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00:00 One of the biggest enemies of the marmots is the royal eagle.
00:04 The alarm is sounded, but some marmots are not ready to react.
00:09 More than 4000 meters above sea level.
00:17 It is called the roof of the world.
00:29 Expanding over 2.5 million square kilometers,
00:32 these high plateaus have an area equivalent to a quarter of China,
00:36 making it the largest and highest plateau in the world.
00:42 At these heights, winters are so rough
00:49 that a creature prefers to spend half of the year hibernating up to 10 meters underground.
00:55 The Himalayan marmot.
00:58 In spring, this domestic cat-sized rodent emerges from its burrow,
01:10 ready to devour the equivalent of a year's worth of food in just six months.
01:15 These social creatures live in colonies, reaching up to 30 members.
01:25 During the hottest months, they optimize their time on the surface
01:30 and play fighting and their favorite pastime.
01:49 But life on the plateau is not just a matter of pleasure.
01:54 Marmots must remain aware of the danger.
02:06 Predators are legions.
02:08 And many of them have put the roving spiegel on their menu.
02:15 One of the biggest enemies of marmots is the royal eagle.
02:19 It stalks them from the skies.
02:23 Its wingspan of more than two meters allows it to fly hundreds of kilometers in search of its prey.
02:34 With a wing that is as long as a man's arm,
02:39 it is capable of flying up to a height of up to 20 meters.
02:44 With a visual acuity five times higher than that of man,
02:47 it can spot a marmot more than two kilometers away.
02:51 The alarm is sounded.
03:12 But some marmots take a long time to react, and the eagle takes advantage of it.
03:18 The royal eagle is not the only predator on the plateau.
03:32 There is another, much bigger.
03:41 The Tibetan bear.
03:43 A subspecies of brown bear.
03:48 This shy and lonely creature hikes the meadows to restore its reserves for the winter.
03:55 And although the plateau offers it a crowd of large prey,
04:08 the Tibetan bear has a preference for meals on the push.
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