South Pacific

The film crew discovered a series of amazing natural landscapes in the South Pacific on different islands, including rare submarine volcanic eruptions, magnificent gem coral reefs, the moment when tiger sharks hunted albatrosses, and land cancers that could tear coconuts apart.

On some isolated islands, especially evolved carnivorous caterpillars, blood-sucking insects with cold tolerance, strange-sounding parrots that make noises like bullfrogs during mating, and small lizards with tails like monkeys' tails have been found.

The aborigines in the South Pacific are the most remote human society on earth. They will tell you in detail how their ancestors migrated from thousands of miles away to settle on the island. Today, local residents still depend on crops and hunting for a living. They have unique survival skills and keep some strange customs and rituals.

The South Pacific is the southern part of the Pacific Ocean, about 6 degrees south of the equator. There are more than 2, small islands in this area. These volcanic islands have been inhabited by human beings in the process of human migration for tens of thousands of years, and they have become the "Pacific cultural circle" in the South Pacific today.

This is a story about island life. Many islands have been formed by submarine volcanic eruption, and then generate has a unique way of life. The green sea water and postcard-like islands are like a paradise on earth. From big crabs that tear coconuts off to carnivorous caterpillars that nail their prey to dagger-like claws, strange creatures that are hard to see elsewhere live on these isolated islands. Thousands of kilometers wide ocean should be isolated from civilization, but human footprints continue to the island.

The tiny island of Anfuta is so small that you don't care about its existence. It is perhaps the most remote human society on earth. The local people depend entirely on their crops and hunting for their survival. For 4 years, the lifestyle on the island has hardly changed. They have maintained a strong team spirit, because everyone knows that if they want to live here, they must unite.

At first, the remote Easter Island was rich in resources, which made Rapa Nui people carve a large stone statue of Moai to show the strength of their family. However, the competition of everyone led to the rapid depletion of resources on the island, and finally their civilization fell into the chaos of war and disappeared completely, leaving only a large number of stone statues of Moai to tell the glorious history.

walruses that mate directly in front of penguins;

a robber crab who can break coconuts with his bare hands;

carnivorous caterpillars disguised as branches;

The strange courtship way of Hawaiian fruit flies;

The test flight field of the young albatross has become a hunting ground for sharks;

There are drifters among human beings, and there are also drifters among animals. Animals landed on tens of thousands of islands in the ocean earlier than human beings. The only saltwater crocodile swam over a hundred kilometers wide ocean, crested iguanas and strange frogs, desperate to reach islands thousands of kilometers away in order to succeed. Polynesians' voyages were the first exploration of the ocean, and these journeys were the greatest exploration actions. They conquered and explored many islands in the ocean one by one and established their own civilization. It is undeniable that the adventures of human beings and animals have changed the natural features of the South Pacific forever.

The grouper lays eggs and is eaten by sharks;

The tern can fly continuously in the air for four years;

Spiders can fly to another island with high-altitude rapids, cross the Pacific Ocean, and come to Hawaii with a high wind of MINUS 3 degrees.

The female gecko can reproduce without fertilization.

where eels are in harmony with people;

The descendants of Lapita opened up isolated islands in the South Pacific, and now they are Polynesians;

The South Pacific is a boundless Wang Yang. This water is full of vitality. You can see colorful coral reefs, rich fish resources and huge mammals in the cool temperate waters.

However, the development of human industry has also contaminated the blood of these animals. Early industrial machines needed to be lubricated with blubber, so a large number of whales were killed, which once reduced their number by 99%. Although there are international laws to protect these animals, illegal fishing in some countries still threatens their survival.

frigate birds take away the young birds hiding in the grass and eat the young birds of other birds;

Coral fish eat algae and parasites on turtles to help them clean up;

Albatrosses have wings one meter long and practice flying at sea. When they fall into the water, tiger sharks coming from far away prey on them.

whales and dolphins leap on the water, and dolphins fly out of the sea happily and turn over;

There are no plankton and fish on the surface of the water in the southern South Pacific, so people in boats have to eat their companions.

