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The Green Planet Season 1
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Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans help plants, many of which face extinction.
Desert Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough explores desert plants with survival tactics.
Seasonal Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising effects of the seasons on plant life.
Water Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt.
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Tropical Worlds
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Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.
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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants.
The Green Planet - Teaser
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Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants.
How Vines Lasso Their Way to the Top of the Plant World
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Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy.
How Saguaro Cacti Store 1000 Gallons of Water
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The saguaro features a pleated surface which allows it to expand.
Seeds that Literally Run Away
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Some plants developed adaptations that were unhelpful for the cultivation of crops.
Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree
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The baobab stores thousands of gallons of water in its spongy wood.
The Plant that Makes Its Home on a Cactus
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Tristerix seeds travel in bird droppings to invade the bodies of giant cactus.
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