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David Attenborough's Tasmania

This will be a welcome mealfor the newly-hatched chicks

This will be a welcome meal
for the newly-hatched chicks

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This will be a welcome meal for the newly-hatched chicks.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:19
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.
The little penguins' presence - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
The little penguins' presence
But, while early spring brings them ashore to breed, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:09
But, while early spring brings them ashore to breed,
Prevailing winds carry most of the bad weather from the West... - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
Prevailing winds carry most of the bad weather from the West...
(THUNDER RUMBLES) - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:11
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(THUNDER CRASHES) - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:11
(THUNDER CRASHES)
Some western areas are among the wettest in all of Australia. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
Some western areas are among the wettest in all of Australia...
And all the water supports a surprising spectacle. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
And all the water supports a surprising spectacle.
Caught in a bizarre trap, these insects are doomed. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:07
Caught in a bizarre trap, these insects are doomed.
How they got stuck only becomes apparent as night falls. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
How they got stuck only becomes apparent as night falls.
These strange lights belong to the larvae of a type of gnat. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
These strange lights belong to the larvae of a type of gnat.
The light is formed by a chemical reaction - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:09
The light is formed by a chemical reaction
The sticky threads hang from its silk and mucus-laden nest. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
The sticky threads hang from its silk and mucus-laden nest.
Insects drawn to the light are ensnared, then devoured. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
Insects drawn to the light are ensnared, then devoured.
Each glow worm's thread is made up almost entirely of water, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:12
Each glow worm's thread is made up almost entirely of w...
And the rain that supports these tiny glow-worms - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:10
And the rain that supports these tiny glow-worms
..fast-growing trees that evolved on the dry Australian mainland. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:06
..fast-growing trees that evolved on the dry Australian main...
In Tasmania they become giants. - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
In Tasmania they become giants.
Strangely, for trees living in a wet forest, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:07
Strangely, for trees living in a wet forest,
The mountain ash stores its seeds in small pods... - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:05
The mountain ash stores its seeds in small pods...
Beneath the ash, the seeds live on, - David Attenborough's Tasmania 00:09
Beneath the ash, the seeds live on,