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According to numerous sociological studies, Spain is the most passionate country in the world. Its wild fauna seems to experience love in the same way. We will show how many animals from the Iberian Peninsula pair with great passion, willing to star in bloody fights or to expose themselves to predators in order to reproduce. This frenzy will continue later with an unconditional love for their offspring, which in turn will entail a huge sacrifice, having to take important risks again to protect them, sacrificing their lives if necessary. This is Iberia, a land of passions.
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00:00Well, its wildlife seems to follow suit.
00:15Peering off is the order of the day, and passion is never lacking in this endeavor.
00:30And breeding is the aim.
00:40But there's no love without danger.
00:48There's no love without conflict.
00:56And no love without pain.
01:01Watch on to see true stories of love, tales of self-denial and passion, which make world life even more fascinating and remarkable.
01:19This is Iberia, a land of passions.
01:31In the south of Europe lies the Iberian Peninsula, the territory boasting the highest biodiversity of the whole European Union.
01:43The end of summer is here.
01:45It's still hot, and the red deer stags visit the pools, as usual, to slate their thirst.
02:00They also wallow in mudbaths to kill parasites.
02:13But today, I've used to do things to take care of and to carry the way of life.
02:15It's still hot in the world, but it's important to kill parasites.
02:16The birds seem to do things to find them, and they don't do things to make it happen.
02:17It's wild, but the birds seem to do things to kill parasites.
02:19The birds seem to do things to reach out and survive.
02:23The birds seem to die about the birds, but the birds seem to kill parasites.
02:25But today, there's something different in the air.
02:45The old stag is a little wound up.
02:55The rest of the herd respect and fear him.
03:00His antlers are fearsome, and he weighs in at 200 kilograms.
03:10Something in his habitual behavior patterns is about to change.
03:19The entire wood falls mute.
03:26These open woodlands of the Iberian Peninsula are called the Hassas.
03:29For a few weeks, they turn into dramatic amphitheaters, staging a melodrama that is unique in the
03:35world.
03:43The old stag wields his clout in the form of huge bellows that can be heard kilometers
03:52away.
03:57The stag has come into rut.
04:05This is his way of showing the does how virile he is, while at the same time warning of any
04:10possible rivals among the other stags.
04:22So his bellows are once a form of courtship and a threat.
04:34Making sure no doe slips the leash is exhausting work, and he also has to fend off constant challenges
04:40from other stags.
04:43This double task might last several weeks with hardly any respite.
04:51The old stag has herded together a tidy harem.
04:55This infuriates his rivals, among whom there is an eye-catching young pretender.
05:02He's coming very close now.
05:05The well-built candidate dares to enter his domains.
05:09The ruling monarch is indignant about his brazenness.
05:15The first do not daunt the young pretender.
05:22It was only the mirror's skirmish.
05:29For now.
05:34The pretender wanders off, but he'll be back.
05:52Impressed by the duel, some young stags begin to scrap with each other.
06:07The great monarch leads his horn into the heart of the wood.
06:10There, he'll spend the whole night bellow.
06:32The youngsters are still playing under cover of night.
06:35They mimic their elders, just like kids playing at soldiers.
06:39the youngsters are still playing under cover of night.
06:56Tomorrow will be the big day.
06:59A new day dawns.
07:12Emotions run high.
07:20The ruling king continues with his show, keeping one-word eye on the nearby young pretender.
07:39He sometimes has to drive off other stags too.
07:47Something's got to give.
07:54The king decides to come out of the wood in search of the candidate.
07:59Who doesn't shrink from the encounter?
08:03The youngster is on him before the big old stag knows where he is.
08:08The inevitable fight is on, and the opponents are easily matched.
08:27Sometimes the result is the death of one of them.
08:39Ironically, they're willing to give up their life in the struggle to breathe and pass on their genes.
08:46The winner gets the whole harm of those.
08:49The loser gets nothing.
08:56The ruling king seems to be winning.
08:58But the pretender hangs in.
09:18He counterattacks with everything he's got.
09:21The king has been dethroned.
09:36Long live the king.
09:40Long live the king.
09:53The harsh summer wanes.
09:55A promising autumn looms.
09:59The seasonal ponds and pools fill up with water again.
10:16And in the darkest night, the natterjack toads crowd together to mate.
10:24A strong croak is a sign of tip-top health.
10:28This is what the females are listening out for.
10:38Competition is rife.
10:51Mistakes are made.
10:54But some males never give up.
11:17Two males scramble on top of one female.
11:20Another joins in.
11:27If they don't let the female breathe, she might die.
11:32In other parts of the pond, there's not the least jar of privacy.
11:47The great knot of passion begins to unravel.
