0:00:02 > 0:00:04My name's Steve Backshall...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09..and this is Deadly Pole To Pole.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Oh!
0:00:11 > 0:00:13From the top of the world to the bottom...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Whoa, ha-ha!
0:00:15 > 0:00:18..deadly places, deadly adventures,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and deadly animals.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24And you're coming with me every step of the way!
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Argh!
0:00:31 > 0:00:34As our journey south continues,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37we're leaving mainland South America to kick-start
0:00:37 > 0:00:39an epic adventure.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Our grand, planet-spanning expedition
0:00:44 > 0:00:47is getting tantalisingly close to its final destination.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Antarctica is no more than 1,000 miles south of us,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54but before we get there, there are still several big expeditions,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56the first of which is the Falkland Islands.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02We're almost 10,000 miles from our starting point in the high Arctic.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11The Falkland Islands are a chain of over 700 small islands and inlets,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14positioned 300 miles off the coast of South America.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21It's an isolated, untamed archipelago
0:01:21 > 0:01:23surrounded by violent seas,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26but it's loaded with wildlife.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30In such a hostile and extreme land,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33only a very special kind of predator can survive.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Oh, ho-ho! Fantastic!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I'll be on a mission to find one of the largest predators
0:01:41 > 0:01:42found on these islands...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45A little bit spooky.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49..challenging a gang of local villains...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55..but first we're heading to Saunders Island,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59in the remote and wild North Falklands
0:01:59 > 0:02:02to meet a tough and fearless island hopper.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Saunders Island is absolutely huge,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08but there's only four people that live here and no roads whatsoever,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11so the only way of getting around is in one of these,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14which makes for rather a bumpy ride.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Sorry!
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Quite often with wildlife filming,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36you can spend days and days out searching for,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39just trying to find, your target animal.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42But here, I don't think that's going to be a problem.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Amazing!
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Oh!
0:02:50 > 0:02:56Almost as intense as the sight of over 1,000 birds
0:02:56 > 0:02:59crammed in tight together is the smell.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02The wind's blowing in our direction at the moment
0:03:02 > 0:03:06and it is totally, totally, overpowering.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11But that is a breeding colony of perhaps 1,000 rockhopper penguins.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Pretty impressive.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Like most penguins,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24rockhoppers are birds of the open ocean.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26But at this time of year, they gather on land
0:03:26 > 0:03:29in huge colonies to breed and raise their young.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38And it gives me a chance to see them up close.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Rockhoppers are one of the most unusual-looking of all penguins.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51They've got bright red eyes and then those absolutely crazy eyebrows.
0:03:51 > 0:03:57Kind of stern-looking, but then with the bizarre crest behind the eyes
0:03:57 > 0:03:58remind me of an eccentric
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and perhaps slightly overweight professor.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06They're small and dumpy,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09one of the smallest of all penguin species,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11but that doesn't mean they're not tough.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16These breeding colonies are under constant attack from predators
0:04:16 > 0:04:17waiting to snatch a chick.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22But rockhopper parents are not easily outwitted.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Known for their fearless attitudes, they'll attack without hesitation.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And for persistent predators,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33there's always extra reinforcements.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Despite their size, they're one pugnacious penguin.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42ANGRY CAWING
0:04:43 > 0:04:46But for me, it's not their feisty personality
0:04:46 > 0:04:48that makes them so deadly.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53To see what really makes them a worthy contender,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I'm heading down to the shoreline.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04And on the way down, we find out how they got their name.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08The rockhopper name is a really good one.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Most penguins as they walk just waddle from side to side
0:05:11 > 0:05:13in a really comical fashion,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17but rockhoppers, when they're ascending up to their nesting sites,
0:05:17 > 0:05:22bound and they'll leap and climb up even vertical cliff faces.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26They've only got little, itty-bitty legs.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28It's kind of like us if we had our legs tied together,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32trying to bound our way up a flight of stairs.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34If they slip, they'll just bounce
0:05:34 > 0:05:37and you'll see them going, dum-dum-dum,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39all the way down the cliff,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41like a rugby ball that's had half the air let out of it.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47This might look brutal,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50but rockhoppers are designed to withstand much worse.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Parent birds have to make daily fishing trips
0:05:56 > 0:05:58to provide for their chicks.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02They're master hunters,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05diving down to 100m in pursuit of fish and krill.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14For such expert fishermen, catching prey is the easy part.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The real challenge for these rockhoppers is to return to land.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Look at this!
