if you’re a first-year pup living on the
northern shores of the island of South
Georgia make sure you enjoy yourself
because cuteness doesn’t last long if
you happen to be an adult male here
you’re down to just three options give
how is it possible that life can come
back from the dead the island of South
Georgia was the scene of one of the
species driven to near extinction the
whaling stations were abandoned this is
an all inspiring story of how if given
the chance Nature can bounce back on a
scale you’re not going to believe my
name’s Bertie Gregory and I’m a NASA
Geographic wildlife filmmaker
this is Resurrection Island not long ago
here the water ran red with the blood of
Antarctic fur seals from millions only
400 survived but today the hunted have
reclaim their land and with no less of
an iron fist
male Antarctic fur seals set up
territories up and down the crowded
beaches with only one goal in mind
attracting the females only the
strongest are able to hold a prize 10
square feet and four male seals it’s a
this Beach is just absolute cottage all
the way along and see the big dominant
males who have their territory each with
a little group of females their hurry
and every now and again a younger copy
male will come up out of the water and
run the gauntlet and see where you can
ha it’s a bad day for being small and
weak territory holding males can’t risk
leaving their patch not even for food
they must fight for more than a month
all on an empty stomach so if you’ve got
your eye on a patch wait until the end
of the season when he’s completely
exhausted and you might just stand a
chance in the meantime
away from all the testosterone the
females and young males are just having
a great time
[Music]
changing characters just amazing they go
from being all aggressive they’re just
wanting to charge you and you’re a man
Birds now when you’re in the water you
know from the appearance they’re just
[Music]
[Applause]
but it’s time to go home and feed the
pup this female left her pup in no-man’s
land up the river away from the
brutality of the beach we’re not getting
down there there’s two really really
grumpy seals mum calls her pup and
immediately the problem is everyone
wants to see their mum you see this
female calling and every time she calls
there’s some part 10 different pups that
reply but mum knows her perhaps unique
voice and if there’s any doubt a quick
[Music]
I cannot believe what has just happened
I picked over to the right and out from
the tussock a little blonde fur seal pup
has popped out ah I’d never thought we’d
get to see one only about 1 in 800 of
poor tonality he’s a tough little pup
the mothers super fatty milk allows the
pups to rapidly gain weight and strength
[Music]
in the safety of the puddle
the pups engage in their own little
battles it’s all fun and games now but
in seven or eight years time their life
will depend on it
[Music]
robot she’s gonna run out which means
well it looks like somebody grew some
guts today it’s no wonder competition is
so fierce that most males will never
breed and those who do may only hold
their Beach for a single season
in their entire lives it’s either Now or
[Music]
despite the incredibly high states they
try to avoid contact at all costs they
only resort to lethal violence when
nothing else works and a face the other
waving light now I’m not interested that
you can just see they keep looking over
their shoulder it’s all the nerve
wracking bluffing game
[Music]
[Applause]
sometimes retreat is the best strategy
no Kingdom was ever won in a day this is
the law of the land
and by its rule they thrive once hunted
to near-extinction slaughtered down to
just four hundred individuals there are
now over three million we’ve protected
this place and it’s hard not to be moved
by the turn around how’s that for a good
fight [Music]
northern shores of the island of South
Georgia make sure you enjoy yourself
because cuteness doesn’t last long if
you happen to be an adult male here
you’re down to just three options give
how is it possible that life can come
back from the dead the island of South
Georgia was the scene of one of the
species driven to near extinction the
whaling stations were abandoned this is
an all inspiring story of how if given
the chance Nature can bounce back on a
scale you’re not going to believe my
name’s Bertie Gregory and I’m a NASA
Geographic wildlife filmmaker
this is Resurrection Island not long ago
here the water ran red with the blood of
Antarctic fur seals from millions only
400 survived but today the hunted have
reclaim their land and with no less of
an iron fist
male Antarctic fur seals set up
territories up and down the crowded
beaches with only one goal in mind
attracting the females only the
strongest are able to hold a prize 10
square feet and four male seals it’s a
this Beach is just absolute cottage all
the way along and see the big dominant
males who have their territory each with
a little group of females their hurry
and every now and again a younger copy
male will come up out of the water and
run the gauntlet and see where you can
ha it’s a bad day for being small and
weak territory holding males can’t risk
leaving their patch not even for food
they must fight for more than a month
all on an empty stomach so if you’ve got
your eye on a patch wait until the end
of the season when he’s completely
exhausted and you might just stand a
chance in the meantime
away from all the testosterone the
females and young males are just having
a great time
[Music]
changing characters just amazing they go
from being all aggressive they’re just
wanting to charge you and you’re a man
Birds now when you’re in the water you
know from the appearance they’re just
[Music]
[Applause]
but it’s time to go home and feed the
pup this female left her pup in no-man’s
land up the river away from the
brutality of the beach we’re not getting
down there there’s two really really
grumpy seals mum calls her pup and
immediately the problem is everyone
wants to see their mum you see this
female calling and every time she calls
there’s some part 10 different pups that
reply but mum knows her perhaps unique
voice and if there’s any doubt a quick
[Music]
I cannot believe what has just happened
I picked over to the right and out from
the tussock a little blonde fur seal pup
has popped out ah I’d never thought we’d
get to see one only about 1 in 800 of
poor tonality he’s a tough little pup
the mothers super fatty milk allows the
pups to rapidly gain weight and strength
[Music]
in the safety of the puddle
the pups engage in their own little
battles it’s all fun and games now but
in seven or eight years time their life
will depend on it
[Music]
robot she’s gonna run out which means
well it looks like somebody grew some
guts today it’s no wonder competition is
so fierce that most males will never
breed and those who do may only hold
their Beach for a single season
in their entire lives it’s either Now or
[Music]
despite the incredibly high states they
try to avoid contact at all costs they
only resort to lethal violence when
nothing else works and a face the other
waving light now I’m not interested that
you can just see they keep looking over
their shoulder it’s all the nerve
wracking bluffing game
[Music]
[Applause]
sometimes retreat is the best strategy
no Kingdom was ever won in a day this is
the law of the land
and by its rule they thrive once hunted
to near-extinction slaughtered down to
just four hundred individuals there are
now over three million we’ve protected
this place and it’s hard not to be moved
by the turn around how’s that for a good
fight [Music]
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