The giant water lily is VICIOUS! 😱 The Green Planet 🌱BBC

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @mikulaszach2652
    @mikulaszach2652 2 года назад +10765

    Never thought a time lapse of a water lily could be so terrifying

    • @Venus.Y
      @Venus.Y 2 года назад +77

      Agreed.

    • @jaylockwood5030
      @jaylockwood5030 2 года назад +23

      you are scared? SMH

    • @frogface2960
      @frogface2960 2 года назад +32

      @@jaylockwood5030 fr

    • @wrathaloss6091
      @wrathaloss6091 2 года назад +12

      @@jaylockwood5030 I hope that's a joke and you're not genuinely disabled mentally

    • @vincent67239
      @vincent67239 2 года назад +14

      sound* so terrifying

  • @jollycooperation7446
    @jollycooperation7446 2 года назад +6474

    Even a simple Lilly pad can be made to look like a monster from another world.
    Props to the camera crew for capturing such incredible angles.

    • @keirfarnum6811
      @keirfarnum6811 2 года назад +118

      It was Stuart Little who took the footage. He even invented his own miniature HD camera for his job. Most people don’t know that’s the career he created for himself after the documentary about his life. Top bloke that Stuart Little!

    • @jameselliott216
      @jameselliott216 Год назад +16

      it's not a simple lily pad. it's a GIANT water lily.

    • @SpaceghostJ
      @SpaceghostJ Год назад +7

      It doesnt look like a monster from another world tho..... it looks like nature on our planet

    • @antonystringfellow5152
      @antonystringfellow5152 Год назад +15

      At 2 metres across (6 1/2 feet) and covered in spines, it's no simple lilly pad.

    • @nocturnalrecluse1216
      @nocturnalrecluse1216 Год назад +2

      And surviving.

  • @thewaywardpoet
    @thewaywardpoet Год назад +659

    Despite their being living things, we tend to think of plants as inanimate objects. The sped-up footage in this video completely shatters that idea. Obviously, we can see, over time, that plants grow. It just happens extremely slowly. This, however, shows plant growth and movement in a whole new light and, in this particular case, it's quite frightening.

  • @sethraelthebard5459
    @sethraelthebard5459 2 года назад +4171

    I love it how the BBC used a combination of camera angles, spooky music, and David Attenborough to turn a nature documentary into a horror film. lol

    • @komalmaan9710
      @komalmaan9710 Год назад +15

      😂😂....not bad 🤣🤣

    • @Viper3048
      @Viper3048 Год назад +35

      They do the same thing with news, so not that surprising.

    • @janetbyrd1065
      @janetbyrd1065 Год назад +14

      Best horror film I’ve seen all year!!

    • @skycloud4802
      @skycloud4802 Год назад +12

      Nature is a real life horror film.

    • @memelover6917
      @memelover6917 Год назад +10

      Ah yes of course, the most terrifying thing ever, *David Attenborough*

  • @Rashomon69
    @Rashomon69 2 года назад +3277

    At first, I was disappointed because they turned out to not be carnivorous like pitcher plants. Then, I saw how terrifying they still were.

    • @Loonistrator
      @Loonistrator 2 года назад +305

      Plant's all like "nah, I'm not gonna eat ya, I'll just obliterate you by merely existing in proximity to you".

    • @livingintongues
      @livingintongues 2 года назад +9

      @@Loonistrator
      That will peach !

    • @pepethepatriot7524
      @pepethepatriot7524 2 года назад +38

      I was hoping they'd eat some frogs or something... meh

    • @The1upforever
      @The1upforever 2 года назад +19

      @@Loonistrator i think we've all known people like that

    • @melissanorman5316
      @melissanorman5316 2 года назад +1

      Same

  • @youngstunna1594
    @youngstunna1594 7 месяцев назад +295

    “Even plants commit atrocities” - Me

  • @rinber13
    @rinber13 2 года назад +1602

    Next time I see the water lilies I'll remember their true violent nature and strive for dominance. These are not simply leaves but MONSTERS. Visiting botanic gardens will be such an adrenaline boost from this day on.

    • @Chickadeebunny
      @Chickadeebunny 2 года назад +37

      my thoughts exactly

    • @iagreewithyou3478
      @iagreewithyou3478 2 года назад +163

      "This just in. A man visiting his local botanical garden was arrested as he was caught ripping off the leaves of water lillies..."