0:06:21 > 0:06:24About 50 penguins all just came ashore with one wave
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and they're now frantically hopping to try and get up onto dry land
0:06:27 > 0:06:30before another wave sweeps them back out to sea.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34The shore's totally changed in character.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36The waves are much, much bigger now,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and you're getting a sense of quite how difficult
0:06:38 > 0:06:42it must be for life for these tiny, but tough little penguins.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45As they're coming into the land, you just see tiny, black shapes
0:06:45 > 0:06:47against the might of the ocean.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49They're being smashed into the shore,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51but somehow they've managed to get to land.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I can't imagine how tough this must be for them.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31But I may have spoken a little too soon.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35In the true spirit of Deadly,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38my crew have decided the only way to really know
0:07:38 > 0:07:41how tough it is for them is to join them
0:07:41 > 0:07:43in the freezing surf.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Well, it's turned into an absolutely miserable day,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53but that's not going to bother the penguins,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55so I guess I've just got to toughen up
0:07:55 > 0:07:57and make sure it doesn't bother me either.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02While I'm battered by the waves,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05their streamlined bodies and powerful flippers
0:08:05 > 0:08:09allow the penguins to drive through the choppy surf effortlessly.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15They can spend days out at sea on foraging trips
0:08:15 > 0:08:17and with a thick layer of blubber to keep them insulated,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21even in these icy-cold waters, they're in their element.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Which is more than can be said for me.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Even in my dry suit, after only a few hours...
0:08:31 > 0:08:33..I'm frozen solid.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35MUSIC: "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside"
0:08:35 > 0:08:38But at least I'm providing entertainment for the crew.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41- SINGING:- ..beside the sea.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- SINGING:- Beside the seaside, beside the sea.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46THEY LAUGH
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Well, that was thoroughly unpleasant.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59They're really quite canny, these little penguins.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I'm guessing that lying there in the surf,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04I looked a bit like a predatory sea lion or leopard seal,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07so they were giving me a really wide berth,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10but having spent just a couple of hours
0:09:10 > 0:09:13in there, the penguins' world,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I can't feel my face,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I'm completely frozen solid.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It is utterly miserable,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23but these little penguins manage to make it their home.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27For that reason, rockhoppers are deadly.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Can I have a cup of tea, now, please?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37With their feisty, fearless attitude...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40..death-defying leaps of faith...
0:09:41 > 0:09:43..and ability to survive some of the roughest
0:09:43 > 0:09:45and coldest seas in the world...
0:09:46 > 0:09:50..rockhoppers are undoubtedly deadly.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Deadly!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58My next contender is one of the largest predators in the Falklands
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and to begin our search for one,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03we're heading to a secluded island out at sea.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Today we're going out on a search for one of the most exciting animals
0:10:09 > 0:10:11that hunts these southern seas -
0:10:11 > 0:10:15an animal with a skull that looks like this.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20It's a creature of vast size, weight and strength.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22It kind of looks like some kind of dinosaur.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28We've reached Kidney Island,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30the place rumoured to be a favourite hideout
0:10:30 > 0:10:33for this truly monster-sized creature.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35So that's where we're going to begin our search.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39This vegetation's called tussock grass.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41From a distance, it just looks like a blanket of green,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44but when you get close, there's a real maze in here,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47so we need to be very, very careful as we go through.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Right, let's go.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Navigating around the tall, thick grass,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59my crew and I have to be careful to not get separated...
0:11:00 > 0:11:02..especially when such a powerful predator
0:11:02 > 0:11:04could be hiding round any corner.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09You can see that all the way through all this tussock grass,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12there are channels that have been created
0:11:12 > 0:11:14by these big, heavy mammals moving around.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I guess the reason they come up here, first of all, is to breed -
0:11:17 > 0:11:21it's a good, safe place to raise young -
0:11:21 > 0:11:25but also just to get away from the wind that's driving off the sea.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's a little bit spooky.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Then a clear sign the predator we're looking for is close by.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39A fresh squirt of...
0:11:41 > 0:11:43..brown goo down here.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It's come through here very recently.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Eyes open.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Then, suddenly, something that makes me stop dead in my tracks.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Is that his head facing me?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- WHISPERING:- At the moment, I can just see a big, bulbous dark shape
0:12:15 > 0:12:19and I can't see which end the head is at.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22That's the bit with the teeth, that's the danger end.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- So.. - GRUNTING
0:12:29 > 0:12:31It's the predator we've been looking for.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35We obviously took him by surprise.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38A bull southern sea lion.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Highly aggressive and territorial,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45males can grow to almost two and a half metres long
0:12:45 > 0:12:47and over three times my body weight.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It is astounding quite how lion-like these animals are -
0:12:54 > 0:12:57the appearance, in the teeth,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01even in that great, big mane that the males have behind the head.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03SEA LION GRUNTS
0:13:04 > 0:13:07But it's not power and size alone that makes them deadly.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Here in the Falklands, the sea lions have learned to hunt on land.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16They use their flippers
0:13:16 > 0:13:19to gallop at surprising speed after their victims...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23..and once they begin their pursuit,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25their prey's locked into a deadly game.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38They're one predator you definitely don't want
0:13:38 > 0:13:39to bump into on the beach.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45But there is no doubt that they are at their predatory best in the sea.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49So the next step is try and swim with one.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The water here is icy cold and thick with kelp.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00So although the sea lions can move around in complete ease,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I've got a feeling this dive's going to be more difficult for me.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19It's very tricky trying to hold my position in amongst the swell.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Getting tossed around like a ragdoll.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30And then, out of nowhere...
