The Mammoth - Titan of the Ice Age | Part 2 | Ice Age Stories | Free Documentary | History | HD

[Music] [Music] [Music] it's spring at the edge of east asia during the last ice age [Music] deep in a valley in the northern mountains a mammoth was born but soon after her birth mamu was attacked by vicious saber-tooths leaving her permanently disabled [Music] mamu's first encounter with the world was not an easy one she had to endure the great winter migration to find a new land to call home but the disabled mammal was stranded by the river and her life was threatened yet again [Music] [Applause] but mamu and her mother managed to survive finally crossing that formidable [Music] river [Music] for the past two million years the earth's climate has alternated between deep freezes and interglacial periods of relative thaw during the ice age the earth's northern hemisphere was nearly covered with glaciers during the interglacial age forests expanded covering the vast plains that provided plants that provided sustenance with the herbivores mammoths found themselves traveling farther and farther each year in search of food [Music] here we spot a giant mammoth herding a pair of younger mammoths this is our hero mamu and she has now reached the age of 13. one of my moo's favorite duties is playing with her siblings all day the young mammoths carefully observing what mamu does are her three-year-old siblings for some time they've been asking mamu to do something [Music] now that she has learned survival skills from her elders mamu is able to take care of her siblings [Music] she is the leader of these young mammoths not long after she was born she was injured in an attack by sabertooth but my moo has managed to grow into a healthy adult [Music] meanwhile her family has grown thirteen-year-old mamu is no longer a baby now has brothers and new cousins her cousin gonam has given birth and moon she and mamu have younger siblings [Music] fifteen-year-old moon chi is ready for independence he spends more and more time alone male mammoths tend to leave their family at about the age of 15. out by himself moong shi runs into a woody rhinoceros wooly rhinoceroses have very poor vision but his is compensated by their keen sense of smell moongji is curious about everything to a fault the woolly rhinoceros seems to be growing outrage his old factory census have detected an intruder in his territory the curious moonchi wants to know how a woody rhinoceros will react to his presence when a two-ton creature with sharp horns starts looking irritated it's probably best to run in the other direction the woolly rhinoceros hampered by poor vision mistakenly takes out his frustration on a tree [Music] but moong chi's luck may have run out it seems he's been spotted by this vision-impaired creature [Music] knowing when to fight and when to flee is an important skill for surviving in the wild [Applause] [Music] mong chi has learned an important lesson from this brief one day outing he reunites with his family he realizes he missed his young siblings quite a lot [Music] after this brief flirtation with independence moonchi receives a warm welcome from his family [Music] [Applause] they all realize they won't have many more days to come together as a family like this [Music] while mamu's distracted one of her young siblings enters the forest [Music] one might think mammoths are creatures without natural enemies but even a young mammoth wandering around by itself can become an easy target for vicious predators this is the first jaunt in the forest for this young mammoth born just this spring [Music] the youngster becomes lost and soon becomes exhausted this experienced predator never acts in haste [Music] an alarmed mammoo searches every corner of the forest for her lost sibling [Applause] but her sibling unwittingly heads deeper into the forest the vicious creature chasing after the baby mammoth is called a cave lion [Music] humans in our day named it that because its fossils were found mostly in caves lions abounded even here on the edge of east asia lions originated in africa but they spread by land to many parts of the old world most of them however disappeared in the ice age with a few species surviving today in africa and india the cave lion tracking its future meal follows behind the young mammoth [Music] aah mamu spots her baby sibling but there's nothing she can do except watch the carnage from a distance a saddened mammoo turns away and leaves the forest lately the matriarch of mamu's band has been worried by the top of the nearby mountain [Applause] she knows what the smoke from the summit [Music] means sooner or later this band of mammoths will have to leave the plane as their anxiety grows about the stewing volcano an uninvited guest approaches the band from the shape of its tusks it appears to be a male [Music] famous look for mates during the summer [Music] when the time for mating comes males living in solitude visit groups of females [Music] this male visitor is showing an interest in cornell but gonam is not reciprocating she's the healthiest female in her band she gave birth last year and is still nursing her young [Music] it is a natural instinct for nursing mothers to be hostile to male strangers [Music] but my move shows interest in this male visitor [Music] [Applause] mammoth's first mating experience typically occurs from age 11 to 15. thirteen-year-old mamu is just the right haze to settle down and mate [Music] [Applause] [Music] the male visitor wonders whether mamu is mature enough to bear offspring [Music] it's early morning the two stout males confront each other over the affections of a female one is the male visitor from the day before while the other is yet another new arrival [Music] the newest visitor with the broken tusk is a veteran champion of many mating battles the other contender is a young mammoth fighting for a mate for the first time since he left his band [Applause] mamu's family watches this fierce confrontation from a distance it is a battle fought between two six-ton beasts this fight will last for several hours it usually ends when one challenger dies or both are too severely injured to keep going one example of such battles two fossilized mammoths were found in siberia with their tusks entangled in battle [Music] the younger male becomes severely wounded in one eye he decides it's best to give up the fight [Music] if it were a female mammoth who was injured she would be cared for by her family but it isn't easy for a solitary young male to go through life with an eye missing the veteran champion maintains his pride and gets his chance at the female [Music] if he succeeds at winning mamu's affection their offspring will be born in 22 months mamu who survived injury