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    WATER WORLDS

    Feb 10, 2022 4 minutes

    What’s this episode’s theme?

    How plants survive in one of the most challenging locations on Earth: in and under water. If you’re on land, you’re rooted to the spot and your environment doesn’t change. If you live in, say, a mountain stream with a torrent of water cascading past, that presents a huge strain. So, we look at how plants feed and carve out niches in different watery worlds.

    What particularly impressive plant behaviour do you show?

    We’re all familiar with the Venus flytrap, but it’s a far more sophisticated plant than we realise. People think you simply flick the trigger hairs and the plant clamps shut. Not so. We take Sir David to Kew Gardens, where he shows

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