The Tyrant of the Deep | The Green Planet | BBC Earth

Giant water lilies clear competition from the water’s surface by wielding their buds like a club. Once clear, they claim their space and grow up to 20cm a day. Their leaves can measure around 2m across, blocking out the light from anything below the surface.
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[@psycheq9434]

If plants could scream, this would be a horror movie.

[@GraemeGunn]

It's literally just a leaf.

[@simplyyellow6240]

@@GraemeGunn You make me bushed.

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

A very slow horror movie but sure

[@BirdBath1]

Yea..

[@louisvictor3473]

@@RedsHitpostMedia slow to a mammal, not to a plant

[@Kagrynac]

Can't help but think how lucky we are to live in a time of Time-lapse cameras.

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

and slow motion. we are lucky even to live in the age of normal cameras

[@kasadam85]

@@pasticcinideliziosi1259 In the future they'll be thankful to live in an era with teleportation jajaja

[@bimfred]

if you weren’t distracted by modern life and you were dependant on nature for survival like your hundreds of thousands of years of ancestors were, then you wouldn’t need time-lapse

[@deathkitten7635]

Timelapse is just a camera that takes a photo every set period of time. They’re cut together and it makes it look sped up. The sounds are fake btw.

[@Kagrynac]

@@bimfred That's what I'm saying. Before this there was no choice but to return to the plant, hour after hour and take note of the difference in growth. Only now with technology do hours become minutes, minutes into seconds and we can watch these plants move as if they were animals. I'm sure many people studied this plant before and I wish all who had could see it grow and move like we can now.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

This was honestly the most frightening transformation I've ever seen of a plant! I initially thought it was carnivorous, then turned out to be something else entirely! But I always did wonder how they made space for themselves.

[@Curtis_Fu]

it whacked away everything

[@dathyr1]

That is what I thought, that this plant was carnivorous. It just tries to dominate over the other plants. Whether that is becoming a large problem, only time shall tell. What regions are this water plants found?

[@markojotic]

Look for his documentary on plants that eat meat.

[@MalO.ver1.0.x]

I am always fascinated by people imagining alien/extra terrestrial life because you only need to look at our *own* planet to see weird, disturbing and ultra fascinating stuff like this. I mean, you are really going to tell me that *this* doesn't look like something straight out of a alien horror movie?

[@cymaticCS]

Not to mention the deep oceans that still remain over 80% unexplored. Gotta wonder what is there lingering beneath the surface...

[@MalO.ver1.0.x]

@@cymaticCS ​ Oh by the Gods, yes! The things that live deep down in the water are also from a whole other planet! Amazing and terrifying at the same time!

[@swarley2500]

@@cymaticCSwater

[@cymaticCS]

@@MalO.ver1.0.x You can't possibly know what's down there. What you think it is or it is not there doesn't matter. Fact is, it remains unexplored.

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

it only looks that way because they sped up the footage by like 50x

[@novemberstango7291]

David Attenborough can literally make watching grass grow interesting and educational.

[@ninajordanjones9943]

Right, like tell me more sir.....I never knew!

[@asceticaesthetic1859]

That’s actually the camera operators, video editors, composers, and foley artists doing that. Attenborough documentaries are nothing without the state of the art A/V production.

[@ylstorage7085]

[1] technically water lily is not a grass [2] grass, is WAY MORE facinating. grass contains glass (silicates), grass caused the extinction of horses in North America due to glass in grass wearing their teetch down too fast. Yet 5 million years later the same greed of we humans desiring another kind of grass (Sugar cane), slave trade and colonizers brought horses back to North America.

[@paolovallejo5500]

@@ylstorage7085 I won't ask for sources for that silicate bit of info because i can google it to see if you're just throwing some bs, but I'd like your take on what makes the sugar cane fit the definition of grass, cheers

[@ylstorage7085]

@@paolovallejo5500 my dude... you can google and verify "Silicate in gass", but you can't google "Sugar cane is a type of grass"? Also the real BS in my writting was the "horse extinction" part. "Mustication", i.e. the wearing down of teeth due to silicate in grass caused many extinctions, but not to the NA horses. NA horses had evolved to deal with that already.

[@boomerix]

Humans: "Oh look a giant water Lillie, how lovely!" Water Lillie: "I must destroy and conquer, none shall live!"

[@killinglonliness88]

Lily* Your comment is hilariously accurate though, the first is what I initially thought about water lilies but then I saw this and now am terrified and don't want to go near a water lily! lol.

[@altaterra2610]

@@killinglonliness88 don't be afraid. People sit on them and take photos.

