1 00:00:00,467 --> 00:00:02,336 COCOS ISLAND. 2 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:05,639 A REMOTE AND UNTAMED MARINE RESERVE, 3 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:10,110 IN THE WILD BLUE WATERS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC. 4 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:13,580 RINGED BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST CORAL REEFS. 5 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:18,518 COCOS IS A HOLY GRAIL FOR DIVERS AND UNDERSEA EXPLORERS. 6 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:24,124 DEEP, DISTANT WATERS EXPLODE WITH LIFE, 7 00:00:24,124 --> 00:00:26,960 STRANGE CREATURES. 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,297 MONSTER SCHOOLS OF FISH 9 00:00:30,297 --> 00:00:33,867 AND POWERFUL APEX PREDATORS. 10 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:38,372 AN ASTONISHING JOURNEY DEEP INTO AN UNDERWATER REALM 11 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:42,009 BEYOND THE EDGE OF LIGHT. 12 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:45,279 NIGHT TIME AT COCOS BELONGS TO THE HUNTER. 13 00:00:45,279 --> 00:00:50,284 HUNGRY ARMIES OF WHITETIPS SCOURING THE REEFS 14 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:54,254 AS THEY'VE DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 15 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:57,357 HERE, ON THIS MAGNIFICENT "ISLAND OF THE SHARKS". 16 00:00:57,357 --> 00:01:07,467 (♪♪♪) 17 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:17,444 (♪♪♪) 18 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:27,487 (♪♪♪) 19 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:38,165 (♪♪♪) 20 00:01:38,165 --> 00:01:48,208 (♪♪♪) 21 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:56,650 (♪♪♪) 22 00:01:56,650 --> 00:01:58,385 COCOS ISLAND. 23 00:01:58,385 --> 00:02:02,923 A DISTANT AND PRISTINE NATIONAL MARINE PARK. 24 00:02:02,923 --> 00:02:06,226 IN THE WILD BLUE WATERS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC. 25 00:02:08,095 --> 00:02:12,099 MORE THAN 300 MILES OFF THE SHORE OF COSTA RICA. 26 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:16,436 UNINHABITED BY HUMANS, 27 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:19,840 SHROUDED IN THICK SWIRLS OF MIST. 28 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,243 ITS TOWERING FORESTS AND CASCADING WATERFALLS. 29 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:25,245 TEEM WITH WILDLIFE. 30 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:31,752 MORE THAN 100 SPECIES OF BIRDS PERCH 31 00:02:31,752 --> 00:02:33,153 ON ITS RUGGED PEAKS. 32 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:43,497 (♪♪♪) 33 00:02:43,497 --> 00:02:48,268 THE LEGENDARY OCEANOGRAPHER JACQUES COUSTEAU CALLED COCOS 34 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:50,504 "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND IN THE WORLD". 35 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,942 COCOS ISLAND IS A VERY PARTICULAR ISLAND, 36 00:02:55,942 --> 00:02:58,445 BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLETELY GREEN 37 00:02:58,445 --> 00:03:00,680 UNTOUCHED RAINFOREST. 38 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,482 ALL THE OTHER ISLANDS ARE JUST ROCKSl 39 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:03,784 THAT COME OUT OF THE OCEAN. 40 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:05,118 AND THEN YOU ARRIVE TO COCOS 41 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:08,121 AND YOU'RE SUDDENLY IN THE ISLAND OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, 42 00:03:08,121 --> 00:03:09,856 OR YOU'RE IN THE ISLAND OF JURASSIC PARK. 43 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,296 THE TIP OF AN ANCIENT VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN 44 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:20,400 COCOS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE INSPIRATION FOR ISLA NUBLAR. 45 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,304 THE FICTIONAL SETTING OF JURASSIC PARK. 46 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:31,178 ISLA NUBLAR MEANS "CLOUDY ISLAND", 47 00:03:31,178 --> 00:03:33,613 AND COCOS IS HOME TO THE EASTERN PACIFIC'S 48 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:35,582 ONLY TROPICAL RAIN FOREST. 49 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:41,221 LIKE JURASSIC PARK 50 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:44,491 COCOS LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A LOST WORLD. 51 00:03:46,093 --> 00:03:46,927 PRIMITIVE. 52 00:03:46,927 --> 00:03:48,962 FAR FROM LAND. 53 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:53,133 THE ONLY WAY TO DIVE HERE IS FROM LIVE ABOARD BOATS 54 00:03:53,133 --> 00:03:56,503 THAT MAKE THE 36 HOUR JOURNEY FROM THE MAINLAND. 55 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,474 COCOS IS A VERY UNIQUE PLACE. 56 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:02,843 I MEAN ALONE HEARING THE NAME COCOS SHOULD GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS 57 00:04:02,843 --> 00:04:07,013 BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LEGEND AMONG IN THE DIVING WORLD. 58 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:11,451 [BOAT ENGINE REVVING] 59 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:32,706 DEEP CURRENTS CRASH INTO A STEEP SEAMOUNT. 60 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:35,308 PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE SURFACE. 61 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:49,189 THESE CURRENTS, RICH IN NUTRIENTS, 62 00:04:49,189 --> 00:04:53,360 ATTRACT SCHOOLS OF FISH, WHICH IN TURN ATTRACT 63 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:54,961 LARGER PREDATORS, 64 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,999 SHARKS. 65 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:02,269 MORE THAN ANY PLACE ON THE PLANET 66 00:05:02,269 --> 00:05:05,138 COCOS IS A KINGDOM OF SHARKS. 67 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:11,411 IN ANY DIVE AT COCOS ISLAND YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO SEE SHARKS. 68 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:13,980 WE HAVE WHITETIP SHARKS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 69 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:16,116 WE HAVE GALAPAGOS SHARKS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 70 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:18,018 THAT'S WHY WE CALL COCOS ISLAND, 71 00:05:18,018 --> 00:05:19,152 "THE ISLAND OF THE SHARK". 72 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:23,423 WHITETIPS, 73 00:05:23,423 --> 00:05:26,359 ONE OF THE ISLAND'S SMALLER SHARK SPECIES, 74 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:28,295 NAVIGATE THE SEAMOUNT. 