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The Green Planet

The Fungi that Help Trees Talk

Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems.

Aired 07/20/2022

The Green Planet

The Fungi that Help Trees Talk

Clip: Episode 3 | 2m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems.

Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems, creating a 'wood wide web' called the Mycorrhizal Network. Using this network, trees are able to pass nutrients, chemical and electrical signals to each other raising the alarm when being attacked.

Aired 07/20/2022

The Orchid that Pretends It's A Wasp

Video has Closed Captions

The Hammer Orchid emits the scent of the female thynnid wasp to confuse the male. (3m 38s)

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