WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:01.074 --> 00:00:02.919 (dramatic music) 2 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:02.994 --> 00:00:04.679 Anderson: Growing up in montana, 4 00:00:04.754 --> 00:00:06.319 I thought I knew mountain lions. 5 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:10.514 --> 00:00:12.719 I've tracked these cats through my back yard. 7 00:00:15.481 --> 00:00:17.152 A kill. 8 00:00:17.161 --> 00:00:18.679 And filmed them on their kills. 9 00:00:19.954 --> 00:00:21.792 I know these cats. 10 00:00:21.801 --> 00:00:24.512 I've studied them my entire life. 11 00:00:24.521 --> 00:00:27.472 These tracks are less than 24 hours. 12 00:00:27.481 --> 00:00:28.839 She's definitely hunting. 13 00:00:30.041 --> 00:00:32.279 They're solitary, elusive. 14 00:00:33.314 --> 00:00:36.279 But everything I thought I knew, I was wrong. 15 00:00:37.641 --> 00:00:39.159 On the other side of the world 16 00:00:41.074 --> 00:00:43.279 These cats are re -writing the text book. 17 00:00:44.354 --> 00:00:46.439 Their social dynamics are evolving. 18 00:00:47.554 --> 00:00:48.679 And they're teaming up. 19 00:00:50.121 --> 00:00:52.719 Arenada: This is when you need to stand your ground. 20 00:00:53.874 --> 00:00:55.792 Anderson: In the mountains of patagonia, 21 00:00:55.801 --> 00:00:56.832 Nature's creating. 22 00:00:56.841 --> 00:00:57.799 Look at them! 23 00:00:57.874 --> 00:00:59.879 A pride of pumas. 24 00:00:59.954 --> 00:01:01.559 If someone told me this was happening, 25 00:01:01.634 --> 00:01:02.919 I would never believe them. 26 00:01:04.114 --> 00:01:06.439 Arenada: If this is not a pride of pumas, 27 00:01:06.514 --> 00:01:07.519 Tell me what this is. 28 00:01:09.314 --> 00:01:11.792 We're just trying to understand what's going on here. 29 00:01:11.801 --> 00:01:12.599 (imitating explosion booming) 30 00:01:12.674 --> 00:01:14.272 Anderson: Like mind-blowing 31 00:01:14.281 --> 00:01:17.959 Visual that I can't even comprehend. 32 00:01:20.754 --> 00:01:23.919 This is the mountain lion like never seen before. 33 00:01:24.761 --> 00:01:27.439 (puma growling) 34 00:01:32.674 --> 00:01:35.799 (bright upbeat music) 35 00:01:37.074 --> 00:01:38.999 My name's casey anderson. 36 00:01:39.074 --> 00:01:42.119 I'm heading to torres del paine national park, in chile, 37 00:01:43.074 --> 00:01:45.919 One of the last truly wild places on the planet. 38 00:01:46.841 --> 00:01:49.232 An area that may hold the densest population 39 00:01:49.241 --> 00:01:50.559 Of pumas on earth. 40 00:02:01.794 --> 00:02:05.552 I've been invited by rene arenada, a chilean filmmaker, 41 00:02:05.561 --> 00:02:08.199 To come down here and witness their pumas. 42 00:02:09.074 --> 00:02:11.799 It's basically the same species that lives in montana. 43 00:02:13.641 --> 00:02:15.319 But for all my years of tracking, 44 00:02:15.394 --> 00:02:18.512 I've rarely ever seen one close up. 45 00:02:18.521 --> 00:02:20.912 Here, things are different. 46 00:02:20.921 --> 00:02:22.832 The pumas prowl out in the open, 47 00:02:22.841 --> 00:02:24.992 And hunt by the light of the day. 48 00:02:25.001 --> 00:02:27.959 It defies everything I know about mountain lions. 49 00:02:28.921 --> 00:02:29.559 Arenada: What do you think about this? 50 00:02:29.634 --> 00:02:31.872 It's like a postcard. 51 00:02:31.881 --> 00:02:33.232 Anderson: That's the thing about this place. 52 00:02:33.241 --> 00:02:35.479 The highest concentration of pumas 53 00:02:35.554 --> 00:02:37.719 In the most beautiful place on the planet. 54 00:02:37.794 --> 00:02:39.392 Arenada: A safe paradise for them. 55 00:02:39.401 --> 00:02:41.952 They don't have to struggle against a bear, 56 00:02:41.961 --> 00:02:43.959 Struggle against a wolf. 57 00:02:44.034 --> 00:02:46.759 That changes the picture completely for them, isn't it? 58 00:02:46.834 --> 00:02:48.159 Anderson: It's got to. 59 00:02:48.201 --> 00:02:49.072 Arenada: Well there's things we've been watching 60 00:02:49.081 --> 00:02:50.272 For the last couple of years. 61 00:02:50.281 --> 00:02:53.079 We're trying to learn more about this also, 62 00:02:53.154 --> 00:02:54.672 Because there's a lot of things that, 63 00:02:54.681 --> 00:02:56.679 You know, they're not on the books. 64 00:02:56.754 --> 00:02:59.952 Anderson: In all my life, until I was 30 years old, 65 00:02:59.961 --> 00:03:03.392 Right around there, I'd only seen six mountain lions, 66 00:03:03.401 --> 00:03:07.072 Like just short glimpses, in all of my entire life. 67 00:03:07.081 --> 00:03:08.879 Arenada: You need to turn the radar on. 68 00:03:10.114 --> 00:03:11.952 Anderson: Turning it on now. 69 00:03:11.961 --> 00:03:14.559 (upbeat music) 70 00:03:18.121 --> 00:03:20.032 So what's the next move? 71 00:03:20.041 --> 00:03:22.432 Arenada: Prepare ourselves and go for a walk. 72 00:03:22.441 --> 00:03:25.199 Anderson: We should go out there. 73 00:03:27.954 --> 00:03:30.592 We've got a special permit for just five days 74 00:03:30.601 --> 00:03:33.792 To explore what's known as the puma triangle. 75 00:03:33.801 --> 00:03:36.399 (gentle music) 76 00:03:37.314 --> 00:03:39.072 Two sides of the triangle are fortified 77 00:03:39.081 --> 00:03:40.879 By natural barriers within the park. 78 00:03:43.321 --> 00:03:45.712 The third side is bordered by private farmland 79 00:03:45.721 --> 00:03:47.679 Where pumas are protected from hunting. 80 00:03:48.914 --> 00:03:52.352 This island of safety creates a puma paradise 81 00:03:52.361 --> 00:03:54.079 At the southern tip the world. 82 00:03:57.001 --> 00:03:58.279 Arenada: So this is the puma triangle, 83 00:03:58.354 --> 00:04:00.039 One of the best places in the world 84 00:04:00.114 --> 00:04:01.472 To see these animals up close 85 00:04:01.481 --> 00:04:03.799 And witness their social dynamics. 86 00:04:03.874 --> 00:04:05.152 The park is very well protected 87 00:04:05.161 --> 00:04:07.072 By the mountain and the ice fields. 88 00:04:07.081 --> 00:04:08.039 Anderson: This is one of the most beautiful things 89 00:04:08.114 --> 00:04:09.079 I've ever seen. 90 00:04:13.234 --> 00:04:14.832 Arenada: And now having that farmland 91 00:04:14.841 --> 00:04:16.992 That is not hunting pumas, 92 00:04:17.001 --> 00:04:19.152 It's actually opening a corridor for them 93 00:04:19.161 --> 00:04:20.639 To go out if necessary. 94 00:04:21.641 --> 00:04:24.199 So that's really good for the species. 95 00:04:24.274 --> 00:04:26.199 So it's a perfect storm. 96 00:04:27.241 --> 00:04:29.799 There's many pumas but they're hiding 97 00:04:29.874 --> 00:04:31.159 And we need to find them. 98 00:04:31.234 --> 00:04:33.879 (gentle music) 99 00:04:37.394 --> 00:04:40.679 Anderson: Rene's spent years following the pumas here. 100 00:04:40.754 --> 00:04:42.919 He knows the individual cats by name, 101 00:04:42.994 --> 00:04:46.079 Can recognize them, knows their family lineages. 