David Attenborough's Uncovers A Mysterious Natural Secret... | Nature Bites

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[@NP7_16]

EVERY. but best best one is humming humibird

[@brockb6942]

The living planet actually changed the way I looked at and approached the world.

[@oscarinacan]

So are you guys just ripping of the BBC and David? Tried looking you up and can't find any info.

[@ih8paper]

All of them.

[@rusher80]

All but specially Congo Rain forest in Africa series

[@kobejete2796]

Tortoise be like, "I see the plant bro, let me just finish this banana first."

[@mityaboy4639]

[ Sir David puts the plant away] Tortoise: you had to hide it to have your point… of course I CAN’T see it if you put it away [Tortoise walks away murmuring] - ‘He HaS a BaD eYe SiGhT … CaN’t SeE tHe PlAnT…’ :)))

[@alex-loxa]

Hahaha

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@@mityaboy4639 lol

[@rommelp8720]

🤣😂🤣😂😭😭😭🇨🇦🇨🇦💯💯💖

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

The tortoise probably sees the vibrant yellow banana and then sees a dark brown whatever green plants and is like I’ll take the banana bro, also if other fruits and vegetables may be more appetizing than the plants earlier stages of development therefore saving some of them by chance due to the unappetizing look to a tortoise or at least I should say potential unappetizing look. P.s I was looking for a farm emoji to say that your thing is like a strawman argument but not even Apple has a farmhouse emoji and I think this is a much more pressing matter than the other thing I mentioned, I like bread. Have a good day!

[@nicholaslewis8594]

I love that he had access to an actual giant tortoise for this😂 The little fella was adorable.

[@te0pol159]

"little" fella

[@chestersmith1384]

I don’t know about adorable. Did you hear him from when he didn’t get the banana on time?!?

[@Ganttura1]

@@chestersmith1384 fella can bite but they are not aggressive creatures

[@fluuufffffy1514]

Goop mouthed big fella

[@luvftywaplvr7853]

yea and the tortoise was pretty adorable too

[@johnnyc613]

Another example of how nature never ceases to amaze us !!

[@Johilama]

who told the planet to do this? who give them this idea? do they have brain?

[@GoldSrc_]

@@Johilama Evolution and natural selection.

[@Adriaan1987]

@@GoldSrc_ and billions of years.

[@highwaysstar]

I had no idea plants could even do this, it's amazing!

[@leonav218]

I've been watching his videos since I was 5..... I'm 30 now and still in awe with nature and his presentation!

[@PiXie232]

That is amazing.. so interesting that they finally worked that out! And were able to get it to reproduce seeds.. what a cool job!

[@Alternatives_Universum]

But aren´t the seeds also just creating new clones?

[@TMtheScratcher]

@@Alternatives_Universum true. But mutations will accumulate over time and seeds are the only way of mixing genes from two populations. That's basically the next task: Get genetic variability among the now existing individuals

[@boges11]

@@Alternatives_Universum Clones are reproductions from 1 plant. Seeds are the combination of 2 plants, pollen from 1 deposited in the ovule of the other. That way you get genetic diversity.

[@tauruscommunist9532]

@@boges11 not always, seeds can produce clones too

[@patriciakunz1198]

How can one choice a favorite David Attenborough show? He has been my most favorite person in the world since I was 7 years old (nearly 70 years ago) A brilliant and amazing human being.

[@khsuki1]

Too bad the actual Rodrigues Giant Tortoises (there were two species) are extinct, Aldabra tortoises have been introduced to replace them. For those who don't know Rodrigues is part of the Mascarene Islands east of Madagascar that includes Mauritius (they are The Republic of Mauritius) where the Dodo lived. Rodrigues had it's own Dodo called the Rodrigues solitaire, both were giant flightless pigeons whose closest living relatives are the Nicobar (from SE Asia) and tooth-billed pigeon (from Samoa).

[@baldcadaver]

@Hugh Jaanus you're really fun at parties aren't you ;)

[@looksirdroids9134]

@@baldcadaver And you're just no fun anywhere

[@MeowCockadoodledoo]

@Hugh Jaanus grammar na*i🙄

[@vondahe]

Perhaps I’m getting carried away here, but I genuinely feel that Sir David Attenborough is the most influential man of the 20th century. And he hasn’t even stopped two decades into the 21st century. Without him, my love and appreciation for nature would not have been the same.

