Dolphin Reef

Sneaky little devils. 186 00:22:51,478 --> 00:22:54,607 When no one's around, it's like a party down there. 187 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,409 But when Echo dives down to try to catch one, 188 00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:06,952 poof! 189 00:23:14,251 --> 00:23:16,545 He's got the echolocation part down, 190 00:23:17,212 --> 00:23:19,506 it's his follow-through he's got to work on. 191 00:23:25,930 --> 00:23:27,389 Oh! Oh! I got one! 192 00:23:28,807 --> 00:23:29,808 Or not. 193 00:23:31,060 --> 00:23:33,228 Ah, so close. 194 00:23:34,229 --> 00:23:35,522 Here. Watch your mom. 195 00:23:37,775 --> 00:23:40,361 You got to feel the Razorfish, 196 00:23:40,486 --> 00:23:43,402 and boom, see? 197 00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:48,327 Try again. 198 00:23:50,496 --> 00:23:53,165 Yes. No. Oh, Echo! 199 00:23:58,045 --> 00:24:01,382 And that's about the limit of his attention span. 200 00:24:10,265 --> 00:24:13,352 Back at the reef, more trouble for Mr. Mantis. 201 00:24:16,105 --> 00:24:18,357 His whole neighborhood is in a shambles. 202 00:24:24,738 --> 00:24:28,409 There's only so much tidying and arranging a mantis shrimp can do. 203 00:24:32,246 --> 00:24:35,708 Clearly, the gardeners in this area have not been doing their jobs. 204 00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:41,588 The reef is falling out of balance, and the corals are dying. 205 00:24:44,675 --> 00:24:48,053 At a time like this, the community needs a hero. 206 00:24:50,806 --> 00:24:52,516 But who will emerge as a savior? 207 00:24:52,933 --> 00:24:56,395 Who will step forward and put duty before self? 208 00:24:58,147 --> 00:25:01,191 The bumphead parrotfish, that's who. 209 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:21,378 Parrotfish, believe it or not, are the single most important creatures 210 00:25:21,712 --> 00:25:24,465 when it comes to protecting the health of the reef. 211 00:25:26,592 --> 00:25:29,470 They chomp up dead and algae-covered coral, 212 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:34,433 allowing fresh coral to grow in its place and rebuild the reef. 213 00:25:38,854 --> 00:25:44,234 Without parrotfish, the entire reef would die very quickly. 214 00:25:45,527 --> 00:25:48,739 So, every creature who depends on the reef for survival, 215 00:25:49,045 --> 00:25:53,869 including Mr. Mantis, owes its life to the parrotfish. 216 00:25:57,581 --> 00:25:59,625 Now, if you chomp coral all day, 217 00:26:00,334 --> 00:26:02,461 you swallow a lot of rock, 218 00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:07,424 and the rock turns into sand poop. 219 00:26:24,483 --> 00:26:29,738 A single parrotfish can produce five tons of sand per year. 220 00:26:31,532 --> 00:26:33,408 Five tons. 221 00:26:37,704 --> 00:26:38,914 Given enough time, 222 00:26:39,456 --> 00:26:42,501 parrotfish can poop entire tropical beaches. 223 00:26:46,296 --> 00:26:48,757 It may be great for replenishing the sediment, 224 00:26:49,383 --> 00:26:51,718 but raining sand poop from above 225 00:26:52,052 --> 00:26:54,930 is generally a bad thing for neat freaks. 226 00:27:02,396 --> 00:27:03,981 To make matters worse, 227 00:27:04,231 --> 00:27:07,609 all the sand has attracted a squatter on the front lawn. 228 00:27:15,492 --> 00:27:19,538 You probably think old Mr. Mantis here is just a harmless homebody, 229 00:27:20,706 --> 00:27:22,457 but you would be mistaken. 230 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:24,751 See these two clubs? 231 00:27:25,919 --> 00:27:27,921 You do not wanna mess with these. 232 00:27:39,183 --> 00:27:40,392 You want some more, pal? 233 00:27:41,185 --> 00:27:42,519 Yeah? 234 00:27:46,106 --> 00:27:50,277 Mantis shrimp have the fastest, most powerful predatory strike 235 00:27:50,444 --> 00:27:52,613 of any creature in the ocean. 236 00:27:53,113 --> 00:27:56,867 If humans could hit this hard, they could punch through steel. 237 00:27:59,661 --> 00:28:00,787 Stay off my lawn! 238 00:28:08,128 --> 00:28:09,129 Oh, no. 239 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,300 The commotion has attracted some very unwanted attention. 240 00:28:21,642 --> 00:28:24,269 It's the reef's most insidious resident. 241 00:28:29,691 --> 00:28:32,736 The strange and mysterious broadclub cuttlefish. 242 00:28:38,408 --> 00:28:41,995 The creatures of the reef know very little about this monster. 243 00:28:43,497 --> 00:28:46,458 Probably because most of the encounters creatures have with it 244 00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:48,961 are the last encounters they ever have. 245 00:28:52,547 --> 00:28:55,717 It has miraculous, mesmerizing powers. 246 00:28:56,885 --> 00:28:59,596 Its skin flashes like a strobe, 247 00:29:00,347 --> 00:29:02,391 hypnotizing its prey. 248 00:29:18,699 --> 00:29:20,450 You don't mess with a cuttlefish. 249 00:29:27,082 --> 00:29:28,667 Off the edge of the reef, 250 00:29:29,126 --> 00:29:32,087 a new menacing sound rings out in the distance. 25