Skip the Whale Boat: The Free Wildlife Show at Your Feet

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1. 0:00SKIP THE WHALE BOAT. Stop paying for whale boats. The wildest show is free.
2. 0:04NEW + FULL MOON. Wait for the lowest tides, around new and full moon. Hidden rock pools appear.
3. 0:10GIVE THEM SPACE. Sanderlings sprint the wave line. Scare them, and they burn fuel they need to migrate.
4. 0:15BORROWED SHELLS. In the pools: anemones, crabs, and hermit crabs living in borrowed shells.
5. 0:20NOT NUMBER ONE. But the shore isn't even number one. The winner is cheaper still.
6. 0:23INSECTS + MACRO. A sunny June bank holds more animal species than a whole wetland holds birds.
7. 0:28NO BUCKET NEEDED. Your kit? A phone and patience. That's it.
8. 0:31UP TO 4,000 KM. And that monarch could be fuelling up to fly up to 4,000 kilometres to Mexico.

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