[00:02.69]A 60-mile swim would be an unimaginable feat for most animal
[00:06.37]but salties are not most animals
[00:12.20]One of the few crocodiles to tolerate saltwater
[00:15.1]they are also the largest and strongest swimmers
[00:22.11]Guided by an internal compass they made landfall throughout the Solomons
[00:27.11]and became the most easterly population of crocodiles in the Pacific
[00:36.58]Once arrived, they'd have had plenty to feast on
[00:49.63]The waters surrounding New Guinea and the Solomons are the richest and most diverse in the world
[00:58.4]Indeed, there are more species of fish on one of these reefs than in the whole of the Caribbean
[01:06.76]But how did all this life reach the Solomons from New Guinea