David Attenborough Explains: World's Craziest Plants

Here's some of the craziest plants from David Attenborough's time at Kew Gardens! From Kingdom of Plants, see David Attenborough uncover a deadly venus flytrap or a curious pitcher plant in this incredible compilation with voice over from Sir David himself.
Kingdom of Plants 3D is a natural history documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, which explores the world of plants. It was filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.
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[@dopeymark]

96 years old and going strong. Thank you Sir David.

[@sonyaweinreis6530]

He's simply Amazing ❤️

[@syntactyx]

Sir David Attenborough is the definition of an international treasure. Thank you, sir, for continuing to record more and more science programs in that same wonderfully calming voice of yours, no matter the insanity that exists elsewhere around us. Your voice is like a warm, home cooked meal. Always feels right and comfortable.

[@jackguess762]

Kinda weird comparison but I know what you mean lol

[@eternalbordome]

I whole heartedly agree with you. In my humble opinion, the designation of knight has been bestowed on many people in our living past, yet I feel very few deserve such an honor as much as Sir. David Attenborough. His dedication to the natural world is to be admired and rewarded accordingly

[@riverside321]

Alot of praise

[@jameshowlett2219]

Couldn't of said it better.. calming voice ,home cooked meal,👍👌

[@junaidbhatti5902]

I am just dismayed that Attenbrough should be the most Thankful to Almighty for what he has seen

[@Zekegedd]

I went through a period of really bad panic attacks/anxiety and David Attenborough/nature docs really helped me through that time. It is calming but still interesting enough to keep your mind engaged.

[@messynaturedweller]

Same here. Had a breakdown and was bedbound for months. His documentaries helped so so much

[@mde6006]

I always loved him as a kid and into adult hood. I also really suffered with anxiety and stress… Now at 43 I've been diagnosed with autistic spectrum… This calming and interesting world that David Attenborough and the production team creates it's just perfect to sink into and melt away all your troubles whilst learning so much about the world. :-) Just great for an artistic! Of any age!

[@juliandavidson8305]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I feel very dissasociated when I have anxiety and this seems to bring me back

[@stevec4471]

Try Jack Hargreaves, similar vibe

[@enigmaticimagination01]

#MeToo

[@pragatimishra7953]

I can listen to Sir David Attenborough's voice for like hours straight. It looks like The nature chooses him to represent its concern to the World.

[@eternalbordome]

I asked mother nature, she said yes and you're welcome. Lol. Jk

[@Fekuchand_]

वा प्रगति

[@Fekuchand_]

साइंस की स्टूडेंट हो या आर्ट्स या कॉमर्स में

[@flightlesslord2688]

indeed. He's like the messiah of wildlife education

[@Eselkay1989]

Me too. ✋

[@theskoob2944]

Props to the sound guy that invented the "plant growing" sound effect used on every one of these

[@seanA416]

Foley artist's can be pretty impressive

[@InfiltrateIndustries]

I think he’s related to the guy who invented the fire sound ;))))

[@dropgold]

I still have hope for the release of the 'gurgling fly' sound.

[@ferretyluv]

Foley artists are wizards. If rhubarb is anything to go by, plants growing sounds more like crackling and squeaking pops.

[@ticketforlife2103]

That self ignite plants is insane

[@mikemiller659]

I was hoping for a real demonstration.

[@j4rey989]

Is this Moses' Burning Bush ?

[@craftylemon2460]

@@j4rey989 Just what i thought aswell. Turns out it combusts by itself and no god is needed.

[@peterherrington3300]

​@Craftylemon People have to grow up eventually

[@halonothing1]

If you think about it, it means that plants discovered how to make fire way before humans. We made fire about 2 million years ago, but a plant like this has likely existed much longer.

[@justandy333]

I can't believe I've never heard of this plant before! One that can spontaneously combust?! This is what I love about nature, you think you've seen everything, then you discover something new and amazing! Natures ability to amaze people is what keeps me coming back.

[@MsGorteck]

Please don't bring it to America.

