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Why Elephants Eat the Baobab Tree

The elephant has a special relationship with the baobab, eating its fruit and spreading its seeds. The elephant also uses this tree as a key water source during migration, using it's water-rich inner wood to quench their thirst on long migrations. This damages the baobab, but it normally regenerates. Global warming has disrupted this cycle.
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Tropical Worlds - S1 E1

Sir David Attenborough takes a plant's-eye view of life in a rainforest, a world of stunning beauty but also fierce competition.

  • Sunday April 5, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET2
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Water Worlds - S1 E2

Sir David Attenborough discovers bizarre and beautiful water plants, which use nature's super-glue, counting, and killer spikes to get a leaf up. Some escape from animals by rolling away while others create bubbles in a magical river in Brazil.

  • Sunday April 12, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET2
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Seasonal Worlds - S1 E3

Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising and dramatic effects of the four seasons on plant life. To survive the challenges each season presents, plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering.

  • Sunday April 19, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET2
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