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The 12,000-year-old Plant that Barely Grows
The creosote bush is one of the slowest growing plants documented, an essential survival strategy in an arid desert. It's only active for very brief periods, growing during a rare rainfall. David Attenborough visited the same bush in 1982, where it looked almost identical - since then, the bush has only grown a single inch!
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Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans help plants, many of which face extinction.
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Sir David Attenborough explores desert plants with survival tactics.
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Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising effects of the seasons on plant life.
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Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt.
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Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.