102 00:04:47.634 --> 00:04:50.639 He's watched mothers raise several generations of cubs. 103 00:04:51.721 --> 00:04:54.079 And knows which males are dominant in the area. 104 00:04:57.874 --> 00:05:02.799 If anyone can show me the secret lives of pumas, it's rene. 105 00:05:09.161 --> 00:05:11.679 But so far, I'm not seeing any signs. 106 00:05:13.874 --> 00:05:17.119 This is an area that rene often sees pumas on the move. 107 00:05:19.481 --> 00:05:21.319 Arenada: This trail, it is open for tourism, 108 00:05:22.434 --> 00:05:25.712 And it's one of our favorite spots. 109 00:05:25.721 --> 00:05:29.719 Inside the national park, outside the national park. 110 00:05:29.794 --> 00:05:32.519 (dramatic music) 111 00:05:37.154 --> 00:05:38.192 These patches of forest, 112 00:05:38.201 --> 00:05:40.919 It's full of puma trails here inside. 113 00:05:40.994 --> 00:05:42.752 Actually here, this is a puma bed 114 00:05:42.761 --> 00:05:44.759 And it's very recently used. 115 00:05:44.834 --> 00:05:49.239 They use these forests to sleep, and to raise their cubs. 116 00:05:49.314 --> 00:05:52.359 Isn't it amazing and scary that I'm pretty sure 117 00:05:52.434 --> 00:05:54.439 There's a puma around us right now watching. 118 00:05:54.514 --> 00:05:56.279 They're always around us 119 00:05:56.354 --> 00:05:59.119 And you are only going to see them if they want you to. 120 00:06:06.114 --> 00:06:08.999 Anderson: I always used to say, "keep your head on a swivel." 121 00:06:10.921 --> 00:06:12.519 I just always do this. 122 00:06:12.594 --> 00:06:14.672 Not a kind of a paranoid thing, 123 00:06:14.681 --> 00:06:17.312 It's literally you're walking by something 124 00:06:17.321 --> 00:06:18.679 Almost guaranteed every time. 125 00:06:18.754 --> 00:06:20.432 Arenada: Yeah. 126 00:06:20.441 --> 00:06:23.519 (guanacos squawking) 127 00:06:29.074 --> 00:06:30.599 Anderson: At home in montana, 128 00:06:30.674 --> 00:06:32.432 The magpies will always tell me 129 00:06:32.441 --> 00:06:33.959 When there's a predator around. 130 00:06:35.081 --> 00:06:37.479 Here, apparently, it's the guanacos. 131 00:06:40.921 --> 00:06:42.359 Arenada: Can you see it, casey? 132 00:06:42.434 --> 00:06:45.159 Anderson: Oh yeah, I see it too. 133 00:06:45.234 --> 00:06:46.199 Arenada: Can you see it? 134 00:06:46.274 --> 00:06:47.472 Anderson: Definitely. 135 00:06:47.481 --> 00:06:50.039 Sitting on the hill, about 200 yards from us, 136 00:06:50.114 --> 00:06:52.832 Is my first chilean puma. 137 00:06:52.841 --> 00:06:54.512 I can't believe he's just out there 138 00:06:54.521 --> 00:06:56.832 In the open watching us like that. 139 00:06:56.841 --> 00:06:57.759 That's the male? 140 00:06:58.441 --> 00:07:01.399 The head looks big. 141 00:07:02.761 --> 00:07:05.239 Arenada: We should try to approach that animal. 142 00:07:05.314 --> 00:07:08.192 Just, there's enough distance, and we have enough space 143 00:07:08.201 --> 00:07:11.359 To approach a little bit more to have a closer look. 144 00:07:12.434 --> 00:07:13.959 Anderson: I forgot something at the truck. 145 00:07:14.034 --> 00:07:16.679 (rene laughing) 146 00:07:17.641 --> 00:07:20.199 Let me just put this in perspective. 147 00:07:20.274 --> 00:07:23.792 I've lived my entire life in montana trying to peer 148 00:07:23.801 --> 00:07:25.399 Into the lives of these animals. 149 00:07:26.441 --> 00:07:27.639 But they are ghosts. 150 00:07:28.834 --> 00:07:31.239 I literally had a puma living in my backyard, 151 00:07:31.314 --> 00:07:32.359 That I named mama mo. 152 00:07:33.874 --> 00:07:37.719 For a year I tracked her every day with the best technology. 153 00:07:37.794 --> 00:07:39.159 And even then I was lucky 154 00:07:39.234 --> 00:07:42.239 Just to catch an occasional glimpse of her and her cubs. 155 00:07:44.441 --> 00:07:46.752 Now, on my first day in chile, 156 00:07:46.761 --> 00:07:48.479 I'm face to face with one. 157 00:07:49.641 --> 00:07:51.999 And he doesn't seem to care about me at all. 158 00:07:53.801 --> 00:07:55.559 So, looking at this cat, 159 00:07:55.634 --> 00:07:57.399 We're trying to figure out who it is. 160 00:07:57.474 --> 00:08:00.192 These guys know these cats like their family. 161 00:08:00.201 --> 00:08:02.039 But this cat is a little unknown. 162 00:08:02.921 --> 00:08:04.599 Do you know why he has no scars? 163 00:08:04.674 --> 00:08:05.479 Arenada: Why? Anderson: And he's beautiful? 164 00:08:05.554 --> 00:08:06.359 'cause he never loses a fight. 165 00:08:06.434 --> 00:08:08.399 So, I think we name him casey. 166 00:08:10.674 --> 00:08:12.352 Arenada: He's too handsome for that. 167 00:08:12.361 --> 00:08:14.199 He's too handsome to be called casey. 168 00:08:15.314 --> 00:08:19.072 Okay, casey, let's see how close you can get to this puma. 169 00:08:19.081 --> 00:08:21.392 Anderson: So the guys have come up with this great idea. 170 00:08:21.401 --> 00:08:24.352 Tap into all your puma experience over the lifetime, 171 00:08:24.361 --> 00:08:26.919 And see how close you can get to this cat. 172 00:08:26.994 --> 00:08:28.199 Arenada: You go first. 173 00:08:28.274 --> 00:08:32.199 You want to try to see, test the tolerance level. 174 00:08:33.474 --> 00:08:36.359 Once you find a spot, you sit down, very relaxed, 175 00:08:36.434 --> 00:08:38.272 You sit down and I'll join you. 176 00:08:38.281 --> 00:08:42.199 Anderson: And I'm thinking to myself, sounds cool, maybe. 177 00:08:44.514 --> 00:08:46.039 (laughs) all right. 178 00:08:46.114 --> 00:08:47.959 Arenada: Good luck, sir. 179 00:08:48.034 --> 00:08:49.072 Anderson: I'm on my own. 180 00:08:49.081 --> 00:08:51.679 (gentle music) 181 00:08:57.241 --> 00:08:59.359 I'm really out of my comfort zone. 182 00:09:03.074 --> 00:09:04.519 There's no way a mountain lion 183 00:09:04.594 --> 00:09:06.679 Would let me approach in montana. 184 00:09:06.754 --> 00:09:09.919 But this cat doesn't seem to have any fear of humans. 185 00:09:13.314 --> 00:09:14.519 Arenada: He's doing something 186 00:09:14.594 --> 00:09:16.039 That he never thought was possible to do. 187 00:09:18.434 --> 00:09:21.639 If you've tried to see pumas anywhere else in the world, 188 00:09:22.594 --> 00:09:26.039 You realize how impossible this is. 189 00:09:26.114 --> 00:09:29.559 This is not the elusive ghost like you see 190 00:09:29.634 --> 00:09:31.632 In the rest of the american continent. 191 00:09:31.641 --> 00:09:33.952 This is an animal that is safe, 192 00:09:33.961 --> 00:09:37.959 That is very confident in his surrounding. 193 00:09:38.034 --> 00:09:41.799 And he's not feeling threatened by us, by humans. 