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The spider-silk lure hangs below the kite, |
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flitting across the water like an insect. |
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Now he must steer the kite to where he thinks the fish are gathered. |
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Somewhere, just beneath the surface, shoals of needlefish lie in wait. |
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He keeps a close eye on the kite - if it drops, a fish is snared. |
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No hook is needed. |
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The sharp teeth and rough scales of the needlefish are tangled in the spider silk. |
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It's clever, it's effective... |
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..and many fish can be caught in this way. |
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Their ability to adapt and find food both on land and at sea |
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was crucial to the survival of the Pacific's first human colonisers. |
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But it wasn't all plain sailing... |
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the Pacific's more remote islands |
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were some of the last places on Earth to be discovered by humans. |
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And the island chain of Hawaii is the remotest of them all. |
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These islands are so hard to reach that before humans arrived, |
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only one new species of plant or animal turned up here every 35,000 years. |
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For those lucky few that made it, this was a land of milk and honey. |
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