[@Bigben-1989]

@@killinglonliness88 who decided it’s lily and not Lillie.. just some dude so who cares? we understand him

[@will9709]

@@Bigben-1989 it’s lily I established that I do not understand the original comment at all

[@callumfinlayson-palmer8393]

Human: War is a unique human concept. Water Lillie/lily: hold my beer

[@DJdevil319]

The way its filmed is just amazing You can actually see every detail Its like you are the wind and can see every part of what’s happening

[@quinzerrak4975]

Damn, the few white flowers that survived in the end after the lilies' conquest of the waterland must be sighing in relief.

[@eewilson9835]

Especially the survivors of the plantacide murder lily, the end is gore and gloom.

[@aprilrahee]

Well said, ' like you're the wind ' 👏

[@Raphaholic]

This video is absolute perfection. The narration, the music, the imagery. Can't believe I'm coming back every month watching water lilies conquer a lake but here we are.

[@Dennis_Reynolds_Golden_God]

They found a way to make the plants have so much personality. This filming is incredible.

[@gabeyeah297]

i feel like the dramatic way these lily pads look and act and destroy environments plays a large part but i agree i had never seen plants as such a living things before crazy 3 minute clip

[@babylebron6119]

But I don't understand why they put these fake sounds over it 😅

[@theboi4069]

Personality? Im a bit confuddled.

[@backupplan6058]

@@babylebron6119 first you need some sound to help keep interest and the actual sound would be unusable. Second most of this was filmed in a studio under controlled conditions, lightning and with a fake backdrop. It’s just how these programs are made to give interest to the audience.

[@LydiAtheistLady]

Amazing!

[@gadsengaming4069]

Of all the disturbing and terrifying things out in nature, I never thought I'd get so freaked out by a lilypad. It is truly a horrifying plant.

[@dillantrader6898]

I knew that based on legend of Zelda

[@useovenmitts6337]

"horrifying" is a really good word for this plant

[@amirmoezz]

And not to mention those plants that aren't vegans.

[@lil_puddin]

Many plants are savage. They're basically all trying to murder each other for space. Even if there's plenty of space in other directions, they're like "Ye, uh, murder is fine anyway."

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

Lilypads: Flippety floppity, your space is my property.

[@JavierGonzalez-lp3ke]

Fascinating...yet remarkably eerie to watch a PLANT do all that. David Attenborough is a genius when it comes narration.

[@allanc_me763]

Nature sure is beautiful. Nature:

[@nekomataumbreon]

You can only see nature as truly beautiful if you are willing to accept the worst parts as well.

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Nature’s pretty metal

[@DoktrDub]

“The battle is over” I didn’t see a battle, that was a slaughter.

[@deadzipper1777]

"This isn't a pond, it's a tomb."

[@cryptfire3158]

@@deadzipper1777 This is Sparta!

[@Baneslayer]

An analogy for human immigration. 🧐

[@Ryquard1]

@@Baneslayer all life does this: resource domination

[@j-core2895]

@@Ryquard1 true that

[@mrblimbo1359]

Never thought of water lilys as a terrifying force of nature but here we are

[@raycasas2867]

Never underestimate plants not even the ones we keep prisoners in pots🪴…. They’re just bidding their time 😶

[@bugidisnereye9659]

Korkunç olan bu yaratılışın arkasındaki büyüklüğü görememek.tek kelimeyle Allahu Ekber. İslam güzeldir.

[@bazdog4464]

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[@sequencejackson311]

@@raycasas2867 Yeah, you can't trust them. They take it personal when we wait to water them.

[@schiros123]

Its unbelievable what they acheived here. Somehow they revealed the drama of plants, and of all life that we often take for granted. Legendary filmwork and so so beautiful.

[@crazyjimmy]

That thumbnail tho-

[@DundG]

"We need more biodervisity!" Giant water Lilly: "No!"

[@shawnm2405]

All subspecies must fight for their place or become extinguished forever

[@SirFeatureCreature]

@@seagulfs4123Shawn M clearly

[@hellatze]

@@seagulfs4123 nature always like that.

[@calituchi1]

@@seagulfs4123 says Charles Darwin theory of evolution actually. This would be a great example of nature selection. Great in that it shows the plants with traits the other organisms and environment do not favor will be overtaken. Unless they can find a way to survive through gene mutation.

[@leociresi4292]

The Victorian Water Lily leaves can support the weight of a toddler

[@TheBjartulf]

Not often we get to see the life of plants like this, great filming!

[@dannysullivan12345]

Can’t wait for the 4K version

[@thelife8836]

Yes

[@TheGnocid]

Macro zoom 16k data flop Super amoled quantum dynamic hocta lens side wide 480x240p

[@djm7706]

Cold blooded beasts!

