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Primitive Asian rabbits will seal their young inside an underground nest for days to protect them from predators.
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Isolated from the Asian mainland, Japan's animals have been forced to endure the most violently active islands on earth in a climate of extremes. Animals cast away on these outcrops must find innovative ways to overcome periods of starvation.
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Madagascar is the land of lemurs, an ancient primate family that evolved from only one small group which arrived on the island more than 60 million years ago.
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Africa's freshwater Great Lakes are the birthplace of the biggest, fastest, and perhaps the strangest mutation of any vertebrate on Earth. Could these fish actually be as intelligent as chimps?
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Lemur DNAScientists can tell when lemurs began to evolve and even where they came from by comparing strands of DNA from lemurs around the world.
Mutant Planet (01:42)
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Buried AlivePrimitive Asian rabbits will seal their young inside an underground nest for days to protect them from predators.Mutant Planet (01:45)
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Devious FishThis predator has evolved to look like a harmless Peacock cichlid that only eats tiny sand organisms.
Mutant Planet (01:36)
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Giant AnteaterThe giant anteater has a 7 foot long, 80 pound body, the claws of a bear and a tail like a witches' broom. Needless to say, this is one bizarre looking creature!Mutant Planet (01:10)
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The KiwiThe Kiwi is a strange-looking creature, found only in New Zealand. Every aspect of this funny little bird suggests that the Kiwi is an evolutionary oddity.Mutant Planet (01:50)
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Monkey See Monkey DoIn the early 1960s a female snow monkey accidentally discovered that hot tubs are fabulous for keeping warm in the winter. Today the whole troop has become avid bathers.
Mutant Planet (01:40)
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Red KangarooMale red kangaroos stand up to 6 feet tall and can weigh as much as 200 pounds! Females are tiny in comparison - weighing an average of only 75 pounds.Mutant Planet (01:47)
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Birth of MadagascarMadagascar was part of an enormous landmass, also called a supercontinent, 180 million years ago before tectonic forces divided the island from what we now know as India.Mutant Planet (02:03)
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Kangaroo SurvivalMeet internationally acclaimed kangaroo zoologist, Dr. Adam Munn. He has investigated every aspect of how kangaroos survive in the wild.Mutant Planet (01:52)
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Tasmanian DevilThe Tasmanian Devil is the largest living marsupial carnivore in existence today.Mutant Planet (01:37)
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Ocean CurrentsPacific Bluefin Tuna still ride the 100 mile wide ocean current that was created by tectonic forces nearly 16 million years ago.Mutant Planet (01:55)
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Marsupial EvolutionA fossil could be our only clue to the true identity of the evolutionary beginning of all marsupials.Mutant Planet (01:55)
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