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Plants

Plants' solutions to life's challenges are as ingenious and manipulative as any animal's. Innovative time-lapse photography opens up a parallel world where plants act like fly-paper, or spring-loaded traps, to catch insects. Vines develop suckers and claws to haul themselves into the rainforest canopy. Every peculiar shape proves to have a clever purpose. The dragon's blood tree is like an upturned umbrella to capture mist and shade its roots. The seed of a Bornean tree has wings so aerodynamic they inspired the design of early gliders. The barrel-shaped desert rose is full of water. The heliconia plant even enslaves a humming bird and turns it into an addict for its nectar.

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  • Originally Aired December 7, 2009
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network BBC One
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created May 11, 2020 by
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  • Modified May 11, 2020 by
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Name Type Role
Neil Lucas Director