    • @rosmarbal
      @rosmarbal 2 года назад +12

      🤣

    • @oomma5
      @oomma5 2 года назад +7

      Hahahaha this comment

    • @coolkumquats
      @coolkumquats 2 года назад +47

      To be fair to the lilies at your botanical garden, this video features a specific and unique species that is likely not what your local ponds have growing in them. Regular water lilies are not this aggressive lol

  • @abdulsbadr
    @abdulsbadr 2 года назад +3271

    Only Sir David Attenborough can make an "innocent" plant look so terrifying.

    • @Venus.Y
      @Venus.Y 2 года назад +5

      true

    • @AlexandreG
      @AlexandreG 2 года назад +178

      aint nothing innocent about that behaviour. Almost looks like the plant has a brain

    • @StrawberryNinjaNibbles
      @StrawberryNinjaNibbles 2 года назад +101

      Idk how innocent it is… thumbnail alone looks like an alien vulva lol

    • @ishan61
      @ishan61 2 года назад +2

      😅😅

    • @vincent67239
      @vincent67239 2 года назад +7

      I thought so too until I realized what we do whenever we have salad.

  • @星空の下のペンギン
    @星空の下のペンギン Год назад +30

    植物って癒しのイメージがあるけど、大自然を生き抜いていくのだから、力と棘が必要な時もある。
    分かってはいますが、眼に見て感じると、畏敬の念と切なさで気持ちが落ち着かなくなります。

  • @AsecretheKarting
    @AsecretheKarting 2 года назад +3517

    Props to the mini camera man for going inside of the lily and getting up close footage of it

    • @Milamberinx
      @Milamberinx 2 года назад +233

      Hopefully his widow and children will live happy lives with the money from this footage.

    • @UwU-eb3hq
      @UwU-eb3hq 2 года назад +20

      @@Milamberinx lol hahah...gold

    • @aryaaswale7316
      @aryaaswale7316 2 года назад +14

      It was all in a studio for real

    • @ToudaHell
      @ToudaHell 2 года назад +38

      They probably had a tiny spy camera attached to the water lily leaf in stratic places. Footage like these takes days to complete. There's no way a human did all that.

    • @rosua
      @rosua 2 года назад +67

      @@ToudaHell r/whoosh

  • @laurelscott8847
    @laurelscott8847 2 года назад +1827

    Damn, it’s brutal being a plant out here

  • @rebeloftheeast
    @rebeloftheeast Год назад +61

    This is the most dramatic plant I've ever seen!

  • @pummyy
    @pummyy 2 года назад +301

    In india, they clear Lilly pads from ponds claiming they killing everything from fish to plants inside...Now I understand how !!

    • @greyfoxblade
      @greyfoxblade 2 года назад +31

      If Anglo-Saxon's where plants.

    • @arminius504
      @arminius504 2 года назад +21

      @@greyfoxblade I am not Anglo Saxon but massively increasing life spans on the planet and giving billions over billions in money to other people? I don’t think that’s a good comparison.

    • @greyfoxblade
      @greyfoxblade 2 года назад +1

      @@arminius504 I dont care about who you are, nor do real men pocket watch other men. This is a Perfect comparison Elon, 🤣😂 that plane flew over your head a billion times! Enjoy your tea & cake 🤭🤫...

    • @Janeintheok
      @Janeintheok 2 года назад +3

      @@greyfoxblade racist 🙄🥱

    • @demef758
      @demef758 2 года назад +1

      @@arminius504 Go easy on him. He just entered college and is learning to hate white people (including himself).

  • @philipchenmba
    @philipchenmba 2 года назад +719

    The giant water lily is literally stabbing their neighbors, depriving them of sunlight and choking the life out of them. It’s horrifying.

    • @azuroslazuli6948
      @azuroslazuli6948 2 года назад +50

      Yeah. Thankfully beavers eat them. Guess they're good for food if you can eat them so fast.

    • @aimanazminovich3602
      @aimanazminovich3602 2 года назад +5

      @@azuroslazuli6948 Beavers don’t live in South America???

    • @imashmenge7981
      @imashmenge7981 Год назад +17

      Sounds kinda like humans, doesn’t it?

    • @d2nasty696
      @d2nasty696 Год назад +10

      Sounds like a Karen

    • @nullprop
      @nullprop Год назад +7

      @@aimanazminovich3602 They do, they just walk on two legs there.

  • @server1ok
    @server1ok Год назад +196

    These flowers are also saving the water from evaporation, indirectly ensuring that the other plants don't dry up. Stuff is complicated, it's not a 1 way street.

    • @olly123451
      @olly123451 7 месяцев назад +39

      It’s a delicate balance, and in an environment completely devoid of external forces these things would even out.
      Unfortunately, bring humans into the mix in any shape or form, and suddenly these ecosystems can be set completely out of whack.

