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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:46,881 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: The aim of the Green Planet team 2 00:00:47,006 --> 00:00:50,342 was to take the viewer into the world of plants 3 00:00:50,468 --> 00:00:52,803 so that it could be seen from the plants' perspective, 4 00:00:52,928 --> 00:00:56,182 in a way that had not been possible till now. 5 00:00:57,767 --> 00:01:02,229 That meant developing an entirely new camera system. 6 00:01:12,114 --> 00:01:14,408 And it started life in the garage 7 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:18,788 of American ex-military engineer Chris Field. 8 00:01:18,913 --> 00:01:20,414 I'd seen quite a few of these 9 00:01:20,539 --> 00:01:22,625 Planet Earth style documentaries. 10 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:24,335 They always absolutely blew my mind, 11 00:01:24,460 --> 00:01:26,587 especially the botanic timelapse really spoke to me. 12 00:01:26,712 --> 00:01:28,464 (WHIRRING) 13 00:01:28,589 --> 00:01:31,467 In his spare time, Chris spent a decade 14 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:33,803 building elaborate motion-controlled 15 00:01:33,928 --> 00:01:36,138 timelapse camera rigs 16 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:38,974 and teaching himself how to film plants. 17 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:42,061 Plants often behave like animals 18 00:01:42,186 --> 00:01:43,521 in so many ways, 19 00:01:43,646 --> 00:01:45,773 and being able to see it through timelapse is one thing, 20 00:01:45,898 --> 00:01:49,235 but using the motion-control brings you into that timescale. 21 00:01:52,863 --> 00:01:54,740 It was a chance internet encounter 22 00:01:54,865 --> 00:01:56,742 with a Green Planet producer 23 00:01:56,867 --> 00:02:00,037 that first brought Chris to the attention of the team. 24 00:02:02,581 --> 00:02:04,333 Apparently, he stumbled on my website 25 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,919 and he saw this robot that I'd built in my basement. 26 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:09,046 He was really interested in how it worked 27 00:02:09,171 --> 00:02:10,548 and what I was doing with it 28 00:02:10,673 --> 00:02:12,883 because itjust looked a little bit more advanced 29 00:02:13,008 --> 00:02:14,718 than what a lot of other people were playing with. 30 00:02:15,886 --> 00:02:19,473 I was absolutely blown away by the level of detail 31 00:02:19,598 --> 00:02:21,600 and the kind of intricate movements that Chris was doing, 32 00:02:21,725 --> 00:02:24,061 and we could really see the potential 33 00:02:24,186 --> 00:02:26,147 in how we could use this sort of movement 34 00:02:26,272 --> 00:02:27,857 to bring plants alive 35 00:02:27,982 --> 00:02:31,443 and film them in the same way that we film animals. 36 00:02:31,569 --> 00:02:32,528 You're good, buddy. 37 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:34,405 Soon, Chris joins the team 38 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:37,908 in a quiet corner of the British countryside, 39 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:41,245 and the robot army begins to take shape. 40 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:43,080 (WHIRRING) 41 00:02:46,625 --> 00:02:49,128 After 40 years of filming timelapse, 42 00:02:49,253 --> 00:02:50,796 we realised these have got 43 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:53,883 so much more going for them than we've ever had before. 44 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:56,343 Once you know the plant, you can say, "Oh, yeah, 45 00:02:56,468 --> 00:02:57,511 "it's going to head that way," 46 00:02:57,636 --> 00:03:00,514 and you can set the rig to move in advance, 47 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,433 so you're keeping with it 48 00:03:02,558 --> 00:03:05,060 and you're keeping the action in the right bit of the frame. 49 00:03:08,647 --> 00:03:12,568 It'll be going up and rotating and zooming in 50 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:14,695 and tracking away, backwards and forwards - 51 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:16,947 all those sort of things, all going on at the same time. 52 00:03:18,157 --> 00:03:20,659 So it'll be like hovering around something 53 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:23,787 with a drone or a helicopter, but in a timelapse speed. 54 00:03:23,913 --> 00:03:25,664 So far, so good. 55 00:03:25,789 --> 00:03:28,542 But the team now need to find a way 56 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:31,170 to make the robots portable. 57 00:03:31,295 --> 00:03:32,254 The holy grail for us 58 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:34,215 is being able to take this technology 59 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:35,674 out into the wild, 60 00:03:35,799 --> 00:03:38,052 try and get the same sorts of dynamic moves 61 00:03:38,177 --> 00:03:40,804 in some of the most extreme environments in the world. 62 00:03:43,432 --> 00:03:45,017 So what we needed to do 63 00:03:45,142 --> 00:03:47,394 was to develop this technology even further. 64 00:03:48,938 --> 00:03:50,522 Six months later, 65 00:03:50,648 --> 00:03:53,901 a new robotic camera system is born 66 00:03:54,026 --> 00:03:55,986 that the team affectionately call 67 00:03:56,111 --> 00:03:57,655 the Triffid. 68 00:04:01,116 --> 00:04:03,911 Now it's time to put this new member of the team 69 00:04:04,036 --> 00:04:05,412 properly through its paces. 70 00:04:05,537 --> 00:04:07,957 - (WHIRRING) - The aim here 71 00:04:08,082 --> 00:04:09,750 is for Oli to find a target, 72 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,460 aim for it and fly through it, 73 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:14,922 as if he is a tiny fly going through a hole in a leaf. 74 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:17,591 Easier said than done. 75 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,677 - Oops! - I'm trying to find a target. 76 00:04:21,887 --> 00:04:24,306 Obviously, when you're filming wildlife, 77 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:27,768 we go to really extreme locations, really remote, 78 00:04:27,893 --> 00:04:30,646 and there's a lot of challenges when you're in the field. 79 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:35,609 So, whether the kit's going to stand up to that sort of use 80 00:04:35,734 --> 00:04:38,779 and the abuse that we throw at most pieces of kit 81 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:40,114 has yet to be seen. 82 00:04:40,239 --> 00:04:43,242 In the studio, it seems to be working pretty well. 83 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:47,204 But this is only a dress rehearsal. 