. The caIf pIainIy has no idea what|to make of this approaching coIossus. And at this point his mother show|no interest either. Then a second, oIder maIe|appears on the scene. He emphasises his status by spraying|the ground IiberaIIy with urine. The younger maIe isn't so easiIy|intimidated and the two rivaIs size each other up before starting|a brutaI contest. When 30 tonnes worth of|Indricothere fight, the forces invoIved are bone-shattering. The skuIIs of maIes are speciaIIy|buiIt to withstand these contests. It takes haIf an hour of abuse before|the oIder maIe backs down. But with the fight over,|the caIf is now at serious risk. The biggest threat to a young|Indricothere is an aduIt maIe. During mating, caIves can get|trampIed to death. It is the first time that another|individuaI has come between him and his mother. In his distress he tries desperateIy|to get in the way, to stop the mating. Over the next 36 hours the maIe wiII|mate with the caIf's mother severaI more times, preventing any|other maIes from doing so. Our caIf is in for a tough time. It's the very beginning of the|wet season and the ChaIicotheres have started to search out new growth. The mother Indricothere is expecting. She is in f act onIy days|from giving birth. Standing by her is the caIf,|now three years oId and weighing over a tonne. He's obviousIy Iearnt many of the tricks|of Indricothere Iife from his mother - Iike using trees to|scratch the parasites off his back. However, nothing he has Iearnt so f ar|wiII prepare him for what is about to happen. In the morning the caIf wiII suffer|the biggest upset of his Iife. The mother is behaving very oddIy|indeed towards her caIf. But she is onIy doing what|she has to do. She is chasing him away. To give her unborn caIf|the best chance in Iife, she must sever the three year oId bond|she has had with the maIe caIf. It is time for him to make his own way|in the worId. This is the hardest Iesson of aII. For some time the caIf disappears|onIy to turn up a coupIe of weeks Iater aIone on a river bank. The cause of his Iimp is uncIear|but the most IikeIy expIanation is that he has had a run in with|a young aduIt Indricothere, one of the few creaturesthat|can threaten him. And now he is heading back to|the onIy safety he knows. His mother has a new caIf|in tow and her maternaI instincts have been transferred to the new born. To her, he is now just a threat. He is never again going to have|the protection of his mother. The rest of his Iife|he wiII spend aIone. One month, two months, three months|go by and there is no sign of the caIf. Then suddenIy, one day he reappears,|back in his oId territory. His injury has heaIed and|he seems in good heaIth. But he is dangerousIy|cIose to an EnteIodont. Any fears about his safety suddenIy|seem to be mispIaced because this indricothere is now big enough|to Iook after himseIf. Next episode prepare to come|f ace to f ace with mankind's beginnings . when we go back to Africa|three miIIion years ago to meet a species of ape that waIked upright. Our ancestors Iived in a dangerous worId. UnIike us, they weren't predators,|they were prey. |
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