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The Atlantic - immense, hostile and brutal.
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The world's second largest ocean.
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So vast, it generates weather.
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An irresistible power
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that shapes lands
with its unstoppable force.
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To survive in the world's
wildest ocean
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takes tenacity and strength.
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This is the story
of birth and death,
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struggle and survival.
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Where the Atlantic meets Europe...
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..where the land meets the sea.
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This is A Year In The Wild.
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The Atlantic Ocean stretches
from the Antarctic
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to the Arctic.
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From the Americas
to Africa and Europe.
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Where its ferocity is matched
by its richness...
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..and diversity.
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As winter draws to a close...
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..the northern Atlantic coast
springs back to life.
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BIRDS SING
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But the creatures that live along
its shoreline remain at its mercy.
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Returning migrants and those
that faced winter head on
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must replenish energy...
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SQUAWKING
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..before finding a mate...
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..and starting a family.
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They only have a few short weeks,
so the drive is strong.
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On the Shetland Islands, 200 miles
north of the Scottish mainland...
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..an otter mum must first
get rid of the kids
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before she can start a new family.
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Last winter, her two otter cubs
emerged from their holt
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for the very first time.
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They were totally dependent on her
for food and protection.
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Six months later and she's still
caring for them.
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But not for much longer.
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Her food deliveries
are starting to dry up.
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A sign that family time
is almost over
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and it's time for the cubs
to move on.
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As the Atlantic warms,
fish return from the deep,
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giving the two youngsters the chance
to hone their hunting skills.
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The young male is already spending
more and more time alone,
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attempting to catch prey
for himself.
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This is a dangerous time.
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A lack of food can result in him
losing strength and dying.
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The risk is heightened by the
arrival of a big male dog otter.
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Dog otters are not normally
tolerated by females with cubs.
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But this is otter breeding season
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and adults are on the lookout
for a mate.
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He has spotted the young male cub
has caught a big fish.
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Stealing a meal is easier
than catching one...
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..so he muscles in.
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OTTERS SNARL
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The young cub tries to stand
its ground...
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..but is no match for the bigger,
stronger adult...
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..and he's forced to surrender
his catch.
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A valuable life lesson.
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Survival is not just
about catching food,
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it's also about being
wily enough to keep it.
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SQUAWKING
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Spring sees the return of millions
of migratory birds
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to the North Atlantic...
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..here to feed, find a mate
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and raise a family.
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The island of Noss,
just east of mainland Shetland,
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attracts 150,000 sea birds.
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These 600-foot sandstone cliffs
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are weathered by wind and sea...
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..making it the ideal nesting spot
for 20,000 gannets.
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CHIRPING
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Following their exhausting
2,000-mile flight
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Following their exhausting
2,000-mile flight
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from northern Africa...
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..it's time to feed.
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Diving at up to 60mph,
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they hit the water
at breakneck speed.
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But they are specifically designed
to hunt like this.
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They fold back their wings
to streamline their bodies.
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Powerful neck muscles and a layer
of sponge behind the bill
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cushions the blow.
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Their eyes immediately adjust
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so they can see underwater.
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Get it right and they are
rewarded with a fish.
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Get it wrong and it can be fatal.
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The risk of injury doesn't end here.
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Collisions underwater
are not uncommon.
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Dangers continue back on the cliffs.
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As more and more gannets arrive,
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good nest space becomes a premium
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and fights break out.
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SQUAWKING
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If neither stand down,
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they can be deadly.
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Spring in the Atlantic...
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..and on the island of Noss,
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20,000 gannets have returned
to breed.
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They gather nesting material
from the clifftops
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to line the exact same nest site
as last year.
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Competition is high
and fights break out.
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It's a battle of strength and will.
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Serrations inside the bill
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make escape virtually impossible.
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Its partner joins in...
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..gouging the intruder's eye.
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Gannets cannot hunt
without stereoscopic vision
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so it's vital it frees itself.
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Impostor taken care of,
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they reinforce their bond...
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..then get back to the business
of raising a family.
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As spring progresses,
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battles intensify,
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both above and below the surface.
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In the shallow coastal water
off south-west England,
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a male cuttlefish guards
his partner from rivals.
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She is approaching two years old.
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This is her first breeding season.
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It'll also be her last,
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as once she's laid her eggs,
she'll die.
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A second male attempts a takeover.
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Tension rises...
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..and their normally
dull brown colouration
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turns black and white.
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Their faces darken...
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..and they fight.
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Powerful jaws at the centre of their
limbs could deliver a deadly bite.
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With neither wanting to risk
injury, they split.
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But he's lost his partner,
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so, pumped up, he heads back in.
