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This chemical sedates the caterpillars
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The Green Planet

This chemicalsedates the caterpillars and slows them down

This chemical
sedates the caterpillars and slows them down

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This chemical sedates the caterpillars
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and slows them down.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:42
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E05 I look at losing a plant as flying in a plane and taking a screw out - The Green Planet 00:19
I look at losing a plant as flying in a plane and taking a s...
S01 • E02 Only after it has totted up five separate touches to those hairs - The Green Planet 00:19
Only after it has totted up five separate touches to those h...
S01 • E03 And it has acquired somewhat unlikely allies. - The Green Planet 00:05
And it has acquired somewhat unlikely allies.
S01 • E04 And what is more, it makes them give off a particular scent... - The Green Planet 00:06
And what is more, it makes them give off a particular scent....
S01 • E04 ..one that summons others - The Green Planet 00:07
..one that summons others
S01 • E03 They have a particular fondness for antelope droppings. - The Green Planet 00:07
They have a particular fondness for antelope droppings.
S01 • E01 And that buys time for some of the seeds to take root - The Green Planet 00:09
And that buys time for some of the seeds to take root
S01 • E02 The Flytrap now has enough energy to produce flowers - The Green Planet 00:09
The Flytrap now has enough energy to produce flowers
S01 • E04 Big-eyed bugs, - The Green Planet 00:07
Big-eyed bugs,
S01 • E03 At this time of the year, these beetles bury the dung - The Green Planet 00:07
At this time of the year, these beetles bury the dung
S01 • E05 Hank knows where to find every one of the last 57 plants, - The Green Planet 00:12
Hank knows where to find every one of the last 57 plants,
S01 • E04 Big or small, they make a meal of the caterpillars. - The Green Planet 00:05
Big or small, they make a meal of the caterpillars.
S01 • E02 Wind and insects between them pollinate virtually all land plants, - The Green Planet 00:14
Wind and insects between them pollinate virtually all land p...
S01 • E05 We have to step in and play that role as pollinator or matchmaker. - The Green Planet 00:08
We have to step in and play that role as pollinator or match...
S01 • E03 Ceratocaryum's spindly stems send their seeds flying. - The Green Planet 00:08
Ceratocaryum's spindly stems send their seeds flying.
S01 • E04 ..but there's more to this strategy than meets the eye. - The Green Planet 00:06
..but there's more to this strategy than meets the eye.
S01 • E01 The tree's strategy has worked. - The Green Planet 00:05
The tree's strategy has worked.
S01 • E05 Hank collects the pollen from the male flower - The Green Planet 00:09
Hank collects the pollen from the male flower
S01 • E01 But a seedling will have to overcome many more dangers - The Green Planet 00:10
But a seedling will have to overcome many more dangers
S01 • E04 When the leaf of a tobacco plant is attacked by a caterpillar, - The Green Planet 00:12
When the leaf of a tobacco plant is attacked by a caterpilla...