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Planet Earth » Season 2 » Islands
00:58:36
Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough
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Nouns
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treetop
His mother searches the treetop for the youngest leaves.
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exfoliation
and, in turn, provide a welcome exfoliation service.
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attenborough
ATTENBOROUGH: There are hundreds of thousands of islands,
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lemur
And tiny bamboo lemur eat nothing except bamboo.
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microcosm
A microcosm of our living planet.
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fertiliser
but it will soon have fertiliser for its roots.
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burrow
This is an excellent place for them to dig their nesting burrow,
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stench
spoke of the stench of sulphurous gases,
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splendour
by the sheer grandeur, and splendour and power
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albatross
A male Buller's albatross waits for his mate.
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11)
spectacles
is one of the greatest natural spectacles on Earth.
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12)
iguana
marine iguana graze on the sea floor.
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13)
tern
Fairy tern are permanent residents.
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14)
drone
The drone's been around the whole place
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speck
is isolated on a speck of land no bigger than New York's Central Park.
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16)
invader
An invader has occupied this island.
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swimmer
Although marine iguanas are expert swimmer,
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18)
reptile
but reptile, being cold-blooded,
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poop
they tend to use my tent as a little, uh, poop spot.
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sulphur
It's the first time we've smelt sulphur which is
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catcher
This is why some people call the Pisonia the "bird catcher tree".
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ancestor
From a single ancestor, about a hundred different types have evolved.
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lizard
these are the largest living lizard on the planet.
Verbs
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fledge
By the time it fledge, the Pisonia seeds will have dispersed
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entangle
Entangled and weighed down,
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pester
While smaller lizards prey on the flies that pester the colony.
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erupt
Some erupt explosively,
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graze
marine iguanas graze on the sea floor.
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6)
catapult
and now and again you just get a penguin that gets catapult
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reunite
They reunite here to breed.
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harass
Skuas harass the colony hoping to snatch a chick.
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ascend
we ascend into the planet's highest peaks
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batter
The penguins are surfing it, getting batter on these big boulders,
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greet
They greet each other with the special dance
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12)
wander
The much smaller ring-tails wander in troops across the forest floor
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13)
isolate
is isolate on a speck of land no bigger than New York's Central Park.
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dominate
Yet, for four million years, the Komodo dragon has dominate here.
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evolve
From a single ancestor, about a hundred different types have evolve.
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melt
Its warmth melt the snow early in the year
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realise
I think we've realise why the penguins don't nest here,
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equip
and equip with hooks.
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emerge
In June, when the hatchlings emerge, they're vulnerable.
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20)
adapt
With time and isolation, its animals have adapt
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doom
Blinded and confused, they're doom.
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smell
It's the first time we've smelt sulphur which is
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reveal
we reveal many of those wonders,
Adverbs
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volcanically
Young and still volcanically active, it's a desolate place.
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explosively
Some erupt explosively,
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splat
splat on top of the tent.
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purposely
We've purposely changed the campsite because it was a place
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ashore
ATTENBOROUGH: They work all day getting the gear ashore,
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luckily
ATTENBOROUGH: Luckily, it didn't come to that.
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seldom
The largest, the Indri, seldom comes down from the branches.
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altogether
But it's altogether easier to stay on Mother's back.
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aboard
Safely aboard, they leave with an unforgettable experience
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nowhere
most found nowhere else on Earth.
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differently
Island life encourages animals to do things differently,
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12)
literally
and there, literally, is only one safe area to get on,
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13)
somewhere
somewhere out there.
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apart
Each year they spend six months apart, travelling the ocean.
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successfully
If she doesn't appear soon, it will be too late for them to breed successfully.
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relatively
to support such giants on this relatively small island,
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absolutely
as there's absolutely penguins everywhere you look.
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nearly
Here, nearly all the plants are covered with ferocious spines.
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alone
There are more than 7,000 individuals on Fernandina alone.
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particularly
The surrounding sea, however, is particularly rich with life,
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perhaps
A strange vision of paradise to us, perhaps,
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sometimes
But sometimes the Pisonia trees are too successful.
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finally
Finally, we will explore our cities
Adjectives
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unwelcoming
particularly unwelcoming in winter.
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sulphurous
spoke of the stench of sulphurous gases,
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subantarctic
make the subantarctic islands off New Zealand
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supe
supe colonies in the forest.
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deafening
In the midst of all this deafening chorus,
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carnivorous
need only about a tenth of the food a carnivorous mammal would.
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ferocious
Here, nearly all the plants are covered with ferocious spines.
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treacherous
treacherous waters and astonishing numbers of penguins.
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enticing
That's an enticing call...
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desolate
Young and still volcanically active, it's a desolate place.
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ludicrous
15 metres in the air, it's totally ludicrous.
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noxious
ATTENBOROUGH: And when the wind changes, it brings a noxious reminder
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unforeseen
ATTENBOROUGH: As the snowmelts it creates an unforeseen problem.
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molten
others pour out rivers of molten rock,
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unattended
The Seychelles fody makes quick work of an unattended egg.
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intrepid
was the most intrepid shoot of the series.
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extinct
Of all the species that have become extinct in recent years,
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formidable
This formidable commute is the price these penguins pay for sanctuary.
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sheltered
They choose a sheltered place that won't disturb the locals.
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surreal
It's actually quite surreal after a whole year
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insignificant
Islands may seem remote and insignificant,
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arid
He's been born in the most arid and hostile corner
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unforgettable
Safely aboard, they leave with an unforgettable experience
