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Climber Steve Backshall reaches the summit of a formidable table-top mountain, up a vertical cliff-face almost as high as New York's Empire State Building. The summit is covered in carnivorous plants, such as pitcher plants and sundews; the soil has been washed away by the incessant rains; and the plants need to catch insects to grow. Steve finds tiny frogs and spots the rare orange-breasted falcon, hunting for the many swifts that live on the cliffs. On the Rewa River, Dr George McGavin and Gordon Buchanan have a battle on their hands to reach the headwaters. The rapids are impassable, so they have to haul three boats and all their kit through the jungle in the sweltering midday heat. Eventually, they reach the headwaters and find a family of giant otters, a Capybara (the world's largest rodent) and, hidden in the undergrowth, a five-metre long anaconda digesting its dinner. Gordon then makes his most spectacular find – a magnificent Harpy eagle is perched in a tree with a dead monkey in its talons. These are the most powerful eagles in the world and they specialise in snatching monkeys out of the canopy. At the end of the journey George meets Bharrat Jagdeo, the President of Guyana, to present a report on the expedition. The President hopes the forests can be left standing to protect wildlife and to help fight climate change.

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  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created January 22, 2015 by
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