11:52But the female is almost out of oxygen.
11:57Other amphibians join in the mating frenzy.
11:59Their level of activity depends on the weather.
12:04If it rains and it's not too cold, there's sex.
12:09If it rains and it's not too cold, there's sex.
12:12If it rains and it's not too cold, there's sex.
12:14The main thing is that they have to be in the mating frenzy.
12:15If it rains, they have to be in the mating frenzy.
12:17If it rains and it's not too cold, there's sex.
12:19Other amphibians join in the mating frenzy.
12:24Their level of activity depends on the weather.
12:27If it rains and it's not too cold, there's sex.
12:43Next day, the pond is full of spawn.
12:49In a few days, the water seems to be seething with life.
13:11The tadpoles chomp away nonstop and grow rapidly.
13:16But they're not alone.
13:19It's the larva of a great diving beetle,
13:22the terror of pond life.
13:27Its jaws can rip through flesh like a dagger.
13:30It's taking on a well-grown tadpole, a difficult prey.
13:40Fear ripples through the rest of the tadpoles.
13:44Fear ripples through the rest of the tadpoles.
13:54It will suck its blood until killing it.
13:59When everything seems to be over, the danger comes from elsewhere.
14:14It's a kingfisher.
14:16Only one out of four tadpoles will reach its adult phase.
14:26Autumn makes more headway.
14:42The rhythm of love continues to throb in many corners of the Iberian Peninsula.
14:47These are mouflon.
14:57They are the forerunners of today's domestic sheep.
15:00They might well be dubbed wild sheep.
15:04In October, there's an abundance of acorn.
15:25At this time of year, they come into heat too.
15:28Unlike the red deer, male mouflon stick together
15:31and there is no alpha male dominating a harem of ewes.
15:40In this herd, the three biggest rams seem to be inseparable companions.
15:45They identify receptive females by smell,
15:48especially of their urine.
15:50And they seem to like it.
15:58The three old friends also check each other out.
16:22As the breeding season advances, however,
16:24the Entente Cordial between the three rams begins to crumble.
16:29Their alliance is now becoming frayed at the edges.
16:32...
16:55The
16:56What was beforehand all loyalty and friendship has now turned into scorn and goading.
17:10And harassment.
17:16If the pestering strategy doesn't work, the tension is racked up to outright aggression.
17:22The clashes are ferocious, but they nip the grown scorn in the bud.
17:38Little by little, the adversaries lose heart.
17:47The physically and mentally strongest of the three big rams wins mating rights to the fertile
17:52ewe.
17:56Only a few days later, the three big rams' bickering has returned to the friendship of the former
18:01war times.
18:13Autumn advances in the Iberian Peninsula.
18:16In the future, color is a free invention.
18:43In the uplands, where white water flows, temperatures plummet, but not enough to quash the acts of
18:58love.
19:04The Iberian Ibex now comes into rut.
19:12The males stalk the females and woo them nonstop, using a curious courting procedure.
19:19It's a fraught time for the females, but a male would not dare even to touch a female without
19:24its consent.
19:26In this herd, there are two especially hefty males.
19:35None of the two is ready to back off.
19:41And the tension between them is becoming untenable.
19:56Hard by, two spratty young males are chasing some females.
20:10Although they've not yet built up the strength of the biggest males, they are now of mating age.
20:18They can't stand each other.
20:25They're very equally matched.
20:44One blow from these horns could kill a human being.
20:51They can't stand each other.
21:13The weakest backs off.
21:19The weather worsens on this day of unbridled passion, and the females are not very receptive.
21:32Neither blizzard nor snow cools down the libido in the herd of the two big males.
21:40It's windy and freezing cold, but they don't give up.
21:47In the afternoon, the blizzard relents.
21:53One of the two big males urinates in his own face.
22:10It's supposed to be a big turn off.
22:12For the moment, however, this aphrodisiac doesn't seem to work.
22:29The two mighty males blame each other and want to settle accounts.
22:36The development of an unknown awful lot of fuji.
22:39So I have a greater rate of life.
22:42I'm going to explain to you over the world.
22:45It's not a problem.
22:46It's not a problem.
22:47It's not a problem.
22:49All of a sudden, it's a problem.
22:50I'm not a problem.
22:51I don't know.
23:21The loser hopples off with few chances of mating this year.
23:51Winter has arrived and, from time to time, howls.
24:06At low areas, the cold is less biting.
24:27The wind howls less.
24:29But now there are different kinds of screeches.
24:32It's a young female Iberian lynx, the world's most threatened feline.
24:41It's screeches and mirrors to show it's on heat.
24:45But no males around to hear it.
24:47There are so few left.
