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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IT’S THE LAST WILDERNESS,
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{\an7}HOW THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUSED TO BE
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{\an7}\h\h\hBEFORE MAN LEFT
HIS DESTRUCTIVE MARK.
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{\an7}THIS WAS ONCE FIDEL CASTRO’S
PERSONAL DIVING PLAYGROUND,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hA PLACE CALLED
GARDEN OF THE QUEENS...
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{\an7}A FORGOTTEN OCEAN PARADISE,
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{\an7}OFF LIMITS FOR 50 YEARS.
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{\an7}IT’S LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME.
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{\an7}EXOTIC SPECIES RARELY SEEN
\hELSEWHERE IN THE REGION
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{\an7}THRIVE HERE.
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{\an7}IT’S THE CARIBBEAN’S
LOST JURASSIC PARK,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT HOW LONG CAN THIS
PRISTINE WILDERNESS SURVIVE?
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}FORGOTTEN IN THE VERY HEART
\h\h\h\hOF THE CARIBBEAN SEA
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{\an7}\h\h\hLIES THE HUGE,
RAMBLING ARCHIPELAGO
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{\an7}OF JARDINES DE LA REINA.
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{\an7}STRETCHING AROUND 140 MILES
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{\an7}ALONG THE SOUTHERN
\h\hCOAST OF CUBA,
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{\an7}IT’S ONE OF THE LONGEST
\hBARRIER REEF SYSTEMS
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{\an7}IN THE WORLD.
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{\an7}THIS WILD AND UNTOUCHED
\h\h\h\h\h\hCUBAN REEF
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{\an7}\h\hIS PERHAPS THE CARIBBEAN’S
MOST IMPORTANT MARINE RESERVE.
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{\an7}A RESERVE THAT CAME INTO BEING
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{\an7}AS MUCH BY ACCIDENT
\h\h\hAS BY DESIGN.
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{\an7}THANKS TO FIDEL CASTRO,
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{\an7}IT’S BEEN A NO-GO AREA
\h\hFOR OVER 50 YEARS.
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{\an7}AFTER THE REVOLUTION IN 1959,
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{\an7}MANY CUBAN CITIZENS ATTEMPTED
\h\h\h\hTO LEAVE THE COUNTRY
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{\an7}ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
\h\h\hTHAT WOULD FLOAT,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hMOST OF THEM
TRYING TO REACH FLORIDA.
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{\an7}TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING,
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{\an7}CASTRO’S GOVERNMENT
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{\an7}\h\hWOULD NOT PERMIT BOATS
TO FISH THIS FAR OFFSHORE.
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{\an7}IF THEY HAD ENOUGH FUEL
\hTO GET HERE AND BACK,
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{\an7}THEY COULD JUST AS EASILY
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{\an7}CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE U.S.
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{\an7}\h\hSO, WHILE THE REST
OF THE REGION’S REEFS
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{\an7}WERE BEING OVER-EXPLOITED,
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{\an7}FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY,
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{\an7}\h\hTHIS MOST PRECIOUS
OF THE CARIBBEAN JEWELS
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{\an7}LAY INACCESSIBLE AND UNTOUCHED,
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{\an7}FORGOTTEN BY THE WORLD,
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{\an7}A LAST HAVEN FOR CREATURES
\h\hOF LAND, SEA, AND AIR.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}DAWN,
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{\an7}AND DEEP INSIDE THE LAGOON,
\h\h\h\hTHINGS ARE STIRRING.
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{\an7}AS THE SUN CREEPS HIGHER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hITS FIRST LIGHT
PENETRATES THE MANGROVES,
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{\an7}AND HUTIA TAKE ADVANTAGE
\h\hOF ITS WARMING RAYS.
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{\an7}ON MAINLAND CUBA,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHESE PLUMP RODENTS
HAVE BECOME VIRTUALLY EXTINCT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOUT HERE,
ONE OF THEIR LAST OUTPOSTS,
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{\an7}THEY THRIVE.
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{\an7}BUT WHILE THEY PEACEFULLY
\h\h\h\h\hSOAK UP THE SUN,
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{\an7}\hTHEIR ARCH-ENEMY
IS NEVER FAR AWAY.
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{\an7}HERE, IN THIS SHALLOW LAGOON,
\h\h\hTHE CROCODILE IS KING.
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{\an7}HE OWNS THESE ISLANDS.
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{\an7}NOTHING HERE WILL PREY ON HIM.
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{\an7}HE IS THE APEX PREDATOR
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{\an7}\h\hAT THE VERY TOP
OF THE FOOD CHAIN.
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{\an7}AMERICAN CROCODILES HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR 240 MILLION YEARS.
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{\an7}AN ENDANGERED SPECIES ELSEWHERE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHERE IN JARDINES,
THE POPULATION IS HEALTHY.
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{\an7}THEY ARE ONE OF THE PLANET’S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLARGEST CROCS,
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{\an7}\h\hGROWING TO OVER
20 FEET IN LENGTH.
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{\an7}\h\hWHEN DINOSAURS
ROAMED THE PLANET,
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{\an7}THE CROCODILE WAS STALKING
\hTHE MANGROVES AND LAGOONS
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{\an7}OF THE CARIBBEAN.
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{\an7}THE DINOSAURS ARE LONG GONE,
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{\an7}BUT THE CROCODILES REMAIN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCROCODILES ARE
AIR-BREATHING REPTILES.
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{\an7}BUT BY REDUCING THEIR HEART RATE
TO JUST 2 OR 3 BEATS A MINUTE,
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{\an7}THEY CAN REMAIN UNDERWATER
\h\h\h\h\hFOR UP TO AN HOUR
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{\an7}ON JUST ONE BREATH OF AIR.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hWITH A LIFE SPAN
OF UP TO 80 YEARS,
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{\an7}MANY OF THESE CROCODILES
\h\hWOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
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{\an7}DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
OF PRESIDENT BATISTA--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWELL BEFORE CASTRO
FIRST SEIZED POWER FROM HIM
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{\an7}HALF A CENTURY AGO.
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{\an7}\hWHILE THE CROCODILE
DOMINATES THE LAGOON,
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{\an7}THE SHARK RULES THE OUTER REEF.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hPACKS OF SILKY SHARKS
PATROL THE OPEN WATER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hANY HINT OF PREY
DRAWING IN LARGE NUMBERS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}IF THE HEALTH OF A SEA
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{\an7}\hIS SAID TO BE MEASURED
BY ITS SHARK POPULATION,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEN THE OCEAN
SURROUNDING THE JARDINES REEF
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{\an7}IS VERY HEALTHY INDEED.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSHARKS ARE
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO THE IMPACTS
OF MAN’S OVERFISHING
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{\an7}\hDUE TO THEIR SLOW
REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hTHEY PRODUCE ONLY
A FEW YOUNG A YEAR,
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{\an7}AND THOSE YOUNG SHARKS
\h\h\hARE SLOW TO GROW,
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{\an7}SOME SPECIES TAKING 20 YEARS
\hTO REACH SEXUAL MATURITY.