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Zebra stripes pulsing,
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eyes yellow with rage.
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He quickly recaptures his mate
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and normality returns.
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Cuttlefish breed head-to-head.
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But fertilisation doesn't happen
until egg laying,
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which is still hours away...
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..so he shadows her to prevent
an adversary moving in again.
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She carefully secures her eggs
to the vegetation...
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..camouflaging them with ink.
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Her final act,
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as, exhausted, spent,
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she'll now die,
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confident that her next generation
are safely hidden away.
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After a particularly tough winter...
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..warm air now sweeps across
Scotland's Atlantic coast.
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On the island of Rum, the red deer
that fed on seaweed in the winter
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have given birth.
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At only a day old,
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this one is still wobbly
on its legs.
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Its mother must find good grazing
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if she is to produce the milk needed
to satisfy her newborn...
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..so she hides it in the long grass
and heads off to graze.
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The youngster must stay still...
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SQUAWKING
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..as white-tailed and golden eagles
patrol the skies.
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Both will kill young calves.
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SQUAWKING
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Instinct kicks in
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and it seeks shelter
amongst the rocks.
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Warm temperatures and light winds
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lead to an explosion
of biting midges....
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..which drive the deer
to distraction.
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BUZZING
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Again, they find salvation
along the coast,
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where cool sea breezes
keep the biting midges at bay.
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But they must feed their calves
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so return to the midge-infested
peat bogs.
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Spring is when stags rebuild muscle
lost over the long winter.
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But this is also the season
to start growing new antlers.
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They're covered in a blood-rich
layer of skin called velvet...
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..which supplies oxygen
and nutrients to the bone...
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..helping them grow an inch a day.
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Faster than any other mammal bone.
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But all this blood also attracts
biting midges...
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..forcing the stags
to flee up into the mountains...
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..where it's too cold and windy
for the midges.
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But up here, the grazing is poor,
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just when the stags are desperate
for nutrition.
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Not everyone is struggling
to find food.
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A pair of white-tailed fish eagles
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found themselves the perfect place
to hunt.
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They're both 13 years old...
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..and have set up home
close to a prime fishing ground.
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Kylerhea Narrows is the shallow
stretch of water
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that separates the Isle of Skye
from the Scottish mainland.
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Twice a day, as the tide
ebbs and floods,
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water is forced through
the narrow sea strait...
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..creating one of the UK's
fastest tidal flows...
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..forcing fish to the surface...
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..making easy fishing for seals,
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gulls...
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..and fish eagles.
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Their eight-foot wingspan
is one of the largest of any eagle
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but they are still incredibly
agile, proficient hunters.
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SQUAWKING
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Once they have a fish,
they return to their nest
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to feed their two chicks.
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SCREECHING
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They've been together
for nine years,
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and in that time raised 11 chicks.
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But only once have they managed to
raise more than one chick at a time.
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For both to survive, they need
a constant supply of food.
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Dad fishes tirelessly...
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..leaving mum to guard the nest.
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SQUAWKING
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Now five weeks old,
their appetites are growing...
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..prompting mum to help
with the hunting...
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SCREECHING
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..leaving the youngsters home,
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alone and vulnerable.
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With both parents away,
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a young sea eagle invades their nest
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and starts stealing vital food.
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SCREECHING
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The larger chick sounds the alarm.
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SCREECHING
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If a fight were to start,
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one of the chicks could easily
fall from the nest to its death.
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Perhaps sensing a parent returning,
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it flees,
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leaving the chicks in peace again.
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Food deliveries keep coming.
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The older chick dominates
mealtime...
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..starving the younger chick
of valuable protein.
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Its chances of survival
are not good.
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Spring is a difficult time
for many newborn.
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In Iceland's far north,
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an Arctic fox mum has set up her den
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next to a sea bird nesting colony.
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Essential food for her
and her five pups.
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At 1,500 feet high,
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the cliffs are perilous.
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One wrong step would not
just mean her death,
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but that of her pups, too.
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Iceland, in the Atlantic's
far north.
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Wild, awe-inspiring and hostile.
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The Hornstrandir Peninsula sits
just below the Arctic Circle.
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Barren tundra and steep-sided
glacial valleys
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plummet 1,500 feet
into the Atlantic.
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But even here there is food,
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if you have the nerve
and the ability to find it.
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Arctic foxes are Iceland's
only native land mammal
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and they are tough.
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Last winter, they eked out an
existence along the shoreline,
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feeding on scraps
washed up by the tide.
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Spring sees the return
of nesting sea birds.
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Fresh food for this Arctic fox mum.
