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Wild Isles

They hit the water at over 60mph. The impact is enormous. To avoid breaking their...

They hit the water at over 60mph. The impact is enormous. To avoid breaking their wings,
they fold them back and turn themselves
into streamlined arrows

Full Transcript

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They hit the water at over 60mph.
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The impact is enormous.
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To avoid breaking their wings, they fold them back
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and turn themselves into streamlined arrows.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
134
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:43
Uploaded
May 26, 2023
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the natural animals in the British Isles and Ireland.
S01 • E06 Hen harriers, they require open grassland and open moorlands - Wild Isles 00:14
Hen harriers, they require open grassland and open moorlands
S01 • E04 Both parents care for the chicks, taking turns to babysit - Wild Isles 00:08
Both parents care for the chicks, taking turns to babysit
S01 • E02 This plantation, - Wild Isles 00:12
This plantation,
S01 • E03 And he must deliver it in exactly the right way. - Wild Isles 00:05
And he must deliver it in exactly the right way.
S01 • E06 So they're, yeah, a very, very adaptable species, - Wild Isles 00:08
So they're, yeah, a very, very adaptable species,
S01 • E04 They even take feathers from their own backs - Wild Isles 00:10
They even take feathers from their own backs
S01 • E02 But birds are using this wood as a temporary home, - Wild Isles 00:09
But birds are using this wood as a temporary home,
S01 • E01 Puffins mate for life and pairs use the same burrow every year. - Wild Isles 00:08
Puffins mate for life and pairs use the same burrow every ye...
S01 • E06 The team are now seeing hopeful signs - - Wild Isles 00:08
The team are now seeing hopeful signs -
S01 • E04 This extraordinary caring behaviour - Wild Isles 00:09
This extraordinary caring behaviour
S01 • E03 ..she chooses a nest deep in the heather. - Wild Isles 00:05
..she chooses a nest deep in the heather.
S01 • E01 Here, they raise a single chick called a puffling. - Wild Isles 00:07
Here, they raise a single chick called a puffling.
S01 • E02 As the late winter sun begins to sink, - Wild Isles 00:07
As the late winter sun begins to sink,
S01 • E06 But it's not just the charismatic predators they study. - Wild Isles 00:06
But it's not just the charismatic predators they study.
S01 • E01 Unlike gannets, the journeys they make for food - Wild Isles 00:07
Unlike gannets, the journeys they make for food
S01 • E03 Six weeks later, it's full of hungry mouths waiting for food. - Wild Isles 00:07
Six weeks later, it's full of hungry mouths waiting for...
S01 • E04 Grebes that dance together stay together. - Wild Isles 00:06
Grebes that dance together stay together.
S01 • E06 They also investigate the other end of the food chain - Wild Isles 00:10
They also investigate the other end of the food chain
S01 • E05 65% of the world's population of northern gannets - Wild Isles 00:09
65% of the world's population of northern gannets
S01 • E02 They've been out feeding all day, - Wild Isles 00:10
They've been out feeding all day,