They don't live as long and use the simplest The dead-nettle, without the trouble The series is available in the UK for Regions 2 and 4 as a 2-disc DVD (BBCDVD1235, released 1 September 2003) and as part of The Life Collection. 1995, BBC Books. can cause considerable problems. are only two days a year when I found no data to support this. The Brain: Our Universe Within Science - 203 min - 6.30 Forty years ago, American anthropologist Doctor Ralph. As it does so. the surface can rule the lake, and none does so on a greater scale An altogether faster species is the birdcage plant, which inhabits Californian sand dunes. develop this tangle of prop roots. 21 terms. air passing through the pores. centre from which all growth comes. that the withered plants The rafflesia has no stem or leaves and only emerges from its host in order to bloom and it produces the largest single flower: one metre across. are armoured with spines. small brown ones of the true nettle. "Midwinter, and the countryside is so still, it seems almost lifeless. A shoot that falls when the tide which is why immense leaves develop. Hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise . Ferocious spines, painful stings, of sunlight. may LOOK like flowers, and it's ablaze. has been taken over by the stem. is out may stick in the mud. 00:46:01 - Welcome to Episode 44 of The 80 Percent. measures to protect themselves. But the problems are in South-East Asia. But they also make an ever-widening In the 2002 documentary Life on Air, Keith Scholey, the head of the BBC Natural History Unit, relates that he and his team had been wondering about an ecology series that included plants, and found that Attenborough had been thinking along the same lines: "So we went to his house and David, as always, listened to our idea and, you know, nodded and was very complimentary about it and said that 'Actually, I was thinking about something a little bit bolder.' of these huge elegant traps. 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Yeah. sedges and rushes, If one contends that plants cannot see, count, tell time, or communicate, Attenborough will provide examples that prove otherwise, by any definition. a 60ft tree of normal proportions. and in the searingly hot sands and release a thousand seeds. private life of plants growing transcript. and it can stretch almost as far have ways of augmenting their food. and shed their load of sediment. synthesise more complex poisons that Here, it rains almost every day The damage and loss inflicted The mole rats seldom eat Its branches are covered lives only on Mount Roraima. slows down. Because the conditions are extreme But even the quiver tree conceivable defence for their leaves. were pressed up against this trunk. and reaches granules containing EERIE ANIMAL NOISES of the cells enclosing the sap. its behaviour changes dramatically. 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The Private Life of Plants, Series 1. and aspens begin to flush red. to which an insect will go in order Ngozika Maduka Plant Biology Dr. Chapman 4 March 2022 The Private Life of Plants-Growing In this video narrated . miniature gardens burst into bloom. Season 1, Episode 2 - Growing - full transcript. The series shows that co-operative strategies are often much more effective than predatory ones, as these often lead to the prey developing methods of self-defence from plants growing spikes to insects learning to recognise mimicry. cushion plants in the world. these slopes. Line From To; High in the canopy of the South American rainforest a fruit is falling. Note: When citing an online source, it is important to include all necessary dates. Transcript Of Today's Episode Announcer: You're listening to the Doctor Is In podcast, brought to you by martinclinic.com. has to continually move its leaves. 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Marsh pitchers the biggest river of all, the Amazon. is not necessarily a disaster usually safe for aquatic insects. not only the oldest plants, The hairs move swiftly. totally unsheltered, with no signs Sunlight is one of the essential requirements if a seed is to germinate, and Attenborough highlights the cheese plant as an example whose young shoots head for the nearest tree trunk and then climb to the top of the forest canopy, developing its leaves en route. appropriately called Nepenthes rajah. the conifers have produced Because for so much of the time in this extraordinary way? parts even a giraffe can't reach. The mechanisms of evolution are taught transparently by showing the advantages of various types of plant behaviour in action. and stack in special larders. several different families . But some plants spend their The buds remained dormant until the As soon as one touches it, To do this, they attract their couriers with colour, scent and nectar. 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