75 00:05:28,295 --> 00:05:38,338 (♪♪♪) 76 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:49,049 (♪♪♪) 77 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:52,752 WHITETIPS ARE PRIMARILY NOCTURNAL CREATURES, 78 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:55,155 ABLE TO BREATHE WHILE STATIONARY. 79 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:59,426 BY PULLING IN OXYGENATED WATER THAT FLOWS OVER THEIR GILLS. 80 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:05,532 THIS SHARK WILL REMAIN STILL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, 81 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:09,402 PRESERVING PRECIOUS ENERGY 82 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:11,838 REQUIRED FOR ITS NIGHT TIME HUNT. 83 00:06:18,578 --> 00:06:20,080 IN A FLASH 84 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,950 THESE SMALL REEF FISH DART FOR SAFETY. 85 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:26,019 SIGNALING THE PRESENCE OF A PREDATOR, 86 00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:40,467 THE HAMMERHEADS HAVE ARRIVED. 87 00:06:40,467 --> 00:06:44,304 DRAWN HERE BY CLEANING STATIONS, SPOTS ON THE ROCK 88 00:06:44,304 --> 00:06:48,942 WHERE SMALL FISH REMOVE PARASITES FROM LARGER CREATURES. 89 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:52,379 IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE HAMMERHEAD SHARKS, 90 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:54,714 YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO GO TO COCOS. 91 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:57,183 THE AMOUNT OF HAMMERHEADS IS UNPARALLELED, HUNDREDS, 92 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:59,419 AND HUNDREDS, AND HUNDREDS OF HAMMERHEAD SHARKS THERE. 93 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:09,529 (♪♪♪) 94 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:21,207 (♪♪♪) 95 00:07:21,207 --> 00:07:23,310 YOU'RE DRIFTING IN THE CURRENT IN MID WATER, 96 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:27,080 AND THEN YOU START SEEING WHITE LINES COMING AT YOU, 97 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,683 WHITE LINES COMING AT YOU FROM THE DEPTH, (UNCLEAR) 98 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:31,151 THAT IS THE HEAD OF A HAMMERHEAD. 99 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:32,452 THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SEE. 100 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:33,520 YOU START SEEING WHITE LINES, 101 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,855 AND SUDDENLY YOU START SEEING SILHOUETTES, 102 00:07:35,855 --> 00:07:38,158 AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY SHARKS, 103 00:07:38,158 --> 00:07:39,225 AND YOU KNOW THAT 104 00:07:39,225 --> 00:07:41,594 IT'S JUST PREDATORS AND PREDATORS EVERYWHERE. 105 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:46,933 EQUIPPED WITH TRIANGULAR, SERRATED TEETH. 106 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:50,470 AS STRONG AND SHARP AS THE BLADE OF A HACKSAW, 107 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,006 THE HAMMERHEAD IS AN IMPOSING PREDATOR. 108 00:07:53,006 --> 00:08:03,116 (♪♪♪) 109 00:08:03,116 --> 00:08:08,988 (♪♪♪) 110 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:10,590 WHIPPING SWIFTLY, 111 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:15,095 FROM ONE DIRECTION TO ANOTHER AS IT PROWLS THE OPEN OCEAN. 112 00:08:15,095 --> 00:08:25,138 (♪♪♪) 113 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:34,581 (♪♪♪) 114 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:37,951 COMPARED TO ITS COUSIN, THE WHITETIP SHARK 115 00:08:37,951 --> 00:08:40,053 HAMMERHEADS HAVE SPECTACULAR VISION. 116 00:08:45,492 --> 00:08:47,794 EYES ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE HAMMER 117 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:51,831 PROVIDE A PANORAMIC VIEW, ALLOWING THE SHARK TO SEE PREY 118 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:54,267 FROM BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW. 119 00:08:54,267 --> 00:09:01,408 (♪♪♪) 120 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:05,178 BUT AN INCREASED RANGE OF VISION ISN'T THE ONLY REASON FOR 121 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:07,881 THE SHARK'S WIDE, MALLET SHAPED HEAD. 122 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:15,588 (♪♪♪) 123 00:09:15,588 --> 00:09:16,990 LIKE ALL SHARKS, 124 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:20,894 HAMMERHEADS HAVE SENSORY ORGANS IN THEIR SNOUT AND HEAD 125 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:23,563 THAT DETECT FAINT ELECTRICAL CURRENTS 126 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,098 CREATED BY PREY. 127 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:35,141 (♪♪♪) 128 00:09:35,141 --> 00:09:48,655 (♪♪♪) 129 00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:51,257 SPREAD OVER THE BROAD SURFACE AREA OF THE HEAD 130 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,594 THESE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SENSORS ALLOW THE SHARK 131 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:58,364 TO SCAN MORE OF THE OCEAN FOR POTENTIAL PREY. 132 00:09:58,364 --> 00:10:08,408 (♪♪♪) 133 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:15,381 (♪♪♪) 134 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:17,250 A SPOTTED EAGLE RAY, 135 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:20,620 A FAVORITE PREY FOR THE SHARKS AT COCOS, 136 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:24,958 GLIDES OVER THE SEABED. 137 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,793 AS LONG AS A LIMOUSINE, 138 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:29,963 WITH A WING SPAN OF UP TO 3 METERS, 139 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:32,799 EAGLE RAYS ARE THE GIANTS OF COCOS ISLAND. 140 00:10:36,936 --> 00:10:40,707 AT MORE THAN 440 POUNDS THE LARGEST IS HEAVIER 141 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:42,375 THAN A SILVERBACK GORILLA. 142 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:49,182 (♪♪♪) 143 00:10:49,182 --> 00:10:53,186 PROPELLED BY POWERFUL FLAPS OF ITS WING LIKE PECTORAL FINS, 144 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:55,955 THE EAGLE RAY SOARS OVER THE SEAMOUNT. 145 00:10:55,955 --> 00:11:05,164 (♪♪♪) 146 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:07,133 A LONG WHIPLIKE TAIL, 147 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:10,603 EQUIPPED WITH TWO TO SIX VENOMOUS BARBS 148 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:13,473 DEFENDS THE RAY AGAINST PREDATORS 149 00:11:13,473 --> 00:11:16,209 AND CAN INFLICT SERIOUS INJURY 150 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:18,311 TO UNWARY DIVERS. 