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Tiger sharks. |
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A dozen sharks, |
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each over three metres long, |
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have crossed hundreds of miles of ocean to attend this annual feast. |
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Uncannily, these fearsome predators often arrive |
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on the same day as the first chicks take to the air. |
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Nothing could have prepared these chicks |
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for such an encounter. |
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Yet, despite looking like sitting ducks, |
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inexperienced sharks find them hard to sink their teeth into. |
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In an ocean where food is so hard to come by, |
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the sharks can't afford to keep missing. |
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They must quickly perfect their technique. |
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For these albatross chicks, |
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running the gauntlet of sharks may seem an impossible challenge, |
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but the vast majority make it to a life in the open ocean. |
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