David Attenborough's Conquest Of The Skies English Subtitles

1
00:00:18,354 --> 00:00:23,144
The ability to move through
the air in any direction you wish,

2
00:00:24,167 --> 00:00:26,307
to cross continents and oceans,

3
00:00:26,507 --> 00:00:30,160
to range over forests
and deserts and mountains,

4
00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,951
all this birds have been able
to do for 150 million years.

5
00:00:36,272 --> 00:00:41,340
But they weren't the first
or indeed the last, in the skies.

6
00:00:43,788 --> 00:00:49,308
We are setting out to explore
one of the most astonishing stories
in the natural world.

7
00:00:50,736 --> 00:00:55,088
The way in which animals manage
to rise up from the surface of the Earth,

8
00:00:55,318 --> 00:00:57,818
and colonise the air.

9

1
00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:21,412
We human beings are
very latecomers to the skies,

2
00:00:21,893 --> 00:00:25,125
and although we might think
that we're now pretty good at it,

3
00:00:25,535 --> 00:00:29,915
the natural world, with the help of
several million years of evolution,

4
00:00:30,478 --> 00:00:37,007
has produced a dazzling range
of aeronauts whose talents
are far beyond ours.

5
00:00:38,993 --> 00:00:44,146
The story of how animals managed
to colonise the air is truly astonishing.

6
00:00:45,735 --> 00:00:48,662
First into the skies were insects.

7
00:00:48,988 --> 00:00:51,713
They initially had two pairs of wings

8
00:00:51,778 --> 00:00:55,942
which in due course,
were modified in many different ways.

9

1
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,500
I'm several hundred feet up in the air.

2
00:00:21,242 --> 00:00:26,839
Up here, I might encounter
perhaps a flying insect,
though I haven't seen one yet,

3
00:00:27,043 --> 00:00:31,203
or maybe even a baby spider clinging
to a gossamer thread of silk,

4
00:00:31,563 --> 00:00:38,412
which is their way of getting around.
But by and large this,
is the kingdom, of the birds.

5
00:00:41,804 --> 00:00:46,900
The first birds flew
about 150 million years ago.

6
00:00:47,765 --> 00:00:54,200
They spread around the globe, and evolved
into a multitude of different kinds.

7
00:00:56,066 --> 00:00:58,566
Aerial acrobats.

8
00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,980
Stealthy hunters.

9