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Especially now that she has five
hungry mouths to feed.
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PUPS SQUEAL
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At six weeks old, they have
insatiable appetites...
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..driving their mum to carry out
regular nest raids.
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She's chosen her den site well,
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giving her easy access
to a regular supply of food.
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But these are some of the North
Atlantic's highest sea bird cliffs.
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One wrong step and she'll fall
to her death.
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At this age, her pups are
totally dependent upon her.
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If she doesn't return,
they will perish.
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Unaware of the danger, they spend
their time play fighting...
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..stalking flowers...
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..and asserting dominance.
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00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:09,830
Skills to help them when they
leave the den in a month's time.
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Their mother returns
with another kill.
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PUPS SQUEAL
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The dominant pup
quickly takes control.
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At eight years, she is an old
but experienced mother,
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returning with kill after kill.
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00:26:47,110 --> 00:26:49,430
But she'll have to work hard
266
00:26:49,430 --> 00:26:52,590
if she's to keep all five
pups alive.
267
00:27:11,870 --> 00:27:15,550
Just 100 miles south of the foxes,
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00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:18,710
on Iceland's west coast...
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..four eider ducklings
have just hatched.
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00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:36,830
They're about to start a short
but perilous journey to the coast.
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Their mother hasn't eaten since she
started incubating three weeks ago,
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00:27:43,870 --> 00:27:45,550
so she's hungry.
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CHIRPING
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Her chicks hatched fully feathered
and with their eyes open.
275
00:28:01,430 --> 00:28:06,030
Just hours old, they must get
to the safety of the water.
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00:28:07,430 --> 00:28:11,390
This is the moment predatory gulls
have been waiting for.
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SQUAWKING
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00:28:14,070 --> 00:28:16,830
They slope off
through the long grass.
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00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:24,870
Mum calls quietly
to keep them close.
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00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:26,830
DUCK CALLS
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They're joined by other families.
282
00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:48,430
And together, they break cover
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00:28:48,430 --> 00:28:51,070
and race to the water.
284
00:28:59,670 --> 00:29:02,830
But one has been left behind.
285
00:29:04,110 --> 00:29:08,110
Lost, it starts walking
the wrong way.
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00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:10,150
CHIRPING
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It calls for its mother.
288
00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:16,270
But she's moving offshore.
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00:29:17,310 --> 00:29:19,310
CHIRPING
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00:29:21,630 --> 00:29:24,590
Those that made it take the plunge.
291
00:29:28,150 --> 00:29:31,670
Eiders are oceanic ducks
that spend their lives
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diving for mussels
on the sea bottom...
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00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:42,870
..and quickly adapt to their
new underwater environment.
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00:29:46,950 --> 00:29:48,950
CHIRPING
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00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:53,070
The lost one keeps calling.
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00:29:54,910 --> 00:29:58,590
Its whistles may also attract
predatory gulls.
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00:30:00,230 --> 00:30:01,910
SQUAWKING
298
00:30:01,910 --> 00:30:05,350
Along the shore, another chick
has been snatched.
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00:30:07,790 --> 00:30:09,790
CHIRPING
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00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:14,870
It's now or never
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00:30:14,870 --> 00:30:17,350
as the creche is moving away.
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00:30:20,870 --> 00:30:22,990
It makes a run for it.
303
00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:31,070
Onto the shoreline,
out into the open.
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00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:34,670
SQUAWKING
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00:30:35,710 --> 00:30:37,710
CHIRPING
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00:30:45,150 --> 00:30:49,350
It hits the water
and takes the plunge.
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00:31:07,390 --> 00:31:10,350
And is reunited with its mother.
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00:31:12,430 --> 00:31:16,070
Together, they head off
to the safety of the bay.
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Long sunny days
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warm the Atlantic's shallow
coastal waters...
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..turning them green
with microscopic life.
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Food for filter feeders
like fan worms
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that emerge from tubes they've built
from sand and shells.
314
00:32:07,430 --> 00:32:12,390
But it's flame shells that are
the ocean's real engineers.
315
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Using their foot, they bind
debris together with thread.
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00:32:24,910 --> 00:32:28,070
Bit by bit, building themselves
a home.
317
00:32:32,430 --> 00:32:37,350
But their toil also creates places
for predators to hunt.
318
00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:44,190
A king scallop makes
a quick getaway.
319
00:32:54,150 --> 00:32:58,070
Not so this flame shell,
which is stuck fast.
320
00:33:01,430 --> 00:33:06,670
A hermit crab makes light work
of its soft, fleshy insides.
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00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:14,870
Predators patrol these reefs,
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00:33:14,870 --> 00:33:16,830
on the lookout for a meal.
