Yemen's Extraordinary Lost-World Island | Socotra: Island of Dragon's Blood

From the other-worldly dragon blood trees mushrooming out of the terrain to the bottle-shaped cucumber trees, the incredibly unique biodiversity has earned Yemen’s island of Socotra UNESCO world natural heritage status. Learn more about this one of a kind place as botanists from the UN and Royal Botanical Gardens go on an expedition exploring this ‘lost world’ while meeting the extraordinary communities that call this beautiful island home.
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[@fabiano8888]

Amazing documentary! Thanks for the upload. I'd love to have some updates 30 years later to know if all the species described here are still around and what other species were discovered through the years.

[@ronniebillhicks]

Wow,......that's NOT a "usuall" ask or even a "usual" concern following documentaries and the like, you've opened up my eyes in ONE carry on sentence,......(in that regard, THANK YOU) I remember watching at a VERY young age the show "WILD AMERICA with MARTY STOUFFER" (if you're unfamiliar with this show, I HIGHLY suggest it!!!) with my father,.......I'd very much like to revisit those old episodes and see what has maybe subsided, perished, thrived,......you name it. Thank you once again, so very cool a concept

[@sethharris813]

Wait a sec, you're telling me plants are important? Uh oh. Protect Socotra!

[@shlby69m]

The BACTERIA in soil around roots are also important (like bacteria in GUT is necessary for digestion)

[@Cordova.S.William]

Thanks

Good documentary; however, "An interest in conserving genetic resources." I don't know. Why does life or anything for that matter have to be viewed as a "resource" to either be conserved or exploited in the future? Are we, human-beings, a "resource" to be conserved and later exploited? Is that really how we should view the land and the creatures that live there? That particular rationale has caused quite a bit of dysfunction leading to the sort of ecological collapse cautioned in this documentary. We should remember that humans are a part of not apart from the web of life. Like it or not, we live on a planet of interdependency.

[@reviewdtime]

if you look closely for a longer bits of time they resemble closely to mushrooms the difference here is mushrooms are mostly proteins and these scortra dragon blood tree is mostly cellulose. .

[@noahbawdy3395]

Wow

[@kurulusosman1.1.1]

can i use your video clip in my video, is it copyright free

[@terencegalland]

wonder what it,s like 31 years later in 2024 as this film was took in 1993

[@marilyncasinabe4532]

❤❤❤

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

THESE FLOWERS WITH 8 PETALS? I ONLY COUNTED 7. 😂 🤣 😂

[@mohamedcabdi7473]

Socotra Island and Abdul Kuri Island are part of Greater Somalia originally in the Indian Ocean within the borders of Somalia on the continent of Africa, not the right of Yemen.

[@silvanadaltin180]

first on track

[@noahbawdy3395]

I'm sitting here in my brother's room crying and Noah Bawdy cares.

[@MorenoeCourt55Sanders]

Fox 1993 33:5:56 English United States A Sony Company and the day or Drama Comedy KZbin Help Center

[@qelhi7922]

Socotria belongs to somalia

[@RyanPlays74]

No it does not 😂

[@Hmmmm501]

@@RyanPlays74yes it does🇸🇴❤️

[@RyanPlays74]

@@Hmmmm501 according to international law it does not

[@Qarsherskiy7337gal]

It's part of Yemen, actually 🇾🇪

[@user-ko5sy6sq4y]

من اخبرك هل هي جدتك انها تابعة لصومال

[@lavernejones1973]

Jesus is Alive he loved us all you're allowed horses couldn't see your white look at the heaven God bless