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The Green Planet

Downpours are so torrentialthat no soil can accumulate on their broad, rocky summits, and...

Downpours are so torrential
that no soil can accumulate on their broad, rocky summits, and some plants living up here
have to find their nutrients from another source

Full Transcript

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Downpours are so torrential that no soil can accumulate
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on their broad, rocky summits,
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and some plants living up here have to find their nutrients
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from another source.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:09
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 • E01 Here, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu, - The Green Planet 00:11
Here, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu,
S01 • E04 ..the flower tempts a tiny sack of pollen to its proboscis. - The Green Planet 00:06
..the flower tempts a tiny sack of pollen to its proboscis.
S01 • E05 We need an insurance policy, a hedge against extinction. - The Green Planet 00:08
We need an insurance policy, a hedge against extinction.
S01 • E03 But just four days after the flames... - The Green Planet 00:05
But just four days after the flames...
S01 • E04 It isn't easy to feed with such encumbered mouthparts. - The Green Planet 00:07
It isn't easy to feed with such encumbered mouthparts.
S01 • E01 Insects are attracted by the expectation of nectar, - The Green Planet 00:11
Insects are attracted by the expectation of nectar,
S01 • E05 This is Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. - The Green Planet 00:05
This is Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.
S01 • E04 But try as it might, the fly can't get rid of it. - The Green Planet 00:05
But try as it might, the fly can't get rid of it.
S01 • E02 Their leaves are shaped like a funnel and collect rainwater, - The Green Planet 00:09
Their leaves are shaped like a funnel and collect rainwater,
S01 • E05 Packets of seeds arrive here from all over the world. - The Green Planet 00:07
Packets of seeds arrive here from all over the world.
S01 • E04 And it's still there when the fly leaves to try and feed - The Green Planet 00:08
And it's still there when the fly leaves to try and fee...
S01 • E05 These are from a relative of the yucca plant, - The Green Planet 00:13
These are from a relative of the yucca plant,
S01 • E01 On the lower slopes of the mountain, - The Green Planet 00:07
On the lower slopes of the mountain,
S01 • E03 It has been lying dormant underground for 15 years, - The Green Planet 00:11
It has been lying dormant underground for 15 years,
S01 • E02 This small pond is colonised by all kinds of tiny animals. - The Green Planet 00:07
This small pond is colonised by all kinds of tiny animals.
S01 • E04 This time, however, when its clamped-up proboscis - The Green Planet 00:09
This time, however, when its clamped-up proboscis
S01 • E01 All that can be seen is this - - The Green Planet 00:06
All that can be seen is this -
S01 • E05 Most of the seeds are from plants that are threatened. - The Green Planet 00:07
Most of the seeds are from plants that are threatened.
S01 • E02 And it is their bodies, when they die, that provide - The Green Planet 00:08
And it is their bodies, when they die, that provide
S01 • E05 Some indeed, have gone extinct since their seeds arrived here. - The Green Planet 00:06
Some indeed, have gone extinct since their seeds arrived her...