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NARRATOR:<i> Our oceans are</i>
<i>the lifeblood of our planet.</i>

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<i>My grandfather, Jacques Cousteau,</i>
<i>inspired the world</i>

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<i>through his exploration,</i>
<i>sharing the mysteries</i>

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<i>of one of Earth's most important habitats.</i>

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<i>It was in that spirit that a team</i>
<i>of Disneynature filmmakers</i>

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<i>embarked on a quest to shed new light</i>
<i>on this hidden world...</i>

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(INDISTINCT)

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<i>...and on one</i>
<i>of its most enchanting inhabitants.</i>

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(WHISTLING)

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NARRATOR:<i> For wildlife filmmakers,</i>
<i>the ocean presents the greatest challenge.</i>

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<i>It is unforgiving.</i>

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<i>And visits beneath the waves</i>
<i>are fleeting.</i>

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<i>Here, they will enter a realm</i>
<i>where they are not the masters.</i>

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<i>And they must be respectful of the locals.</i>

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MAN: No, no, no, no, no!

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(DOLPHINS CLICKS)

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NARRATOR:<i> The team's mission?</i>

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<i>To reveal what it's like to live...</i>

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<i>-</i>(DOLPHIN SQUEALS)
<i>-...in a dolphin's world.</i>

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<i>In the Red Sea,</i>
<i>wildlife cinematographer, Roger Horrocks,</i>

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<i>is preparing to film</i>
<i>the main character of our story...</i>

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<i>bottlenose dolphins.</i>

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<i>He has filmed dolphins all over the world,</i>

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<i>but it's his first time in this location.</i>

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<i>The key to his success</i>
<i>lies with scientist, Angela Ziltener.</i>

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<i>Having studied them here</i>
<i>for over a decade,</i>

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<i>she is a virtual gatekeeper</i>
<i>to the Red Sea dolphins.</i>

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Certainly, the dolphins are
probably one of the most

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charismatic animals
that you do get in the ocean.

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They're mammals,
people can relate to them.

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Um, they're very, you know,
they have a mammalian consciousness.

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So, we have a kinship with them.

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NARRATOR:
<i>As a highly experienced free-diver,</i>

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<i>Roger certainly has the athleticism</i>
<i>to keep up with dolphins underwater.</i>

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ROGER:<i> Filming dolphins</i>
<i>is probably the most physical</i>

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<i>-because they are incessantly on the move.</i>
-(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

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<i>So, the biggest challenge</i>
<i>is really just keeping up with them</i>

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<i>and coming across those moments</i>
<i>of pure, beautiful interaction.</i>

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<i>It was massively helpful to have Angela,</i>

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<i>who has spent an incredible amount of time</i>
<i>in that location.</i>

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<i>Her knowing the dolphins</i>
<i>helped us tremendously.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> Angela is</i>
<i>one of the few scientists in the world</i>

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<i>who studies them by scuba diving.</i>

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<i>It has allowed her to get to know</i>
<i>over 200 individual dolphins,</i>

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<i>-and allowed them to get to know her.</i>
<i>-</i>(DOLPHINS WHISTLE)

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ANGELA:<i> To understand the animals,</i>
<i>you actually have to be one of them.</i>

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<i>That means not that you are</i>
<i>the animal itself,</i>

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<i>but that you are accepted in the group.</i>

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<i>You will actually see all the individuals</i>
<i>and that every dolphin is different.</i>

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<i>Every dolphin has their own personality,</i>
<i>like humans.</i>

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-(DOLPHINS WHISTLE)
-NARRATOR:<i> The pod knows Angela,</i>

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<i>but will the dolphins accept</i>
<i>our strange new cinematographer?</i>

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ROGER:<i> I, kind of, knew</i>
<i>literally from the moment that I got in</i>

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<i>that this was a great opportunity.</i>

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<i>When those dolphins</i>
<i>were absolutely keen to interact,</i>

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<i>not only with each other,</i>
<i>but also with me as a cameraman...</i>

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<i>-</i>(DOLPHIN WHISTLE)
<i>-...so that was just such a joy.</i>

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<i>Wild animals actually wanting</i>
<i>to be filmed. It was amazing.</i>

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ROGER:<i> The more we film,</i>
<i>the more we got a sense</i>

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<i>of how they operate as groups.</i>

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<i>You know, one thing that was very,</i>
<i>very marked for me</i>

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<i>was the degree of interaction</i>
<i>between the dolphins.</i>

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<i>It was astounding to see</i>
<i>how tactile they were.</i>

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ROGER:<i> Dolphins spent time fin rubbing,</i>

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<i>and touching each other,</i>
<i>grooming each other.</i>

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<i>I thought initially</i>
<i>it was maybe a romantic thing,</i>

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<i>but actually, it's a bonding thing.</i>

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<i>They are emotional,</i>
<i>highly intelligent creatures,</i>

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<i>-very, very similar to us.</i>
-(WHISTLING AND SQUEAKING)

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NARRATOR:<i> And it wasn’t long</i>
<i>before Roger spotted another example</i>

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<i>of their playful intelligence.</i>

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ROGER:<i> A group of juveniles just came in</i>
<i>and they were almost showing off.</i>

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<i>I remember that feeling of knowing</i>
<i>this is a unique piece of behavior</i>

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<i>and probably never going to get</i>
<i>this chance again.</i>

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NARRATOR:
<i>They flick their fluke to clear the sand,</i>

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<i>exposing a piece of coral.</i>

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<i>And voilà, a toy is born.</i>

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<i>Few animals spend so much time playing,</i>

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<i>yet this perceived playfulness</i>

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<i>might also be one of the ways</i>
<i>that young dolphins</i>

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<i>-practice their hunting skills.</i>
<i>-</i>(DOLPHIN CLICKS)

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ROGER:<i> You can just, kind of,</i>
<i>see that intelligence</i>

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<i>and that mischievousness</i>
<i>about them,</i>

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<i>and again, just such an incredible insight</i>
<i>into how intelligent these animals are.</i>

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<i>I think dolphins just do it</i>
<i>because they absolutely love it,</i>

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<i>and they enjoy the skill</i>
<i>and the challenge.</i>

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<i>I think they do it</i>
<i>for the sheer fun of it.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> Angela's research has revealed</i>
<i>another aspect of dolphin life</i>

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<i>rarely witnessed in the wild...</i>

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<i>sleeping.</i>

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<i>This group of dolphins</i>
<i>is so relaxed in her presence,</i>

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<i>they take a nap as she watches...</i>

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<i>and Roger films.</i>

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<i>Dolphins sleep</i>
<i>with just half the brain at a time.</i>

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<i>Half the brain needs to be awake</i>
<i>to remember to surf as to breathe</i>

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<i>and to keep an eye out for any danger.</i>

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<i>As a consequence</i>
<i>of having such active brains,</i>

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<i>wild dolphins, just like us,</i>
<i>need lots of sleep.</i>

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ROGER:<i> They do these beautiful movements,</i>
<i>synchronized movements where they</i>

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<i>come up and they go back down again.</i>

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<i>It's very, you know, very soporific,</i>
<i>very slow.</i>

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<i>Really, really beautiful to watch.</i>

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<i>It just felt very poetic.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> Thanks to Angela,</i>
<i>Roger and the team</i>

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<i>are starting to get a taste</i>
<i>of what it's like to be a wild dolphin.</i>

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<i>Knowledge they will need to build on,</i>
<i>in the next leg of their adventure.</i>

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It was just an absolute privilege
to be... to have that kind of access

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to, you know, these animals on their terms
because they choose to be with you.

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You know, you can't force them
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you know, of all the locations I've dived,

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they were the most welcoming,

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um, and that was, you know,
something that I'll never forget.

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NARRATOR:
<i>Roger has made filming dolphins look easy,</i>

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<i>but will cinematographer, Didier Noirot,</i>
<i>have the same luck in Hawaii</i>

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<i>filming the next main characters</i>
<i>of our story?</i>

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<i>Humpback whales.</i>

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Hawaii is a very good location to film
humpback whales...

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because of the whale population.

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-DIDIER:<i> You're sure to see whales there.</i>
<i>-</i>(SPRAYS WATER)

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DIDIER:<i> Crystal clear water,</i>
<i>so, that's perfect place to film whales.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> It is also here that every year,</i>
<i>the females give birth to their calves.</i>

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<i>And filming a mother and calf</i>
<i>is the team's first task.</i>

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<i>They set out aboard the</i> Luckey Strike

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<i>where skipper Tad Luckey</i>

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<i>and a group of scientists</i>
<i>led by Professor Joe Mobley</i>

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<i>are their best chance</i>
<i>for locating these family pairs.</i>

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This is always a big challenge.

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<i>You don't know what you get,</i>
<i>never in advance.</i>

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<i>These whales are so difficult.</i>

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It's very tricky for the producer, I mean.
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NARRATOR:<i> Finding a whale in Hawaii</i>
<i>is not that hard,</i>

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<i>but skipper Tad</i>
<i>has to find the right whale,</i>

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<i>and that's the challenge.</i>

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DIDIER:<i> To find the right whale to film,</i>

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<i>especially mom and calf,</i>
<i>I have no expectation.</i>

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<i>That means I never know</i>
<i>what I'm going to get on camera.</i>

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NARRATOR: <i>As part of Jacques Cousteau's</i>
<i>original expedition team,</i>

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<i>Didier has over 30 years' experience</i>
<i>filming whales.</i>

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I have 200.

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NARRATOR:<i> But each opportunity</i>
<i>is always unpredictable.</i>

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Come on. Come on.

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NARRATOR:<i> It is a mother and calf</i>

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<i>but will Mom accept Didier</i>
<i>as easily as the dolphins warmed to Roger?</i>

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Go ahead.

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DIDIER:<i> The difficult thing to film</i>
<i>when you film mother and calf</i>

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<i>is to get close, silently,</i>
<i>as close as you get.</i>

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NARRATOR:
<i>He uses a bubble-free rebreather apparatus</i>

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<i>to silently approach.</i>

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<i>And any whale that doesn't accept</i>
<i>Didier's presence is left alone.</i>

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<i>The team needs to find a friendly whale</i>

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<i>that is comfortable around a diver.</i>

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(GROANS)

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Well, they just left.

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We were ready to go, but now they are far.

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NARRATOR:<i> But attempts to film</i>
<i>another mom and calf...</i>

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<i>produced the same result.</i>

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DIDIER:<i> When you see mother and calf,</i>
<i>the mother is always very aware.</i>

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<i>She's protecting the calf,</i>
<i>so any unknown thing</i>

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<i>like me would make her alert.</i>

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Take two for nothing.

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NARRATOR:<i> Another one gets away.</i>

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-The mom and calf left.
-WOMAN: You have nothing, huh?

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NARRATOR:
<i>Didier is becoming all too familiar</i>

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<i>with the backsides of mother whales.</i>

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DIDIER:<i> So, you have to keep trying,</i>

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finding a whale, new whale,
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NARRATOR:
<i>After a long, unsuccessful day,</i>

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<i>he makes one last attempt.</i>

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DIDIER:
By the way, this is the ninth time.