    • @beezanteeum
      @beezanteeum 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@olly123451
      All organisms, viruses, and aliens are blight for the universe
      Machines (robots and computers are machines) for the winner

    • @olly123451
      @olly123451 6 месяцев назад +14

      @@beezanteeum From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you.
      One day the crude biomass you call the temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

    • @gibbogle
      @gibbogle 6 месяцев назад +5

      The other plants all die from lack of sunlight.

    • @gibbogle
      @gibbogle 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@olly123451 Such silliness.

  • @bizmonkey007
    @bizmonkey007 2 года назад +407

    Wow. To turn a pond of water lilies into a vicious and almost alien army is pure brilliance. Amazing job

  • @SweetLilWren
    @SweetLilWren 2 года назад +359

    What BBC does for documentaries about the Flora and fauna of this planet is a masterpiece!
    It captures all the beauty, ferocity, drama and excitement that is to be had on this beautiful planet.
    bravo, a million times bravo.

    • @jvon3885
      @jvon3885 2 года назад +3

      I'm kinda impressed in your vernacular skills while lacking proper punctuations....I almost, run out of breath when reading aloud. But very eloquently put.

    • @SweetLilWren
      @SweetLilWren 2 года назад +4

      @@jvon3885 I used talk to text because I can't see the keyboard on my phone cuz I'm old LOL so I don't always remember to say things like,.; Etc see when I say it they get put into punctuation but not words it's weird

    • @SweetLilWren
      @SweetLilWren 2 года назад +3

      @@jvon3885 I put some punctuation in there lol

    • @neonatom8646
      @neonatom8646 Год назад

      @@jvon3885 it's fine to me ..

    • @jvon3885
      @jvon3885 Год назад

      @@SweetLilWren much better.

  • @dingopisscreek
    @dingopisscreek Год назад +7

    The BBC produces some of the best natural history programmes on the planet. The filming is amazing. Time-lapse photography shows in a matter of seconds what must have taken many days to happen in reality

  • @DonSoprano47
    @DonSoprano47 Год назад +280

    It’s amazing how these documentaries make simple plants and animals even small ones look like something out of a horror movie

    • @Sbcmlg28247
      @Sbcmlg28247 Год назад +3

      Damn nature you scary 😂

    • @DonSoprano47
      @DonSoprano47 Год назад +7

      @@Sbcmlg28247 just imagine the creatures and plants that lived millions of years ago when the earth was more radical and violent creatures like the Megladon shark are just fascinating the shark had no natural predators as it was that big and strong nothing could kill it not even whales amazing

    • @Sbcmlg28247
      @Sbcmlg28247 Год назад +1

      @@DonSoprano47 I watch videos that talk about that kind of stuff all the time. It’s crazy that even the insects were massive back then and all the different ecosystems had an animal or plant that thrived in that setting no matter how extreme it seemed.

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 Год назад +1

      This is how I imagine Cardi Be’s lady parts look.

    • @karenandrews4224
      @karenandrews4224 2 месяца назад

      Check out lampreys- terrifying parasites

  • @vitortonera
    @vitortonera 2 года назад +619

    This is fascinating, I never knew they had thorns underneath

    • @joylynch5204
      @joylynch5204 2 года назад +60

      This is a different type of lily pad from the usual kind

    • @Fine_i_set_the_handle
      @Fine_i_set_the_handle 2 года назад +49

      Those are over 6 feet wide, and they're native to Bolivia its not likely that you've ever seen one

    • @Lscott-fk2sn
      @Lscott-fk2sn Год назад +3

      ​@@Fine_i_set_the_handlethere is actually a variety that has had measured specimens of 3m wide, that is 9 ft... They can also withstand a weight of 150 lbs if evenly distributed, i could imagine a 12 year old crawling on it 😮

    • @keelahrose
      @keelahrose Год назад +6

      Beauty often hides ugliness.

    • @johanneshalberstadt3663
      @johanneshalberstadt3663 10 месяцев назад

      But these can't be functioning ecosystems anymore, right? Are they destroying their own habitats?

  • @tencents6
    @tencents6 Год назад +119

    That's actually horrible. I feel so bad for all of those other plants that just wanted to get light and were killed by that water lily.

    • @capotthomas9719
      @capotthomas9719 9 месяцев назад +13

      I dont think you need me to know that but don't throw too much of our in-between humans morals onto the world. Really doesn't work

    • @ianswift3521
      @ianswift3521 9 месяцев назад +12

      it's basically the objective of every plant in existence. plants are not communal, they just want to egotistically take over as much of the planets surface that they physically can.

    • @Wassenhoven420
      @Wassenhoven420 9 месяцев назад +18

      @@ianswift3521 i get your point, but its not entirely accurate. New and some old data is showing that various plant species can and in fact do communicate together.

