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Never thought a time lapse of a water lily could be so terrifying
Agreed.
you are scared? SMH
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@@jaylockwood5030 I hope that's a joke and you're not genuinely disabled mentally
sound* so terrifying
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
😂😂....not bad 🤣🤣
They do the same thing with news, so not that surprising.
Best horror film I’ve seen all year!!
Nature is a real life horror film.
Ah yes of course, the most terrifying thing ever, *David Attenborough*
They're the most vicious when Crash Bandicoot tries to jump across them.
WAOH!
Ooga Booga
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.
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!
it's not a simple lily pad. it's a GIANT water lily.
It doesnt look like a monster from another world tho..... it looks like nature on our planet
At 2 metres across (6 1/2 feet) and covered in spines, it's no simple lilly pad.
And surviving.
At first, I was disappointed because they turned out to not be carnivorous like pitcher plants. Then, I saw how terrifying they still were.
Plant's all like "nah, I'm not gonna eat ya, I'll just obliterate you by merely existing in proximity to you".
@@Loonistrator
That will peach !
I was hoping they'd eat some frogs or something... meh
@@Loonistrator i think we've all known people like that
Same
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.
Should be top comment.
Could not of said it better 👍👍
Yet plants also live in symbiotic relationships. Takes all kinds.? Lol
Larger beings living on larger time scales in the universe would also appear as inanimate objects to us. On the largest of scales under this same principal it is quite possible the entire universe is a living being; God if you will.
Your a f'ing inanimate object..... if you know, you know 😜
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.
my thoughts exactly
"This just in. A man visiting his local botanical garden was arrested as he was caught ripping off the leaves of water lillies..."
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Hahahaha this comment
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
Only Sir David Attenborough can make an "innocent" plant look so terrifying.
true
aint nothing innocent about that behaviour. Almost looks like the plant has a brain
Idk how innocent it is… thumbnail alone looks like an alien vulva lol
😅😅
I thought so too until I realized what we do whenever we have salad.
“Even plants commit atrocities” - Me
Damn, it’s brutal being a plant out here
It's a plant eat plant world..
True they gotta watch out for vegans
Laurel Scott .Life is violent. All of us we are just fighting to survive.
yeahh water Lilys more like Water Bullies
@@atrocious_pr0xy 🤣
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.
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.
@@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
@@jvon3885 I put some punctuation in there lol
@@jvon3885 it's fine to me ..
@@SweetLilWren much better.
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。
It’s amazing how these documentaries make simple plants and animals even small ones look like something out of a horror movie
Damn nature you scary 😂
@@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
@@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.
This is how I imagine Cardi Be’s lady parts look.
Check out lampreys- terrifying parasites
Wow. To turn a pond of water lilies into a vicious and almost alien army is pure brilliance. Amazing job
This is the most dramatic plant I've ever seen!
Props to the mini camera man for going inside of the lily and getting up close footage of it
Hopefully his widow and children will live happy lives with the money from this footage.
@@Milamberinx lol hahah...gold
It was all in a studio for real
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.
@@ToudaHell r/whoosh
The giant water lily is literally stabbing their neighbors, depriving them of sunlight and choking the life out of them. It’s horrifying.
Yeah. Thankfully beavers eat them. Guess they're good for food if you can eat them so fast.
@@azuroslazuli6948 Beavers don’t live in South America???
Sounds kinda like humans, doesn’t it?
Sounds like a Karen
@@MalaysianfishesYT They do, they just walk on two legs there.
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
Those closeup shots of plants behind crushed and skewered coupled with the dramatic music made this plant more terrifying than it already is.😱😱
I'm not sure the music was entirely necessary, but for once I'm not complainin' 😁
This is fascinating, I never knew they had thorns underneath
This is a different type of lily pad from the usual kind
Those are over 6 feet wide, and they're native to Bolivia its not likely that you've ever seen one
@@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 😮
Beauty often hides ugliness.
But these can't be functioning ecosystems anymore, right? Are they destroying their own habitats?
"The battle is over and Victory is total" wow what a great line.
I loved the dialogues. Got goosebumps. " the battle is over , and victory is total".