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NARRATOR:<i> Then, a stroke of luck.</i>

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<i>Didier has found a playful,</i>
<i>approachable calf.</i>

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DIDIER:<i> You don't dive and go straight</i>
<i>for the mom with the calf underneath.</i>

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<i>You first have to make friends</i>
<i>with the calf.</i>

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<i>If the calf stays around you,</i>
<i>that he is not scared, then turns around,</i>

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<i>the whale will know down there,</i>
<i>even if she sleeps,</i>

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<i>you know, she knows that there is someone,</i>

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<i>but she knows the calf is happy</i>
<i>with this someone,</i>

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<i>so she may tolerate that.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> And as it dives back</i>
<i>under its mother to rest,</i>

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<i>-Didier follows quietly.</i>
<i>-</i>(WHALE SINGS)

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DIDIER:<i> Now is the time,</i>
<i>because maybe after the whale will leave,</i>

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<i>and I will lose her for good.</i>

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<i>So, I decided to swim very, very slowly,</i>

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<i>and without making any noise at all.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> Mom watches him carefully,</i>

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<i>but she seems content</i>
<i>with him alongside her.</i>

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<i>Finally, success.</i>

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<i>Divers like Didier...</i>

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<i>are just humble visitors</i>
<i>in this vast undersea world...</i>

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<i>but even the most powerful of creatures</i>

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<i>will sometimes allow you</i>
<i>to get close to them.</i>

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<i>After weeks of persistence,</i>

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<i>the team finally succeeded in filming</i>
<i>a mother and calf.</i>

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<i>This mother's duty is to protect her calf</i>
<i>while it grows quickly,</i>

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<i>before the long migration</i>
<i>back to Arctic waters.</i>

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<i>As they travel between resting spots,</i>

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<i>the mother encourages her calf</i>
<i>to breach repeatedly.</i>

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<i>It may look like just some fun</i>
<i>splashing about,</i>

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<i>but it's key to helping the young calf</i>
<i>build strength and muscles,</i>

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<i>that also develops</i>
<i>their breath-holding abilities.</i>

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<i>The close bond</i>
<i>between a mother whale and her calf</i>

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<i>provide our filmmakers</i>
<i>with their first inroad</i>

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<i>into humpback whale society.</i>

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<i>Shallow coastal waters</i>
<i>are the perfect sanctuary</i>

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<i>for a young calf</i>
<i>to grow healthy and strong.</i>

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<i>Away from the dangers</i>
<i>found in deeper, open waters.</i>

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<i>But it is also where it will soon</i>
<i>be introduced</i>

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<i>to a greater whale community,</i>

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<i>a complex society...</i>

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<i>one our team</i>
<i>is just beginning to understand.</i>

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<i>To truly understand a dolphin's world...</i>

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<i>the filmmakers need to journey</i>
<i>to the very heart of their ocean home.</i>

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<i>To the foundations of the whole story.</i>

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<i>A delicately balanced ecosystem...</i>

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<i>that is sanctuary to millions</i>
<i>of incredible supporting characters.</i>

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<i>A coral reef.</i>

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<i>Capturing the intricacies</i>
<i>of this underwater world</i>

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<i>requires a great deal</i>
<i>of technical camera skill</i>

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<i>and an exceptional eye</i>
<i>for precision and detail.</i>

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<i>Cinematographer, Doug Anderson,</i>
<i>is the perfect choice for such a job.</i>

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DOUG:<i> We wanted to make that experience</i>
<i>of viewing the reef</i>

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<i>as immersive as possible.</i>

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<i>So, we tried different techniques...</i>

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(CHUCKLES) <i>...as many things</i>
<i>as we could think of</i>

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<i>to try and get</i>
<i>more engaging photography.</i>

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<i>Uh, we used this underwater scooter,</i>

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<i>which is like a torpedo</i>
<i>with a propeller on it,</i>

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<i>to get that feeling of the dolphin</i>
<i>like gliding over the reef.</i>

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<i>We used a jib, which is like a camera</i>
<i>on the end of an arm,</i>

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<i>which allowed us to make</i>
<i>for very stable tracking moves</i>

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<i>over the coral reef,</i>
<i>and really try and bring</i>

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<i>the character of the individual species</i>
<i>that we wanted to include</i>

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<i>to the screen.</i>

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<i>Of all the underwater habitats</i>
<i>on the planet,</i>

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<i>it's coral reefs</i>
<i>that are the most overtly diverse.</i>

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<i>Just amazed by the color, and the life,</i>
<i>and beauty in front of me.</i>

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<i>Absolutely breathtaking when you're there.</i>

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<i>Intense experiences of life.</i>

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<i>I like to think of a coral reef</i>
<i>a bit like a city.</i>

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<i>The buildings are the corals.</i>

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<i>Those buildings provide homes</i>
<i>and habitat for countless animals.</i>

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<i>Every animal that lives there</i>
<i>is as important to each other</i>

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<i>as the next one.</i>

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<i>But there are very obvious animals</i>
<i>in the coral reef</i>

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<i>that do very important jobs.</i>

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NARRATOR: <i>Doug wants to find</i>
<i>key characters like these...</i>

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<i>to highlight critical links</i>
<i>in the community.</i>

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<i>These handsome devils</i>
<i>are the perfect example.</i>

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<i>Bumphead parrotfish.</i>

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<i>They are the local groundskeepers,</i>

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<i>clearing the reef</i>
<i>of dead algae-covered coral.</i>

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<i>Recently, as our oceans have warmed,</i>
<i>coral reefs have bleached and died.</i>

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<i>Reefs with parrotfish are quickly cleaned,</i>

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<i>and new coral can recolonize</i>
<i>so the reef lives on.</i>

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<i>Reefs that have lost</i>
<i>to their parrotfish rarely recover.</i>

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<i>Parrotfish are important</i>
<i>to maintain the health of the reef...</i>

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<i>but Doug also discovers</i>
<i>another important fish.</i>

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<i>The incredible, workaholic cleaner wrasse.</i>

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DOUG: <i>There are moments in the reef</i>
<i>where it becomes very obvious</i>

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<i>how controlled and complex</i>

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<i>the relationships</i>
<i>between the individual animals are.</i>

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<i>And one of them, for sure,</i>
<i>is watching cleaner wrasse do their work.</i>

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<i>They do an enormously important job,</i>

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<i>and that's pick the parasites</i>
<i>and dead skin</i>

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<i>and scales and everything else off.</i>

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<i>You know, they're getting</i>
<i>right inside their mouths</i>

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<i>and inside their gills.</i>
<i>They're constantly busy.</i>

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<i>They are just so fun to watch.</i>

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<i>And they, kind of,</i>
<i>do this funny little dance</i>

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<i>to try and bring in business.</i>

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<i>Everyone comes to their cleaning stations.</i>

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<i>Cute little reef fish.</i>

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<i>And then you've got big predators.</i>

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<i>I tell you, it really takes</i>
<i>your breath away</i>

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<i>when you watch a cleaner wrasse</i>

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<i>going into the mouth</i>
<i>of a two-feet predator.</i>

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<i>There's just this convention</i>
<i>on the reef,</i>

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<i>they do not touch the cleaner wrasse.</i>
<i>It's one of those really lovely examples</i>

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<i>of how intricate</i>
<i>the relationships on a reef are.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> While Doug continues</i>
<i>to explore the interconnections</i>

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<i>between the fish and the reef...</i>

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<i>back in the Red Sea,</i>
<i>Roger is about to find out</i>

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<i>that dolphins have similar dependencies.</i>

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<i>Angela has discovered</i>
<i>an incredible connection</i>

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<i>that dolphins have with the coral here.</i>

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ROGER:<i> I was really excited</i>
<i>about this one particular unique behavior</i>

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<i>that Angela had told me about,</i>

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<i>which I was really determined</i>
<i>to capture on film.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> Angela has brought Roger</i>
<i>to a very special location</i>

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<i>that the dolphins</i>
<i>like to visit every day...</i>

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<i>and from which they reap great benefits.</i>

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ROGER:<i> The key focus for me</i>
<i>was that feeling, as a cameraman,</i>

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<i>knowing this is a unique piece of behavior</i>
<i>and is that wonderful pressure...</i>

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-(DOLPHIN SQUEALS)
<i>-...to get it into the film.</i>

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(ROGER IMITATES DOLPHIN SQUEALING)

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(DOLPHINS SQUEAL)

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NARRATOR: <i>Angela's hard-earned</i>
<i>acceptance by the dolphins</i>

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<i>is what allowed her to follow them</i>
<i>and make this incredible discovery.</i>

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ANGELA:
<i>There is one certain kind of coral.</i>

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<i>It's called the gorgonian coral.</i>

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<i>And they really like to rub each body part</i>
<i>in this coral because it's quite soft.</i>

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<i>This rubbing behavior seems to be</i>

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<i>such an important aspect</i>
<i>in their daily life.</i>

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ROGER:<i> So, it's so wonderful</i>
<i>to see them, kind of, lining up.</i>

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<i>And they're very gentle.</i>
<i>They don't like fight to get through.</i>

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<i>And they're very courteous and allow</i>
<i>the one to go after the other.</i>

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<i>And then they circle back</i>
<i>and go through again.</i>

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<i>So, it's a wonderful</i>
<i>social ritual as well.</i>

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ANGELA:<i> What we also know</i>
<i>about different corals,</i>

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<i>they have antibacterial substances.</i>

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<i>So, it could also be</i>
<i>that the dolphins actually use also</i>

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<i>these corals for medicine, for example,</i>
<i>for even prevention for skin diseases.</i>

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<i>It's difficult to really prove it</i>

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<i>because it can be also</i>
<i>a very nice feeling,</i>

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<i>but we have to find out if it's a really</i>
<i>awareness of self-medication.</i>

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(DOLPHINS WHISTLING)

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NARRATOR:
<i>Angela's groundbreaking observations</i>

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<i>have broaden our understanding,</i>

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<i>and also pose important new questions</i>
<i>about dolphin behavior.</i>

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ROGER:<i> The hypothesis</i>
<i>that Angela's exploring,</i>

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<i>and you know,</i>
<i>if this can be proven to be true,</i>

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<i>it just highlights the amazing</i>
<i>interdependence</i>

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<i>between these mammals</i>
<i>and the coral reefs.</i>

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<i>Not only do they come here</i>
<i>to rest and to play and to feel safe,</i>

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<i>but they're also actually coming</i>
<i>to heal themselves.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> Angela hopes to reveal</i>
<i>more about these dolphins' lives</i>

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<i>so that we can protect them</i>
<i>and their reef home</i>

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<i>long into the future.</i>

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<i>But a coral reef doesn't always provide</i>
<i>a healthy sanctuary to its residents,</i>

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<i>as Doug is about to find out.</i>

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DOUG:<i> Obviously we have this vibrancy,</i>
<i>this color, this beauty.</i>

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<i>It's that, you know,</i>
<i>the light side of the reef,</i>

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<i>but the reef has its back alleys, too.</i>

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<i>It's got its dark places.</i>

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<i>Places where...</i>

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<i>you know, visually, things aren't just</i>
<i>all joy and beauty and vibrancy,</i>

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<i>but feel a little bit more</i>
<i>on the sinister side.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> They are the places</i>
<i>that most divers dare not venture.</i>

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<i>Doug and his team are in Malaysia,</i>

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<i>on their way to Sipadan,</i>

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<i>an oceanic island</i>
<i>with a unique and hidden secret</i>

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<i>that reveals the dangers</i>
<i>some of our characters face</i>

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<i>right in their backyard.</i>

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Sipadan is an extraordinary,
little island.

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It's a rock in the middle
of hundreds of meters of water.

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<i>And it's a marine reserve,</i>

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<i>and there is just</i>
<i>an absolute heap of turtles here.</i>

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NARRATOR:<i> This reef would seem</i>
<i>like the perfect sanctuary.</i>

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<i>But beneath its tranquil shell</i>
<i>hides potential catastrophe</i>

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<i>for any wayward turtle.</i>

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<i>Inside the reef structure,</i>
<i>there's a catacomb.</i>

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<i>And that's what they are here to film.</i>

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DOUG: <i>I had heard of Turtle Cave</i>
<i>20 years previously,</i>

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<i>and how tricky it was to get in.</i>

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<i>By no means... </i>(CHUCKLES)

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<i>...a small operation.</i>
<i>Just even getting the kit in there,</i>

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<i>before we even start thinking</i>
<i>of lighting it or doing the photography.</i>

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<i>We've got a jib,</i>
<i>which is like a big boom</i>

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<i>with a camera on one end</i>
<i>and weights on the other.</i>

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<i>We've got communications underwater,</i>

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<i>which mean that we can</i>
<i>talk to each other.</i>

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<i>We do have comms with the boat,</i>

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<i>um, but we lose that as soon</i>
<i>as we're through the cave entrance.</i>

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DOUG: (OVER RADIO)
<i>Topside, topside, this is divers.</i>

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We are just about to enter the cave.