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Extraordinary!
0:14:42 > 0:14:44They're so big!
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Under water, these sea lions are completely transformed.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Totally in their element, this group of curious females
0:14:55 > 0:14:59dance around our heads with hypnotic ease and grace.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09These sea lions may be graceful and elegant,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12but they're also fearsome predators.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16All of these high-speed twists and turns
0:15:16 > 0:15:20are exactly the same ones they use when chasing prey.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Using a lethal combination of skill and pace,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32these sea lions are able to catch
0:15:32 > 0:15:34even the fastest of fish.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Capable of speeds over 20mph,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42and able to dive to depths well over 200m,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45they're also fantastic endurance hunters
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and can stay out hunting for over 30 hours.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56And, on top of all that,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58these sea lions have an arsenal of senses
0:15:58 > 0:16:00that makes them even more deadly.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03These animals have the classic sea lion shape.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08A long, thin, torpedo-shaped body
0:16:08 > 0:16:11and very big, dark eyes that suck in light
0:16:11 > 0:16:14for hunting in gloomy waters.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19But perhaps the most important part of their senses is the whiskers.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Using these ultra-sensitive whiskers,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27they can detect the invisible trail their prey leaves behind
0:16:27 > 0:16:29as they move through the water.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I could stay down here all day with these aquatic acrobats,
0:16:35 > 0:16:36but the weather's coming in
0:16:36 > 0:16:39and beneath the surface, things are getting a little too hairy.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44I really don't want to get stuck down here,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47that would be very dangerous indeed.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53This is really sketchy, we should head back to the boat.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56We're going to get ourselves trapped in here.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Well, I think we can safely say
0:17:11 > 0:17:13that southern sea lions
0:17:13 > 0:17:16handle this stuff an awful lot better than we do.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21In amongst the kelp and the waves we are utterly hopeless,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and it just brings out quite how clumsy we really are.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29By contrast, the sea lions' grace and elegance
0:17:29 > 0:17:31is also used to catch their prey.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38With their formidable power and size...
0:17:39 > 0:17:43incredible acrobatic ability...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47and ability to catch prey both on land and in the sea,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50these sea lions are dynamic and...
0:17:50 > 0:17:52'Deadly!'
0:17:53 > 0:17:57But the Southern Ocean isn't quite finished with us yet.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05'As the crew and I head back home, we get an unexpected surprise...'
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Oh, fantastic!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15'..some very playful visitors!'
0:18:24 > 0:18:26These are Peale's dolphins,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29they're much smaller than bottlenose - about half the size.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33And the dorsal fin is really, really sharply curved,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35it's almost more like a shark's dorsal fin
0:18:35 > 0:18:37than one you'd expect to see on a dolphin.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45They look like they're having so much fun,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47I can't resist trying to join them.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50The dolphins have followed us all the way into shore
0:18:50 > 0:18:52and they've just been playing all the way round the boats.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55They're clearly in a very good mood. This is a perfect opportunity
0:18:55 > 0:18:57for us to try and swim with them.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Wow!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18The water is teeming with them.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23They've got such glorious colours.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Grey, white, black.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28They are absolutely beautiful.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43They're very, very quick.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47They just come zooming in towards you like little torpedoes
0:19:47 > 0:19:50and then just zoom away at the last second
0:19:50 > 0:19:52as if to show you quite how fast they are
0:19:52 > 0:19:54and quite how much better in the water they are than you.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14That was an unexpected and rather wonderful surprise.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19But now I guess it's back to our main mission.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20I could stay in there all day!
0:20:24 > 0:20:27For our next contender, we're back on Saunders Island
0:20:27 > 0:20:30to meet some birds known locally as "flying devils".
0:20:32 > 0:20:34The Falklands is best known for its sea birds.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36There are birds of prey here
0:20:36 > 0:20:40and, in particular, one species that is an absolute menace.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46The bird in question is the Striated Caracara.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Fierce, destructive and exceptionally intelligent,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54these birds have earned themselves a pretty bad reputation,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and they're certainly not shy.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Everywhere you go in this part of Saunders Island
0:21:03 > 0:21:04you're followed by caracara,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06and they're a very special bird of prey.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09To get a bit of a closer look at them...
