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Episode 09 - Plants. Plants endure a daily struggle for water, nutrients and light. On the forest floor where light is scarce,
time-lapse shots show ivies and creepers climbing into the canopy using sticky pads, hooks or coiled tendrils.
Epiphytes grow directly on the topmost branches of trees. Their bare roots absorb water and trap falling leaves,
which provide nutrients as they decompose. Animals can also be a source of food: the sundew traps mosquitoes with
sticky fluid, and venus flytraps close their clamshell leaves on unwitting insects.
(from wikipedia.org)
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