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 07 - The Sky Above. This episode deals with the air and those creatures that spend most of their lives in it. Attenborough begins in
NASA's gravity research aircraft to illustrate the effect of weightlessness. There are surprisingly many plants whose
seeds are, in effect, lighter than air. Gossamer is the animal equivalent, spun by tiny spiders. Only the very smallest
plants and animals can defy gravity, but some seeds, such as those of the sycamore, cheat this by simulating the movement
of a helicopter. (from wikipedia.org)
| Episode 07 - The Sky Above |
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