
Galapagos: Realm of Giant Sharks
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Narrator:
A remote islandin the Pacific Ocean.
Here, in one of the last great
ocean sanctuaries,
a mysterious parade
Most are pregnant females
about to give birth.
What has drawn them here?
And where are they going?
Researchers have come
to the Galapagos Island
chain to track these
Dinosaurs of the sea.
To follow them wherever
On a journey of discovery
to the Galapagos.
Jutting out from the sea,
at the far northern end of
the Galapagos archipelago,
is an ancient, crumbling volcano called
Darwin Island.
And just to its south,
a magnificent natural arch.
A group of scientists, working under the
auspices of the Galapagos National Park,
has just arrived.
In the swirling currents below,
something else is slowly approaching.
It's a whale shark, the largest fish
ever to have lived.
It's part of a steady stream of giant
sharks that passes by Darwin Island.
This team is hoping to find out
what draws them
to this tiny stretch of ocean,
and where are they going.
They wait on a rocky reef.
Finally,
a massive silhouette appears.
At about twelve meters in length,
this female is almost fully grown.
The team rises up to meet her.
They'll attach satellite
tracking devices
anchoring them in the
thick skin on her back.
In his log, team leader, Jonathan Green,
describes the encounter.
Jonathan Green:
The shark hadbarely flinched.
So at this point, I swim
down towards her head.
Once in front, I turn and
the full length of her
body, past the tail.
Her colossal size is apparent
as her body slides by.
placidly on her way,
seemingly unaware of the
procedures going on around her.
Narrator:
Whenever shebreaks the surface,
her tags will relay her location
via satellite to the scientists.
Ranger, as this whale shark is called,
is now part of one of the most
ambitious studies of marine
animal migration ever undertaken.
For several weeks, she stayed just
north of the Galapagos Islands.
east to the coast of Peru.
Over one thousand kilometers away.
Ranger's is not the only incredible
journey documented by this team.
Take the case of Jaws,
another mature female.
With tag in place,
out into the rugged undersea terrain
of the Galapagos Rift Zone.
She appeared to be going out to sea.
Instead, she turned around and made her
way back to the Galapagos Islands.
Like Ranger, she too went south to
the coast of Peru.
Then there's Kimberly, a mere teenager
at 5 meters in length.
She arrived at Darwin Island with
Jaws and followed her to the west.
Kimberley split off, veering
to the south.
Her route took her to another rugged
zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Along the way,
Kimberly zig-zagged through the ocean
in a pattern probably
associated with feeding.
At a point 3500 kilometers
away from Darwin Island
the transmissions showed
that her tag had detached
and was floating on the surface.
Another creature could
have bitten it off.
She may have removed it herself
Or she might have caught
by fishermen who discarded it.
Where were these sharks headed?
Were they following familiar routes?
water temperatures,
or the availability of food?
These are questions that captured
the imagination of Jonathan Green,
a naturalist and photographer
who has worked in the Galapagos
for over two decades.
Jonathan Green:
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