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| [00:00.61] | Larger insects and animals need more than a breeze to carry them away. |
| [00:05.34] | Vast tracts of warm water are a perfect environment for cyclones. |
| [00:09.87] | Over half the cyclones on the planet |
| [00:12.11] | - around 30 a year - |
| [00:13.23] | form in the Pacific Ocean. |
| [00:15.67] | Heated by the warm tropical sun, |
| [00:17.75] | water evaporates and forms massive thunderstorms, |
| [00:21.11] | fuelling a whirling vortex, |
| [00:23.51] | in some cases up to 500 miles wide. |
| [00:26.92] | When they collide with islands, |
| [00:28.80] | they unleash their fury. |
| [00:30.89] | Winds in excess of 100 miles an hour can uproot a forest. |
| [00:35.32] | Large insects can be sucked up into the sky, |
| [00:38.18] | so why not birds, bats and lizards? |
| [00:42.45] | In fact, all these creatures are known to have been carried hundreds of miles out to sea by cyclones. |
| [00:48.19] | When the storm subsides, |
| [00:50.22] | most will meet a watery grave. |
| [00:53.24] | But a very, very lucky few will land on firm ground. |
| [00:57.51] | And from these survivors, |
| [00:59.24] | a whole island dynasty may be born. |
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