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<i>See you on the other side.</i>

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HELEN:<i> They could be down there</i>
<i>for a good three hours.</i>

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<i>If anything does go wrong,</i>

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<i>there's really nothing</i>
<i>that we can do from up here.</i>

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<i>All we can really do is wait.</i>

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So, fingers crossed,
it all goes according to plan.

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<i>Oh, divers</i>

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<i>Divers, divers, are you okay?</i>

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<i>We're at the cave</i>

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<i>Such a spooky place</i>

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<i>Very eerie</i>

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<i>Oh, divers...</i>

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DOUG:<i> We realize that this is going to be</i>
<i>a really tough place for us to work.</i>

386
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:15,425
<i>We have to lay lines</i>

387
00:27:15,717 --> 00:27:18,262
<i>so that we could feel our way</i>
<i>in and out of the cave.</i>

388
00:27:19,263 --> 00:27:21,807
<i>There's no light in there.</i>
<i>It's a small passage.</i>

389
00:27:22,099 --> 00:27:24,017
<i>We only illuminate it with a flashlight.</i>

390
00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:28,722
<i>Okay now, so, you're getting glimpses</i>
<i>of just how remote</i>

391
00:27:29,164 --> 00:27:31,166
<i>and how difficult to get into,</i>
<i>and therefore,</i>

392
00:27:31,433 --> 00:27:33,348
<i>difficult to get out of this space was.</i>

393
00:27:35,445 --> 00:27:37,781
<i>I never felt completely at ease.</i>

394
00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,033
(WATER SLOSHING)

395
00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:48,709
DOUG:<i> Usually, you know,</i>
<i>when you're diving open ocean,</i>

396
00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:52,087
<i>you get a problem, you run out of gas,</i>
<i>you got an equipment problem,</i>

397
00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:55,340
<i>you just go up. And in a cave,</i>
<i>you can't do that.</i>

398
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:58,844
<i>There's no up. </i>(CHUCKLES)
<i>You know, there's only out.</i>

399
00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:03,765
<i>And then, obviously, the other big thing</i>
<i>is it's dark in there, you know,</i>

400
00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:06,643
<i>from an equipment point of view,</i>
<i>so we're going to have to light it.</i>

401
00:28:07,144 --> 00:28:10,689
<i>Most of the thought went into how</i>
<i>we were going to logistically do it</i>

402
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:13,650
<i>rather than the actual visuals</i>
<i>of what it was going to look like.</i>

403
00:28:13,984 --> 00:28:17,154
<i>Then it really wasn't until I turned</i>
<i>the lights on in the cave</i>

404
00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:19,364
<i>that I really got a sense</i>
<i>of what sort of place it was.</i>

405
00:28:20,949 --> 00:28:23,243
<i>What I saw was a tomb.</i>

406
00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:25,954
<i>And on the ledges of these caverns</i>

407
00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,957
<i>lay the almost perfect skeletons</i>
<i>of green turtles</i>

408
00:28:29,249 --> 00:28:31,251
<i>that had, over the years, died there.</i>

409
00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:42,804
FEMALE DIVER: (SINGING)
<i>This turtle behind you</i>

410
00:28:44,681 --> 00:28:47,976
<i>Wondering what you are doing</i>

411
00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:50,562
<i>Filming in the cave</i>

412
00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:54,233
<i>He wants to come with you</i>

413
00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:58,195
<i>With you, come with you...</i>

414
00:28:58,654 --> 00:29:01,615
NARRATOR: <i>Doug must move</i>
<i>very slowly and carefully.</i>

415
00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:05,077
<i>The cave floor is covered</i>
<i>in fine sediment.</i>

416
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,334
<i>Some believe this to be</i>
<i>the powdered remains</i>

417
00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:18,423
<i>of thousands of turtle skeletons</i>
<i>that have crumbled over countless ages.</i>

418
00:29:18,966 --> 00:29:22,386
<i>And one false move</i>
<i>could cloud the entire cave,</i>

419
00:29:22,636 --> 00:29:25,973
<i>making it difficult for the crew</i>
<i>to find their way out.</i>

420
00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:34,314
<i>After hours of meticulous setup,</i>

421
00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:38,193
<i>Doug starts to reveal</i>
<i>the cave's haunting secrets</i>

422
00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:42,990
<i>from the perspective of a turtle</i>
<i>who has tragically lost its way.</i>

423
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:52,541
DOUG:<i> It felt like being in a church.</i>

424
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,419
<i>I felt enormous respect for the place.</i>

425
00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:58,880
<i>There was a sense of peace and reverence.</i>

426
00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:03,802
<i>An eerie connection to something.</i>

427
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:06,680
<i>We all felt it.</i>

428
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,809
<i>A coral reef, in many ways,</i>
<i>is a giver of life...</i>

429
00:30:11,893 --> 00:30:13,186
<i>but it also takes.</i>

430
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:19,192
NARRATOR:<i> Hours later,</i>
<i>they make their way back to the surface</i>

431
00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:23,030
<i>-and to the safety of the boat.</i>
<i>-</i>(FEMALE DIVER HUMMING)

432
00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,826
<i>For you...</i>

433
00:30:40,147 --> 00:30:43,108
That was so much more special
than I thought it would be.

434
00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:47,054
It was really quite touching
to see all these turtle skeletons

435
00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:49,514
in the bottom of the cave,
and then, you know,

436
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:52,768
just imagining the turtles
when they got lost in there

437
00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:55,062
and how scared and afraid
they must've been.

438
00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:02,027
NARRATOR: <i>To convey the broader story</i>
<i>of this undersea world,</i>

439
00:31:02,402 --> 00:31:05,489
<i>the filmmakers wanted to balance</i>
<i>these harsh realities</i>

440
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,533
<i>with scenes of beauty and enchantment.</i>

441
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:10,911
<i>And back in Hawaii,</i>

442
00:31:11,328 --> 00:31:14,915
<i>Didier has found</i>
<i>the greatest enchantment of all.</i>

443
00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:19,544
<i>A singing male humpback whale</i>

444
00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:24,174
<i>with hundreds of others</i>
<i>from miles around joining the chorus.</i>

445
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:26,885
(HUMPBACK WHALE SINGING)

446
00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:30,931
NARRATOR:<i> Just 50 years ago,</i>
<i>these waters were quiet.</i>

447
00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:37,104
<i>Scientist, Joe Mobley, has been monitoring</i>
<i>their population recovery.</i>

448
00:31:39,523 --> 00:31:42,776
JOE:<i> Humpback whales in North Pacific</i>
<i>were hunted to near extinction</i>

449
00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:45,220
until they were protected in 1966.

450
00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:47,739
At that time, there were probably
under a thousand whales

451
00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:48,949
that came to Hawaii.

452
00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:51,576
<i>But now, 50 years later,</i>

453
00:31:51,993 --> 00:31:56,123
<i>there are maybe as many as 10,000 animals</i>
<i>that visit the Hawaiian Islands.</i>

454
00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:01,294
So, this day on the <i>Luckey Strike,</i>
we were looking for a singer.

455
00:32:01,810 --> 00:32:04,423
<i>To show that the whales</i>
<i>communicate together,</i>

456
00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,174
<i>it's part of a community.</i>

457
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:10,720
NARRATOR: <i>But nothing prepared Didier</i>
<i>for what he was about to encounter.</i>

458
00:32:10,846 --> 00:32:12,514
...hundred feet down
and we can see the back fins.

459
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:14,599
There are a lot of mackerel showing here,
which is...

460
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,811
That's a whale right here,
this red mark right here.

461
00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:21,022
-It's down a hundred feet.
-He's right there.

462
00:32:21,231 --> 00:32:24,067
-He was singing away...
-DIDIER: I heard it, too.

463
00:32:24,234 --> 00:32:25,652
Well, the girls said they could hear him

464
00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,863
-clear as could be on the bow.
-DIDIER: Yeah.

465
00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,573
(WHALE SINGING)

466
00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:33,118
DIDIER:<i> Being on the boat,</i>
<i>we can hear the male singing so strong</i>

467
00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:35,162
<i>when you are right above the singer.</i>

468
00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:39,416
-We can still hear him.
-DIDIER: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

469
00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:40,876
So, we're very close.

470
00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:44,921
DIDIER:
<i>So, gently, we went down into the water.</i>

471
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,216
(WHALE SINGING)

472
00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:58,268
DIDIER:
<i>Today I looked down, then two whales came,</i>

473
00:32:58,602 --> 00:33:02,314
<i>and they start to move</i>
<i>and to stop in front of me.</i>

474
00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:04,232
<i>Right in front of me.</i>

475
00:33:16,161 --> 00:33:20,332
NARRATOR:<i> Then, an unimaginable event</i>
<i>began to unfold</i>

476
00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:21,917
<i>before Didier's eyes.</i>

477
00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:31,635
DIDIER:<i> Then, a third whale came,</i>
<i>and they start to dance together.</i>

478
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:27,357
<i>It's really a gift from nature</i>
<i>to be first row in the theater.</i>

479
00:34:33,613 --> 00:34:35,198
<i>Diving with those giants,</i>

480
00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:38,994
<i>you finally realize how small you are.</i>

481
00:34:51,172 --> 00:34:54,797
<i>That was one of the best moments</i>
<i>of my life.</i>

482
00:34:55,051 --> 00:34:56,761
<i>That was just magnificent.</i>

483
00:35:08,441 --> 00:35:10,191
You can't forget any of those moments

484
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,987
when you are alone, very small
next to those giants, you know.

485
00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:16,740
So, it is really something like it is...

486
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:19,284
I will keep in my memory forever.

487
00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:25,040
NARRATOR: <i>What Didier has managed</i>
<i>to capture is just a tiny glimpse</i>

488
00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:28,627
<i>into the humpback's complex,</i>
<i>social behavior.</i>

489
00:35:29,878 --> 00:35:32,797
<i>But we are yet to understand</i>
<i>the true meaning</i>

490
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,216
<i>of this magnificent whale ballet.</i>

491
00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:45,018
<i>Dolphins take their social activities</i>
<i>to a whole new level.</i>

492
00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:50,982
<i>And the team wanted to show</i>
<i>exactly how they get their thrills.</i>

493
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,150
(DOLPHINS SQUEAKING)

494
00:35:52,317 --> 00:35:53,985
ROGER:
<i>They're a symbol of freedom, you know.</i>

495
00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:56,446
<i>They roam the oceans.</i>
<i>They're not constrained.</i>

496
00:35:56,704 --> 00:36:02,243
And you really see that perhaps,
most beautifully expressed when they surf.

497
00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:06,247
NARRATOR:
<i>Surfing dolphins are a regular sight</i>

498
00:36:06,456 --> 00:36:09,751
<i>on the Wild Coast of South Africa,</i>
<i>where Roger grew up.</i>

499
00:36:11,211 --> 00:36:16,091
<i>Now, he's returning to his roots</i>
<i>with a team of big wave specialists</i>

500
00:36:16,591 --> 00:36:19,552
<i>to try and film</i>
<i>this amazing dolphin behavior.</i>

501
00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:25,684
ROGER: <i>The reason we chose the Wild Coast</i>
<i>is that we know it's got dolphins.</i>

502
00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:28,353
<i>We know that in the winter,</i>
<i>when the winter swells come through,</i>

503
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:29,979
<i>it's got these incredible swells.</i>

504
00:36:31,481 --> 00:36:34,192
NARRATOR:<i> And Roger's goal</i>
<i>is to film them by getting</i>

505
00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:36,945
<i>right inside the surf zone.</i>

506
00:36:39,114 --> 00:36:41,324
<i>Fellow cinematographer, Jamie McPherson,</i>

507
00:36:41,574 --> 00:36:45,995
<i>has attached a gyro-stabilized camera</i>
<i>on the back of a high-speed boat,</i>

508
00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:51,251
<i>while skipper, Carl, negotiates the boat</i>
<i>behind the breaking waves.</i>

509
00:36:53,002 --> 00:36:55,797
<i>Pro surf veteran, Paris,</i>
<i>will use a jet ski</i>

510
00:36:55,964 --> 00:36:59,134
<i>to place Roger</i>
<i>right in front of the break.</i>

511
00:37:01,010 --> 00:37:02,220
<i>The stage is set,</i>

512
00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:05,473
<i>and the dolphins have turned up</i>
<i>as if on cue,</i>

513
00:37:05,849 --> 00:37:08,101
<i>traveling up the coastline</i>
<i>in large groups.</i>

514
00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:12,981
<i>But the crew have just met</i>
<i>their first hurdle.</i>

515
00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:19,529
<i>Ironically, the infamous Wild Coast</i>
<i>has turned completely calm.</i>

516
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:25,034
We've passed literally, I would say,
two to three hundred dolphins,

517
00:37:25,301 --> 00:37:28,304
<i>maybe, you know, in about</i>
<i>six or seven different pods.</i>

518
00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:32,584
So, the dolphins are here,
but absolutely no swell.