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{\an7}MANY ARE KILLED BEFORE THEN
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{\an7}BY OTHER MARINE PREDATORS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOR BY MAN.
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{\an7}[BIRD SQUAWKING]
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{\an7}\hTHANKS TO FIDEL CASTRO,
THIS FORGOTTEN REEF SYSTEM
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{\an7}\hHAS BECOME ONE OF
THEIR LAST REMAINING
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{\an7}CARIBBEAN STRONGHOLDS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THE MANGROVE FORESTS OF JARDINES
ARE ITS LAND BUILDERS--
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{\an7}THE CREATORS OF THE ISLANDS
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{\an7}WHERE THE SHALLOW REEF COMES
CLOSE TO THE SEA’S SURFACE.
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{\an7}[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
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{\an7}THESE FORESTS OF THE TIDAL ZONE
ARE UNIQUE IN THE TREE WORLD.
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{\an7}MANGROVES HAVE EVOLVED
\h\h\hTO OCCUPY A NICHE
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{\an7}WHERE NOTHING ELSE
\h\hCOULD SURVIVE.
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{\an7}THEY ARE TREES CAPABLE OF
\hGROWING IN SALT WATER.
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{\an7}MANGROVES HAVE EVEN EVOLVED
A UNIQUE MEANS OF SPREADING.
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{\an7}\hUNLIKE THE SEEDS
OF ANY OTHER TREES,
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{\an7}INSIDE THE CAPSULE,
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{\an7}THE MANGROVE SEED
IS READY TO SPROUT
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{\an7}AS SOON AS IT CAN
\hATTACH TO LAND.
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{\an7}SO WHEN THEY FALL,
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{\an7}IT’S LIKE THE TREE IS GIVING
\h\hBIRTH TO A NEWBORN BABY,
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{\an7}READY TO GO AS SOON AS IT CAN
HOOK ITSELF TO THE SEA FLOOR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSOME ARE LUCKY
AND ANCHOR WHERE THEY DROP.
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{\an7}FOR THOSE THAT DON’T,
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{\an7}THE SEED POD HAS EVOLVED
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{\an7}\hTO FLOAT WITH THE TIDES
VERTICALLY IN THE WATER.
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{\an7}THAT WAY THEY ARE
\hWELL-POSITIONED
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{\an7}TO CATCH ONTO THE SEA FLOOR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND TAKE ROOT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA NEW TREE,
SPROUTING FROM THE SEABED,
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{\an7}WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY
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{\an7}AS THE MANGROVES SPREAD
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{\an7}\hAND COLONIZE ANOTHER
SECTION OF THE LAGOON.
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{\an7}MANGROVES ARE THE NURSERIES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE OCEAN.
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{\an7}IN THE INTRICATE MESH
\h\h\hOF THEIR ROOTS,
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{\an7}A UNIQUE ECOSYSTEM EXISTS.
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{\an7}FISH COME TO BREED;
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{\an7}\h\hOTHER FISH LIVE OUT
THEIR WHOLE LIVES HERE,
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{\an7}\hWHILE JUVENILES
OF LARGER SPECIES
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{\an7}FIND SHELTER AND FOOD
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{\an7}TILL THEY’RE LARGE ENOUGH
\hTO MIGRATE TO THE REEF.
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{\an7}ON THIS SHALLOW REEF SYSTEM,
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{\an7}THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDES
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS THE LIFEBLOOD.
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{\an7}\hHUGE SECTIONS OF THE REEF
TOTALLY DRY OUT TWICE DAILY.
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{\an7}FOR MANY OF THE RESIDENTS,
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{\an7}THE PULL OF THE OUTGOING TIDE
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{\an7}IS THE SIGNAL FOR MASS MOVEMENTS
FROM THE INNER LAGOON.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE SARDINES
SPEND A LARGE PART OF THE DAY
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{\an7}\hIN THE SHELTER OF THE MANGROVES
AND THE SAFETY OF SHALLOW WATER,
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{\an7}WHERE FEW OF THEIR NATURAL
\hPREDATORS WILL VENTURE.
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{\an7}BUT AS THE TIDES START TO FLOW
AND THE CURRENTS BEGIN TO PULL,
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{\an7}THE SCHOOL WILL LEAVE
\h\hITS MANGROVE HAVEN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND HEAD OUT THROUGH
THE CHANNELS TO THE OPEN SEA,
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{\an7}WHERE DANGER LURKS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}BENEATH JARDINES,
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{\an7}DEEP SLASHES AND GULLIES
\hRUN THROUGH THE REEF...
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{\an7}ANCIENT FRACTURES,
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{\an7}TUNNELS STRETCHING FOR MILES
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{\an7}\hFROM THE LAGOON
TO THE OPEN OCEAN
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{\an7}\hTHROUGH WHICH MILLIONS OF
GALLONS OF WATER PUMP DAILY,
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{\an7}\h\hFILLING AND THEN
DRAINING THE LAGOON.
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{\an7}\h\hSOME HOLES IN THE REEF
ARE LIKE DRAINS IN A BATH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAS THE TIDE FALLS,
THEY EVEN CREATE WHIRLPOOLS,
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{\an7}DRAWING THE LAGOON WATERS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE LABYRINTH
OF HIDDEN CAVES AND CAVERNS.
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{\an7}THE VORTEX INCREASES IN POWER
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{\an7}AS THE OUTGOING TIDE
\h\hBECOMES A FLOOD.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}AS THE TIDE CONTINUES TO EBB,
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{\an7}THE EXPOSED PARTS OF THE REEF
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCREATE A HARSH
SUPERHEATED ENVIRONMENT
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{\an7}WHERE NOTHING CAN SURVIVE.
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{\an7}WITH THE WISDOM OF THE AGES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE CROCODILE KNOWS
THE BEST PLACE TO CATCH PREY.
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{\an7}ITS MAIN DIET IS FISH,
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{\an7}BUT HERE IN JARDINES,
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{\an7}THEY SUPPLEMENT THEIR DIET
\hWITH PLUMP, JUICY HUTIAS.
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{\an7}\h\hTHIS LITTLE FELLOW
IS FLIRTING WITH DEATH,
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{\an7}THOUGH HE DOESN’T KNOW IT.
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{\an7}\h\hTHE CROC HAS PICKED UP THE
VIBRATION OF SOMETHING SWIMMING
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{\an7}AND QUICKLY LOCKS ON TO IT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THIS TIME THE HUTIA IS LUCKY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT REACHES THE SAFETY
OF ANOTHER CLUMP OF MANGROVES
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{\an7}BEFORE THE CROC COULD STRIKE.
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{\an7}HE PROBABLY HAS NO IDEA
JUST HOW CLOSE HE CAME.
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{\an7}BUT THE PRIMEVAL PREDATOR
ISN’T THAT EASILY BEATEN.
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{\an7}IT GOES INTO STEALTH MODE
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SUBMERGES.
191
00:13:10,164 --> 00:13:12,083
{\an7}THE CROC LUNGES.
192
00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:15,295
{\an7}\hTHE PANICKED RODENT
SCRAMBLES FOR SAFETY,
193
00:13:15,336 --> 00:13:17,046
{\an7}BUT THE CROC ISN’T BEATEN YET.
