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Sir David discovers a microscopic world that’s invisible to the naked eye, where insects feed and breed, where flowers fluoresce and where plants communicate with each other and with animals using scent and sound.
Episode 3 : Survival
June. 09,2012
David discovers the plants that have evolved to shed their dependency on water enabling them to survive in the driest environments.
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Episode 2 : Solving the Secrets
June. 02,2012
David begins with the secret world of plant movement and uses sinister carnivorous plants to show just how active plants can be. As the seasons change, David demonstrates how plants operate on a different time scale to us; how they modify their lives according to the time of year.
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Episode 1 : Life in the Wet Zone
May. 26,2012
David begins his journey inside the magnificent Palm House, a unique global rain forest in London. He explores the extraordinary plants that are so well adapted to wet and humid environments and unravels the intimate relationships between wet zone plants and the animals that depend on them.
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