24:50Little by little, however, thanks to the efforts of the governments of Portugal and Spain, their numbers are now increasing.
24:58Some distance away, an equally young male is also on the lookout for a mate.
25:02It leaves urine scent markings at numerous points to show its readiness.
25:11It was left its own territory in search of a love affair.
25:14This male and this female can make a perfect match.
25:26The trouble is, they're unlikely to meet up.
25:31The female rubs her scent into the grass.
25:34If a young male passes by, he'll know there's a receptive female nearby.
25:51It's almost a blind date.
25:53And it will have to happen soon because the female won't stay in heat for long.
25:57The days go by and they don't meet up.
26:08Though they do cut down the distance between them.
26:11It's tiring work and the male has to top up his strength now and then.
26:15His most usual prey is the rabbit.
26:16The saying goes that a stalking lynx is quieter than silence.
26:30The saying goes that a stalking lynx is quieter than silence.
26:46The saying goes that a stalking lynx is quieter than silence.
27:16He has now entered the female's territory.
27:33And in the darkest night, the tryst finally occurs.
27:37and at the first light of day a flash of passion
28:07it's the alpha male of a wolf pack the Iberian wolf is a social carnivore with a marked pecking order
28:37the alpha pair lorded over the rest the wolves come into breeding condition in February
28:49within the pack only the dominant pair will mate unusually however this particular pack took
28:58in a young solo bitch a few months ago and just like the alpha bitch this young female has come
29:04into heat too the dominant pair sniff the air picking up the scent markings given off by the
29:21youngster taking advantage of a moment when the dominant bitch has dozed off the young female
29:32manages to wander off with the alpha male
29:34she makes sure no one's looking
29:44the alpha bitch has woken up
29:52she follows their scent trail she's vexed and wound up
30:03her nervousness increases as more time passes
30:12she's found them
30:27they've only been a short while on their own and the male has not tried to mate with the youngster
30:34but the alpha bitch couldn't care less about that
30:39jealousy occurs too among wildlife
30:45the youngster's tail drooping between her legs indicates submission
31:13the alpha bitches perky headless tail expresses dominance
31:20she goes the youngster non-stop cutting off incipient oestrus cycle completely
31:38the alpha more has remained faithful but her fellow pack members audacity has forced her to remind the upstart of the pecking order
31:45at this time of year the big male is hers and hers alone winter is slowly on the wane
31:52the courtship and nuptual battles of the autumn winter is slowly on the wane
31:59the courtship and nuptual battles of the autumn winter is slowly on the wane
32:07the courtship and nuptual battles of the autumn winter will soon bear fruit
32:14but for the time being new animals go awooing
32:22the huge open grasslands of portugal and spain are home to the world's heaviest flying bird
32:29the great bastard
32:36the iberian peninsula boasts the world's biggest population
32:44the males weighing in at nearly 20 kilos are much bigger than the females
32:51the great bastard's courtship begins in march
32:59the males gather in established lex in search of females
33:22to win mating rights with a female the males flaunt themselves extravagantly
33:28each male seems to turn his plumage inside out and puff himself up
33:35to seduce the females
33:38they seem to blossom among the grassland
33:42the females sidle up to the most splendorous and experienced males
33:47other males get the thumb down treatment
33:50this male is inexpert
33:55although he's big he doesn't catch any females eye
34:02he tries in various places but looks out
34:05he struts around in splendid isolation
34:08the days go by and he persists indefatigably
34:23the
34:40the
34:45the
34:50A female comes close.
34:54The inexpert male gets excited, but the female pays him little heed.
35:24This male is a veritable hymn to tenacity.
35:31He follows the female.
35:54At last, he manages to attract her attention.
36:01More females turn up.
36:20One of these females takes the initiative, but the male now looks bewildered by the turn
36:31of events.
36:41He's got cold feet.
36:55She tries to retain him.
36:57She wants to mate with him, but he's been taken by a fit of shyness.
37:06The female doesn't understand a thing.
37:10All that time waiting desperately for this moment, and now the sudden glut of females has
37:14overwhelmed him.
37:17There won't be another opportunity like this.
37:19You'll have to wait for next spring now.
37:24In the Mediterranean woodland, the story continues to unfold.
37:46In a secluded nook, the female lynx has mated with the young male, giving birth to two kittens.
37:53She's a first-time mother, and all the rearing will be up to her.
37:57The males never pitch in.
38:03Now she calmly suckles her brood, soon, however, she'll have to hunt.
38:19Hard by, two amorous rabbits frolic in the grass.
38:26They breed non-stop.
38:28They have a couple of grown-up youngsters with two little ones still in the burrow, but their
38:33thoughts are already turning to breeding again.