151 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:23,182 AS LONG AS WE RESPECT THE DISTANCE, 152 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:28,087 THERE'S NO HAZARDS INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF RAY. 153 00:11:29,022 --> 00:11:31,591 IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT YOU DON'T RESPECT 154 00:11:31,591 --> 00:11:34,994 THE DISTANCE, AND THE ANIMAL FEELS DANGER, 155 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:39,032 AND YOU'RE STING BY A STINGRAY. 156 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:43,303 WELL, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT A PLEASANT FEELING. 157 00:11:43,303 --> 00:11:45,004 BECAUSE THOSE STINGS ARE QUITE BIG 158 00:11:45,004 --> 00:11:48,908 AND CAN GET THROUGH YOUR FLESH EASILY. 159 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:53,046 PLUS, THEY ARE POISONOUS, THE WOUND CAN GET INFECTED 160 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:57,350 AND FOR SURE IT SHOULD BE TREATED QUICKLY. 161 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:07,160 SPOTTED EAGLE RAYS HAVE A HIGH BRAIN TO BODY RATIO. 162 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,096 AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT CREATURES. 163 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:20,139 (♪♪♪) 164 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:25,144 (♪♪♪) 165 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:29,949 LIKE THEIR SHARK COUSINS, RAYS, SUCH AS THIS ROUND RIBBONTAIL 166 00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:33,286 ARE OUTFITTED WITH SPECIALIZED NERVE CELLS 167 00:12:33,286 --> 00:12:36,022 THAT ALLOW THEM TO PICK UP ELECTRICAL CHARGES 168 00:12:36,022 --> 00:12:38,491 FROM OTHER ANIMALS MOVING IN THE WATER. 169 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:51,471 (♪♪♪) 170 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:54,140 PREY, MAINLY MOLLUSCS, 171 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,542 CRUSTACEANS AND SMALL BONY FISH 172 00:12:56,542 --> 00:13:01,314 ARE SCOOPED UP FROM THE SEA BOTTOM. 173 00:13:01,314 --> 00:13:03,983 BUT IN THE DEEP WATERS OF THE OPEN OCEAN, 174 00:13:03,983 --> 00:13:06,486 THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED. 175 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:12,458 SOMETIMES YOU FIND THESE MARBLE RAYS 176 00:13:12,458 --> 00:13:15,228 WITH MISSING PARTS OF THEIR BODY, 177 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:19,265 AND YOU SEE THE VERY CLEAR SHAPE OF A SHARK MOUTH 178 00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:21,334 AS THEY CAME AND THEY JUST GOT A QUICK BITE. 179 00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:23,102 THE RAY SWAM AWAY WITH AN INJURY 180 00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:26,305 AND SHARK JUST GOT A MORNING SNACK OR AND AFTERNOON SNACK. 181 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:36,349 (♪♪♪) 182 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:48,628 (♪♪♪) 183 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:52,665 IN THE COVER OF DARKNESS A WRAITHLIKE PREDATOR 184 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:56,402 EMERGES FROM THE SHADOWS. 185 00:13:56,402 --> 00:13:59,338 THE MIGHTY GALAPAGOS SHARK. 186 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:01,274 PILLARS OF EVOLUTION, 187 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,943 MILLIONS OF YEARS IN THE MAKING. 188 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:07,113 THESE ANCIENT CREATURES WERE FIRST DISCOVERED 189 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:10,383 IN THE WATERS OFF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 190 00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:17,957 10 FEET LONG, BUILT LIKE A TORPEDO, 191 00:14:17,957 --> 00:14:22,328 THE GALAPAGOS IS A POWERFUL HUNTER, 192 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:24,530 ARMED WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN ROWS OF 193 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:28,101 SAW LIKE TEETH PACKED INSIDE A WIDE MOUTH. 194 00:14:33,506 --> 00:14:35,742 THE GALAPAGOS SHARK IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHARKS 195 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:36,976 WE HAVE ON THE ISLAND, 196 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:38,611 BUT AS LONG AS YOU RESPECT THE ANIMAL, 197 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:39,979 THE ANIMAL RESPECTS YOU. 198 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:41,380 WE KNOW THAT THEY HUNT RAYS. 199 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:44,450 THEY ALSO SOMETIMES EAT WHITETIP REEF SHARKS. 200 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:47,587 AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN DAYTIME, AND WE'VE SEEN IT AT NIGHT-TIME. 201 00:14:47,587 --> 00:14:51,724 WHEN YOU SEE THAT THEN YOU DON'T FEEL THE RESPECT ANYMORE, 202 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,860 YOU FEEL JUST PURE FEAR. 203 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:56,629 SUDDENLY NATURE GOES INTO A CHAOS 204 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:59,632 THAT MIGHT LAST 10 SECONDS, 20 SECONDS, VERY BRIEF, 205 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:02,301 BUT IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES YOU A DIFFERENT PERSON. 206 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:05,938 AFTER THAT YOU'RE NOT THE SAME PERSON ANYMORE. 207 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:07,540 THOUGH DANGEROUS 208 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:11,644 GALAPAGOS SHARKS RARELY ATTACK HUMANS. 209 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:12,645 WHEN THREATENED, 210 00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:16,349 THE SHARK ARCHES ITS POWERFUL BACK. 211 00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:18,951 LOWERS ITS PECTORAL FINS, 212 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:21,721 AND SWIMS IN LOOPS OF FIGURE EIGHTS. 213 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:24,690 A CLASSIC THREAT DISPLAY. 214 00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:26,826 EVEN AS AN EXPERIENCED DIVER, 215 00:15:26,826 --> 00:15:28,895 BEING APPROACHED BY A BIG SHARK AT NIGHT 216 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:30,863 MAKES YOU LOOK TWICE. 217 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:33,699 YOU'RE NOT AS RELAXED AS IN DAYTIME. 