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Alex Chadwick reports on the extraordinary biodiversity of Madagascar. The island split off the southeast coast of Africa millions of years ago, before many mammals evolved. As a result, Madagascar's disappearing forests are populated mostly by insects, amphibians, and reptiles -- and by the island's newest and most rapidly reproducing species -- humans.

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