A CMF Special - The Private Life of Plants (2)

Lost in the profusion of videos recently and currently being released via the global communications infrastructure are some of the finest and most extraordinary films ever produced. The CMF values these rare and valuable films and hopes that its members will also.

This is one such film ... ... ... uhm ... series of films, actually.

One episode in the series will be posted every month over the next six months. If you cannot view The Private Life of Plants video below, click HERE (https://ia802502.us.archive.org/4/items/ThePrivateLifeOfPlants-Traveling/ThePrivateLifeOfPlants-01-Travelling.mp4).

David Attenborough's incredible journey into the world of plants. By using advanced timelapse photography, the plants are shown as complex and highly active organisms - growing, fighting, competing, breeding and struggling to survive.

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The Private Life of Plants - Episode 2 of 6: Growing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpptV3lZKiI&feature=youtu.be

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The Private Life of Plants - Episode 1 of 6: Travelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0HXE0tTzvg&feature=youtu.be

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The Private Life of Plants is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first shown in the United Kingdom from 11 January 1995. A study of the growth, movement, reproduction and survival of plants, it was the second of Attenborough's specialised surveys following his major trilogy that began with Life on Earth. Each of the six 50-minute episodes discusses aspects of a plant's life-cycle, using examples from around the world.

The series utilises time-lapse sequences extensively in order to grant insights that would otherwise be almost impossible. Plants live on a different time scale, and even though their life is highly complex and often surprising, most of it is invisible to humans unless events that happen over months or even years are shown within seconds. Like many traditional wildlife documentaries, it makes use of almost no computer animation. The series also discusses fungi, although as it is pointed out, these do not belong to the kingdom of plants.

The mechanisms of evolution are taught transparently by showing the advantages of various types of plant behaviour in action. The adaptations are often complex, as it becomes clear that the environment to which plants must adapt comprises not just soil, water and weather, but also other plants, fungi, insects and other animals, and even humans. The series shows that co-operative strategies are often much more effective than predatory ones, as these often lead to the prey developing methods of self-defence — from plants growing spikes to insects learning to recognise mimicry. Yet humans can work around all these rules of nature, so Attenborough concludes with a plea to preserve plants, in the interest of self-preservation.

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The Extraordinary David Attenborough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbdQYxhUugQ&feature=youtu.be