00:00 | Disc One: South Pacific |
07:20 | 60,000
Southern Elephant Seals arrive in August, MacQuarie Island |
08:50 |
Royal Penguins also nest in large colony |
13:30 |
Galapagos Sea Lions surf |
14:20 |
Galapagos Penguin |
17:00 |
Robber Crab largest terrestrial invertebrate can weigh 4 KG, hermit crab on steroids; feed on coconuts; females lay eggs in ocean Metoma Island, Vanuatu |
21:20 |
Cyclones spread life to remote islands |
22:30 | Hawaiian Islands 2000 miles from nearest continent: most isolated archipelago; less than 500 kinds of animal settled in 30 MY. |
23:00 | Fruit flies have elaborate courtship ritual, evolved into 1,000 species |
23:30 |
Hammerhead Fruit Fly males use heads as battering rams |
23:45 |
Clavisetae Fruit Fly fans sex hormones from raised abdomen, extends tongue |
24:30 | females are very fussy |
25:00 |
Carnivorous Caterpillar |
26:30 | another stick-like
Meat-eating Moth |
27:50 |
Pentecost man bungee jump: Pentecost Island |
30:30 | Women use sea to make music, Banks Islands |
38:35 |
Palolo Worm rear ends (reproductive segments) rise with moon to reproduce in November; they are the caviar of the South Pacific. Western Samoa |
35:35 |
Tiger Shark appear in June to hunt
Black Footed Albatross chicks. French Frigate Shoals |
38:00 |
Anutan men use octopus tencles as bait to fish with strings. Anuta Island just 1/6 square mile in area |
44:00 | Rapa Nui people carved
moai and cut trees. Easter Island |
47:30 | Anutans catch Brown Noddy Terns at night, but do not exterminate colony |
49:50 | Monster Waves: Pohnpei, Caroline Islands |
00:00 | Disc Two: South Pacific: Ocean of Volcanoes |
02:00 |
Volcano explodes: Kavachi, Solomon Islands |
04:00 | Hawaii 1,500 miles north of equator
Kilauea |
09:00 |
Ohia Lehua colonizes barren rock with long roots into lava tube |
09:25 |
Scarlet Honeycreeper |
11:30 |
Small-eyed Big-eyed Hunting Spider hunts in darkness of lava tube |
12:00 | Rare
cricket |
12:30 | Translucent earwig and milky millimedes are troglodytes: cave specialists |
14:00 | Galapagos Islands: Isabela |
14:40 |
Galapagos Penguin adults cool off by taking a dip |
17:00 |
Sally Lightfoot Crab tries to attack |
17:10 |
Galapagos Penguin chick in lava tube |
19:00 |
Megapode (Incubator Bird) lays eggs in volcanic sand; lets volcano incubate eggs: Solomon Islands |
20:00 |
Wekiu Bug has antifreeze to survive around snow line, suck out dying insects Mauna Kea tallest mountain in the world measured from sea floor. |
23:00 |
Razorfish blend into staghorn corals Society Islands, French Polynesia |
24:20 |
Gray Reef Shark patrol in large numbers, hunt |
26:20 |
Needlefish at night |
26:50 |
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish preys on corals |
27:45 |
Atlantic Triton's Trumpet preys on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish |
28:48 |
Humphead Parrotfish also feeds on corals, release sand |
30:00 |
lagoon forms when volcano flanks slip into sea: Bora Bora |
30:50 |
Christmas Tree Worms |
31:20 |
Mandarinfish fight, mate |
33:00 |
Manta Ray |
34:00 |
Snappers |
34:15 | Fusilier Fish mop up remains |
35:20 | Maupiti eroded to a hill |
35:30 |
Mataiva a coral atoll: reefs surround lagoon |
37:00 |
Rangiroa in French Polynesia is over 30 miles wide |
37:50 |
Kingman Reef over 3000 miles from nearest continent, one of last pristine coral reefs left, 200 types of coral |
38:55 |
Giant Clams spawn and can live over 50 years; dead shells build land |
41:10 |
Fairy Tern island-hopped |
41:20 |
Blue Lorikeet brought by Polynesians |
41:50 |
Blacktip Reef Shark can swim in less a foot of water |
42:55 | Palau - jewel of Micronesia: reefs forced up by earthquakes 35 MYA, creating rock islands; cliffs made of limestone over 70 marine lakes created by melring glaciers |
44:55 |
Golden Jellyfish has photosynthetic algae, migrate daily to follow arc of the sun |
48:00 | South Pacific Diaries Galapagos Penguins on the Edge |
52:50 | Ecuador eradicated all 100,000 introduced goats; giant tortoises recovered |
54:00 | 1982 El Nino caused penguin crash |
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 07:20 Southern Elephant Seals |
 08:50 Royal Penguins |
 13:30 Galapagos Sea Lions surf |
 14:20 Galapagos Penguin |
 17:00 Robber Crab |
 21:20 Cyclones |
 23:30 Hammerhead Fruit Fly |
 23:45 Clavisetae Fruit Fly |
 25:00 Carnivorous Caterpillar |
 26:30 Meat-eating Moth |
 27:50 Pentecost man |
 38:35 Palolo Worm |
 35:35 Tiger Shark |
 35:35 Black Footed Albatross |
 38:00 Anutan |
 44:00 moai |
 02:00 Volcano |
 04:00 Kilauea |
 09:00 Ohia Lehua |
 09:25 Scarlet Honeycreeper |
 11:30 Small-eyed Big-eyed Hunting Spider |
 12:00 cricket |
 14:40 Galapagos Penguin adults |
 17:00 Sally Lightfoot Crab |
 17:10 Galapagos Penguin chick |
 19:00 Megapode |
 20:00 Wekiu Bug |
 23:00 Razorfish |
 24:20 Gray Reef Shark |
 26:20 Needlefish |
 26:50 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish |
 27:45 Atlantic Triton's Trumpet |
 28:48 Humphead Parrotfish |
 30:00 lagoon |
 30:50 Christmas Tree Worms |
 31:20 Mandarinfish |
 33:00 Manta Ray |
 34:00 Snappers |
 35:30 Mataiva |
 37:00 Rangiroa |
 37:50 Kingman Reef |
 38:55 Giant Clams spawn |
 41:10 Fairy Tern |
 41:20 Blue Lorikeet |
 41:50 Blacktip Reef Shark |
 44:55 Golden Jellyfish |
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