[@BirdBath1]

Of

[@ziggystardust1751]

Who will take this man's place when his times up? He has made natural science so very interesting too me and so many.Thank you David.

[@yogassagoy8871]

3.38 minutes of perfection, the visual the music the educational and dramatic voice. im in love

[@NS-neversaynever]

Never knew water Lily is such aggressive plant. Beauty outside, predator inside. Wonderful video.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Its food is sunlight and water.

[@zoolgarudaaa]

The giant one to be precise

[@mattroll5456]

So be careful with any beauty outside creature .

[@NS-neversaynever]

@@mattroll5456 yeah I thought about it.

[@ekatasatya2995]

preventing from dangerous algae growth, cooling water, protecting fish from bird predators.

[@Entomofauna]

I never tought in the archifamous Victoria waterlilies as an aggresive water monster that fights against everything it meets. This presentation of it is incredibly wonderful!

[@Shnarfbird]

Plants have their own sort of behavior, just in very slow motion...

[@joshuacrespi9672]

Thank you for actually naming it 💰

[@jhondoe4526]

Named it Victoria of course it only conquer

[@octapusxft]

So it was basically the British empire up to 100 years ago

[@watzax26]

Bully plant

[@msnisperos]

These sound mixers are so dramatic with their music and effects choices!

[@vanessaw7325]

Here I was thinking this whole time how I innocent these plants seem and so peaceful and floaty 👀🤔

[@natashawalker1345]

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[@natashawalker1345]

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[@natashawalker1345]

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[@Cynsham]

Nature documentaries will never be quite the same whenever we lose Mr. Attenborough, thank you sir for your dedication to narrating our beautiful natural world for so many years.

[@snoozelp1]

True, Ripley aka Sigourney is pretty decent too though

[@deantjewie]

@@snoozelp1 no worries they'll die some day as well

[@yaboi7034]

@@deantjewie “No Worry”

[@psychotogether5114]

I told my boss when he dies I’m taking time off.

[@ts4686]

I was thinking the exact same. Attenborough brings a certain quality to wild life and nature programs nobody else has.

[@McJaews]

I was once told that plants can be viewed a bit like animals all trying to get at a bowl of food. They kick and punch and wrestle each other to get to the bowl (Which in the case of plants is sunlight), but it happens so slowly that you don't really notice it while walking through the forest. Vines climbing up tree trunks. Saplings trying to grow in the shade. Different leaf sizes and shapes meant for optimal capture of whatever rays make it to them. It's a slow and perpetual war with seasonal victories and losses.

[@iofb.hulder]

I've thought about this, and you just put it into words. Amazingly interesting!

[@Jukeboksi]

Are you sure it wasn’t the plant itself?

[@herkerr]

There is a board game called Photosyntheis, pretty much sums up and confirms this theory.

[@-M0LE]

The thing is we humans imagine time as the time we experience but that’s so silly it’s more like everything experiences time differently so for plants it’s normal speed we are just like humming birds and flys or bees to them we are so fast

[@oidawtf]

and now with that in mind, dont ever tell me that the rich dont want to "eat" more and more and to survive just a bit better than all the other petty souls... or the other rich ppl...

[@tylerbenjamin3842]

Didn't know humans and lily pads were so similar

[@gamerboss5116]

0:59 Everything keeps reminding me of her…

[@Nolziv01]

Knew it 😂 we meet again.

[@tommeakin1732]

When I've been lost in thought about what kind of alien species might exist out there in the universe, I've found myself wondering if there might be species out there that we might completely miss or misunderstand because they either live far faster, or far slower than we do - throwing off our intuitions. In a way, plants are kind of like this. Time lapses show them in a totally different light. In real time, they might as well be inanimate objects to us. But time lapses show almost animalistic qualities at times

[@tommeakin1732]

@@therealostrich836 I try to be careful with expanding my definitions so far that they lose a large part of their utility, and I'd say that referring to the entire universe as being "alive" is doing that. Even if we are living on the back of a neuron in a god's brain, it's alive in a way that is sufficiently different to deserve a different word

[@hwolff-fh9te]

That is indeed a very interesting idea, well done pal

[@froogsleegs]

fungi is equally as mysterious and weird, a class of their own. we already have so many alien-seeming things right here!

[@canadiansuperawesome2506]

Why do you not wonder about the God who created all these and billions more? !!!

[@GoodleanTV]

@@canadiansuperawesome2506 he didn’t say anything regarding God? Why inject that into his statement

[@corruptpixel8441]

I love how the narration is never overly scientific, it's simple yet powerful and easy to understand for anyone without having to google concepts every 5 minutes

[@thecanuckredcoat4142]

And on the other hand not overly simple or acting like the flora and fauna are our friends or humanizing them.

