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00:00They are the only champions in the ocean.
00:02Each of them has their own unique characteristics.
00:05Their unique survival instincts are the spotlight
00:09in the continuation of our wildlife documentary series,
00:12Alien Abyss.
00:16The octopus that eats acid,
00:18is idolized by the ocean.
00:20The octopus that swims and swims in the ocean.
00:38The octopus that loves to swim and loves sunbathing.
00:43From the tropical paradise of the Philippine Biodome,
00:46here in the heart of Manila,
00:48I am Ding Dong Dantes.
00:49Let's enjoy together
00:51in another mind-blowing episode of
00:53Amazing Earth in the Philippines.
01:13Alibamo is a fine dining restaurant.
01:16It is a favorite of many of us.
01:19But did you know that what we are looking for
01:22under the ocean is a lot of people?
01:25And their movement is like a pop influencer
01:29because out of this world is their defense.
01:32That is our story of Amazing number 3,
01:35Alibamo that eats acid.
01:38In the ocean of Taiwan,
01:40there are thin hydrothermal vents
01:43or pools of very hot water
01:45and gas that is full of carbon dioxide.
01:49But this place is a trip for scientists.
01:52This is what will happen to the whole world
01:55if global warming is not stopped.
01:57Oh, it's hard to live here.
02:01Only super sulfur vent crabs enjoy here.
02:05Their bodies are already learning
02:08how to use sulfuric acid.
02:10Their biochemistry has already changed
02:13to fight the carbon dioxide levels that are dying.
02:16All those who are having a hard time breathing,
02:18they eat snacks.
02:20Plankton dies immediately
02:22if it is soaked in a lot of water.
02:24They continue to become cockroaches.
02:27In this condition,
02:29there are only cockroaches in the pond.
02:32So what's new?
02:34Because cockroaches live anywhere.
02:37That's why a lot of people imitate them.
02:39But their strong design is the reason
02:42why they lasted 200 million years.
02:46It has eight legs.
02:48It has big claws.
02:49It has a hard shell.
02:51360 vision.
02:53It can be in the sea and on land.
02:56That's why the whole planet knows
02:58that they love to walk.
03:00This is also the reason
03:02why Mother Nature has several makeovers
03:04in the design of their body.
03:07This is a cockroach.
03:08Cockroach.
03:09Cockroach.
03:10Not a cockroach.
03:12Cockroach.
03:13Cockroach.
03:14And this is not a cockroach.
03:17The porcelain crab is the best example
03:20of carcinization.
03:22Or the tendency of cockroaches
03:24to appear and disappear.
03:25Just like that.
03:26The porcelain crab comes from the family
03:28of squat lobsters.
03:30It's the dish that looks like new pee
03:32and pinipi.
03:33The king crabs, on the other hand,
03:35are the offspring of the hermit crabs.
03:37By the way, they are not cockroaches.
03:39There are many plus points
03:41if you are afraid of cockroaches.
03:43It's easy to hide from rocks or branches.
03:46And you are not exposed to predators.
03:48The crab-eyed gobby is very convincing
03:51in carcinization.
03:53It also follows the trend
03:55of becoming a cockroach.
03:57But there is no perfect defense.
04:02The king of cockroaches
04:04has become a cockroach
04:06so no one can bother him anymore.
04:08The coconut crabs are not the biggest hermit crabs
04:10in the world.
04:12Again, they are not legit cockroaches.
04:15He has built his house
04:17to be safe.
04:19He breathes using his old things
04:22so he doesn't need to go back to the sea.
04:25Except if his eggs are ready
04:28under his mountain.
04:30When it's about to hatch,
04:32the sea will feel it.
04:34That's where they will start their lives.
04:37That's if they are lucky.
04:39Meanwhile, let's get to know the sea creatures.
04:42But in the middle of the sea,
04:44while we are afraid of cockroaches,
04:46they take the lead.
04:48It's intriguing, isn't it?
04:50If you are curious,
04:51well, don't skip
04:53because this is the story of
04:54Amazing No. 2, Mudskipper,
04:56the Ultimate Footing Invader.
05:00Do you want to see
05:01small or extraterrestrial things?
05:04The best spot?
05:05The sea.
05:06On one side,
05:07the sea creatures really are aliens
05:09floating on the ground.