[@Lynda812]

I wonder if that’s the biblical burning bush plant?

[@peterherrington3300]

​@@Lynda812 Probably. The geography matches

[@JS-vm9ws]

Fire flower

[@JudeKnowsWhatYouDoNot]

@@peterherrington3300 are the leaves fireproof?

[@Varindran]

Imagine how terrifying human hunting carnivorous plants would be? Like falling into a pitcher plant that you cant climb out of or trapped in a venus fly traps jaws.

[@evirobtion]

Have you read Day of the Triffids? Great book.

[@semerahpadi4484]

I watched the movie. I like it.

[@DV-zv4ox]

Then getting stuck in quicksand at the bottom that dissolves your body while you're still alive.

[@Master_malific]

New fear unlocked

[@oliveleaf7376]

feed me, Seymour...

[@LaineyBug2020]

Those leaf growing sounds will haunt me forever now...

[@tinyGrim1]

It's a G I G A N T I C TUBER turns corpse smelling flower . 😂😰 😧😂 Is creepy..

[@dyllans1225]

I'm sure it's just bad foley, sorry.

[@michelemx8231]

That statement is truly hilarious!!

[@instakillgaming]

@@dyllans1225 bad foliage?

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

Those leaf growing sounds are fake, like the sounds you hear in movies. Sound designers create them to make it more interesting.

[@baloghbotond4250]

The other day I found myself watching another of his plant documentaries without even realising I was there for hours just calmed and charmed by his amazing voice calmly and clearly explaining stuff.....Such a wonderful man

[@BIZZLLENIZZLLE]

What a class act, Sir David Attenborough is. A true treasure of humanity.

[@allisonnannypants6214]

Sir David Attenborough is the perfect nap time tv voice. He’s my version of Bob Ross 🙌🏻🤩 can’t believe he is doing this STILL at 95 years old!

[@gy2gy246]

97 now

[@Brovillion559]

There’s a group of ppl in this world that have the pleasure of being lucky enough to have Sir David in our entire lives. I’m 39 and remember being very very little listening to him while my dad and brothers watched a documentary.

[@garygatto3410]

I grew up listening to David Attenborough’s nature shows still going strong that’s amazing keep trucking man

[@rangerjones5531]

Plant with ability to create fire before humans could...😳🔥

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

Imagine being the first person to discover that. They were probably not right for a couple of months

[@Handlebarrz]

I remember a story of a guy who spoke to a burning bush

[@sogggy]

Thanks to the camera man for going inside the pitcher plants to bring us amazing footage of digesting insects.

[@gy2gy246]

I think now they use tiny remote cameras. I've seen them used even in tiny insect holes in the ground.

[@swingambassador]

@@gy2gy246you are ruining it for me. 😢

[@dbzcollector9963]

A self combusting plant now that’s fascinating! It’s like something right out of a video game or from an alien planet like pandora.

[@drrd4127]

Not really! Go to Australia and see all the Eucalyptus leaves releasing oils in the air and leaving a blue haze, type into Google "Blue Mountains". It's not an unusual mechanism in plants.

[@Dajlec]

The burning plant is amazing ...evolution is really mind bending!

[@shutthefrontdoor733]

My guy has his own pitcher plant that he has been growing for two years now. It is so interesting and really cool to watch grow!

[@jamess3408]

David is a living legend

[@jodywho6696]

Thank You, Sir David Attenborough. For all your dedicated work. Trying to save the earth. Trying to save us, from ourselves. ✨

[@markanderson100]

I usually hear Attenborough commenting about animals. It was such joy to hear him narrate a video about plants. Plants can be so fascinating!

[@cake_is_all__6515]

It’s beautiful to see the flowers “sleep” and “wake” during the titan time lapse 🤩

[@brahmburgers]

A smaller version of the largest bloom grows in Thailand, near where I resided for 20 yrs. Its bloom is dark brown and spreads about 2 feet wide, thick and dry/fleshy. I once saw 2 little boys cutting one open with a penknife. They each took a large black beetle from inside, tied a cotton string to the beetle, and used them as toys, ....buzzing around at the end of their 30 inch tethers, around the boys' heads and bodies. The seed stalk from that plant has amazing garbanzo bean sized smooth and shiny seeds, bright primary colors, either bright yellow, bright red, or bright blue. As it comes out of the ground, it grows very fast and looks exactly like the plant shown in this video special.