    • @RichTapestry
      @RichTapestry 9 месяцев назад +18

      @@ianswift3521 Plants are communal - they live in communities with each other and with different species, and more often than not, they enjoy simbiotic relationships with other species.

    • @Capunderpants
      @Capunderpants 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@ianswift3521 plants don't have egos you dumb-dumb ego is a man made concept created from the human experience. Plant's are just like animals they do what they can to survive and spread even if it means killing off other plants to do it. Most plants are co-operative though and don't fight for recorces.

  • @fluffymountainbunny
    @fluffymountainbunny 2 года назад +603

    Wow. The camera work on this is stunning! 😲 the water lily is fascinating of course, but oh my goodness!

    • @keirfarnum6811
      @keirfarnum6811 2 года назад +12

      Now we need to rename it the “water bully” instead.

    • @briannadickson2884
      @briannadickson2884 2 года назад +3

      @keir farnum Something else would just take it's place.

  • @johnasbury3856
    @johnasbury3856 Год назад +225

    Since I was a child the natural world around us all has fascinated me to no end. What a terrific experience that technology has given us to be able to witness nature's glory as it happens.

    • @mojo7495
      @mojo7495 Год назад +9

      No, it is not "Nature's" glory, but God's glory. Quit giving an intelligent mind to blind chance evolution, rather than to the One who made it all and knows each star by name (Genesis 1:1).

    • @mikewazowski7477
      @mikewazowski7477 Год назад +4

      @@mojo7495Preach it brother

    • @singletstud
      @singletstud Год назад

      ⁠@@mojo7495Nature and science are god. You and I are god. The Big Bang and the ultimate eventual heat death of the universe are god. From the microbes in our guts to the hydrogen atoms in our sun to the massive black holes in the center of all of the millions of galaxies... all that is god. There's no need to limit yourself or your understanding of the universe and it's wonders based upon our ancestors limited ability to make sense of the wonders of life. Don't put limits on god,don't put limits on yourself, and don't for one second think that humans are so special that just a few of us have any kind of special place in the vast cosmos that god would create something so flawed and obviously of human design as your bible. I'll take the words of Jesus, who was clearly one of enlightenment and so very different that those who created and perpetuate a religion using his name and yet ignoring his message as a means of controlling humans and consolidating their grip on power. There is no heaven or hell. For now we have this one existence on this beautiful planet. Perhaps when we die we return to nothingness; after all we are all made of the stars. Perhaps there is something beyond our understanding, a higher level of awareness or perhaps a lower level of cosmic consciousness. Or perhaps everything is all just a computer simulation of a super advanced future human seeking to better understand where it came from.

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 Год назад

      Now you can witness a he/she using a dilation tool to keep it’s bonus hole from closing up.

    • @BeatboxMitchel
      @BeatboxMitchel Год назад +3

      ​@@mojo7495definetly sure its just nature

  • @Bibi2go
    @Bibi2go Год назад +19

    Amazing production, really well put together. The sound the images the voice over, everything was perfect.

  • @warriorbard
    @warriorbard 2 года назад +134

    Those closeup shots of plants behind crushed and skewered coupled with the dramatic music made this plant more terrifying that it already is.😱😱

    • @ShamrockParticle
      @ShamrockParticle 2 года назад +1

      I'm not sure the music was entirely necessary, but for once I'm not complainin' 😁

  • @fatherplatypus2316
    @fatherplatypus2316 2 года назад +191

    Wow, never knew watching a plant documentary would be more terrifying than most horror movies ive watched

  • @dingopisscreek
    @dingopisscreek Год назад +16

    Sir David Attenborough must be the best natural history documentary narrator on the planet. For over 60 years he has been presenting and narrating these programmes. In his mid-90s now, we must enjoy him while we can

    • @andersomcarlsen4131
      @andersomcarlsen4131 9 месяцев назад +1

      nah dont worry, AI got you, theyll just generate his voice

    • @noideawhoiam3855
      @noideawhoiam3855 6 месяцев назад

      @@andersomcarlsen4131no. you can’t replace the real thing with an AI.

  • @smitawadher8046
    @smitawadher8046 Год назад +90

    I loved the dialogues. Got goosebumps. " the battle is over , and victory is total".

  • @ammygamer
    @ammygamer Год назад +709

    "Why are we humans so unnecessarily cruel!"
    Meanwhile, nature: **literally has a water lily choking and stabbing it's neighbours to death until it has complete hegemony over a wide territory**
    Me: That's the slowest war I've ever watched.