84 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:50,165 It's time for the Triffid to face the challenges 85 00:04:50,291 --> 00:04:52,501 of the Costa Rican rainforest 86 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:54,920 and leafcutter ants. 87 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:09,893 We want to film their journey all the way 88 00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:12,938 down the trunk and along this buttress root 89 00:05:13,063 --> 00:05:14,440 and down to their nest. 90 00:05:16,233 --> 00:05:18,944 The team and the Triffid need several days 91 00:05:19,069 --> 00:05:20,237 of dry weather, 92 00:05:20,362 --> 00:05:23,449 but a storm can hit at any moment... 93 00:05:23,574 --> 00:05:24,533 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 94 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:28,037 ...and rain is one thing the Triffid does not like. 95 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,248 The conditions that we're working in now 96 00:05:31,373 --> 00:05:33,625 are a little bit more challenging than the studio. 97 00:05:34,710 --> 00:05:36,503 It's not just the weather 98 00:05:36,628 --> 00:05:38,005 the team have to keep an eye on. 99 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:43,344 The unfortunate thing of having big human feet 100 00:05:43,469 --> 00:05:47,598 is that we keep kicking leaves onto the path by mistake, 101 00:05:47,723 --> 00:05:49,767 so I'm just giving them a little helping hand. 102 00:05:49,892 --> 00:05:51,560 Ow! 103 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:54,521 That's better. 104 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:58,400 All the ground is really bumpy. 105 00:05:58,525 --> 00:06:00,611 We've got loads of plants in the way. 106 00:06:00,736 --> 00:06:02,863 I know we're making a series about plants, 107 00:06:02,988 --> 00:06:04,782 but sometimes they're a complete pain in the neck. 108 00:06:10,496 --> 00:06:13,874 The Triffid needs to be programmed 109 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:17,294 to capture images from 7,000 different camera positions 110 00:06:17,419 --> 00:06:19,588 on the ants' trail. 111 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:23,801 We just need to put a marker there 112 00:06:23,926 --> 00:06:25,260 - that I can pivot around. - Yeah. 113 00:06:25,386 --> 00:06:29,056 Every single step must be meticulously planned. 114 00:06:29,181 --> 00:06:33,852 We've been programming the move on the computer this morning, 115 00:06:33,977 --> 00:06:36,355 and now we're just running a test shot 116 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,773 to see how it looks. 117 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:43,362 Just one drop of rain on the lens, or a wobble, 118 00:06:43,487 --> 00:06:46,073 and the whole process will have to start again. 119 00:06:47,783 --> 00:06:49,159 And I think this is one 120 00:06:49,284 --> 00:06:51,453 we're going to find out if our ambition 121 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:54,206 outweighs our ability. 122 00:06:57,543 --> 00:07:00,587 For the crew, the ambition is certainly high. 123 00:07:00,712 --> 00:07:02,881 (RUSTLING) 124 00:07:03,006 --> 00:07:07,511 Fortunately, it's all down to the Triffid now. 125 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:19,606 We've been filming the ants with the Triffid 126 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:21,358 for eight days now, 127 00:07:21,483 --> 00:07:25,237 and we're on our third set-up. It's pretty slow going. 128 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:29,575 While the Triffid seems to be handling the pressure well, 129 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:34,413 for the crew, trying to take a tree's eye view of ants 130 00:07:34,538 --> 00:07:36,582 is turning into a bit of a nightmare. 131 00:07:38,709 --> 00:07:43,046 Wake up, film ants, go to sleep, dream of ants. 132 00:07:43,172 --> 00:07:45,966 Wake up, film ants, sleep, dream of ants. 133 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:47,634 Wake up, film ants, 134 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,137 go to sleep, dream of ants. 135 00:07:53,390 --> 00:07:54,725 After two weeks in the jungle, 136 00:07:54,850 --> 00:07:58,896 ambition and ability finally come together... 137 00:07:59,021 --> 00:08:01,064 ...for the Triffid at least. 138 00:08:02,566 --> 00:08:04,943 Thousands of individual images 139 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,821 creating a single extraordinary timelapse. .. 140 00:08:10,032 --> 00:08:12,910 ...one that follows a river of leaves 141 00:08:13,035 --> 00:08:16,580 across the jungle floor from a unique perspective. 142 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:22,419 For the Triffid, this was just the beginning. 143 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:29,843 - Take a bow, Triffid. - (WHIRRING) 144 00:08:38,810 --> 00:08:41,688 The most remote shoot for the Deserts team 145 00:08:41,813 --> 00:08:45,067 is to the island of San Pedro Mértir, 146 00:08:45,192 --> 00:08:47,152 in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. 147 00:08:50,364 --> 00:08:53,325 They are to film the giant cacti 148 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:56,203 that have found a unique way to thrive here. 149 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:03,085 It takes 48 hours to travel the 260 miles... 150 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:07,422 ...over unpleasant/y choppy seas. 151 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:16,139 It's not made some of us feel very well. 152 00:09:16,265 --> 00:09:18,308 I think one of us is quite seasick. 153 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:23,272 There is nothing but big blue out there, 154 00:09:23,397 --> 00:09:25,774 and the island is somewhere in that direction. 155 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,192 Can't see it yet. 156 00:09:29,653 --> 00:09:31,863 As they draw close to the island, 157 00:09:31,989 --> 00:09:34,199 there's a spectacular reminder 158 00:09:34,324 --> 00:09:36,451 of how rich life in the sea is here. 159 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:39,705 Oh, look in front of us, look at that for a pod! 160 00:09:41,873 --> 00:09:44,668 Oh, they're everywhere. 161 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:51,341 Show us the way! 162 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:53,802 (LAUGHS) 163 00:09:58,181 --> 00:10:03,020 Meeting them here is desert scientist Ben Wilder. 164 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:07,107 It's through his research that the team first heard 165 00:10:07,232 --> 00:10:10,444 about the island's peculiar residents. 166 00:10:10,569 --> 00:10:14,072 I'll never forget the first time I came 167 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:16,366 to actually exactly where we're standing right now. 168 00:10:16,491 --> 00:10:20,746 It was April of 2006, and saw this view, 169 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:26,835 and it both settled in my heart and captivated my mind. 170 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:33,091 And so that started a process of trying to understand, 171 00:10:33,216 --> 00:10:35,927 you know, what can produce this? 172 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:39,723 The secret is in the relationship 173 00:10:39,848 --> 00:10:41,975 between the cactus 174 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:46,855 and a type of seabird called a booby. 