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Lost Land of the Volcano
来自BBC自然历史部门的团队为拍摄《火山的遗失之地》系列纪录片，展开了在巴布亚新几内亚的一片鲜为人知的热带雨林里的旅行考察活动。 在巴布亚新几内亚偏远的博萨维山区(MountBosavi)，科学家们发现了自20万年前火山爆发后，一片与世隔绝的生物栖息地。在这片神秘的栖息地上，科学家们找到了一种哺乳动物的新品种：博萨维毛鼠(BosaviWoollyRat)。作为目前世界上体型最大的老鼠之一，它的外貌与普通老鼠差别不大，从头到尾长约87厘米，重逾1.3公斤。这种老鼠有着银灰色的厚皮毛和尖利的牙齿，基本吃素，可在树洞或地底建立巢穴。并且，这种老鼠是“友好”物种，十分“令人难以置信的”温驯。科学家发现它时，它正在啃食一片叶子。科学家感叹地表示：“它从没看到过人类。博萨维火山口真是与世隔绝。” 在考察过程中，英国的科学家们还发现了其他约40种新的物种。其中包括会伪装的壁虎、毛刺细密的毛毛虫、长着毒牙的青蛙和能从鱼鳔里发出声音的鱼、奇异的蝙蝠、蜘蛛等。
New Guinea is a rugged tropical island that is home to some of the strangest creatures on the planet. The team is based at the foot of Mount Bosavi, a giant extinct volcano covered in thick and largely unexplored rainforest. With the help of trackers from a remote tribe, they aim to search for the animals that live there - and they make amazing finds. Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan discovers the nest of the world's smallest parrot, insect expert Dr. George McGavin finds a talking beetle, the scientists identify types of frog, gecko and bat that are completely new to science, and adventurer Steve Backshall has to live and sleep underground as he explores a cave system flooded with white water. The cameras follow the team every sweaty step of the way as they search for the evidence that may help preserve this last great jungle forever.
The second part of this exploration series combining stunning wildlife with high energy adventure. A team of scientists and wildlife film-makers have made base camp on a remote extinct volcano at the heart of the tropical island of New Guinea. Their aim is to search the thick jungle for the weird and endangered animals that hide there. Now they are pushing deeper into the rainforest, and cameraman Gordon Buchanan enlists the help of a tribe to find and film the extraordinary birds of paradise as they perform their bizarre courtship displays. George McGavin has to manhandle a giant crocodile, and Steve Backshall is living deep underground where he discovers a new cave system never seen by humans.
Steve Backshall heads a team descending into the crater of a giant extinct volcano covered in thick jungle. Deep in the heart of the remote island of New Guinea, this lost land is protected on all sides by fortress walls half a mile high. They are the first outsiders ever to penetrate this hidden world, which biologists have long believed could be home to spectacular new creatures. George McGavin travels east to an erupting volcano and discovers a rare bird that depends on the hot ash for its survival. Sudden explosions bring the trip to a quick halt as giant boulders crash into camp. The series culminates in the lost world of the crater as Steve and wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan discover two large mammals that have no fear of people and are totally new to science - a giant rat that is as big as a cat, and a cuscus, which is a tree-climbing marsupial.
