00:00I don't know why I have to do this assignment with you.
00:04A Glow Worm!
00:06And then the name?
00:08Glow Worm!
00:10Because I bring you luck!
00:12Luck?
00:14Ladybug's bring luck,
00:16not green shimmery glow worms.
00:19You should talk about trees,
00:22and not about Mars.
00:24I don't know why I have to do this assignment with you.
00:28Trees, and not about my enlightened species.
00:32Get on with it.
00:34Oh, what a pity.
00:36The sun is going down already.
00:38Hooray!
00:40I already feel better.
00:42It's always a pleasure
00:44to work with you in the dark.
00:46Daytime gives me the heebie-jeebies.
00:50You have a scrollers for sure.
00:52Anyway,
00:54we are talking about trees today.
00:56Trees are plants.
00:58But not every plant is a tree.
01:00So what is a tree?
01:02A tree is a plant.
01:04So far, so good.
01:06No, no, no, wait.
01:08Here we go.
01:10There are two different kinds of trees.
01:12Evergreen and deciduous trees.
01:14Some shed their leaves in winter.
01:16They're called deciduous trees.
01:18And the others are called evergreens.
01:20And never lose them at all.
01:22Like this one.
01:24Yes, that's good.
01:26I'm impressed.
01:28Further south,
01:30the lush Gondwana rainforests.
01:32A cluster of wilderness areas
01:34around the New South Wales
01:36and Queensland borders.
01:38There have been
01:40World Heritage listed
01:42and include the Lamington National Park
01:44in recognition of its high biodiversity.
01:46And the fact it contains
01:48a living museum
01:50of the evolutionary steps taken
01:52in the development of Australia's
01:54modern day flora.
01:56The Lamington National Park
01:58includes 20,000 hectares
02:00of varying forest types.
02:02From temperate Antarctic beech forests
02:04high on the border ranges
02:06through to the subtropical rainforests
02:08and the dry eucalyptus
02:10forests of the Northern Escarpment.
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02:30Alone
02:32and terrified.
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02:38This cub is just six weeks old.
02:40Close by,
02:42mother lays helpless.
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02:48Stunned by a tranquiliser.
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02:52Scientists
02:54attempt to rescue.
02:56It looks cruel.
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03:02Truth is
03:04it's meant to save the polar bear
03:06as a species.
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03:10What these scientists are finding
03:12is that polar bears are losing
03:14weight year after year.
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03:18They're slowly starving
03:20to death.
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03:26And always nature's
03:28abundance.
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03:32Both above the water
03:34and below.
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03:50In fact, it's these glorious waters
03:52of the Caribbean that dominate
03:54life here.
03:56Azure, a rich and deep
03:58hypnotic blue that penetrates.
04:00That beckons so seductively.
04:02Moving deep
04:04into the forest, there's an overwhelming
04:06sense of being swallowed up by time.
04:08Stepping back
04:10thousands of years.
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04:18This is a primeval
04:20world. We know how
04:22the law of the jungle applies to animals.
04:24Kill or be killed.
04:26Here, the same law is at work
04:28in the kingdom of plants.
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04:32The Great Barrier Reef.
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04:42Its creations
04:44are of unparalleled beauty.
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04:54Its inhabitants
04:56diverse and dangerous.
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05:20And its myriad of life forms
05:22both delicate
05:24and robust.
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