38:42It's exhausting, so much so that the male almost wilts.
38:47Their son can barely believe his eyes.
38:53At the same time, the female lynx goes out on the prowl, heading towards the rabbits.
39:14The rabbits, heedless of the danger, remain in frolicsome mood.
39:21č¶³ oders, Biology.
39:28Die blursch, egalze, niech-enchend.
39:29Die blursch, egalze.
39:34Die blursch, egalze.
39:41Die blursch.
39:44Die blursch.
39:46Die blursch.
39:49She's discovered their burrow, with the two baby rabbits inside.
40:01The rabbits are still blissfully frisky.
40:19The parent rabbits have still got their two bigger young.
40:24In any case, the female is pregnant again.
40:36The offspring of the king dethroning red deer now try their mother's tepid milk.
40:44The youngster seems to lick lyrics of love into her fur.
40:57Within the wild boar family, there is less harmony.
41:01Sibling rivalry is normal.
41:06Sibling rivalry is very popular.
41:15The lion is a tiger.
41:21Sibling rivalry is a boy.
41:26Sibling rivalry is a boy.
41:31Sibling rivalry is a boy.
41:35In the mouflon herd, a youngster is also enjoying its mother's care.
41:39Something puts the herd on edge.
42:09It's a smell they know well, instilling panic amongst them, but they're not sure where
42:19it's coming from.
42:27The youngster has lost touch with its mother.
42:33The wolves are not hunting today.
42:51There are important developments within the pack.
42:53The alpha female presents its pups to the rest of the pack.
43:18It's a day of hope and happiness.
43:42They take over false alarm, and the ewe soon finds her lamb.
43:48Stories of unconditional love are also being acted out in the Iberian Peninsula wetlands.
43:54And in these places, love takes a more artful form.
44:00A pair of black-winged stilts.
44:02They pair for life, and their mating is an elegant and delicate procedure.
44:07While the female waits, the male sluices down.
44:11He won't mount her until he feels sufficiently spruce and elegant.
44:20After the coupling, a tender hug that seems to be a vow of everlasting love.
44:31Very close by, other species like the white-headed duck are performing their own particular courting
44:36choreography.
44:38A new generation is springing up all over the wetland.
45:06The black-winged still chicks are soon scuttling about.
45:19Their mother senses a threat on the horizon.
45:22A marsh harrier, a specialist in small prey species.
45:28The mother rolls out her defense strategy.
45:37It looms ever closer.
45:40For the harrier, the stilt is simply a very long-legged bird.
45:54Motherly love develops its own cunning stratagems.
46:10Summer arrives.
46:28Our two lynx kittens are growing up.
46:32Their mother is managing quite well.
46:35The kittens are naturally inquisitive.
46:42The mother loses sight of a kitten.
46:56OK, let's track her down, the mother seems to say.
47:09The daughter has got herself lost.
47:14The male kitten, somewhat larger, also slips off.
47:27She has now lost both of them, but doesn't seem too concerned.
47:32The smaller kitten calls her desperately.
47:47She tries to spot them.
47:49She does not mean her.
47:52She gets trapped.
47:54It's a man that she can't do with herself.
47:56And she does not mean she can't do with herself.
47:59The daughter doesn't mean that she can't do with herself.
48:02But she can't do it, but doesn't mean the charm will be.
48:05She can't do it for her.
48:07She can't do it for her.
48:09She can't do it for her.
48:11Herestate thing for her.
48:13The mother seems to come from her.
48:14She's heard something.
48:26They're both together now.
48:41The mother's greeting is frosty.
48:44Maybe she's a bit miffed.
49:03The mother punishes the large male kitten.
49:06She subjects him to a harsh submission ritual, as if mating with him.
49:10Her son reacts, but the mother cuts off his rebellion with a withering look.
49:24He offers her his genitals as a final sign of submission.
49:28Unconditional love is not a bloggerhead's discipline.
49:36It has been an important lesson.
49:38Our wolf pack's pups are bigger, too.
49:55Their games show they're almost ready for action.
49:57The alpha female wants to exert a bit of control.
50:09On occasion, they drive their elders around the bend.
50:24What mother could resist this plea for mercy?
50:49The breeding cycle is over on the Iberian currency.
51:01Soon, a rutting red deer will be bellowing again,
51:05followed by new, jealous, and fever-pitched performances.
51:09Ardent, sex-fueled, risk-ridden avowals,
51:16melding afterwards into exercises of unconditional love.
51:22This is Iberia, a land of passions.
51:27Iberia.
51:43name is Juan.
51:49And this is Iberia.
51:53These are all the best studies of my own.
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