194 00:09:41.874 --> 00:09:44.272 That's why you get these interactions right now. 195 00:09:44.281 --> 00:09:47.152 Someone that can approach the animal, observe him 196 00:09:47.161 --> 00:09:48.592 And follow if necessary 197 00:09:48.601 --> 00:09:51.479 Without disturbing their natural behavior. 198 00:09:54.761 --> 00:09:55.559 Anderson: I've never been in a place 199 00:09:55.634 --> 00:09:56.439 Where animals are looking at me 200 00:09:56.514 --> 00:09:58.512 Like this cat's looking at me. 201 00:09:58.521 --> 00:10:00.352 Just no fear. 202 00:10:00.361 --> 00:10:03.079 This is as close as I've been to a wild puma, 203 00:10:03.154 --> 00:10:04.512 And the cat just doesn't care. 204 00:10:04.521 --> 00:10:06.839 And it just like, it made me like a little kid again. 205 00:10:06.914 --> 00:10:09.072 I couldn't contain my excitement in this moment. 206 00:10:09.081 --> 00:10:12.912 It was just, this is exactly what I came here for, 207 00:10:12.921 --> 00:10:14.839 And here it is right in front of me. 208 00:10:17.074 --> 00:10:18.959 Arenada: He has a massive smile on his face. 209 00:10:31.321 --> 00:10:33.312 This is amazing isn't it? 210 00:10:33.321 --> 00:10:36.199 Having a chance of spending time with an animal like this. 211 00:10:37.081 --> 00:10:38.999 As elusive as these pumas are. 212 00:10:41.474 --> 00:10:43.119 Anderson: It doesn't make any sense to me. 213 00:10:47.401 --> 00:10:51.959 This is more true to its self, in many ways, 214 00:10:52.674 --> 00:10:53.879 The way this confidence 215 00:10:53.954 --> 00:10:57.072 And this relationship is the way it should be. 216 00:10:57.081 --> 00:11:00.199 This is a cat that has not been ruined at some level. 217 00:11:00.274 --> 00:11:01.159 Arenada: By anyone. 218 00:11:01.234 --> 00:11:02.272 Anderson: Right. 219 00:11:02.281 --> 00:11:03.312 Arenada: Humans. 220 00:11:03.321 --> 00:11:04.832 Anderson: This is pure, pure puma. 221 00:11:04.841 --> 00:11:06.992 (gentle music) 222 00:11:07.001 --> 00:11:10.432 As we watch casey, the mystery male walk away, 223 00:11:10.441 --> 00:11:12.119 He's moving with purpose. 224 00:11:23.954 --> 00:11:25.239 He knows where he's going. 225 00:11:29.321 --> 00:11:32.159 And then a second puma appears out of nowhere. 226 00:11:33.161 --> 00:11:36.512 (both laughing) 227 00:11:36.521 --> 00:11:38.999 And this cat rene knows very well. 228 00:11:40.114 --> 00:11:41.879 Arenada: Oh, this is amazing. 229 00:11:41.954 --> 00:11:43.792 This is sister. 230 00:11:43.801 --> 00:11:47.559 So we know this cat for years, since she was a cub 231 00:11:47.634 --> 00:11:49.872 About six or seven years ago. 232 00:11:49.881 --> 00:11:50.999 She's unmistakable. 233 00:11:52.674 --> 00:11:55.159 Anderson: Are they flirting or are they playing? 234 00:11:55.234 --> 00:11:56.639 Arenada: Definitely flirting. 235 00:12:03.954 --> 00:12:04.992 Anderson: Just coming over the top 236 00:12:05.001 --> 00:12:06.272 Of that little ridge right there 237 00:12:06.281 --> 00:12:10.432 And looking up and seeing two pumas on the ridge, 238 00:12:10.441 --> 00:12:11.839 With that in the background. 239 00:12:13.074 --> 00:12:15.199 This is like all my dreams come true. 240 00:12:26.274 --> 00:12:28.119 Back home, this would be the greatest shot 241 00:12:28.194 --> 00:12:32.032 I've ever shot in my life. (laughs) 242 00:12:32.041 --> 00:12:33.199 It's ridiculous. 243 00:12:36.674 --> 00:12:37.239 Arenada: She's cool. 244 00:12:37.314 --> 00:12:39.152 She's a cool cat. 245 00:12:39.161 --> 00:12:41.152 She's like the aunt of this neighborhood 246 00:12:41.161 --> 00:12:42.919 'cause she's never had cubs before. 247 00:12:43.954 --> 00:12:45.872 It's really cool that's she's hanging out 248 00:12:45.881 --> 00:12:46.839 With this new male. 249 00:12:50.994 --> 00:12:52.999 Anderson: They're just doing their thing. 250 00:12:55.474 --> 00:12:58.119 (puma snarling) 251 00:12:59.961 --> 00:13:03.712 As soon as you put the female aspect into this equation. 252 00:13:03.721 --> 00:13:06.079 Arenada: Things can become a little bit unpredictable. 253 00:13:07.241 --> 00:13:09.632 Anderson: He's just got this look on his face. 254 00:13:09.641 --> 00:13:11.799 This cat has no fear. 255 00:13:11.874 --> 00:13:14.319 And all of a sudden, he starts walking over to us. 256 00:13:15.474 --> 00:13:19.712 And they're getting closer and closer and closer. 257 00:13:19.721 --> 00:13:22.439 (dramatic music) 258 00:13:26.274 --> 00:13:27.959 As rene and I watch, 259 00:13:28.034 --> 00:13:31.399 The mystery male keeps coming straight at us, 260 00:13:31.474 --> 00:13:32.879 Guarding his potential mate. 261 00:13:45.481 --> 00:13:47.879 Arenada: This is when you need to stand your ground. 262 00:13:49.001 --> 00:13:50.159 Anderson: We group together, 263 00:13:50.201 --> 00:13:51.959 Essentially forming a pack of our own. 264 00:14:22.674 --> 00:14:26.512 I never expected to get this close to a wild puma, 265 00:14:26.521 --> 00:14:30.239 And in that moment rene and I had the exact same reaction. 266 00:14:31.314 --> 00:14:31.959 Arenada: It felt like you shouldn't 267 00:14:32.034 --> 00:14:33.159 Be looking to the eyes. 268 00:14:33.234 --> 00:14:34.199 Anderson: I agree. 269 00:14:34.274 --> 00:14:35.079 Arenada: You felt the same. 270 00:14:35.154 --> 00:14:37.079 Anderson: Yeah, I totally did. 271 00:14:37.154 --> 00:14:39.959 Just breaking eye contact, dipping our heads. 272 00:14:40.034 --> 00:14:41.119 Letting him walk by. 273 00:14:43.721 --> 00:14:45.952 Arenada: I wouldn't say that this is a threat. 274 00:14:45.961 --> 00:14:49.479 I wouldn't say that this is the animal watching us as, 275 00:14:49.554 --> 00:14:51.879 You know, we will become a prey. 276 00:14:51.954 --> 00:14:54.039 They will see us as something that is not very common, 277 00:14:54.114 --> 00:14:55.999 Like sort of we are on the same level. 278 00:14:57.714 --> 00:14:59.479 Anderson: You're having new experiences too. 279 00:15:01.641 --> 00:15:03.232 Arenada: That was a brilliant day. 280 00:15:03.241 --> 00:15:04.359 Anderson: It is. 281 00:15:04.434 --> 00:15:07.232 (gentle music) 282 00:15:07.241 --> 00:15:10.519 I've learned on day one to expect the unexpected. 283 00:15:11.394 --> 00:15:14.679 This is nothing like tracking mountain lions in montana. 284 00:15:14.754 --> 00:15:17.879 And I've never felt more alive in my entire life. 285 00:15:26.354 --> 00:15:27.872 In the morning we set out to see 286 00:15:27.881 --> 00:15:32.119 If we can find sister and casey, the mystery male once more. 287 00:15:32.194 --> 00:15:34.519 Often a male and female will stay together 288 00:15:34.594 --> 00:15:36.239 For several days while mating. 289 00:15:39.001 --> 00:15:40.839 But the male is a visitor. 