The Future Is Wild Season 1 Episode 9 The Great Plateau 2002
The episode is set in a lofty plateau created by the collision of Australia (who moved northward) against Japan and Kamchatka (the Asian tectonic plate), 100 million years into the future. The episode focuses on four species: (1) Silver Spider, a descendant of our spiders, the silver spiders live in huge colonies and have a caste system based on the size of the animal. They build massive webs across canyons; (2) Poggle, a descendant of the hamster and the last species of mammal on Earth at this time, prey to silver spiders; (3) Great Blue Windrunner, a brilliant blue bird with wings on its legs which sees in ultraviolet and lives at the highest points on the plateau; (4) Grass Trees, Tree-like plants descended from bamboo. This episode shows how this bizarre food chain works
- Released: 2002-05-28
- Runtime: 325 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Christian Rodska
- Director: Victoria Coules, Nicholas Hooper, Paul Pritchard, Pierre de Lespinois
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1. Welcome to the Future 2002-04-02
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2. Return of the Ice 2002-04-09
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3. The Vanished Sea 2002-04-16
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4. Prairies of Amazonia 2002-04-23
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5. Cold Kansas Desert 2002-04-30
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6. Waterland 2002-05-07
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7. Flooded World 2002-05-14
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8. Tropical Antarctica 2002-05-21
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9. The Great Plateau 2002-05-28
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10. The Endless Desert 2002-06-04
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11. The Global Ocean 2002-06-11
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12. Graveyard Desert 2002-06-18
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13. The Tentacled Forest 2002-06-25
