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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.59,0:00:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The open plains of the asphalt jungle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.26,0:00:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Home to many creatures, great and small.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.62,0:00:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the pupping ground for one the \Nmost clever and illustrious creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.26,0:00:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Plastic Bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.30,0:00:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we explore the cycle of life for \Nthis curious creature, the plastic bag
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.10,0:00:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on its migration to its home, \Nthe Pacific ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.65,0:00:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once released into the wild, \Nthe plastic bag is unsure of itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.37,0:00:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It falters at first, but soon, with some help from the wind,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.95,0:00:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bag will be airborne!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.78,0:00:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This flight will be the first in its long \Njourney towards it's final destination:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.45,0:00:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Garbage Patch in heart \Nof the Pacific Ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.87,0:00:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the wind to guide it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.29,0:00:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plastic bag moves across the city, \Nthrough the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.66,0:00:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A city park.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.66,0:01:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This park may, at first, seem like an \Nidyllic place for the plastic bag,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.15,0:01:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but danger lurks around every corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.57,0:01:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it will encounter many enemies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.07,0:01:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including one of the MOST dangerous...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.04,0:01:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Park Services!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.75,0:01:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poor little fellow. Looks like \NHIS journey ends here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.51,0:01:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, our little bag has encountered \None of nature's most deadly killers...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.46,0:01:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Teacup Yorkie.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.47,0:01:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the Yorkie has locked onto his \Nvictim, there is very little hope of survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.29,0:01:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But using it's superior size and \Ndeft manouvering,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.30,0:01:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our bag manages to escape the \NYorkie's talons and flee for its life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.49,0:01:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the course of its \Nmiraculous migration,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.87,0:01:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plastic bag will cover VAST distances,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.78,0:02:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through neighborhoods, across\Nparks, and down city streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.58,0:02:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is now nightfall and our highly \Nadvanced Night Vision Cameras
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.29,0:02:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have managed to capture, for the \NFIRST TIME in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.30,0:02:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a plastic bag in pitch black.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.24,0:02:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PHENOMENAL!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.50,0:02:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vast cement rivers of California, \Nhome to literally dozens of animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.47,0:02:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many plastic bags will not make \Nit out of here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.98,0:02:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reeds and branches will see to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.13,0:02:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As at home in water as it is \Non land or in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.42,0:02:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bag's natural buoyancy makes\Nit an excellent swimmer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.03,0:02:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's close now...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.29,0:02:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can feel it!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.39,0:02:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At last the bag has reached \Nthe gateway to the open sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Careful to avoid the mouths of hungry \Nsea-life that feed on the helpless plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.86,0:03:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bag will travel 100s of miles, to join\Nthe thriving community of plastic known as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.46,0:03:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.86,0:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Garbage Patch is a \Nveritable plastic oasis,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.96,0:03:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where millions of tons of plastic \Ngarbage remain entrapped by the currents.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.56,0:03:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is said to be twice the size of Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never actually biodegrading,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.49,0:03:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here the plastic bag can live indefinitely, \Npeacefully, coexisting with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.41,0:03:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of other petroleum species,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.52,0:03:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before breaking into ever tinier plastic pieces,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.64,0:03:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thus completing the plastic cycle of life.