[@DavidMoviez]

Thats the wonderful power of David Attenborough. Even when I read his books, I read them in his voice.

[@liammcleod159]

It was a 3 minute video

[@Imaworldstar-jw3yj]

Isupport studied English with this I restarted English after 10 years I am a beginner studying English with asmr. Please come and take a look and . Oh thank you

[@schmee9025]

@@Imaworldstar-jw3yj good job friend

[@ryanharris1052]

Amazing how plants can evolve to dominate their environment so proactively. Plants often seem so helpless and passive when compared to animals, but it’s fascinating to see a plant shaping the environment around it so aggressively

[@wangeroogerque2931]

Respect to the editors, they made a leaf opening look and sound brutal.

[@ColinRichardson]

I am hoping for at least another 95 years of Sir David Attenborough. May he out live everyone and be immortal.

[@kasadam85]

@@bradleywayne2788 shut up bro plz

[@bradleywayne2788]

@@kasadam85 How about, no?

[@stevo3938]

His voice has been recorded so many times over, that even after he has passed, he will continue to narrate new series

[@Salamandra40k]

Betty White didnt make it, I hate to say it, but I dont think David will either

[@jooenu4285]

When he hits 200, queen Elizabeth will grant him another knighthood.

[@ensiv0000]

0:55 the forbidden plantussy 🙏

[@nxva8726]

Such brilliance in this video. Time lapse, clear, crisp, just the right notes in the background & that legendary voice. It's just over 3 mins, but I can only begin to imagine how much time & effort was put into making this

[@pablobustosixto6663]

I love how 2:20 its looks like theyre filming a monster; the music, camara, narration.Its amazing how they can reflect the nature, not only scientifically but also artistically👍🏼

[@lescarletkingscp0017]

No

[@Duesikazergaming]

And then it looks like a ginormous mouth opening to snap at unsuspecting prey

[@cyberbrain520]

Very interesting

[@blundy1]

When you think about the planning and work that goes into getting huge time-lapse shots like this, it's incredibly impressive that they're able to do it with some consistency. Amazing talent and tech.

[@alvinbitoy7894]

The time lapse was studio-based.

[@dronesinconstruction]

It’s their job.

[@blundy1]

@@dronesinconstruction As if that somehow makes it less impressive? Okay. Also studio or not, it's great footage.

[@JoeARedHawk275]

@@casualcampaigns No, the sounds aren’t added to “speed up production.” It’s as much an artwork as it is a documentary. I can’t believe you just totally misunderstood the reason they add in the sound effects. As for the motion, I’m having trouble where you found that. It’s a time lapse, maybe your brain just can’t comprehend that movements look unrealistic in timelapses?

[@catc8927]

@@alvinbitoy7894 I would think that makes it even more impressive, to grow all of those different species of plants for months in a studio.

[@johnlaslett5339]

Plants fascinate me. So many reasons but my favourite thing about them is, they don't talk

[@i_bleed_makeup1187]

We're so lucky to have the technology to be able to witness things like this from the comfort of our own homes. But I think we're even luckier to have Sir David Attenborough ❤️

[@SN-of5tu]

Underwater plants: Oh boy, I can't wait to thrive and grow in this pond with all of this tasty light! Water lily: *N O*

[@SkullaFang]

I never thought lilypads can be so sinister

[@jaimedelgado7529]

They're different

[@SkullaFang]

@@jaimedelgado7529 You had me laughing when I first read that they are different

[@gorgogfish2040]

@@SkullaFang built different

[@EastofVictoriaPark]

Lobbying by Big Lily

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

The way they do it it's like a villian horror/action dark/super héroe movie

[@erthan6161]

BBC the gold standard of class and dignity for nature documentaries. Also the BBC here is a thumbnail of a plant that looks like lady bits, click you savages!

[@prodigy1636]

"Sir!" "Grab me that plant" "But sir, it's highly dangerous" "Grab *me* that plant"

[@thakyou5005]

What for, may I ask?

[@KraZeyyzz]

I love how they made the growth of a water lilly so much more intense than almost any show Ive lately seen

[@thelord3561]

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[@thelord3561]

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[@thelord3561]

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[@justusb.plorer8773]

@@thelord3561 Very impressive trolling skills you have there. Now move along child.

[@bannan8288]

The voice of Sir Attenborough, the dramatic soundtrack and the accelerated clips make it too good!

[@erdincyasindinc5254]

i could watch a still photo of a chair if attenbborough is the one who narrates it.

