Water Worlds
A look at the beautiful, bizarre worlds created by water plants. Flowers smother rivers and lakes. Plants fight and hunt. A river bubbles like champagne as plants create the atmosphere itself.
Water plants create some of the most beautiful, bizarre and important habitats on earth. To hold on in torrents, plants use a kind of superglue. Some are armed with vicious weapons to fight titanic battles for space. Others form perfect spheres and escape from animal enemies by rolling.
Where nutrients are washed away, plants turn into hunters of animals, laying traps and even counting to ensure their success. Brilliantly coloured flowers smother lakes, and in one magical river in Brazil, the water bubbles like champagne as plants create the atmosphere itself.
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The giant water lily
Duration: 03:25
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The most beautiful river on Earth
Duration: 01:38
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David Attenborough demonstrates how venus flytraps can count
Duration: 01:48
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The Rio Claro fizzes with photosynthesis
Duration: 02:23
Music Played
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Mark McKenzie
Ultimate Life
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Skrillex
Skrillex Orchestral Suite By Varien
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | David Attenborough |
Executive Producer | Michael Gunton |
Series Producer | Rupert Barrington |
Producer | Peter Bassett |
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Jan 2022 19:00
- Fri 21 Jan 2022 00:05大象传媒 One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
- Fri 21 Jan 2022 00:55大象传媒 One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Sun 23 Jan 2022 15:45大象传媒 One except Wales & Wales HD
- Tue 25 Jan 2022 08:00
- Sun 26 May 2024 16:35大象传媒 One except Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & Wales HD
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