Green Island
FRA: En sortant sur un bateau au fond vitré pour observer la vie sous-marine sur la GBC, nous embarquons quelques rémoras (ou poissons-ventouse) qui font du stop. Ces drôles de bêtes s’accrochent à de plus gros poissons (ou bateaux) pour se déplacer, car ils n’ont pas suffisamment d’énergie pour nager longtemps à la recherche de nourriture, et mangent essentiellement les restes de leurs hôtes. Il existe des gens un peu comme ça, aussi...
ENG: Getting out on a glass bottom boat to observe the underwater wildlife on the GBR, we pick up a few hitchhiking remoras (or suckerfish). These funny beasts cling on to larger fish (or boats) to get around, because they don’t have enough energy to swim around looking for food, and they mainly feed on leftovers from their hosts. There are people a bit like that too
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more 
