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Sunlight coming through. he now runs tours of the jungle around the island. its slippery. the sinharaja forest covers more than 8,000 hectares but you do not need to walk very far to spot some wildlife. here, look. it is a kangaroo lizard. its tiny! it almost doesnt look real. some of it is after your blood. hes just moving until he can settle down and then he will suck blood from me. the way it moves is creeping me out at the moment and its so small. i shouldnt be scared. when he sucks the bloo...

Its a hotspot for biodiversity — rare plants, unique bird species, amphibians and snakes all thrive here. its so important ecologically, that there are plans to quadruple it in size. the only way to explore it is by foot. and for that youll need some serious legwear. so the forest is also home to bloodthirsty leeches, so i picked up these attractive anti—leech socks in the hopes that i make it out without any of them attached to my skin. ridma used to hike and swim in the forest as a child. ...

Sophisticated in the way we‘re dealing with flood defences. or is that not case? i think were much more focused, i haven‘t working on this for over 20 years and i do see that flooding is increasing. i think where we are managing cities and biker areas with flood defences, basically, for the people in rural areas and smaller areas, they are losing out because the government criteria does not match up to help those people. we need to look at that and see where we can help in these other areas ...

To spot some wildlife. here, look. it is a kangaroo lizard. its tiny! it almost doesnt look real. some of it is after your blood. hes just moving until he can settle down and then he will suck blood from me. the way it moves is creeping me out at the moment and its so small. i shouldnt be scared. when he sucks the blood he will grow three times the size. and now he is getting and i can feel it. really? what does he feel like? just a tiny little pinch. oh, you can see it getting bigger! now he is...

Its slippery. the sinharaja forest covers more than 8000 hectares, but you do not need to walk very far to spot some wildlife. here, look. it is a kangaroo lizard. it is tiny. it almost does not look real. some of it is after your blood. hes just moving until he can settle down and then he will suck blood from me. the way it moves is creeping me out at the moment and it is so small. i should not be scared. when he sucks the blood, he will grow three times the size. and now he is getting and i ca...

Primary rainforest, sinharaja. it is a hotspot for biodiversity. rare plants, unique bird species, amphibians and snakes all thrive here. it is so important ecologically that there are plans to quadruple it in size. the only way to explore it is by foot. and for that you will need some serious legwear. the forest is also home to large and thirsty leeches so i picked up these attractive anti— leach socks in the hopes that i make it out without any of them attached to my skin. this man used to h...

Look. it is a kind of lizard. it is tiny. it almost does not look real. some of it is after your blood. he just wants to settle down and then he will suck blood from me. the way it moves is scaring me at the moment and it is so small. i should not be scared. he will grow three times if he eats. and now he is getting and i can feel it. what does he feel like? just a tiny little leach. 0h, can feel it. what does he feel like? just a tiny little leach. oh, you can see it get you! —— get bigger!...

Alert from south florida, iguanas possibly falling from trees, not dying by frozen from the cold snap. kerry sanders explains >> reporter: new york has pigeons, south florida iguanas, and overnight, when temperatures dropped below 40 we it -- the night of the falling iguanas. the cold-blooded reptiles in shock not able to grip the trees. it rained iguanas. the national weather service issuing a falling iguana forecast theyre from near the equator but multiplied when someone released them as a pe...

Allies, it is what we stand for. also on the programme: prosecutors in new york make their rape case against film producer harvey weinstein. they say he was a hollywood power broker who was "no match" for his female accusers. chilli with a chance of a qantas. unseasonably cold weather in florida means reptiles are falling out of trees frozen stiff. hello, and welcome. im katty kay in washington, and christian fraser is in london. the big names are all in davos this week, an annual gathering wher...

We will be impacting on species and habitats up and down the route. ecological surveys have been undertaken in the last few years to really understand whats there, whats in the landscape, so we can appropriately respond to that in our designs, our mitigation plans, so that through construction we can understand whats happening and that those designs will eventually be in an area where all the habitats that are recreated are flourishing. with hs2 on hold, conservationists like mark are holding th...