0:21:09 > 0:21:10I've got...
0:21:12 > 0:21:16a chunk of old meat on a string.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Come on, then.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23THEY SQUAWK
0:21:23 > 0:21:25They're really ominous birds.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29They're kind of like the cold-world equivalent of vultures,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32but they just look like a big gang of thugs,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35hanging around with mischief on their minds.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39All the birds around me at the moment
0:21:39 > 0:21:41are youngsters, they're immature,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44and they still haven't got their full adult coloration.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49And at this age they do something very, very special.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52All round the world it's much more usual for birds of prey
0:21:52 > 0:21:53to operate on their own.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56They're solitary for the vast majority of their life
0:21:56 > 0:21:57unless they're breeding.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00But these young birds, they've learned that
0:22:00 > 0:22:03they can take advantage of all of the breeding birds around here,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06the chicks and their eggs, by working together as a team.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10And they are really a rather sinister unit.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Using a combination of teamwork and intelligence,
0:22:15 > 0:22:20the caracara stalk the bird colonies for weak or vulnerable chicks.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23And with strength in numbers,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25even for large prey like this seal pup,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27once you've been singled out...
0:22:32 > 0:22:36These birds are living in what is a very, very harsh environment
0:22:36 > 0:22:38for a raptor, for a bird of prey.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40So they have to take advantage
0:22:40 > 0:22:42of every single opportunity that comes their way.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45And they've become quite bright, quite intelligent,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48they're very good at solving problems.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50To figure out just how good they are,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52we've come up with a little Deadly experiment.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Walkies!
0:23:00 > 0:23:05So I have an expectant audience of curious and hungry-looking caracara,
0:23:05 > 0:23:10and this puzzle, which I guess is a sort of intelligence test.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12What I'm going to do is put a little bit of meat, food,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14into the top here and, in order for them to get to it,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18they're going to have to pull out each one of these slides.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20They have never seen this puzzle before,
0:23:20 > 0:23:21so the second I put the meat in
0:23:21 > 0:23:23we're going to start the stopwatch going
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and we'll see how long it takes for them to figure it out.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32We've absolutely no idea how they might react to their new toy.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38First bird in at 18 seconds.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44OK, first thing they're going to try and do
0:23:44 > 0:23:47is to go in through the top - that's the most obvious way.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50But hopefully, we've set the meat just far enough down
0:23:50 > 0:23:52that it won't be able to reach it.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05After a promising start,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08it looks like my crew and I are in for a long afternoon.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Uh...
0:24:19 > 0:24:21That's cheating!
0:24:22 > 0:24:26One bird plucks it straight from the top of the tube.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31So they're clearly cleverer than we thought
0:24:31 > 0:24:34and have figured out they can go straight in through the top
0:24:34 > 0:24:35to get the piece of meat.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38So this time round I'm going to put it down,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40straight to the second slide, where they can't reach it.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Right - round two.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48They clearly see the meat through the tube.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Yes, yes, go on. Pull, pull, pull, pull.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Nearly there. Don't give up!
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Go on! Oh, no!
0:24:57 > 0:24:59The string came off!
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Disaster.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Six and a half minutes in,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07and they've cleverly found another weakness in our puzzle.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12And...another free feed!
0:25:12 > 0:25:14HE LAUGHS
0:25:17 > 0:25:19With each new attempt,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22these birds are not only quicker but more creative.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27And there's no doubt that already, they're learning.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35OK, so that's the first time that that's happened straight away.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Will they finally figure out our puzzle,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41or are they just going to tug it out through the hole again?
0:25:46 > 0:25:50OK, great. Now what happens?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Same bird, the same one dominant bird,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57always has to be the one in to give it a good pull.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Let it figure out... OK, that's one more gone.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06There's just one last piece of the puzzle to unravel.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Can it do it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Yes! Oh, no!
0:26:15 > 0:26:17He figured the whole thing out
0:26:17 > 0:26:23and then had the food stolen from right under its nose.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25That is so unfair!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Having sat here and watched these birds,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39it's no wonder that they managed to survive and succeed here
0:26:39 > 0:26:43in this harsh, barren, remote landscape.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47They do it by just experimenting all the time.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50They're inquisitive, they're curious, they're destructive,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52and they're deadly.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56They're the bully boys of the Falklands...
0:26:58 > 0:27:00with the ability to work together...
0:27:00 > 0:27:05and the intelligence, unmatched by almost any other bird.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Caracara - certainly not bird-brains.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12'Deadly!'
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Join me next time as we cross the turbulent Southern Ocean
0:27:20 > 0:27:23to reach our next Pole To Pole Destination.