| [00:00.0] | Rare crickets scale the rocks |
| [00:02.97] | while translucent earwigs |
| [00:05.14] | and milky millipedes forage for food |
| [00:09.20] | These are cave specialists, |
| [00:11.65] | or troglobites, |
| [00:13.1] | and they never leave the lava tube |
| [00:15.28] | Over time,most have lost their eyes and colour, |
| [00:18.13] | like this plant hopper |
| [00:20.23] | Its tail has a curious function |
| [00:23.30] | Any predator biting it from behind |
| [00:25.25] | will be left with nothing but a mouthful of irritating waxy hair |
| [00:30.0] | This is a place of ghostly stillness - |
| [00:33.17] | a definite advantage for the small-eyed big-eyed hunting spider |
| [00:37.75] | With its super-sensitive leg hairs, |
| [00:40.24] | it can pick up the slightest movement in the air, |
| [00:43.77] | and it senses the cricket's presence |
| [00:46.3] | long before it's close enough to ambush |
| [00:49.0] | As prey are few and far between, |
| [00:51.99] | this may be its last meal for some time |
| [00:54.52] | With no light and little vegetation, |
| [00:57.8] | only the specialists survive here |
| [01:00.53] | But that isn't the case for all lava tubes |
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