Episodes

13 episodes in this season

Welcome to the Future

25 min

Return of the Ice

25 min

The Vanished Sea

25 min

Prairies of Amazonia

25 min

Cold Kansas Desert

25 min

Waterland

25 min

Flooded World

25 min

Tropical Antarctica

25 min

The Great Plateau

25 min

E10

The Endless Desert

25 min

E11

The Global Ocean

25 min

E12

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Graveyard Desert

25 min

E13

The Tentacled Forest

325 min

The Future Is Wild

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Graveyard Desert

Season 1 · Episode 12 · Jun 18, 2002

The episode is set in a rainshadow desert on the eastern side of Earth's only continent, 200 million years into the future. Wedged between this desert and the Global Ocean is a series of very tall mountain ranges which are tall enough to block even the most powerful storms. At this point in the future, there are no mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians. The episode focuses on five species: (1) Bumblebeetle, a species of beetle that has been pushed to the edge of specialisation. They spend their lives searching for dead flish which are a good food source for their young. (2) Desert Hopper, a bizarre rabbit-sized cone snail that hops about on one muscular foot. They tend to bury themselves during the heat of the day and only come out at the cool of the night. (3) Deathbottle, a carnivorous plant, that has traps to feed on the Desert Hoppers. (4) Flish, shown dead, animal from the previous episode. (5) Grimworm, a worm, live inside dead Ocean Flish body and scavenging it.

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The Future Is Wild

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Graveyard Desert

Season 1 · Episode 12 · Jun 18, 2002

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