290 00:15:40.914 --> 00:15:43.319 This is sister's home range, 291 00:15:43.394 --> 00:15:46.432 And rene knows where her favorite hunting grounds are. 292 00:15:46.441 --> 00:15:49.552 (dramatic music) 293 00:15:49.561 --> 00:15:52.272 Just walking up here and seeing these guanaco here, 294 00:15:52.281 --> 00:15:54.272 Seems like they're in a bad spot. 295 00:15:54.281 --> 00:15:55.399 Arenada: Horrible spot. 296 00:15:56.754 --> 00:15:59.792 Anderson: Heck, a puma could get right in here so easy. 297 00:15:59.801 --> 00:16:02.079 Arenada: There must be pumas somewhere around. 298 00:16:03.721 --> 00:16:06.039 The guanacos, they don't mind about us, 299 00:16:06.114 --> 00:16:07.232 They don't care about us, 300 00:16:07.241 --> 00:16:09.399 And that's why when you hear an alarm call 301 00:16:09.474 --> 00:16:11.319 It's like 100% a puma. 302 00:16:11.394 --> 00:16:12.199 Anderson: Yeah. 303 00:16:12.274 --> 00:16:13.639 Arenada: It's not afraid of.. 304 00:16:13.714 --> 00:16:15.952 Anderson: No, we're definitely not on the danger radar. 305 00:16:15.961 --> 00:16:17.399 The pumas don't care at all. 306 00:16:17.474 --> 00:16:19.072 This is the one place in the world 307 00:16:19.081 --> 00:16:21.552 That you could literally be part of the landscape 308 00:16:21.561 --> 00:16:24.439 Without influencing any of this predator/prey relationship. 309 00:16:24.514 --> 00:16:26.032 (radio beeping) 310 00:16:26.041 --> 00:16:27.639 Until the radio goes off and just blows the whole thing. 311 00:16:27.714 --> 00:16:28.912 (both laughing) 312 00:16:28.921 --> 00:16:31.392 Arenada: That's pizza, that's hamburger. 313 00:16:31.401 --> 00:16:34.839 And if pizza gets nailed, hamburger will learn the lesson. 314 00:16:36.041 --> 00:16:38.559 He will see it happening in front of his eyes. 315 00:16:39.954 --> 00:16:42.199 Anderson: Look out dude, there's some pumas around here, 316 00:16:42.274 --> 00:16:43.639 Don't say we didn't warn ya. 317 00:16:44.994 --> 00:16:47.559 (somber music) 318 00:16:58.281 --> 00:16:59.079 The guanacos don't lie. 319 00:16:59.154 --> 00:17:00.359 If they see a cat, 320 00:17:00.434 --> 00:17:02.839 They're gonna call them out with this alarm call. 321 00:17:02.914 --> 00:17:05.152 Arenada: That is what these guanacos do most of the day. 322 00:17:05.161 --> 00:17:08.519 They will feed, raise their heads, look around. 323 00:17:08.594 --> 00:17:09.872 Guanacos are clever animals. 324 00:17:09.881 --> 00:17:11.159 Anderson: So what you try to do is you watch 325 00:17:11.234 --> 00:17:12.679 Where that guanaco's looking, 326 00:17:12.754 --> 00:17:14.032 And you'd watch where the other one's looking, 327 00:17:14.041 --> 00:17:15.872 And you'd try to triangulate and figure out, 328 00:17:15.881 --> 00:17:18.032 Look in that area and try to find this cat moving 329 00:17:18.041 --> 00:17:19.319 Across the landscape. 330 00:17:19.394 --> 00:17:22.199 Could be 10 meters away, or three kilometers away. 331 00:17:22.274 --> 00:17:24.999 Their eyesight is amazing, and for good reason, 332 00:17:25.074 --> 00:17:26.512 They have to watch this landscape 333 00:17:26.521 --> 00:17:30.432 Because at any second a puma could be sneaking up on them. 334 00:17:30.441 --> 00:17:33.159 (dramatic music) 335 00:17:34.601 --> 00:17:38.439 (guanacos squawking) 336 00:17:38.514 --> 00:17:39.479 Arenada: This one, and that one, 337 00:17:39.554 --> 00:17:42.479 They're looking to the same point. 338 00:17:47.794 --> 00:17:51.232 Anderson: Sure enough, with the help of the guanacos 339 00:17:51.241 --> 00:17:53.999 We find sister patrolling the border of the park. 340 00:17:55.234 --> 00:17:58.519 Casey, the mystery male, is nowhere to be seen. 341 00:18:00.834 --> 00:18:03.559 I feel like we're just one of the guanacos right now, 342 00:18:05.161 --> 00:18:06.919 Watching a puma stalk towards you. 343 00:18:08.121 --> 00:18:09.639 Arenada: So this is definitely her territory, 344 00:18:09.714 --> 00:18:12.752 And she's the one that's using the fence to hunt. 345 00:18:12.761 --> 00:18:13.599 She's clever. 346 00:18:15.001 --> 00:18:16.752 She lives right in the border 347 00:18:16.761 --> 00:18:19.959 Between the national park and the farmlands. 348 00:18:20.034 --> 00:18:21.312 There's a fence in there, 349 00:18:21.321 --> 00:18:24.239 And she kind of patrols that fence most of the time. 350 00:18:25.401 --> 00:18:28.159 (dramatic music) 351 00:18:29.874 --> 00:18:33.239 Anderson: She basically just walks back and forth, 352 00:18:33.314 --> 00:18:35.039 Working, patrolling the fence. 353 00:18:47.474 --> 00:18:48.839 (guanaco squawking) 354 00:18:48.914 --> 00:18:51.559 Arenada: He's the lucky guy today, he's safe now. 355 00:18:51.634 --> 00:18:56.439 Anderson: I'm going to name that guanaco rene, in your honor. 356 00:18:56.514 --> 00:18:59.759 Arenada: So you have a puma and I have guanaco? 357 00:19:00.914 --> 00:19:04.439 Your puma's gonna endure for a couple of years, for sure, 358 00:19:04.514 --> 00:19:06.999 But this one might die tonight. 359 00:19:08.594 --> 00:19:09.472 Anderson: I hope not. 360 00:19:09.481 --> 00:19:10.759 Arenada: No. 361 00:19:10.834 --> 00:19:12.352 Anderson: I really hope not. 362 00:19:12.361 --> 00:19:13.319 Arenada: He's a brave guy. 363 00:19:16.034 --> 00:19:17.239 Standing his ground. 364 00:19:17.314 --> 00:19:19.919 Anderson: He just saved his family, he's a hero. 365 00:19:23.001 --> 00:19:24.752 She's still on the move right, we should follow. 366 00:19:24.761 --> 00:19:25.952 Arenada: Totally. 367 00:19:25.961 --> 00:19:27.232 Anderson: Let's go. 368 00:19:27.241 --> 00:19:29.759 Arenada: We've got our puma now, it's still early. 369 00:19:31.081 --> 00:19:31.952 Anderson: We know where she's at. 370 00:19:31.961 --> 00:19:32.959 Thanks guanacos. 371 00:19:38.674 --> 00:19:42.639 Arenada: We've been following this puma for 500 meters, 372 00:19:43.874 --> 00:19:46.919 And we saw her stalking on the top of this hill. 373 00:19:48.041 --> 00:19:52.432 So we came down, and there's a guanaco in position 374 00:19:52.441 --> 00:19:54.079 To be eaten by the puma. 375 00:19:55.794 --> 00:19:57.879 Anderson: Yeah, this is a great situation 376 00:19:59.234 --> 00:20:01.399 Just to wait up the hill. 377 00:20:01.474 --> 00:20:02.999 But the shrubbery there, 378 00:20:03.074 --> 00:20:05.712 It's thick, it's thick as it gets around here. 379 00:20:05.721 --> 00:20:07.632 So she's got the cover, 380 00:20:07.641 --> 00:20:10.519 The guanaco doesn't seem to notice anything. 381 00:20:10.594 --> 00:20:14.352 There's not a lot around that could bust her. 382 00:20:14.361 --> 00:20:18.919 So this is a recipe for potentially witnessing 383 00:20:18.994 --> 00:20:21.559 A puma making a kill. 384 00:20:21.634 --> 00:20:24.359 (dramatic music) 385 00:20:29.081 --> 00:20:31.839 (dramatic music) 386 00:20:40.034 --> 00:20:42.759 Just a few days ago I thought it was impossible 387 00:20:42.834 --> 00:20:45.079 To be this close to a puma on the prowl. 