[0:01]Described and captioned media program. In the classroom and online. DCMP.org. New Dimension Media Questar presents competition and cooperation, Bears versus Wolves.
[0:17]In the sweeping wilderness of Yellowstone, the grizzly once ruled alone. Followed by a bison, a brown grizzly chases a baby bison. The grizzly knocks it down. Unmatched in size and strength, no creature could challenge the mighty bear. A grizzly at a fallen bison. Then came the return of a formidable rival. Two wolves gray with black markings and a black wolf. Tall, rangy wolves from the north now stake their claim to Yellowstone. A bear with two wolves. And somewhere in the back country, an epic battle unfolds. Wolves circle a bear. In snow, a wolf approaches a bear and cubs. In bright sunlight, snow cascades from tree branches. In the cauldron of this wilderness, the grizzly has the most to lose. In the distance, a bear trudges along a crest with a snowy plain in the background.
[1:12]It's spring in the northwest corner of Wyoming. The year is about to begin for the grizzlies of Yellowstone. Narrated by F. Murray Abraham, a grizzly slides down a snowy slope. Grizzlies. By early March, bears begin to emerge from their long winter's nap. Long Winter's Nap. Hibernation. A bear's snout is covered in snow. A flock of geese in flight. They may not have eaten a thing for four or five months, and with snow still deep, a female and three cubs search for a winter kill. Winter kill, already dead prey. A grizzly lifts a chunk of ice at a stream. In the thawing surface layer of ice, the grizzlies find a strange windfall. Entombed in the ice all winter, frozen fish are the first banquet of the year for the bears. Windfall, piece of luck. A bear grasps a limp fish in its jaws. From a distance, four bears slog along a snowy bank.
[2:27]While the bears search for another easy meal, the wolves of the Hayden Pack gather to feast on the rewards of their own hard work. Hayden Pack, Yellowstone Park Valley. Nine wolves, dark ravens, and a grizzly bear at winter kill. But a bold young bear has found their carcass, and a grizzly is accustomed to taking what he wants. Carcass, wolf-killed prey. The bear lunges toward the surrounding wolves. The Hayden wolves size up the situation. The pack is nine wolves strong, and the bear is not as big as he could be. He's tried to bury the carcass and defends it from the center of his earthworks. The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides services designed to benefit students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind. These services include: 1. A library of free-loan described and captioned educational media. A clearinghouse of information related to educational media access. A gateway to internet resources related to accessibility. And a center for training and evaluation of any service provider desiring to appear on the DCMP's approved lists of description and captioning service providers. There are no user registration or service fees. Visit the DCMP at dcmp.org. The DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the National Association of the Deaf.
