The Living Planet
The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, looking at the ways in which living organisms, including humans,
adapt to their surroundings. The series consists of twelve episodes which explain how the Earth works and how living organisms survive and thrive in different environments.
Episode 04 - Jungle. This episode is devoted to the jungles of the tropics. Attenborough ascends a kapok in the South American
tropical rainforest to observe "the greatest proliferation of life that you can find anywhere on Earth."
There are two main causes for this: warmth and wetness. As this climate is constant, there are no seasons,
so trees vary greatly in their flowering cycles. However, each species does so at the same time and, because of
the lack of wind, relies on birds and insects for pollination. (from wikipedia.org)
| Episode 04 - Jungle |
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