These Seeds Can Walk! | The Green Planet | BBC Earth

The seeds of these wild oats each have two bristles called awns. Once the seeds fall to the ground their awns help them do something truly extraordinary…they walk!
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[@Joy1957K]

Playing in the paddocks as a child here in Australia, I remember these blessed things screwing their way into our socks and clothing and having to sit on the back step picking them all out before we got inside and mum getting mad. LOL (I am 64 now) Great memory....

[@NaturalBiotopes]

You showed us a life hidden from our eyes, we could not even imagine such a thing. Marvelous!

[@LeftvsReich]

The scene where the seeds start walking felt like a scene out of a movie. BBC really does great work on these videos.

[@schautamatic]

Imagine pouring some oatmeal into a bowl, only to watch in horror as the oats climb out of the bowl and skitter across the table! 😄😆

[@codysmith6887]

This is breathtaking, I can only imagine how long it took to get this footage

[@1.4142]

I like to imagine that if we had selected the seeds that walked the best, we would be driving seeds instead of cars now.

[@bigmoist423]

This is the type of stuff that makes people not believe in evolution but is also the perfect example of evolution

[@nxva8726]

Whoever does your background scores deserves applause. It blends in not just with the video, but also the narration and the underlying themes (weird, wonderful, strange, dangerous, funny). Like the perfect cup of cappuccino. Your videos wouldn't be the same without it

[@user-ly4wt9xp4i]

I hope David Attenborough lives a long life. Wildlife and nature documentaries wouldn’t be the same without him.

[@dragonrabbit7410]

here we see david attenborough educating his fellow humans. and through this remarkable symbiotic relationship he is able to feed, clothe, and house himself.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

That's me getting out of bed every morning. Takes hours.

[@salmansharief4]

Hats off to the person who filmed this clearly

[@mustafaa.4690]

We actually had one of those plants near our old house. It seemed weird that they have two weird string-like things, but I never knew that the seeds could walk with it. Thanks David!!

[@mert8741]

We used to play with seeds when we little. Put these into our hands and when rub top of your hand this seeds moving theirselves. Good old days..

[@Salmonwithfeet]

Its crazy to think that something so common could do something so extraordinary.

[@thefriendlybeast2613]

I love nature. It never ceases to amaze. God bless Sir David Attenborough

[@maybeno4099]

I knew plants did many things that are just unfathomable .. But walking ? What ! How amazing . I was just telling my children’s father about all of the things plants do last night . I can’t wait to tell him about this .

[@TheKingoftheriff]

I guess that's why they call it "seeding one's wild oats". They wander about.

[@doctorquack2373]

I love the “semi-ominous” music playing on the background when the seeds were “walking.”