Madagascar — S01E02 — Lost Worlds

00:00:05 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: Madagascar,

00:02:29 The climate on these isolated tops

00:05:04 Ring-tailed lemurs are just as suited to life on the ground

00:07:46 There's a real bonanza at this time of year.

00:10:32 As the rainy season approaches, she begins to dig.

00:13:55 One bird dominates the dark tangle of the understory.

00:16:34 As with most lemurs,

00:18:45 Yet, three species of bamboo lemur live here

00:21:31 It might take half an hour or more to consume a single shoot.

00:24:30 They may look like hedgehogs, but tenrecs are unique to Madagascar.

00:27:19 It's so wet that some tree frogs don't need to lay their eggs in water.

00:29:55 Some plants have become meat eaters.

00:32:29 An old dried-up pitcher is an excellent refuge.

00:35:39 The traveler’s tree is only found in Madagascar,

00:38:03 Here, there are hundreds of square miles of pristine jungle.

00:40:24 where she could be sure of laying the first egg.

00:43:20 so licking is the only way to keep their eyes clean.

00:46:04 Madagascar green-pigeons are quickly seen off.

00:49:25 It leaves them vulnerable if that opportunity disappears.

00:51:27 and these forested mountains are their last refuge.

00:52:48 And best thing is, there's another tree next door to it

00:54:52 What's really annoying is you kind of know

00:56:53 It's stopped raining.

00:58:23 lives some of the strangest wildlife of all.