The red-backed vole lives beneath the surface of the snow but there’s one creature that can hear its every move: the great grey owl. And if the owl were not enough of a threat, another predator lurks within the vole’s tunnels.
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- [Narrator] Meet the red-backed vole.
He uses his network of tunnels to find his food, such as bark, seeds, and berries.
(playful music) But there's one creature that can hear his every move: the great grey owl.
She's the largest of her kind in the world, with a big appetite for voles.
The circle of feathers around her eyes directs the faintest sounds to her ears.
Under the snow, the vole is as quiet as possible.
(snow crunching) (bird cawing) But it's not his lucky day.
A short-tailed weasel has picked up his scent.
He's got to get out.
(snow crunching) (feet pattering) (wings flapping) (snow crunching) (wings lightly flapping) (bird cawing) (feet pattering) (feet pattering) (feet pattering) His tiny footsteps are a beacon to this silent killer.
(vole squeaking) (snow crunching) (feet pattering) (snow crunching) (wings flapping) This time, the owl misses her chance.
(vole sniffing) The vole gets to live another day.
(bird cawing)