218 00:15:33,699 --> 00:15:35,802 BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING 219 00:15:35,802 --> 00:15:37,870 THAT WILL GIVE ANY DIVER ADRENALINE, 220 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,639 BEING APPROACHED BY A BIG SHARK AT NIGHT 221 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:42,108 BECAUSE NIGHT IS THE TIME WHEN THEY HUNT, WHEN THEY EAT, 222 00:15:42,108 --> 00:15:46,179 AND YOU KNOW THAT, AND THIS KNOWLEDGE 223 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:49,549 WILL KEEP YOUR ADRENALINE UP. 224 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:50,850 I CAN GUARANTEE THAT. 225 00:15:55,988 --> 00:15:57,456 WITH NO THREAT, 226 00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:59,892 AND NO POTENTIAL PREY ON OFFER, 227 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:03,496 THE GALAPAGOS DISAPPEARS INTO THE DARKNESS, 228 00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:07,033 GRIPPED BY AN ENDLESS SEARCH FOR FOOD. 229 00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:17,076 (♪♪♪) 230 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:29,722 (♪♪♪) 231 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:31,924 BUT AS NIGHT FALLS ON COCOS ISLAND, 232 00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:38,497 LIFE IN THE OCEAN UNDERGOES A PROFOUND TRANSFORMATION. 233 00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:46,672 THE GALAPAGOS SHARK IS NOT THE ONLY HUNTER 234 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,441 LURKING IN THESE DARK WATERS. 235 00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:55,548 NIGHT TIME HERE BELONGS TO THE WHITETIPS. 236 00:16:55,548 --> 00:17:04,290 (♪♪♪) 237 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:06,392 HUNDREDS OF WHITETIP SHARKS. 238 00:17:10,096 --> 00:17:13,733 THE NIGHT DIVE AT COCOS IS REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL 239 00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:16,369 BECAUSE YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS OF HUNTING 240 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,070 WHITETIP REEF SHARKS. 241 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:20,573 THEY'RE AGITATED AND THEY WANT TO EAT, 242 00:17:20,573 --> 00:17:22,808 AND WELL, YOU'RE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. 243 00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:26,145 EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING SO FAST, AND SOMETIMES YOU 244 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:27,179 JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. 245 00:17:27,179 --> 00:17:37,290 (♪♪♪) 246 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:41,794 A HUNGRY ARMY OF WHITETIPS ASSEMBLES OVER THE OCEAN FLOOR. 247 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:48,434 (♪♪♪) 248 00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:50,036 WHEREAS IN THE DAY, 249 00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:52,972 THESE SHARKS LAY RESTING IN CAVES 250 00:17:52,972 --> 00:17:56,275 OR SWIMMING CALMLY OVER THE REEF, 251 00:17:56,275 --> 00:18:01,213 AT NIGHT THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE. 252 00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:05,184 POKING THEIR BROAD HEADS INTO HOLES IN THE CORAL. 253 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:08,688 TO FLUSH OUT SMALL CRUSTACEANS AND BONY FISH. 254 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:23,602 (♪♪♪) 255 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:25,104 TOUGH SKIN, 256 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:28,808 PROTECTIVE EYE RIDGES, AND SLENDER BODIES 257 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:32,111 ALLOW THE SHARKS TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO CREVICES. 258 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:41,487 (♪♪♪) 259 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:43,823 WHITETIPS ARE SLOW SWIMMERS, 260 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:47,493 AND PREFER TO HUNT AT NIGHT WHEN MOST PREY ARE SLEEPING. 261 00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:57,536 (♪♪♪) 262 00:18:57,536 --> 00:19:03,309 (♪♪♪) 263 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:05,344 A SHARK ZEROES IN ON THE KILL, 264 00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:12,184 BUT IS BEATEN TO ITS PREY BY A LARGE BLACK JACK 265 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:13,986 THAT HAS JOINED THE HUNT. 266 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:19,925 SWIFT AND AGILE, 267 00:19:19,925 --> 00:19:22,361 BLACK JACKS HOVER AROUND WHITETIPS 268 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:25,064 IN THE HOPE OF SCOOPING UP THE SMALL FISH 269 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:27,566 FLEEING THE SHARKS THAT SCOUR THE REEF. 270 00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:37,243 AS THE SHARKS SWARM A SPINY LOBSTER MARCHES 271 00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:41,580 ALONG THE OCEAN FLOOR, SEARCHING FOR A QUIET SPOT. 272 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,582 AWAY FROM THE FEEDING FRENZY. 273 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:57,063 (♪♪♪) 274 00:19:57,063 --> 00:20:00,099 LOBSTERS VENTURE OUT FROM THEIR BURROWS AT NIGHT 275 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:03,035 SEEKING SNAILS, CLAMS AND SEA URCHINS. 276 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,608 ALTHOUGH IT LACKS THE CRUSHING PINCERS 277 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,343 OF ITS CLAWED COUSINS. 278 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:15,981 THE SPINY LOBSTER IS ARMED WITH LONG, BARBED ANTENNAS, 279 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:19,618 THAT ARE WAVED ABOUT TO FEND OFF APPROACHING PREDATORS. 280 00:20:22,488 --> 00:20:26,025 THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS LEFT ALONE BY THE SHARKS. 281 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:29,462 FINALLY, 282 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:32,598 THE LOBSTER FINDS A PEACEFUL ENCLAVE, 283 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:35,601 FAR REMOVED FROM THE FRENZY OF THE SHARK HUNT. 284 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,874 MEANWHILE, A GUINEAFOWL PUFFER, 285 00:20:41,874 --> 00:20:46,178 LACED WITH NATURAL TOXINS THAT MAKE IT UNAPPETIZING 286 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:48,848 TO MOST PREDATORS, ATTEMPTS TO STEER CLEAR 287 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:51,150 OF THE HUNGRY SHARKS. 288 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:54,520 A SLOW SWIMMER, THE PUFFER COMPENSATES 289 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,656 BY BEING A MASTER OF SELF DEFENSE. 290 00:20:57,656 --> 00:20:59,358 NOT JUST HIGHLY TOXIC, 291 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:01,861 IT IS ABLE TO BLOW UP LIKE A BALLOON, 292 00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:04,697 TWO TO THREE TIMES ITS NORMAL SIZE 293 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:07,266 BY INFLATING ITS ELASTIC STOMACH 294 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,902 WITH WATER OR EVEN AIR. 295 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:12,104 SIMPLY BY ENLARGING ITSELF 296 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:14,807 THE PUFFER BECOMES HARD TO SWALLOW, 297 00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:18,244 AND IS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY FEND OFF POTENTIAL PREDATORS, 298 00:21:18,244 --> 00:21:20,279 MAINLY LARGER FISH. 299 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:25,384 SOME PUFFER FISH ARE CLOAKED IN SHARP SPINES 300 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:29,221 THAT BECOME FURTHER EXPOSED, THAN MORE DANGEROUS TO HUNTERS 301 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:31,557 WHEN THE FISH INFLATES. 