A stranded sperm whale will dry up and its skin will fester in the sun. The navigation error of the lead whale caused the whales to run aground. So people dragged the stranded whale into the ocean;

There are more than 2, small islands in the Pacific Ocean, accounting for only 1% of the Pacific Ocean. The existence of these islands is mostly attributed to the explosive power of submarine volcanoes. The most famous volcanic islands are Hawaii Islands, which is still one of the most active volcanic areas on the earth. Lava gushing from the bottom of the sea is still expanding the area of this island, and the cooled surface is extremely barren, but the power of nature cannot be underestimated. In less than 1 years, it will become a dense jungle. Animals also appeared. After the volcano died, coral reefs replaced the functions of the volcano. For example, the atoll is the outline of the former crater, and the lagoon formed by the crater is in the middle. The land in the Pacific Ocean rises and sinks endlessly, and all this comes from volcanoes in the ocean.

submarine volcano erupts, creating new islands;

Roads in Hawaii are sometimes washed away by volcanic lava;

Myrtle volcanic flowers grow brightly on the cooled lava;

The white-striped square crab preys on penguin chicks;

The birds in the incubator dig the soil and bury the eggs, and use the temperature of volcanic ash to incubate the eggs;

Starfish suck nutrients from corals and turn them into skeletons. But Pteris will eat starfish;

Some fish will eat coral, and their feces will turn into sea sand, which will make the island grow.

The Christmas tree tube worm is cute, much like all kinds of cartoon pets;

rays feed on plankton;

black-tailed sharks fish;

manta rays and a group of fish eat microorganisms with their mouths open;

jellyfish in the sea and lake can't catch fish, so they let algae parasitize, and the algae produce sugar for jellyfish to survive. Jellyfish live in a comfortable environment and breed a lot;

The island is isolated and isolated from the rest of the world. It breaks away from the conventional natural laws and often breeds unusual creatures.

New Guinea, the largest tropical island in the world, has dense jungles and strange creatures discovered by westerners not long ago. A white-bellied tree kangaroo that looks like a bear but is a kangaroo and can climb trees was discovered only in 1994.

In New Caledonia, because there are no natural enemies, a bird here has wings, but it can't fly. It runs like a fool. This is the heron crane.

In Solomon Islands, the skink became the first animal to land, but the common skink is only a dozen centimeters long, and the skink here is 5 times heavier than the average one. It is the largest skink in the world and can be called a monster. They are Solomon lizards. Although they are big, they are absolutely vegetarians, and they have even established social ties with gentle personality, which is extremely rare among reptiles. Solomon Islands is also a series of islands first conquered by human pioneers.

The species of living things in the Hawaiian Islands far exceed most places in the South Pacific.

New Zealand's two big islands satisfy the dreams of many creatures, including mountains, canyons, plateaus, snow-capped mountains, jungles and bays. There is only one parrot that can survive at high altitude on the snowy mountain. There are also MengMeng's Fjord crested penguins, which have the fashionable hair style like ancestors with yellow eyebrows and are the only penguins that live in the jungle. A bat that catches bugs on the ground like a mouse. Bats evolved from mice-like mammals tens of millions of years ago, and these bats seem to have reversed their evolution. There are also the heaviest parrots in the world, kakapos. Of course, they can't fly, but they can climb trees, and they are vegetarians, taking the place of rabbits. They once flooded all over the trees, but with the massive killing of human beings and the threat of invasive animals, there are only less than 1 parrots left.

Invasive organisms have caused great damage to the island's relatively independent biological chain. The most classic example is that a sailor's domestic cat ate up the only bird that existed on this island. Like mice accompanying ships, they also breed everywhere on the islands where humans have stayed. The invasive species brought by humans have profoundly affected the island's ecosystem. Although they have been remedied, the once unique species can no longer be recovered.

new guinea is the largest tropical island. White-bellied rat kangaroo is like a bear;

Egrets can't fly, but they can bark wildly. There are no large predators, so they don't need to fly;

Monkey-tailed lizards only eat plants, and their body size is fifty times that of ordinary lizards.

local aborigines use spider silk and kites to fish;

The ancestors of honey-sucking birds evolved into 58 species of birds, some of which specialized in eating maggots from tree trunks and some specialized in sucking tree sap.

