![]() Not just the lonesome sloth, but a tragic fairy tern incubating an egg that will never hatch because it has been smashed and half-eaten by another bird. With a bit of emotional manipulation thrown in to humanise it all. ![]() It’s basically saying that here’s some cool stuff that happens on islands, filmed incredibly. You know what, it doesn’t really matter if there isn’t much point, or an awful lot connecting it all together, and you don’t learn much. Hang on, what’s the point, again? Islands – they are microcosms their struggles reflect the bigger, world challenges their size affects the fate of their inhabitants on big ones, life can evolve, on some smaller ones, certain species can thrive because of the lack of predators, is that right … And Zavodovski Island for lots and lots of chinstrap penguins, and Christmas Island for lots and lots and lots of crabs … And Madagascar for lemurs, who like to move it, move it. To Komodo, for dragons obviously, who like to dribble and fight. You can’t hurry love … until someone invents a sloth hook-up app, claw right. Clawing unhurriedly at the water with 12 long, curved toenails doesn’t provide much forward thrust. That’s just showing off, isn’t it? It is also beautiful, in a forlorn kind of way. And here are some of those even closer new ways of doing things, because now I’m in the lagoon too, underwater, watching the swimming lonely sloth from below, against the sunlight, in ultra-high definition. We follow him, slowly, of course, down from his tree and into the water, then swimming across the lagoon. Except for this poor chap who can’t find a mate. Escudo is Love Island for pygmy three-toed sloths. It’s OK, I checked on a well-known desktop mapping service, wrong side (of Panama). Oh Jesus, isn’t Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls filmed around here? Imagine if the last sloth in the world was clubbed to death by Ollie from Made in Chelsea, then eaten by a bunch of washed-up reality TV stars and comedians? So to Isla Escudo de Veraguas off the coast of Panama, home (the only one) to pygmy three-toed sloths. It does not store any personal data.Islands is the theme for episode one. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". ![]() These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This visitor site affords a great opportunity to see the Galapagos Hawk and one of the rarities that evolution has produced in the islands: The Flightless Cormorant. (** this was the scene of the famous Racer Snakes chasing the baby Marine Iguanas on the BBC’s Planet Earth 2 series) Along the coast, tidal pools provide a perfect environment for invertebrates and shorebirds, such as oystercatchers, plovers, turnstones and whimbrels. You will also have the chance to see Flightless Cormorants here, sea lions, and Galapagos Hawks often perch on the mangrove trees looking for prey. A narrow strip of land extending out from the base of the Fernandina Volcano, it is home to the largest colonies of Marine Iguanas in the Galapagos. Punta Espinosa, is a truly spectacular visitor site and a real highlight for any visitor to the Galapagos. Home to a large colony of marine iguanas, Galapagos penguins and is the only place that you will see the endemic flightless Cormorant, drying their vestigial wings (or what used to be wings). Approximately 100,000 years old, a baby in geological terms, its constant state of volcanic change with eruptions occurring every 3-5 years which gives Fernandina a unique feeling. The youngest and most volcanically active of the Galapagos Islands, Fernandina is located over the birthplace of all the Galapagos Islands, the geologic ‘hotspot’ where the Nazca, Cocos and South America tectonic plates grind into one another. No foreign species has ever invaded Fernandina. One of the most pristine and untouched islands in the world.
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