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[gentle music playing]

[man] We are looking
for an unspoiled place on our Earth,

a place where human existence
is intertwined with the sea.

This relationship is the tightest
in nations living on atolls;

islands created
by creatures of the sea; corals.

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[rhythmic music playing]

[woman]
The capital of these tropical islands

is a transition zone between civilization
and the untouched world.

We arrive at the island Hulhumalé
near the capital Malé,

a space of two square kilometers,

where administration, commerce
and services for the entire island state,

which is 45,000 times bigger in area,
must fit.

Hundreds of people
from the neighboring islands

come here every day

to work, study or buy supplies.

There are no suitable conditions
for growing even the most basic produce

on most of the islands.

[man] And, of course,
everyone has to come here

to arrange their official documents.

[soft traffic hum]

[man] The main market in Malé is the hub

for purchasing produce
grown on more fertile islands.

Other groceries and almost
all other products are imported.

Maldives' exports are limited
to coconuts, copra and most of all, fish.

[woman] There is a famous fish market
on the waterfront.

The main catch
are bigeye and yellowfin tuna.

[people chattering indistinctly]

[rhythmic music playing]

[horn honking in the distance]

[people chattering indistinctly]

[man] Big Friday Mosque dominates
other buildings in the capital.

Worshippers come here to pray
several times a day.

For people of different religions,

the Mosque closes down
fifteen minutes before prayer.

[music accelerates and slows down]

[somber violin melody playing]

[woman] One of the reasons why Islam
is the only religion here is trade.

Since the 2nd century,
Arab merchants anchored here

on their way to the Far East.

They must have considered the Maldives
a mythical treasure island,

because they were able to collect shells

which were at that time
used as an international currency.

This place used to be
the shell bank of Asia.

[man] The locals converted to Islam
sometime around the 12th century.

Detached from mainstream Islam,

they created a local folk version
of the religion with evil Jinns,

who are the causes
of inexplicable disasters.

Locals protect themselves
against these malicious Jinns

with spells and magic potions.

[waves crashing]

[serene music playing]

[waves crashing]

[man] Now let's look
at the little underwater wonder

which makes
all the turmoil above possible.

[gentle music playing]

[woman] It is difficult to believe
that this entire archipelago

is the work of one species,

which appears in front of the camera
only at night,

when it hunts for plankton.

[man] Coral.

During the day, we can only see
its hard skeleton of calcium carbonate,

whose fragments and new parts
cover or actually form the seabed.

Colonies of these polyps can,
under proper conditions,

create whole mountains
hidden under the surface.

Such conditions prevailed here
millions years ago

thanks to volcanic activity in the area.

Today, the submerged weathered
and dormant volcanic peaks

are covered with almost a two-kilometer
thick layer of coral reefs called atoll.

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[man] While coral is hidden
in its skeleton during the daylight,

its relative, the magnificent anemone,

exposes all of its beauty.

It doesn't feel the need to hide.

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[woman] One of the most amazing things
about the anemone

is its relationship with clownfish,

who dances around it
and guards it jealously.

This symbiotic relationship
is both practical and beautiful.

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[woman] The reef is a habitat
of the largest living molusk,

the giant clam.

It is better to admire its colorful
mantle tissue from a safe distance.

If you touch it, your hand might get
locked in its shell so firmly

you may never see the light of day
nor the surface again.

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[man] Along with being a reef builder,

these strikingly colorful coral shelves
can also function

as a sort of a spa for fish...
and the fish know it.

The number of these cleaning stations

influences the amount of fish
living in and around the reef.

The tiny cleaners remove parasites,
dirt and old skin, from head to tail.

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[woman] Thanks to the sea current
on the outer side of the atoll,

the corals have a constant supply of food
in the form of plankton.

A forest of gorgonians and other corals

offers a vast amount of detail
and vibrant colors.

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[man] Seaplane is
the fastest means of transport

between the 129 inhabited islands

of the total of almost 1200.

The Maldivian archipelago
features 26 atolls,

each averaging up to several kilometers,

consisting mostly of ring-shaped islands
with lagoons in the middle.

The majority of resorts
exist on their own islands...

No crowded beaches here.

Your dreams of a private island hideaway
come true here,

with all the comfort and amenities
one could imagine.

Until recently, this was the only face
of Maldives visitors could experience.

But the times are changing.

[waves crashing]

[woman] The coral reefs
surrounding each island

are very important for its protection
against the impact of the elements.

Still, they are easily damaged by erosion.

The atolls are made in the sea

and that's why their altitude
doesn't even reach two meters.

You can walk around the largest ones
in a short time,

while the smaller ones disappear
under the water during high tide.

[woman] Coral is not shaped
just by itself or by erosion.

