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The ability to colonise new habitats
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The Green Planet

The ability to colonise new habitats has allowed one group of floweringplants to venture...

The ability to colonise new habitats has allowed one group of flowering
plants to venture out of fresh water and into a world that
may look the same to us, but for a plant
is crucially different

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The ability to colonise new habitats
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has allowed one group of flowering plants to venture out of fresh water
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and into a world that may look the same to us,
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but for a plant is crucially different.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:43
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 • E03 Stems, when frozen, rupture. - The Green Planet 00:06
Stems, when frozen, rupture.
S01 • E04 This relationship can only work because baobabs - The Green Planet 00:09
This relationship can only work because baobabs
S01 • E03 And flowers of ice form in the chilly air. - The Green Planet 00:06
And flowers of ice form in the chilly air.
S01 • E01 And in the centre of almost every raindrop, - The Green Planet 00:07
And in the centre of almost every raindrop,
S01 • E02 This is a fruit from one of the most important plants on the Earth today. - The Green Planet 00:08
This is a fruit from one of the most important plants on the...
S01 • E05 In five years, trees covered the land again, - The Green Planet 00:11
In five years, trees covered the land again,
S01 • E04 Between each damaging attack, - The Green Planet 00:09
Between each damaging attack,
S01 • E01 The world's rainforests are the richest - The Green Planet 00:12
The world's rainforests are the richest
S01 • E04 And they've done this time and time again over centuries. - The Green Planet 00:06
And they've done this time and time again over centurie...
S01 • E01 BIRDS SQUAWK - The Green Planet 00:13
BIRDS SQUAWK
S01 • E02 This particular one is floating off the coast of Formentera - The Green Planet 00:07
This particular one is floating off the coast of Formentera
S01 • E03 For some, winter brings dormancy. - The Green Planet 00:05
For some, winter brings dormancy.
S01 • E04 Today, however, it's harder for the baobabs to recover - The Green Planet 00:11
Today, however, it's harder for the baobabs to recover
S01 • E05 When rain falls, it now no longer simply runs off the land, - The Green Planet 00:09
When rain falls, it now no longer simply runs off the land,
S01 • E02 100,000 years ago, a seagrass seed like this - The Green Planet 00:10
100,000 years ago, a seagrass seed like this
S01 • E04 Not only that, but the elephants are forced to take ever more wood - The Green Planet 00:09
Not only that, but the elephants are forced to take ever mor...
S01 • E03 Another cycle of the seasons - The Green Planet 00:07
Another cycle of the seasons
S01 • E05 Instead, it clings to the plants, - The Green Planet 00:07
Instead, it clings to the plants,
S01 • E01 When Charles Darwin was exploring the tropical world - The Green Planet 00:12
When Charles Darwin was exploring the tropical world
S01 • E04 In some parts of Africa, - The Green Planet 00:09
In some parts of Africa,