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.
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).
@@mojo7495Preach it brother
@@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.
Now you can witness a he/she using a dilation tool to keep it’s bonus hole from closing up.
@@mojo7495definetly sure its just nature
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.
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.
@@olly123451
All organisms, viruses, and aliens are blight for the universe
Machines (robots and computers are machines) for the winner
@@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.
The other plants all die from lack of sunlight.
@@olly123451 Such silliness.
Wow. The camera work on this is stunning! 😲 the water lily is fascinating of course, but oh my goodness!
Now we need to rename it the “water bully” instead.
@keir farnum Something else would just take it's place.
In india, they clear Lilly pads from ponds claiming they killing everything from fish to plants inside...Now I understand how !!
If Anglo-Saxon's where plants.
@@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.
@@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 🤭🤫...
@@greyfoxblade racist 🙄🥱
@@arminius504 Go easy on him. He just entered college and is learning to hate white people (including himself).
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
nah dont worry, AI got you, theyll just generate his voice
@@andersomcarlsen4131no. you can’t replace the real thing with an AI.
Wow, never knew watching a plant documentary would be more terrifying than most horror movies ive watched
"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.
Lol
Also called a "Putin Lily" ...
Turf
🤣🤣🤣
Nato lily
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.
.... Unless you try using the buds for a back scratcher🤗.
I was expecting to see a frog land on one and then seeing it snap shut like a Venus fly trap 😂
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.
BBC: It's just a documentary about lily pads, don't go hard on it
The documentary group:
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!!
Wow, it is actually clearing space for itself.
That was just amazing, wasn't it?!
You gotta make yourself big
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
It reminded me of a specific body part when it unfurled.
@@theTruthSeekerishere lmao
There’s a whole book about engineering taking inspiration from nature - biomimicry! Fascinating stuff
@@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! 😊
Best thing is it design itself, no intelligence behind it at all. Right?
It looks and behaves more like an animal than a plant
behaves like a plant, but speeding it up makes the behaviors more familiar to us.
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.
In the future, they might evolve into intelligent plant/animal hybrids
@@le_dr3677 no, they can't. The fact that something is a plant or an animal depends solely on their evolutionary classification.
@@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.
the fact that a plant knows to clear space for itself and shit is wild to me.
Amazing production, really well put together. The sound the images the voice over, everything was perfect.
Three and a half minutes of a water Lilly growing was more intense, satsufying and interesting than any 100 million dollar movie
Stellar cinematography!
This presentation of water lily deserves an Oscar
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.
Thingies 🤣 I think thorns is the word you're looking for.
Fantastic filming. I loved the segment at the end of each of the episodes showing how it was filmed.
NASA can show incredible photos from outer space, but nature will never, ever fail to amaze me.
Whoever's on sound is going a good job, making even water have such a tactile sound
Tacked on purely for effect. Nothing to do with what's actually going on.
@@mickoz9389 yea everybody noticed that and that’s the humour
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.
@@Max.Paprika Mad props to them! Honestly made me so much more invested into the storyline
It turned me on..
Unbelievable ... who would have ever thought. Wow!
I remember watching this episode as a child. Sir David's documentaries, asides from cartoons, were my favourite to watch
The way they filmed this it's like a horror movie. Alien.
Pretty sure that was the point 😅
They even film something so beautiful into a horrific experience! Great editing!
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. ❤
1:40 you can hear the quiver of anger in his voice over the injustice.
2:16 omg the lily punctures the little plant and it starts CRYING
This was absolutely beautiful, what a wonderful life the earth is, there are hidden gems all over. Thanks for sharing
@@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
A hidden gem? Wow...
@K Y Can't we just agree to disagree
Porque no los dos?
Hardly hidden. Hardly a gem (more like an invasive species like the Japanese knotweed).
2:33 damn, that’s all I need to see just how vicious the Lilly is.
Yep, straight-up _murder!_
Totally! The delicate flower being snuffed out. 😞
This reminds me of my neighbor next door. And she's also vicious.
Never thought I'd feel sad for other plants. =/
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.