175 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:49,816 All the boobies that we need to film 176 00:10:49,941 --> 00:10:51,568 are right up there, at the top of the island, 177 00:10:51,693 --> 00:10:54,738 so it's going to be a bit of a scramble. 178 00:10:56,907 --> 00:10:58,450 The crew soon discover 179 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:01,078 how harsh the conditions are here. 180 00:11:01,203 --> 00:11:04,748 I'm pretty tired. It's pretty hot. 181 00:11:04,873 --> 00:11:05,874 But it's a great view. 182 00:11:13,465 --> 00:11:15,133 There's very few places on Earth 183 00:11:15,258 --> 00:11:16,802 where you're going to see this many cactus. 184 00:11:16,927 --> 00:11:19,763 I mean, it's absolutely amazing. 185 00:11:19,888 --> 00:11:21,014 I would say this is the only place 186 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:22,349 you're going to see this. 187 00:11:22,474 --> 00:11:23,809 Well, there you go, then. 188 00:11:25,936 --> 00:11:29,523 Ben's research is uncovering the ingenious ways 189 00:11:29,648 --> 00:11:33,610 the cacti have adapted to the conditions here. 190 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:36,947 The waters just offshore here are some of the most productive 191 00:11:37,072 --> 00:11:39,282 marine waters in the world, 192 00:11:39,408 --> 00:11:41,201 and so it's kind of an ideal habitat 193 00:11:41,326 --> 00:11:42,536 for seabirds to roost. 194 00:11:42,661 --> 00:11:46,415 But when they do so, they deposit tonnes of guano, 195 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:48,625 and so those nutrients, 196 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:51,336 really high in nitrogen and phosphorus, 197 00:11:51,461 --> 00:11:54,339 actually are toxic to most plant species. 198 00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:56,591 The cardones thrive 199 00:11:56,717 --> 00:11:59,928 because they're uniquely able to process the guano 200 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:02,973 and extract what they need to fuel their growth. 201 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,353 One of the first shots the crew need to get 202 00:12:08,478 --> 00:12:12,065 is of the boobies nesting under the cacti. 203 00:12:12,190 --> 00:12:14,526 The lack of predators 204 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:16,778 means the birds aren't afraid of people. 205 00:12:17,863 --> 00:12:20,782 It should make filming them up close a bit easier. 206 00:12:20,907 --> 00:12:23,201 That's the theory. 207 00:12:23,326 --> 00:12:24,661 OLI: So we've positioned this camera here 208 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:25,912 to try and get a good perspective 209 00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:28,123 on the chick on the nest. 210 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:30,542 It's taken quite a liking to our camera. 211 00:12:31,585 --> 00:12:33,670 Just hope he doesn't break it. 212 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:41,178 Bull's-eye. 213 00:12:41,303 --> 00:12:43,180 It's pooed right on the front of the lens. 214 00:12:43,305 --> 00:12:46,475 It's kind of a shot we need, but unfortunately, 215 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,477 my camera wasn't rolling at the time it did it, 216 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:50,687 so now I've just got a dirty lens. 217 00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:56,526 After a thorough lens clean, 218 00:12:56,651 --> 00:12:58,361 Oli eventually gets the shot 219 00:12:58,487 --> 00:13:00,697 to reveal the extraordinary relationship 220 00:13:00,822 --> 00:13:02,741 between bird and plant. 221 00:13:07,204 --> 00:13:09,831 But it's not just the bird guano that influence 222 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:11,374 how the cardones grow. 223 00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:16,171 They're way shorter, they're dwarfed here. 224 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,714 Throughout the rest of their range, 225 00:13:17,839 --> 00:13:20,091 they usually get upwards of 50, 6O feet. 226 00:13:20,217 --> 00:13:24,763 But here, on average, they're 20, 24 feet in height. 227 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:28,517 They stop growing up and they grow out. 228 00:13:30,602 --> 00:13:34,147 Ben's research suggests that they go wide here 229 00:13:34,272 --> 00:13:37,526 as an adaptation to the violent winds. 230 00:13:37,651 --> 00:13:39,194 Too tall, and they'd blow over. 231 00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:44,699 A gusting wind isn't helping the drone crew, either. 232 00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:46,493 We really need it to calm down a bit, 233 00:13:46,618 --> 00:13:47,911 otherwise it's going to be impossible. 234 00:13:48,036 --> 00:13:49,788 (DRONE WHIRS) 235 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:15,730 BEN: On the Sonoran mainland, 236 00:14:15,856 --> 00:14:18,525 where the cardon is also found, you have on average 237 00:14:18,650 --> 00:14:21,570 between 5O to 150 plants per hectare. 238 00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:23,613 Here, on this island, 239 00:14:23,738 --> 00:14:27,617 you have over 2,500 plants per hectare. 240 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:29,578 A lull in the wind, 241 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:31,121 and the team get a chance to reveal 242 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:34,666 the remarkably density of the cacti - 243 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:39,045 almost 20 times greater than anywhere else. 244 00:14:39,170 --> 00:14:43,133 It appears that, here, they're doing very well. 245 00:14:43,258 --> 00:14:45,635 But even this island 246 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,181 isn't isolated from the effects of a changing planet. 247 00:14:50,307 --> 00:14:52,851 Every cactus you see there, 248 00:14:52,976 --> 00:14:55,770 its body is filled with nutrients from the sea. 249 00:14:56,938 --> 00:14:59,357 Given that we know that the cardons 250 00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:02,986 are linked to the ocean, what happens in the oceans 251 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:05,363 affects what happens to the cardon. 