388 00:20:47.081 --> 00:20:48.432 And now here we are, 389 00:20:48.441 --> 00:20:51.239 Watching one of nature's greatest hunters in action. 390 00:20:56.121 --> 00:20:57.392 It's fun to watch, 391 00:20:57.401 --> 00:21:00.272 'cause it's like a game of red light, green light. 392 00:21:00.281 --> 00:21:04.199 The guanaco head goes down, sister moves in. 393 00:21:07.561 --> 00:21:09.319 Guanaco head comes up, freeze. 394 00:21:24.361 --> 00:21:27.359 Arenada: Patience means waiting when to do your move. 395 00:21:28.194 --> 00:21:30.599 And that's, that's a skill. 396 00:21:31.641 --> 00:21:32.839 Anderson: It is a skill. 397 00:21:53.074 --> 00:21:56.599 The guanaco's head's down, turned away. 398 00:21:56.674 --> 00:21:57.952 Arenada: Oh, that's perfect. 399 00:21:57.961 --> 00:21:59.839 Anderson: This guy's not looking. 400 00:22:01.161 --> 00:22:03.559 This is working out, I don't know. 401 00:22:03.634 --> 00:22:05.952 That guy is looking now. 402 00:22:05.961 --> 00:22:07.679 Arenada: She's 20 meters away now. 403 00:22:12.041 --> 00:22:14.119 She still needs a couple of meters. 404 00:22:15.001 --> 00:22:17.079 Anderson: She's low enough now that. 405 00:22:17.154 --> 00:22:18.199 Arenada: She's moving. 406 00:22:21.241 --> 00:22:22.919 She's getting the right position. 407 00:22:24.354 --> 00:22:25.159 (guanaco squawking) 408 00:22:25.234 --> 00:22:26.992 Anderson: Oops, busted. 409 00:22:27.001 --> 00:22:27.799 Dang it. 410 00:22:30.034 --> 00:22:31.312 Arenada: That was close though. 411 00:22:31.321 --> 00:22:32.159 Anderson: That was close. 412 00:22:36.921 --> 00:22:41.792 Seeing sister get so close, yet still fail reminds me that, 413 00:22:41.801 --> 00:22:43.872 Even for a master predator, 414 00:22:43.881 --> 00:22:47.632 Hunting alone in the wide open is extremely difficult. 415 00:22:47.641 --> 00:22:49.952 It could easily take 20 or more attempts 416 00:22:49.961 --> 00:22:51.079 Just to make a kill. 417 00:22:52.674 --> 00:22:54.432 She moves on, she's gotta do it. 418 00:22:54.441 --> 00:22:56.239 She's gonna have to do it some time. 419 00:22:57.241 --> 00:22:59.879 Watching this play out, in broad daylight, 420 00:22:59.954 --> 00:23:02.272 Just blows my mind. 421 00:23:02.281 --> 00:23:03.599 Arenada: You never expected this. 422 00:23:05.881 --> 00:23:06.999 Anderson: Nah, no. 423 00:23:07.074 --> 00:23:08.759 Arenada: You didn't believe me then. 424 00:23:09.801 --> 00:23:10.839 Anderson: No. 425 00:23:10.914 --> 00:23:13.719 (both laughing) 426 00:23:13.794 --> 00:23:16.119 Sure enough, there's a pot of gold 427 00:23:16.194 --> 00:23:18.759 At the end of the rainbow, and it's this big. 428 00:23:20.754 --> 00:23:21.799 That's how this feels. 429 00:23:23.954 --> 00:23:27.079 (upbeat music) 430 00:23:27.154 --> 00:23:29.959 Arenada: So now we are literally following the puma, 431 00:23:30.034 --> 00:23:34.999 It's like following at her back, observing what she's doing. 432 00:23:36.361 --> 00:23:38.839 Anderson: We're on the hunt, right, part of the pride. 433 00:23:40.201 --> 00:23:43.872 In my wildest dreams I couldn't imagine the possibility 434 00:23:43.881 --> 00:23:46.159 Of walking alongside a puma like this. 435 00:23:51.081 --> 00:23:54.832 This is not affecting her, the guanacos or anything else. 436 00:23:54.841 --> 00:23:59.599 We're literally in the moment with this puma, and that's. 437 00:24:01.074 --> 00:24:02.519 Arenada: It's a very intimate moment. 438 00:24:03.554 --> 00:24:06.512 Having the chance to spend five hours 439 00:24:06.521 --> 00:24:09.319 With an individual is an awesome reward from nature. 440 00:24:12.121 --> 00:24:15.199 (guanacos squawking) 441 00:24:34.841 --> 00:24:37.559 As sister continues to search for her next meal, 442 00:24:37.634 --> 00:24:39.119 She slips out of sight. 443 00:24:46.594 --> 00:24:49.239 (bird chirping) 444 00:24:51.714 --> 00:24:52.999 By the time we find her, 445 00:24:53.074 --> 00:24:56.399 She's stalked into another position to strike. 446 00:24:57.394 --> 00:25:01.639 Wow, (laughs) I can't keep my binoculars off of it. 447 00:25:01.714 --> 00:25:05.959 Arenada: It's just one more neck down to eat some grass, 448 00:25:08.434 --> 00:25:10.679 And that could be the last grass of this guanaco. 449 00:25:13.001 --> 00:25:15.072 Hunting here is not easy at all. 450 00:25:15.081 --> 00:25:18.239 It's open landscape, you have nothing to hide. 451 00:25:23.801 --> 00:25:27.159 So it takes years for you to get these skills 452 00:25:27.234 --> 00:25:29.152 And become a good hunter. 453 00:25:29.161 --> 00:25:30.752 Anderson: The head down, she's making a last move. 454 00:25:30.761 --> 00:25:32.079 Arenada: She's making a move. 455 00:25:33.394 --> 00:25:36.519 Anderson: Making a move, come on, come on, come on. 456 00:25:42.994 --> 00:25:44.199 She's getting close, man. 457 00:25:46.114 --> 00:25:48.719 This is gonna happen, this is gonna happen, isn't it. 458 00:25:50.201 --> 00:25:51.039 Come on. 459 00:25:53.314 --> 00:25:54.759 Arenada: So, this is her style of hunting. 460 00:25:54.834 --> 00:25:56.912 She's trying to get as close as possible. 461 00:25:56.921 --> 00:25:58.599 She's not a runner. 462 00:25:58.674 --> 00:26:01.239 Anderson: The cats back home would have run 463 00:26:01.314 --> 00:26:03.519 At these guys a long time ago. 464 00:26:09.874 --> 00:26:11.439 Arenada: It's gonna happen at any moment. 465 00:26:14.441 --> 00:26:15.552 Now, now. 466 00:26:15.561 --> 00:26:16.199 Anderson: Here it goes, here it goes. 467 00:26:16.274 --> 00:26:18.079 She is in the zone. 468 00:26:23.074 --> 00:26:23.952 Arenada: I'm nervous. 469 00:26:23.961 --> 00:26:25.399 Anderson: Yeah. 470 00:26:25.474 --> 00:26:27.279 Arenada: I really hope she gets this. 471 00:26:37.554 --> 00:26:38.519 Anderson: Oh, come on. 472 00:26:40.441 --> 00:26:41.959 Look how low she is, 473 00:26:42.034 --> 00:26:44.559 She's basically doing a belly crawl. 474 00:26:52.841 --> 00:26:55.399 Uh-oh, up on, the one up top might have busted her. 475 00:26:56.354 --> 00:26:57.552 Arenada: Not yet. 476 00:26:57.561 --> 00:27:00.119 Anderson: Don't see her, don't see her. 477 00:27:04.441 --> 00:27:09.439 Oh man, this shows how hard this can be, you know? 478 00:27:14.594 --> 00:27:17.319 The one closest to her has no idea what's going on, no. 479 00:27:19.794 --> 00:27:21.079 Arenada: She's still close. 480 00:27:22.034 --> 00:27:24.719 (dramatic music) 481 00:27:26.201 --> 00:27:29.072 (guanaco squawking) 482 00:27:29.081 --> 00:27:31.079 Anderson: (groans) that close. 