BBC Earth - New Guinea (2009) Part 3

BBC Earth - New Guinea

Go on an adventure with an international team of scientists, cameramen and cave explorers to one of the last pristine jungles of the world New Guinea. New Guinea consists mainly of rugged tropical rainforest that has never before been visited by Westerners. The island has as many different species than in Australia and America! And what animals! In the dense forest, the team will find the most bizarre creatures the smallest parrot in the world, a talking Beetle and unprecedented bats and lizards. Along the way they discover new cave systems that have never been visited by people and they come face-to-face with the dangers of the jungle. But the ultimate goal is fantastic a huge crater of an extinct volcano, hidden in the jungle. Surrounded by towering rock walls closed this mysterious world from the rest of the rainforest. Biologists are asking themselves for years wondering what spectacular plants and animals can be found here.

Part 3

With the team's explorations of New Guinea drawing to a close, George McGavin visits an erupting volcano, where he encounters a rare bird that depends on the hot ash to survive. Back at the original site, Steve Backshall and Gordon Buchanan head deep into the crater and discover two new mammals - a giant rat and a tree-climbing marsupial.

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