Synopsis
Hatchling marine iguanas race to avoid being caught by the waiting snakes.
- Programme: Planet Earth II
- Episode: Islands
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2016
- Biology | Ecology | Ecosystems, extinction and gene pools | Predator and prey populations
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