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Devils may have a fearsome reputation
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David Attenborough's Tasmania

Devils may have a fearsome reputation but the reality is quite different

Devils may have a fearsome reputation but the reality is quite different

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Devils may have a fearsome reputation
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but the reality is quite different.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:06
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Humble Bee Films,Black Devil Productions,Terra Mater Factual Studios

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Movie Summary

Attenborough narrates the story of a vast island wilderness - ancient forests, pristine rivers and spectacular coastline. Seasons vary from dry heat, strong winds and cold bringing wombats, wallabies and platypus out in daylight.
Summer brings warmer temperatures across Tasmania. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
Summer brings warmer temperatures across Tasmania.
..summer is most apparent in the dry eastern half of the island. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
..summer is most apparent in the dry eastern half of the isl...
The driest areas of Tasmania receive 80% less rainfall - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:08
The driest areas of Tasmania receive 80% less rainfall
Here the landscape is more reminiscent - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
Here the landscape is more reminiscent
For marsupials that graze the open grasslands, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:09
For marsupials that graze the open grasslands,
And although life here may appear more typically Australian, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:12
And although life here may appear more typically Australian,
It's given this group of wallabies something of a Tasmanian twist. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
It's given this group of wallabies something of a Tasma...
About 100 of them live within this population. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
About 100 of them live within this population.
They're so poorly camouflaged - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
They're so poorly camouflaged
On Tasmania however, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:09
On Tasmania however,
And without the normal controls, their numbers are growing. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
And without the normal controls, their numbers are growing.
But although this may appear a predator-free paradise, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:08
But although this may appear a predator-free paradise,
One of Tasmania's deadliest animals lives in these dry forests. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
One of Tasmania's deadliest animals lives in these dry ...
It's a species of ant known as the jack jumper. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
It's a species of ant known as the jack jumper.
Jack jumpers evolved on the ancient Gondwanan supercontinent. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
Jack jumpers evolved on the ancient Gondwanan supercontinent...
..a very primitive behaviour among ants, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
..a very primitive behaviour among ants,
And instead of using scent to hunt, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
And instead of using scent to hunt,
They sting their victims to death with a venom that can kill humans... - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
They sting their victims to death with a venom that can kill...
..making these one of the deadliest animals - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
..making these one of the deadliest animals
Jack jumper ants are particularly abundant - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:07
Jack jumper ants are particularly abundant