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Release Notes

8. "Jungles"


Originally transmitted: 19 November 2006 (UK), 15 April 2007 (US)


The next instalment examines jungles and tropical rainforests. These


environments occupy only 3% of the land yet are home to over half of the world's


species. New Guinea is inhabited by almost 40 kinds of birds of paradise, which


avoid conflict with each other by living in different parts of the island. Some


of their elaborate courtship displays are shown. Within the dense forest canopy


sunlight is prized, and the death of a tree triggers a race by saplings to fill


the vacant space. Figs are a widespread and popular food, and as many as 44


types of bird and monkey have been observed picking from a single tree. The


sounds of the jungle throughout the day are explored, from the early morning


calls of siamangs and orangutans to the nocturnal cacophony of courting tree


frogs. The importance of fungi to the rainforest is illustrated by a sequence of


them fruiting, including a parasite called cordyceps. The mutual benefits of the


relationship between carnivorous pitcher plants and red crab spiders is also


discussed. In the Congo, roaming forest elephants are shown reaching a clearing


to feed on essential clay minerals within the mud. Finally, chimpanzees are one


of the few jungle animals able to traverse both the forest floor and the canopy


in search of food. In Uganda, members of a 150-strong community of the primates


mount a raid into neighbouring territory in order to gain control of it. Planet


Earth Diaries looks at filming displaying birds of paradise, focusing mainly on


the filming of the Six-plumed Bird of Paradise