519
00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:35,253
It's good that we got dolphins,
we just need a decent wave.

520
00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:37,430
<i>At the moment we got no decent wave, so...</i>

521
00:37:38,631 --> 00:37:41,176
Hopefully in the next two days,
we're supposed to get some better swells.

522
00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:44,679
So, it's just a case of waiting
and hoping that the swell picks up

523
00:37:44,846 --> 00:37:48,057
and that dolphins actually fancy
having a surf.

524
00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:56,733
But what we did get
was this incredibly clean patch of water,

525
00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:59,277
which in the Transkei
is very, very unusual.

526
00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:01,529
<i>So, we took this opportunity</i>

527
00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:04,866
<i>to try and get some underwater shots</i>
<i>of these dolphins coming through.</i>

528
00:38:05,563 --> 00:38:09,120
Holding fingers, fins,
crossing rostrums and blowholes

529
00:38:09,329 --> 00:38:10,830
and flukes and flippers
and hands and feet.

530
00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,916
Everything we can cross, we're crossing.

531
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:16,753
NARRATOR:
<i>Roger dives into the clear shallows</i>

532
00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,046
<i>of the beach break.</i>

533
00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:25,094
<i>And soon, an enthusiastic</i>
<i>dolphin pod approaches.</i>

534
00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:26,429
(DOLPHINS SQUEALING)

535
00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:29,224
ROGER:<i> When I got in the water</i>
<i>with the dolphins for the first time,</i>

536
00:38:29,682 --> 00:38:32,685
<i>there's this kind of strange jostling</i>
<i>back flexing behavior.</i>

537
00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:36,773
<i>Now, whether that was some social,</i>
<i>you know, interaction, I'm not sure.</i>

538
00:38:37,106 --> 00:38:39,526
<i>And I've never seen this before</i>
<i>anywhere else in the world.</i>

539
00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:42,237
(DOLPHINS WHISTLING)

540
00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:46,908
NARRATOR: <i>As luck would have it,</i>
<i>with Roger now in amongst the pod,</i>

541
00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:50,036
<i>a set of waves finally comes in.</i>

542
00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:54,040
<i>And our lead actors are in business.</i>

543
00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:58,545
ROGER:
<i>The speed that came through was amazing.</i>

544
00:38:59,546 --> 00:39:03,341
<i>You actually see the way</i>
<i>they are using the energy of the wave</i>

545
00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:05,927
<i>to gain the momentum.</i>
<i>They're riding the pressure wave.</i>

546
00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:08,596
<i>And then you see them turn,</i>
<i>sort of build up speed,</i>

547
00:39:08,763 --> 00:39:10,306
<i>and then they bank left.</i>

548
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,059
<i>And it's that pressure that shoots them</i>
<i>out the back of the wave.</i>

549
00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,229
<i>And it was just marvelous</i>
<i>to be in amongst all of that.</i>

550
00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:18,606
<i>It was just such a bonus.</i>

551
00:39:20,774 --> 00:39:21,942
NARRATOR: <i>But soon,</i>

552
00:39:22,076 --> 00:39:24,454
<i>the swell begins</i>
<i>to get dangerous for Roger.</i>

553
00:39:24,737 --> 00:39:25,905
<i>Time to get out.</i>

554
00:39:28,575 --> 00:39:30,368
<i>At last, surf is up.</i>

555
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:33,246
<i>And with it, more dolphins.</i>

556
00:39:33,663 --> 00:39:35,248
ROGER: (OVER RADIO)
<i>Hello, do you read me?</i>

557
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:38,293
<i>There's quite a lot of dolphins</i>
<i>that are moving for the surf zone.</i>

558
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:41,838
So, yeah, looking very strong.
I think we're going to get something.

559
00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:43,423
Come on down.

560
00:39:45,466 --> 00:39:49,137
NARRATOR: <i>Finally,</i>
<i>it's action stations for Jamie's team.</i>

561
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:54,642
JAMIE: Dolphins in the wave.

562
00:39:55,268 --> 00:39:58,646
NARRATOR:<i> Carl must maneuver his boat</i>
<i>skillfully inside the surf zone...</i>

563
00:40:00,106 --> 00:40:02,567
<i>and get Jamie into the best</i>
<i>possible position.</i>

564
00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,321
JAIMIE:<i> You have to outrun the wave.</i>

565
00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:08,948
<i>But then, at certain point,</i>
<i>you have to get out, which means</i>

566
00:40:09,157 --> 00:40:10,742
<i>going over the top</i>
<i>of the 15-foot wave,</i>

567
00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:12,535
<i>so there's a 15-foot drop</i>
<i>in the back of it.</i>

568
00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:15,914
NARRATOR:<i> As they battle the waves,</i>
<i>Carl must also guide Jamie to where</i>

569
00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:17,840
<i>the dolphins might leap out.</i>

570
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:19,784
Watch out. There they go.

571
00:40:22,003 --> 00:40:23,922
CARL:
Yeah. So, we got in the face of that wave.

572
00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:28,092
JAMIE:<i> Technically, it's very tricky to be</i>

573
00:40:28,217 --> 00:40:30,053
<i>tight on a dolphin</i>
<i>that's swimming through a wave whilst</i>

574
00:40:30,403 --> 00:40:32,867
<i>you're driving the other way</i>
<i>at high speed.</i>

575
00:40:35,725 --> 00:40:37,727
NARRATOR:
<i>But it finally starts to pay off</i>

576
00:40:38,292 --> 00:40:42,106
<i>as Jamie captures wave after wave</i>
<i>of dolphin magic.</i>

577
00:40:51,574 --> 00:40:53,576
JAMIE:<i> It's the most exciting,</i>
<i>dynamic thing that I've done.</i>

578
00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:07,048
NARRATOR:<i> But Carl mustn't get caught</i>
<i>too far in front of the waves.</i>

579
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:11,302
<i>If they begin to crest,</i>
<i>they can easily flip his boat.</i>

580
00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:14,722
<i>This is where Roger and Paris come in.</i>

581
00:41:15,798 --> 00:41:18,092
<i>-Time to deploy the jet ski.</i>
-Yeah. Let's go.

582
00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:20,228
ROGER:<i> It was the first time</i>
<i>that I've ever attempted</i>

583
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:22,063
<i>to film dolphins from a jet ski.</i>

584
00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:24,315
<i>But what we hoped for was just to get</i>

585
00:41:24,399 --> 00:41:26,901
<i>one or two unique shots</i>
<i>in front of the wave.</i>

586
00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:30,738
<i>Those waves were big, you know.</i>
<i>It's a big wave.</i>

587
00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:33,908
<i>You've got a really skilled pilot</i>
<i>trying to get you</i>

588
00:41:34,075 --> 00:41:35,702
<i>into these really difficult situations</i>

589
00:41:35,868 --> 00:41:38,538
<i>where that wave could just swamp you</i>
<i>at any time.</i>

590
00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:40,581
<i>Paris was just astounding.</i>

591
00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:44,419
<i>He was able to just anticipate</i>
<i>how the wave was going to break.</i>

592
00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:46,671
<i>I'll never forget that moment where</i>

593
00:41:46,888 --> 00:41:49,098
<i>there was a really nice break</i>
<i>coming through,</i>

594
00:41:49,465 --> 00:41:51,050
<i>really good-sized pod of dolphins.</i>

595
00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:54,303
<i>We really had a go at one wave...</i>

596
00:41:56,305 --> 00:41:59,600
<i>and then I just remember seeing dolphins</i>
<i>in the face of the wave.</i>

597
00:42:01,476 --> 00:42:04,396
<i>Paris has got to wait, wait, wait.</i>
<i>He's got to judge it.</i>

598
00:42:06,088 --> 00:42:09,694
<i>Just this, you know, wonderful image</i>
<i>of them all racing down the wave.</i>

599
00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,989
<i>And then, as that wave breaks,</i>
<i>he's going to accelerate us out of there.</i>

600
00:42:13,448 --> 00:42:14,824
<i>And it happened so quickly.</i>

601
00:42:15,241 --> 00:42:17,702
(PARIS AND ROGER CHEERING)

602
00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:24,000
ROGER:<i> It was really the shot</i>
<i>that I was so hoping to get.</i>

603
00:42:28,796 --> 00:42:31,174
This is so exhilarating.
You've been waiting for so long, you know,

604
00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,593
you're sitting,
you're waiting for, like, days and days.

605
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,137
And then suddenly, you know,
the set's here and everything's right.

606
00:42:36,345 --> 00:42:38,264
And in the next minute, you know,
Stevie just picks up,

607
00:42:38,431 --> 00:42:40,475
he goes, "Pick up the things,"
and, bang, you know, on it,

608
00:42:40,641 --> 00:42:42,894
exactly as we predicted,
just jumping down the face,

609
00:42:43,352 --> 00:42:45,146
surfing the wave together,
jumping out the back.

610
00:42:45,646 --> 00:42:47,523
ROGER:<i> I mean, it's fantastic, yeah.</i>

611
00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:52,779
NARRATOR:<i> Our filmmakers have captured</i>
<i>some incredible, dynamic scenes</i>

612
00:42:53,045 --> 00:42:54,839
<i>of dolphins letting loose.</i>

613
00:42:56,866 --> 00:42:59,952
<i>But a dolphin's daily life</i>
<i>is not all fun and games.</i>

614
00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:04,499
<i>They also need to find food,</i>

615
00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:07,251
<i>not often found on the reef itself.</i>

616
00:43:12,465 --> 00:43:15,343
<i>And one of the most amazing</i>
<i>dolphin feeding grounds</i>

617
00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:17,178
<i>is in the Bahamas.</i>

618
00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:20,389
<i>Onboard the </i>Dolphin Dream,

619
00:43:20,657 --> 00:43:24,060
<i>our Bahamian team are relying</i>
<i>on skipper Scott Smith,</i>

620
00:43:24,477 --> 00:43:27,980
<i>a veteran dolphin finder,</i>
<i>to take them to the action.</i>

621
00:43:30,817 --> 00:43:32,944
<i>Joining the crew</i>
<i>for this portion of the story</i>

622
00:43:33,469 --> 00:43:35,346
<i>is cinematographer Paul Atkins</i>

623
00:43:35,905 --> 00:43:40,576
<i>a marine biologist and dolphin specialist</i>
<i>who's filmed them all over the world.</i>

624
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,840
PAUL:<i> I've been filming dolphins</i>
<i>and whales for over 30 years.</i>

625
00:43:54,924 --> 00:43:57,510
<i>So, I've filmed bottlenose dolphins</i>
<i>in the Bahamas before.</i>

626
00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:01,139
<i>I always look for an opportunity</i>
<i>to go back.</i>

627
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:04,892
<i>It's just always a thrill</i>
<i>to get in the water</i>

628
00:44:05,353 --> 00:44:07,353
<i>and to see animals that I'm familiar with.</i>

629
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,024
<i>And sometimes,</i>
<i>I feel like they remember me,</i>

630
00:44:12,275 --> 00:44:14,443
<i>that they're coming up to me</i>
<i>and saying hello.</i>

631
00:44:15,695 --> 00:44:18,072
<i>Eventually, when they stop paying</i>
<i>attention to you,</i>

