Animals Are Beautiful People

00:00:54 The oldest and driest desert in the world.

00:04:17 The sidewinder's favorite meal is the diving gecko.

00:06:57 ... who are quite content to live in these grim surroundings.

00:10:40 The vast White Namib is only a narrow band...

00:12:28 ... so they can bear more seeds to start the next generation.

00:14:49 They seem to sense that the lions have eaten well...

00:17:19 The faster ones get away because he's too lazy to exert himself...

00:18:49 ... are the unbeautiful people of the desert...

00:24:25 On the morning of his wedding day...

00:27:43 But the egg-eater snake...

00:30:10 He wants a girlfriend, and that's his way of advertising.

00:34:25 ... they create a luxuriant subtropical jungle in the middle of the desert.

00:37:37 One may wonder why animals in the surrounding desert don't flock...

00:41:02 It starts fermenting in their tummies and turns into a very potent brew.

00:46:17 She plucks out her coarser feathers so she can be soft for the chicks when they hatch.

00:49:04 But she's quick to sense danger, and hogs are pretty fast on their feet too.

00:54:07 At first, he resents this noisy, fluttering nuisance, but eventually...

00:58:33 The towering giraffe, who makes the zebra look like toys.

01:00:58 They dig their elbows into the soft sand and use their shoulders as pillows.

01:05:25 You just have to know where to dig.

01:10:07 ... squeeze very hard and wait for it.

01:12:54 ... to the secret reservoir.

01:16:22 He cannot understand how his beautiful world could change into this pitiless void.

01:19:54 ... and the clouds are vanquished.