194
00:13:17,088 --> 00:13:28,182
{\an7}♪
195
00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:32,061
{\an7}THE HUTIA HAS TO BE
\hLUCKY EVERY TIME.
196
00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:35,231
{\an7}THE CROC ONLY NEEDS
TO GET LUCKY ONCE.
197
00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:44,782
{\an7}FIDEL CASTRO WAS AN AVID DIVER
\hAND OFTEN VISITED JARDINES.
198
00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:46,868
{\an7}IN FACT, HIS LOVE OF DIVING
199
00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:48,536
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hRESULTED IN
ONE OF THE MORE BIZARRE
200
00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:51,289
{\an7}CIA ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS.
201
00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:57,962
{\an7}\hGRAZING ON ALGAE
ON THE SEA FLOOR,
202
00:13:58,004 --> 00:13:59,464
{\an7}THIS HARMLESS HERBIVORE
203
00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:03,843
{\an7}COULD HAVE ONCE CHANGED
THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
204
00:14:03,885 --> 00:14:07,222
{\an7}\hKNOWING CASTRO’S
PASSION FOR DIVING,
205
00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:09,974
{\an7}THE CIA PLOTTED TO PLANT
\h\h\hAN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
206
00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,601
{\an7}IN A CONCH SHELL,
207
00:14:11,642 --> 00:14:14,061
{\an7}\hBRIGHTLY COLORED
AND UNUSUAL LOOKING
208
00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:18,399
{\an7}\h\h\hSO IT WOULD BE SURE
TO ATTRACT HIS ATTENTION.
209
00:14:18,441 --> 00:14:22,070
{\an7}THE PLAN WAS NEVER
PUT INTO PRACTICE.
210
00:14:22,111 --> 00:14:24,780
{\an7}CASTRO CONTINUED TO DIVE,
211
00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:28,200
{\an7}\h\h\hUNAWARE OF HIS NEAR MISS
WITH AN EXPLODING SEA CREATURE.
212
00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:33,081
{\an7}\hTHIS WASN’T THE ONLY
SCUBA-RELATED ATTEMPT
213
00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:34,874
{\an7}ON HIS LIFE.
214
00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:36,584
{\an7}ANOTHER INVOLVED A WETSUIT
215
00:14:36,626 --> 00:14:40,922
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCONTAMINATED
WITH INFECTED SPORES.
216
00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:43,090
{\an7}\hTHERE WERE SO MANY
ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE
217
00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:45,676
{\an7}THAT CASTRO WAS QUOTED AS SAYING
218
00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:49,055
{\an7}THAT IF SURVIVING ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPTS WAS AN OLYMPIC EVENT,
219
00:14:49,097 --> 00:14:51,266
{\an7}HE WOULD WIN GOLD.
220
00:14:51,307 --> 00:15:01,442
{\an7}♪
221
00:15:01,484 --> 00:15:06,990
{\an7}♪
222
00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:10,159
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIRONICALLY,
CASTRO’S RULE IN CUBA
223
00:15:10,201 --> 00:15:13,037
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHAS HAD ONE
UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCE.
224
00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:18,960
{\an7}LIKE ALL MARINE RESERVES,
225
00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:23,047
{\an7}JARDINES PROVIDES A SANCTUARY
\h\h\h\h\hFOR FISH TO BREED.
226
00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:27,677
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSTOCKS SPILL OUT
AND FUEL NEIGHBORING REGIONS.
227
00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:32,348
{\an7}\hTHE U.S. HAS BENEFITTED HUGELY
FROM THIS MASSIVE MARINE RESERVE
228
00:15:32,390 --> 00:15:34,017
{\an7}ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAIT.
229
00:15:40,982 --> 00:15:45,320
{\an7}THE FISH DON’T NEED A VISA TO
ENTER U.S. TERRITORIAL WATERS,
230
00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:49,156
{\an7}\hAND THE CUBAN RESERVE HAS BEEN
REPLENISHING FLORIDA FISH STOCKS
231
00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:51,075
{\an7}FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
232
00:15:51,117 --> 00:16:04,339
{\an7}♪
233
00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:15,266
{\an7}IT’S UNUSUAL FOR A DIVER TO BE
TRYING TO TEACH A SHARK TO EAT.
234
00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:18,019
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT CAMERAMAN
NOEL FERNANDO LOPEZ
235
00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:19,895
{\an7}IS ON A ONE-MAN CRUSADE
236
00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:22,481
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO COUNTER WHAT
SCIENTISTS HAVE LABELED
237
00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:27,695
{\an7}\h"THE MOST DISASTROUS MARINE
SPECIES INVASION EVENT EVER."
238
00:16:27,737 --> 00:16:31,532
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLIONFISH ARE UNWANTED
ALIEN INVADERS IN THE CARIBBEAN,
239
00:16:31,574 --> 00:16:34,911
{\an7}AND THEY ARE DESTROYING
\h\hNATIVE FISH STOCKS.
240
00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:46,589
{\an7}BY SPEARING LIONFISH
241
00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:50,510
{\an7}\h\hAND TRYING TO FEED THEM TO
THE SHARK OF THE JARDINES REEF,
242
00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,220
{\an7}\hNOEL’S PLAN IS TO
ENCOURAGE THE SHARKS
243
00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:55,473
{\an7}TO START PREYING ON THEM
\h\h\h\h\hINSTINCTIVELY.
244
00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:04,773
{\an7}IT’S TAKEN TIME AND PATIENCE.
245
00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:12,990
{\an7}♪
246
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:15,952
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT AT LAST,
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
247
00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:24,961
{\an7}CREATURES OF THE INDO-PACIFIC,
248
00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:29,590
{\an7}LIONFISH FIRST ARRIVED HERE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE MID-’80s.
249
00:17:29,632 --> 00:17:32,135
{\an7}FLORIDA FISH COLLECTORS
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE BLAMED.
250
00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:34,970
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAS SPECIMENS GREW
TOO BIG FOR THEIR TANKS,
251
00:17:35,012 --> 00:17:37,139
{\an7}SOME WERE RELEASED
INTO THE WATERWAYS.
252
00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:44,147
{\an7}A RECENT STUDY OF DNA EVIDENCE
SUGGESTS THAT THE WHOLE PLAGUE
253
00:17:44,188 --> 00:17:46,899
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hCAN BE NARROWED
TO AROUND A DOZEN LIONFISH
254
00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:49,235
{\an7}THAT INTERBRED.
255
00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:53,156
{\an7}\h\hA LARGE FEMALE CAN PRODUCE
UP TO TWO MILLION EGGS PER YEAR
256
00:17:53,197 --> 00:17:55,282
{\an7}THAT DRIFT ON THE OCEAN CURRENTS
257
00:17:55,324 --> 00:17:58,953
{\an7}\hBEFORE THE SPAWN
SETTLE ON THE REEF.
258
00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:02,081
{\an7}SO IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG
\h\h\hFOR A FEW ALIENS
259
00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:03,708
{\an7}TO BECOME A SCOURGE.
