[00:00.35]These turtles navigate their way across 1,000 miles of featureless ocean
[00:04.89]to reach these tiny, isolated islands.
[00:08.95]Perhaps they use their super-charged sense of smell
[00:11.89]to detect the traces of land in the ocean currents.
[00:15.21]Or maybe, like the seabirds,
[00:17.42]they too have an internal magnetic compass.
[00:20.67]But however they do it,
[00:21.98]when they're ready to nest,
[00:23.57]females return to the very same beach on which they were born.
[00:28.24]Just as she arrives,
[00:29.91]others are preparing to leave.
[00:32.42]These seven-month-old black-footed albatross chicks
[00:35.57]have recently been abandoned by their parents.
[00:38.34]And now, driven by hunger,
[00:40.56]it's their time to get airborne.
[00:43.26]Unfortunately, with space at a premium,
[00:45.42]there is little room for manoeuvre,
[00:47.40]and they must make their maiden flights over water.
[00:51.02]But this is no place for a paddle.
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