[@TheHolyghost55]

never thought something like this could be dramatic

[@user-zb3yl1wu8u]

Not to mention, the sound effects. Absolutely brilliant

[@thealmightyjesus7018]

1 Corinthians Chapter 15 Is The Ressurrection Creed That Paul Had Received Only 3-5 Years After Jesus Crucifiction And Had It Written 20 Years Later In A.D 54-55 And Jesus Went On The Cross At A.D 30 Also The Tel Dan Inscription States The House Of David On It And The Moabite Stone Records Mesha Just Like The Bible Worshipping Yahweh The Pool Of Siloam When Jesus Heals The Guy Is Also A Real Place And The Book Of Acts Gets The Environment Of The First Century Correct Which Myths Do Not Do It States Drusilla And Felix Got Married While Josephus The Jewish Historian Records The Same Thing And Believing In The Jesus Of The Bible And Christianity We Are Saved By Grace Not Of Ourselves It Is The Free Gift Of God By Repenting And Putting On The Lord Jesus Christ While Jehovah Witness And Mormonism Do Not Think They Are Saved And Are Earning Salvation To Get It However The Biblical Jesus Is The Only Way And Its Not About Achieving It Rather It Is More Like Receiving Christ To Be Saved In Him And Your Works Are The Fruit Of Your Salvation Amen And 2 Timothy 4:11 States Bring The Cloak I Left At Carpus Indicating It Was Authentic And Jesus Is More Worth It For Everlasting Life And Gary Habermas Has The Greatest Case For The Ressurection And Dr. James Tour On KZbin Also Shows The Reasons It Wasnt An Accident God Bless Jesus Is Lord Five Scientific Reasons To Believe In God kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqW2iayoet-LqZY The Case For Design kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ2bYWWifaaea7s Jesus And His Ressurection Video kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2HMdYGCrdKKjK8 Gary Habermas On Jesus kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6rCdZVqh9yNla8 The Reliability Of The New Testamentt inspiringphilosophy.org/defending-christianity/

[@thealmightyjesus7018]

#JESUS FIRST For By Jesus All Things Are Created I'm Here For The News Of The Kingdom Of God And While Religion Has You Doing Good Deeds To Earn Salvation The Biblical Jesus Died And Rose Again For The Forgiveness Of Sin And By Grace You Are Saved So You Walk In Him For He Loved Us So We Love The Lord

[@koby_in_renaissance]

"Why are you scared of a water lily?" *The water lily:*

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

Amazing how plants seem to act like animals in time lapse footage

[@veljkovic92]

I saw this plant recently in one botanical garden and was so astonished to see how beautiful, scary, complex and huge it is. Highly recommend seeing it in person.

[@newglowgurl]

hey, which botanical garden did you go to ? I have been to gardens in both California and Mexico!

[@veljkovic92]

@@newglowgurl hey. I've visited one in Augsburg, Germany. Lovely place.

[@cometmoon4485]

I saw some in Oslo, Norway. They had to keep the room super hot and humid.

[@newglowgurl]

I can imagine how beautiful some botanical gardens must be around the world! On this note , any favorite type of plants ?

[@veljkovic92]

@@newglowgurlI'm personally not knowing much about plants (but i want to learn more). Could you share your favorite ones? 😊

[@peepeevs]

The Giant Lily really is the plant version of that guy taking up 3 parking spots with his oversized pick-up truck.

[@PMauvais]

More like a monster truck parking on top of other cars.

[@soulsootheryoga3867]

This is so intense, never fails to amaze me in such wonderful way nature grows and moves around us. 🪷🌏🌍🌎 natural world is such interesting place to be. Thank you for letting us see it. Much love and harmony for all of us.🙏🏻

[@honeybear3306]

Thumbnail kinda sussy

[@NachosRenard]

Don't go down on the water lily man

[@imlovely6522]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by BBC Earth is truly a gift 👍

[@nemo99nemo83]

Well hope that the Tories go down otherwise no more free BBC

[@leogranato3166]

lol it's not free, it's funded by the brits through taxes

[@kamu747]

@@leogranato3166 Actually we pay for it through views. They want our time and attention. Through these short clips The BBC can potentially make alot more money, for who knows how long. As long as KZbin exists in it's glory.

[@garyschollmeier779]

@@nemo99nemo83 Good riddance to it.

[@subjectd6985]

@@nemo99nemo83 they want to stop it being free... By stopping us paying for it...?

[@fredinalaska]

The narration, the time-lapse sequence. This is the highest level of production period Excellent stuff 👏

[@reginaldforthright805]

Strictly second class

[@nei_hmande2427]

Maybe get out more

[@Satchiidesu]

imagine if it was realtime

[@valemak210]

Plus the dramatic music lol

[@Usoshie]

Mais c'est pas bon ci elle continue comme ça on aura plus d'eaux et on sera an danger elle grandiose lorquelle hou de leaux

[@elizabethbates2023]

FASCINATING!! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE FILM FOOTAGE!! I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS!! BRILLIANT!!