260
00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:08,129
{\an7}GROWING UP TO A FOOT LONG,
261
00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:11,507
{\an7}\h\h\hPROTECTED BY AN ARRAY
OF HIGHLY VENOMOUS SPINES,
262
00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:14,385
{\an7}AND WITH A LIFE SPAN
\hOF UP TO 15 YEARS,
263
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:17,180
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLIONFISH HERE
HAVE NO NATURAL PREDATORS
264
00:18:17,221 --> 00:18:19,390
{\an7}TO KEEP THEIR NUMBERS IN CHECK.
265
00:18:22,184 --> 00:18:28,023
{\an7}AS A RESULT, THEY’VE SPREAD
\h\h\hAT A PRODIGIOUS RATE.
266
00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:30,067
{\an7}VORACIOUS FEEDERS,
267
00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,278
{\an7}THEY TAKE ANYTHING
\hTHEY CAN CATCH--
268
00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,239
{\an7}NOT ONLY SMALL FISH,
269
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,783
{\an7}BUT ALSO THE YOUNG
OF LARGER SPECIES.
270
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:44,082
{\an7}\h\hTHEY HAVE DECIMATED
NATIVE FISH POPULATIONS
271
00:18:44,165 --> 00:18:47,960
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT HAVE IN PLACES
BEEN REDUCED BY OVER 80%.
272
00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:56,927
{\an7}THEY ARE A PARTICULAR THREAT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN MANGROVES
273
00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:59,096
{\an7}THAT NORMALLY PROVIDE
\h\h\h\hA SAFE NURSERY
274
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:01,015
{\an7}FOR THE YOUNG OF MANY FISH.
275
00:19:03,351 --> 00:19:07,063
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THEIR SPREAD
SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN.
276
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,954
{\an7}CHANGING THE SHARKS’
\h\hFEEDING BEHAVIOR
277
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:25,372
{\an7}COULD BE THE SALVATION
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE REEF.
278
00:19:25,414 --> 00:19:37,343
{\an7}♪
279
00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:43,016
{\an7}[BIRD SQUAWKING]
280
00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:52,358
{\an7}FROM THE SHELTER OF THE BUSHES,
281
00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,944
{\an7}\h\hTHE HUTIA CHECKS
THAT IT’S ALL CLEAR.
282
00:19:56,946 --> 00:19:59,574
{\an7}AS THE SUN HAS CLIMBED
\h\hHIGHER IN THE SKY,
283
00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:02,243
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSHE’S VENTURED FROM
THE SAFETY OF THE MANGROVES
284
00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:03,994
{\an7}DOWN TO THE BEACH.
285
00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:09,792
{\an7}AS THE TIDE FLOWS
OUT OF THE LAGOON,
286
00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:11,878
{\an7}STRETCHES OF BEACH ARE EXPOSED
287
00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,004
{\an7}\h\hWHERE THE HUTIA
SCAVENGE FOR FOOD.
288
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,676
{\an7}BUT SHE’S NOT ALONE.
289
00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,178
{\an7}THERE’S A PREHISTORIC REPTILE
290
00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:23,723
{\an7}\hTHAT ALSO COMES DOWN
TO THE BEACH TO FEED,
291
00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,808
{\an7}THOUGH UNLIKE THE CROCODILE,
292
00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:28,019
{\an7}THIS ONE IS NOT A DANGER TO HER.
293
00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:35,401
{\an7}THE CUBAN IGUANA
294
00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:38,529
{\an7}IS ONE OF THE LARGEST LIZARDS
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE CARIBBEAN
295
00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:41,032
{\an7}\h\h\hAND ALSO ONE OF
THE MOST ENDANGERED.
296
00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:49,123
{\an7}BUT HERE IN THE GARDEN
\h\h\h\hOF THE QUEENS,
297
00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:51,501
{\an7}WITHOUT ANY NATURAL PREDATORS,
298
00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:53,419
{\an7}THEY ARE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE.
299
00:20:53,461 --> 00:21:05,223
{\an7}♪
300
00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:18,068
{\an7}♪
301
00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:20,904
{\an7}[IGUANA HISSING]
302
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:26,660
{\an7}♪
303
00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:28,287
{\an7}[HUTIA SQUEAKING]
304
00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:35,711
{\an7}HUTIA AND IGUANA
ARE EQUALS HERE,
305
00:21:35,753 --> 00:21:39,257
{\an7}\hNEITHER AFRAID OF THE OTHER
AS THEY SQUABBLE OVER MORSELS.
306
00:21:43,844 --> 00:21:46,597
{\an7}LIKE MINI PREHISTORIC DINOSAURS,
307
00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,517
{\an7}THE IGUANA ALSO SORT OUT
\h\h\h\hTHEIR OWN ISSUES.
308
00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:50,809
{\an7}[TAILS SLAPPING]
309
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,311
{\an7}[SLAP]
310
00:21:54,939 --> 00:21:56,149
{\an7}[SLAP]
311
00:21:56,190 --> 00:22:10,788
{\an7}♪
312
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,874
{\an7}[SNIFFING]
313
00:22:16,377 --> 00:22:19,338
{\an7}\h\hTIRED OF COMPETING
FOR FOOD ON THE BEACH,
314
00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:21,048
{\an7}THE HUTIA RETURNS TO HER HOME
315
00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:23,259
{\an7}IN THE LOWER BRANCHES
\h\h\hOF THE MANGROVE.
316
00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:36,314
{\an7}BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE CROCODILE
\hHAS SENSED HER MOVEMENTS--
317
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:40,025
{\an7}THE VIBRATIONS OF THE BRANCHES
CARRYING FAR THROUGH THE WATER.
318
00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:44,363
{\an7}SHE’S CLOSE TO THE WATERLINE,
319
00:22:44,405 --> 00:22:46,324
{\an7}\h\hHOPING THE TIDE
WILL BRING WITH IT
320
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,367
{\an7}SCRAPS OF VEGETATION TO FEED ON.
321
00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:58,293
{\an7}\h\hTHE HUGE KILLER MOVES
WITH INCREDIBLE STEALTH.
322
00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:01,004
{\an7}AS IT CLOSES IN ON HER,
323
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:04,967
{\an7}\h\hITS MOVEMENTS ARE SO SUBTLE
THAT IT BARELY CAUSES A RIPPLE.
324
00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:10,723
{\an7}SHE’S JUST GOTTEN LUCKY,
325
00:23:10,764 --> 00:23:13,934
{\an7}THE EBBING TIDE HAVING CARRIED
\h\h\hWITH IT A SCRAP OF FOOD
326
00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:15,936
{\an7}THAT SHE’S PLUCKED
\h\hFROM THE WATER.
327
00:23:15,978 --> 00:23:24,778
{\an7}♪
328
00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:30,034
{\an7}IT’S INCREDIBLE THAT SHE DOESN’T
SEE THIS PRIMEVAL PREDATOR.
329
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:32,077
{\an7}SHE IS SO ENGROSSED
\h\h\h\hIN HER FOOD
330
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,039
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT HIS APPROACH
GOES TOTALLY UNNOTICED.
