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The monsoon season brings a seemingly insurmountable challenge
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The Green Planet

The monsoon season bringsa seemingly insurmountable challenge for Khasi communities

The monsoon season brings
a seemingly insurmountable challenge for Khasi communities

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The monsoon season brings a seemingly insurmountable challenge
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for Khasi communities.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:13
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 This vine is groping blindly around with its tendrils. - The Green Planet 00:07
This vine is groping blindly around with its tendrils.
S01 • E03 The tree gets a chance to repair its wounds. - The Green Planet 00:06
The tree gets a chance to repair its wounds.
S01 • E05 This is the wettest place in the world. - The Green Planet 00:07
This is the wettest place in the world.
S01 • E04 So the mesquite is known as a 'nurse plant', - The Green Planet 00:08
So the mesquite is known as a 'nurse plant',
S01 • E01 It attempts to reach the light by hitching a ride. - The Green Planet 00:06
It attempts to reach the light by hitching a ride.
S01 • E05 Nearly 30cm of rain can fall in a day. - The Green Planet 00:06
Nearly 30cm of rain can fall in a day.
S01 • E04 In fact, this particular mesquite has already nurtured - The Green Planet 00:10
In fact, this particular mesquite has already nurtured
S01 • E02 Plants are racing to claim their space on the surface. - The Green Planet 00:06
Plants are racing to claim their space on the surface.
S01 • E01 Its tendrils are highly sensitive to touch. - The Green Planet 00:05
Its tendrils are highly sensitive to touch.
S01 • E03 So this year, at least, the tree will once more produce its leaves. - The Green Planet 00:07
So this year, at least, the tree will once more produce its ...
S01 • E02 The water lettuce rapidly expands its network of hanging roots - The Green Planet 00:11
The water lettuce rapidly expands its network of hanging roo...
S01 • E01 And a suitable target is in range. - The Green Planet 00:06
And a suitable target is in range.
S01 • E05 Rivers become lethal torrents, - The Green Planet 00:07
Rivers become lethal torrents,
S01 • E04 As a young cactus grows, - The Green Planet 00:13
As a young cactus grows,
S01 • E03 Hundreds of miniature solar panels - The Green Planet 00:07
Hundreds of miniature solar panels
S01 • E05 This is when the relationship between fig trees and the Khasi - The Green Planet 00:07
This is when the relationship between fig trees and the Khas...
S01 • E03 Each leaf is covered by millions of microscopic pores. - The Green Planet 00:06
Each leaf is covered by millions of microscopic pores.
S01 • E04 Temperatures can drop to -10 degrees overnight... - The Green Planet 00:06
Temperatures can drop to -10 degrees overnight...
S01 • E05 They deliberately plant fig trees near the rivers. - The Green Planet 00:06
They deliberately plant fig trees near the rivers.
S01 • E05 When they're mature enough to have developed many hanging roots, - The Green Planet 00:10
When they're mature enough to have developed many hangi...