  • @garrettpyscher7852
    @garrettpyscher7852 Год назад +40

    Wow what a great video. Gave me chills. We need more videos like this, putting us in the perspective of the animal in its nature. Scary looking plant but I'm sure relatively harmless to a human when cautious.

    • @malwads1836
      @malwads1836 Месяц назад

      .... Unless you try using the buds for a back scratcher🤗.

  • @johnhorler9192
    @johnhorler9192 2 года назад +55

    I was expecting to see a frog land on one and then seeing it snap shut like a Venus fly trap 😂

  • @Saikayussouf
    @Saikayussouf 2 года назад +319

    It looks and behaves more like an animal than a plant

    • @elizaalmabuena
      @elizaalmabuena 2 года назад +84

      behaves like a plant, but speeding it up makes the behaviors more familiar to us.

    • @andromeda_lw
      @andromeda_lw 2 года назад +86

      Well, plants exhibit A LOT of behaviors that seem animal-like (motion towards a stimuli, respond to attack, communication and protection of its own species, fighting for resources etc) just,,,,,,, slower. Also they have many molecular mechanisms that are definitely more advanced and elegant than those of animals, including humans.

    • @le_dr3677
      @le_dr3677 2 года назад +7

      In the future, they might evolve into intelligent plant/animal hybrids

    • @andromeda_lw
      @andromeda_lw 2 года назад +20

      @@le_dr3677 no, they can't. The fact that something is a plant or an animal depends solely on their evolutionary classification.

    • @E.J.Crunkleton
      @E.J.Crunkleton 2 года назад +9

      @@le_dr3677 Well they could evolve to be intelligent but they will always be a plant, you keep all of your clades as you move up the evolutionary chain. For example all humans are still chordates and primates, if we evolve past humanity into something else, we will still be vertebrates and primates.

  • @boldgirl1172
    @boldgirl1172 Год назад +7

    I remember watching this episode as a child. Sir David's documentaries, asides from cartoons, were my favourite to watch

  • @webbess1
    @webbess1 2 года назад +205

    Wow, it is actually clearing space for itself.

    • @stephanieyee9784
      @stephanieyee9784 2 года назад +9

      That was just amazing, wasn't it?!

    • @hollywoodpineapple8337
      @hollywoodpineapple8337 2 года назад +3

      You gotta make yourself big

    • @Just_A_Guy_Here.
      @Just_A_Guy_Here. Год назад +3

      It's a way to keep other competing plants out from their space so that they have enough area for their pads to grow on. It also a way to move the competing plants into concentrations where they'll suffer from other giant lilies. Killing the competing plants helps them out, as without their competitors, they'll have all the area to themselves for a while before their life ends, restarting the cycle all over.

  • @imemployed1524
    @imemployed1524 Год назад +56

    Three and a half minutes of a water Lilly growing was more intense, satsufying and interesting than any 100 million dollar movie

  • @etheron1235
    @etheron1235 4 месяца назад +4

    BBC: It's just a documentary about lily pads, don't go hard on it
    The documentary group:

  • @ruggedlemmings9163
    @ruggedlemmings9163 2 года назад +44

    Really is amazing how the time lapse makes it look like the plants are animals moving around. The lily being a voracious predator that the other plants are fleeing from.

  • @ashinnit23
    @ashinnit23 2 года назад +30

    The last process is also known as eutrophication when all the light has been blocked, aquatic plants under the water die then aerobic bacteria enters and use up all the oxygen in the process of decomposition. After that all aquatic organisms die

    • @SpaceOutlaw_
      @SpaceOutlaw_ 2 года назад +1

      I was wondering about that? Lol it means the lilies dies and there light again?? The cycle starts over ?

    • @ashinnit23
      @ashinnit23 2 года назад +7

      @@SpaceOutlaw_ The lilies do not die but they prevent light from entering the water which kills aquatic plants located below

    • @evilemperordude
      @evilemperordude Год назад

      @@SpaceOutlaw_ I don't think the lilies need oxygen from the water.

  • @ginafriend1690
    @ginafriend1690 Год назад +5

    Unbelievable ... who would have ever thought. Wow!

  • @EddVCR
    @EddVCR 2 года назад +197

    The pattern of how the giant leaves are folded so compactly is so interesting. It reminds me of how NASA scientists figure out the most efficient way to fold materials that need to unfurl in space.

    • @theTruthSeekerishere
      @theTruthSeekerishere Год назад +22

      It reminded me of a specific body part when it unfurled.