Although it doesn't seem that way,
the fish sometimes play a part as well.

[serene music playing]

[man] This female titan triggerfish
can create a safe nest

with the help of her strong teeth
and smart maneuvers of her fins.

As soon as the nest is filled with eggs,

she doesn't hesitate to use the strength,

her teeth and her agility
against any approaching creatures.

[woman] After being rammed
so hard it bruised him,

Libor is much more careful.

[man] Fortunately,
the colorful clown triggerfish

doesn't see me
in my simple black and white.

[woman] Had I invented species nicknames,
I would call this wrasse Hitchcock.

Although it is also called a Napoleon
wrasse thanks to the shape of its head,

it doesn't suffer from Napoleonic complex.

It can reach up to two meters
and it's quite a recluse.

[man] The scorpionfish has
venomous spines.

Simply touching them
could mean your very last dive.

While the lionfish proudly exhibits
the poison in its graceful tentacles,

the rockfish conceals its weapons
under its warty skin

which can easily be overlooked
among the corals.

[gentle music playing]

[woman] We are still learning to recognize
the well camouflaged leaf fish

in the coral.

A local photographer
with a keen eye brought us to this one.

Underwater, we very rarely use
our hearing to find our way.

But a school of parrotfish
caught our attention

by making a sound while nibbling on coral.

They are well equipped for this activity
thanks to their beak mouth.

They help the coral
by stimulating its reproduction.

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[man] Crawfish, on the other hand,
create sound quite deliberately.

They use it to intimidate predators.

Their noise production is quite a unique
mechanism in the animal kingdom.

The noise is created by friction
in their antennae sticking and slipping,

like when you scrub a rubber ball
on solid material.

[tense music playing]

[music stops]

[man] After a change
in the political climate back in 2010,

even the by then inaccessible islands
were open to the world.

Local girls started sharing their troubles
with boys in a more modern way.

Here an artist is brooding what
could be a bestseller for the tourists.

[woman] Previously,
you could see a huge contrast

while flying over the islands.

On one island, tourists in bikinis
sipping on expensive champagne

in a resort resembling
The Thousand and One Nights.

While on another, see devout Muslims
reciting chapter and verse from the Koran.

[water laps gently]

[insects chirping]

[splashing footsteps]

[rhythmic music playing]

[man] Life on one
of the most fertile islands,

Fuvahmulah, unfolds at a peaceful pace.

After working in the vegetable fields,

one can take a dip in one of the rare
freshwater lakes found here.

And, if you ever wanted
to make a zombie blockbuster,

you know where to find convincing actors.

[groaning]

Boo!

[grunts]

[people chattering indistinctly]

[man] The national language is Dhivehi,
an Indo-Aryan language.

Its pronunciation,
vocabulary and understanding

vary from island to island
thanks to the isolation between them.

[indistinct arguing]

[soft chattering]

[woman] Courtyards and streets
are the best places for meeting

and watching people
and spending some free time.

[soft music playing]

[women chattering]

[woman] In the late afternoon,
fishermen return with their catch.

It is the main source of income

for families not involved
in the tourist industry,

so its sustainability is a big issue.

After a decrease in profitability,
hunting with nets was banned.

They fish the old fashioned way;
on rod and reels with hooks without bait.

Thanks to this, the yellowfin tuna meat
here is one of the finest available.

[man talks indistinctly]

[woman] In the educational center
on the island of Naifaru,

volunteer biologists teach the locals
how to take care of the environment.

At the Center for Conservation,

locals learn about
the vulnerability of the turtles,

who are on the verge of extinction
due to, among other things,

harvesting eggs from their nests
and even keeping them as pets.

The turtles are recovering under the care
of two biologists, Alice and Bryona,

preparing them
for their long journey in the ocean.

[ambient music playing]

[man] Although turtles have been protected
for the past twenty years,

the oldest reptiles on the planet
are still gravely endangered.

Turtles have a perfect sense of direction

mastered over
millions of years of evolution,

but their hard shells can't protect them
from the dangers of the modern world.

The pollution of the sea, drift nets,
where they can be caught as by-catch,

traps on the beach
where they lay their eggs,

ruthless catching for the black market;

all these factors contribute to the fact

that only one in a thousand
makes it to adulthood.

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[music stops]

[woman] There are many people enchanted
by the magic of these marvelous creatures

who are contributing
their efforts to save them.

We hope to encounter these turtles
more and more at sea.

[dreamy music playing]

[water laps gently]

[man] Just like in the myth of Sisyphus,

the battle with the elements
is never-ending.

Moving coral sand from the sea
to the land and back due to erosion

is just one piece
of the ecological puzzle.

