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Southeast of Hawaii, |
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straddling the equator, |
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lie the Galapagos Islands |
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As on Hawaii, |
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some of the volcanoes here are still very active |
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The coastline of Isabela - the largest island |
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- is covered in volcanic rock |
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Here a very different kind of animal can be found in the rocky tubes |
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The chicks of Galapagos penguins |
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Without the lava tubes, |
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they wouldn't survive |
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Cool and sheltered, |
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the tubes are the perfect nursery, |
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protecting the chicks from the unforgiving temperatures outside |
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Unforgiving if you're a penguin,that is |
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Adult Galapagos penguins only cope by doing something the chicks can't yet do |
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They take a dip |
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The adults plunge into cool waters |
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that have travelled all the way from the Antarctic |
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Who says penguins can't fly? |
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There's lots of food here, |
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as schools of fish are drawn to the shelter of these rocky, volcanic shores |
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But while the parents are out fishing, |
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their chicks are home alone |
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Back in the lava tube, |
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there's something creeping around |
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A Sally Lightfoot crab has penguin on its mind |
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It's dark, |
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so the crab can't be sure exactly what it's up against |
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This time, it's taken on more than it can handle |
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Had the encounter been just a few days earlier, |
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the outcome might have been very different |
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Crabs are major predators of baby penguins |