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Something utterly astonishing has happened to some fungi
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Something utterly astonishinghas happened to some fungi. They have become giants. ♪ ♪...

Nova • S50E13 • 1974
Something utterly astonishinghas happened to some fungi. They have become giants. ♪ ♪ Colossal fungal spikes towerover the landscape. They're called Prototaxites

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Something utterly astonishing has happened to some fungi
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They have become giants
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Colossal fungal spikes tower over the landscape
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They're called Prototaxites
Duration
26 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:29
Uploaded
Feb 03, 2026
Season
50
Episode
13
Genres
documentary

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Science documentaries about various topics.
S50 • E12 And near the Equator, ice closes in... - Nova 00:16
And near the Equator, ice closes in...
S46 • E12 Venus becomes an ocean world, - Nova 00:08
Venus becomes an ocean world,
S50 • E02 KAIRE: They are not just trying to use the time like we use it in modern astronomy, but they need for a precise, accurate local time based on the position of the, of the sun. - Nova 00:46
KAIRE: They are not just trying to use the time like we use...
S49 • E11 (pterosaur bellows) - Nova 00:19
(pterosaur bellows)
S46 • E16 Geysers like this one even exist on Triton, - Nova 00:13
Geysers like this one even exist on Triton,
S46 • E12 As far as we know, - Nova 00:28
As far as we know,
S50 • E15 They are known as the first true primates. - Nova 00:57
They are known as the first true primates.
S46 • E14 But Ceres isn't the only world in our solar system - Nova 00:13
But Ceres isn't the only world in our solar system
S46 • E12 Long ago, something happens - Nova 00:13
Long ago, something happens
S46 • E13 To produce its most precious creation... - Nova 00:06
To produce its most precious creation...
S50 • E02 : What he used to do every morning for 33 years, facing east with paper and ink, was to write down the times of sunrise and sunset in a notebook. - Nova 00:38
: What he used to do every morning for 33 years, facing east...
S46 • E15 Looking deep inside the planet - Nova 00:18
Looking deep inside the planet
S46 • E14 After marauding - Nova 00:13
After marauding
S46 • E14 Continuing its journey spiraling towards the sun. - Nova 00:06
Continuing its journey spiraling towards the sun.
S48 • E17 Nine billion years after the birth of the first star. - Nova 00:15
Nine billion years after the birth of the first star.
S46 • E15 This lightning transforms methane gas - Nova 00:09
This lightning transforms methane gas
S48 • E21 But perhaps counterintuitively, - Nova 00:29
But perhaps counterintuitively,
S50 • E14 ...hot magma still flows, forming great reservoirs underground, encountering rocks hundreds of millions of years old deep below. - Nova 00:17
...hot magma still flows, forming great reservoirs...
S46 • E14 As Jupiter bulldozes inwards... - Nova 00:13
As Jupiter bulldozes inwards...
S49 • E08 {\an8}(crowd cheering) - Nova 00:07
{\an8}(crowd cheering)