483 00:27:37.081 --> 00:27:39.639 (bright music) 484 00:27:42.201 --> 00:27:43.632 Arenada: Seems like they don't want 485 00:27:43.641 --> 00:27:46.759 To waste the energy on something that is not 100% sure. 486 00:27:46.834 --> 00:27:48.192 Anderson: Yeah. 487 00:27:48.201 --> 00:27:51.959 Arenada: And that's what we've seen. 488 00:27:52.034 --> 00:27:53.319 Anderson: But she's right back to it. 489 00:27:53.394 --> 00:27:57.999 She's like okay, failure, now no time to sit around 490 00:27:59.561 --> 00:28:00.999 And be depressed about it. 491 00:28:01.074 --> 00:28:02.999 It's time to go kill something. 492 00:28:03.074 --> 00:28:03.879 Move on. 493 00:28:07.321 --> 00:28:09.072 Sister's odds of making a kill 494 00:28:09.081 --> 00:28:10.799 Dramatically improve at night. 495 00:28:12.161 --> 00:28:16.079 Her enormous eyes can virtually see in the dark, 496 00:28:16.121 --> 00:28:19.079 A difficult weapon for guanacos to defend against. 497 00:28:23.561 --> 00:28:25.319 Under the cloak of darkness, 498 00:28:25.394 --> 00:28:27.439 Pumas have their greatest success. 499 00:28:29.874 --> 00:28:34.839 (gentle music) (birds chirping) 500 00:28:40.434 --> 00:28:44.119 In the morning we are back out searching for sister, 501 00:28:44.194 --> 00:28:45.639 Hoping that she's made a kill. 502 00:28:52.834 --> 00:28:54.039 Arenada: It's cold today. 503 00:28:56.121 --> 00:28:57.879 Anderson: Suddenly, out of nowhere, 504 00:28:57.954 --> 00:29:00.679 A family of four pumas appears on the move. 505 00:29:00.754 --> 00:29:03.072 Arenada: If we're lucky, they might be moving 506 00:29:03.081 --> 00:29:05.239 From the kill or to the kill, we don't know. 507 00:29:05.314 --> 00:29:07.399 Anderson: Rene recognizes them. 508 00:29:07.474 --> 00:29:09.799 Arenada: I've known these guys since they were born almost. 509 00:29:09.874 --> 00:29:11.159 This is mother. 510 00:29:11.234 --> 00:29:14.279 We call her mother because she is sister's mother. 511 00:29:14.354 --> 00:29:16.272 It's cool to see her again. 512 00:29:16.281 --> 00:29:17.472 Anderson: That's sister's mom? 513 00:29:17.481 --> 00:29:18.999 Arenada: Oh yeah, so you know a family now. 514 00:29:21.074 --> 00:29:24.759 So these guys are the next litter after sister. 515 00:29:24.834 --> 00:29:26.759 They're very close to independence now. 516 00:29:30.121 --> 00:29:31.319 Now they need to find a place to rest 517 00:29:31.394 --> 00:29:32.559 For the rest of the day. 518 00:29:33.474 --> 00:29:35.719 Anderson: Looks like they're gonna lay down right there. 519 00:29:37.634 --> 00:29:39.879 As the family beds down for the day, 520 00:29:39.954 --> 00:29:42.039 Another puma appears above them. 521 00:29:42.994 --> 00:29:44.199 Arenada: There's a fifth puma, 522 00:29:44.274 --> 00:29:46.672 Which we don't really know which puma is, yet. 523 00:29:46.681 --> 00:29:48.199 We need to have a closer look. 524 00:29:50.121 --> 00:29:51.872 Anderson: That's definitely a female. 525 00:29:51.881 --> 00:29:53.079 Arenada: Yeah. Anderson: Adult female. 526 00:29:53.154 --> 00:29:56.759 Arenada: Yeah, you know what, that's sister. 527 00:29:58.034 --> 00:29:59.279 That's definitely sister. 528 00:30:01.401 --> 00:30:02.519 Anderson: So she's watching her mom? 529 00:30:02.594 --> 00:30:03.879 Arenada: She never left home. 530 00:30:04.994 --> 00:30:07.959 She's telling us something about the social behavior 531 00:30:08.034 --> 00:30:09.712 That we don't fully understand. 532 00:30:09.721 --> 00:30:12.959 It's rare, it's really rare. 533 00:30:13.801 --> 00:30:16.432 Anderson: Yeah, I know, you don't see this back home. 534 00:30:16.441 --> 00:30:19.152 Obviously, I've been filming a mother with three kittens, 535 00:30:19.161 --> 00:30:23.399 About the same age, but never, ever saw her 536 00:30:23.474 --> 00:30:24.519 With another cat. 537 00:30:26.354 --> 00:30:28.999 These are supposed to be solitary animals. 538 00:30:30.201 --> 00:30:32.272 Why is sister, an adult puma, 539 00:30:32.281 --> 00:30:33.879 Still hanging around her mother? 540 00:30:35.234 --> 00:30:38.679 Does she still depend on her for occasional meals? 541 00:30:38.754 --> 00:30:41.119 Or does she just like being close to her family? 542 00:30:43.881 --> 00:30:46.359 Arenada: Knowing sister and her mother for years, 543 00:30:46.434 --> 00:30:49.919 It's not hard to understand why these bonds remain strong. 544 00:30:51.081 --> 00:30:53.552 Sister, and these three younger cubs are lucky 545 00:30:53.561 --> 00:30:56.599 To have one of the best moms I've seen in nature. 546 00:30:59.554 --> 00:31:01.712 (gentle music) 547 00:31:01.721 --> 00:31:05.039 I first filmed these cubs when they were three months old. 548 00:31:11.481 --> 00:31:15.559 The kittens have spent every minute of their lives together, 549 00:31:15.634 --> 00:31:18.399 Safe under the tireless protection of their mother. 550 00:31:22.841 --> 00:31:26.039 Day after day this mother teaches the cubs 551 00:31:26.114 --> 00:31:29.679 To stalk, and pounce. 552 00:31:33.954 --> 00:31:36.352 It's how they learn everything they need 553 00:31:36.361 --> 00:31:38.879 To one day survive on their own. 554 00:31:45.321 --> 00:31:47.999 She brings them to her kills to feast. 555 00:31:50.201 --> 00:31:53.199 It's the first step in weaning them off her milk. 556 00:31:57.314 --> 00:31:59.232 And patiently nudges them 557 00:31:59.241 --> 00:32:01.039 Towards more and more independence. 558 00:32:06.681 --> 00:32:10.599 Do they just forget these close bonds when they grow up? 559 00:32:10.674 --> 00:32:11.799 I don't think so. 560 00:32:12.834 --> 00:32:16.599 Perhaps the bonding even continues into adulthood. 561 00:32:24.041 --> 00:32:25.399 Anderson: As we're watching the family, 562 00:32:25.474 --> 00:32:27.119 Something interesting happens. 563 00:32:28.034 --> 00:32:31.039 All the cubs get up with a clear sense of purpose. 564 00:32:32.441 --> 00:32:33.639 They just start going somewhere 565 00:32:33.714 --> 00:32:36.672 And it's really evident they're going somewhere. 566 00:32:36.681 --> 00:32:38.032 Arenada: So we need to follow them. 567 00:32:38.041 --> 00:32:39.559 Obviously something's going on, 568 00:32:39.634 --> 00:32:41.552 They're maybe moving to a kill. 569 00:32:41.561 --> 00:32:44.359 (dramatic music) 570 00:32:44.434 --> 00:32:46.679 Anderson: They're straight-lining to this spot. 571 00:32:46.754 --> 00:32:49.879 Mom knows where they're going, she's not too concerned. 572 00:32:49.954 --> 00:32:50.839 Let them go. 573 00:32:50.914 --> 00:32:52.079 She'll follow up behind. 574 00:32:59.394 --> 00:33:00.439 Arenada: Sister's coming down. 575 00:33:00.514 --> 00:33:01.639 She's following them. 576 00:33:01.714 --> 00:33:03.359 Anderson: She's totally gonna follow them. 577 00:33:04.194 --> 00:33:06.512 This is getting even better. 