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Asia's coasts are the frontier between two great rivals. Land and sea constantly test each other's borders along two hundred thousand kilometers of Asia's shoreline.
 In the tropics, equatorial sun magnifies the power of earth and ocean to nurture an extraordinary profusion of life.
There are sea creatures here who cling to the coast throughout their lives—others are ocean travelers who return to the coasts only to breed and support their young.
Land animals rely on the shoreline too. Through countless generations they've survived on its rich seasons.
 Saltwater crocodiles are ancient inhabitants of the mangroves. The pork pie crab's heavy armour would have done him little good if he'd been just a bit slower. Tall mangroves are safe overnight roosts for Borneo's proboscis monkey. Many other monkeys visit Asian mangroves, but few depend on them as much as proboscis.
(CCTV-2, Earth Stories, September 23-27)
(by Zang Man)
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| Editor: Zhao Xuan CCTV.com |
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