252 00:15:05,488 --> 00:15:06,823 So a concern we have right now 253 00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:08,783 is that there's a lot of overfishing, 254 00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:11,745 and we know there are less seabirds here 255 00:15:11,870 --> 00:15:13,747 than there were 2O years ago, 256 00:15:13,872 --> 00:15:15,957 and we have reason to believe 257 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:18,501 that that will ripple and affect 258 00:15:18,627 --> 00:15:20,879 the nutrients that fuel the cardons as well. 259 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:26,885 This finely balanced relationship is at risk... 260 00:15:27,969 --> 00:15:29,888 ...and knowing that makes leaving the island 261 00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:32,682 particularly thought-provoking for the crew. 262 00:15:34,893 --> 00:15:37,270 The cardons look beautiful. 263 00:15:37,395 --> 00:15:38,980 I've never seen so many cactus in my life. 264 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:40,899 It's absolutely amazing. 265 00:15:41,024 --> 00:15:43,276 I'm just hoping that, when we leave this place, 266 00:15:43,401 --> 00:15:44,819 it stays as it is, 267 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:47,280 and things don't affect it that are negative. 268 00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:50,492 It's an absolutely wonderful thing, and... 269 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:53,495 Yeah, and I don't want to go. I want to stay. So... 270 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:57,958 This remote cactus forest is a reminder 271 00:15:58,083 --> 00:16:01,336 of the adaptability of plants, that enables them 272 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:06,591 to establish green worlds almost anywhere on Earth. 273 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:22,899 This vast wetland is the Pantanal. 274 00:16:23,024 --> 00:16:25,110 The Water World's team 275 00:16:25,235 --> 00:16:27,696 are heading to a plant battlefield... 276 00:16:29,239 --> 00:16:32,450 ...the home of Brazil's giant water/fly. 277 00:16:35,370 --> 00:16:37,580 This is like seeing the end of a war - 278 00:16:37,706 --> 00:16:39,916 there are leaves grown on top of each other, 279 00:16:40,041 --> 00:16:41,793 flowers going through leaves... 280 00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:43,628 It's unbelievable. 281 00:16:46,214 --> 00:16:49,134 To capture this story in all its detail 282 00:16:49,259 --> 00:16:51,136 would take over a year 283 00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:54,180 and require a unique Green Planet approach, 284 00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:55,765 both filming here 285 00:16:55,890 --> 00:16:58,643 and in a parallel mini Pantanal... 286 00:16:59,686 --> 00:17:01,438 ...in deepest, darkest... 287 00:17:01,563 --> 00:17:03,023 ...Devon. 288 00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:08,236 This is the unique world 289 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:11,698 of specialist timelapse cameraman Tim Shepherd. 290 00:17:14,826 --> 00:17:16,661 Tim has the reputation 291 00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:20,957 of being able to think like a plant. 292 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:22,917 It's absolutely crucial 293 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:24,919 that you get the plant really happy. 294 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:28,423 And to make the giant lily feel totally at home, 295 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:32,427 Tim must build a little piece of Brazilian wetland. 296 00:17:34,846 --> 00:17:38,600 First, a 10, OOO-Iitre tank. 297 00:17:41,102 --> 00:17:42,479 Hundreds of bricks, 298 00:17:42,604 --> 00:17:45,440 almost a thousand kilos of soil 299 00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:48,068 and countless cups of tea later, 300 00:17:48,193 --> 00:17:50,070 the foundations are complete. 301 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:53,656 So far, so good. 302 00:17:53,782 --> 00:17:56,785 Now time to prepare 303 00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:59,162 for the new Green Planet camera system. 304 00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:00,205 That way. 305 00:18:00,330 --> 00:18:03,792 We're trying to assemble the main gantry framework 306 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:06,294 so that we can mount the moving rig on top of it. 307 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:09,339 So it's a bit of a fiddle to get all the screws 308 00:18:09,464 --> 00:18:11,382 in all the right place, basically. 309 00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:15,428 After a few weeks, 310 00:18:15,553 --> 00:18:17,347 the building works are complete. 311 00:18:19,057 --> 00:18:20,809 The flood can now begin. 312 00:18:28,316 --> 00:18:31,069 Tim needs to be sure everything in the room 313 00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:33,696 is heated to tropical temperatures... 314 00:18:33,822 --> 00:18:35,532 Ah! 315 00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:41,371 ...before the star of the scene can move in... 316 00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:48,419 ...carefully grown at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, 317 00:18:48,545 --> 00:18:50,338 especially for us. 318 00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:58,513 Everything depends on this one plant. 319 00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:01,349 There will be no time for a second attempt. 320 00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:05,770 And even more important for Tim, 321 00:19:05,895 --> 00:19:08,773 to keep his guest happy and healthy. 322 00:19:09,858 --> 00:19:12,777 This big monster needs a lot of feeding. 323 00:19:12,902 --> 00:19:15,363 We've found we need about five sandbags 324 00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:18,616 full of compost every two or three weeks. 325 00:19:18,741 --> 00:19:21,161 So we just sort of lower them in 326 00:19:21,286 --> 00:19:22,996 and stick them down by the roots. 327 00:19:23,121 --> 00:19:24,497 Whoa! There we go. 328 00:19:24,622 --> 00:19:27,584 Whilst the Devon giant settles in... 329 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:30,545 ...the Pantanal crew 330 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:34,048 are continuing to get their shots. 331 00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:37,302 Time to see some giant waterlilies underwater, 332 00:19:37,427 --> 00:19:40,471 and I hope there's no anaconda. 333 00:19:46,477 --> 00:19:48,271 Oof! 334 00:19:48,396 --> 00:19:50,899 Mission accomplished. 335 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:56,321 The pressure is now on Tim. 336 00:19:58,990 --> 00:20:00,992 After months of pampering, 337 00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:03,953 the giant lily is ready for action. 338 00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:09,667 First thing to film is a leaf spike rising up 339 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:11,211 from the depths. 340 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:16,716 Luckily, there are no anacondas here. 341 00:20:19,219 --> 00:20:22,639 This special camera weighs over 40kg. 342 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:24,807 It's suddenly become less heavy, which is good. 343 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:28,937 The new rig means Tim will be able to follow 344 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:31,648 the emerging plant in any direction. 