Episodes

13 episodes in this season

Welcome to the Future

25 min

Return of the Ice

25 min

The Vanished Sea

25 min

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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

Graveyard Desert

25 min

E13

The Tentacled Forest

325 min

The Future Is Wild

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Prairies of Amazonia

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Apr 23, 2002

The episode is set in South America where the Amazon used to stand in 5 million years time. It features three species: (1) Carakiller, a descendant of the mountain caracara which has evolved to replace land predators; (2) Babookari, a descendant of the uakari which lives like baboons and has discovered how to catch fish; (3) Rattleback, a descendant of an agouti which has developed tough armour and can live through quickly-passing grass fires. This episode shows that due to the cooling of the planet, the Amazon rainforest has vanished and has been replaced by grassland. Most primates have died out but the Babookari has evolved to live on the plains. They have also become much cleverer and can now make nets out of twigs to catch fish. There is also the rattleback, a heavily armoured rodent which is somewhat fireproof, and lives on a diet of Carakiller eggs, grass stems, and tubers. The episode also shows the biggest danger to these animals - fire.

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The Future Is Wild

TV Series

200225m7.4

Documentary

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Prairies of Amazonia

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Apr 23, 2002

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