[00:03.18]The islands of the South Pacific have a life of their own
[00:08.19]Animals have been living in seclusion for so long
[00:11.09]They've evolved in the most curious and surprising ways
[00:15.42]But island living can carry a high price
[00:18.67]Recently some dramatic changes have been sweeping through these strange islands
[00:24.08]At the western limits of the Pacific ocean
[00:26.91]This is New Guinea the world's largest tropical island
[00:32.28]In these isolated jungles
[00:34.88]There are creatures only recently discovered by westerners and mountains that they have never visited
[00:42.28]This is the home of a mammal first seen by scientists as recently as 1994
[00:48.64]Even the locals rarely see it and it has never been filmed until now
[00:54.79]It lives in trees but it's not a monkey
[00:58.09]Primates never made the jump across the water to this island
[01:01.59]This is a rare glimpse of an almost unknown island oddity
[01:06.68]The dingiso