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Summer brings warmer temperatures across Tasmania
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David Attenborough's Tasmania

Summer brings warmer temperaturesacross Tasmania

Summer brings warmer temperatures
across Tasmania

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Summer brings warmer temperatures across Tasmania.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:23
Uploaded
Jun 27, 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 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
Their nests are small mounds within which their larvae are raised. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
Their nests are small mounds within which their larvae are r...