[@dancervictoriafly]

While watching the pitcher plant section i kept wondering "why doesnt the fly simply fly away?!" lol

[@t.l.]

Got me at the end with the peyote there Sir, was not expecting that 😅

[@satwikk9896]

What about it?

[@voltsnbolts8879]

@Satwik K look it up, it's a crazy hallucinogen

[@jacksonsmith5490]

That's not peyote, that's Lophophora diffusa. Peyote is Lophophora williamsii, and it is much flatter and blue, with well-defined ribs and white flowers with central pink stripes down the petals.

[@OM-PeaceE]

Self immolating plant was mind blasting.. Mother nature is truly amazing

[@shakester2010]

Alien species.

[@abhilashpaul1393]

That fly is a paid actor!!!!.

[@amit-sinha]

5:53 I have the same plant (Titan Arum) in my yard, also not all the plants of titan bud as a flower as shown in this video but all of them definitely have leaves. Actually the roots of that plant are gigantic and it’s edible as a vegetable, when cooked properly it tastes delicious.

[@DemstarAus]

I had no idea the bulb was edible!

[@brianmorris364]

They're tasty and nutritious but why eat them when you can raise them lol

[@kurupath7775]

Cooking property is the key. And that flower can also editable.

[@neelabh06]

What do you call the plant in your language, Amit bhai? I am curious to know.

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Its always a pleasure to spend some time with David ! Thank You Nature Bites !

[@matts1978]

Thank you for all your hard work filmmakers and David.

[@fazilrazak3909]

Sir David Attenborough had been" teaching "me for more than 40 years.

[@ninelaivz4334]

Has* been ....

[@supriyaacharya6556]

Awesome sir.... you are a true inspiration....huge respect for you Sir🙏..... every time I see you my heart and mind bow before u

[@christinemaccalum350]

I love the way he tell the story of nature in reality so true words and knowledge thanks always I appreciate ❤❤

[@byHexted]

These are the best Timelapse’s I’ve ever seen they’re absolutely seamless

[@gy2gy246]

I believe this is from his series on plants repeated on "Nature" on PBS a few months ago. If that's so, you might find the other on the "Nature" channel on YT.

[@Seekah_]

Bless everyday we have with David! What A Legend

[@Sugarsail1]

A legendary commie

[@Seekah_]

@@Sugarsail1 Prove it

[@TripleTreuViet]

A plant that burns itself. Everytime i watxh Sir David Attenborough's documentaries I'm always fascinated

[@warrior8017]

As an indian i would like to thank mr david Attenborough for making my childhood amazing with his work

[@believeinpeace]

Thank you so much David and Nature Bites!

[@lauraannreynolds23]

David's voice is so soothing . Greatest narrator ever.

[@REDWASP777]

This video is exactly why I talk nicely to my houseplants! I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night with a diabolical plant trying to melt me with enzymes! 😃

[@david-cy9dd]

😂😂

[@gy2gy246]

Funny :D

[@ritaseymour8116]

Thank you soon much Sir David for all the thousands and thousands of hours that you have spent dedicating your life ,so that we can enjoy and appreciate our beautiful world.

[@carmenl163]

It's his job! I think 'every day' nurses, who are being underpaid and overworked, deserve more credit.

[@JToaster]

@@carmenl163 you could bring some random comparison to any random statement like this.c and the dude is still like in his 90s doing it. This has nothing to do with nurses

[@hoihoipoipoi]

this man is a global treasure

[@jameshowlett2219]

He is👍

[@Blemmo]

If i wished someone eternal life and health, it would be Sir Attenborough.

[@TheSouthIsHot]

The pitcher plant segment is the most terrifying film I've ever watched.

