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In the middle of the Pacific Ocean,
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the world's most isolated island chain
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is shark paradise.
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Some hunt in gangs,
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others ride the tides to find food.
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The biggest are loners.
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But no matter what their size...
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...or what they eat...
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...Hawaii has everything
sharks need.
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Shallow reefs here are packed with fish.
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The deeper blue offers different fare.
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The warm water calls to many.
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If it seems too perfect,
it just might be...
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for now.
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The biggest sharks with the biggest needs
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may be moving here, too.
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These humpback whales are finally home.
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After feeding all summer
in the Gulf of Alaska,
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they've traveled over 3,000 miles
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to return to Hawaii, where they were born.
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Some females have journeyed
to these warm, clear waters
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to entertain a mate or two.
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And soon, those that are pregnant
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will give birth to their own calves here.
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The new mothers will be
extremely protective
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of their newborns.
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They have to be.
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Because while this place looks idyllic,
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the whales have come back
to an age-old battleground.
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Tiger sharks are the apex
predators in Hawaiian waters,
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15 feet of clever camouflage
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constantly patrolling
the channels between islands.
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They prey on whale calves,
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a feast they've been
anticipating all year.
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Then, these mighty opponents
will come face-to-face,
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2,400 miles from the nearest continent.
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Hawaii's archipelago
is the most remote on Earth.
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The eight main islands
are merely the summits
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of a vast, submarine mountain chain
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stretching 1,500 miles across the Pacific.
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They're all the result
of a deep-sea volcanic hot spot
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that builds new islands when the
tectonic plates above it move.
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Kilauea, on the Big Island,
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is the most active volcano on Earth.
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It's been continuously erupting
for the past 40 years.
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Lava meanders down the slopes
in molten paths to the sea.
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These islands are primeval,
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but in Earth's geologic timeline,
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Hawaii is a newcomer.
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The first island rose above the sea
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a mere 5 million years ago.
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And, in the middle of nowhere,
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it became an anchor for coral spawn
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drifting in from open water.
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Hawaii became a magnet for life,
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sheltering thousands of unique species
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found nowhere else in the world.
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Hawaiian monk seals and Hawaiian octopuses
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are natives here.
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But Tiger sharks are
much older than Hawaii.
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They somehow discovered these islands
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in the course of their migrations.
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These days, Hawaii's bays and inlets
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offer year-round opportunities
for every palate.
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Both the massive and the miniature
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enjoy the islands' embarrassment
of undersea riches...
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...including at least
40 species of sharks...
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...and their cousins, the rays.
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The volcanoes created stark
basaltic plains underwater,
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which were first colonized by algae
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and then by tiny coral polyps.
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Over time, life moved in,
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creating a stationary buffet
for carnivorous sharks,
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eels, tangs, and angelfishes,
just to name a few.
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At least 25% of Hawaii's
coral reef fishes are native
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and only live here.
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It seems impossible that
this delicate fairyland
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could spring from such violent
brimstone and fire.
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Hawaii's two active volcanoes
are the modern agents
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of a process that is still unfolding.
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Kilauea and Mauna Loa are both
on the Big Island...
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also called Hawaii...
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which is the youngest island in the chain.
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When super-heated magma
meets the cool ocean,
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a cauldron is born.
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As the lava cools,
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trapped air forms an undersea
labyrinth of tunnels and tubes,
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creating superb miniature bunkers
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for those that need sanctuary.
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They draw travelers in
from the open ocean.
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And even sharks need to find a safe haven.
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The lava tubes are a perfect retreat
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for nocturnal whitetip reef sharks.
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Slender whitetips often escape
into the narrow passageways,
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thwarting more massive pursuers.
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These reef dwellers sometimes
become tiger shark prey
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because they're so much smaller.
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At five feet long,
they're right in the middle
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of a tiger shark's menu.
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This tiger cruises just outside the maze,
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perhaps hoping to surprise
a whitetip away from home.
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Deep in their lairs, whitetips can relax.
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They use specialized muscles
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to draw in oxygen-rich water
over their gills,
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making them one of the few shark species
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that doesn't need to swim
in order to breathe.
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They cruise through the murky lava jungle,
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always searching for
a better place to rest.
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Though they're able to suspend activity
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in parts of their brain,
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they never actually sleep.
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They spend hours like this,
simply resting,
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sometimes alone, sometimes together.
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Light doesn't reach
into most of the lava maze,
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but nocturnal whitetips
still wait for the dark of night
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to venture out.