302 00:21:31,557 --> 00:21:34,493 A PREDATOR THAT DOES MANAGE TO SINK ITS TEETH 303 00:21:34,493 --> 00:21:36,795 INTO A PUFFER BEFORE IT ENLARGES 304 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:39,932 MAY GET A MOUTHFUL OF TETRODOTOXIN. 305 00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:42,568 A POWERFUL AND FOULTASTING NEUROTOXIN 306 00:21:42,568 --> 00:21:49,074 THAT CAN INCAPACITATE, OR EVEN KILL, OTHER FISH. 307 00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:52,545 TO HUMANS, TETRODOTOXIN IS EVEN DEADLIER. 308 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:56,448 A THOUSAND TIMES MORE POISONOUS THAN CYANIDE. 309 00:21:56,448 --> 00:21:58,384 THE TOXIN IN ONE PUFFER FISH 310 00:21:58,384 --> 00:22:02,488 IS ENOUGH TO KILL AS MANY AS 30 HUMANS. 311 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,924 THE SHARKS APPEAR UNINTERESTED. 312 00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:10,196 A BOXFISH, 313 00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:13,866 ITS BODY ENCASED IN HARD, SHELLLIKE PLATES, 314 00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:15,701 ROWS ALONG THE OCEAN FLOOR. 315 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:24,410 (♪♪♪) 316 00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:28,113 LIKE PUFFER FISH BOXFISH CONTAIN TOXINS, 317 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:32,051 WHICH CAN BE SECRETED INTO A WATER. 318 00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:34,620 AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORS. 319 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:36,422 SUCH AS SHARKS. 320 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:49,368 FORTUNATELY FOR THE WHITETIPS 321 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:52,338 THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS ON OFFER 322 00:22:52,338 --> 00:22:55,140 AND THEY CONTINUE TO CROWD THE REEF, 323 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:57,876 IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE PREY FROM THE CORAL. 324 00:22:57,876 --> 00:23:09,688 (♪♪♪) 325 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:11,724 SUCCESS. 326 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:21,767 (♪♪♪) 327 00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:31,744 (♪♪♪) 328 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:40,786 (♪♪♪) 329 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,521 IN THE DARK OF NIGHT 330 00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:45,791 WHITETIPS DO NOT RELY ON VISION TO HUNT FOR FOOD. 331 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:52,865 (♪♪♪) 332 00:23:52,865 --> 00:23:56,468 INSTEAD, OTHER SENSES, SUCH AS SMELL, 333 00:23:56,468 --> 00:23:59,004 AND SMALL, ELECTRICAL SENSING ORGANS 334 00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:01,640 IN THE SNOUT CALLED AMPULAE 335 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,143 WORK TOGETHER TO DETECT PREY. 336 00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:11,950 (♪♪♪) 337 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:15,354 OCCASIONALLY, TWO SHARKS WILL LATCH ON TO THE SAME FISH, 338 00:24:15,354 --> 00:24:18,157 RESULTING IN A SCRAPPY TUG-OF-WAR. 339 00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:25,030 (♪♪♪) 340 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:26,932 EVEN WHEN HUNGRY AND AGITATED 341 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:30,569 WHITETIP SHARKS ARE HARMLESS TO HUMANS UNLESS PROVOKED. 342 00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:37,910 (♪♪♪) 343 00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:40,579 BUT DIVERS STILL NEED TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE, 344 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:43,148 WHEN THE SHARKS ARE HUNTING THEIR TINY PREY. 345 00:24:46,385 --> 00:24:48,320 IF YOU GET TOO CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM, 346 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:52,157 THOSE LITTLE FISHES CAN HIDE IN BETWEEN YOUR EQUIPMENT, 347 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:56,729 SO ALL THE OTHER WHITETIP REEF SHARKS WILL COME 348 00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:59,965 AND YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BITE WHATEVER THEY FEEL, 349 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:03,702 AND YOU CAN GET BITTEN BY A WHITE TIP REEF SHARK 350 00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:08,006 IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL. 351 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,876 THE SHARKS MOVE SYSTEMATICALLY OVER THE REEF, 352 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:12,811 VIOLENTLY TWISTING AND TURNING 353 00:25:12,811 --> 00:25:15,781 TO JAM THEIR HEADS INTO EACH CRACK AND CREVICE 354 00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:17,783 IN A RELENTLESS SEARCH FOR FOOD. 355 00:25:17,783 --> 00:25:30,796 (♪♪♪) 356 00:25:30,796 --> 00:25:32,731 IT IS A FURIOUS SPECTACLE 357 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:35,968 THAT HAS PLAYED OUT IN THIS LOST WORLD 358 00:25:35,968 --> 00:25:38,804 EVERY NIGHT, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 359 00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:56,855 BUT IN THE DARKENED DEPTHS OFF COCOS ISLAND. 360 00:25:56,855 --> 00:26:00,959 THERE ARE MORE BEWILDERING SIGHTS TO BEHOLD. 361 00:26:04,863 --> 00:26:08,033 HERE ABOARD THE ARGO IS A CUSTOM BUILT, 362 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:09,902 ONE ATMOSPHERE SUBMERSIBLE, 363 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,070 CALLED THE DEEPSEE 364 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:29,321 'WE ARE READY NOW. 365 00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:32,191 OKAY TOPSIDE, WE'RE LOOKING GOOD ON THE SURFACE.' 366 00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:37,095 THE DEEPSEE IS CAPABLE OF DESCENDING 367 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:39,832 TO A DEPTH OF 1400 FEET. 368 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,370 TO DIVE SO FAR BELOW THE SURFACE, 369 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:49,374 THE DEEPSEE'S ACRYLIC SPHERE, FOUR INCHES THICK, 370 00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:51,343 MUST WITHSTAND THE HIGH PRESSURE FROM 371 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:53,745 COCOS ISLAND'S DEEPEST WATERS. 