| [00:00.0] | Southeast of Hawaii, |
| [00:02.19] | straddling the equator, |
| [00:04.4] | lie the Galapagos Islands |
| [00:07.0] | As on Hawaii, |
| [00:08.71] | some of the volcanoes here are still very active |
| [00:12.37] | The coastline of Isabela - the largest island |
| [00:16.32] | - is covered in volcanic rock |
| [00:18.46] | Here a very different kind of animal can be found in the rocky tubes |
| [00:23.38] | The chicks of Galapagos penguins |
| [00:26.86] | Without the lava tubes, |
| [00:28.30] | they wouldn't survive |
| [00:30.0] | Cool and sheltered, |
| [00:31.51] | the tubes are the perfect nursery, |
| [00:33.71] | protecting the chicks from the unforgiving temperatures outside |
| [00:37.60] | Unforgiving if you're a penguin,that is |
| [00:40.66] | Adult Galapagos penguins only cope by doing something the chicks can't yet do |
| [00:45.67] | They take a dip |
| [00:47.0] | The adults plunge into cool waters |
| [00:48.86] | that have travelled all the way from the Antarctic |
| [00:51.84] | Who says penguins can't fly? |
| [00:55.21] | There's lots of food here, |
| [00:56.76] | as schools of fish are drawn to the shelter of these rocky, volcanic shores |
| [01:01.61] | But while the parents are out fishing, |
| [01:04.88] | their chicks are home alone |
| [01:08.17] | Back in the lava tube, |
| [01:09.82] | there's something creeping around |
| [01:13.1] | A Sally Lightfoot crab has penguin on its mind |
| [01:16.87] | It's dark, |
| [01:17.99] | so the crab can't be sure exactly what it's up against |
| [01:21.78] | This time, it's taken on more than it can handle |
| [01:25.0] | Had the encounter been just a few days earlier, |
| [01:27.87] | the outcome might have been very different |
| [01:30.14] | Crabs are major predators of baby penguins |
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