[@antmoddyLee]

Nature is so amazing. I love watching their stories.

[@imranraja6156]

I really love how Attenborough has offered an alternative perspective through this narrative, usually lillies are well liked. But this has presented them in an interesting and twisted way.

[@8551Soul]

Its the authors perspective.he Just reads it

[@AxxLAfriku]

OH NOOOOOOOO!!! I have two girlfriends, but very few people on YT are happy for my relationship success. They disl*ke all of the videos I make with my 2 girlfriends. Please be kind, dear im

[@Janal_Hoe]

@@8551Soul but still tho, it's really intriguing how things we are just more than what you think like how deepsea dwellers are able to live under high pressure, and still strive!! Look I'm sorry ya had to read a whole essay Ó╭╮Ò

[@MegaBond101]

@@AxxLAfriku I think they're not happy because you spam it on unrelevant videos but errr congrats on your relationship success? 😅

[@PKBitchGirl]

@@AxxLAfriku what do you and your girlfriends have to do with David Attenborough?

[@wilnijsen8814]

Wow, that beauty is actually a beast in disguise. In the local zoo as a youngster I was impressed by it's beauty in the pond in the tropical greenhouse. It's flowering was a yearly event. Never did I suspect it's monstruos behavior.

[@dewinmoonl]

beauty demands energy, energy comes from, well ... pillage

[@artrock101]

You didn't have the right background music...

[@OfficialGOD]

Well life is monstrous

[@vianandroid]

@@artrock101 and Sir David Attenborough voice as the narrator.

[@domicelabury4560]

To tak jak...trzeba uważać na piękno bo póznie może się okazać zabójcze

[@bernaakgul3992]

Oh my God !! my innocent love of nature..

[@men_del12]

Yeah, if Mother Nature is being mean, this will just be 1% of its wrath (besides canibalism or basically any flood) 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@jakeosullivan5547]

2:01 it sounds like someone stirring spaghetti

[@kanetao]

Just to hear Attenborough say, "It's a monster..." was worth every minute of my time.

[@ToobMee]

Nobody has ever left a legacy so valuable as David Attenborough. Nature in all its dimensions has been well captured ; documented and saved for eternity! Thanks to DA for the priceless legacy. The World is forever indebted to him!

[@Yesi-jt8uo]

Thanks means a lot

[@BoskiM]

Not really why should we be in debeted to him???

[@aniquinstark4347]

You say that like he's dead but he's not. He's 95 and still very healthy.

[@jordangeer8964]

That’s *Sir* David Attenborough to you!

[@-leovinci]

@@aniquinstark4347 I think so as well.

[@juliaseazar]

I never thought I'd ever feel bad for plants lol😭😭😭

[@OrpheusInHades]

The Time Lapse camera is exceptional.💚 Love this amazing plant-Thank you BBC Earth

[@clairetrytche]

That's a very cruel plant, but I can't help to feel mesmerized by how it eliminates anything else just for them to exist.

[@zacharykenniston748]

Plants can be cruel but animals are far crueler. Plants are much more benevolent

[@Dogmaaa]

My friend, that is humanity turned plant!

[@xion1305]

Cruelty is a foreign idea in the plant kingdom.

[@DarkCrusade3]

On the one hand.. sure sucks for the other plants. On the other hand, it manages to cool the water temperature and offer safety to fish from bird predators. It's really interesting, the balance of things

[@kornofile]

​@@DarkCrusade3 Bro no. it prevents every other fucking organism to live under this. No light, no oxygen = no fishes anymore! xd it is invasive and diminish the abundance of life in particular vulnerable environment

[@emilyfentem7194]

I think it’s important to note that although here the plant itself is framed to be ‘evil’ or ‘horrifying’, in reality, the only way it can destroy so many other species is when it is removed from its natural environment and entered into a different ecosystem; much like the cane toads in Australia.

[@deadsnow]

...or the people on the planet... edit: (when it is removed from its natural environment and entered into a different ecosystem)

[@Nightbird.]

Which is why it's imperative to destroy it when you find it outside it's native habitat.

[@deadsnow]

​@@Nightbird.... or better yet, to bring it back to its natural habitat (as far as possible)... you know, unfortunately we don't live in free space... we have to live together on this tiny planet "Earth". But why is there still such a variety of species and races and types? Because until now man has never had such unwanted power over life and the future! "Accidentally", bringing in harmful plants, rodents, insects or parasites, not to mention invisible dangers such as bacteria, germs and viruses! Something like that only happened to beginners and dilettantes in earlier centuries, today only to routine blind or Saboteurs and Attackers!

