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BBC Wild Pacific: An Ocean of Extraordinary Discoveries (2009) | Index |
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| 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 |
 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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