Built To Survive

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.

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

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.

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 stonefish, and the master of camouflage, the stingray.

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

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.