[@Orroset]

I have learned more from him than from any other single person. Unless you count walking and talking..

[@simonkoeman3310]

I don't think he gets that title. A lot happened in the 20th century...

[@SoldierX32]

ngl the most influential man in the 20th century would probably be hitler, though I also bet there is a strong argument to be made for lenin or franz ferdinand (but for the latter it really was that his death was influential, and not as much himself as a person)

[@sharonsmith1783]

Yes him and Jaque Cousteau.

[@shahad_alsayed]

You've brought knowledge and enlightment Sir David Attenborough and team. Thank you for establishing Nature Bites Channel may God Bless you all 🙂.

[@GracefullyMetal]

I love anything D. A. talks about! Anything!!! ❤❤❤

[@TauroChuck]

Davids videos are so soothing. I could go to sleep watching these videos. I want my small kid to see such videos

[@midgetman4206]

Sleep? You can't sleep when there's Sir Attenborough to be watching

[@NaturesSecrets1.618]

The intelligence and problem-solving skills displayed by certain animals leave us in awe, reminding us that we are not the sole possessors of wisdom.

[@peterrollinson-lorimer]

In fact I'm starting to think that even plants are smarter than I am. Perhaps a function of my brain is getting in the way.

[@darriousdagustino6345]

This channel is amazing! KZbin suggested this, Ive watched 10 vids in a row and their all amazing! David Attenborough is the best!

[@zoraiamoreira2973]

A perfect planet... But I just watched him on PBS today about three times when it came on and I just put him every night talking about the reefs talking about the ocean talking about the beginning of the world talking about dinosaurs being found around the planet I just listened to him because I love him... His voice makes me feel safe like I can't believe and I know what he's saying is real and it's just so soothing... Like right now the only reason I'm here is because I couldn't sleep and I wanted to hear his voice so I could finally go to sleep... Some people a blessed that way anything they say sounds like a prayer...

[@feeberizer]

Sir Attenborough isn't just a National Treasure to Great Britain. He's a World Treasure to us all.

[@MantraHerbInchSin]

There are two kinds of nature documentaries. The ones with Sir Attenborough, and the rest

[@kellyharrison5184]

Fascinating! Another gem from Sir David.

[@ayapamungkas2267]

Plants ability to learn something then adapt for their self defense mechanism is just amazing

[@trojanhorse7897]

Plants have no brain, only the strongest survives by genetic faults. But even then it looks like nature has some sort of Intelligence during evolution. God is the brain of this evolution.

[@ross-carlson]

@@trojanhorse7897 Oh you were doing so good until you had to add a fairy tale to your explanation which adds zero additional explanation and only complicates things for no reason. Yes, plants have no agency and nor does evolution, it is simply a response to the environment and those with a specific trait continue to survive and over eons those traits are selected for. Zero "god" fairy tales needed. And since we can test the first part how would you test your "god" claim? 1. Which "god" are you claiming? 2. How did you rule out the 2000+ other "god(s)" that haven been proposed over the centuries? 3. What traits does your "god" have that we can test for? 4. How do we falsify your "god"? If it's unfalsifiable it's absurd to believe in it. 5. Can you give me any examples of a brain without a physical mind? 6. What about universe farting pixies guiding evolution? How did you rule that out? Hopefully, but very doubtfully, you see how absurd your final statement was. I'm sorry that your religion is in direct contradiction to science but that's just fact. I doubt you'll address any of my specific points, you'll likely make some more absurd baseless assertions or attack me personally, as that's what I get the vast majority of the time. I guess we'll see.

[@Jshwz]

@@ross-carlson Religion & science go hand in hand. You're just too righteous about your atheism to see it - a lot of the most famous scientists to ever live were religious. (I know its because 99% of people were religious at that time but it still shows one doesn't contradict the other)

[@Jshwz]

@@ross-carlson I used to be as atheist as they come but then I began to look at things differently, nobody can ever disprove Gods existence, therefore making fun of it as an impossible or laughable idea is a betrayal of the scientific method.