[@carmenl163]

It was like looking at a real life torture chamber

[@mauricedavis2160]

Sir Attenborough is the best and we thank him and the crews for all the hard work!!!🙏👌🦉❣️

[@mudd4284]

His voice is the best EVER!!!

[@DarthVader2017]

I could watch him & listen to him for hours!

[@VivekSir90]

Such a great man Many many salutes for bringing this video to us. Now this is video which require patience and time. Nothing is instant in this world.

[@SecularKafir]

I love him so much...The way he narrates things is marvelous

[@useratecuador]

Vimal bolo zuban kesri😂😂😂

[@corylee83]

Hands down the BEST voiceover artist in the industry!! If I could I'd call this dude every night to get him to speak to me ever so softly as I drift away to sleep😁😁g.

[@V3ntilator]

Many years ago, i had a "Neophentes Alata" meat eating plant at home. It had around 15-20 big cocoons. I had it hanging from the roof in my living room. Flies and small spiders is basically what ended up at the bottom of the cocoons. This plant required a lot of water in the cocoons, and also outside on the big leaves. This plant were from a rainy area.

[@DosYeobos]

I thought they said it stinks like rotting flesh? How did that work with having it inside your house?

[@V3ntilator]

Mine didn't stink, but some other kinds might do,

[@DosYeobos]

@@V3ntilator huh, okay, well thanks for answering!

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

@@DosYeobos I’ve kept many types of Nepenthes, none of them smelled bad.

[@navin7633]

I can listen to sir voice all day along... 🙏

[@noeltimberlake165]

It's nice to finally put a face to the voice of someone I've learned so much from over the years.

[@marcinokun6377]

Mam 50 lat i odkąd pamiętam pan Dawid zawsze wspaniałe opowiadał o przyrodzie. Dzięki mu za to.😂

[@michaelszczys8316]

Wow, I bet those had a good time ' evolving ' . I love the way he makes it sound as if the plant had a brain and intellect and spent time pondering how it might get the chemicals and nutrients it needs.

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

It was obviously designed by someone

[@peterherrington3300]

Evolution is incredible over many millions of years . Narrow minded creationists wouldn't understand

[@jg5755]

Plants are actually quite intelligent - science is only just starting to reveal their mysteries. They communicate, have the ability to learn, and have even been shown to take care of their young and old, sharing more nutrients with them to help them survive. They are not the unthinking, unfeeling organisms we might like to think they are.

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

@@peterherrington3300 how blind

[@ishdelgado1114]

This is magical to me and I'm not just talking about the peyote plant..lol... Makes me want to learn so much all the way down to the molecule... To understand all..

[@living-praisechannel391]

God is great.

[@junlau780]

Be honest. You weren't searching for this. It just popped up

[@nashcrowford147]

No. I searched for it

[@kaba9077]

I searched for this too ur wrong

[@user-bx6zy6lv4r]

😂true

[@vince4578]

It did indeed...

[@JacobGaming2016]

Can you… shut up?

[@EssiVlogs]

The fear that fly must've had in the pitcher plant must've been crazy. Seeing all the other dead bugs once he got down there😮‍💨like seeing skeletons in a cave for us🤔

[@mattoniy2840]

Terrifying

[@nancybarnes7109]

Or the mouse! What a horrible way to die!

[@cheythompson740]

"this bud.... will soon become my happiness"

[@sanarugangmeisanagangmei6323]

That one voice l can go on listening to endlessly..Sir David Attenborough's magical and enchanting voice is always so soothing to the soul.

[@stevenweir9367]

Sir David Attenborough quite simply a Legend and a British national treasure thank you for all your wisdom and information over the years 🙏 😊

[@alanwhite8266]

Love Sir David ! An These Beautiful Plants about to start raising them

[@jacksonsmith5490]

How's it going?

[@brianroyster7510]

In 93 I took a biology class that met on Saturday mornings for 3 hours. Lectures were an Attenborough series from the early 90's. It was an entertaining class.