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Carefully, cautiously,
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they'll morph from the hunted
into the hunters...
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...searching
their small territories
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for prey that's also active at night.
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The reef during the day
is a different world,
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whether you're predator or prey.
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Beyond the coral heads, in open water,
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there's no place to hide.
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This silver flash is actually
a school of small mackerel
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called akule.
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As juveniles, they lived on the reef,
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but as adults,
they've moved into deeper water.
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They gather in the tens of thousands,
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seeking safety in numbers.
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When they sense danger,
the small fish react
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by crowding close together
in what's known as a bait ball.
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Instead of seeing individuals,
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predators confront a much
larger, confusing "creature."
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But sometimes increasing their profile
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only attracts more lethal attention.
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Bluefin trevallies, 3 feet in length,
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are some of Hawaii's
most efficient carnivores.
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Aggressive and sleek,
they can carve up a bait ball
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with exquisite precision.
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Akule caught in the rift
are the first to be devoured.
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The others try to flee.
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The sounds of plunder draw
gray reef sharks to the scene.
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Then, an elegant silky
comes in from the blue.
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They have the ability
to hear prey through open water.
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Now, the Akule have drawn multiple sharks
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to the nearshore reef.
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Sharks may hunt cooperatively,
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but it's every individual for
itself when it comes to food.
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The hunters try to corral the baitfish
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into more manageable masses.
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After enduring attack after attack...
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the Akule are tiring...
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...but it won't be over
until the sharks are satiated.
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In the end, bottom dwellers
reap the last spoils of war.
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A blue pincher crab is camouflaged
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by algae covering its claws...
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...allowing it to steal a prize,
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almost.
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Like a furtive ribbon,
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this undulated moray eel has
followed the scent of flesh.
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Needle-like teeth shred the meal.
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Surviving Akule disperse
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with their casualty count unknown.
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Back on the reef, there is
a constant kaleidoscope of color
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and danger.
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Every creature here has evolved
a strategy to meet its needs.
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The sharks are no exception.
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Blacktip reef sharks
are Hawaii's homebodies.
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They prefer shallow water,
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which suits their docile, social nature.
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They often convene in groups.
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Around the Big Island,
these small sharks use the tides
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in order to hunt ever closer to shore,
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the best place to find
tasty crustacean prey.
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And the tides always deliver.
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The Big Island is also known
for its black sand beaches,
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formed by volcanic glass
that's rich in iron.
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But, it's not the color of the sand
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that attracts green sea turtles to Hawaii.
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This is the natal home
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of the largest hard-shelled
sea turtles in the world.
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Adults sport shells more
than four feet across
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and can weigh over 300 pounds.
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As juveniles, their diet
is quite eclectic,
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but adults graze on algae and sea grass,
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which tints their internal fat
a pale shade of green.
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Female sea turtles of all species
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come ashore in order to lay their eggs.
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But, this is the only place in the world
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where males haul out alongside females.
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No one knows why.
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The males don't guard the eggs
and the turtles don't mate here.
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This exceptional behavior
is a complete mystery.
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Oceanic nomads,
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green sea turtles swim endlessly
until they reach maturity,
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somewhere between 20 and 50 years.
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Scientists don't know
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how long these prodigious seafarers live,
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but they suspect it's more than a century.
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Cruising through clouds
of plankton for decades
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allows algae and barnacles
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to grow on the platforms
of their broad shells.
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This provides great benefits
for the barnacles.
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But, as they accumulate,
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ferrying such a load
can slow turtles down.
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The barnacles attach themselves
with organic cement.
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They're permanent passengers.
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Unless knocked off
in the tussle of turtle sex.
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But there is a way
to limit their growth...
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with a little help from some friends.
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These brown and yellow tangs
can digest tough marine algae
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that grows along with the barnacles.
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This helps the turtles
by keeping their shells smooth,
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making it more difficult for new
barnacle larvae to attach.
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On Hawaii's reefs,
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sea turtles aren't the only customers
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to benefit from a good cleaning.
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But it's more of a challenge
for grey reef sharks
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to take advantage of the tangs
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because they must keep swimming,
in order to breathe.
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They solve the problem
by adopting a vertical stance,
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with snout and gills facing
into the oxygen-rich current.
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Cleaner fish don't fear
their shark patrons
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because the symbiotic relationship
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provides relief from parasites
for the predators.
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Both creatures benefit from the alliance.
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Cleaner wrasse even follow their
customers in order to clean...