    • @chad63
      @chad63 Год назад +1

      @@theTruthSeekerishere lmao

    • @smhan280
      @smhan280 Год назад +18

      There’s a whole book about engineering taking inspiration from nature - biomimicry! Fascinating stuff

    • @Sarah-said
      @Sarah-said Год назад +3

      ​@@theTruthSeekerishere I'm really surprised that the whole comment section isn't filled with comparisons to that specific body part and how scary it looks! 😊

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 Год назад +1

      Best thing is it design itself, no intelligence behind it at all. Right?

  • @shiradoe83
    @shiradoe83 Год назад +91

    This presentation of water lily deserves an Oscar

  • @whiteknightcat
    @whiteknightcat Год назад +3

    Everything reminds me of her!

  • @keirfarnum6811
    @keirfarnum6811 2 года назад +53

    They should be called “water bullies” instead!

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 года назад +1

      I know, riiigghht?
      Even though it sounds like an understatement..
      ...Uncle Sam is being called the same.
      So it makes perfect-sense.

  • @GlaciesYin
    @GlaciesYin 2 года назад +185

    Whoever's on sound is going a good job, making even water have such a tactile sound

    • @mickoz9389
      @mickoz9389 2 года назад +7

      Tacked on purely for effect. Nothing to do with what's actually going on.

    • @VisulC
      @VisulC 2 года назад +19

      @@mickoz9389 yea everybody noticed that and that’s the humour

    • @Max.Paprika
      @Max.Paprika 2 года назад +16

      I was watching this imagining how much fun the foley team was having on this project. It's rather over the top, but perfectly fitting at the same time.

    • @GlaciesYin
      @GlaciesYin 2 года назад +8

      @@Max.Paprika Mad props to them! Honestly made me so much more invested into the storyline

    • @garden0fstone736
      @garden0fstone736 2 года назад

      It turned me on..

  • @PsyQoBoy
    @PsyQoBoy Год назад +2

    The sound track is phenomenal. It's like I'm watching The Dark Knight.

  • @Andrew-cp7mc
    @Andrew-cp7mc 2 года назад +33

    While the photography is truly amazing, the sound is on the another level! Can almost hear the sharp thingies piecing the poor plants or is it my imagination? Brutal.

    • @tempusfugit9796
      @tempusfugit9796 Год назад

      Thingies 🤣 I think thorns is the word you're looking for.

  • @Francine5522
    @Francine5522 2 года назад +55

    The way they filmed this it's like a horror movie. Alien.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 2 года назад +2

      Pretty sure that was the point 😅

  • @javieroliveras344
    @javieroliveras344 Год назад +2

    This reminds me of my neighbor next door. And she's also vicious.

  • @susannechickenmom5621
    @susannechickenmom5621 2 года назад +229

    This was absolutely beautiful, what a wonderful life the earth is, there are hidden gems all over. Thanks for sharing

    • @msruag
      @msruag 2 года назад +4

      @@djancak well it is the system we can't change it so we have to admire it
      just like the saying "if you can't beat em, join em" humans do the same too lol

    • @senam23
      @senam23 2 года назад +8

      A hidden gem? Wow...

    • @susannechickenmom5621
      @susannechickenmom5621 2 года назад +2

      @K Y Can't we just agree to disagree

    • @mchevre
      @mchevre 2 года назад

      Porque no los dos?

    • @sjacrane
      @sjacrane 2 года назад

      Hardly hidden. Hardly a gem (more like an invasive species like the Japanese knotweed).

  • @easterkoireng2877
    @easterkoireng2877 2 года назад +54

    Well people in Manipur, India eat the seeds and the fruit of this water lily as a delicacy and actually grow them in ponds to harvest them. You might think it's strange but I'm just sharing it with you guys. And it's called "Thangjing" in the local dialect.

    • @ninjahattori7576
      @ninjahattori7576 2 года назад +2

      delicacy? or did you mean edible?

    • @easterkoireng2877
      @easterkoireng2877 2 года назад +10

      @@ninjahattori7576 actually during the fruiting season it is sold all over the markets of our state and people buy it, and sometimes the price is also very high but people still buy it. That's why I said it's a delicacy but I guess we can say edible.

    • @ninjahattori7576
      @ninjahattori7576 2 года назад +4

      @@easterkoireng2877 that was my bad, sorry and thanks for explaining it

    • @easterkoireng2877
      @easterkoireng2877 2 года назад +1

      @@ninjahattori7576 wc and thanks for reading it😅

    • @eustacequinlank7418
      @eustacequinlank7418 2 года назад +4

      How does it taste?😀

  • @thunderfun
    @thunderfun Год назад +7

    I can’t imagine what is involved in making this incredible photography. Genius.

    • @galedribble9535
      @galedribble9535 Год назад

      Cameras and computers for editing

    • @thunderfun
      @thunderfun Год назад

      @@galedribble9535 What's a "camera"? What's "editing"? I guess I have some internet searching to do.