Life on coral islands
is a fragile balancing act:

on one hand, you have to eat,

but you can't interfere
with the life on the reef too much,

otherwise you kill the coral,

the only source and living builder
of the land you live on.

The impact of global climate change

caused by excessive production
of carbon dioxide

is felt most
on these fragile little islands.

The greenhouse effect
and the subsequent melting of glaciers

causes rise in sea levels.

Being just above sea level, the Maldives
would be the first to disappear

and its inhabitants
the first people to lose their homes

as a consequence of these changes.

[muffled conversations]

[woman] To think about extinction
every day is impossible,

it would be too destructive.

People get used to this long-term danger,

unsolvable by an individual,
and get on with their lives.

They can't do anything but hope

that the world will wake up on time
and won't let them drown.

And that the coral will grow fast enough.

[rhythmic music playing]

[man] Everyone has different priorities.

The freedom to express one's opinion
demonstrates itself in color here.

This house is declaring its sympathy
to a "yellow" political party.

[rhythmic music continues]

[children laughing and shouting]

[woman] During the popular holiday
called Eid, joy is mixed with color.

For four days, people dance
and have fun in the streets

to celebrate the completion
of the pilgrimage to Mecca.

[laughs, chatters indistinctly]

[man chanting]

[drums playing]

[all chanting]

[woman] Dance relaxes mind and body,

one of the reasons it can be found
in cultures all over the world.

The musical stories sung
during the Boduberu feast,

traditionally a male affair,
speak of love and victory.

[chanting continues]

[chanting accelerates]

[chanting continues]

[man chanting]

[women chanting]

[serene music playing]

[people chattering]

[woman] The traditional feasts here
remind me of carnivals at home.

They serve the same purpose:
to have some fun

and to remind us who we are
and where we belong.

[overlapping conversations]

[ambient music playing]

[man] Mornings are the liveliest time
on the reef.

While the diurnal animals
are having their breakfast,

the nocturnal ones
are looking for a bite before bed.

Morays are territorial,
closely guarding the place they live in.

They peek out of the holes they inhabit
like cranky old security guards.

[woman] This moray is rhythmically
opening its mouth.

It's not an intimidation,
but respiratory movement.

[rhythmic music playing]

[man] The most beautiful member
of this family, the laced moray,

resembles a sea dalmatian.

If we don't frighten it or make it angry,
it won't attack us,

but we should still stay apprehensive,

otherwise we would experience the double
jaw bite which inspired the movie Alien.

The moray's secret weapon
is in its throat.

Morays catch their prey
with curved cone teeth

and shoot another jaw from its throat.

This jaw pushes the victim
mercilessly into its gullet.

[woman] With their wrinkled bodies
covered by parasites,

morays are the cleaners'
grateful customers.

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse
shows its servitude with a special dance.

It rubs against the host to let it know
what part of the body it's working on.

That way it doesn't become a side dish
the moment its client gets disturbed.

[eerie music playing]

[woman] The claw of the dextrous shrimp
can reach into even the smallest folds.

[gentle music playing]

[man] The pufferfish family have the face
of an angel, but the body of a demon.

The demon is in the form of tetrodotoxin,

one of the most poisonous toxins
on the planet.

It means a great danger to anything
that would want to munch

on these cute little creatures.

[woman] This fish is called
the dog face puffer.

Please, don't pet it.

It can bite your fingers off
with an innocent look on its face.

[man] The clumsy pufferfish uses
a sophisticated protection

in the case of danger.

It sucks up water
and inflates like an airbag.

Not even a big fish could swallow it.

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[man] Pufferfish are unpredictable
and aggressive.

However, their courtship rituals
can be quite amusing.

When the porcupine fish inflates,
it changes into a sharp-spined balloon.

But there's no reason
to display its weaponry today.

[soft music playing]

[woman] You'll find a much larger
diversity of species

under the water surface
around the Maldives

than on the meager land surface.

Most birds only stop here
for a break during their long flights.

Only five species are at home here,

including the heron,
the queen of the sea hunters.

[birds cawing]

[serene music playing]

[birds squawking]

[woman] Some species,
such as crows and flying foxes,

originally come from India.

They rest in trees during the day.

[birds chirping]

[man] The production of dhoni boats
goes back to ancient Egypt.

It is a very valuable skill

for those who are witnessing their islands
disappear right in front of their eyes.

[soft upbeat music playing]

[man] Due to the impact of tourists
visiting the islands,

waste disposal
is becoming a crucial problem.

The lovers of the sea and nature
preservation have advice for tourists:

take used batteries with you,
they cannot be processed here.

Ideally, bring your own plastic bottle
and then take it home with you.