05:11They are the only ones
05:12who are not used to this kind of hardship.
05:15Because the world has already turned
05:16around the mudskippers.
05:18Confirmed,
05:19the finger plow snails of South Africa
05:21are active.
05:22It's not obvious, right?
05:24When the mudskipper hits the sand,
05:26the plow snails come out.
05:28They are slow.
05:30They follow the mudskipper
05:32so that they won't dry out.
05:34They have a strong sense of smell
05:36compared to the stranded mudskippers.
05:38But how can they catch up
05:40if they are so slow?
05:42It's a good thing they are geniuses.
05:44These snails are floating.
05:47The mudskipper
05:49licks the feet of their freaks
05:51on their way to their dinner.
05:53Long and soft probes
05:55or mouths
05:56that are like straws
05:58are perfect for finding holes.
06:00The mudskipper licks the sand
06:02and water until it is full.
06:04They are willing to wait
06:06for the tide to go down
06:07before they can return
06:08to where they came from.
06:10The mudskippers
06:11have a different level
06:12in being a dual citizen.
06:16From Africa to Australia,
06:18the low tide
06:19is always awaited
06:20by mysterious fish.
06:23They have a special way
06:24to escape from the mud
06:25that they use
06:26like a net.
06:27That's why they can jump
06:29and it also helps
06:31to raise their heads.
06:34These mudskippers
06:35are deeper in the ground
06:36than in the water.
06:39But they don't have a hard time breathing.
06:41They can break their heads
06:43for love and territory.
06:46Their favorite is the substantial
06:48mud that is left behind
06:50in the waves.
06:51Because they move around
06:53they will run out of oxygen.
06:56But the mudskippers have a secret.
06:58They don't breathe air.
07:00It's not direct like before.
07:02They also have fins
07:04like fish.
07:05Thanks to their skin,
07:06they can breathe
07:07like amphibians.
07:09But it should always be
07:11wet and soft.
07:14The lining inside their mouth
07:16is good at absorbing oxygen.
07:19Before the tide returns,
07:21the mudskippers have to eat
07:23before they go back.
07:24Even though the mudskippers
07:25are talented,
07:26they are still not winners.
07:28Because they are just
07:29achievers in the mud.
07:31If there are low-key animals,
07:33for sure,
07:34this mudskipper is on the list.
07:36It moves around
07:37because it's in the ground.
07:38But when it swims in the sea,
07:39it's giving action hero vibes.
07:42That's the reason
07:43for their trip
07:44here in Kwentong Amazing No. 1.
07:46Mudskippers are
07:47hot
07:48and cold.
07:49Fish are the first animals
07:51that tried to live on land.
07:53Not the modern fish
07:55that we have now.
07:56If not the old-school animals
07:58that we call
07:59lobe-finned fish.
08:02The most famous is
08:03the coelacanth.
08:05They are extinct
08:06for 15 million years
08:07until one of them
08:08was found here
08:10in 1938.
08:12We now know
08:13that the closest
08:14to giving birth
08:15to land animals
08:17is a type
08:18of lobe-finned fish.
08:20The one used to oxygen
08:21and fresh water
08:22is the lungfish.
08:25Not long after,
08:26the lungfish became
08:27the arms and legs
08:28of land animals.
08:30The lungfish has a beak
08:31but their surroundings
08:33are low in oxygen.
08:35Later on,
08:36the lungfish should swim
08:37to breathe
08:38fresh air.
08:41These unique fish
08:42have
08:43gills
08:44like ours.
08:45Now,
08:46the lungfish
08:47has a problem
08:48that it can't overcome.
08:50They are land-based predators.
08:52They are just a shoebill
08:54of the fish
08:55that evolved
08:56from the ancient fish
08:57that decided
08:58to live on land.
08:59Now,
09:00other animals
09:01have the land,
09:02there is only one thing
09:03they have to do.
09:04They have to come back
09:05to the sea.
09:06Otters
09:07are from the species
09:08of homesick lungfish.
09:10Within 5 million years,
09:11they were given
09:12the sea
09:13with webbed feet
09:14and
09:15waterproof tail.
09:17But they don't want
09:18to stay on land.
09:20But because
09:21their bodies
09:22can't adjust
09:23to the water,
09:24their 100%
09:25comeback
09:26to the sea
09:27hasn't happened yet.
