Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play One Ocean 20000 Islands A Quarter of The World’s Water The extraordinary wildlife culture & history of this immense fascinating ocean & its myriad islands are revealed in stunning detail in this acclaimed BBC series With its coral reefs turquoise lagoons & dramatic oceanic atolls the South Pacific is the archetypal paradise But from the shores of Hawaii to Easter Island & a thousand tiny remote islands this ocean holds some of the most bizarre & intriguing surprises on Earth… The incredible photography & discoveries of this series capture the amazing natural sights of the region from erupting undersea volcanoes to jewelled tropical reefs & from tiger sharks catching albatross chicks to giant crabs opening coconuts It reveals how the islands’ isolation has helped evolve flesh-eating caterpillars vampire bugs with antifreeze in their veins a strange nocturnal parrot with a mating call like a bull frog & the fascinating monkey-tailed skink South Pacific also tells of the people whose ancestors journeyed thousands of miles to the islands Some acquired new survival techniques such as the palolo worm-harvesting Samoans or the Solomon islanders who fish with spider webs & kites while others developed bizarre rituals such as the Pentecost land divers who leap from 25-metre wooden scaffolds With incredible natural spectacles dramatic footage & fascinating stories South Pacific will change the way you view this ocean forever