632
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,408
<i>and then you become a part of their tribe.</i>

633
00:44:20,575 --> 00:44:23,870
<i>And it's an extraordinary experience</i>
<i>when you can just travel with them</i>

634
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,080
<i>and see what they do.</i>

635
00:44:26,747 --> 00:44:28,207
(DOLPHINS WHISTLING)

636
00:44:28,457 --> 00:44:32,587
NARRATOR:<i> Paul is here to capture</i>
<i>dolphins hunting in a very special way.</i>

637
00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:38,718
<i>They use a type of sonar</i>
<i>called echolocation,</i>

638
00:44:39,635 --> 00:44:41,804
<i>which works kind of like x-ray vision.</i>

639
00:44:44,557 --> 00:44:46,726
(CLICKING)

640
00:44:47,685 --> 00:44:52,106
<i>They emit a series of rapid-fire clicks</i>
<i>that bounce off hidden objects,</i>

641
00:44:53,107 --> 00:44:55,735
<i>allowing them to locate food</i>
<i>beneath the sand...</i>

642
00:44:59,363 --> 00:45:01,490
<i>food like razorfish.</i>

643
00:45:06,787 --> 00:45:09,415
PAUL:
<i>When you're with a group of dolphins,</i>

644
00:45:09,749 --> 00:45:13,169
<i>you feel privileged</i>
<i>to be witnessing their culture.</i>

645
00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:20,509
<i>Dolphins are one of the few animals</i>
<i>besides humans and great apes</i>

646
00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:23,095
<i>that actually have been shown</i>
<i>to have culture.</i>

647
00:45:23,526 --> 00:45:26,641
<i>And that culture is based</i>
<i>on ways of finding food.</i>

648
00:45:28,142 --> 00:45:29,518
(CLICKING)

649
00:45:37,485 --> 00:45:38,527
NARRATOR:<i> Around the world,</i>

650
00:45:38,945 --> 00:45:41,739
<i>dolphins have developed</i>
<i>different feeding strategies</i>

651
00:45:42,156 --> 00:45:43,741
<i>depending on their habitat.</i>

652
00:45:45,201 --> 00:45:49,163
<i>And some of them involve</i>
<i>extraordinary levels of teamwork.</i>

653
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:56,212
<i>These shallow tidal mudflats in Florida</i>

654
00:45:56,472 --> 00:46:00,322
<i>are a rich feeding ground</i>
<i>for many marine and coastal animals.</i>

655
00:46:02,009 --> 00:46:04,053
<i>And with its great abundance of fish,</i>

656
00:46:04,303 --> 00:46:09,100
<i>it has given rise to a unique</i>
<i>and spectacular dolphin hunting technique</i>

657
00:46:09,809 --> 00:46:11,644
<i>known as mud ringing.</i>

658
00:46:17,525 --> 00:46:19,193
<i>Scientist, Laura Engleby,</i>

659
00:46:19,652 --> 00:46:23,781
<i>has brought cinematographer</i>
<i>Jamie McPherson onto these tidal flats</i>

660
00:46:24,031 --> 00:46:26,617
<i>in search of this remarkable phenomenon.</i>

661
00:46:29,870 --> 00:46:32,290
<i>For Jamie, it may not be as heart-stopping</i>

662
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:34,792
<i>as filming dolphins surfing the big waves,</i>

663
00:46:35,501 --> 00:46:37,086
<i>but it is just as difficult.</i>

664
00:46:41,716 --> 00:46:44,010
-JAMIE: Oh, damn it.
-(LAURA LAUGHS)

665
00:46:44,337 --> 00:46:46,887
JAMIE:<i> From the boat, it's tricky because</i>
<i>you have to work out where they are.</i>

666
00:46:47,346 --> 00:46:48,931
<i>The camera's right on sea level.</i>

667
00:46:49,482 --> 00:46:51,067
<i>You only see them when they surface.</i>

668
00:46:51,267 --> 00:46:52,476
<i>So, you see the fins occasionally.</i>

669
00:46:52,727 --> 00:46:54,603
<i>You're trying to work out</i>
<i>where they're going to go.</i>

670
00:46:54,870 --> 00:46:56,247
<i>It's very hard to coordinate that.</i>

671
00:46:56,856 --> 00:46:59,275
<i>It's very tricky to be in the right place</i>
<i>at the right time.</i>

672
00:47:02,361 --> 00:47:05,239
NARRATOR:<i> Suddenly, the dolphins</i>
<i>look like they are teaming up</i>

673
00:47:05,614 --> 00:47:07,033
<i>and coordinating their efforts.</i>

674
00:47:07,455 --> 00:47:08,605
WOMAN:
No, Jamie, now they're to the right.

675
00:47:08,951 --> 00:47:10,619
-To the right.
-JAMIE: Coming where?

676
00:47:10,703 --> 00:47:12,079
-WOMAN 1: To your right.
-WOMAN 2: Right.

677
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,105
WOMAN 1: See them?

678
00:47:15,458 --> 00:47:16,917
NARRATOR:<i> They've started to hunt.</i>

679
00:47:21,063 --> 00:47:24,108
<i>Jamie zeroes in on the action</i>
<i>with his zoom lens.</i>

680
00:47:29,764 --> 00:47:31,223
JAMIE:<i> Well, you see a lot of splashing.</i>

681
00:47:33,601 --> 00:47:36,687
<i>They don't put their heads up to catch</i>
<i>the fish until the very last second.</i>

682
00:47:37,396 --> 00:47:40,232
<i>The dolphins still have to try and catch</i>
<i>fish that's flying through the air.</i>

683
00:47:40,566 --> 00:47:42,735
<i>So, to see the look on their faces</i>
<i>and see how quick they are</i>

684
00:47:42,818 --> 00:47:45,863
<i>at reacting to the fish that are flying</i>
<i>really immerses you in it.</i>

685
00:47:47,031 --> 00:47:49,158
<i>But to understand the behavior</i>
<i>and really see what was going on,</i>

686
00:47:49,825 --> 00:47:51,202
<i>we had to get in the air.</i>

687
00:48:02,972 --> 00:48:06,183
NARRATOR:<i> Spotting dolphin pods</i>
<i>across these vast mudflats</i>

688
00:48:06,475 --> 00:48:08,853
<i>is much easier in a helicopter.</i>

689
00:48:10,137 --> 00:48:11,639
I see some dolphins right down here.

690
00:48:11,847 --> 00:48:15,059
NARRATOR:<i> Each day,</i>
<i>dolphins travel up these tidal channels</i>

691
00:48:15,309 --> 00:48:17,269
<i>into dangerously shallow waters,</i>

692
00:48:18,229 --> 00:48:21,399
<i>lured here by the sheer bounty</i>
<i>of fish to be had.</i>

693
00:48:23,042 --> 00:48:24,919
It looks like they're in
really shallow water there.

694
00:48:27,029 --> 00:48:29,031
NARRATOR:
<i>It's so shallow here at low tide,</i>

695
00:48:29,323 --> 00:48:31,242
<i>they often have to swim on their sides.</i>

696
00:48:36,789 --> 00:48:40,626
<i>This one certainly seems</i>
<i>to be having fun hunting in the sea grass.</i>

697
00:48:41,085 --> 00:48:43,587
LAURA: (OVER RADIO)<i> Aww! </i>(LAUGHS)
<i>What are you doing?</i>

698
00:48:48,384 --> 00:48:50,219
NARRATOR:
<i>But this is not the hunting behavior</i>

699
00:48:50,302 --> 00:48:51,512
<i>the crew are looking for.</i>

700
00:48:52,430 --> 00:48:54,014
<i>So, they continue their search.</i>

701
00:48:54,498 --> 00:48:56,225
<i>-</i>PILOT:<i> Yeah, I'm bringing it around.</i>
<i>-</i>LAURA:<i> All right.</i>

702
00:48:56,308 --> 00:48:57,685
-PILOT: <i>Yeah, preparing...</i>
-LAURA: <i>Yeah...</i>

703
00:48:57,768 --> 00:48:59,073
PILOT:<i> ...turning the nose right now...</i>

704
00:48:59,186 --> 00:49:00,479
JAMIE:<i> Yeah, I will. So, we'll just</i>

705
00:49:00,604 --> 00:49:02,523
<i>come back to these guys</i>
<i>if we can't find anything else.</i>

706
00:49:03,149 --> 00:49:04,150
NARRATOR:<i> Nearby,</i>

707
00:49:04,316 --> 00:49:06,944
<i>another group of dolphins</i>
<i>reveal some of the risks</i>

708
00:49:07,153 --> 00:49:09,196
<i>of hunting in such shallow waters.</i>

709
00:49:10,281 --> 00:49:13,242
<i>-</i>LAURA:<i> Oh, they're definitely stranded.</i>
<i>-</i>JAMIE:<i> Yeah, they're definitely stranded.</i>

710
00:49:14,535 --> 00:49:16,787
LAURA:<i> Quite amazing. They made</i>
<i>a little mud hole for themselves.</i>

711
00:49:17,872 --> 00:49:21,959
<i>They have come around in tight circles</i>
<i>and have created a mud hole</i>

712
00:49:22,209 --> 00:49:23,752
<i>to where they can at least swim</i>

713
00:49:24,003 --> 00:49:26,755
<i>and not get sun burns</i>
<i>and not flip on their sides</i>

714
00:49:26,881 --> 00:49:28,924
<i>because the worse thing,</i>
<i>when they're stuck like that,</i>

715
00:49:29,091 --> 00:49:32,511
<i>is they can crush their internal organs</i>
<i>with their own body weight and overheat.</i>

716
00:49:33,554 --> 00:49:35,890
JAMIE:<i> It's horrible to see</i>
<i>'cause you can see they're stressed out,</i>

717
00:49:36,015 --> 00:49:38,066
<i>you can see they're worried,</i>
<i>and there's nothing you can do.</i>

718
00:49:38,241 --> 00:49:40,352
<i>You're in a helicopter flying around</i>
<i>and no one can help them.</i>

719
00:49:43,564 --> 00:49:45,441
NARRATOR:
<i>Laura knows the tide is rising,</i>

720
00:49:45,691 --> 00:49:47,693
<i>so the dolphins will soon be freed.</i>

721
00:49:49,778 --> 00:49:52,281
<i>And before long, they spot something.</i>

722
00:49:53,032 --> 00:49:54,158
<i>Mud clouds.</i>

723
00:49:57,077 --> 00:50:00,623
<i>As they approach, they can see</i>
<i>the dolphins are definitely hunting.</i>

724
00:50:01,582 --> 00:50:04,335
LAURA:<i> From the air,</i>
<i>it offers a whole different perspective</i>

725
00:50:04,502 --> 00:50:05,753
<i>of what's going on.</i>

726
00:50:06,170 --> 00:50:09,757
<i>They're clearly chasing some prey,</i>
<i>but this is a feeding strategy</i>

727
00:50:09,924 --> 00:50:11,675
<i>that hasn't been documented</i>
<i>in the literature</i>

728
00:50:11,842 --> 00:50:13,969
<i>that we're just now,</i>
<i>through this aerial footage,</i>

729
00:50:14,136 --> 00:50:16,472
<i>able to really see what they're doing.</i>

730
00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:20,017
NARRATOR:
<i>But this still isn't the hunting behavior</i>

731
00:50:20,184 --> 00:50:21,435
<i>they've come here to film.</i>

732
00:50:24,563 --> 00:50:26,106
<i>Then, finally,</i>

733
00:50:26,689 --> 00:50:28,775
<i>Jamie spots what they've been looking for.</i>

734
00:50:29,443 --> 00:50:34,406
<i>This dolphin beats up the mud</i>
<i>with its fluke, creating a perfect circle.</i>

735
00:50:36,158 --> 00:50:37,326
<i>A mud ring.</i>

736
00:50:38,118 --> 00:50:40,037
LAURA: (OVER RADIO)<i> Aww. Wow. Aww.</i>

737
00:50:40,287 --> 00:50:41,956
NARRATOR:<i> This technique in itself...</i>

738
00:50:42,540 --> 00:50:45,000
<i>showcases</i>
<i>the dolphin's remarkable intelligence</i>