09:29There are a lot of
09:30sea animals
09:31that have
09:32land-based predators.
09:35Whales
09:36are from the species
09:37of hippos.
09:39The penguin
09:40is a fat albatross
09:41with small legs.
09:44The dragon
09:45is a cousin
09:46of the hyrax.
09:48But the so-called
09:49animals that can't
09:50survive
09:51live here.
09:52Galapagos Islands
09:53is known
09:54for its
09:55unique animals.
10:05Charles Darwin
10:06became famous
10:07for studying
10:08the not-so-interesting
10:09animals.
10:11The finch
10:12is the coolest
10:13and the most
10:14alien animal.
10:16He called it
10:17the most
10:18fierce
10:19and the most
10:20poisonous.
10:21It's so cool.
10:22The only thing
10:23that he liked
10:24about the fish
10:25that he called
10:26kampon
10:27in the dark
10:28was their taste.
10:29There.
10:30They ate it.
10:31There's no other
10:32place for iguanas
10:33but the sea.
10:34That's why
10:35they only eat
10:36seaweed.
10:38The difference
10:39here
10:40is that
10:41they don't
10:42stay away
10:43from the iguanas
10:44on the ground.
10:45They're all iguanas
10:46but they don't
10:47like the sea.
10:48The question is,
10:49what happened
10:50to a cold-blooded
10:51lizard that
10:52moves slowly
10:53on the ground
10:54and becomes
10:55an alien action
10:56hero under the
10:57sea?
10:58The water
10:59is cold.
11:00Every time
11:01it passes,
11:02it loses
11:03energy.
11:04Now,
11:05it needs to rest
11:06and it fights
11:07its own weight
11:08to be able
11:09to dive
11:1010 meters
11:11or more.
11:12Finally,
11:13it attacks.
11:14It literally
11:15grabbed it
11:16while it was
11:17eating fast.
11:18It's hard
11:19because it might
11:20get cold.
11:21The iguana
11:22is also good
11:23at hiding
11:24upside down
11:25so that
11:26it still has
11:27energy.
11:28When it reaches
11:29the hot rocks,
11:30it will rest
11:31under the sun.
11:32It needs
11:33to be warm
11:34because there's
11:35another thing
11:36that makes iguanas
11:37better than
11:38other aliens.
11:39They can't
11:40digest
11:41what they eat
11:42by themselves.
11:43They rely on
11:44the bacteria
11:45in their stomach
11:46to break down
11:47the hard seaweeds.
11:48And this will
11:49only happen
11:50when they're
11:51hot.
11:52It saves
11:53its energy
11:54to swallow
11:55salt that
11:56it got
11:57with a special
11:58glove.
11:59Meanwhile,
12:00its cousins
12:01on the ground
12:02still haven't
12:03left their
12:04cacti.
12:05These two
12:06can produce
12:07hybrids.
12:08Marine
12:09iguanas
12:10are land
12:11iguanas
12:12that have
12:13a different
12:14behavior
12:15than other
12:16creatures.
12:17In the air,
12:18compared to
12:19land iguanas,
12:20their feet
12:21have a little
12:22hole.
12:23Their tails
12:24are like
12:25paddles.
12:26You can
12:27drown an iguana
12:28in water
12:29in an hour
12:30when you
12:31can't kill it.
12:32They both
12:33switch to
12:34anaerobic
12:35behavior
12:36even though
12:37it doesn't
12:38need
12:39land iguanas.
12:40This is the
12:41trick.
12:42Lizards have
12:43salt-removing
12:44glands.
12:45In fairness,
12:46marine iguanas
12:47have the best
12:48salt glands
12:49among reptiles.
12:50Their
12:51amount of
12:52salt will
12:53tickle
12:54any liver
12:55of a lizard.
12:56They all
12:57change their
12:58behavior.
12:59Their bodies
13:00just follow.
13:01For example,
13:02they time
13:03their
13:04body
13:05to
13:06get
13:07hot
13:08and
13:09when
13:10it's
13:11cold,
13:12their
13:13body
13:14is
13:15cold
13:16from
13:17head
13:18to
13:19tail.
13:20And
13:21they're
13:22full.
13:23It's
13:24not
13:25different
13:26from
13:27most of
13:28us.
13:29It
13:30just
13:31fits
13:32in