Turtles are among the most captivating ocean dwellers, yet their existence is in the balance. Their fight for survival begins before the small hatchlings break through their shells. The eggs are at the mercy of the winds and the tides, and are scavenged by jackals, red ants, monitor lizards and humans. Peter and Stefania visit the Maputaland Coast of South Africa to film this extraordinary story.
Up Next in Season 1
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BRA10 - Silvertip Sharks
This episode finds an unnamed and undived reef five miles east of Cabo San Sebastian. Peter and Stefania find some of the ocean’s most fierce and elusive wildlife, and more sharks than they had ever seen before. Normally found during daylight hours, well beyond the reach of scuba divers, frisky a...
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BRA11 - Giant Sleepy Sharks
Peter and Stefania are drawn to the remote Bazaruto Archipelago off Mozambique in the hope of finding and filming the giant sleepy sharks – so called because of their extraordinary ability to breathe while at rest. Large numbers of these rarely seen sharks are rumoured to inhabit the gullies and ...
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BRA12 - Wrecks of the Red Sea
The Great Rift Valley cleaves a deep furrow along the length of the African continent, creating immense lakes and culminating in the deep, narrow Red Sea. Used as a convenient trade route to the Far East for European and Arab seafarers, the Red Sea has seen many a ship floundering and coming to r...
