S01E01 Islands of the Dragon King
Komodo Dragons are excellent swimmers who have migrated far from the Komodo Islands in the past. Without the need for any males to reproduce, and one single female could potentially populate an entire island on...
Mysterious Planet
S01E03: Mountains of Fire and Ice
The Andes: one mountain range connecting two completely different worlds: A frigid ice-land and a fortress of Fire
Overview
Our Planet still hides many mysteries. Why does the world’s largest gathering of whale sharks happen in just one special place off the coast of Mexico? What has it got to do with a meteorite hurtling through space? Why are komodo dragons only found where they are? How did one of the planet’s most exquisite rainforests become forgotten? From the strangest animals of Sulawesi, to the spooky creatures of the Mayan underworld; from the haunt of Pumas and the Mars - like high Andes, to a lost world in the African clouds and a war of Baboons: Mysterious Planet embarks on a series of epic journeys into the wild, across continents, through millennia, to uncover the answers to the mysteries that shape life.
Episodes
S01E02 Giants of the Caribbean
The largest gathering of the largest fish on the planet--over four hundred whale sharks--assembles in the same small patch of ocean just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Why are they here? Mysterious Planet embarks on an...
S01E03 Mountains of Fire and Ice
The Andes: one mountain range connecting two completely different worlds: A frigid ice-land and a fortress of Fire