331
00:23:41,337 --> 00:23:45,883
{\an7}[SQUEAKING]
332
00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:50,263
{\an7}CLAMPING THE STILL STRUGGLING
\hHUTIA IN HIS POWERFUL JAWS,
333
00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:54,517
{\an7}THE CROCODILE CASUALLY DRAGS IT
\h\h\hDOWN TO THE LAGOON FLOOR.
334
00:23:54,558 --> 00:24:06,779
{\an7}♪
335
00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:16,788
{\an7}♪
336
00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:22,377
{\an7}♪
337
00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:26,089
{\an7}THE HARSH REALITY
OF LIFE AND DEATH
338
00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:28,216
{\an7}IN THE GARDEN OF THE QUEENS.
339
00:24:28,258 --> 00:24:35,140
{\an7}♪
340
00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:39,436
{\an7}[WIND WHISTLING]
341
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:40,854
{\an7}FOR HOURS NOW,
342
00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:44,066
{\an7}PARTS OF THE INNER LAGOON
\h\h\h\h\h\hHAVE BEEN DRY,
343
00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:46,193
{\an7}PARCHED BY THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
344
00:24:46,235 --> 00:24:49,572
{\an7}BUT RELIEF COMES AT LAST.
345
00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:51,865
{\an7}EVENTUALLY THE TIDE CHANGES,
346
00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:55,577
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND LIFE-GIVING WATER
CREEPS BACK OVER THE SHALLOWS.
347
00:24:55,619 --> 00:25:08,841
{\an7}♪
348
00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:11,760
{\an7}AS THE TIDE FLOWS
\hINTO THE LAGOON,
349
00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:14,555
{\an7}\hTHOSE SAME SINKHOLES
THAT IT DRAINED OUT OF
350
00:25:14,596 --> 00:25:18,141
{\an7}\h\hNOW BECOME A MAGNET
FOR SCHOOLS OF SNAPPER.
351
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:31,405
{\an7}♪
352
00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:41,457
{\an7}♪
353
00:25:41,498 --> 00:25:46,753
{\an7}♪
354
00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:50,340
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY’RE ATTRACTED
BY THE INCOMING TIDAL WATERS,
355
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:53,760
{\an7}RICH IN FOOD AND NUTRIENTS
\h\h\hFROM THE OUTER REEF.
356
00:25:58,849 --> 00:26:01,060
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT THE HEIGHT
OF THE FLOODING TIDE,
357
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,687
{\an7}HUNDREDS OF FISH ARE SCHOOLING.
358
00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:10,736
{\an7}♪
359
00:26:10,778 --> 00:26:15,992
{\an7}[WIND WHISTLING]
360
00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:21,163
{\an7}[FROGS CROAKING]
361
00:26:21,205 --> 00:26:23,999
{\an7}DUSK ON THE OUTER REEF,
362
00:26:24,041 --> 00:26:27,586
{\an7}\hAND THE SHARKS CONTINUE
THEIR RELENTLESS PATROL.
363
00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:29,213
{\an7}THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
364
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:32,507
{\an7}THEY’LL BE CRUISING IN THEIR
NEVER-ENDING HUNT FOR PREY.
365
00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:40,515
{\an7}♪
366
00:26:40,557 --> 00:26:43,769
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE RICHNESS OF LIFE
AMONG THIS STRING OF ISLANDS
367
00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,813
{\an7}HAS RESULTED IN A CONCENTRATION
368
00:26:45,854 --> 00:26:48,899
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOF BIG, HEALTHY
CARIBBEAN REEF SHARKS,
369
00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:51,735
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWELL FED
ON THE UNLIMITED FOOD SOURCE.
370
00:26:54,530 --> 00:26:58,534
{\an7}SHARK POPULATIONS IN MOST OTHER
REGIONS OF THE PLANET’S OCEANS
371
00:26:58,575 --> 00:27:00,994
{\an7}ARE IN FREEFALL,
372
00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,372
{\an7}PLUMMETING TO A TINY PROPORTION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF WHAT THEY WERE
373
00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,206
{\an7}JUST TEN YEARS AGO.
374
00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:09,587
{\an7}BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF FISHING,
375
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:13,340
{\an7}JARDINES IS ONE OF THE FEW
LOCATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN
376
00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:16,218
{\an7}WHERE SHARKS SEEM TO BE
\h\hHOLDING THEIR OWN.
377
00:27:16,260 --> 00:27:25,394
{\an7}♪
378
00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:33,276
{\an7}♪
379
00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:36,155
{\an7}THE NOCTURNAL NURSE SHARK
380
00:27:36,196 --> 00:27:39,658
{\an7}IS AS NON-AGGRESSIVE A SHARK
\h\h\h\hAS CAN BE IMAGINED,
381
00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:43,078
{\an7}LAZING UNDER THE SHELTER
\h\hOF A CORAL OVERHANG,
382
00:27:43,162 --> 00:27:46,374
{\an7}\h\h\hWHILE A REMORA EXPLORES
ITS GILL SLITS FOR PARASITES.
383
00:27:56,383 --> 00:28:01,013
{\an7}ANOTHER SHARK, RATHER THAN BEING
A SCARY PREDATOR TO AVOID,
384
00:28:01,054 --> 00:28:02,514
{\an7}BECOMES A RUBBING BOARD
385
00:28:02,556 --> 00:28:05,851
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFOR FISH TRYING TO
RID THEMSELVES OF PARASITES
386
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,020
{\an7}\h\h\hON THE SHARK’S
SANDPAPER-LIKE SKIN.
387
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:30,917
{\an7}♪
388
00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:34,171
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE JARDINES HAVE
MANY DIFFERING ECOSYSTEMS.
389
00:28:37,299 --> 00:28:40,219
{\an7}THE SEAGRASS MEADOWS
\h\h\hAND SAND FLATS
390
00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:43,054
{\an7}\h\h\hPROVIDE A HUNTING GROUND
FOR MANY CREATURES OF THE REEF.
391
00:28:43,096 --> 00:28:53,773
{\an7}♪
392
00:28:53,815 --> 00:28:55,942
{\an7}THE FLOOR OF THE INNER LAGOON
393
00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:58,862
{\an7}\h\hHAS BEEN COLONIZED
BY A BIZARRE CREATURE.
394
00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:07,162
{\an7}\h\hUNLIKE OTHER JELLYFISH
THAT DRIFT WITH THE TIDES,
395
00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:08,372
{\an7}THE CASSIOPEIA,
396
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,666
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOMMONLY KNOWN
AS THE UPSIDE-DOWN JELLYFISH,
397
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:13,627
{\an7}IS USUALLY SEDENTARY,
398
00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:16,714
{\an7}\h\h\hSETTLING UPSIDE DOWN
ON THE SHALLOW SEA FLOOR.
399
00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:20,050
{\an7}INTRIGUINGLY,
400
00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:24,680
{\an7}THIS STRANGELY EVOLVED JELLYFISH
NEEDS SUNSHINE TO SURVIVE.
401
00:29:24,721 --> 00:29:25,805
{\an7}WHY?