345 00:20:32,774 --> 00:20:34,943 (WHIRRING) 346 00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:40,698 - Whoa! Fancy! - (LAUGHS) 347 00:20:40,823 --> 00:20:42,951 The technology is working well, 348 00:20:43,076 --> 00:20:47,080 but nature is starting to derail Tim's plans. 349 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:50,750 Getting really tangled up with all these weeds! 350 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,711 What happens is, we've got a bit 351 00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:56,381 of an ecosystem developing here. 352 00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:59,884 Before you know it, you get masses and masses 353 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:01,719 of algae growing in amongst it all. 354 00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:03,513 Eugh! 355 00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:05,765 Gah! 356 00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:09,310 I think I've just released some anaerobic gases there. 357 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:11,688 No, not me, the... 358 00:21:11,813 --> 00:21:13,314 ...the algae. 359 00:21:14,983 --> 00:21:19,028 State-of-the-an' tools help keep the algae at bay. 360 00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:23,908 Eugh! 361 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:34,377 Just in time for Tim to film liftoff. 362 00:21:46,514 --> 00:21:48,266 Well, that's quite nice, coming out of the water. 363 00:21:48,391 --> 00:21:49,726 Look at that! 364 00:21:49,851 --> 00:21:51,352 Tim's focus can now shift 365 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:55,189 to the battle that's starting to take place on the surface. 366 00:21:58,151 --> 00:21:59,402 Well, I'm trying to film 367 00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:01,821 this new bud coming out on this lily leaf. 368 00:22:01,946 --> 00:22:06,367 It'll take about three days to grow from where it is now, 369 00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:09,203 somewhere in this zone, between these two other leaves. 370 00:22:09,329 --> 00:22:11,414 I want that to last about ten seconds. 371 00:22:11,539 --> 00:22:15,001 Ten seconds is about 250 frames. 372 00:22:15,126 --> 00:22:18,338 That works out about one frame every 2O minutes. 373 00:22:19,422 --> 00:22:23,051 But plants don't read scripts. 374 00:22:23,176 --> 00:22:25,762 It's nature - it doesn't always do 375 00:22:25,887 --> 00:22:27,430 what you think it's going to do. 376 00:22:33,561 --> 00:22:35,646 We have had a few false starts, 377 00:22:35,772 --> 00:22:38,483 where the leaf has swung out of shot and gone somewhere else. 378 00:22:45,323 --> 00:22:48,868 Or itjust grows a lot quicker than you thought. 379 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:53,998 It's a challenge to get things right, 380 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,042 but with the combination of Tim's expertise 381 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:58,086 and the new camera system, 382 00:22:58,211 --> 00:23:01,130 results are starting to look good. 383 00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:03,257 I think the difference now with this series 384 00:23:03,383 --> 00:23:06,469 is we can bring the plants much more to life 385 00:23:06,594 --> 00:23:08,012 as characters 386 00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:12,767 and tell their story in a much more dynamic way. 387 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:17,855 It's great to be able to follow them around, 388 00:23:17,980 --> 00:23:22,568 much more in the way you'd film an animal behaving. 389 00:23:28,449 --> 00:23:30,118 These rigs have given us 390 00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:33,871 a whole new realm of possibilities. 391 00:23:33,996 --> 00:23:37,291 After over a year of filming and recording 392 00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:40,294 100, 000 separate images, 393 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:42,880 the secret life of the giant waterlily 394 00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:47,051 and the battle of the Pantanal has been revealed. 395 00:23:59,397 --> 00:24:01,232 During filming The Green Planet, 396 00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:02,733 it wasn't only the plants 397 00:24:02,859 --> 00:24:05,111 that struggled to get their timing right. 398 00:24:05,236 --> 00:24:10,158 The increasing unpredictability of the seasons made it 399 00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:12,493 frustratingly difficult for the crew to be 400 00:24:12,618 --> 00:24:14,954 in the right place at the right time. 401 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:17,457 Whether the height of summer... 402 00:24:17,582 --> 00:24:23,004 We are in the middle of a biblical rainstorm. 403 00:24:23,129 --> 00:24:26,174 ...or a quiet autumnal afternoon... 404 00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:29,093 JONNY: This is crazy! Hurricanes are no joke. 405 00:24:29,218 --> 00:24:31,971 ...they were always kept on their toes. 406 00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:34,640 JONNY: That's really scary! 407 00:24:34,765 --> 00:24:37,185 Ooh! 408 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,812 Sometimes very numb ones. 409 00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:44,817 ROSIE: It's been the most snow they've had for 38 years. 410 00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:47,695 And I think this is now our fifth filming trip 411 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,865 in a row where the seasons haven't done 412 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:53,993 what they're predictably meant to do every year. 413 00:24:55,495 --> 00:24:57,872 And these challenges continue 414 00:24:57,997 --> 00:25:01,751 in attempting to find and film an elusive plant 415 00:25:01,876 --> 00:25:04,337 with a remarkable survival strategy... 416 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,591 ...the fire lily. 417 00:25:17,642 --> 00:25:20,353 Somewhere out there is a tiny, tiny red plant. 418 00:25:21,771 --> 00:25:23,064 In all of that. 419 00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:37,954 Travelling to South Africa at the height of summer... 420 00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:43,167 ...the crew witnessed many extraordinary flowers 421 00:25:43,292 --> 00:25:44,544 bursting into bloom. 422 00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:51,509 But if they are to see a fire lily, they need a fire. 423 00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:57,390 None of the team have filmed wildfire before - 424 00:25:57,515 --> 00:25:59,934 not something to be underestimated. 