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and eat... mucus from gills,
noses, and teeth.
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But this remarkable upright dance
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is a lot more taxing for the little fish.
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These humble janitors ensure
the health of many species,
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which makes them one of the most
important fish on the reef.
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Like all urban places,
the reef is a bustling place.
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But, beyond Hawaii's coral cities,
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the rural seascape
becomes stark, desert-like.
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It appears almost devoid of life
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and, yet, there is prey here,
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which an alien-looking hammerhead
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has just the tools to detect.
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The bizarre shape of its head
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makes for an imposing silhouette...
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...and enables those strange,
wide-set eyes
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to see a near 360° view
of its hunting grounds.
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Like all sharks,
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hammerheads use special sensors to detect
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the bioelectrical fields
of creatures around them,
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but these peculiar beasts have
twice as many as other sharks.
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It's as though they
were especially designed
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for this stark hunting ground.
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The hammerhead is scanning
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for signals from its favorite prey.
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But, stingrays are experts
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at hiding and escaping
in this sandy expanse,
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so the hunt continues.
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Off the island of Oahu,
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there's another desolate expanse.
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But this is an undersea prairie,
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with its own waving strands
of garden eels.
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These native Hawaiians
are desperately shy...
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...partially emerging
from their burrows only
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to devour zooplankton.
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Hundreds plant themselves
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where strong currents
deliver food to their doors.
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This species is only found
in Hawaiian waters.
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Each will spend its entire
lifetime in the exact same spot.
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The eels' large eyes
spot this roving tiger shark.
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But any intruder will trigger
the group to disappear back
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into their sandy dens.
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The only creatures
garden eels need to fear
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are each other
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because males engage
in brutal territorial fights.
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The tiger shark has no interest
in the slender stalks below.
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It's headed some 500 miles northwest,
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for a proper meal.
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The tiger's destination is
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an eerie spit of sand
in the middle of nowhere,
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once a military airstrip
during the Second World War.
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Today, the only residents are birds,
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monk seals,
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and, occasionally, green sea turtles.
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Tern Island is part
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of the Hawaiian Islands
National Wildlife Refuge
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and it's a critical sanctuary
for millions of nesting seabirds
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and thousands of wintering shorebirds.
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It's also a magnet
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for a maverick group of tiger sharks
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searching for seal prey.
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Aside from a bat, the Hawaiian monk seal
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is the only mammal endemic to the islands
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and there are only
about 1,500 of them left.
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Many show signs of lucky
escapes from shark jaws.
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Tigers will also take turtles,
and even dolphins.
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These hunters have liberal tastes in prey.
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Anything and everything is on their menu
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and this far-flung outpost of Hawaii
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offers them something unique.
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Laysan albatross parents leave the island
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before their chicks'
transition from landlubbers
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to open ocean voyagers.
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Designed to glide over an endless expanse,
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extra-long wings make learning
to use them extra challenging.
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Black-footed albatrosses are here, too.
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Like the Laysans,
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they lay just one egg every other year.
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The Northern Hawaiian Islands host 90%
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of the breeding albatrosses in the world.
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From terns to frigate birds,
albatrosses to gannets,
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18 species rely on this tiny spit of land.
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It's an essential mid-ocean nursery
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for half a million seabirds.
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Once they become one with their wings,
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the chicks' maiden voyage
will be all the way
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to the Bering Sea.
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But, first, they must
make a successful flight.
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It's harder for them to succeed
than for most birds
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because of the strength they must build
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to power such long wings.
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The small group of tiger sharks
around Tern Island knows when...
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and where...
chicks practice takeoffs.
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And the chicks, focused on flight,
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have no idea of what lurks
beneath the waves.
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Most fledglings become airborne
after a few attempts.
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But not all.
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In other places,
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a water landing would just be
part of the learning process,
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a gentle respite
for the beginner attempting
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to get the hang of takeoff.
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00:32:51,797 --> 00:32:56,560
But here, soggy and exhausted,
the chick's a sitting duck.
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In order to escape the predator's jaws,
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the chick attempts to walk on water.
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00:33:23,208 --> 00:33:26,038
But, there's no miracle today.
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00:33:56,724 --> 00:34:00,590
This chick's first flight
was also its last.
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00:34:04,663 --> 00:34:07,942
It's impossible to know
if the other young birds realize
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00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:09,426
what they've just seen.
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Once they leave the rookery
on Tern Island,
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they won't be back for three years.