    • @galedribble9535
      @galedribble9535 Год назад

      @@thunderfun I’m surprised you know what the internet is 😏

  • @KM-go9ck
    @KM-go9ck Год назад +71

    NASA can show incredible photos from outer space, but nature will never, ever fail to amaze me.

  • @reng7777
    @reng7777 Год назад +9

    The narrator has an outstanding voice that keeps the audiance wanted to see more and more. Obviously with the contribution of the camera man + Video editor and background music!! Props to all them!!

  • @5505daniel
    @5505daniel 4 месяца назад +7

    Guys.... hear me out

  • @7nviie
    @7nviie 2 года назад +10

    you could easily convince me this is science fiction out of context. our earth is so amazing! the fact that this incredible plant exists and i am privileged enough to watch such beautiful documentation of it fills me with gratitude. ❤

  • @zathrasnotzathras2270
    @zathrasnotzathras2270 2 года назад +33

    Never thought I'd feel sad for other plants. =/

  • @Hasselroeder
    @Hasselroeder Год назад +2

    It looks like a giant.....ermm... umh... nice weather today!

  • @sjacrane
    @sjacrane 2 года назад +9

    1:40 you can hear the quiver of anger in his voice over the injustice.

  • @sadge6873
    @sadge6873 2 года назад +41

    This is literally the most terrifying time lapse i've ever seen

  • @ChillFrost
    @ChillFrost 2 месяца назад +1

    I love how it clears the space by going in circles

  • @Biohazbird
    @Biohazbird Год назад +26

    Imagine how calamitous it would be if one of these things became invasive. Hopefully these things have a very specific range of conditions they can survive in... And that humans don't start thinking this would make a nice ornamental plant.

    • @gokuharagonta
      @gokuharagonta Год назад +7

      well I have bad news for you buddy ..

    • @skrubknight884
      @skrubknight884 Год назад +4

      they have become invasive species in other warm parts of the world. but their size at least makes them an easy target for culling

    • @Matilda1983
      @Matilda1983 Год назад

      Too lait they already think their a nice ornamental plant.

  • @M-E-G-A
    @M-E-G-A 2 года назад +12

    2:33 damn, that’s all I need to see just how vicious the Lilly is.

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 года назад

      Yep, straight-up _murder!_

  • @whatplantisthat
    @whatplantisthat 8 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic filming. I loved the segment at the end of each of the episodes showing how it was filmed.

  • @ilovejewelyn
    @ilovejewelyn Год назад +25

    Seen these in the Amazon this year and it’s scary to see a huge group of them. I would never want to fall in the water 😅but fascinating at the same time!

    • @elwelkin
      @elwelkin 20 дней назад

      It’s incredible that it looks just like your mom thingy ❤

  • @imberrysandy
    @imberrysandy 2 года назад +33

    whoever edited this video did an amazing job! i was on an emotional roller-coaster

  • @Mereel401
    @Mereel401 11 месяцев назад +2

    The way this was framed I expected the lily to start talking and say: "I am a monument to all of your sins."

  • @kimhisham6033
    @kimhisham6033 2 года назад +14

    I will never see giant water lily as the same ever again 😩 thanks BBC!!!!

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 2 года назад +6

    This is Awesome! The photography/videography are just stunning and the music is so appropriate for this piece.
    I had no idea those beautiful Amazon lily pads were so evil.

  • @zahararay5611
    @zahararay5611 3 месяца назад +2

    No one can tell me that plants don’t have brains/intelligence/consciousness. This was fascinating ❤

  • @MatronWisdom
    @MatronWisdom 2 года назад +15

    I was angry 😠 for the plants being skewered and the succulents being drowned!

    • @ninjahattori7576
      @ninjahattori7576 2 года назад +8

      lily: "i missed the part where that's my problem"

    • @Jayden_3742
      @Jayden_3742 2 года назад

      Why?

    • @Jayden_3742
      @Jayden_3742 2 года назад

      @@tiredbird471 it really ain't. Its nature

    • @CampaignerSC
      @CampaignerSC Год назад

      Their plant corpses will make good fertilizer for the giant water lilies. 😎

  • @JonnoPlays
    @JonnoPlays Год назад +1

    Incredible cinematography

  • @JonathanMulderMarston
    @JonathanMulderMarston 2 года назад +20

    Nothing botanical has given me the creeps before. It's like a villain out The Never Ending Story, or The Dark Crystal.

    • @GraveUypo
      @GraveUypo 2 года назад

      there are other things that are even creepier.