425 00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:04,188 In most cases with wildfires is that, 426 00:26:04,313 --> 00:26:06,399 when they go wrong, they go wrong radically. 427 00:26:06,524 --> 00:26:07,525 And it's very unforgiving. 428 00:26:07,650 --> 00:26:09,235 If you get caught on the wrong side of a fire 429 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,571 because you want to get that special shot, 430 00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:13,489 there's a possibility you can get killed, 431 00:26:13,614 --> 00:26:15,032 that's really what it comes down to. 432 00:26:15,157 --> 00:26:18,703 And after some understandably studious note-taking. .. 433 00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:23,374 ...it's time to put their training to the test. 434 00:26:23,499 --> 00:26:25,251 (HORN BEEPS) 435 00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:34,302 (FIRE CRACKLES) 436 00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:37,805 ALISTAIR: The fire's just racing up a gully behind me. 437 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:39,765 The heat is intense. You just... 438 00:26:39,890 --> 00:26:41,142 You can't even stand to be, 439 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:43,436 like, five metres from it. lfsinsane. 440 00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:48,357 - (FIRE WHOOSHES) - Whoo! 441 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:55,031 This is what any fire lilies here should be waiting for. 442 00:27:00,411 --> 00:27:01,996 (vvnuo ROARS) 443 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:05,583 Jeepers. 444 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:10,421 But fynbos wildfires are starting to become 445 00:27:10,546 --> 00:27:12,506 fiercer than in the past... 446 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:16,677 ...something Fire Chief Reinard Geldenhuys 447 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:18,638 knows first-hand. 448 00:27:18,763 --> 00:27:20,139 Nowadays, 449 00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:22,975 we're experiencing more extreme temperature conditions 450 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:25,811 and more extreme wind conditions, 451 00:27:25,936 --> 00:27:28,731 which exacerbates a fynbos fire. 452 00:27:30,441 --> 00:27:35,321 A fynbos fire in full tilt with a strong wind behind it 453 00:27:35,446 --> 00:27:37,698 is an animal that's just running wild. 454 00:27:38,908 --> 00:27:40,284 It's a very frightening sight 455 00:27:40,409 --> 00:27:41,744 if you're standing in front of it. 456 00:27:48,084 --> 00:27:51,754 Guided by the experience of the fire crew, 457 00:27:51,879 --> 00:27:54,382 the team are able to safely capture 458 00:27:54,507 --> 00:27:56,217 the full fury of the blaze. 459 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:04,475 It's given me a complete new appreciation for fire, 460 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,061 how intensely it burns 461 00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:09,438 and how quickly it roars through this environment. 462 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,319 And the fact that any plants can survive afterwards 463 00:28:15,444 --> 00:28:17,029 is just... Yeah, it's crazy. 464 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:22,743 As destructive as it seems, 465 00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:26,455 the fire has been part of this ecosystem for millennia. 466 00:28:27,707 --> 00:28:31,460 Fires should refresh and regenerate the landscape. 467 00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:35,381 Worryingly, however, this fine balance 468 00:28:35,506 --> 00:28:38,843 between plant and fire is beginning to shift. 469 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:43,723 More extreme wildfires may spell disaster. 470 00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:48,018 If you disturb the soil in a fynbos system, 471 00:28:48,144 --> 00:28:49,603 you're going to lose a lot of species. 472 00:28:50,688 --> 00:28:53,858 Bigger, hotter fires can burn the soil layer 473 00:28:53,983 --> 00:28:55,401 and burn out all the seeds. 474 00:28:56,652 --> 00:28:58,487 And for the species that have 475 00:28:58,612 --> 00:29:01,240 these really intricate strategies, like the fire lily, 476 00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:03,993 it really is a difficult game. 477 00:29:05,661 --> 00:29:09,039 Every year is getting hotter and potentially drier, 478 00:29:09,165 --> 00:29:12,001 so it's kind of becoming Russian roulette 479 00:29:12,126 --> 00:29:13,919 for a lot of the species here. 480 00:29:24,889 --> 00:29:27,057 In the fire 's aftermath, 481 00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:29,894 the crew must now try to find a tiny flower. 482 00:29:32,021 --> 00:29:34,899 But have any survived the blaze? 483 00:29:35,024 --> 00:29:36,567 It just looks completely dead. 484 00:29:36,692 --> 00:29:38,194 The whole valley. 485 00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:48,204 There's nothing for it but to get their hands dirty. 486 00:29:49,955 --> 00:29:54,168 Searching in the ash is a grubby business. 487 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:55,711 (SIGHS) 488 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,675 lfeel... 489 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:02,885 ...disgusting. 490 00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:06,639 After scouring this mountainside 491 00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:09,934 just days after it burned, 492 00:30:10,059 --> 00:30:14,563 they finally find the first signs of regeneration. 493 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,276 Wow. That's what it's all about! 494 00:30:19,401 --> 00:30:20,945 That's the fire lily. 495 00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:25,783 It's like a proper bright red against all the black. 496 00:30:25,908 --> 00:30:27,409 I mean, that's amazing. 497 00:30:27,535 --> 00:30:28,869 There's another one over there, 498 00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:31,247 and there's another one behind those. 499 00:30:32,665 --> 00:30:34,667 This place hasn't burned for 15 years, 500 00:30:34,792 --> 00:30:39,129 so they've been sat underground waiting for this precise moment 501 00:30:39,255 --> 00:30:41,382 for that entire time, and then within two weeks, 502 00:30:41,507 --> 00:30:43,092 they're up and they're flowering. 503 00:30:43,217 --> 00:30:44,385 It's incredible. 504 00:30:45,845 --> 00:30:49,598 This time, the fire lilies here succeeded in flowering. 505 00:30:49,723 --> 00:30:52,726 But in the 15 years since they last bloomed, 506 00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:54,645 the Earth has experienced 507 00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:57,606 ten of the warmest years on record. 