739
00:50:45,751 --> 00:50:50,172
<i>as they use the muddy substrate</i>
<i>to form the perfect fishing net.</i>

740
00:50:53,383 --> 00:50:55,760
JAMIE: (OVER RADIO)<i> I see they've got</i>
<i>a shoal of fish surrounded.</i>

741
00:50:56,053 --> 00:50:57,555
MAN: (OVER RADIO) <i>Yeah, it's really nice.</i>

742
00:50:58,055 --> 00:51:01,183
NARRATOR:<i> Other dolphins have</i>
<i>corralled the shoal of fish into the ring.</i>

743
00:51:02,309 --> 00:51:04,895
<i>And the entrapped fish,</i>
<i>in trying to escape,</i>

744
00:51:05,145 --> 00:51:07,439
<i>leap straight into their waiting mouths.</i>

745
00:51:21,245 --> 00:51:23,664
JAMIE: (OVER RADIO) <i>Absolutely perfect,</i>
<i>there's a whole shoal of fish.</i>

746
00:51:24,415 --> 00:51:26,417
<i>You can see the dolphins</i>
<i>trying to get around them.</i>

747
00:51:29,461 --> 00:51:31,589
<i>-Look at that, there.</i>
<i>-</i>(LAURA LAUGHS)

748
00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:34,091
<i>-</i>LAURA:<i> That is amazing.</i>
<i>-</i>JAMIE:<i> That's pretty amazing.</i>

749
00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:41,890
JAMIE:<i> I've never seen anything</i>
<i>that coordinated.</i>

750
00:51:42,516 --> 00:51:44,643
<i>And they're definitely working together</i>
<i>and communicating</i>

751
00:51:45,019 --> 00:51:46,729
<i>to better coordinate the ring</i>

752
00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:48,939
<i>and make the fish leap</i>
<i>and land where dolphins are waiting.</i>

753
00:51:49,106 --> 00:51:51,692
<i>-It's, yeah, an amazing display.</i>
<i>-</i>(DOLPHINS CHATTER)

754
00:52:08,459 --> 00:52:10,336
(DOLPHINS CHATTERING)

755
00:52:17,635 --> 00:52:19,511
NARRATOR:
<i>The team's patience has paid off.</i>

756
00:52:20,621 --> 00:52:22,623
<i>They've finally captured on film</i>

757
00:52:23,057 --> 00:52:27,186
<i>this remarkable cooperative</i>
<i>hunting strategy of bottlenose dolphins.</i>

758
00:52:32,232 --> 00:52:34,818
<i>In much deeper waters</i>
<i>off the coast of Hawaii,</i>

759
00:52:35,944 --> 00:52:37,946
<i>our whale team have returned to film</i>

760
00:52:38,113 --> 00:52:40,491
<i>a great gathering of male humpbacks.</i>

761
00:52:43,077 --> 00:52:44,078
<i>But this gathering</i>

762
00:52:44,244 --> 00:52:47,289
<i>is not in the same cooperative spirit</i>
<i>as the dolphins.</i>

763
00:52:48,499 --> 00:52:49,667
<i>Quite the opposite.</i>

764
00:52:51,043 --> 00:52:53,462
<i>An intense competition is brewing.</i>

765
00:52:55,381 --> 00:52:57,758
<i>Here, they gather in the greatest numbers</i>

766
00:52:58,008 --> 00:53:01,804
<i>to take part</i>
<i>in the most spectacular battle in nature.</i>

767
00:53:11,095 --> 00:53:13,440
<i>Back on the </i>Luckey Strike,
<i>Tad has now teamed up</i>

768
00:53:13,731 --> 00:53:16,234
<i>with Paul Atkins</i>
<i>to film this great ritual.</i>

769
00:53:17,194 --> 00:53:21,907
<i>They are following a female humpback</i>
<i>who has a number of males in hot pursuit.</i>

770
00:53:23,492 --> 00:53:26,620
PAUL:<i> There's definitely an air</i>
<i>of excitement and tension when you're</i>

771
00:53:26,787 --> 00:53:28,956
<i>headed out to film one of these battles.</i>

772
00:53:29,206 --> 00:53:31,125
<i>You're never quite sure</i>
<i>what's going to happen.</i>

773
00:53:32,126 --> 00:53:34,795
They're going really fast
at eleven o'clock.

774
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:43,303
NARRATOR:<i> Professor Joe Mobley</i>
<i>is documenting the activity from the bow.</i>

775
00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:50,436
<i>And as the boat catches up with the pod,</i>
<i>things really start to heat up.</i>

776
00:53:53,021 --> 00:53:55,399
<i>The battle is about to commence.</i>

777
00:54:02,114 --> 00:54:04,074
<i>The males begin to chase one another.</i>

778
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,545
It's a pretty fast-moving pod.

779
00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:26,805
<i>As Paul begin to film</i>
<i>some spectacular surface behavior,</i>

780
00:54:27,389 --> 00:54:29,975
<i>more and more whales join the competition.</i>

781
00:54:33,395 --> 00:54:36,106
<i>All these challengers</i>
<i>are racing to catch up</i>

782
00:54:36,315 --> 00:54:38,484
<i>and displace the current front-runner,</i>

783
00:54:39,276 --> 00:54:42,738
<i>wanting to become the ultimate champion.</i>

784
00:54:52,289 --> 00:54:55,417
<i>Out in front,</i>
<i>the female is setting the pace.</i>

785
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:02,966
<i>But this surface view does not reveal</i>
<i>the whole combat,</i>

786
00:55:03,467 --> 00:55:05,844
<i>as Joe has speculated for many years.</i>

787
00:55:06,887 --> 00:55:10,307
JOE:<i> The frustrating thing is I'm bound</i>
<i>to the above-surface world,</i>

788
00:55:10,682 --> 00:55:12,643
<i>where we're limited to probably</i>
<i>less than ten percent</i>

789
00:55:12,810 --> 00:55:13,894
<i>of their total behavior.</i>

790
00:55:14,186 --> 00:55:16,396
<i>You know, most of what's important</i>
<i>is going down below.</i>

791
00:55:19,691 --> 00:55:21,068
Looks good for pole cam, right?

792
00:55:21,310 --> 00:55:22,311
Go ahead.

793
00:55:22,611 --> 00:55:24,071
We're going to give it a try.

794
00:55:25,447 --> 00:55:27,783
JOE:<i> So, increasingly, I've been</i>
<i>relying on opportunities like this</i>

795
00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:31,253
<i>to work with film crews</i>
<i>with their high-tech equipment.</i>

796
00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:33,205
<i>And those kinds of instruments</i>
<i>basically give us</i>

797
00:55:33,372 --> 00:55:35,582
<i>a whale's eye view.</i>
<i>It puts us in their world.</i>

798
00:55:35,874 --> 00:55:37,835
<i>Much more likely to answer</i>
<i>the kinds of questions</i>

799
00:55:38,210 --> 00:55:40,254
<i>that we've been asking for decades now.</i>

800
00:55:41,813 --> 00:55:42,940
TAD: Okay, you've got it?

801
00:55:43,131 --> 00:55:45,884
PAUL:<i> So, we designed the granddaddy</i>
<i>of all pole cams,</i>

802
00:55:46,218 --> 00:55:47,803
<i>and this had never been tried before.</i>

803
00:55:48,428 --> 00:55:49,471
MAN: Okay, I got it.

804
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:53,308
PAUL:<i> And the pole cam system</i>
<i>has to be beefy and sturdy enough</i>

805
00:55:53,559 --> 00:55:57,145
<i>to withstand moving through water</i>
<i>at four to five knots,</i>

806
00:55:57,437 --> 00:55:58,939
<i>sometimes six knots.</i>

807
00:56:01,316 --> 00:56:04,319
NARRATOR:<i> Paul hopes to capture</i>
<i>a unique underwater perspective</i>

808
00:56:04,486 --> 00:56:06,196
<i>of this great contest.</i>

809
00:56:08,448 --> 00:56:11,118
<i>On top deck,</i>
<i>he prepares the viewing monitor.</i>

810
00:56:12,786 --> 00:56:15,622
<i>As the boat races to catch up</i>
<i>with the charging giants,</i>

811
00:56:16,456 --> 00:56:19,626
<i>skipper Tad must get his boat</i>
<i>right alongside them.</i>

812
00:56:28,343 --> 00:56:29,636
PAUL:<i> Okay, there's two whales.</i>

813
00:56:30,387 --> 00:56:32,180
<i>Now there's three whales in the frame.</i>

814
00:56:33,065 --> 00:56:35,567
Okay, there's one
dead center in the frame.

815
00:56:36,101 --> 00:56:37,561
<i>This is great position, Tad.</i>

816
00:56:38,729 --> 00:56:42,190
<i>Oh, he's coming up right here,</i>
<i>right here, this is good.</i>

817
00:56:43,983 --> 00:56:45,752
Stay in and let these guys catch up.

818
00:56:47,195 --> 00:56:49,823
NARRATOR:<i> By combining</i>
<i>Paul's underwater and surface filming</i>

819
00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:53,493
<i>with aerial footage by helicopter...</i>

820
00:56:54,786 --> 00:56:57,205
PAUL:<i> Oh, this is great, Tad. Hold this.</i>

821
00:56:57,827 --> 00:57:02,044
<i>...he starts to reveal the intensity</i>
<i>of this battle like never before.</i>

822
00:57:05,047 --> 00:57:07,841
Okay, there's one below that's coming.
This is great position, Tad.

823
00:57:08,508 --> 00:57:12,137
PAUL:<i> And he's coming up right here,</i>
<i>right here, this is good.</i>

824
00:57:15,432 --> 00:57:16,433
<i>Wow.</i>

825
00:57:16,850 --> 00:57:17,851
<i>Geez.</i>

826
00:57:23,065 --> 00:57:25,108
NARRATOR:
<i>All the whales dive down into the deep.</i>

827
00:57:30,238 --> 00:57:31,490
PAUL:<i> Diving, diving.</i>

828
00:57:33,033 --> 00:57:34,419
And there they go.

829
00:57:35,077 --> 00:57:37,287
Now, we can see them all
diving towards the bottom,

830
00:57:37,454 --> 00:57:38,914
going down about 200 feet.

831
00:57:40,499 --> 00:57:42,167
Sometimes it goes... so we can follow them

832
00:57:42,334 --> 00:57:43,919
straight down the bottom
and you see them.

833
00:57:44,169 --> 00:57:46,380
Looks like they're rubbing on the bottom
at 200 feet.

834
00:57:46,755 --> 00:57:48,256
If we could get a camera down there,

835
00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:50,550
we might find out
where's it's all really happening.

836
00:57:50,926 --> 00:57:53,971
Maybe that's where the actual mating
is occurring.

837
00:57:54,846 --> 00:57:56,056
-Who knows?
-Coming up.

838
00:57:56,223 --> 00:57:57,599
They're still stuck on us right here.

839
00:57:57,975 --> 00:58:00,352
NARRATOR:
<i>Suddenly, erupting back up from the deep,</i>

840
00:58:00,727 --> 00:58:03,772
<i>the conflict resumes</i>
<i>at an even greater pace.</i>

841
00:58:05,107 --> 00:58:06,817
Yeah, yeah, yeah, because this is...

842
00:58:07,442 --> 00:58:09,486
Yeah, this is really getting good.

843
00:58:10,988 --> 00:58:14,199
NARRATOR:<i> Over 25 male whales</i>
<i>charge past the camera,</i>

844
00:58:14,658 --> 00:58:16,785
<i>blowing streams off aggressive bubbles.</i>

845
00:58:17,536 --> 00:58:19,037
<i>-</i>PAUL:<i> Lot of bubbles.</i>
<i>-</i>MAN:<i> Yeah.</i>

846
00:58:19,496 --> 00:58:20,914
-PAUL:<i> Tons of bubbles.</i>
<i>-</i>MAN: Coming up.

