One Life Page #5

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She's cleared an intricate network of trails

all around her territory.

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And she's memorized

every twist and turn of this maze.

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And here's why.

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(dramatic music)

399

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The monitor lizard is very fast

in short bursts.

400

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but she's the one with the agility

to take the tight corners.

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(dramatic music)

402

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And she makes the most

of home advantage.

403

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She's not only outrun the lizard,

404

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she's outwitted him.

405

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(insects buzzing)

406

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Home safe,

in time to suckle her baby.

407

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Her escape plan

has kept them both alive.

408

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For every hunter

who thinks he's invincible,

409

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there's an escape artist

to gladden your heart.

410

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(soft music)

411

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Meet the pebble toad.

412

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And his sworn enemy,

the toad-eating tarantula.

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The pebble toad has no armour.

414

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He crawls very slowly...

415

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and hopping is quite beyond him.

416

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On the face of it,

417

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no contest.

418

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(gulping)

419

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but he's not called a pebble toad

for nothing.

420

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(dramatic music)

421

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He rolls like a pebble

422

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and he bounces like a pebble...

423

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right out of danger.

424

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(birds chirping)

425

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Now meet the Jesus Christ lizard.

426

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He may look relaxed,

427

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but he's actually about to do

something quite miraculous.

428

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(squawking)

429

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That hunter's too close.

Time to go.

430

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(rhythmic music)

431

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(soft music)

432

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We'd have to run at more

than 65 miles an hour to do this.

433

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He's got a talent for walking on water

and a name to match.

434

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(joyful music)

435

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There are places

where there's simply nowhere to run.

436

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Then your best chance

is to hide in a crowd.

437

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Each individual fish joins the shoal

to save its own skin,

438

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but the synchronized flash of silver

439

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makes it hard for the hunter

to pick out a victim.

440

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(joyful music)

441

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(squawking)

442

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Unfortunately,

a crowd attracts attention.

443

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And the fish find themselves

at the centre of a feeding frenzy.

444

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(dramatic music)

445

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A shoal reduced to a few survivors,

446

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this time by calm,

surgical precision.

447

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Sailfish combine speed

with skilful swordplay

448

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to pick off one fish after another.

449

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So is there anywhere to escape?

450

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(epic music)

451

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Fish... that fly.

452

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Escaping the clutches of a hunter

is not just about self-preservation.

453

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Often there is even more at stake.

454

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(dramatic music)

455

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Red-billed tropicbirds coming home

from a fishing trip.

456

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(squawking)

457

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Frigate birds patrolling offshore.

458

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Waiting.

459

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They don't want to kill him;

they want to steal his fish.

460

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lt's easier than catching their own.

461

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Another ambush.

462

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(squawking)

463

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There goes the fish.

464

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Another victory for the robbers.

465

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lt's nesting time here in Tobago

and this chick is hungry.

466

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lts father has yet

to battle his way through.

467

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(dramatic music)

468

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Frigate birds are faster,

but tropicbirds are quicker on the turn.

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(squawking)

470

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(chirping)

471

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He didn't fight off his attackers

to feed himself.

472

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He did it for his chick.

(chirping)

473

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because nothing is more important to him

than family.

474

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lt's tempting to think

that the story of life

475

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is just about survival,

staying alive,

476

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but living here is an animal

who turns that idea on its head

477

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because in life,

there is one greater purpose,

478

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one greater goal.

479

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(breathing)

480

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This giant octopus is looking

for a new home.

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(breathing)

482

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lt has to be just right.

483

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She's planning on raising a family,

484

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and living there

for the rest of her life.

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(breathing)

486

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These translucent curtains of eggs

are her first brood.

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Her only brood.

488

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A giant octopus has only one chance

to be a mother.

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For 6 long months,

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she dare not leave her eggs

unprotected for a moment.

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Not even to feed.

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She's prepared to starve herself

to death...

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for the sake of her young.

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