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00:34:30,206 --> 00:34:32,242
Then, they'll choose their mate for life
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00:34:32,346 --> 00:34:34,002
and hatch chicks of their own.
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00:34:36,798 --> 00:34:41,458
The tiger sharks will be waiting.
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00:34:41,562 --> 00:34:43,909
It's a strange twist in the story,
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for the chicks that escape the sharks
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will prey on fish in return.
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The Hawaiian Sun sinks swiftly
below the horizon.
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Here, in the tropics,
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twilight is brief, a mere moment of magic.
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00:35:18,323 --> 00:35:21,222
On the reef,
creatures are already preparing
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00:35:21,326 --> 00:35:22,603
for their nightly business.
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00:35:24,881 --> 00:35:27,780
It's dinnertime and miniature lanterns are
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00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:30,921
about to appear as guides to a feast.
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00:35:38,032 --> 00:35:42,036
Tiny fish and tasty zooplankton
rise from the deep,
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00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:44,280
flaunting their bioluminescence.
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00:35:49,388 --> 00:35:51,528
These animals use chemical reactions
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00:35:51,666 --> 00:35:55,532
within their own bodies to make light.
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00:35:55,636 --> 00:35:57,707
They might become instant prey,
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serving as the first course
in a complex food chain.
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00:36:04,955 --> 00:36:08,787
Some use their inner glow
to draw even tinier prey closer.
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00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,516
Still others shine to attract mates.
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00:36:24,285 --> 00:36:28,462
Box jellyfish aren't impressed
by the displays.
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00:36:28,531 --> 00:36:32,673
To them, the radiant organisms
are simply... food.
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00:36:36,297 --> 00:36:39,783
The light show attracts more plankton
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00:36:39,887 --> 00:36:43,201
and, ultimately, giants from the deep.
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00:36:47,964 --> 00:36:50,932
Giant manta rays are shark cousins,
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00:36:51,036 --> 00:36:52,762
but they are filter feeders,
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00:36:52,865 --> 00:36:55,661
with wingspans that can reach 29 feet.
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00:37:00,804 --> 00:37:04,429
At birth, mantas are rolled up
like burritos
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and then unfurl
to an astonishing six feet.
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But no two are alike.
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Blotches on their underbellies
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are equivalent to human fingerprints.
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They're thought to have
individual personalities, too...
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some curious, others shy...
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00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:32,180
which researchers consider
a sign of intelligence.
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They're all voracious.
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00:37:42,777 --> 00:37:46,160
Sophisticated fins, called devil horns,
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00:37:46,229 --> 00:37:48,921
whisk plankton
into their cavernous mouths.
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00:37:55,859 --> 00:37:57,689
But, it's recently been discovered
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00:37:57,827 --> 00:38:00,623
that those gaping mouths
are also swallowing
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00:38:00,692 --> 00:38:03,453
great mouthfuls of small fish,
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whole.
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00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,816
They sweep the night ocean until dawn,
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near Kona on the Big Island.
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Graceful, gentle giants,
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these marine marvels have
only large sharks to fear.
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00:38:43,044 --> 00:38:47,497
Ironically, the largest shark
of all is also benign.
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Whale sharks are the largest
sharks on Earth
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and sometimes they pass
through the Hawaiian Islands.
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00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:03,202
Slowly.
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00:39:06,689 --> 00:39:09,036
They swim extreme distances
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00:39:09,105 --> 00:39:11,210
because they need enormous amounts
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00:39:11,314 --> 00:39:14,973
of plankton and coral spawn
to power their bulk...
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up to 90 pounds per day.
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00:39:29,539 --> 00:39:31,576
Forty feet long,
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00:39:31,645 --> 00:39:34,510
their mouths stretch four feet wide.
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00:39:34,613 --> 00:39:37,098
But plankton is strained and swallowed
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00:39:37,236 --> 00:39:41,137
by a throat so small,
it's just the size of a coin.
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00:39:47,695 --> 00:39:49,973
Thick, rubbery skin acts like armor
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00:39:50,111 --> 00:39:53,632
to deter would-be shark predators,
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00:39:53,736 --> 00:39:56,186
but not a bevy of freeloaders.
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00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:03,228
Remoras accompany whale sharks
everywhere they go
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00:40:03,366 --> 00:40:04,609
and position themselves
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00:40:04,747 --> 00:40:07,439
to ensure they don't miss any scraps.
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00:40:26,769 --> 00:40:28,943
There are more giants here.
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00:40:29,047 --> 00:40:32,395
Nine thousand pilot whales
are Hawaiian residents.