Faudrin penguins in New Zealand live in the jungle, catch fish in the sea and return to the forest to feed their chicks;

kakapo weighs four kilograms and can only climb trees but cannot fly. They eat plants, reproduce once every four years, and live for more than a hundred years;

Australian minks have brought plague, destroyed a lot of vegetation and forests, but it is difficult for people to hunt them, and they are numerous;

Steven Island in New Zealand is home to many primitive animals.

Wedge-toothed lizard only moves for a few days, and only breathes once an hour. They are not good at catching insects;

Humans brought mammals, cats and mice, and as a result, many primitive animals on the island were invincible and extinct.

In order to control mice in Hawaii, Indian mongoose was introduced, but the latter only preyed during the day, resulting in many primitive birds suffering.

Vanuatu's ancestors are cannibals, and there is a lack of food on the island. If pigs die of plague, it will be terrible.

In order to build a Moai stone statue bigger than its neighbors, the residents of Easter Island cut down forests, and even did not have wooden boats to build ships. As a result, they could not leave the island, and food was scarce, war broke out, and all seabirds were hunted, killing each other, eating people, and finally civilization died. It is also possible that mice spread infectious diseases, causing trees to fail to grow;

On the surface, the South Pacific Ocean is still in good condition. We rely on it. More than 6% of the world's fish catch comes from the Pacific Ocean, but like other oceans, they are not protected. What will happen to this fragile paradise?

The trade in blubber is prohibited all over the world, so fewer whales are killed and the number gradually recovers;

The ocean absorbs half of the global carbon dioxide;

Sea butterfly is a small snail, which is the most abundant plankton and the food source of many marine life. However, carbon dioxide makes seawater sour, making it difficult for sea butterflies to form calcareous shells, and the number is reduced. And one billion people in the world need fish to provide protein;

Fishing boats destroy coral reefs, and even humans explode coral reefs for fishing, resulting in fewer coral reefs and fewer fish habitats. So people planted new corals;

On the high seas, people catch fish crazily;

An albatross may be hooked by a fishhook and die. Friendly fishing methods should be fishing at night;

Many people kill sharks for their delicious fins. Greenpeace supervises people on the high seas not to kill whales for shark fins;

A quarter of New Zealand's territory has been set up as parks and protected areas;

Tuna moves quickly, but it is killed in large quantities by human beings. The fishing net is two kilometers long and catches 15 tons of tuna at a time.

pole fishing is more sustainable than trawling.

"In addition to the life we are familiar with, there is another wonderful and unique life on the same planet."

The South Pacific Ocean is an endless water world. Here, the sea is the theme and the island is the ornament. From the air, the world looks monotonous, unremarkable and even full of danger. But if you look at it from another perspective, the world is full of vitality from the water. The ecosystem in the ocean is no simpler than that from the land.

Penguins living near the equator flap their short fins in groups and slide on the sea like birds; On an isolated island, islanders still pray for a bumper harvest through the ancient tribal ceremony, which is actually the origin of modern bungee jumping; The ancestors of New Guineans crossed the sea of Wan Li in a simple and intelligent canoe with two supports, and extended the human footprint to one distant island after another. Tropical storm is not only the culprit to destroy life, but also gives hope to life, and life is to take such a lift to turn a deserted island into a vibrant habitat; The huge stone statue standing on Easter Island always reminds people of the last warning left by an extinct civilization.

In addition to the life we are familiar with, there is another wonderful and unique life on the same planet. When we rush about for three meals a day in the steel jungle of the city, on the other side of the world, there is another completely different survival rule, and these lives are equally cruel and wonderful. The wonderful life in nature lives on the same earth with us, and there are too many interesting and wonderful things waiting for people to explore and discover.