402
00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:28,099
{\an7}BECAUSE THE JELLYFISH
\h\h\h\hIS A FARMER,
403
00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:31,519
{\an7}GROWING ITS OWN FOOD
\hTO SUSTAIN ITSELF.
404
00:29:36,984 --> 00:29:39,361
{\an7}IN THE SHALLOW SUNLIT WATERS,
405
00:29:39,403 --> 00:29:41,947
{\an7}THROUGH A PROCESS
OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS,
406
00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:45,117
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT GROWS ALGAE
INSIDE ITS TENTACLES,
407
00:29:45,158 --> 00:29:48,036
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hPROVIDING ITSELF
WITH A CONSTANT FOOD SUPPLY.
408
00:29:55,085 --> 00:29:57,921
{\an7}A SHADOW PASSES OVER THE REEF.
409
00:30:11,852 --> 00:30:15,356
{\an7}A HAND-BUILT WOODEN BOAT...
410
00:30:15,397 --> 00:30:19,067
{\an7}\hA BATTERED RELIC
FROM DECADES PAST.
411
00:30:19,109 --> 00:30:21,028
{\an7}FISHERMEN HAVE ARRIVED.
412
00:30:35,459 --> 00:30:38,087
{\an7}LOBSTER ARE SHY CREATURES,
413
00:30:38,128 --> 00:30:42,215
{\an7}\hGENERALLY HIDING
IN THE REEF BY DAY.
414
00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:44,384
{\an7}SO IN THIS UNIQUE FISHERY,
415
00:30:44,426 --> 00:30:48,347
{\an7}THE TRICK IS TO PROVIDE SHELTERS
WHERE THE LOBSTER FEEL SAFE
416
00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:50,056
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND PROTECTED
FROM NATURAL PREDATORS...
417
00:30:52,434 --> 00:30:55,979
{\an7}AT LEAST UNTIL THE FISHERMAN
\h\h\h\h\hTICKLES THEM OUT.
418
00:31:29,012 --> 00:31:32,265
{\an7}\hTHE TECHNIQUES OF THESE
LOBSTERMEN ARE A FAR CRY
419
00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:34,810
{\an7}FROM THOSE OF INDUSTRIALIZED
\h\h\h\h\h\hFISHING VESSELS.
420
00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:41,900
{\an7}THEY DON’T USE POTS, TRAPS,
\h\h\hOR LONG TANGLE NETS--
421
00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:44,361
{\an7}THE TOOLS OF LOBSTER
FISHERMEN ELSEWHERE.
422
00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:51,159
{\an7}THESE FISHERMAN’S TOOLS
\hCOULDN’T BE SIMPLER--
423
00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:53,537
{\an7}JUST A SNORKEL, MASK,
424
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:55,789
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA TICKLE STICK
TO CHASE THEM OUT FROM COVER,
425
00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:59,585
{\an7}\h\h\hAND A HAND-HELD NET THAT
THE PANICKED LOBSTER JETS INTO.
426
00:32:14,724 --> 00:32:16,768
{\an7}[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
427
00:32:18,812 --> 00:32:21,273
{\an7}WHEN THE ROWBOAT
HAS A GOOD HAUL,
428
00:32:21,314 --> 00:32:23,900
{\an7}THESE ARE TAKEN BACK
TO THE MOTHER SHIP--
429
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:27,028
{\an7}IN REALITY, JUST A SMALL
\h\hINSHORE FISHING BOAT.
430
00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:52,888
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS HAS
A UNIQUELY DESIGNED HULL,
431
00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:55,140
{\an7}ALLOWING FRESH SEAWATER
\h\h\h\h\hTO CIRCULATE
432
00:32:55,182 --> 00:32:57,434
{\an7}\h\hDURING THE VOYAGE
BACK TO THE MAINLAND,
433
00:32:57,476 --> 00:33:01,021
{\an7}KEEPING THE CATCH
ALIVE AND HEALTHY.
434
00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:06,359
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS SINGLE BOAT
IS THE ONLY ONE LICENSED
435
00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:09,404
{\an7}TO COLLECT STRICTLY CONTROLLED
\h\h\h\h\h\hNUMBERS OF LOBSTER
436
00:33:09,446 --> 00:33:11,782
{\an7}FROM THE JARDINES REEF.
437
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:20,582
{\an7}IT’S A LOW-IMPACT,
LOW-TECH FISHERY--
438
00:33:20,624 --> 00:33:25,420
{\an7}MAN’S ACTIONS NOT IMPACTING
\h\h\h\hON NATURE’S BALANCE.
439
00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:29,049
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS A RESULT,
LOBSTER ARE MORE ABUNDANT HERE
440
00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:32,010
{\an7}\h\hTHAN ANYWHERE ELSE
IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
441
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:39,226
{\an7}[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
442
00:33:40,810 --> 00:33:44,731
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE LOBSTER HAVE
OTHER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.
443
00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:49,444
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOUT OF THE MURK
EMERGES THE GOLIATH GROUPER,
444
00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:51,321
{\an7}ONE OF THE REEF’S TOP PREDATORS.
445
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:55,492
{\an7}THIS ONE IS OVER 5 FEET LONG.
446
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:58,495
{\an7}\hDUE TO ITS SIZE,
IT FEARS NOTHING,
447
00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:00,664
{\an7}NOT EVEN THE SHARKS OF THE REEF,
448
00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:03,708
{\an7}LIVING COMFORTABLY
\h\hALONGSIDE THEM.
449
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:05,961
{\an7}IT’S LIKE A SUMO WRESTLER,
450
00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:08,254
{\an7}TREATING THE SHARK WITH DISDAIN,
451
00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:11,925
{\an7}AS MERE LIGHTWEIGHTS IN CONTRAST
TO ITS COLOSSAL BULK.
452
00:34:11,967 --> 00:34:20,058
{\an7}♪
453
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:23,854
{\an7}\h\hREMORAS USUALLY ATTACH
TO THE SEA’S BIGGEST FISH,
454
00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:26,064
{\an7}SUCH AS WHALES AND SHARKS.
455
00:34:26,106 --> 00:34:28,483
{\an7}\hHERE THE GROUPER
HAVE GROWN SO BIG
456
00:34:28,525 --> 00:34:33,655
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN PERSONAL REMORAS.
457
00:34:33,697 --> 00:34:35,199
{\an7}THESE GIANTS OF THE REEF
458
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,993
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHAVE BEEN FISHED
TO SUCH AN EXTENT ELSEWHERE
459
00:34:38,034 --> 00:34:39,994
{\an7}THAT THEY NEVER GET
THE CHANCE TO GROW
460
00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:42,705
{\an7}TO THE SIZE OF THE GROUPER HERE.
461
00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:46,668
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEIR THICK FLESHY MEAT
FETCHES EQUALLY FLESHY PRICES
462
00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:50,923
{\an7}\h\hIN RESORT RESTAURANTS
THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN,
463
00:34:50,964 --> 00:34:54,634
{\an7}\h\hSO ENCOUNTERS WITH ANY
BUT THE SMALLEST ARE RARE.