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00:40:36,054 --> 00:40:38,953
They're actually supersized dolphins,
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00:40:39,057 --> 00:40:41,818
cruising the deep channels
between islands,
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00:40:41,922 --> 00:40:46,271
capable of diving 3,000 feet
down in search of squid.
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00:40:55,625 --> 00:40:58,179
Large, fatty melons on their foreheads
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00:40:58,317 --> 00:41:02,563
magnify the sounds
that they use to communicate
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00:41:02,667 --> 00:41:05,704
and to find prey through echolocation.
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00:41:13,401 --> 00:41:17,198
They travel in large groups,
made up of several families.
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00:41:30,729 --> 00:41:32,248
Sharks don't target
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00:41:32,351 --> 00:41:35,872
these intelligent, 20-foot-long mammals,
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00:41:35,976 --> 00:41:37,736
but some follow them.
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00:41:50,438 --> 00:41:53,372
Oceanic whitetips rely
on the whales' sonar
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00:41:53,476 --> 00:41:56,099
to lead them to food in the open ocean
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00:41:56,203 --> 00:41:58,895
and the pod doesn't seem to mind.
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00:42:03,141 --> 00:42:04,936
The sharks grab fish scraps
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00:42:05,074 --> 00:42:07,317
when the pilot whales pillage a school.
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00:42:12,288 --> 00:42:14,911
In this realm of endless blue,
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00:42:15,015 --> 00:42:17,569
it's a challenge for them
to get enough to eat.
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00:42:24,369 --> 00:42:27,752
So, every meal counts,
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00:42:27,855 --> 00:42:31,272
including ones the whales
have already digested.
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00:42:38,625 --> 00:42:40,558
In other places around the world,
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00:42:40,661 --> 00:42:44,182
sandbar sharks migrate long distances,
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00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,150
but Hawaii has everything they need,
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00:42:47,254 --> 00:42:49,325
so they live here year-round.
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00:42:58,886 --> 00:43:01,061
They prefer to stay deep.
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00:43:01,164 --> 00:43:04,098
It's unusual to see them
so close to the surface.
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00:43:06,342 --> 00:43:09,517
They're just finishing a meal
of tasty mackerel,
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00:43:09,621 --> 00:43:11,934
known in Hawaii as opelu.
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00:43:15,351 --> 00:43:18,181
The sandbars have formed a gang,
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00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:22,151
probably all males,
because females travel alone.
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00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:38,029
They've had the school
of opelu to themselves
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00:43:38,098 --> 00:43:39,513
for quite some time.
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00:43:43,241 --> 00:43:46,520
Then, a massive bronze whaler decides
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00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:48,142
to make an appearance to the party.
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00:43:52,871 --> 00:43:55,184
Little is known about these sharks,
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00:43:55,287 --> 00:43:58,808
but they tend to return
to the same locations over time.
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00:44:01,466 --> 00:44:04,814
Today, there's not much left
for the latecomer.
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00:44:29,425 --> 00:44:32,324
Meanwhile, off the coast of Maui,
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00:44:32,428 --> 00:44:34,637
a tiger shark is on patrol.
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00:44:38,814 --> 00:44:42,024
Tigers in Hawaii have been
waiting for this season.
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00:44:43,819 --> 00:44:48,064
By now, many humpback calves
have been born.
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00:44:50,964 --> 00:44:53,207
They'll nurse for at least a year,
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00:44:53,311 --> 00:44:55,037
growing a foot every month
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00:44:55,140 --> 00:44:59,593
by drinking 100 gallons
of rich milk every day.
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00:45:07,774 --> 00:45:11,536
Mother whales will try
to keep their newborns close,
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00:45:11,639 --> 00:45:14,781
but tigers are clever and stealthy.
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00:45:21,546 --> 00:45:25,895
And, while adult whales can
submerge for close to an hour...
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00:45:28,311 --> 00:45:30,003
...little calves must surface
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00:45:30,141 --> 00:45:32,143
every few minutes to breathe.
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00:45:40,220 --> 00:45:42,843
This is when they are most in danger.
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00:45:50,402 --> 00:45:54,165
Many survivors show terrible
scars from shark attacks.
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00:45:57,064 --> 00:45:58,756
In just a few months,
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00:45:58,894 --> 00:46:01,759
they'll be too large for the
sharks to even consider.
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00:46:11,527 --> 00:46:15,531
But, until then, the tigers
will actively hunt them.
