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the cave extends for more than a kilometer several narrow corridors hide a large central chamber the cave walls are covered in drip stones still lack tights and still like mines. the north caucasus largest bat hibernates deep underneath the ground they represent the redbook species the bat and the horseshoe nosed bat more than two thousand bats gather here in the winter they cuddle together in order to survive the cold weather in summer they fly to the foothills and return again in autumn they start preparing for migration in early spring when they split up into smaller groups. sometimes i find all of the bouts covered with jew. they look very nice like covered in tinsel. ok visit
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closed ecosystem the humidity is one hundred percent and the temperature in the caves is constant which is exactly what bats need human should avoid staying in the caves for too long as they start to have an impact on the special climate conditions. and you hear them calling. this means we warmed up their confined habitat. if they start flying around they will use up their fat a may not survive until spring. so let's get out of here. the. unexpected obstacle to our. path.
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unfortunately they still fall prey to hunters because they're obvious targets. lyn march scattered across the reserve reflect the history of. people first began using caves and overhanging rocks as dwellings times. a loans where the ancestors of the. they built stone fortifications overlooking the mountain pass so they be more easily defensible. in those days even temper lanes mighty army was unable to cross this territory the highlanders blocked the mountain passes and
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pelted his troops with stones. these tell was beginning to be built in the middle ages. period dates back to the fourteenth or seventeenth century. the most celebrated architectural landmarks of ancient north has said. they differ in height and shape as a rules large extended families lived in wide short towers taller ones were used as lookout points and for other defensive purposes the towers were built close to villages and in gorges with paths used by troops on foot and on horseback many were extensions of forbidding clips. rock faces. provided protection from infighting among the diverse are is. was served as if people manning which tell was in the lowest lying villages at the entrance to the gorge
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noticed approaching enemy troops then they would lodge don't fall as people in all the town was so the smoke signal was in remote parts of the go in church. in accordance with the longstanding tradition. was to take no more than a year if builders failed to meet the deadline the structure was pulled down and built a new towers belonging to the same clan were regarded as sanctuaries in due course they became symbols of the clans power and wealth as time went by they turned into veritable objects of worship. one of the most revered sanctuaries of the people is a medieval architectural site called. located in the gorge one thousand nine hundred meters above sea level.
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alike contest indicates that here. from here in the to. this fence was built a couple of centuries later the. initial in orthodox church was here but orthodoxy grew weaker it was turned into a pagan sanctuary. city to discos and animals by hunters were brought here. scientists don't yet know exactly when the recall was built only logs were used to make it no nails or anything made of. carved poles support the wooden roof they feature patterns that look like a camel's head resting on a long neck. arrow and spirit heads have been found here according to legend the oldest city in prince tar was kept here
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hazard thirty thousand travelers visiting this place in the eighteenth century saw it. only natural features are destined to be the reserves eternal landmarks. over the centuries water and wind have crafted unique mountain landscapes. many of them are hidden from the inquisitive eyes of tourists. only the staff of the nature reserve are aware of their location. if. this will file is called the ring it is a unique natural feature of this century it. has broken through limestone beds here to make a hole in the shape of a ring there was a reflected it forms a rainbow. like this one are rare not only in the
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caucasus but in the entire world the stone rate is about two metres wide. its broadest part consists of three layers of limestone the age of the rock is estimated between one hundred and one hundred twenty million years. more than. absolutely. i would say it's the standard for natural water it's filmed in the coast examined in the limestone of the kerry range there also is crystal clear up to filtering through many kilometers of limestone not over. the cut since q canyon with rock terraces grados and knishes begins right under the ring waterfall it took the car to go on mountain stream. thousands of years to force its way through the rock. did.
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swaying many tones tumble down from cliff tops and terrace such as a stream winds and loops through the stones and. this is where. the very clean water for life but it's a rare species in the mountain streams of the caucasus. the canyons must seawalls date back to the dressing period in winter they're covered with heights they're known as weeping walls because of the constantly dripping water in summer. the reserves melt and streams overflow their banks in early spring but they're not the main threat to the mountain paths rockslide said in with the arrival of warm weather.
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in spring called open mating season in the mountains of the north a nature reserve. this is the best time for observing what are otherwise quite secretive animals and scientists take full advantage of the opportunity which. getting to their habitats is quite a problem no avalanches stand in the way. one of them has blocked the road leading to the field and done gorge where rangers have seen caucasian goats.
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in north. and. nobody was hit by snow but the road was entirely blocked. the rangers will have to go on foot to reach them. i mean the several on security a few days ago about a week ago sunk in since then was it higher then i'm sure a couple of metres all right let's go then. some time ago there was a good chance of people encountering caucasian goats on the mountain paths today
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scientists tend to observe them through their binoculars these graceful animals prefer the higher altitudes. cohesion goats have no difficulty clearing steep slopes they almost never slip off as they know how to spread their center of gravity evenly and choose the right foothold and they have no fear of heights. the east caucasian variety of goats inhabits this reserve it's possible to tell them apart by the shape of their horns. with the flow for a. new form of a partial spiral. like this like it but. it's the right horn points to the left and the left horn points to the right. cohesion goats or wild animals. but high in the mountains and they often allow rock
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climbers to come surprisingly close. at the more than width do you typically a matter of ten meters you think those who got used to the presence of people are the only. quite tolerant of them near the training camps up for rock climbers and the more when they can park for the night up in the mountains. there are many fascinating routes for climbing and within the reserve. they often use the cliff faces and glaciers for training. is always fraught with risk. a small cliff is the best place for training and testing out new gear right up
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careful as they go down from here. we're once phones ourselves in an extreme situation there was strong gusts of wind during our ascent visibility was a mia ten meters in those conditions we couldn't climb down from the top of the mountain i was a beginner climbing that was my third climb needless to say i was. a wise climber never ventures into the mountains alone three climbers is the minimal number. summer is the ideal season for challenging climbs. in spring climbers examine the best way to get up the mountains work out new routes and compare mountain terrain with its map description.