464
00:34:54,676 --> 00:34:58,221
{\an7}HERE THEY ARE IN A POSITION
\hOF UNCHALLENGED DOMINANCE.
465
00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:06,730
{\an7}ITS HUGE MOUTH CREATES A VACUUM
466
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:10,066
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT SUCKS IN
RATHER THAN BITES ITS PREY.
467
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:19,868
{\an7}♪
468
00:35:19,909 --> 00:35:31,003
{\an7}♪
469
00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:32,422
{\an7}THE PROFUSION OF LOBSTER
470
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:34,549
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPROVIDES
AN IMPORTANT FOOD SOURCE
471
00:35:34,591 --> 00:35:36,718
{\an7}NOT ONLY FOR THE GOLIATH,
472
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,096
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT FOR OTHER
LARGE FISH OF THE REEF--
473
00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,223
{\an7}BLACK GROUPER AND SNAPPER
\hTHAT ALSO GROW FAT HERE
474
00:35:42,265 --> 00:35:44,559
{\an7}ON THE PERPETUAL
LOBSTER BANQUET.
475
00:35:44,601 --> 00:35:54,694
{\an7}♪
476
00:35:54,736 --> 00:35:56,279
{\an7}ANY LOBSTER FOOLISH ENOUGH
477
00:35:56,321 --> 00:35:59,199
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO STRAY OUT
INTO THE DAYTIME SEA FLOOR
478
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,075
{\an7}IS FAIR GAME.
479
00:36:01,117 --> 00:36:09,375
{\an7}♪
480
00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:12,629
{\an7}AND WHEN THE GOLIATH
\hCHOOSES HIS PREY,
481
00:36:12,671 --> 00:36:14,590
{\an7}NONE STAND IN HIS WAY.
482
00:36:14,631 --> 00:36:24,641
{\an7}♪
483
00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:29,563
{\an7}♪
484
00:36:29,604 --> 00:36:39,572
{\an7}♪
485
00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:44,536
{\an7}♪
486
00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:52,710
{\an7}♪
487
00:36:55,755 --> 00:37:09,936
{\an7}[SQUAWKING]
488
00:37:09,978 --> 00:37:13,982
{\an7}Narrator: THE FRIGATEBIRD’S
WINGSPAN CAN EXCEED 6 FEET,
489
00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:15,316
{\an7}AND THEY ARE KNOWN
TO STAY IN THE AIR
490
00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:17,151
{\an7}FOR UP TO A WEEK.
491
00:37:23,408 --> 00:37:26,745
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT DESPITE THEIR
INCREDIBLE FLYING ABILITY,
492
00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:28,705
{\an7}FRIGATEBIRDS CAN’T SWIM,
493
00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:31,250
{\an7}SO MID-OCEANIC OASES
\hSUCH AS JARDINES,
494
00:37:31,291 --> 00:37:32,959
{\an7}WHERE THEY CAN ROOST,
495
00:37:33,001 --> 00:37:34,836
{\an7}ARE ESSENTIAL TO THEM.
496
00:37:34,878 --> 00:37:48,266
{\an7}♪
497
00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:52,062
{\an7}THE COLONY HERE IS BUSIEST
\hDURING THE MATING SEASON,
498
00:37:52,187 --> 00:37:54,606
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMALES INFLATING
THEIR RED THROAT POUCHES
499
00:37:54,647 --> 00:38:00,069
{\an7}TO ATTRACT FEMALES IN ELABORATE
\hCOURTSHIP AERIAL ACROBATICS.
500
00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:13,374
{\an7}♪
501
00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:18,004
{\an7}\hTHE SHARKS HAVE BECOME AGITATED
AND ARE CLEARLY IN HUNTING MODE.
502
00:38:26,054 --> 00:38:28,515
{\an7}SOMETHING HAS FIRED
\hTHEIR ATTENTION,
503
00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:31,184
{\an7}AND SURPRISINGLY,
\hIT’S A LIONFISH.
504
00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:42,738
{\an7}♪
505
00:38:42,779 --> 00:38:46,116
{\an7}IT APPEARS THAT NOEL’S FEEDING
LESSONS TO THE RESIDENT SHARKS
506
00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:47,909
{\an7}ARE PAYING OFF.
507
00:38:47,951 --> 00:38:56,168
{\an7}♪
508
00:38:56,209 --> 00:39:00,463
{\an7}WITH THE ACTION SLOWED DOWN,
IT’S CLEAR WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
509
00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:12,976
{\an7}♪
510
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:17,772
{\an7}ON THIS OCCASION, THE SHARK’S
OVERRIDING PREDATORY INSTINCT
511
00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:21,484
{\an7}WINS OUT OVER ITS SUSPICION
\hOF THIS ALIEN IN ITS SEA.
512
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:33,121
{\an7}IF THE CARIBBEAN SHARKS ACTUALLY
LEARN TO FEED ON LIONFISH,
513
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:34,580
{\an7}IT COULD BE THE FIRST STEP
514
00:39:34,622 --> 00:39:37,083
{\an7}TOWARDS RESTORING BALANCE
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE REGION.
515
00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:43,798
{\an7}♪
516
00:39:56,895 --> 00:40:01,191
{\an7}AS THE TIDE STARTS TO RUN OUT
\h\hOF THE LAGOON ONCE MORE,
517
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:02,525
{\an7}THE MASSIVE QUANTITY OF WATER
518
00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,320
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIS CHANNELED INTO
NARROW PASSAGES IN THE REEF,
519
00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:08,364
{\an7}AND THE CURRENT FLOWS
\h\hFAST AND POWERFUL.
520
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,121
{\an7}\hTHIS IS THE TIME OF ONE OF
JARDINES’ FINEST SPECTACLES.
521
00:40:22,045 --> 00:40:24,839
{\an7}ALL THE FISH THAT HAVE
SHELTERED IN THE LAGOON
522
00:40:24,881 --> 00:40:26,716
{\an7}AND AMONG THE MANGROVES
523
00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,844
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hARE NOW DRAWN BY
THE PRIMEVAL PULL OF THE TIDE
524
00:40:29,886 --> 00:40:32,180
{\an7}TOWARDS THE OPEN SEA.
525
00:40:32,221 --> 00:40:36,058
{\an7}BONEFISH ARE LONE HUNTERS
\hOF THE LAGOON SHALLOWS
526
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:39,979
{\an7}\hBUT SCHOOL TOGETHER
TO RIDE THE CURRENTS.
527
00:40:40,021 --> 00:40:43,066
{\an7}AND THE SARDINES THAT HAVE BEEN
SHELTERING AMONG THE MANGROVES
528
00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:46,027
{\an7}ALSO START TO MOBILIZE,
529
00:40:46,069 --> 00:40:49,322
{\an7}\hSTREAMING OUT TO SEA
WITH THE EBBING TIDE,
530
00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:52,075
{\an7}HEADING TO THEIR
FEEDING GROUNDS.
531
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,619
{\an7}PREDATORS ARE READY TO ATTACK,
532
00:40:54,661 --> 00:40:57,622
{\an7}\h\h\hBOTH FROM THE SEA
AND ALSO FROM THE AIR.