0:54 - Do I even need to say it? I don't need to say it, do I? 😂
😏
Perfect training for if Poison Ivy becomes a real human ong 😩😫
was looking for this 😂
1:03 - I should call her...
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!
It’s incredible that it looks just like your mom thingy ❤
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
I was wondering about that? Lol it means the lilies dies and there light again?? The cycle starts over ?
@@SpaceOutlaw_ The lilies do not die but they prevent light from entering the water which kills aquatic plants located below
@@SpaceOutlaw_ I don't think the lilies need oxygen from the water.
2:10 Super cool. Super gorgeous 🪷
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.
well I have bad news for you buddy ..
they have become invasive species in other warm parts of the world. but their size at least makes them an easy target for culling
Too lait they already think their a nice ornamental plant.
They can only grow in very warm climates, which means they can't survive outdoors in temperate zones.
I can imagine the plants below be like, “oh no!” In a sad cute tone.
These pads are monstrous! There's GOTTA be some bug that's capable of eating them...
This is literally the most terrifying time lapse i've ever seen
Lmao !
whoever edited this video did an amazing job! i was on an emotional roller-coaster
Everything reminds me of her!
They should be called “water bullies” instead!
I know, riiigghht?
Even though it sounds like an understatement..
...Uncle Sam is being called the same.
So it makes perfect-sense.
Nature can be so Incredibly Amazing and Scary @ the Same time but David Attenborough Makes it a Mesmerizing Masterpiece! Thank You David ! Your the Best! ❤🙂🏞️
The camera and sound design team both did such an amazing job
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.
delicacy? or did you mean edible?
@@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.
@@easterkoireng2877 that was my bad, sorry and thanks for explaining it
@@ninjahattori7576 wc and thanks for reading it😅
How does it taste?😀
The way this was framed I expected the lily to start talking and say: "I am a monument to all of your sins."
Everywhere I look...things remind me of her
Best comment ever…I am dead…
@Patrick Ryll lol. This guy gets it!
I was angry 😠 for the plants being skewered and the succulents being drowned!
lily: "i missed the part where that's my problem"
Why?
@@tiredbird471 it really ain't. Its nature
Their plant corpses will make good fertilizer for the giant water lilies. 😎
I love how it clears the space by going in circles
It's impressive the rate of speed at which it grows!
Nothing botanical has given me the creeps before. It's like a villain out The Never Ending Story, or The Dark Crystal.
there are other things that are even creepier.
@@GraveUypo yeah like that one plant from super Mario!
You meant not even the carnivorous plants?
It looks like a giant.....ermm... umh... nice weather today!
Amazing video, props to everyone who made this
This is the stuff of nightmares.
They looked so harmless on Disney.
1:05 Hmmm. This reminds me of something...human. ;-)
2:55 Next mass extinction caused by water lillies.
Those are some amazing editing and sound effects 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Imagine in the Jurassic period and seeing one of these lol
I thnk if you were stuck in the jurassic you would have more pressing concerns than non venomous purely photosynthesizing flora.
I'll never look at a water Lilly the same again!
Feels like just finished watching a horror movie, lol 😂
You could say that Lily steals the spotlight!
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nice! 👍
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
All I can think of is "Feed me Seymore".
I can’t imagine what is involved in making this incredible photography. Genius.
Cameras and computers for editing
@@galedribble9535 What's a "camera"? What's "editing"? I guess I have some internet searching to do.
@@thunderfun I’m surprised you know what the internet is 😏
lil spider boi at 2:45
0:54
DO NOT DO IT!!!
imagine swimming through that 3:02
They have spikes on them
Love the fact that this documentary tells a drama (more like a thriller and horror) to a "simple" plant ...
The lillies are a bit like the refugee situation. They're fine at first until they swarm in and kill off any identity the area once had.
This plant is of the species Victoria amazonica--I wish this had been mentioned in this otherwise excellent video.
I was indeed wondering if it was a Victoria amazonica.
I see plant on plant crime is still prevalent.
AH, yes! The competition stops here with the Giant Water Lily being supreme leader of all above-water sanctuaries!