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The Green Planet

Meet the World's Biggest Flower

The Corpse Flower is more than 3 feet across and smells like a rotting... well, corpse!

Aired 07/06/2022

The Green Planet

Meet the World's Biggest Flower

Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

The Corpse Flower is more than 3 feet across and smells like a rotting... well, corpse!

The Corpse Flower is more than 3 feet across, blooms for only one week, and smells like a rotting... well, corpse! It's a strategy evolved to lure carrion flies.

Aired 07/06/2022

How Leaf Cutter Ants Feed a Killer Fungus

Video has Closed Captions

Leaf Cutter ants deliver their payload to a fungus underground to grow food. (3m 44s)

How Vines Lasso Their Way to the Top of the Plant World

Video has Closed Captions

Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy. (3m 20s)

The War Between Fungi and Trees

Video has Closed Captions

Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy. (2m)

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