Talk to the local people
about preserving nature

and hopefully persuade them to try harder.

[serene music playing]

[woman] We noticed a familiar silhouette
under the school of snappers.

A stingray... and it's not alone.

It spends most of the day
buried in the sand,

even though, like its relative the shark,
it's a very good swimmer.

The pectoral gristly fins
joined to their heads

enable rapid movement
which resembles the flight of a bird.

[man] The creature's name comes
from its stinger filled with poison,

which is used only in self-defense.

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[woman] It uses the sand as peeling.

Burrowing into the sand
helps to remove old skin and parasites.

[hopeful music playing]

[woman] We found an exhausted individual
who was recovering from a recent fight.

It's obvious this wasn't
its first violent encounter...

It lost its dorsal fin some time ago.

Fortunately, it will grow back.

[hopeful music continues]

[man] Time to hunt.

Just like sharks,
stingrays have special electroreceptors

called ampullae of Lorenzini,

which help them to sense the heartbeat
of even the tiniest creatures.

The remora travels
attached to the body of larger animals.

It means its vehicle
must be somewhere near.

Manta rays.

Our lights lure them into close proximity.

During this amazing dance,
the biggest rays are feasting,

revealing a sophisticated filter
for oxygen and plankton.

Surprisingly, even the biggest manta rays
have throats of the size of a fist,

so, luckily, they can't swallow us.

[woman] We have a strong desire
to touch her,

but in doing so
not only would we scare it,

but also remove a delicate mucus,
which protects it from infection.

[man] Eagle-like movement and feline
shape of head reveal an eagle ray.

[ambient music playing]

[woman] Mantas and eagle rays
instill both awe and fear.

It's no wonder some cultures worship them.

[ambient music continues]

[man] They move their cephalic lobes
to channel water and plankton

into their mouths.

The cephalic lobes are rolled into spirals
when manta rays are swimming.

Because these lobes resemble horns,
mantas are also known as "devilfish."

[man] Although they usually reach
four or five meters in size,

they only eat tiny food.

A single manta weighing
around one and a half tons

eats up to 30 kg of plankton every day.

[ambient music continues]

[woman] The manta's brain is,
in reference to the size of its body,

the biggest among cartilaginous fish.

Mantas are said to be able to recognize
a diver they have met in the past.

It would be wonderful to experience this.

[hopeful music playing]

[woman] During every trip to the islands,
time passes more slowly and intensely.

Our desire to anchor here
for a little longer grows and grows.

And the locals do their best
to make our stay even more enjoyable.

[soft upbeat music playing]

[man] The crew of the ship Ari Queen
prepared us for a symbolic surprise.

On the southern tip of the atoll Ari,
where we anchor,

whale sharks, the largest known
extant shark, are found.

From the beginning of our trip
we have been hoping to encounter them.

[upbeat music continues]

[man] As always, prior to our dive,

our guide Aslam draws a relief
of the reef where we are going to dive.

[indistinct chattering]

[woman] With Gogo,
our Portuguese friend and photographer,

we are trying to work out how to shoot
the best pictures of a whale shark

and stay out of each others' way.

We share our enthusiasm
about our underwater adventure

and can't wait
for Aslam's command to dive.

[laughing]

[wind whooshing]

[rhythmic music playing]

[woman] The diversity of species of sharks
in the Maldives is the largest on Earth.

The ban on hunting sharks
and regulated fishing

helps to increase their population
and the health of the reefs.

But even here, the sharks face dangers.

This tiger shark
will always have a painful memory

of his clash with civilization.

[man] I was very pleased to meet
the charming and very shy leopard shark.

[woman] And I found a dormant nurse shark
under a cliff.

[sinister music playing]

[woman] Shark hunting in the Maldives
was banned in 2010,

but diving with sharks is supported.

Watching sharks
is one of the island's main attractions.

[man] The scientific research
of their reproduction is very important,

because it can bring information about
the period of their maximum fertility

and locate common mating areas;

areas where female sharks give birth

and where the young ones
spend the first years of their life.

By protecting this area, we will enable
the sharks to breed in peace,

making up for the damage
caused by human activity.

[sinister music continues]

[woman] Local biologists monitor
the movement of whale sharks,

who feed on plankton
and are not harmful to humans.

The photographs from the divers
help them as well.

They identify new individuals regularly
and give them names.

When they reach eight meters,
which signifies they are sexually mature,

they leave local waters
for their role in propagating the species.

[gentle violin melody playing]

[man] The ecosystems of the ocean,

which cover more than 70%
of the Earth's surface,

are the most important factor
regulating the climate of our planet.

Life on land depends on life in the ocean.

We are not only saving the sharks,
we are saving ourselves.

[rhythmic music playing]

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