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00:33:25,430 --> 00:33:28,590
A cuttlefish hunts
using stealth and speed.
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During the day,
he hides under the sand.
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As it draws to a close, he emerges.
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00:33:53,630 --> 00:33:55,830
He hatched over winter.
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00:33:57,670 --> 00:34:02,390
Still only five inches long, he
focuses his attention on a shrimp.
328
00:34:06,430 --> 00:34:10,590
He may be young, but he's still
a formidable predator.
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He has ten limbs,
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each one armed
with powerful suckers.
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00:34:24,870 --> 00:34:27,870
Known as a chameleon of the sea,
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he can alter his colour and texture
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by contracting muscles.
334
00:34:36,430 --> 00:34:40,350
His eyes can look both forwards
and backwards.
335
00:34:46,670 --> 00:34:50,350
He waves two arms
to help with disguise.
336
00:34:57,390 --> 00:35:00,350
Then moves in for the kill.
337
00:35:03,870 --> 00:35:06,110
Once within striking distance,
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00:35:06,110 --> 00:35:09,350
he fires two feeding tentacles.
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00:35:12,230 --> 00:35:17,350
Then draws the shrimp back
into his powerful jaws.
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Late spring,
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00:35:33,910 --> 00:35:38,710
and the Atlantic continues providing
an abundance of food.
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00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:46,870
Back on Skye, the sea eagles are
still catching plenty of prey...
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00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:48,870
SCREECHING
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..and both chicks are doing well.
345
00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:56,950
The older one still takes
the lion's share,
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00:35:56,950 --> 00:36:01,590
only letting its sibling feed
once it's had its fill.
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00:36:13,150 --> 00:36:15,590
Both have grown
their flight feathers...
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00:36:17,670 --> 00:36:22,830
..and in just a month,
will take their very first flight.
349
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:27,510
But they'll still rely
on their parents for food
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00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:30,830
whilst they get to grips
with the art of fishing.
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00:36:44,430 --> 00:36:48,830
Not all of this year's newborn
have such attentive parents.
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00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:56,350
Some start preparing for life alone
as soon as they are born.
353
00:37:00,430 --> 00:37:03,830
Every year, as spring
draws to a close...
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00:37:05,150 --> 00:37:10,350
..day-old common seal pups take to
the water for the very first time...
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00:37:13,430 --> 00:37:18,390
..unaware that the world's
largest oceanic predators
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00:37:18,390 --> 00:37:20,590
are waiting to strike.
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00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,480
Along the Atlantic...
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00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,160
..and North Sea coast...
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00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,800
..from Holland to Norway...
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00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:01,640
..and right around
the British Isles...
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00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,880
..it's common seal pupping season.
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00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:17,440
The Shetlands' 1,700 miles
of coastline
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00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,400
has more than 50 pupping grounds.
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00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,200
Each one hidden away
on remote islands
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00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,160
and rocky outcrops.
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00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:35,440
Late spring is when newborn pups
enter the Atlantic
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00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,720
for the very first time.
368
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:52,160
Common seals can swim
when only a few hours old.
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00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,480
Slowly at first...
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00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,160
..under mum's watchful eye.
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00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:16,320
But they quickly grow in confidence,
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00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,160
edging deeper and further
from the shore...
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00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:32,400
..developing skills that will help
them once they are on their own.
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00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,880
Which isn't that far away.
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00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:41,680
As in just four weeks,
their mother will abandon them...
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00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:44,880
..so she can breed again.
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00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,400
The youngsters must remain vigilant.
378
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:04,520
Every June, pods of killer whales
arrive from Iceland
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00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,880
to hunt the young pups.
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00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:24,160
Shetland's steep-sided shoreline
lets them get very close in.
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00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,640
A family group hunts together...
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00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,080
..hugging the coastline...
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00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:57,160
..shielding themselves behind
islets and spits of land.
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00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,880
They spot a pup
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00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,640
deep enough to merit an attack.
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00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:28,000
Communicating with clicks
and whistles,
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00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,160
they charge in at 30mph.
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00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,320
WHALE CALLS
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00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,480
The orca family share the spoils...
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00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,720
..before moving off to hunt again.
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00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,120
Next time,
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00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,280
summer sees the return of giants
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00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,720
to the UK's rich coastal waters.
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00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,280
Having travelled from
the other side of the Atlantic,
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they are here to gorge.
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00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:36,760
Summer is also the season when
many of this year's youngsters
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prepare to start life alone.
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00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,000
But they must be ready
to avoid predators
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00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,240
on the lookout for an easy meal.
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00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,240
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