372 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:03,622 AT 1400 FEET BELOW, 373 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,493 WATER EXERTS 90 TIMES THE PRESSURE ON THE BODY 374 00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:09,294 AS AIR DOES ON THE SURFACE. 375 00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:16,235 IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WEIGHT OF A POLAR BEAR 376 00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:17,903 BALANCED ON YOUR CHEST. 377 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:25,644 TODAY, THE DEEPSEE HAS VENTURED TO A DEPTH OF 1,000 FEET. 378 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,312 AS FAR BELOW THE SURFACE 379 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:30,749 AS THE TIP OF THE EIFFEL TOWER IS ABOVE IT. 380 00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:38,657 IT IS A JOURNEY DEEP INSIDE A SUBMERGED KINGDOM, 381 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,492 FEW HAVE SEEN BEFORE. 382 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:44,863 WE HAVE THE BEST PLAYGROUND IN THE WORLD TO TEST THE SUBMARINE. 383 00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:46,965 THE MOMENT WE BROUGHT THE SUBMARINE TO COCOS ISLAND 384 00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:48,967 A WHOLE NEW WORLD WAS UNVEILED. 385 00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:50,702 AND SUDDENLY WE FOUND OUT 386 00:27:50,702 --> 00:27:52,337 THAT COCOS ISLAND IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORLD 387 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:53,639 ONCE WE GO INTO THE DEEP WATER. 388 00:27:57,442 --> 00:28:00,412 DEEP WITHIN THE COLD, DARK ABYSS, 389 00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:03,715 MYSTERIOUS, GLOWING CREATURES APPEAR. 390 00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:09,955 SIPHONOPHORE. 391 00:28:09,955 --> 00:28:12,224 WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SINGLE ANIMAL, 392 00:28:12,224 --> 00:28:13,792 RESEMBLING A JELLYFISH 393 00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:17,563 IS ACTUALLY A COLONY OF SMALLER MARINE ANIMALS 394 00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:21,500 CALLED "ZOOIDS". 395 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,435 UNABLE TO SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN 396 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:26,305 ZOOIDS WORK SO WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM 397 00:28:26,305 --> 00:28:29,675 THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A SINGLE ORGANISM 398 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:32,010 PREYING ON SMALL ANIMALS. 399 00:28:35,614 --> 00:28:39,551 THE GIANT SIPHONOPHORE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST ANIMALS 400 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:42,554 REACHING UP TO 160 FEET. 401 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,557 THE LENGTH OF AN ENTIRE OLYMPIC SIZED POOL. 402 00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,138 HERE IN THE DARKNESS 403 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:03,308 ONE OF THE OCEAN'S MOST IMPROBABLE CREATURES, 404 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:05,844 DRIFTS SERENELY IN THE CURRENT. 405 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,248 PYROSOME 406 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:14,486 THOUSANDS OF IDENTICAL ZOOIDS FORM A HOLLOW STRUCTURE 407 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:17,589 WIDE ENOUGH FOR A HUMAN TO SWIM INSIDE. 408 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:35,173 THE BRIGHT LIGHT EMITTED BY A PYROSOME 409 00:29:35,173 --> 00:29:38,310 CAN BE SEEN FROM A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET. 410 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:48,353 (♪♪♪) 411 00:29:48,353 --> 00:29:58,830 (♪♪♪) 412 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:00,032 DOWN HERE, 413 00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:02,534 THE INVERTEBRATES ARE NOT ALONE. 414 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,140 A PRICKLY SHARK, 415 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:11,343 ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHT OF THE SUBMERSIBLE, 416 00:30:11,343 --> 00:30:13,512 INSPECTS THE CORAL. 417 00:30:17,449 --> 00:30:19,484 EVEN IN THESE DARKENED DEPTHS 418 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:21,586 SHARKS REMAIN EXPERT HUNTERS. 419 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:27,426 SIMILAR TO THOSE OF HUMANS, 420 00:30:27,426 --> 00:30:30,729 SHARKS HAVE PUPILS THAT WIDEN AND NARROW 421 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:33,098 ALLOWING LIGHT TO STRIKE THE RETINA. 422 00:30:33,098 --> 00:30:47,879 (♪♪♪) 423 00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:51,016 RODS AND CONES LOCATED IN THE RETINA 424 00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:52,684 MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SHARK 425 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,619 TO SEE COLOR AND DETAILS. 426 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:00,525 LIKE CATS, 427 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:03,695 SHARKS HAVE A MIRRORLIKE LAYER OF CRYSTALSIN 428 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,797 IN THE BACK OF THE EYE. 429 00:31:05,797 --> 00:31:08,567 THAT BOOSTS THE INTENSITY OF LIGHT, 430 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:12,537 IMPROVING THEIR EYESIGHT IN THESE DEEP, DARK WATERS. 431 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:16,675 COMPARED TO SHARKS THAT HUNT IN SUNLIGHT 432 00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:18,143 NEAR THE SURFACE 433 00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:21,713 SOME DEEP WATER SHARKS HAVE BIG EYES, 434 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:24,816 ALLOWING THEM TO PICK UP THOSE SHARDS OF LIGHT 435 00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:29,054 THAT PENETRATE THE DARKNESS. 436 00:31:29,054 --> 00:31:31,923 AT 1000 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE , 437 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:34,893 WHAT DIVERS CALL "THE TWILIGHT ZONE", 438 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:38,797 SUNLIGHT BARELY PENETRATES THE WATER. 439 00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:42,267 BUT IN THE DISTANCE A FOUNT OF LIGHT BLEEDS 440 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:44,936 INTO THE DARKNESS. 441 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:48,874 THE FRIED EGG JELLYFISH. 442 00:31:48,874 --> 00:31:53,879 HYPNOTIC, AS GRACEFUL AS A BALLET DANCER. 443 00:31:53,879 --> 00:31:56,915 THE JELLYFISH MOVES IN SLOW MOTION TO COMPENSATE 444 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,184 FOR THE LACK OF OXYGEN IN THESE DEEP WATERS. 