Strange Islands • episode "S1E5" • South Pacific

Category: Environment

Why do animals perfectly adapted to island life give up the ghost when new species arrive?

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South Pacific • 5 episodes •

Fragile Paradise

Fragile Paradise

A look at what is being done to preserve the South Pacific and its wildlife.

Strange Islands

Strange Islands

Why do animals perfectly adapted to island life give up the ghost when new species arrive?

Ocean of Volcanoes

Ocean of Volcanoes

Witness the birth, growth and death of an island in the greatest ocean on Earth.

Endless Blue

A look at sharks and whales that go to great lengths to survive in the South Pacific.

Castaways

A look at how every one of the 20,000 islands was colonised by the Polynesians.

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