The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos

00:01:21 Once upon a time, in the heart of Africa

00:04:34 Ol Doinyo Lengai rises from the lake's southern shore

00:06:20 one of Africa's last great mysteries.

00:10:18 It is their color they find most attractive about each other.

00:16:52 That they are the children Of the lake.

00:18:58 blending into a series of small islands as they go.

00:20:00 There are two million lesser flamingos in East Africa

00:22:41 Finally, a small but determined beginning.

00:25:11 but also containing traces of her parent's own blood.

00:29:20 Her world expands, one unsteady step at a time.

00:31:26 When the chicks walk through the puddles of thick, salty water

00:34:16 Almost insatiable, a few marabous

00:38:10 Guardian birds lead them away

00:41:55 fall further and further behind.

00:45:30 ...there are the others.

00:49:21 Dozens of springs and rivers feed into a series of marshes

00:51:58 against the strong sun.

00:55:21 and her place in the marsh.

00:57:37 but a young bird whose wings have given her

00:58:48 water, earth and air.

01:04:41 This time, she keeps her story.

01:06:56 Natron becomes a lake of fire.

01:09:33 In winter or in death