>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, DURING THESE LONG MONTHS OF QUARANTINE, WE'VE ALL
LEARNED A LOT.
FOR INSTANCE, BEFORE THIS YEAR, I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS POSSIBLE TO
HAVE NIGHT SWETS DURING A DAYDREAM.
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE KEPT OUT OF THEIR OFFICES AND AWAY FROM THE
CROWDED CITIES, THIS PANDEMIC HAS ALSO ALLOWED MANY AMERICANS
TO RECONNECT WITH NATURE.
IN FACT, ONE OF MY HEAD WRITERS, JAKE, HAS USED HIS TIME WORKING
REMOTELY TO SHARE A HABITAT WITH WILD ANIMALS.
TONIGHT HE FILES THIS VIDEO JOURNAL.
( BIRDS CHIRPING ) >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED
BY THE NATURAL WORLD.
AND WHEN THE PANDEMIC CAME, I GOT THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO
OBSERVE WILD CREATURES IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING AMONG MY KIDS.
BEFORE QUARANTINE, I KNEW VERY LITTLE OF THESE SMALL, BIPEDAL
HOMINIDES.
I WOULD SEE THEM IN PICTURES, OVERHEAR THEIR CALL OR CATCH
GLIMPSES OF THEIR RITUAL DANCES.
NOW, AFTER OBSERVING THEM UP CLOSE WITH THEIR HUMAN EMOTIONS
AND FEATURES, I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY SCIENTISTS
ESTIMATE THEIR D.N.A. IS UP TO 50% IDENTICAL TO MY OWN.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME INCREDIBLE FOOT ANNUAL OF THEM,
BECAUSE THEY JUST TAKE MY PHONE AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT IS
FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE FAR MORE OF THEM THAN I EVER
WOULD HAVE PRESUMED.
I'VE GIVEN THEM NAMES.
THE TALL ONE I CALL STRYKER.
THE MIDSIZED RON, RUMBLE FOOT.
AND THE SMALLEST, BENJI, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HIS MOM KEEPS
CALLING HIM, AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S HIS NAME.
THEY APPEAR TO HAVE A HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY, BUT IT
SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MISSING AN AUTHORITY FIGURE.
THIS WEEK, THE ALPHA LOCKED EYES WITH ME.
I THINK I MIGHT BE EARNING HIS RESPECT.
I'VE BEEN KEEPING A JOURNAL OF MY OBSERVATIONS, AND,
APPARENTLY, THEY GOT TO THIS, TOO.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE ALSO BEEN OBSERVING ME.
I LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT I TAUGHT THEM THINGS, LIKE FRACTIONS AND
SPELLING.
BUT I BELIEVE THEY'VE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH MORE.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I'M REALLY TIRED.
( SCREAMING ) I'M REALLY TIRED.
WHAT WAS THIS?
WHAT IS THIS?
AND I BELIEVE WITH THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE SHARED THEY
MIGHT ONE DAY ACCEPT ME AS ONE OF THEIR OWN.
GUYS.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO!
GUYS.
I THINK-- I THINK YOU BROKE MY PHONE.
I THINK YOU BROKE MY PHONE.
>> Stephen: STAY SAFE, JAKE.
( LAUGHTER )
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