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The Green Planet
Desert Worlds
Season 1
Episode 4
Sir David Attenborough explores the hostile world of the desert, where plants can spend decades waiting for rain or travel to find it. Survival tactics include using weapons, camouflage and forming surprising alliances with animals.
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Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans help plants, many of which face extinction.
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Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising effects of the seasons on plant life.
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Sir David Attenborough discovers amazing water plants, some of which can count and hunt.
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Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest.