| [00:00.0] | Far to the west, |
| [00:02.19] | in the Solomon Islands, |
| [00:03.80] | lives an animal that |
| [00:04.78] | depends on another characteristic of volcanoes for its survival |
| [00:09.61] | Heat |
| [00:11.23] | Meet the megapode, |
| [00:13.19] | also known as the incubator bird |
| [00:16.35] | Megapodes work hard to find the perfect spot to lay their egg |
| [00:21.31] | And thanks to this island's volcanic springs, |
| [00:24.66] | that spot is just a foot or two below the sand, |
| [00:27.91] | where the temperature is an ideal 33 degrees |
| [00:31.12] | But some megapodes don't seem as keen to dig as others |
| [00:34.71] | and this can sometimes lead to fights |
| [00:37.60] | With the dispute,finally settled, |
| [00:39.75] | the victor lays an egg and covers it with sand |
| [00:43.0] | Parenting over, |
| [00:45.0] | the megapode leaves the time consuming job of incubation |
| [00:49.59] | to the volcano |
| [00:51.0] | While the megapode thrives on a volcano's heat, |
| [00:54.57] | back in Hawaii, |
| [00:56.40] | there's a creature that thrives on the exact opposite |
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