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The Green Planet

A river can provide transport, but it's a one-wayjourney downstream that often ends up in...

A river can provide transport, but it's a one-way
journey downstream that often ends up in the sea

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A river can provide transport,
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but it's a one-way journey downstream
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that often ends up in the sea.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:30
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
History

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Movie Summary

Dive into a world where a single life can last a thousand years, with David Attenborough. See things no eye has ever seen, and discover the dramatic, beautiful plant life of Earth.
S01 • E05 This technique is being repeated around the globe. - The Green Planet 00:06
This technique is being repeated around the globe.
S01 • E03 Hundreds of trees can be interconnected by these webs. - The Green Planet 00:06
Hundreds of trees can be interconnected by these webs.
S01 • E03 Scientists call it the mycorrhizal network. - The Green Planet 00:06
Scientists call it the mycorrhizal network.
S01 • E05 People are choosing seeds of local native plants, - The Green Planet 00:13
People are choosing seeds of local native plants,
S01 • E04 They're able to thrive here because of an extraordinary partnership... - The Green Planet 00:07
They're able to thrive here because of an extraordinary...
S01 • E01 There a million or so different species of fungi - The Green Planet 00:08
There a million or so different species of fungi
S01 • E01 Some feed on dead plants. - The Green Planet 00:05
Some feed on dead plants.
S01 • E04 ..with brown and blue-footed boobies. - The Green Planet 00:06
..with brown and blue-footed boobies.
S01 • E02 So how can any riverside plant avoid this and travel upstream? - The Green Planet 00:07
So how can any riverside plant avoid this and travel upstrea...
S01 • E01 And some reveal their existence in an eerily beautiful way. - The Green Planet 00:06
And some reveal their existence in an eerily beautiful way.
S01 • E03 They've discovered that trees not only send nutrients along it - The Green Planet 00:12
They've discovered that trees not only send nutrients a...
S01 • E02 Here, along the Bonito River in Brazil, - The Green Planet 00:09
Here, along the Bonito River in Brazil,
S01 • E05 But is it possible, even in our most extreme monocultures, - The Green Planet 00:15
But is it possible, even in our most extreme monocultures,
S01 • E04 The cardones here can become so broad - The Green Planet 00:09
The cardones here can become so broad
S01 • E03 But some trees can also be selfish and steal from their rivals. - The Green Planet 00:07
But some trees can also be selfish and steal from their riva...
S01 • E01 In Africa, in the Congo, - The Green Planet 00:07
In Africa, in the Congo,
S01 • E02 They embed their seeds in the middle of soft, sweet fruit. - The Green Planet 00:06
They embed their seeds in the middle of soft, sweet fruit.
S01 • E05 I have two different kinds of forage growing in my orchard. - The Green Planet 00:07
I have two different kinds of forage growing in my orchard.
S01 • E03 Or even wage war by sending out toxins that will harm competitors. - The Green Planet 00:08
Or even wage war by sending out toxins that will harm compet...
S01 • E04 As the booby chicks get older, - The Green Planet 00:07
As the booby chicks get older,