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going to the i sprint. well let's try and climb through that snow there and come from the right side through the rock. well we'll see when we reach the place. which. let's get going. climbing even to the lower peaks of the mountain range takes no small effort. the air is humid and rarefied the sun is blinding snow may collapse at any moment the climbers have to exert themselves to conquer the flat mountain. in accordance with tradition and once a top the summit rock climbers drink tea with bitter chocolate. to help yourself. but you hear what attracts me to the mountains that's the most difficult question i
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can think of i don't think any climber or famine stream sports could answer simply i enjoy rock climbing and the beautiful landscape. descends on the mountains rapidly and in spring the weather can change very quickly the climbers need to get down as fast as possible. mazes receiving. their group reach the top at thirteen forty five when beginning of it is what's the weather like just fine everything's ok. yes thanks. the bulk of the reserve is situated along the buck avoid range where the slopes are steep and rocky some of the peaks are four and a half kilometers above sea level rocks stones in glaciers are scattered all around .
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discussed the schemers order situated in the glaciers melt in the city square a gorge. reserve staff get down to the most important work at the height of the springtime ski season. they're going to release this small bison herd into the wild for the time being the animals graze in a special pen. these bison have lived
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in captivity since birth the blood of a wild ox by the name of ca's flows in their veins. was sent to a private nursery after being caught in one thousand nine hundred seven by the russian emperor while on a hunting expedition when all the bison had been exterminated in the north caucasus it was at the forefront of the restoration of the caucasian bison subspecies. a great grandson of. twenty five as far as i can gather he was the forefather all the caucasian subspecies of the. one nine hundred thirty s. he was taken to us. there he meted with. the origin of a bison subspecies with. since early this morning reserve staff have been trying to compel the bison to enter special cages for transportation. during the quarantine period animals became
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accustomed to their pen and learn to trust people so they're in no hurry to go out and the wild. after several and successful attempts one of the females is lurd into the cage now the herd will follow suit mice and are known for their matriarchal behavior. come on faster. well done. the bison steadfastly endured their temporary captivity all on their way to their new habitat. the return of caucasian bison to the wild is a joint project undertaken by the north essential nature reserve and the world wildlife fund. there are things ready. yes let's go. by sin already
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president the children they will resume monday beatrice will. go to go on home hutto ridges the cement hotel on this hotel. in the region to leave the. church in new delhi who to. be her to marry connection ramon the close of the maidens hotel. paul. robeson shifty was punished but a percussionist. smog that's blanketed in moscow over the past week is finally showing signs of relenting a change in wind direction and an unexpected thunderstorms brought some relief from the forest fires after a month of record breaking temperatures firefighters the military and volunteers have been working twenty four seven to get the fires under control prime minister putin even took to the skies and in fifty u.s.
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aircraft to help done tons of water on the flames forecasters say the heat wave could continue into mid august. kuantan i'm obeys youngers prisoner detained just fifteen years old is facing military trial for crimes he says he was tortured into admitting omar kotter now twenty three's accused of killing a u.s. soldier in afghanistan he's the first from the u.s. prison camp in cuba to be tried since barack obama took office. and a european union project aimed at tackling terrorism has angered civil liberties groups in the u.k. they say a plan to monitor airline passengers aboard planes is a step closer to a surveillance state brussels is funding research into detecting suspicious behavior to give air crews an early warning. time now for the kaiser report in this episode we take a look at the so-called robot traders and fraudulent software programs that are executing thousands of trades outside of business hours that's next here on our.
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imax guys are welcome to the kaiser report markets finance and scandals and robot trainers terrorizing wall street and the american and global economy let's bring in stacy herbert stacy herbert tell us more max kaiser well it is summer and summer is often the time of sequels so this brings me to the first headline deflationary blackhole the sequel who will wall street send to congress to extort fifteen trillion dollars this time yes they're back but before i start the whole that story
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i want to set the scene yes that this is unhappy robber gunmen calls a restaurant to gripe so this is a restaurant in atlanta georgia and a man who robbed a wendy's at gunpoint last week apparently was so upset with his haul that he called twice to the restaurant to complain afterward he said quote next time there better be more than five hundred eighty six dollars most is a brilliant i see we're going with this is brilliant because if the man were hank paulson and he was in front of congress they would have given him seven hundred billion you see because he's not a partner to wall street firm he's an untouchable and america's society is an underling is a part of the sort of class yes but as we also see the set up for a second heist of the american population it's a trickle down mood that they can get away with it like this guy obviously feels that it's ok and it's acceptable to just call and complain about how.
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