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The Green Planet

Some desert plantshave developed a very different way of attracting pollinators

Some desert plants
have developed a very different way of attracting pollinators

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Some desert plants have developed a very different way
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of attracting pollinators.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:26
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 Here there are more different species of plant - The Green Planet 00:07
Here there are more different species of plant
S01 • E03 Nearly 9,000, many needing pollinators. - The Green Planet 00:06
Nearly 9,000, many needing pollinators.
S01 • E04 It produces what is perhaps the desert's strangest disguise. - The Green Planet 00:07
It produces what is perhaps the desert's strangest disg...
S01 • E05 For centuries, the freezing northern winters - The Green Planet 00:10
For centuries, the freezing northern winters
S01 • E03 They compete with one another for such help - The Green Planet 00:10
They compete with one another for such help
S01 • E04 It uses water stored in its stems - The Green Planet 00:09
It uses water stored in its stems
S01 • E01 The kinkajous drink so greedily - The Green Planet 00:08
The kinkajous drink so greedily
S01 • E05 But now, with the climate changing, the winters aren't cold enough - The Green Planet 00:08
But now, with the climate changing, the winters aren't ...
S01 • E03 All promising nectar as a sugary reward. - The Green Planet 00:06
All promising nectar as a sugary reward.
S01 • E01 So, as they move from tree to tree, - The Green Planet 00:07
So, as they move from tree to tree,
S01 • E05 Needles turning red are a sure sign that the trees are dying. - The Green Planet 00:07
Needles turning red are a sure sign that the trees are dying...
S01 • E03 But there is a plant here that avoids this crowded competition. - The Green Planet 00:07
But there is a plant here that avoids this crowded competiti...
S01 • E02 The plants can become so buoyant with gas - The Green Planet 00:11
The plants can become so buoyant with gas
S01 • E03 And the rising temperatures of summer bring just what it needs. - The Green Planet 00:07
And the rising temperatures of summer bring just what it nee...
S01 • E04 The flower, once opened, is called a desert starfish. - The Green Planet 00:07
The flower, once opened, is called a desert starfish.
S01 • E01 But the balsa leaves little to chance. - The Green Planet 00:05
But the balsa leaves little to chance.
S01 • E01 The nectar might appear to have run out, - The Green Planet 00:07
The nectar might appear to have run out,
S01 • E05 The beetle plague spreads like wildfire across a landscape - The Green Planet 00:10
The beetle plague spreads like wildfire across a landscape
S01 • E04 Instead of releasing millions of loose pollen grains - The Green Planet 00:12
Instead of releasing millions of loose pollen grains
S01 • E01 Now the balsa refills its flowers, - The Green Planet 00:10
Now the balsa refills its flowers,