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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Stories from the Sea]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.20,0:00:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Fish Tale\NMy Secret Life as Plankton]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did I get here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.51,0:00:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's a stranger story\Nthan you might think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.03,0:00:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came from a world of drifters,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.31,0:00:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place few humans have ever seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.98,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world of plankton.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.49,0:00:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came from a batch of a million eggs,\Nand only a few of us survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.09,0:00:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I became a larva,\NI moved among other drifters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.47,0:01:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Plankton" comes from the Greek\N"planktos" for wandering]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.14,0:01:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fellow plankton came in all sizes,\Nfrom tiny algae and bacteria
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.35,0:01:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to animals longer than a blue whale.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.78,0:01:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shared my nursery\Nwith other embryos and juveniles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.40,0:01:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from clams and crabs\Nto sea urchins and anemones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(High pitch sound)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.77,0:01:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We drifting animals\Nare called zooplankton.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.57,0:01:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most common animals here\Nare copepods and krill.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.07,0:01:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Buzzing)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.33,0:01:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could search the world over,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.32,0:01:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you'd never find a place\Nmore diverse than my childhood home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.90,0:01:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A teaspoon of seawater
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.91,0:01:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can contain more\Nthan a million living creatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.92,0:02:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be a pretty tough\Nexistence, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.94,0:02:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trillions are born here,\Nbut only a few make it to adulthood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He may be no larger than a pin head,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.66,0:02:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this crab larva\Nis an arrow worm's worst nightmare.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.23,0:02:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bumping noises)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.33,0:02:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Buzzing)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.83,0:02:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Epic battles between carnivores\Nlike these are just one way to get food.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.75,0:02:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the real powers\Nof this place come from phytoplankton.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.36,0:02:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Single-celled life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.59,0:02:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that transforms sunlight\Nand carbon dioxide
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.40,0:02:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into edible gold.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.46,0:03:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phytoplankton are the base\Nfor the largest food web in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.98,0:03:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.64,0:03:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many animals like me\Nwould rise up from the depths
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.26,0:03:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feed on this sun-powered feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.06,0:03:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Maraca sound)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.83,0:03:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was part of the largest daily\Nmigration of life on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.20,0:03:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.78,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd return to the darkness,\Nwhere I'd join my bizarre companions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.68,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(High pitch buzz)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.23,0:03:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Flapping noises)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.45,0:03:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cannibals, like this\Nsea butterfly mollusk,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.58,0:03:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that eats its next of kin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.98,0:03:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And comb jellies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.64,0:03:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that beat cilia like rainbowed eyelashes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.91,0:03:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these snare\Ntheir prey with sticky tentacles,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.83,0:04:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while others just take\Na bite out of their cousins.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.24,0:04:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And siphonophores
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.75,0:04:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that catch prey with toxic fishing lures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.25,0:04:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my favorite would have\Nto be the crustacean Phronima.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.28,0:04:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its monstrous looks inspired\Nthe movie "Aliens."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.22,0:04:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can catch tiny bits in its bristles,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.08,0:04:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but prefers larger prey like salps.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.55,0:04:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With two sets of eyes,\Nthis female prowls the deeper water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.31,0:04:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prey in hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.14,0:04:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she performs one\Nof the strangest behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.82,0:04:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the entire animal kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.91,0:04:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With body parts from her victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.32,0:04:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she delicately assembles\Na barrel-like home
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.94,0:05:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeding her young until they can drift off\Nand survive on their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.72,0:05:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Best of all, they make the perfect\Nsnack for a small fish like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.78,0:05:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here among the plankton,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.85,0:05:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the food web is so tangled and complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.44,0:05:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even scientists don't know who eats whom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.90,0:05:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.94,0:05:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least now you know a bit of my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.78,0:05:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much more to me\Nthan just a tasty meal.