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00:46:26,128 --> 00:46:29,372
When the predator sees an opportunity,
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00:46:29,476 --> 00:46:31,133
it moves in for the kill.
462
00:46:40,728 --> 00:46:42,903
Still, even newborn calves
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00:46:43,007 --> 00:46:45,837
are roughly the same size as tiger sharks,
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00:46:45,941 --> 00:46:46,976
and a challenge.
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00:46:54,363 --> 00:46:57,815
Today, this one escapes a gruesome fate.
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00:47:03,544 --> 00:47:07,617
Hundreds of humpback calves
are born in Hawaii every winter
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00:47:07,721 --> 00:47:09,688
and not all will be so lucky.
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00:47:13,175 --> 00:47:15,418
Those that escape the fearsome jaws
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00:47:15,522 --> 00:47:17,731
will migrate north with their pod.
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00:47:31,296 --> 00:47:34,886
Foiled for now, the tiger shark smells
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00:47:34,990 --> 00:47:37,958
the equivalent
of an underwater dinner bell.
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00:47:43,550 --> 00:47:45,552
It's ringing 80 miles away,
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00:47:45,690 --> 00:47:48,106
along the coast of the Big Island,
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00:47:48,210 --> 00:47:52,145
announcing a dead sperm whale
still afloat offshore.
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00:48:00,636 --> 00:48:03,881
One hundred thousand pounds
of nutritious flesh
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00:48:03,984 --> 00:48:05,261
won't go to waste.
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00:48:07,712 --> 00:48:11,095
We don't know how, or why, it died,
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00:48:11,164 --> 00:48:13,442
but internal gases have kept the carcass
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00:48:13,545 --> 00:48:15,306
from sinking into the abyss.
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00:48:17,411 --> 00:48:19,827
Blubber is a calorie bomb
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00:48:19,931 --> 00:48:23,383
and nature has dropped it
into shark-filled waters.
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00:48:35,291 --> 00:48:38,225
Resident tigers will continue to gather
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00:48:38,294 --> 00:48:40,883
because there is plenty to go around,
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00:48:40,987 --> 00:48:41,988
for days.
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00:48:46,785 --> 00:48:50,306
It's a leisurely feast,
rare in the ocean realm.
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00:49:13,122 --> 00:49:17,368
The 50-foot leviathan is slowly devoured
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00:49:17,506 --> 00:49:21,717
as the tigers search for the
softest places to feed on first.
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00:50:07,245 --> 00:50:10,145
Then, an out-of-towner arrives.
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00:50:13,424 --> 00:50:16,530
She's not a frequent flier to Hawaii,
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00:50:16,668 --> 00:50:18,670
but she's not a stranger, either.
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00:50:21,397 --> 00:50:24,331
She's a well-known great white female
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00:50:24,469 --> 00:50:26,816
that goes by the name Deep Blue.
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00:50:31,304 --> 00:50:34,997
She's one of the largest
white sharks ever seen,
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00:50:35,135 --> 00:50:37,793
weighing at least 2.5 tons,
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over 8 feet tall
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00:50:39,967 --> 00:50:41,417
and 20 feet long.
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00:50:43,833 --> 00:50:46,250
She often hangs around Guadalupe Island,
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00:50:46,353 --> 00:50:47,872
in Mexico,
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00:50:47,975 --> 00:50:50,840
but this is the first time
she's been seen here.
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00:50:58,745 --> 00:51:02,231
And, now, she is so intimidating,
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00:51:02,335 --> 00:51:05,131
she gets the whale carcass to herself.
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00:51:24,909 --> 00:51:29,258
No one knows why she's traveled
all the way to Hawaii,
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00:51:29,327 --> 00:51:31,916
but she appears to be pregnant.
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00:51:32,054 --> 00:51:34,505
Perhaps she, too, is searching
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00:51:34,574 --> 00:51:36,783
for the perfect place to give birth.
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00:51:45,136 --> 00:51:49,865
In this place of battle
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00:51:50,003 --> 00:51:52,074
and beauty,
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00:51:52,212 --> 00:51:56,216
among the violent volcanoes
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00:51:56,285 --> 00:52:00,082
and vibrant coral reefs,
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00:52:00,186 --> 00:52:03,154
so many sharks have made
Hawaii their home.
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00:52:06,675 --> 00:52:09,712
Perhaps the most formidable of all,
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00:52:09,816 --> 00:52:11,300
the great white,
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00:52:11,369 --> 00:52:13,647
will find paradise here, too.