Jungle Planet
Season 1, Episode 8: A World of Thorns: Thorny Forest, Madagascar
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Almost all plants are armed with thorns like daggers in the Spiny Forest of Madagascar. The fauna inhabiting this forest includes sifakas, chameleons, three-eyed lizards, radiated tortoises and many endemic birds. All of them have adapted to life among the sharp thorns and permanent drought.
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