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A marvel of nature, the Tasmanian wilderness.

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The first gigantic sole continent on earth is believed to have started breaking apart

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about 180 million years ago.

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Australasia was created and the island of Tasmania gradually separated from the mainland.

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Glaciers carved out a starkly contrasting and rugged terrain.

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The primeval forest covers much of the island and still retains characteristics of a bygone

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age.

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This is a spiny anteater.

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It uses its long snout to catch ants.

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The creature lays eggs and also breastfeeds its babies.

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The platypus, like the spiny anteater, is also a mammal.

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Night is approaching in the forest.

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This is a common wombat.

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They are marsupials and carry their young in their abdominal pouch just like kangaroos.

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Common wombats keep their babies in their pouch for six months.

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There are more than 15 species of marsupials on the island.

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The Tasmanian devil is the only one that is carnivorous.

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The name devil was given because the animal eats dead meat.

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But the fact is that they are just too slow to catch living animals.

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This is the Red Sea, an exceptional marine landscape.

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Deep sea creatures normally found at a depth in excess of 200 metres can be found here

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in shallow water just five metres deep.

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What makes this water red is a compound called tannin.

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Tannin from plants surrounding the bay has been released into the water.

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The red pigment blocks out sunlight and keeps the shallow water as dark as the deep ocean.

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This is an elephant fish, a very rare abyssal fish also found here.

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This fish walking on the seafloor belongs to the sea robin family.

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Studies have only recently revealed that this species of deep sea fish is living here.

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The Tasmanian wilderness, a mysterious but astonishing world of nature that never ceases

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to amaze.