847
00:58:29,881 --> 00:58:32,968
NARRATOR:<i> Those in the rear</i>
<i>try to force the front-runners under,</i>

848
00:58:34,011 --> 00:58:38,765
<i>ruthlessly ramming them to slow them down</i>
<i>and take the lead nearest to the female.</i>

849
00:58:43,020 --> 00:58:47,441
<i>This is the most immense</i>
<i>ocean competition in nature.</i>

850
00:58:52,195 --> 00:58:54,448
<i>Finally, as the other males tire,</i>

851
00:58:54,717 --> 00:58:57,826
<i>the two fastest and strongest</i>
<i>take primary positions</i>

852
00:58:59,327 --> 00:59:01,121
<i>hot on the heels of the female.</i>

853
00:59:13,967 --> 00:59:16,887
<i>In the last moments,</i>
<i>a challenger lunges forward</i>

854
00:59:17,154 --> 00:59:18,864
<i>and forces his rival under...</i>

855
00:59:21,641 --> 00:59:23,060
<i>and out of the race...</i>

856
00:59:24,853 --> 00:59:27,522
<i>claiming his place as the victor.</i>

857
00:59:34,821 --> 00:59:35,906
And they're gone.

858
00:59:37,908 --> 00:59:39,117
PAUL: And there they go.

859
00:59:43,622 --> 00:59:46,374
NARRATOR:<i> This battle is finally over.</i>

860
00:59:48,919 --> 00:59:52,297
<i>One mighty humpback has fought</i>
<i>and won the right</i>

861
00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:55,300
<i>to be the protector of our lone female.</i>

862
01:00:01,973 --> 01:00:05,018
<i>Filming this magnificent event</i>
<i>was only possible</i>

863
01:00:05,227 --> 01:00:08,855
<i>because protection has allowed</i>
<i>whale societies to rebuild.</i>

864
01:00:12,317 --> 01:00:16,071
<i>Unfortunately,</i>
<i>such success stories are rare.</i>

865
01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:18,406
<i>And unlike the humpbacks,</i>

866
01:00:19,074 --> 01:00:21,785
<i>the populations</i>
<i>of our ocean's greatest predators</i>

867
01:00:22,202 --> 01:00:23,620
<i>are in huge decline.</i>

868
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:32,671
<i>Over a hundred million sharks</i>
<i>are fished each year</i>

869
01:00:33,421 --> 01:00:36,466
<i>to satisfy the demands</i>
<i>of the shark finning industry.</i>

870
01:00:38,468 --> 01:00:42,472
<i>Giants like the tiger shark</i>
<i>are becoming increasingly rare.</i>

871
01:00:44,474 --> 01:00:48,145
<i>And their overblown reputation</i>
<i>as frightening and deadly predators</i>

872
01:00:48,770 --> 01:00:50,147
<i>has not helped them.</i>

873
01:00:58,446 --> 01:01:01,283
<i>Paul, however, having filmed sharks</i>
<i>for many years,</i>

874
01:01:01,533 --> 01:01:04,619
<i>knows they are nothing like</i>
<i>this cartoonish stereotype.</i>

875
01:01:07,038 --> 01:01:09,833
The first time I saw sharks underwater,
what impressed me was

876
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,461
how extraordinarily beautiful they are,
how graceful they are,

877
01:01:13,837 --> 01:01:18,008
how perfectly adapted that
they're swimming and how agile they are.

878
01:01:18,675 --> 01:01:21,094
And then, the next thing
that impresses you about sharks,

879
01:01:21,386 --> 01:01:23,430
because you grow up with all of this fear,

880
01:01:23,638 --> 01:01:25,807
is they don't seem
to be threatening you.

881
01:01:26,224 --> 01:01:27,893
PAUL:<i> They don't seem to be that scary.</i>

882
01:01:33,607 --> 01:01:35,192
<i>When tiger sharks show up...</i>

883
01:01:36,318 --> 01:01:38,403
<i>their presence</i>
<i>kind of dominates the scene.</i>

884
01:01:38,620 --> 01:01:41,456
<i>Pretty much, you have your attention</i>
<i>on the tiger shark,</i>

885
01:01:41,907 --> 01:01:43,116
<i>and you never turn your back on it,</i>

886
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:46,411
<i>because they tend to know</i>
<i>which direction you're looking at,</i>

887
01:01:47,078 --> 01:01:49,206
<i>and they tend to want to come up</i>
<i>behind you.</i>

888
01:01:54,377 --> 01:01:57,172
<i>But they like to test,</i>
<i>they like to see what you are.</i>

889
01:01:57,339 --> 01:02:01,384
<i>And part of that testing</i>
<i>can be pushing its nose into you.</i>

890
01:02:05,222 --> 01:02:07,891
And what you can do
is just put your hand on its nose

891
01:02:08,016 --> 01:02:09,726
and just gently push them away.

892
01:02:10,185 --> 01:02:13,188
PAUL:<i> What other predator on land</i>
<i>could you do that with?</i>

893
01:02:13,438 --> 01:02:16,733
<i>If you did it with bears</i>
<i>that were feeding, or lions, or tigers,</i>

894
01:02:17,275 --> 01:02:18,735
<i>you'd probably get mauled.</i>

895
01:02:19,361 --> 01:02:22,656
<i>And yet, here with one of the biggest,</i>
<i>baddest, predators on the planet,</i>

896
01:02:23,114 --> 01:02:25,116
<i>in terms of the way we feel about them,</i>

897
01:02:25,450 --> 01:02:27,744
<i>and it's perfectly safe to do that, so...</i>

898
01:02:39,881 --> 01:02:42,676
NARRATOR:<i> Sharks are not only</i>
<i>misunderstood by humans,</i>

899
01:02:43,426 --> 01:02:47,514
<i>but their important role in maintaining</i>
<i>a well-balanced ocean ecosystem</i>

900
01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:49,683
<i>is often overlooked.</i>

901
01:02:55,647 --> 01:02:58,650
<i>A healthy coral reef has many sharks,</i>

902
01:02:59,025 --> 01:03:03,321
<i>but in today's oceans, these reefs</i>
<i>are increasingly hard to find.</i>

903
01:03:06,992 --> 01:03:09,494
<i>Underwater cinematographer,</i>
<i>Denis Lagrange,</i>

904
01:03:09,744 --> 01:03:13,540
<i>has known for years</i>
<i>about one of the last strongholds on Earth</i>

905
01:03:14,045 --> 01:03:16,849
<i>for large gatherings of grey reef sharks.</i>

906
01:03:17,544 --> 01:03:22,048
<i>He's in French Polynesia, preparing</i>
<i>to dive these shark-infested waters.</i>

907
01:03:30,265 --> 01:03:34,686
<i>On an incoming tide, hundreds</i>
<i>of reef sharks school in this channel.</i>

908
01:03:44,446 --> 01:03:48,116
<i>Like Paul, Denis has no fear</i>
<i>of these apex predators,</i>

909
01:03:48,533 --> 01:03:51,036
<i>for he knows he is not on their menu.</i>

910
01:03:52,746 --> 01:03:55,915
DENIS:<i> For me, sharks are</i>
<i>one of the most of incredible creature</i>

911
01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:58,251
<i>in the ocean, and you really feel it.</i>

912
01:04:02,881 --> 01:04:05,884
<i>And when we have</i>
<i>all these sharks gather together</i>

913
01:04:06,217 --> 01:04:08,011
<i>and they're really concentrated,</i>

914
01:04:08,428 --> 01:04:10,180
<i>it's an amazing spectacle,</i>

915
01:04:10,347 --> 01:04:14,021
<i>and French Polynesia is the last place,</i>
<i>I think, in the world,</i>

916
01:04:14,196 --> 01:04:15,821
<i>where you can see that.</i>

917
01:04:18,521 --> 01:04:22,150
<i>We try to justify why sharks</i>
<i>should be saved and not killed,</i>

918
01:04:22,484 --> 01:04:26,821
<i>try to fight against shark finning,</i>
<i>but I think it's important to repeat it</i>

919
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:29,366
<i>because they are</i>
<i>at the top of the food chain.</i>

920
01:04:29,949 --> 01:04:32,577
<i>They're cleaning the reef</i>
<i>of all natural sickness.</i>

921
01:04:52,514 --> 01:04:56,935
<i>So, if you have no predators,</i>
<i>the reef will just not be in good shape.</i>

922
01:04:57,227 --> 01:04:58,395
<i>It's a reality.</i>

923
01:04:59,437 --> 01:05:01,314
<i>We have to try our best</i>
<i>to protect the shark.</i>

924
01:05:01,940 --> 01:05:04,859
And French Polynesia,
it's one of the only country in the world

925
01:05:05,235 --> 01:05:07,821
who really protect the shark.
It's written in the law.

926
01:05:08,154 --> 01:05:11,241
You're not allowed to kill sharks,
you're not allowed to fish sharks.

927
01:05:12,784 --> 01:05:15,120
NARRATOR:<i> And the protection of sharks</i>
<i>in these waters</i>

928
01:05:15,286 --> 01:05:18,289
<i>allows them to fulfil their role</i>
<i>as vital hunters.</i>

929
01:05:20,458 --> 01:05:22,961
<i>But most sharks don't hunt</i>
<i>during daylight hours.</i>

930
01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:26,548
<i>The serious hunting action occurs</i>
<i>after dark.</i>

931
01:05:28,341 --> 01:05:31,386
<i>So, Denis's next dive</i>
<i>would be a much greater challenge,</i>

932
01:05:32,262 --> 01:05:36,307
<i>filming sharks hunting at night</i>
<i>for his very first time.</i>

933
01:05:39,894 --> 01:05:42,397
<i>They put on special chainmail shark suits</i>

934
01:05:42,772 --> 01:05:46,109
<i>designed to stop a reef shark's teeth</i>
<i>from puncturing the skin.</i>

935
01:05:48,278 --> 01:05:50,947
<i>Sharks don't often</i>
<i>intentionally bite humans.</i>

936
01:05:51,739 --> 01:05:55,618
<i>But in the heat of a feeding frenzy,</i>
<i>it's wise to take precautions.</i>

937
01:05:55,869 --> 01:05:56,870
(MAN LAUGHING)

938
01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,457
We expect a lot of shark action tonight.

939
01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:03,751
I hope we will survive.

940
01:06:04,335 --> 01:06:06,129
-MAN: Should we go now?
-We should go.

941
01:06:06,504 --> 01:06:07,505
Yeah.

942
01:06:09,424 --> 01:06:11,092
-MAN: Are we good?
-Are we good?

943
01:06:11,593 --> 01:06:12,677
Yeah.

944
01:06:15,763 --> 01:06:18,391
NARRATOR:
<i>It's more like a special forces operation.</i>

945
01:06:19,517 --> 01:06:20,727
<i>And it needs to be.</i>

946
01:06:23,563 --> 01:06:30,445
(MEN SPEAKING FRENCH)

947
01:06:39,662 --> 01:06:41,831
NARRATOR:
<i>A few sharks appear straight away.</i>

948
01:06:44,918 --> 01:06:46,503
<i>Then the numbers build quickly.</i>

949
01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:56,137
DENIS:
<i>When you first dive down to the reef</i>

950
01:06:56,554 --> 01:06:59,682
<i>and you see this amazing</i>
<i>number of sharks altogether,</i>

951
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:01,935
<i>you feel a little scared.</i>

952
01:07:09,734 --> 01:07:11,361
NARRATOR:<i> The surface team is anxious.</i>

953
01:07:11,986 --> 01:07:14,572
<i>They can see the sharks</i>
<i>amassing from above.</i>

954
01:07:16,241 --> 01:07:20,495
DENIS:<i> We've never seen that before.</i>
<i>Daytime, the shark kind of lazy,</i>

955
01:07:20,703 --> 01:07:22,872
<i>but as soon as you're diving</i>
<i>at night with them,</i>

956
01:07:23,498 --> 01:07:25,917
<i>you really see how powerful they can be.</i>

957
01:07:32,298 --> 01:07:34,926
NARRATOR:<i> While the fish</i>
<i>remain hidden, they are safe.</i>

958
01:07:41,349 --> 01:07:43,268
<i>But a nervous reef fish breaks cover...</i>

959
01:07:44,519 --> 01:07:46,229
<i>and the feeding frenzy is on.</i>

960
01:07:47,355 --> 01:07:50,316
DENIS:<i> To be eaten by a shark</i>
<i>is a really big issue.</i>

961
01:07:50,567 --> 01:07:54,153
<i>When you have hundreds of them</i>
<i>in front of you or coming right at you,</i>

962
01:07:54,445 --> 01:07:56,990
<i>they don't care about you,</i>
<i>they just want the fish.</i>

963
01:07:57,574 --> 01:07:58,950
(DENIS IMITATES DOLPHIN SQUEALING)

964
01:08:20,054 --> 01:08:21,764
DENIS: No, no, no, no, no!

