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It's only recently that we have discovered the extraordinary role
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The Green Planet

It's only recently that we havediscovered the extraordinary role that these fungi play in...

It's only recently that we have
discovered the extraordinary role that these fungi play in a forest
like this

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It's only recently that we have discovered the extraordinary role
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that these fungi play in a forest like this.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:41
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 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...
S01 • E02 A river can provide transport, - The Green Planet 00:11
A river can provide transport,
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.