Built to Survive
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202225 minRunning

Built to Survive

Network:ABC iview

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S01E10 - "Woodland Wanderers"

Aired on Jul 4, 2022, 2:00 AM

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Phil Breslin draws on the knowledge of science, First Nations peoples and his own experience in the wild, to find out how animals have adapted to some of the world's most extreme and diverse, natural habitats.

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Status
Running
Language
English
Runtime
25 min
Premiered
July 4, 2022

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Episodes (1 Season · 10 Episodes)

Wet and Wild Rainforests

In the heat and humidity of the rainforest Phil reveals the survival adaptations of the elusive tree kangaroo, the colourful cassowary and the lethal scrub python.

Jul 4, 2022

25 min

Desert Dwellers

In the endless heat of the sands near Munga Thirri, (The Simpson Desert), Phil encounters Australia's largest lizard - the perentie, our fastest flightless bird - the emu, and the world's largest marsupial - the red kangaroo.

Jul 4, 2022

25 min

Wild Wild Wetlands

Phil Breslin ventures into Australia's notorious swamp country where he encounters the speedy freshwater crocodile, the predatory barramundi and the world's largest reptile, the saltwater crocodile.

Jul 4, 2022

25 min

Coastal Critters

Phil Breslin heads along the rugged cliffs and sandy flats of the coast where he finds a master of the skies - the sea eagle, a master of disguise - the estuarine stone fish and the master of camouflage - the sting ray.

Jul 4, 2022

24 min

Mud and Mangroves

Phil Breslin heads into the mangroves, for a muddy encounter with a feisty mud crab, a shovel-nosed ray that he catches bare-handed and a mosquito, well quite a lot of mosquitoes that almost eat him alive.

Jul 4, 2022

24 min

Big Blue Ocean

Phil Breslin heads out into the deep blue ocean for a close encounter with the toothy tiger shark, the graceful and majestic manta ray and a giant of the deep - the humungous humpback whale.

Jul 4, 2022

24 min

Island Castaways

Phil Breslin leaves the Australian mainland for some island-hopping fun and encounters a green sea turtle laying her eggs, a pack of wild dingoes on the hunt and a snake with a terrifying name - death adder, lying in ambush.

Jul 4, 2022

25 min

Savannah Survivors

Phil Breslin visits the savannah for an encounter with Australia's largest predatory bird, a wedge-tailed Eagle, one of the world's most venomous snakes - the coastal taipan and a real-life dragon - the frill-necked lizard.

Jul 4, 2022

24 min

Rivers of Life

Phil Breslin journeys down Australia's river system by kayak, all the way from the rocky rapids to the wide brown estuaries. Phil encounters a duc-billed platypus, a long-finned eel and a bull shark.

Jul 4, 2022

25 min

Woodland Wanderers

If you go down to the woods today you might just find Phil Breslin tracking down a yellow-bellied glider, an eastern brown snake and the cuddliest of all Australians, the koala.

Jul 4, 2022

25 min

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