965
01:08:30,914 --> 01:08:32,775
<i>On l'a fait! On l'a fait!</i>

966
01:08:33,292 --> 01:08:34,485
(ALL LAUGH)

967
01:08:34,736 --> 01:08:37,030
(ALL SPEAKING FRENCH)

968
01:08:37,280 --> 01:08:38,656
No, but then you have to pay attention

969
01:08:38,740 --> 01:08:40,450
-to the little fish going between us.
-<i>Oh là là,</i>

970
01:08:40,575 --> 01:08:42,368
-yeah, yeah, yeah.
-"Get away, get away."

971
01:08:42,619 --> 01:08:45,455
When they're frenzy, you know,
there are a lot of them.

972
01:08:45,747 --> 01:08:48,958
DENIS:<i> If they come to you,</i>
<i>I mean, they kick you down.</i>

973
01:08:49,208 --> 01:08:52,920
I really felt it, you know,
a little fish went out of the coral,

974
01:08:53,129 --> 01:08:55,673
<i>and they went on it,</i>
<i>and they don't care about you,</i>

975
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:57,216
you know, just going for the fish.

976
01:08:57,550 --> 01:09:01,638
It was like a river, water flowing.
And then afterwards, another image,

977
01:09:02,305 --> 01:09:05,308
he was the middle of the LA,
Los Angeles traffic.

978
01:09:05,433 --> 01:09:07,185
<i>-</i>MAN:<i> You know, like in the movie?</i>
<i>-</i>(MEN LAUGHING)

979
01:09:08,686 --> 01:09:11,439
You know, the big turnaround
and, like, cars everywhere.

980
01:09:12,106 --> 01:09:15,735
<i>Huh? Highway, but full of cars,</i>
<i>like big traffic jam,</i>

981
01:09:15,902 --> 01:09:17,612
and this was Denis in the middle of that.

982
01:09:17,904 --> 01:09:20,114
-I went to LA...
-It was just like flowing,

983
01:09:20,865 --> 01:09:22,950
like water, sharks flowing around him.

984
01:09:26,037 --> 01:09:29,791
They've been around here,
they've been here for 400 million years.

985
01:09:30,667 --> 01:09:33,711
I mean, those species are like...
When you see them hunting,

986
01:09:34,253 --> 01:09:37,674
it's like, you know, okay,
evolution made them so powerful.

987
01:09:37,924 --> 01:09:39,092
It's like the top.

988
01:09:39,926 --> 01:09:42,261
When they hunt,
it's just like beautiful to watch.

989
01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:43,721
<i>Beautiful.</i>

990
01:09:53,439 --> 01:09:54,982
NARRATOR:
<i>On our cinematographers' quest</i>

991
01:09:55,233 --> 01:09:58,778
<i>to share with you</i>
<i>a tiny glimpse into a dolphin's world,</i>

992
01:09:59,779 --> 01:10:01,572
<i>they visited some unique places,</i>

993
01:10:02,281 --> 01:10:05,284
<i>many of which</i>
<i>are some of the last examples</i>

994
01:10:05,451 --> 01:10:07,495
<i>of thriving ocean communities.</i>

995
01:10:09,706 --> 01:10:12,041
<i>Healthy coral reefs, rich in life,</i>

996
01:10:12,375 --> 01:10:16,295
<i>once fringed every landmass</i>
<i>across our tropical oceans...</i>

997
01:10:17,588 --> 01:10:20,174
<i>yet today, very few remain.</i>

998
01:10:21,259 --> 01:10:23,636
<i>We are killing them.</i>

999
01:10:26,597 --> 01:10:28,850
<i>Pollution and unsustainable fishing</i>

1000
01:10:29,225 --> 01:10:33,229
<i>are just a few of the destructive</i>
<i>practices causing their demise.</i>

1001
01:10:44,490 --> 01:10:48,494
<i>Sadly, during the three years it took</i>
<i>for the team to make this film,</i>

1002
01:10:49,078 --> 01:10:52,498
<i>a third of the Great Barrier Reef</i>
<i>bleached and died.</i>

1003
01:10:55,710 --> 01:10:59,464
<i>Without immediate action,</i>
<i>most scientists agree</i>

1004
01:10:59,714 --> 01:11:04,677
<i>that almost all coral reefs</i>
<i>will be destroyed in just 50 years.</i>

1005
01:11:06,637 --> 01:11:09,015
<i>Countless creatures will cease to exist.</i>

1006
01:11:11,184 --> 01:11:14,353
<i>And our dolphins will have lost</i>
<i>their vital home.</i>

1007
01:11:18,983 --> 01:11:24,113
<i>But there is hope,</i>
<i>with one of the simplest of solutions...</i>

1008
01:11:25,740 --> 01:11:26,824
<i>protection.</i>

1009
01:11:29,786 --> 01:11:34,957
<i>The best example,</i>
<i>the islands of Palau in Micronesia.</i>

1010
01:11:36,876 --> 01:11:40,171
<i>Didier has come here</i>
<i>to film a very special event.</i>

1011
01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:45,468
DIDIER:<i> So, when I knew I was going</i>
<i>to go to Palau, I was very excited</i>

1012
01:11:45,635 --> 01:11:47,011
<i>because I have never been.</i>

1013
01:11:48,346 --> 01:11:52,600
<i>When I first put my head in the water,</i>
<i>I realized how beautiful it was.</i>

1014
01:11:54,435 --> 01:11:57,271
<i>It's that sort of place</i>
<i>where you have strong upwellings</i>

1015
01:11:57,563 --> 01:11:59,774
<i>bringing rich water from the depths,</i>

1016
01:12:00,900 --> 01:12:02,068
<i>very rich in nutrients.</i>

1017
01:12:02,443 --> 01:12:05,655
<i>Makes a top-class reef, very rich in life,</i>

1018
01:12:06,096 --> 01:12:07,614
<i>with all those fish everywhere.</i>

1019
01:12:08,825 --> 01:12:10,159
<i>And not only the small ones.</i>

1020
01:12:10,952 --> 01:12:12,745
<i>Giants and other predators...</i>

1021
01:12:15,248 --> 01:12:17,708
<i>all kind of fish.</i>
<i>We have all the food chain.</i>

1022
01:12:19,669 --> 01:12:23,548
<i>Mantas, hundreds of sharks,</i>
<i>everyone is here.</i>

1023
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:32,056
NARRATOR:<i> In 1998,</i>

1024
01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:35,768
<i>everyone thought that this reef</i>
<i>might have been lost forever.</i>

1025
01:12:37,478 --> 01:12:40,690
<i>An El Niño event had bleached</i>
<i>and killed the coral.</i>

1026
01:12:42,733 --> 01:12:45,778
<i>But you-know-who stepped in to clean up...</i>

1027
01:12:47,321 --> 01:12:49,407
<i>our trusty bumphead parrotfish.</i>

1028
01:12:51,242 --> 01:12:54,203
<i>And with the added help</i>
<i>of government-enforced protection...</i>

1029
01:12:55,288 --> 01:12:57,498
<i>the reef is now as good as new.</i>

1030
01:13:06,607 --> 01:13:11,696
<i>Not surprisingly, Palau is now famous</i>
<i>for its great fish gatherings.</i>

1031
01:13:12,847 --> 01:13:17,435
<i>Every full moon, all the bumpheads</i>
<i>gather at dawn to spawn.</i>

1032
01:13:19,186 --> 01:13:23,441
<i>This is the legendary spectacle</i>
<i>Didier has come here to film.</i>

1033
01:13:32,533 --> 01:13:35,620
DIDIER:<i> To film the bumpheads spawning</i>
<i>is a special event</i>

1034
01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:38,748
<i>because this is something I do</i>
<i>for the first time.</i>

1035
01:13:40,458 --> 01:13:42,043
<i>First, you see all those fish...</i>

1036
01:13:44,013 --> 01:13:46,756
<i>and it's not ten, 30,</i>
<i>it's hundreds of them.</i>

1037
01:13:48,549 --> 01:13:51,719
<i>They are big massive fish,</i>
<i>like 20, 30 kilos.</i>

1038
01:13:53,971 --> 01:13:56,682
<i>For a cameraman,</i>
<i>this is something unique.</i>

1039
01:14:03,356 --> 01:14:06,359
NARRATOR:<i> Didier must remain poised</i>
<i>and ready the whole time,</i>

1040
01:14:07,109 --> 01:14:10,738
<i>because the actual spawning event</i>
<i>could occur at any moment.</i>

1041
01:14:12,114 --> 01:14:14,158
DIDIER:<i> When they aggregate,</i>
<i>you are on the reef,</i>

1042
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:17,411
<i>so you wait, you wait,</i>
<i>and all of a sudden,</i>

1043
01:14:17,620 --> 01:14:19,664
<i>they stop to go out in the blue,</i>

1044
01:14:20,081 --> 01:14:22,291
<i>and this is where the action will start.</i>

1045
01:14:23,167 --> 01:14:24,377
<i>This is where...</i>

1046
01:14:24,710 --> 01:14:28,089
<i>things get complicated because you have</i>
<i>to swim against the current,</i>

1047
01:14:28,464 --> 01:14:31,300
<i>and we can't compete with the fish.</i>

1048
01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:33,052
<i>You know, they are much faster than us.</i>

1049
01:14:34,061 --> 01:14:38,182
<i>When the first female comes to spawn,</i>
<i>then they will all come together.</i>

1050
01:14:38,557 --> 01:14:41,018
<i>They go up, swim up,</i>
<i>and all the males follow.</i>

1051
01:14:41,185 --> 01:14:43,396
<i>You have two, three, four,</i>
<i>sometimes up to ten.</i>

1052
01:14:43,763 --> 01:14:47,099
<i>And you have to be very reactive</i>
<i>because this is very fast.</i>

1053
01:14:47,817 --> 01:14:49,694
<i>Not missing any action.</i>

1054
01:14:51,362 --> 01:14:55,741
NARRATOR:<i> Millions of parrotfish eggs</i>
<i>are released into the warm ocean currents,</i>

1055
01:14:56,075 --> 01:14:59,829
<i>creating the next generation</i>
<i>of reef saviors.</i>

1056
01:15:05,376 --> 01:15:08,087
<i>In discovering these spectacles</i>
<i>across the world,</i>

1057
01:15:08,963 --> 01:15:13,050
<i>our filmmakers have also given us</i>
<i>a valuable insight</i>

1058
01:15:13,384 --> 01:15:16,470
<i>into how we can help our fragile oceans.</i>

1059
01:15:21,058 --> 01:15:22,893
<i>With international protection,</i>

1060
01:15:23,561 --> 01:15:27,064
<i>more places like Palau</i>
<i>would be able to recover...</i>

1061
01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:34,739
<i>creating a healthier,</i>
<i>more productive ocean.</i>

1062
01:15:37,908 --> 01:15:40,578
<i>One full of incredible characters...</i>

1063
01:15:41,871 --> 01:15:44,415
<i>-</i>(DOLPHINS CLICKING)
<i>-...that can continue to thrive</i>

1064
01:15:45,124 --> 01:15:47,418
<i>long into the future.</i>

1065
01:15:56,761 --> 01:15:59,889
(MUSIC PLAYING)