    • @garden0fstone736
      @garden0fstone736 2 года назад +1

      @@GraveUypo yeah like that one plant from super Mario!

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 года назад

      You meant not even the carnivorous plants?

  • @THESLASHFIVE1
    @THESLASHFIVE1 2 года назад +8

    I can imagine the plants below be like, “oh no!” In a sad cute tone.

  • @garikm24
    @garikm24 8 месяцев назад +2

    0:54
    DO NOT DO IT!!!

  • @adriansteele7023
    @adriansteele7023 Год назад +9

    Everywhere I look...things remind me of her

  • @Rodrigo-bv7uv
    @Rodrigo-bv7uv 2 года назад +8

    It's impressive the rate of speed at which it grows!

  • @donvee1419
    @donvee1419 Месяц назад +1

    0:56 Everyone saw that right?! I'm not trippin. Damn, the internet has broken me.

  • @TommyRayzer
    @TommyRayzer 2 года назад +9

    This is the stuff of nightmares.

  • @marquettahaywood9227
    @marquettahaywood9227 2 года назад +27

    How terrifying nature can be, but also how beautiful it can be.

  • @aidanhays2866
    @aidanhays2866 9 месяцев назад +1

    These pads are monstrous! There's GOTTA be some bug that's capable of eating them...

  • @StealthFB22
    @StealthFB22 2 года назад +8

    I'll never look at a water Lilly the same again!

  • @idontexist1966
    @idontexist1966 Год назад +6

    The camera and sound design team both did such an amazing job

  • @King_platano420
    @King_platano420 4 месяца назад +1

    That's truly fascinating. I'm starting to believe everything. Everything has a mind of its own trees , plants, and water . Imagine coming back to this world as a fruit that will suck .

  • @Appalling68
    @Appalling68 2 года назад +8

    1:05 Hmmm. This reminds me of something...human. ;-)

  • @SB-zq5kv
    @SB-zq5kv Год назад +11

    Never knew even a plant could be so terrifying like a monster 😲

  • @HongFeiBai
    @HongFeiBai 10 месяцев назад +2

    Lotad is evolving.

  • @bearandson7621
    @bearandson7621 2 года назад +36

    This plant has human characteristics.

    • @fuk
      @fuk 2 года назад

      because we all came from a common ancestor

    • @chosenone8964
      @chosenone8964 2 года назад

      It’s essentially a crown of thorns starfish in plant form

  • @tyguy8163
    @tyguy8163 2 года назад +12

    0:57 I should call her

  • @chrislee1096
    @chrislee1096 4 месяца назад +1

    Didn’t think such a beautiful flower could smell so horrible

  • @Alles_Ratten
    @Alles_Ratten 2 года назад +7

    wow, where was that last shot? I have seen one of these in a greenhouse here in Bonn - Germany, it was impressive and a little creepy. This video just cemented that :D

  • @norikamiu3734
    @norikamiu3734 2 года назад +8

    Wow I never thought of waterlily in this way… quite scary

  • @MetaGalacticSpace
    @MetaGalacticSpace Год назад +1

    I miss her so much.

  • @barkyharrington
    @barkyharrington 2 года назад +4

    2:55 Next mass extinction caused by water lillies.

  • @bobjacobson858
    @bobjacobson858 2 года назад +18

    This plant is of the species Victoria amazonica--I wish this had been mentioned in this otherwise excellent video.

    • @silvasilvasilva
      @silvasilvasilva 2 года назад +2

      I was indeed wondering if it was a Victoria amazonica.

  • @CutchuSlow
    @CutchuSlow Год назад +1

    Do I need a tv licence to watch this on RUclips? I don't have a tv licence and never will I ever get one.

  • @sanfernvalley619
    @sanfernvalley619 2 года назад +5

    You could say that Lily steals the spotlight!

  • @harveypenson2034
    @harveypenson2034 2 года назад +8

    When Costa opens another branch

  • @catmansma
    @catmansma Год назад +5

    This is so amazing. This planet continues to create itself. Once all was in it's place, everything on it does it's job. It is not evolving into something else, it continues to create life. This is so fascinating! Thank you very much to the camera crew. Without them I would have never seen this, and millions of others too. I follow photographers on youtube and instagram, as they can sit patiently and take photos and videos that at slow motion or still shot, the most remarkable things can be seen. Just loved this!! Thanks to all who put this together.

  • @pmangolfin92
    @pmangolfin92 2 года назад +4

    lil spider boi at 2:45

  • @HappyGuyPassingBy
    @HappyGuyPassingBy 2 года назад +7

    I was expecting a portal to open as the leaf unfolded , a portal or a face ... I don't know why