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The Green Planet

Each seed is attachedto a delicate parachute

Each seed is attached
to a delicate parachute

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Each seed is attached to a delicate parachute.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:40
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
History

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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 If only a handful of these seeds grow into a tree, - The Green Planet 00:09
If only a handful of these seeds grow into a tree,
S01 • E03 It's only recently that we have discovered the extraordinary role - The Green Planet 00:11
It's only recently that we have discovered the extraord...
S01 • E01 It's a battle that is fought throughout the natural world... - The Green Planet 00:05
It's a battle that is fought throughout the natural wor...
S01 • E01 ..involving a group of organisms - The Green Planet 00:06
..involving a group of organisms
S01 • E05 Every mature acacia tree can itself produce thousands of seeds a year. - The Green Planet 00:08
Every mature acacia tree can itself produce thousands of see...
S01 • E02 Even the slightest breeze will lift it and may carry it - The Green Planet 00:08
Even the slightest breeze will lift it and may carry it
S01 • E04 In the Galapagos, they sprout on fields of recently-erupted lava. - The Green Planet 00:07
In the Galapagos, they sprout on fields of recently-erupted ...
S01 • E01 Here, on the floor of a tropical rainforest, - The Green Planet 00:13
Here, on the floor of a tropical rainforest,
S01 • E03 Their filaments plug into the tips of the tree's roots - The Green Planet 00:12
Their filaments plug into the tips of the tree's roots
S01 • E05 13 million seed balls have been distributed in Kenya alone... - The Green Planet 00:07
13 million seed balls have been distributed in Kenya alone.....
S01 • E02 So even though suitable stretches of fresh water are few - The Green Planet 00:12
So even though suitable stretches of fresh water are few
S01 • E04 They've even reached one of the most inhospitable of all sites - - The Green Planet 00:16
They've even reached one of the most inhospitable of al...
S01 • E01 We normally think of fungi as things like this. - The Green Planet 00:06
We normally think of fungi as things like this.
S01 • E03 Some fungi have the ability to link with not just a single tree, - The Green Planet 00:19
Some fungi have the ability to link with not just a single t...
S01 • E05 ..and the methods by which they're dispersed... - The Green Planet 00:05
..and the methods by which they're dispersed...
S01 • E05 ..are ever more inventive, - The Green Planet 00:06
..are ever more inventive,
S01 • E01 They exist for most of the time - The Green Planet 00:09
They exist for most of the time
S01 • E02 Much bigger seeds, of course, can't travel by air. - The Green Planet 00:06
Much bigger seeds, of course, can't travel by air.
S01 • E04 This is the home of the giant cardon, - The Green Planet 00:11
This is the home of the giant cardon,
S01 • E01 The threads of competing fungi envelop their victim's body, - The Green Planet 00:13
The threads of competing fungi envelop their victim's b...