[00:00.254]Being good long-distance travellers,
[00:02.837]fairy terns island-hopped their way here to French Polynesia.
[00:08.413]The ancestors of these blue lorikeets, however,
[00:11.332]were brought here by some of the earliest Polynesians.
[00:13.895]It could be described as the ultimate honeymoon destination.
[00:19.512]Though the waters off these shores don't always appear too inviting.
[00:25.121]Blacktip sharks have adapted to swim in less than a foot of water.
[00:31.514]They come to these shallows to hunt for smaller fish.
[00:37.519]Like Kingman Reef,
[00:38.726]all signs of these islands' volcanic past have long since disappeared.
[00:43.630]But without it, land could never have got started here.
[00:53.187]In the very west of the Pacific, however,
[00:56.058]volcanoes have had a helping hand.