and made it to adulthood will finally become a mother it is raining out on the planet for creatures of the ice age rain is not a welcome sight the mammoths find shelter under a tree during the two million years of the ice age the climate shifted between the great ice age the little ice age and several interglacial periods the earth's average temperature during the main interglacial age was about six degrees celsius higher than during the deepest part of the ice age the dramatic climate changes brought tragic results to the animals that live then the rain is beginning to pour one of the most crucial characteristics of climate change is unpredictable weather the long bitter winter gradually subsided while summertime droughts become more severe flooding became commonplace in spring the floods have caught this cave lion by surprise he was heading home after a hunt the path home is now inundated because of the pouring rain the river has swollen to a dangerous level back in their cave her two cubs are anxiously awaiting their mother the mother lion manages to make it back home but she finds her cave was flooded by the rising water in the distance however she hears the plaintiff cry of her young the mother locates her cub through its crying she has managed to save one of her babies she knows the other is probably buried in the mud but she has no choice but to give up on it and she leaves the old cave right now her focus is on protecting the one that has been saved the smoke coming off the mountain is making the mammoths feel uneasy the mammoth matriarch in particular is disturbed by the sight of the smoke plum she's getting older and has difficulty walking the old matriarch wonders if the rest of her brood will escape disaster after she passes on [Music] ah [Music] overnight the volcanic activity has gotten worse mamu's family gathers together in a safe haven in the valley below the matriarch has led the band for many years but now she is facing the final hours of her long life every one of the members of this band is one of her descendants from newborn youngsters to mature granddaughters and aging daughters many have been with her for decades after the matriarch dies the altar's daughter will become the new leader she has served her band for many years as a wise and dedicated leader [Music] oh [Music] the matriarch passes away her ban falls into a deep state of mourning but they know it's time to escape they must take their sad emotions with them if they stay here any longer they might all be killed mamu keeps her respected grandmother in her memory the impending volcanic eruption has created dangerous conditions for the mammoth but for now the mammoths are safe even my move our story's hero is safe now the responsibilities to lead the band are placed on the shoulders of a new leader it's time to leave this erupting mountain it is time again for a long trek two years have now passed it is summer and so far the land has not seen a single drop of rain for the animals of the ice age summer is becoming a tougher and tougher season creatures not accustomed to such dry conditions leave the area one by one in a quest to find water and plants the animals left behind are the old and the sick like the woolly rhinoceros or old predators who can't keep up on a long journey and difficult journey elsewhere despite its age and weakened condition the woolly rhinoceros is not the kind of easy target the lion would dare attack but in these difficult times the rules of power have changed um hmm [Music] for mammoths who evolved to withstand the extreme cold of the ice age the heat and drought bring terrible discomfort [Music] mamu and her band are on a path headed north in search of greener pastures [Music] the band spends the night on a mountain trail at the edge of a cliff mamu's daughter born this past spring shows the tenacity she needs to keep up with her mother meanwhile human evolution has progressed over the ice age for mammoths creatures who lived so long ago without any natural enemies people have emerged as a threat since they possessed knowledge of fire and tool making this mountain trail is a gateway to the north they must pass through it the band planned to pass over the mountain before sunset but they ended up having to spend the night here the mammoth is a useful animal to the humans they can use it to build shelters and make clothing as well as to eat the human attack has begun they threaten the animals and then when the mammoths are in a spook state lure them off the cliff ah oh [Music] hey [Music] the unimaginable has suddenly become a painful reality all the elder mammoths are killed fifteen-year-old mamu is now the leader of this band [Music] mamu has no idea what to do with her five and six-year-old siblings not to mention her six-month-old daughter she feels impotent and vulnerable [Music] but mamu eventually realizes she will be the one who leads them to the cool northern regions she is now the matriarch of this band [Music] so their long journey is monotonous and boring mammoos young charges become easily [Music] distracted during the interglacial period melting glaciers caused the sea level to rise farther inland changing weather patterns turn some rivers and lakes into vast swamps [Music] those swamps are full of potential dangers but the young mammoths have no way of knowing such things almost inevitably an accident occurs a dismayed mother mamu rushes to save her youngster's aid mahmud desperately tries to save her child stuck in the muddy swamp the youngster is unable to move [Music] mamu sees her worst fear play out right before her eyes [Music] [Applause] [Music] this baby mammoth on the earth for just six short months has disappeared right in front of her mother and her family [Music] half a day has passed mamu can't bear to leave the swamp [Applause] oh [Music] but finally reluctantly she begins to move [Music] she's the matriarch now she knows all too well that she is the only one who can lead this shrinking band to the cool northern region [Music] from the time of mamu's mother and even her mother's mother's generation and even from long before then these mammoths have always been on the move like this [Music] the mammoths cannot foretell what changes the shifting climate will bring to them they simply keep walking to avoid hunger and the increasing heat that seems to be chasing them the ice age ended about ten thousand years ago by the time it finished most of the mammoths also saw their time on earth come to a close today they are gone [Music] so [Music] [Music] bye [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah [Music] foreign [Music] you

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Length: 41min 58sec (2518 seconds)

Published: Sat May 22 2021