[@_Stormfather]

@@Jshwz maybe you should study actual logical reasoning then. If you did, you'd realize pretty quickly that it's impossible to prove a negative. As the other guy said, how do you rule out the idea that evolution is guided by magical pixies? After all, there's no proof that they DON'T exist, just like god. That's because it's impossible to prove that something DOESN'T exist. You have to assume it doesn't, until someone can prove that it does. Does that mean the idea of god should be made fun of? Maybe not. But it does give some pretty strong reasons to make fun of people who try to claim that god exists without any proof. The fact that many scientists were also religious doesn't mean anything. People live with contradictions all the time. We're just very good at convincing ourselves that they're not contradictions.

[@carolynallisee2463]

Which begs the question- if the seedlings and young plants look so different to the adult ones, could they have been hiding in plain sight all the time people thought they were extinct?

[@pixazelz]

but those plants eventually mature into adults and they only found 1 remaining plants for now. there might be more , but not enough...

[@LostSoulNexus]

How many were stepped on or pulled out by mistake because they thought it was a different plant?

[@carolynallisee2463]

@@pixazelz certainly, the fact that the majority of living specimens are clones does not increase genetic diversity.. But there may be more immature wild plants growing in out of the way places, unseen and unrecognised...

[@adity4587]

But they will grow eventually in their bigger size some years later.. Also when the clones were made, David didn't mention they showed different colours when they were saplings or even years after..

[@fdavidmiller2]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@slydreadley]

Carlos Magdalena is such an amazing person. If you love plants check out the "The Plant Messiah" by Carlos Magdalena. Absolute legend. As a horticulturist Carlos is one of my hero's, after Sir David..

[@BOGNORregisSUCKS]

Can we please preserve sir David Attenborough, a national treasure

[@martemacdougall1985]

Can you believe the spectacular adaptation of this coffee plant? Wonderful. And thank you for such dedication to endangered plants. 🌲🌳✨️

[@lambert1875]

David Attenborough is just amazing

[@asimally9468]

Mr ATTENBOROUGH IS THE BEST OF THE BEST....WISH WE HAVE A FEW MORE LIKE HIM...

[@davefoc]

Great video but there was a surprising aspect to this story that the video didn't touch on. According to Wikipedia the plants are dioecious (separate male and female plants). Apparently the plants they were trying to get seed from were males, which can be a problem if you are trying to get seeds. From Wikipedia: ".. horticulturist Carlos Magdalena discovered how to make the male plant bear female flowers. " I would like to have known more about that.

[@resuwanrazack7253]

Wikipedia. Seriously.

[@juppheinekken3465]

@@resuwanrazack7253 What's your problem? Seriously?

[@LokiOdinssnn]

@@juppheinekken3465 he has been convinced by his high school that he is very intelligent for only parroting "mainstream" sources lol.

[@Steveshappylittletrees]

Probably the tech pioneered by Cannabis breeders to produce "Feminized" seeds. A solution of either Silver Nitrate or colloidal Silver is sprayed onto the plant and the sex of the plant is reversed.

[@davefoc]

@@LokiOdinssnn Possibly, I thought about a response where I listed the sources for the article so he could get some idea why his comment about Wikipedia was not as smart as he thought. The idea that Wikipedia is not a valid source for any kind of formal article or student paper is exactly right. But to take from that fact that all use of a Wikipedia article is inappropriate is misinformed. If he doubted the article he could have added something to this discussion by refuting it with his sources or reading the sources attached to the article and providing some additional information based on those. As it is, his response was irrelevant to this discussion.

[@davidarundel6187]

Juvenile plants sometimes do appear very different to the adult form - New Zealand , has several like that .

[@LostSoulNexus]

We also used to have large flightless herbivores such as Moa, an example that comes to mind is Lancewood that would be close to, or above the average moa height before the transition to juvenile foliage then mature foliage/canopy, I always assumed this was the reason for the various forms but that opinion was probably influenced by The Private Life of Plants series I obsessed over for years

[@emiliofernandez7117]

@@LostSoulNexus I will check that series out thank you ❤️

[@LiamBlakePodcaster]

How Sir David looks in his 70s at 96 years old never ceases to amaze me

[@piotrrajmundkoprowski4732]

As always amazing!