[@johanneshalberstadt3663]

I was wondering about that. Growing into a monoculture like that can't be a healthy ecosystem, right?

[@MrOvlov02]

much like snakes in congo

[@MrChinchillen]

I love the foley on these time lapses

[@gueminpark3940]

Incredible documentaries with the state of the art filming equipment and a fantastic group of highly talented and creative people to show us the life that goes on all around us and how intertwined we are.

[@exodus1383]

Its truly amazing to see how much plants actually move once you setup a time lapse camera

[@newjerseyjustin]

Exactly they don't appear to move at all to our eyes

[@Dante3085]

Yeah, its just a different time scale than us.

[@whywomenhatemyforeskin1412]

Plants just like us. Need water to live, Female & Male plants, & they die. But actually they have it better than us they live thousands of years

[@leociresi4292]

Too bad they don’t live in the US. Too cold

[@hazeltree7738]

@@leociresi4292 I hate to break it to you, but there are plants in the US

[@shprite781]

BBC has always done a fantastic job at making even the most simple of life forms look and sound dramatic.

[@attspace]

nothing simple friend

[@matchley500]

"The battle is over...and the victory, total." Haha. The music and narration make it seem soooo dramatic.

[@tyuerty]

You must have a low opinion of life if you think any aspect of it is simple

[@jimjam7928]

KZbin comments are certainly never short of condescending people picking apart every word you type... however simple.

[@shprite781]

@@jimjam7928 Fr lol people just love to hate... Telling me a plant isn't simple compared to a Human or another greater lifeform lol

[@ejkk9513]

The videography that the BBC filmmakers are able to accomplish is absolutely breathtaking and awe inspiring. I genuinely don't understand how they get these shots. I heard they will post a cameraman for weeks or months just to get a single shot of whatever they are trying to capture. That level of determination and passion is genuinely impressive.

[@jason.20]

they have an indoor studio, and cameras programmed to take a few frames a day

[@vrindajourno]

Who could have thought that waterlilies would make for such a great war movie. Also amazed at the sheer skill of the producers and camerapersons.

[@chemepuppie]

The cinematography is very impressive. The time and patience it took to film this. Also really good angles

[@bsmlbn]

Well said!

[@bugidisnereye9659]

Düşünsene yaratılan bu kadar güzel ve muhteşem de yaratan kimbilir nasıldır. Allahu Ekber.İslam güzeldir.

[@MayannaiseYay]

1:01 I should call her

[@Damodred_Heiress]

Beautiful transformation, I can’t help but rewind the part where the lily unravels.

[@marenwiederhold4718]

This was incredible to watch and I love how well they create the drama! Like mentioning how the other competing plants are skewered 😂

[@KangJangkrik]

"Let's give our daughter name Lily because it's so lovely" Meanwhile Lily:

[@radiantkratos5562]

Therapist: “Giant vagina flower isn’t real. It can’t hurt you.”

[@camaradecarter]

yes

[@Revellius21]

Cinematography is on another level. Award winning stuff right here

[@hawnsolo]

"Normal is an illusion. What's normal for the spider is chaos for the fly." is what comes up when I see how the other plants must feel.

[@PeckmasterK]

I am currently working painting a botanical jungle mural and this shows timing couldn’t be better. Totally inspirational! I just spent two hours on water lilies. I’m the lucky owner of a corpse flower (not the kind featured - titan arum) and I’m inspired to include it too! So glad to see this being released and for the incredible filming that puts plants on a human timeline.

[@beefcake1876]

It was meant for you

[@sazidshafi4890]

I wish I could see that mural! 😻

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

Nice, do you plan to publish the mural online?

[@marciegalo]

Where do u keep ur flower

[@m11nt]

Where do you publish your art? I want to see it

[@cristianborlanT34]

1:34When this plant grows is like: Lights out loses, you didn't pay your electric bill!

[@laserbeamlightning]

Everyone talking about the shots but dang the sound design is brilliant

[@lol311]

I've never seen this level of production from any channel. This is peak of art to show how science works. Damn.

[@cr7y44]

I was expecting to see an animal being eaten, but was presented with a water lily plant. Ended up learning a war philosophy... what a ride

[@litepaw7]

Ah, I love BBC nature documentary. I wish they still have these good quality shows on TV.

[@Miranox2]

TV is an obsolete system. Why bother with TV schedules when video-on-demand exists?

[@quincg1288]

There is a program, it's called Green Planet.

[@arthas640]

"still have"? This show just came out a couple weeks ago on TV. It's called Green Earth and it's tangentially connected to a whole BBC series like Planet Earth 1, Planet Earth 2, Blue Planet 1, Blue Planet 2, and now Green Planet. They're all on TV and they've been working on this series of documentaries since the 00s and they're still making fresh ones like this.