578 00:33:06.521 --> 00:33:09.319 Do you think the mom will let sister come near the cubs? 579 00:33:09.394 --> 00:33:10.992 Arenada: I don't know. 580 00:33:11.001 --> 00:33:12.912 Anderson: Sister's keeping a safe distance 581 00:33:12.921 --> 00:33:15.599 But clearly she wants to stay close to her mother. 582 00:33:16.841 --> 00:33:18.432 But why? 583 00:33:18.441 --> 00:33:20.119 Does she know where they're going? 584 00:33:21.234 --> 00:33:23.959 Arenada: Maybe she's gonna try to get food. 585 00:33:24.034 --> 00:33:26.559 Maybe she's just gonna try to be around her mom. 586 00:33:28.914 --> 00:33:31.792 Anderson: What we discover next changes everything 587 00:33:31.801 --> 00:33:33.719 We thought we knew about pumas. 588 00:33:34.834 --> 00:33:37.479 Arenada: Right here, there's one, two. 589 00:33:44.354 --> 00:33:46.559 Anderson: There's literally eight pumas 590 00:33:47.401 --> 00:33:49.399 All starting to come together, 591 00:33:52.194 --> 00:33:53.639 (imitates explosion booming) 592 00:33:53.714 --> 00:33:57.919 Like mind-blowing visual that I can't even comprehend. 593 00:33:59.074 --> 00:34:00.199 The mother with those kittens. 594 00:34:00.274 --> 00:34:01.872 The kittens left, they were going somewhere, 595 00:34:01.881 --> 00:34:04.352 And it's like they were going over to their cousin's house. 596 00:34:04.361 --> 00:34:05.472 Arenada: We're just trying to understand 597 00:34:05.481 --> 00:34:07.079 What's going on here. 598 00:34:07.154 --> 00:34:08.519 Anderson: Yeah, there's something definitely 599 00:34:08.594 --> 00:34:09.472 Happening here. 600 00:34:09.481 --> 00:34:12.199 And that's, they know each other. 601 00:34:12.274 --> 00:34:14.592 (bright music) 602 00:34:14.601 --> 00:34:17.359 (birds chirping) 603 00:34:18.674 --> 00:34:20.352 There's nothing in the wild world 604 00:34:20.361 --> 00:34:22.039 That's cooler than this right now. 605 00:34:26.434 --> 00:34:30.039 Four cats walking out in the wide open, 606 00:34:30.114 --> 00:34:32.359 And three cats going down 607 00:34:32.434 --> 00:34:34.799 And meeting with them right in front of us. 608 00:34:35.874 --> 00:34:37.679 And there's another cat on the ridge. 609 00:34:38.601 --> 00:34:39.799 What's gonna happen? 610 00:34:39.874 --> 00:34:41.639 Is there a fight, is there a kill there? 611 00:34:41.714 --> 00:34:42.679 What's gonna happen? 612 00:34:48.754 --> 00:34:49.879 There's no aggression, 613 00:34:49.954 --> 00:34:51.072 There's actually the opposite of that. 614 00:34:51.081 --> 00:34:53.719 It's like you're seeing the same greeting 615 00:34:53.794 --> 00:34:55.792 That you would see between a mother and its kittens, 616 00:34:55.801 --> 00:34:58.999 Except for this is two mothers and their kittens. 617 00:34:59.074 --> 00:35:00.279 Arenada: It could be either sisters 618 00:35:00.354 --> 00:35:03.639 From different generations or mother and daughter. 619 00:35:06.041 --> 00:35:08.512 Anderson: Whether it's direct, mother/sister. 620 00:35:08.521 --> 00:35:11.159 Or if it's just like two groups 621 00:35:11.234 --> 00:35:12.672 That have decided to get along. 622 00:35:12.681 --> 00:35:15.072 And what we're seeing here is the ultimate tolerance. 623 00:35:15.081 --> 00:35:18.912 We have seven pumas laying out in the wide open, 624 00:35:18.921 --> 00:35:20.279 Just like african lions. 625 00:35:21.474 --> 00:35:23.312 If someone told me this was happening, 626 00:35:23.321 --> 00:35:24.639 I would never believe them. 627 00:35:28.921 --> 00:35:31.072 Arenada: And then you have this other female, the sister, 628 00:35:31.081 --> 00:35:34.119 Our sister, and she's waiting for a chance to go in. 629 00:35:38.841 --> 00:35:40.599 Anderson: I used to think a cat's a cat's a cat. 630 00:35:40.674 --> 00:35:43.159 Until today this is not the cat I thought 631 00:35:43.234 --> 00:35:44.679 I would come here to see. 632 00:35:44.754 --> 00:35:47.279 They're doing things that I would never even imagine. 633 00:35:48.521 --> 00:35:49.792 Here's the big question. 634 00:35:49.801 --> 00:35:51.792 Is this what pumas have been doing all along? 635 00:35:51.801 --> 00:35:53.072 Or is this new behavior, 636 00:35:53.081 --> 00:35:55.399 Evolution happening right before our eyes? 637 00:35:56.361 --> 00:35:59.239 Arenada: What if we are able to watch for the first time 638 00:36:00.121 --> 00:36:03.232 A pride like this hunting a guanaco altogether? 639 00:36:03.241 --> 00:36:05.639 Cooperating and doing a strategy. 640 00:36:05.714 --> 00:36:07.632 Anderson: If they decided to start to do that. 641 00:36:07.641 --> 00:36:09.472 If that started to evolve, that behavior-- 642 00:36:09.481 --> 00:36:10.759 Arenada: It's a learning process. 643 00:36:10.834 --> 00:36:12.279 Anderson: Definitely. 644 00:36:12.354 --> 00:36:13.239 Arenada: It's just a matter of one trying to kill a guanaco, 645 00:36:13.314 --> 00:36:14.119 And the other one's getting close, 646 00:36:14.194 --> 00:36:16.159 And eventually trying to help. 647 00:36:16.201 --> 00:36:17.072 Anderson: Yeah, there's no reason 648 00:36:17.081 --> 00:36:18.119 Why that couldn't happen here. 649 00:36:21.634 --> 00:36:23.712 Then this group of pumas together 650 00:36:23.721 --> 00:36:26.039 Just starts to move as one. 651 00:36:26.114 --> 00:36:27.079 Look at that. 652 00:36:27.154 --> 00:36:28.352 Look at that! 653 00:36:28.361 --> 00:36:29.479 You should shoot that. 654 00:36:33.641 --> 00:36:35.719 It looks like we're in the african savanna 655 00:36:35.794 --> 00:36:37.232 Watching african lions walk. 656 00:36:37.241 --> 00:36:41.072 But we're here in patagonia, watching pumas walk together. 657 00:36:41.081 --> 00:36:43.279 And it just takes my breath away. 658 00:36:45.001 --> 00:36:46.752 Have you ever read this in a book before? 659 00:36:46.761 --> 00:36:47.952 Arenada: No, never. Anderson: Exactly. 660 00:36:47.961 --> 00:36:49.152 Arenada: None of us. 661 00:36:49.161 --> 00:36:51.079 Anderson: So I think the lesson learned here is, 662 00:36:52.194 --> 00:36:55.279 It's time to rip the books up and start writing them again. 663 00:36:58.834 --> 00:37:00.319 Arenada: As we were watching those, 664 00:37:01.321 --> 00:37:03.239 We just got a puma walking behind us. 665 00:37:04.994 --> 00:37:06.512 Anderson: Yeah, that's the eighth puma. 666 00:37:06.521 --> 00:37:08.999 Arenada: That's sister, she's following her mom. 667 00:37:11.154 --> 00:37:13.639 (dramatic music) 668 00:37:13.714 --> 00:37:15.839 Arenada: I keep expecting like five more to go by. 669 00:37:21.554 --> 00:37:22.839 Look how this one's going around, 670 00:37:22.914 --> 00:37:24.992 It's almost like they're, it's got like a tactic. 