[@thepodum.7203]

If I get to watch such intresting every day....I would not feel KZbin is a waste of my time.

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

Fascinating piece of evolutionary history.

[@ravindrabhagwat6257]

Fascinating info and as interesting as mystry tell.

[@markyboi79]

The tortoise doesn’t have very good eyesight cos Davo just poked him in the eye with that banana!

[@Forever_Rayne]

Wow! That's awesome! 🥰

[@janellesmalls1171]

Fascinating adaptation!

[@marshasteeds]

So amazing! Thank you.

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

Life on this planet is always amazing 🤩

[@mistahanansi2264]

Dunno why, but I think that is one of the coolest things ever.

[@Patrick_The_Pure]

"Ah, it's the young caretaker giving me food again" - Tortoise probably.

[@Weirdkauz]

There's some excellent reasons here to love humanity.

[@johnnydarwin3939]

Wow! amazing discovery by Sir David

[@learner2452]

Amazing

[@thomasbjurstrom6480]

Fascinating!

[@ToneTraveler]

Earth is a better place because of David Attenborough.

[@kaleoariola]

Very fascinating! Mahalo for sharing

[@RareVBlue]

Could it possibly be that tortoise ate the seeds somehow and helped to spread the plant thru its feces and not having a population of the animals in sufficient numbers could have caused it to start going extinct. And if not the tortoise, then prehaps another animal, particularly avian, who may have one been responsible for spreading the seeds and aiding in pollination.

[@adityanarayan3213]

Sir you are a Legend, I am your fan from India ❤️

[@spiralpython1989]

Such a cool story! Botany is brilliant 🌿

[@armelinrameta5359]

Love you Extraordinary Attenborough🤘🤘🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@RedNeckGenius76]

Awesome observation!

[@huldu]

Truly spectacular!

[@yetti4817]

Nature sure is extraordinary.

[@BiBo24-]

amazing. great video.

[@MrStringybark]

Maybe I missed something but this didn't explain why no trace of the plant was found later on.

[@baulderos1950]

Invasive species cause them to go extinct

[@kobaltocr6927]

Que importante propagar proteger e incluir la flora nativa a nuestras vidas💚💚💚 Asi pasa en Costa Rica con muchas plantas y arboles las plantulas son totalmente distintas al adulto

[@mellissadalby1402]

Now THAT is fascinating.

[@281crane]

Sir David Attenborough is the Gandalf/Dumbledore/Obi-wan of our time.

[@172louis]

eucalyptus trees start off different from the adult tree too

[@paragwarana]

No. Eucalyptus lives r same when it is plant or when it grows huge tree

[@Jugurtha33]

@@paragwarana disagree, eucalyptus seedlings look nothing at all like the saplings they grow into, as I learnt to my cost after disposing of several planter boxes I falsely thought had become weed infested.

[@troophq]

We have a similar transforming tree In New Zealand the Horoeka / Lancewood, starts off with long brown spindly leaves then at it matures it turns into a large broad green leafed tree, it is thought that this growth pattern was to deter Moa from eating the young leaves.

[@dengslacson1]

The wonder of nature👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@vandliszt]

Why’s David shoving the banana at the turtle. He literally says, “go on”. Like a father with a stubborn child.

[@jesin945]

Thank You!

[@lightfoot.2000]

We also have simalar native trees in New Newland that morf through their life cycle .. . As an arborist, I find that quite fascinating 🤔 100 0f Millions of years of Coding .. . 😎👌

[@nokia5359]

I actually went searching for "new newland". Hahaha silly me.

[@jacksontreece3497]

Gotta protect themselves from those dasterdly moa!

[@dineshapunchihewa1228]

With all the camouflage the plant still disappeared. Huge thanks to those scientists to bring it back to life

[@Kannuyen]

Would anyone mind give me the name of that plant cause I could not catch sir David Attenborough's phrasing it.

[@pal98111]

Ramosmania rodriguesii,

[@Kannuyen]

@@pal98111 Very appreciate that!