[@flaccojc4091]

God bless this man’s future with so many more years of life . his been like mentor for so many nature activists and conservationists I’m in my 50s and I remember my self as a child I used to run to the TV every time I hear his voice bringing the world knowledge about nature

[@ASHISHKUMAR-ux8sk]

The way he started speaking along with the background sound, it felt like a horror movie revealing its villian.

[@jotajota6125]

I love everything that he's narrated

[@poibiangphawa2678]

The Nephentes khasiana is found in Meghalaya, India and it is the only nephentes native of India. It’s endangered now. But you can still find them around our neighbor hood.

[@Flipbug_The_Whimsical]

Gotta love that fly slowly sliding to its death but still trying to eat at the same time

[@loidaibarra983]

Good info for off grid people. Thank you for your help and info. 😮😮😮

[@John-ir4id]

Whenever I get depressed about the world, I look to see that Sir Attenborough is still alive and feel better knowing he is.

[@secretsinthedark5704]

So True 👑

[@PositiveRaincloud]

LOVE Nepenthes! I have a collection of them in my house. Extraordinary plants

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

I'm a plant nut and I've killed every carnivorous plants I've had as I'm more succulent / cactus oriented but I set them up on a wick system but I think the 20% humidity in the winter here in Minnesota indoors was a huge factor in their decline, do you use humidifiers to keep yours happy?

[@JacobLayan]

amazing nature bless and beautiful

[@CassandraAlexander-zv8wh]

Thank you so much sir❤

[@Periwinkleflower]

I enjoy listening to David Attenborough. He is the best narrator for any nature documentary.

[@TaraTiaraBell]

Short and sweet. Love me some david Attenborough so i do

[@ZubairKhan-jb3zb]

I love sir David explanation ♥️

[@jaym6501]

Remarkable work. Keep up the good work Sir.

[@illsatebruh2465]

beautiful

[@CameronSalazar2113]

So a plant that can start a forest or grassland fire that is out of a scope on its own wow amazing and scary and smart and just out right something else!!

[@user-tt4xe6vs8p]

David Attenborough is Grandpa to the freaking world!!!!

[@sadeqbabayee3013]

Wow his voice is a gift I wish my teachers had this amazing voice

[@rhettdownen6873]

Attenborough was, is, and always Will be LEGEND.

[@ci2484]

Can you imagine what that first fly thought when it fell down there, and there was ALREADY A CORPSE?!

[@colelynam6385]

I remember seeing Venus flytraps in North Carolina. They remind me of the Piranha Plant creatures from The Super Mario Bros. Franchise or Chomper from Plants vs. Zombies.

[@John-ih2bx]

Sir David is awesome.

[@f0770z]

Mr David has magic voice ❤❤

[@Itsjayden_667]

Fantastic video and commentary ❤

[@cinderellacomplex7]

I have my own venus fly trap and despite never having taken care of a plant before, it's still alive 4 months after I got it. it's also grown more 'heads' and gotten bigger.

[@rindapelton5876]

Awesome!! Thank you 🤗

[@MikeCohenSF]

I've seen several Titan Arums bloom at the SF Conservatory of Flowers. They have a few of them so they usually have one blooming every 2 years or so. The most recent was earlier this year, and they also had one last year.

[@eternalbordome]

Another great video sequence from my absolute favorite presenter. Thank you to the staff who put together these videos for my enjoyment. I honestly appreciate it

[@DemstarAus]

I resent the idea that a pitcher plant is sinister - if it is, it's no moreso than anything else that has to eat.

[@sft8693]

Thank you ❤

[@user-hj9cb7uc3p]

Qué curiosas plantas, tus reportajes David siempre me han encantado. 😊

[@Lightningchase1973]

David Attenborough, THE nature docu Filmer. Calm and interesting. Sindce 80 years. What a good contrast to the new US shouting style do is everywhere

[@rasheedgregory3459]

After watching this I realize that plants are awesome.

[@phumlanibuthelezi1600]

Nice to listen to you Sir

[@aaronmawa]

Thank you for amazing videos you shared to us...

[@mulindwajoseph5176]

My first time viewing such but I can tell that this guy is good at what he does