Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance Page #2

Director(s): Bayley Silleck
Production: IMAX
 
IMDB:
6.7
Year:
2001
40 min
31 Views


at the airstrip,

go upriver by canoe,

and hopefully to the top of

Mount Roraima by helicopter.

Beneath us is the watershed

of the great Orinoco River.

Tonight we'll stay in a

Pemon Indian village

where we've hired a local boatman.

The table mountains are

a lot closer now.

I like the Pemon word for them - tepuy.

But I can see why others have

called them the Lost World.

Now the river is too shallow

for the boat

We'll hike the rest of the way and

explore the rainforest on our way...

I can't believe the beauty

of this place.

On the riverbank,

we found some fresh tracks.

Only hours ago, a jaguar was here.

This tells us that the ecosystem still

has a full range of biodiversity.

Large predators control the number

of mammals like the coatimundi,

so they don't overgraze

the fruits and seedlings,

or eat too many birds eggs.

This balance helps to ensure

the health of the forest

Now, this is it...

the moment I've been thinking about

for weeks.

Our guide Nadim sayss these pilots

know the mountains better than anyone.

Next stop,

the summit of Mount Roraima.

Mount Roraima is a biological island,

lost in time...

eroded by eons of wind and rain.

The pilots can't shut off

the engine up here.

The weather changes too fast

They have to get out before

the next storm,

and one is coming in fast now.

They'll be back with supplies

in three days, if they can.

I had mixed feelings

watching the helicopter leave.

It was like being left alone

on another planet...

surrounded by images

from the dawn of time.

In these conditions,

shelter is the priority.

Science will have to wait

Roraima is a natural laboratory

for studying the adaptation

of species to harsh environments.

Fabian is the team's plant specialist

All over Roraima, there are these

beautiful miniature gardens.

Most of the summit is bare rock,

so the rain runs off quickly.

Plants only grow in depressions

where water and soil can accumulate.

If we carefully examine these

little islands,

we see that they are just lying

like rugs on top of the rock.

The soil is mostly sand,

with very few nutrients.

But it still supports an

incredible amount of life,

probably most of it exists only on

this mountain, and no where else.

In this nutrient-poor environment,

plants have evolved different

strategies for survival...

Some have become carnivorous,

trapping and consuming insects.

Other carnivorous plants lure insects

with vivid color and attractive scent

And their pitcher-shape is also

a perfect trap.

Thousands of slippery hairs cover

the inside of the pitcher.

It's only a matter of time

before the victim

slips into the bowl

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