[@spookayitsme]

3:01 Sir David mashing a banana into the tortoise's head is hilarious to me 🤣🤣🤣😅🤣🤦‍♂️

[@Fallibleandflawed]

Amazing!

[@carmelitajones7779]

Extraordinary.

[@intruthwetrust9928]

His voice is soothing

[@thetruth9923]

This is incredible...

[@skylahenry8552]

Wow that's so amazing

[@rap5374]

Nature is so smart

[@Gaby-xd2oj]

Wow!! Increíble 👍🏻🏆

[@johnkrimmel1533]

I can listen all day iconic

[@ВалентинаЛеонидовна-и5ф]

Симпатичная, черепашка - долгожитель.🤗❤️👍

[@raghurokda1260]

Amazing 😀

[@pzan49]

The plant DNA knew what it had to do in order for the presumably "dead" species to continuing to be living and propagating. Wonderful!!

[@JTM670]

i love carlos' book!

[@shaneyaw4542]

I surmise that this has something to do with the red queen hypothesis. Fascinating.

[@eltzrothm1]

So were there Cafe Maron or however you spell that plants actually all over the place the whole time?

[@phumlanibuthelezi1600]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 granny is awesome

[@MaxKnight007]

that is really amazing

[@haysoe8706]

There’s a lot of those in Lao and Thailand. We’d see those in the forest often

[@Degenerecy]

1 clip of this show has more nature documentary then a years worth then the discovery channel.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

They flew the giant tortoise in just to get this footage as it was cheaper than flying Sir David Attenborough to the islands. It was too expensive to fly it back and so they just threw it into a trash compactor after they shot this segment. I feel it was worth it as its presence added so much to the feature.

[@W0wH0bbs]

Where can i get one of these plants?

[@aishaalwaseela2722]

سبحان الله احسن الخالقين

[@avb1301]

How you could even think of creationism even under a video where evolution is constantly being proved.

[@aishaalwaseela2722]

@@avb1301 am I not allowed to ?

[@GoldSrc_]

@@aishaalwaseela2722 BS is not allowed near science or education.

[@aishaalwaseela2722]

@@GoldSrc_ well that’s your opinion, not mine

[@GoldSrc_]

@@aishaalwaseela2722 That's not an opinion, it's a fact. BS ideas are not allowed near science or education, otherwise you would see flat earthers teaching that BS in school.

[@ho2cultcha]

i wonder what the propagation tip was?

[@jernmanden1]

amacing

[@Cocoa.Tresbelle]

That's amazing

[@theweirdbugnerd3224]

"It earned the nickname 'The Living Dead '" That's so sad, I know plants don't have brains or anything but I still feel bad for them

[@halilhalilovic6118]

Prahistoric planet ❤

[@AlexDuWaldt]

Life's majesty unravelled.

[@nbandpinportugal]

Several plants including Eucalyptus and Pines have juvenile leaves which are different from the leaves on a mature plant. Is there a similar explanation for this ?

[@soulreaper9453]

same way I was thinking about Eucalyptus. They are like opposite of this plant. At young age, they produce broad green baby leaves but once they are about 4 meters tall, they produce narrow maroon-ish leaves. This makes me think David Attenborough's theory of the plant protecting itself from the tortoise or animals is wrong

[@nbandpinportugal]

@@soulreaper9453 I don't think he is wrong. It makes sense. But it doesn't explain why some Eucalyptus have very different juvenile and adult leaves.

[@soulreaper9453]

@@nbandpinportugal if his theory is correct, then Eucalyptus proves him wrong That's what I was trying to convey

[@nbandpinportugal]

@@soulreaper9453 But why does Eucalyptus do a similar thing ? Is there some advantage to it ? Maybe the young leaves are more bitter which gives the plant a better chance to outgrow the reach of browsing animals ?

[@Jie1478]

thats so cool

[@orawal]

those flowers must smell real good!

[@scarywiggles1894]

David A...the GOAT

[@starcrystal5551]

Tortoise @ 3:09 'Nan-bos' @ 3:18 'I Like Nan-bos' @ 3:34 '¡Gimme da green Leafs!'

[@guodzillakaiju5683]

I sculpted a Rodriguez Island Solitaire "smoked head," using the famous preserved dodo head as a reference.