533
00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,463
{\an7}\h\h\hIT SEEMS AS THOUGH
EVERY FISH IN THE LAGOON
534
00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:07,799
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIS HEADING
IN ONE SINGLE DIRECTION
535
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,677
{\an7}ALONG THE CHANNELS
TO THE OPEN OCEAN.
536
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:16,390
{\an7}BUT DANGER LURKS JUST OUTSIDE
\h\h\h\hTHE CHANNEL ENTRANCE.
537
00:41:16,432 --> 00:41:19,060
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE PREDATORS
OF THE OPEN OCEAN KNOW
538
00:41:19,102 --> 00:41:21,605
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT THE CURRENT
BRINGS WITH IT A BANQUET
539
00:41:21,646 --> 00:41:23,606
{\an7}AND WAIT WITH ANTICIPATION.
540
00:41:27,944 --> 00:41:31,030
{\an7}THE SHARKS SPRINT IN
\h\h\hFROM THE BLUE.
541
00:41:31,072 --> 00:41:34,284
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE OUTPOURING OF WATER
FLOODING FROM THE SHALLOW LAGOON
542
00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:37,203
{\an7}BRINGS WITH IT THEIR PREY.
543
00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,622
{\an7}WHEN PREDATOR AND PREY MEET,
544
00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:42,959
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE OCEAN BOILS
WITH THE FRENZY OF THE FEED.
545
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,429
{\an7}WHALE SHARKS ATTACK FROM BELOW
546
00:41:55,471 --> 00:41:57,974
{\an7}AND DRIVE THE SCHOOL
\h\h\hTO THE SURFACE,
547
00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:01,269
{\an7}LEAVING THEM NOWHERE TO GO.
548
00:42:01,310 --> 00:42:03,062
{\an7}IT’S A SYNCHRONIZED BALLET
549
00:42:03,104 --> 00:42:06,816
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hPERFORMED BY TWO
OF THE PLANET’S GREATEST FISH
550
00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,569
{\an7}AS THEY CIRCLE ROUND,
\h\hEATING THEIR FILL.
551
00:42:09,610 --> 00:42:19,078
{\an7}♪
552
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:29,714
{\an7}♪
553
00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:42,435
{\an7}♪
554
00:42:42,477 --> 00:42:46,189
{\an7}THEIR HUGE SIZE TOTALLY
DWARFS THE SILKY SHARKS
555
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:48,399
{\an7}THAT HAVE ALSO COME
TO JOIN THE FEAST.
556
00:42:48,441 --> 00:43:00,578
{\an7}♪
557
00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:13,925
{\an7}♪
558
00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:17,052
{\an7}TIMELESS IN ITS DRAMA
\h\h\hAND ITS BEAUTY,
559
00:43:17,178 --> 00:43:20,264
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS BALLET HAS BEEN
PERFORMED AGAIN AND AGAIN
560
00:43:20,306 --> 00:43:23,309
{\an7}ON CASTRO’S SECRET REEF,
561
00:43:23,351 --> 00:43:27,522
{\an7}BUT RARELY HAS IT BEEN WITNESSED
IN THIS REMOTE WILDERNESS.
562
00:43:27,563 --> 00:43:37,531
{\an7}♪
563
00:43:37,573 --> 00:43:42,536
{\an7}♪
564
00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:57,093
{\an7}♪
565
00:43:57,135 --> 00:44:10,982
{\an7}♪
566
00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:14,109
{\an7}MEANWHILE, FARTHER OUT TO SEA,
567
00:44:14,152 --> 00:44:15,862
{\an7}A SMALL GROUP OF SARDINES
568
00:44:15,903 --> 00:44:18,447
{\an7}\h\h\hHAS BEEN LOCATED
BY A PACK OF SAILFISH,
569
00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:22,284
{\an7}\h\h\hAMONG THE OCEAN’S
MOST EFFICIENT KILLERS.
570
00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:25,454
{\an7}GROWING TO AROUND
10 FEET IN LENGTH
571
00:44:25,496 --> 00:44:29,625
{\an7}\hAND ABLE TO ACHIEVE SPEEDS
OF UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR,
572
00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:31,419
{\an7}THESE STREAMLINED HUNTERS
573
00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:34,630
{\an7}HAVE A DEVASTATING TURN
\h\h\hOF ACCELERATION.
574
00:44:34,672 --> 00:44:37,508
{\an7}THEIR HUNTING BEHAVIOR
\h\h\h\h\hIS AN EXAMPLE
575
00:44:37,550 --> 00:44:42,138
{\an7}\h\hOF RARELY OBSERVED
COOPERATION AMONG FISH.
576
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:46,559
{\an7}\h\h\hWHEN SWIMMING, THE SAIL
IS NORMALLY KEPT FOLDED DOWN.
577
00:44:46,601 --> 00:44:50,313
{\an7}BUT WHEN THEY FIND PREY,
SAILFISH ACT AS A GROUP.
578
00:44:50,354 --> 00:44:52,064
{\an7}RAISING THEIR FINS,
579
00:44:52,106 --> 00:44:55,651
{\an7}MAKING THE INDIVIDUAL FISH
\h\h\h\hAPPEAR EVEN LARGER,
580
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:58,404
{\an7}THE PACK USE THEIR SAILS
TO HERD A SCHOOL OF FISH
581
00:44:58,446 --> 00:45:00,531
{\an7}INTO AN EVER TIGHTER BALL.
582
00:45:03,451 --> 00:45:06,829
{\an7}\hTHEY THEN DART IN
TO SEIZE THEIR PREY.
583
00:45:09,874 --> 00:45:12,335
{\an7}FEW OF THE SARDINES WILL SURVIVE
584
00:45:12,376 --> 00:45:19,383
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS COORDINATED
AND DEADLY ONSLAUGHT.
585
00:45:19,425 --> 00:45:22,136
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S A SPECTACLE
THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THESE SEAS
586
00:45:22,178 --> 00:45:25,181
{\an7}BEFORE MANKIND WALKED THE EARTH.
587
00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:27,350
{\an7}BUT WITH THE BURGEONING
\h\h\h\h\hRELATIONSHIP
588
00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:30,227
{\an7}BETWEEN CUBA AND ITS NEIGHBOR,
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE UNITED STATES,
589
00:45:30,269 --> 00:45:34,231
{\an7}IT MAY BE ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
\h\h\hBEFORE A FLOOD OF TOURISM
590
00:45:34,273 --> 00:45:39,403
{\an7}INTRUDES UPON THIS FORGOTTEN
\h\h\h\h\hAND FRAGILE WORLD.
591
00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:40,905
{\an7}IN THE MEANTIME,
592
00:45:40,947 --> 00:45:43,908
{\an7}THE DAILY CYCLE OF LIFE
\h\h\h\h\hAND OF DEATH
593
00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:46,161
{\an7}IN THE GARDEN OF THE QUEENS
594
00:45:46,202 --> 00:45:49,580
{\an7}CONTINUES AS IT ALWAYS HAS.
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