How have Indonesia’s remote and mysterious islands become home to so many of the natural world’s most extraordinary giants? From a unique species of elephant, and the world’s longest snake, to a crab almost a metre wide that climbs trees

Cloaked in tropical rainforest and warmed by clear blue seas Indonesia is a paradise. Although much of the island chain receives sporadic rain throughout the year, this alone wouldn’t be enough to sustain the region’s rich abundance of life.

The island chain of Indonesia is home to more active volcanoes than any other country in the world.  Yet somehow, instead of posing a threat – this volcanic activity is a source of life

Scattered across the warm South China Sea, Indonesia’s islands are a melting pot for evolution and diversity. Here, rich forests, rivers and coastlines have offered pockets of isolation, enabling animals to develop incredible behaviours and looks.

Indonesia’s enduring heat provides energy for it’s reptilian residents to thrive, and so much so, they outnumber it’s mammalian inhabitants.