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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304474914 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6304474911 Label: Nat'l Geographic Vid Manufacturer: Nat'l Geographic Vid Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Nat'l Geographic Vid Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 60 minutes Sales Rank: 12011 Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Amazon.com: This beautiful but tragic video offers a thorough overview of the delicate and varied ecosystems found on the Hawaiian Islands. More than almost anywhere else in the world, these islands had been untouched and have existed in "splendid isolation." But since humankind's arrival, nearly 70 percent of Hawaii's native species have disappeared. The non-native feral pig, for instance, is the worst scourge; this pig has no natural predators and has invaded every island. Neither sugar cane nor pineapples are native. Birds, fish, insects, and turtles all play important roles in species' disappearance. Perhaps the most powerful image of the documentary is the sight of humans rappelling down the cliffs of Molokai to hand pollinate endangered flowers, the perfect symbol for how precariously close we have pushed nature to its own demise. Now humans must intervene to rescue what we have nearly destroyed. --Cristina Del Sesto
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Rating: - Natural beauty, thy name is Hawaii
The isolation of the Hawaiian Islands caused a completely unique ecosystem to develop. Hundreds of species native to the islands exist nowhere else on Earth and the pressure of human presence is driving many of them close to the brink of extinction. This tape describes the incredible diversity of the flora and fauna of the Hawaiian Island chain and many of the efforts that modern humans are engaged in as they try to maintain the endangered species.
Everything from shooting feral pigs to keep them from rooting out the soil to climbing seaside cliffs to cross-pollinate flowers that otherwise ... Read More
Rating: - wildlife in Hawaii
A good introduction to some of the wildlife in Hawaii and how a few species which arrived there evolved into unique species. The description of how man and other animals have arrived and altered the life and landscape of the islands.
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