Ocean Oasis

00:00:55 I cannot stay away

00:02:08 It is a hot dry peninsula 700 miles long

00:03:03 They find it here in huge concentrations

00:04:50 but in this circle of hunger and life even the greatest lives end

00:07:11 It may seem curious

00:09:21 This is my community

00:10:22 and learn to respect them

00:11:12 I will not follow

00:12:52 These elephant seals migrate here twice each year from the Northern Pacific

00:15:54 The abundance in the ocean oasis attract so many of these fish hawks

00:17:34 Milt and eggs burst into the water and mix right there

00:19:21 But other fish may threaten her sanctuary

00:21:34 corals gorgonians sponges

00:22:30 King angelfish savor them

00:24:19 That coolness is a vital reason why the greatest forces of land and sea combine

00:25:10 The cool water rich in nutrients

00:25:51 also rob the land of moisture

00:27:03 Hummingbirds live in the fast lane

00:28:28 neither does the rattlesnake

00:29:52 There are even pine forests up here near an observatory

00:31:47 For years people came to Mexico to hunt gray whales

00:32:35 where the whales sometime come to the boats to greet people

00:34:19 eating algae and parasites off its flanks

00:36:15 I wish I could protect them too