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Tropical Worlds

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Tropical rainforests are plant battlegrounds. New filming techniques allow us to enter the world of plants to see it from their perspective and on their timescale.

More kinds of plants are crammed together in the tropical rainforests than anywhere else on Earth. The result is astonishing beauty and intense competition - a plant battleground. New filming techniques allow us to enter the plants’ world and see it from their perspective and on their timescale. From fast-growing trees to flowers that mimic dead animals, this is a journey into a magical world that operates on a different timescale to our own.

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Sun 19 May 2024 16:05

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Presenter David Attenborough
Executive Producer Michael Gunton
Series Producer Rupert Barrington
Producer Paul Williams

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