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a monsoon storm on the coast of an island in the Indian Ocean. But this is not a normal tropical island. This is Madagascar. Once joined to Africa, Madagascar has been isolated for millions of years, and it has evolved a set of wildlife all of its own. More than 80% of it is found nowhere else on Earth. This strange island is split in two by a line of mountains running its length. The eastern slopes are drenched with rain and cloaked in jungle. But cross these mountains to the western side and you are in another world to leave here. You would need to cope with a landscape that is bone dry for most of the year, a land where rain is fleeting and quite unpredictable on yet Madagascar's arid lands are full of life. Everything that lives here has its own fight for survival and resources. As the seasons swing by in this eccentric land, some of the strategies wildlife has developed are quite extraordinary. Life in the wild is tough. Animals sometimes have to pull out all the stops to survive. And while some play by the rules brothers, it seems, are more than happy to break them. The natural world is full of animals were up to no good. They're stilling vandalising, fighting and even kidnapping. But is this really is appalling as it looks, travelling the planet to cities animal antics firsthand. We meet the experts making groundbreaking new discoveries and find out if what appears to be bad behaviour may just be the secret to their success. No.