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Preview: S1 | 30s | Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants. (30s)

The Green Planet - Teaser

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Preview: S1 | 30s | Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants. (30s)

Seeds that Literally Run Away

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Clip: Ep5 | 2m 27s | Some plants developed adaptations that were unhelpful for the cultivation of crops. (2m 27s)

One Sharpshooter Way to Stop an Invasive Plant

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Clip: Ep5 | 2m 20s | Marksmen use paintballs filled with herbicide shot from a helicopter to stop Miconia. (2m 20s)

How Do You Pollinate 40 Million Almond Trees?

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Clip: Ep5 | 2m 33s | You truck in in 40 billion bees. (2m 33s)

Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree

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Clip: Ep4 | 2m 38s | The baobab stores thousands of gallons of water in its spongy wood. (2m 38s)

The Plant that Makes Its Home on a Cactus

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Clip: Ep4 | 3m 16s | Tristerix seeds travel in bird droppings to invade the bodies of giant cactus. (3m 16s)

How Saguaro Cacti Store 1000 Gallons of Water

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Clip: Ep4 | 2m 9s | The saguaro features a pleated surface which allows it to expand. (2m 9s)

The Orchid that Pretends It's A Wasp

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Clip: Ep3 | 3m 38s | The Hammer Orchid emits the scent of the female thynnid wasp to confuse the male. (3m 38s)

The Fungi that Help Trees Talk

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Clip: Ep3 | 2m 57s | Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems. (2m 57s)

What Photosynthesis Looks Like Underwater

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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 17s | Where the plants are dense, it can create sea of fizzing bubbles. (2m 17s)

How Venus Flytraps Count

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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 50s | Venus Flytraps use two systems to make sure they're catching prey worth eating. (2m 50s)

How the Giant Water Lily Dominates

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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 22s | The Giant Water Lily creates around 40 leaves that each expand to more than 6 feet across. (2m 22s)

The War Between Fungi and Trees

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Clip: Ep1 | 2m | Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy. (2m)

Meet the World's Biggest Flower

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Clip: Ep1 | 3m 46s | The Corpse Flower is more than 3 feet across and smells like a rotting... well, corpse! (3m 46s)

How Vines Lasso Their Way to the Top of the Plant World

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Clip: Ep1 | 3m 20s | Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy. (3m 20s)

How Leaf Cutter Ants Feed a Killer Fungus

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Clip: Ep1 | 3m 44s | Leaf Cutter ants deliver their payload to a fungus underground to grow food. (3m 44s)