508 00:30:58,816 --> 00:31:01,318 You know, there's huge debates about climate change, 509 00:31:01,443 --> 00:31:03,863 how real is it really and so on. 510 00:31:03,988 --> 00:31:05,114 Erm... 511 00:31:05,239 --> 00:31:06,907 We experience it in the fire. 512 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:08,826 It's more intense, 513 00:31:08,951 --> 00:31:11,370 it burns easier, it burns longer. 514 00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:15,624 In the past, we used to have one big fire per season, 515 00:31:15,749 --> 00:31:18,335 and we said, "Yo, that was a big one." 516 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:21,797 Now we have five to six big ones per season. 517 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:26,010 If we don't change our ways, we are going to reach a point 518 00:31:26,135 --> 00:31:28,762 where fires are burning with such ferocity 519 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:31,765 that it will destroy thelandscape. 520 00:31:34,351 --> 00:31:37,187 And in recent times, a rapidly changing climate 521 00:31:37,313 --> 00:31:40,482 has led to some of the biggest fires in living memory, 522 00:31:40,608 --> 00:31:42,860 not just in South Africa, 523 00:31:42,985 --> 00:31:45,362 but around the world. 524 00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:49,325 The next five to ten years are going to be pretty scary 525 00:31:49,450 --> 00:31:53,454 to actually see what this has done to the ecosystem. 526 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:58,000 Let's hope that the next time this fire lily blooms, 527 00:31:58,125 --> 00:32:01,837 it will find a world in which it can still survive. 528 00:32:11,889 --> 00:32:14,808 Throughout the Human episode, 529 00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:18,062 the Green Planet crew sought to capture the lives of plants 530 00:32:18,187 --> 00:32:20,397 confronted with the human world. 531 00:32:21,899 --> 00:32:23,609 But they also heard the stories 532 00:32:23,734 --> 00:32:27,988 of people deeply connected to the plants around them... 533 00:32:31,367 --> 00:32:32,576 ...such as those at the front line 534 00:32:32,701 --> 00:32:34,662 of the battle to save Hawaii's 535 00:32:34,787 --> 00:32:39,124 native endangered plants from invasive species. 536 00:32:40,334 --> 00:32:42,586 If we don't get a handle on miconia, 537 00:32:42,711 --> 00:32:43,879 we could lose everything 538 00:32:44,004 --> 00:32:47,716 that makes Hawaii special and unique. 539 00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:51,762 But before the Green Planet team 540 00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:54,181 could start work, they had to undertake 541 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,642 some rigorous preparation. 542 00:32:57,893 --> 00:32:59,228 We're going into somewhere 543 00:32:59,353 --> 00:33:02,231 that has very... It's a very sensitive ecosystem, 544 00:33:02,356 --> 00:33:03,857 they're trying to protect it from invasives. 545 00:33:05,401 --> 00:33:08,612 Filming in a place so ravaged by invasive species 546 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:12,741 meant they had to be 100% sure that they were not spreading 547 00:33:12,866 --> 00:33:16,203 any non-native stowaways themselves. 548 00:33:17,287 --> 00:33:21,000 They had to scrub and disinfect every item of equipment. 549 00:33:25,045 --> 00:33:28,340 With kit clean, the team first focus on filming 550 00:33:28,465 --> 00:33:30,718 the rare holokea plant... 551 00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:38,767 ...accessible only on foot. 552 00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:48,652 There are few pristine areas like this left in Hawaii. 553 00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:54,908 Only 40% of the land still has native vegetation... 554 00:33:55,993 --> 00:34:01,331 ...most of it wiped out by invasive species like miconia. 555 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:07,629 Next on the list 556 00:34:07,755 --> 00:34:11,550 was to film the team waging war on miconia, 557 00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:14,219 known locally as the purple plague. 558 00:34:16,638 --> 00:34:19,850 For crewmember Aja, the work is not just 559 00:34:19,975 --> 00:34:23,562 a physical battle against this invasive species - 560 00:34:23,687 --> 00:34:26,190 it's deeply personal. 561 00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:28,817 I've been to the pristine area, 562 00:34:28,942 --> 00:34:31,612 so I know what it looks like and feels like, you know, 563 00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:33,489 to be in the presence 564 00:34:33,614 --> 00:34:37,367 of all that mana and spirituality. 565 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,165 Those aren't just plants. 566 00:34:45,042 --> 00:34:48,003 Those are ancestors' spirits, you know? 567 00:34:48,128 --> 00:34:52,049 Controlling these invasive plants is a relentless job, 568 00:34:52,174 --> 00:34:56,929 and Aja is not just doing this for native Hawaiian ecosystems, 569 00:34:57,054 --> 00:35:00,099 but also to protect her ancestral relationship 570 00:35:00,224 --> 00:35:03,185 to this fragile landscape. 571 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:05,896 So going to do this, it feels good just to hack 'em 572 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:08,357 and pull 'em out and be like, "Yeah, OK, take that," 573 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:11,235 you know? We can sort of fight back. 574 00:35:12,319 --> 00:35:15,322 Aja's fierce passion to protect these native forests 575 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:17,491 is evident. 576 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:20,244 But the purple plague has spread 577 00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:23,622 to places Aja could never reach on foot. 578 00:35:25,833 --> 00:35:27,584 Taking to the sky is the only way 579 00:35:27,709 --> 00:35:30,546 to reach the front line of this battleground. 580 00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:37,761 With only enough fuel to stay airborne for two hours, 581 00:35:37,886 --> 00:35:40,764 the window for capturing this aerial battle 582 00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:42,599 is uncomfortably small. 583 00:35:42,724 --> 00:35:47,062 We have one day of doing the heli operations. 584 00:35:47,187 --> 00:35:48,272 The weather could 585 00:35:48,397 --> 00:35:50,274 completely mess us up if we get a system 586 00:35:50,399 --> 00:35:52,192 that comes in. 587 00:35:52,317 --> 00:35:55,404 Heli-to-heli is always dangerous and difficult. 588 00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:59,283 This flight is not just tense for Lis. 589 00:35:59,408 --> 00:36:02,286 For plant sniper Brooke Mahnken, 590 00:36:02,411 --> 00:36:05,539 these short flights represent his only opportunity 591 00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:07,666 to hold back the invasion. 592 00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:11,420 BROOKE: Miconia left unchecked can be terribly damaging. 