445 00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:06,992 FRIED EGG JELLYFISH FEED ON SMALLER ZOOPLANKTON, 446 00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:09,528 STINGING THEIR PREY WITH TENTACLES, 447 00:32:09,528 --> 00:32:12,197 THAT STRETCH UP TO 20 FEET. 448 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:19,671 95 PERCENT OF ITS TISSUE IS WATER. 449 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:22,808 THE JELLYFISH EXISTS IN, AND IS PART OF, 450 00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:25,877 THE OCEAN. 451 00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:46,298 THE DARK, DEEP WATERS OFF COCOS ISLAND 452 00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:50,735 PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR RARE AND ALIEN CREATURES 453 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:53,171 SELDOM SEEN BY HUMANS. 454 00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:59,811 NEARLY TRANSPARENT, THE GLASS OCTOPUS 455 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:03,882 IS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE COLOR LIKE MANY OF ITS COUSINS. 456 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:13,124 A TRANSLUCENT, ALMOST COLORLESS BODY 457 00:33:13,124 --> 00:33:15,126 MAKES IT LESS VISIBLE TO PREDATORS. 458 00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:23,835 ELONGATED EYES LIMIT PERIPHERAL VISION, 459 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:26,538 BUT MAY MINIMIZE THE SILHOUETTE OF THE EYE 460 00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:28,673 WHEN SEEN FROM BELOW. 461 00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,475 FURTHER AIDING ITS CAMOUFLAGE. 462 00:33:37,048 --> 00:33:39,284 BECAUSE THEY ARE RARELY SEEN, 463 00:33:39,284 --> 00:33:41,920 LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE GLASS OCTOPUS 464 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,421 OR INDEED MANY OF THE 465 00:33:43,421 --> 00:33:47,459 CREATURES THAT EXIST IN THE DEEP SEA ECOSYSTEMS 466 00:33:47,459 --> 00:33:49,361 BEYOND THE EDGE OF LIGHT. 467 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:11,249 IN THE SUNLIT WORLD ABOVE A MORE FAMILIAR CREATURE 468 00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:13,551 APPROACHES A DROWNED VOLCANIC PEAK, 469 00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:27,432 WARMING ITSELF NEAR THE SURFACE WATER. 470 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:28,934 THE GREEN SEA TURTLE. 471 00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:38,977 (♪♪♪) 472 00:34:38,977 --> 00:34:48,954 (♪♪♪) 473 00:34:48,954 --> 00:35:02,667 (♪♪♪) 474 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:07,672 WITH A NORMAL WEIGHT RANGE OF THREE TO FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS, 475 00:35:07,672 --> 00:35:12,444 GREEN SEA TURTLES ARE THE SECOND LARGEST SPECIES OF SEA TURTLE. 476 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:19,284 LIVING UPWARDS OF 50 YEARS, 477 00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:22,220 THESE CREATURES HAVE ROAMED THE OCEAN 478 00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:23,755 FOR MORE THAN 100 MILLION YEARS. 479 00:35:28,193 --> 00:35:29,661 WHEN YOU FIND A TURTLE 480 00:35:29,661 --> 00:35:31,529 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THE OCEAN. 481 00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:32,964 YOU SEE THE TURTLE IN THE EYE, 482 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,499 THE TURTLE WILL LOOK AT YOU IN THE EYE 483 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:35,867 AND THEN YOU SEE THE DEPTH. 484 00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:38,269 IT'S LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING INTO KNOWLEDGE, 485 00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:41,106 INTO EXPLORATION, INTO EXPERIENCES. 486 00:35:41,106 --> 00:35:48,580 YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ANIMAL THAT MIGHT BE OLDER THAN YOU. 487 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:50,849 SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY CONNECTS YOU WITH 488 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:52,050 THE HISTORY OF THE OCEAN. 489 00:35:58,256 --> 00:36:00,992 THE GREEN SEA TURTLES FEASTS ON A SEA CUCUMBER. 490 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:11,369 (♪♪♪) 491 00:36:11,369 --> 00:36:12,804 MIGRATORY CREATURES, 492 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:15,807 GREEN SEA TURTLES TAGGED AT COCOS 493 00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:20,311 HAVE BEEN FOUND AS FAR AFIELD AS THE COSTA RICAN COAST. 494 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:23,314 MORE THAN 300 MILES AWAY. 495 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:35,560 THEY'VE SURVIVED IN THE OCEAN FOR MILLENNIA. 496 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:40,565 BUT GREEN SEA TURTLES ARE NOW LISTED AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, 497 00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:42,967 THREATENED BY HUNTING, 498 00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:45,070 BOATING ACCIDENTS 499 00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:47,405 AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR NESTING GROUNDS. 500 00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:03,154 LIKE THE SEA TURTLE COCOS ISLAND PLAYS 501 00:37:03,154 --> 00:37:06,257 AN ESSENTIAL PART IN THE STORY OF THE OCEAN. 502 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,663 FORMED BY A VOLCANIC UPHEAVAL. 503 00:37:11,663 --> 00:37:14,199 MORE THAN TWO MILLION YEARS AGO, 504 00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:17,836 COCOS IS SURROUNDED BY SUBMARINE MOUNTAINS 505 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:22,307 AND SPECTACULAR UNDERWATER CATHEDRALS. 506 00:37:28,513 --> 00:37:31,349 THE MAGNIFICENT ARCH AT BIG DOS AMIGOS. 507 00:37:35,887 --> 00:37:40,625 RISING 40 FEET OFF THE SANDY OCEAN FLOOR. 508 00:37:40,625 --> 00:37:43,761 THE ARCH IS A SWIM THROUGH WIDE ENOUGH 509 00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:44,929 TO FIT A DOZEN DIVERS, 510 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:54,672 (♪♪♪) 511 00:37:54,672 --> 00:37:57,509 AND PROVIDES SHELTER FOR A MYRIAD OF FISH, 512 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,914 BLACKNOSE BUTTERFLIES 513 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,353 AND CROWDS OF BLUE AND GOLD SNAPPER. 514 00:38:08,353 --> 00:38:18,396 (♪♪♪) 515 00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:26,571 (♪♪♪) 516 00:38:26,571 --> 00:38:29,607 BUT THE SHOALS OF FISH AT BIG DOS AMIGOS 517 00:38:29,607 --> 00:38:32,010 ARE DWARFED BY ONE OF COCOS ISLAND'S 518 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,912 MOST ASTONISHING SCENES, 519 00:38:39,017 --> 00:38:42,253 BIGEYE TREVALLY, IN THEIR THOUSANDS. 