[@lordshotgun7168]

@@Miranox2 valid point.

[@mrdarren1045]

@@arthas640 they originally made 'life on earth' in the 80s. Thats when i first started watching attenborough on tv... at least here in the uk

[@themightyspartan1012]

It amazing to look how no matter what type of life it is. Whether it’s an animal or a plant, there will always be a competition in order to survive in nature.

[@brad5204]

I love the sound effects they always add to these

[@NaraShikamaruuYouBe]

Everything reminds me of her

[@user-mh6pz8rq9d]

Such a great footage, giving you a sense of fighting animals, not plants

[@AxxLAfriku]

NO! NO! NO! Many people say I am sick in the head. NOOOO!!!! I don't believe them. But there are so many people commenting this stuff on my videos, that I have 1% doubt. So I have to ask you right now: Do you think I am sick in the head? Thanks for helping, my dear m

[@spjr99]

@@AxxLAfriku bro i promise theres better marketing than this

[@anonygrazer3234]

I know, right? Where the lilies had opened up and in between them the duck weed(?) was time-lapse shaking and quivering like some frightened animal! I will never look at those lilies the same way ever again!

[@zacharykenniston748]

Plants are sentient and feel pain.

[@TheGuindo]

@@zacharykenniston748 they don't feel pain because they don't have nervous systems, but they do respond to distress which is what i think you're referring to. they release chemicals that alert other plants to predators in the area and stuff like that.

[@anvitamaheshwary3464]

Incredible filming. What a chilling narrative. Amazing work by BBC.

[@katrinaeastridge197]

I felt like I was watching a Sci Fi movie seeing this come to life moving around. Interesting waterlily but creepy. Nice documentary of this unique water lily.

[@lunch2102]

Documentaries aren't going to be same when Uncle Dave is no longer narrating, truely one in a billion..

[@lukasgaming82]

One in about eight billion actually :)

[@stevendalloesingh1214]

I never thought Apu would be off of the Simpson's show, yet here we are. Pretty sure they have many replacements lined up, none will ever take his place.

[@eviltoothpick8513]

They have an attinbourough narrating AI somewhere i swear

[@XcaptainXobliviousX]

@@eviltoothpick8513 theres actually so much audio of him speaking into a mic uninterrupted that it would probably be trivially easy to train an ai on many thousands of hours of his voice

[@201hastings]

If I were older the last thing I would want is people talking about my upcoming death. It’s weird

[@charmh.422]

Got to admire how the camera man managed to capture detailed footage of the lily pads growth. It looked cruel but beautiful at the same time.

[@paulorganisation1]

This camera man stuff is getting old😏

[@RetrogradeBeats]

most of the detailed up close shots are taken in a studio and for scale the rest is shot on site

[@Menfiz]

Not gonna lie, "The tyrant of the sea" sounds like an amazing villian nickname.

[@JohnDoe-pc1qf]

It starts as a spiky phallus, transforms into a not very inviting vulva and then into a platform.

[@spjr99]

Something people don't often consider is that your size, life expectancy, and metabolism play a huge role in "time". If you grow slowly, like a plant, that is your "movement". we see plenty of plants move to find sunlight during a matter of minutes and some can move instantly. Additionally an animal like a Greenland shark which can live for 500 years would probably feel like a year is a week because of their relative idea of time. an animal like an ant would consider ever minute to be a significant amount of time and they probably make hundreds of decisions in that timespan

[@MOO67204]

You're a bit slow

[@Fuchsfein]

I understand what you mean but I'm fairly certain that animals have no concept of time. That is an entirely man made thing.

[@SerraAngeI]

@@Fuchsfein animals do have concepts of time it was shown in experiments with rats and their feeding cycles by moving them to different time zones

[@Fuchsfein]

@@SerraAngeI That is quite interesting. I didn't know that.

[@Pillar_of_Salt]

@@MOO67204 I mean, he's completely right

[@teawrecks1243]

plant: **literally just growing** BBC: **gives it the same energy as a Tyrannosaurus rex savaging other dinosaurs**

[@Trigger__Happy]

They wouldn’t be that different from each other in life seeing as both would be living things just doing what they have to in order to survive.

[@arcturus8016]

@@Trigger__Happy Yes. And not just survive, but dominate at the top of the food chain.

[@uc355]

So beautiful from above but terrifying from below.

[@Apparitionstories1031]

I've never been terrified of a plant before. This was honestly breathtaking to watch

[@crisper1614]

Sometimes it’s hard to conceptualize that plants are living things. Instead of just inanimate objects that just sit there doing nothing. But when sped up it really shows these are living creatures. It’s almost like they live in a different time dimension from us.