The Living Planet (BBC 1984)
10 - Worlds Apart
David Attenborough explores the isolated islands which are a haven for ancient species as well as the cradle of new ones.
Stepping into the past he sees the world s largest lizard, the komodo dragon, and in the Indian Ocean he visits an island where 150,000 giant tortoises find survival a pressing problem.
In Hawaiian forests live a unique group of birds, the honeycreepers, and living among them, a caterpillar that catches flies.