520 00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:55,833 SWIRLING LIKE A THICK, SILVERY TORNADO 521 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,635 BLOTTING OUT THE SUN. 522 00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:02,974 TREVALLY, OR JACKS, 523 00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:06,811 TRAVEL IN TIGHTLY ORGANIZED SCHOOLS TO CONFUSE PREDATORS. 524 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,783 PICKING OUT INDIVIDUAL PREY FROM A TWISTING, 525 00:39:11,783 --> 00:39:16,354 SHINING MASS IS NOT AN EASY TASK FOR A VISUALLY ORIENTED HUNTER. 526 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:26,397 (♪♪♪) 527 00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:36,441 (♪♪♪) 528 00:39:36,441 --> 00:39:41,946 (♪♪♪) 529 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:43,514 SWIMMING IN UNISON 530 00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:46,884 THE FISH MAY APPEAR AS A SINGLE LARGE CREATURE 531 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:48,620 TO WOULD BE PREDATORS. 532 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:54,759 (♪♪♪) 533 00:39:54,759 --> 00:39:56,127 FROM A DISTANCE 534 00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:59,530 THIS SCHOOL APPEARS TO BE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF A PILOT WHALE. 535 00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:06,070 ONCE YOU GO DIVING UNDER THAT SCHOOL, 536 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:08,973 OR IN BETWEEN THAT SCHOOL, SUDDENLY IT'S LIKE NIGHT TIME. 537 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:11,542 THE LIGHT DOESN'T PENETRATE THE INCREDIBLE 538 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:12,877 AMOUNT OF FISH. 539 00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:14,012 YOU'RE SILENTLY SURROUNDED. 540 00:40:14,012 --> 00:40:16,848 AND IF YOU'RE EVER LUCKY TO BE THERE IN THE CENTER, 541 00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:18,816 AND THEN SOME OTHER PREDATOR COMES BY 542 00:40:18,816 --> 00:40:20,051 AND SCARES THE JACKS, 543 00:40:20,051 --> 00:40:21,953 THEY'LL ALL SWIM IN ONE SINGLE DIRECTION, 544 00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:26,257 YOU CAN HEAR AND FEEL THE MOVEMENT WAVE. 545 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:28,326 THEY START SWIMMING AND THEN YOU GET THAT 546 00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:30,995 'BOOM' AROUND YOU, IT'S COMPLETELY AMAZING. 547 00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:38,870 PRECISELY SPACED, 548 00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:42,974 MOVING AT THE SAME SPEED AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION, 549 00:40:42,974 --> 00:40:46,644 THE TREVALLY TURN SWIFTLY AND IN PERFECT HARMONY. 550 00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:56,688 (♪♪♪) 551 00:40:56,688 --> 00:41:11,669 (♪♪♪) 552 00:41:11,669 --> 00:41:12,637 THEN, 553 00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:14,172 AS QUICKLY AS IT APPEARED, 554 00:41:14,172 --> 00:41:16,741 THIS MESMERIZING SCHOOL VANISHES 555 00:41:16,741 --> 00:41:18,776 INTO THE DEEP BLUE WATER. 556 00:41:31,189 --> 00:41:33,424 FROM MONSTER SCHOOLS OF FISH, 557 00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:39,731 AND MAGNIFICENT HAMMERHEADS, 558 00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:46,337 TO BEWILDERING DEEP SEA CREATURES 559 00:41:54,212 --> 00:41:56,714 AND RELENTLESS NIGHT TIME HUNTERS. 560 00:42:03,287 --> 00:42:06,824 COCOS ISLAND IS A LOST WORLD IN THE PACIFIC 561 00:42:10,061 --> 00:42:14,766 AND ONE OF THE MANY WONDERS OF THE GREAT BLUE WILD. 562 00:42:14,766 --> 00:42:23,741 (♪♪♪) 563 00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:25,376 WE HAVE A SAYING IN COCOS ISLAND, 564 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:27,378 "IF YOUR NECK IS NOT SORE, 565 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:29,046 THEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO COCOS ISLAND" 566 00:42:29,046 --> 00:42:31,048 BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING HERE, LOOKING THERE, 567 00:42:31,048 --> 00:42:34,185 NONSTOP DURING THE WHOLE TIME THAT YOU'RE UNDER THE WATER. 568 00:42:34,185 --> 00:42:36,721 IT'S ALWAYS ACTION, ACTION, ACTION GOING ON. 569 00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:44,762 IT'S LIKE A PREHISTORIC PLACE. 570 00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:47,498 THIS ISLAND IS UNTOUCHED, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, 571 00:42:47,498 --> 00:42:51,135 THERE'S THIS TINY ISLAND, COVERED IN GREEN, 572 00:42:51,135 --> 00:42:56,140 WITH WATERFALLS ALL AROUND, CAVES, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, 573 00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:59,377 BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO SEE. 574 00:43:02,180 --> 00:43:05,116 COCOS IS A MUST FOR ANY DIVER. 575 00:43:05,116 --> 00:43:07,251 YOU HAVE SUCH A HUGE AMOUNT OF SHARKS WITH YOU AT 576 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:09,020 NO OTHER PLACE. 577 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:10,421 YOU WANNA SEE SHARKS? 578 00:43:10,421 --> 00:43:12,557 COCOS ISLAND IS ONE OF THOSE SHARKY PLACES, 579 00:43:12,557 --> 00:43:14,926 WHICH BECOME MORE AND MORE RARE ON THE PLANET. 580 00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:20,965 (♪♪♪) 581 00:43:20,965 --> 00:43:25,069 COCOS ISLAND IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY 582 00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:29,340 FOR YOU TO SEE HOW LIFE IN THE OCEANS WAS BEFORE 583 00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:30,675 THE INFLUENCE OF MAN. 584 00:43:30,675 --> 00:43:32,477 SO YOU'RE LIKE IN A TIME MACHINE, 585 00:43:32,477 --> 00:43:36,013 GOING BACK 200 YEARS IN TIME, SEEING THE OCEANS UNTOUCHED. 586 00:43:36,013 --> 00:43:45,356 (♪♪♪) 587 00:43:45,356 --> 00:43:46,791 IT'S LIKE A LIBRARY. 588 00:43:46,791 --> 00:43:49,327 WHEN YOU GO THERE IS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCEAN. 589 00:43:49,327 --> 00:43:52,129 IT'S ALL THE DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 590 00:43:52,129 --> 00:43:54,065 THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN MADE YET. 591 00:43:54,065 --> 00:43:57,735 SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU FEEL CONNECTED 592 00:43:57,735 --> 00:43:58,870 TO THE NATURE. 593 00:43:58,870 --> 00:44:08,980 (♪♪♪) 594 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:18,956 (♪♪♪) 595 00:44:18,956 --> 00:44:28,999 (♪♪♪) 596 00:44:28,999 --> 00:44:38,976 (♪♪♪) 597 00:44:38,976 --> 00:44:49,020 (♪♪♪) 598 00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:58,996 (♪♪♪) 599 00:44:58,996 --> 00:45:09,106 (♪♪♪) 600 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:19,083 (♪♪♪) 601 00:45:19,083 --> 00:45:29,126 (♪♪♪) 602 00:45:29,126 --> 00:45:39,103 (♪♪♪) 603 00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:49,146 (♪♪♪) 604 00:45:49,146 --> 00:45:59,123 (♪♪♪) 605 00:45:59,123 --> 00:46:09,233 (♪♪♪) 606 00:46:09,233 --> 00:46:11,736 (♪♪♪)