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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants.
Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret lives of plants. Using pioneering camera techniques, the series takes viewers on a magical journey inside the hidden world of plants, on which all animals — including humans — are dependent.
Official Preview
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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret lives of plants. Using pioneering camera techniques, the series takes viewers on a magical journey inside the hidden world of plants, on which all animals — including humans — are dependent.
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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants. (30s)
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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants. (30s)
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Some plants developed adaptations that were unhelpful for the cultivation of crops. (2m 27s)
One Sharpshooter Way to Stop an Invasive Plant
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Marksmen use paintballs filled with herbicide shot from a helicopter to stop Miconia. (2m 20s)
How Do You Pollinate 40 Million Almond Trees?
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You truck in in 40 billion bees. (2m 33s)
Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree
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The baobab stores thousands of gallons of water in its spongy wood. (2m 38s)
The Plant that Makes Its Home on a Cactus
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Tristerix seeds travel in bird droppings to invade the bodies of giant cactus. (3m 16s)
How Saguaro Cacti Store 1000 Gallons of Water
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The saguaro features a pleated surface which allows it to expand. (2m 9s)
The Orchid that Pretends It's A Wasp
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The Hammer Orchid emits the scent of the female thynnid wasp to confuse the male. (3m 38s)
The Fungi that Help Trees Talk
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Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems. (2m 57s)
What Photosynthesis Looks Like Underwater
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Where the plants are dense, it can create sea of fizzing bubbles. (2m 17s)
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Venus Flytraps use two systems to make sure they're catching prey worth eating. (2m 50s)
How the Giant Water Lily Dominates
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The Giant Water Lily creates around 40 leaves that each expand to more than 6 feet across. (2m 22s)
The War Between Fungi and Trees
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Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy. (2m)
Meet the World's Biggest Flower
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The Corpse Flower is more than 3 feet across and smells like a rotting... well, corpse! (3m 46s)
How Vines Lasso Their Way to the Top of the Plant World
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Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy. (3m 20s)
How Leaf Cutter Ants Feed a Killer Fungus
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Leaf Cutter ants deliver their payload to a fungus underground to grow food. (3m 44s)
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