593 00:36:11,545 --> 00:36:15,215 The potential for one seeding plant, 594 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:17,676 if it were to get far away from the population, 595 00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:19,970 reach maturity and put seeds out, 596 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:23,557 then it's starting a whole new infestation, 597 00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:26,518 and once it occupies that entire area, 598 00:36:26,643 --> 00:36:28,645 then it's completely wiped it out. 599 00:36:34,109 --> 00:36:35,903 The helicopter is really important 600 00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:38,280 because you can fly in extreme terrain 601 00:36:38,405 --> 00:36:41,491 with these, like, 1,000-foot cliffs, and find miconia. 602 00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:45,871 There would be no other way to get to these plants. 603 00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:50,667 The miconia team are used to the aerial challenges 604 00:36:50,792 --> 00:36:52,961 of this battle, but for producer Lis, 605 00:36:53,086 --> 00:36:56,340 the pre-flight talk from the helicopter pilot 606 00:36:56,465 --> 00:36:58,759 brings home the lengths that this team go to 607 00:36:58,884 --> 00:37:02,012 in order to complete their work. 608 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:03,889 So you're just going to be in the back here, 609 00:37:04,014 --> 00:37:06,058 and it's a hurricane in the back seat. 610 00:37:06,183 --> 00:37:07,643 Literally a hurricane. 611 00:37:07,768 --> 00:37:10,145 So nothing loose, you don't want to put an arm, a head, 612 00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:11,813 a leg or a hand out. 613 00:37:11,939 --> 00:37:13,565 It's just going to blow behind you. 614 00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:15,359 And you don't want to stick your head out 615 00:37:15,484 --> 00:37:17,945 because if the headset comes off, 616 00:37:18,070 --> 00:37:21,365 then it's into the tail rotor and then it's bye-bye, Maui. 617 00:37:21,490 --> 00:37:24,868 Pre-flight checks completed, 618 00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:28,330 the clock is now ticking to get into the air. 619 00:37:31,959 --> 00:37:34,002 LIS: This matters so much to everyone here. 620 00:37:34,127 --> 00:37:36,296 I definitely feel the pressure to get this right. 621 00:37:43,262 --> 00:37:47,891 The first thing I want to do is get some close-ups of the HBT, 622 00:37:48,016 --> 00:37:50,477 because that's going to be the most challenging thing. 623 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,063 PILOT: Let's go find some plants, please. 624 00:37:55,232 --> 00:37:56,775 To get within shooting distance 625 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,819 of the plants, the helicopter pilot 626 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:00,988 must carefully manoeuvre 627 00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:04,992 into one of the area's deepest canyons. 628 00:38:05,117 --> 00:38:07,661 PILOT: See this light-coloured rock? 629 00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:09,246 - BROOKE: Yep. - PILOT: Follow that up. 630 00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:12,332 To the right. You'll see it. 631 00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:15,544 The target is in sight. 632 00:38:15,669 --> 00:38:17,838 BROOKE: Oh, yeah, there he is. 633 00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:23,218 BROOKE: OK. I'm live and ready. 634 00:38:23,343 --> 00:38:26,847 With high winds gusting up from the waterfall, 635 00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:30,267 getting into position is tricky enough in one helicopter, 636 00:38:30,392 --> 00:38:31,893 let alone two. 637 00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:35,772 To give Brooke the best chance of hitting the miconia, 638 00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:39,359 the pilot must get him within 20 metres of the plant, 639 00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:42,779 and ideally at eye level. 640 00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:45,699 Any missed shot threatens to become friendly fire, 641 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:48,201 harming the species he aims to protect. 642 00:38:48,327 --> 00:38:49,953 - Ready? - Yes. 643 00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:51,079 Here we go. 644 00:38:54,541 --> 00:38:56,501 Brooke must strike the stem of the plant 645 00:38:56,626 --> 00:39:00,255 to have the best chance of completely killing it. 646 00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:05,177 - (CHEERING) - Oh, my God! Nice one! 647 00:39:13,310 --> 00:39:16,605 Yeah, it worked really, really well. Thanks, guys. 648 00:39:17,731 --> 00:39:21,610 This has been a successful mission for both teams. 649 00:39:21,735 --> 00:39:24,654 The pilot's skills and Brooke's sharp-shooting 650 00:39:24,780 --> 00:39:26,823 has saved another patch of forest, 651 00:39:26,948 --> 00:39:30,577 and Lis is relieved that she has the shots she needs 652 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,120 to do the story justice. 653 00:39:32,245 --> 00:39:34,206 It's over! 654 00:39:34,331 --> 00:39:35,707 It's over. 655 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:37,376 Itjust looked amazing. 656 00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:38,752 Lots of... 657 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:42,297 Yeah, it looks good. It looks good. 658 00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:46,301 For Brooke and Aja, however, their work doesn't stop. 659 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:50,013 Just holding back the tide of invasive species in Hawaii 660 00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:52,724 is more than a lifetime's work. 661 00:39:52,849 --> 00:39:56,812 But Aja believes that her fight is worthwhile. 662 00:39:56,937 --> 00:39:59,648 Everything we do is for the next generation, 663 00:39:59,773 --> 00:40:01,983 just like our ancestors and kUpunas. 664 00:40:02,109 --> 00:40:05,404 It wasn't for them, it's for the next generation. 665 00:40:05,529 --> 00:40:08,365 And just to have my kids going to areas, like, 666 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:11,785 where they can see there's still natives, 667 00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:14,162 where we don't have to go through 668 00:40:14,287 --> 00:40:17,416 all this invasive vegetation. 669 00:40:17,541 --> 00:40:19,334 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 670 00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:24,131 You know, it's notjust my responsibility, 671 00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:26,425 it's everyone's responsibility. 672 00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:32,556 You know, the Earth takes care of us, 673 00:40:32,681 --> 00:40:35,809 so we have to do the same. We can't just...let it go by. 674 00:40:39,521 --> 00:40:42,149 We've got to take care too. 54390

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