671 00:37:25.001 --> 00:37:27.312 If there was a guanaco on the other side, 672 00:37:27.321 --> 00:37:29.879 That would be exactly the hunting strategy 673 00:37:29.954 --> 00:37:31.792 That an african lion would have. 674 00:37:31.801 --> 00:37:33.792 You guys push them around the mountain. 675 00:37:33.801 --> 00:37:34.992 Arenada: I'll be waiting. 676 00:37:35.001 --> 00:37:36.112 Anderson: Wabam! 677 00:37:36.161 --> 00:37:36.832 Arenada: There's something going on, dudes. 678 00:37:36.841 --> 00:37:38.359 We need to follow. 679 00:37:38.434 --> 00:37:39.239 Anderson: Let's go. 680 00:37:41.954 --> 00:37:44.279 We have eight pumas all heading off together 681 00:37:44.354 --> 00:37:45.399 In the same direction. 682 00:37:45.474 --> 00:37:47.159 We have to see where they're going. 683 00:37:49.401 --> 00:37:51.639 The pride's on the move and for half an hour 684 00:37:51.714 --> 00:37:53.599 It's all we can do to keep up. 685 00:38:04.194 --> 00:38:06.912 Arenada: There's definitely communication between them, 686 00:38:06.921 --> 00:38:09.552 They're hanging out together, they're walking together, 687 00:38:09.561 --> 00:38:11.152 They're following each other. 688 00:38:11.161 --> 00:38:12.319 They're vocalizing now. 689 00:38:14.354 --> 00:38:17.319 Anderson: And then we see what's brought them together. 690 00:38:17.394 --> 00:38:18.199 Look at them. 691 00:38:19.634 --> 00:38:22.359 (pumas snarling) 692 00:38:26.841 --> 00:38:30.599 Rene and I have followed these cats to the ultimate feast. 693 00:38:30.674 --> 00:38:35.072 Arenada: It took us a while to follow, and they have a kill. 694 00:38:35.081 --> 00:38:40.079 So the pumas we saw moving together, interacting, 695 00:38:40.441 --> 00:38:45.152 Communicating, they're also feeding together. 696 00:38:45.161 --> 00:38:46.839 (gentle music) 697 00:38:46.914 --> 00:38:48.079 Is your brain exploding now? 698 00:38:48.121 --> 00:38:49.952 Anderson: Yeah, it's exploding. 699 00:38:49.961 --> 00:38:52.999 So they've all came down to share this kill, looks like. 700 00:38:53.074 --> 00:38:54.599 Arenada: That's why they were all moving together. 701 00:38:54.674 --> 00:38:56.519 That's why sister is following them. 702 00:38:57.634 --> 00:38:59.519 So the question is who killed that guy? 703 00:39:01.801 --> 00:39:04.359 (puma hissing) 704 00:39:05.641 --> 00:39:07.479 (pumas growling) 705 00:39:07.554 --> 00:39:09.799 Arenada: A little eruption of a fight here and there. 706 00:39:09.874 --> 00:39:12.439 Sharing when you're a predator, 707 00:39:12.514 --> 00:39:14.759 Might mean eating off the same carcass, 708 00:39:14.834 --> 00:39:17.599 But every once in a while you'll give them one of these. 709 00:39:25.881 --> 00:39:28.599 You've got this intermixed relationship of different pumas 710 00:39:28.674 --> 00:39:31.399 That have decided to come together as one. 711 00:39:33.401 --> 00:39:36.639 Arenada: That's not tolerance anymore, that is sharing. 712 00:39:39.474 --> 00:39:43.239 If this is not a pride of pumas, tell me what this is. 713 00:39:44.361 --> 00:39:47.039 Anderson: It's a pride of pumas. 714 00:39:54.601 --> 00:39:55.952 Arenada: Four pumas down here and three pumas 715 00:39:55.961 --> 00:39:57.239 That they already ate. 716 00:39:57.314 --> 00:40:01.079 And this other cat coming down, which makes eight. 717 00:40:01.154 --> 00:40:04.199 Anderson: Eight pumas, this is crazy. 718 00:40:04.274 --> 00:40:05.879 Arenada: It's a big barbecue. 719 00:40:05.954 --> 00:40:08.039 Anderson: It is a barbecue, puma barbecue. 720 00:40:12.841 --> 00:40:15.152 Anderson: We have this other cat, sister, 721 00:40:15.161 --> 00:40:18.119 Just waiting there for her turn to go and eat, 722 00:40:18.194 --> 00:40:21.599 Like a very well -behaved older sister. 723 00:40:28.841 --> 00:40:29.712 Anderson: There she goes. 724 00:40:29.721 --> 00:40:30.559 There she goes. 725 00:40:33.561 --> 00:40:37.159 Arenada: She's always pushing these social boundaries. 726 00:40:39.394 --> 00:40:43.679 And potentially could be dangerous and she's on her own. 727 00:40:45.241 --> 00:40:46.919 But she's taking that risk. 728 00:40:46.994 --> 00:40:48.752 Will they let sister come in and feed? 729 00:40:48.761 --> 00:40:49.759 That's the question. 730 00:40:51.394 --> 00:40:56.359 (pumas growling) (dramatic music) 731 00:41:14.761 --> 00:41:17.072 Anderson: Looks like everybody, 732 00:41:17.081 --> 00:41:20.039 Everybody's kind of stopped eating and stepped away. 733 00:41:55.634 --> 00:41:58.032 Sister's patience pays off. 734 00:41:58.041 --> 00:42:01.552 The other pumas finally allow her to share the kill. 735 00:42:01.561 --> 00:42:04.159 (gentle music) 736 00:42:14.834 --> 00:42:18.352 Arenada: This is probably the most amazing social dynamic 737 00:42:18.361 --> 00:42:20.519 That we will ever witness. 738 00:42:20.594 --> 00:42:23.079 A group of two different families, 739 00:42:23.154 --> 00:42:25.152 Vocalizing between each other. 740 00:42:25.161 --> 00:42:28.279 Obviously they know each other and they gather together 741 00:42:28.354 --> 00:42:29.872 And they walk to a kill. 742 00:42:29.881 --> 00:42:32.599 That, who knows who killed it, that's the other question 743 00:42:32.674 --> 00:42:36.119 That get our brains exploding, what happened here? 744 00:42:36.194 --> 00:42:40.752 And then having this extra puma which is the sister. 745 00:42:40.761 --> 00:42:43.479 And she's being allowed to be around them 746 00:42:43.554 --> 00:42:46.599 And going and feeding, with their food. 747 00:42:47.881 --> 00:42:52.879 This is really not a solitary cat as the book says. 748 00:42:53.154 --> 00:42:57.072 It's a social animal, that interacts with others. 749 00:42:57.081 --> 00:42:58.599 And they know their neighborhood 750 00:42:58.674 --> 00:43:00.239 And the cats that live around. 751 00:43:01.154 --> 00:43:02.479 And they help each other. 752 00:43:03.794 --> 00:43:06.679 (triumphant music) 753 00:43:11.801 --> 00:43:14.439 Anderson: In this vast patagonia landscape, 754 00:43:14.514 --> 00:43:18.119 I see a vision of the wild I thought had long disappeared. 755 00:43:19.154 --> 00:43:20.679 Just five days ago, 756 00:43:20.754 --> 00:43:23.239 I couldn't even imagine what we've witnessed here. 757 00:43:25.881 --> 00:43:29.792 A place where large predators have the space to roam free, 758 00:43:29.801 --> 00:43:32.519 Where they're protected and have no fear of humans, 759 00:43:34.434 --> 00:43:37.319 And there's enough food that they can cooperate 760 00:43:37.394 --> 00:43:38.399 Instead of compete. 761 00:43:40.921 --> 00:43:43.119 But so many questions still remain. 762 00:43:44.034 --> 00:43:46.119 Will the pumas learn to hunt together? 763 00:43:47.954 --> 00:43:49.159 Could this be a step 764 00:43:49.234 --> 00:43:50.919 In the evolution of their social behavior? 765 00:43:54.114 --> 00:43:55.959 And, when can I come back?