Jungle Planet
Season 1, Episode 4: Butterfly Forest: South African Savannah
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The south of Africa is home to an unusual forest that loses its leaves during the dry season. The Mopane tree, or butterfly tree, is the main exponent of this behavior. In this peculiar landscape live elephants, hyenas, lions, colobus monkeys, eagles and mousebirds.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Jungle Planet Intro: Life Awakens
Episode 2
The Ancient Jungle: South East Asia & Borneo
Episode 3
The Forests of the Moon: Mangroves
Episode 4
Butterfly Forest: South African Savannah
Episode 5
Jungles in the Sea: Canary Islands Laurel Forests
Episode 6
Spectres of the Jungle: Madagascar Rainforest
Episode 7
The Forests of Giants: California
Episode 8
A World of Thorns: Thorny Forest, Madagascar
Episode 9
A Jungle of Aromas: Australia
Episode 10
The Eternal Swamps: Florida
Episode 11
The Infinite Forest: Taiga
Episode 12
The Rainforest in the Clouds: Central America
Episode 13
The Kingdom of the Sun: Madagascan Deciduous Forest
Episode 14
The Conquered Forest: Iberian Oak Forests
Episode 15
Forests of Fire: Canary Pine Forest
Episode 16
Guardians of the River: Danube Floodplain Forests
Episode 17
Forests on the Peaks: Atlas and Andalusian Cedars
Episode 18
Tiny Forests: Mediterranean Olive Woods
Episode 19
The Dark Jungle: Equatorial African Forests
Episode 20
Ephemeral Jungles: Deciduous Forests
Episode 21
A Tropical Eden: American Jungles
Episode 22
Garden of the Gods: Mediterranean Pine Forest
Episode 23
Parched Forests: Dry Tropical American Forests
Episode 24
The Mystical Forest: Spanish Juniper Woods
Episode 25
The Australian Paradise
Episode 26
The Last Forest: Epilogue