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Natural World: Season 3

3x12 Battle Of The Leaves
TV-G

  • 1985-01-27T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 50m
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Leaves are nature's pacifists -or so it seems. Leaves hang there green and uncomplaining, while animals chew them to death, birds tear them from their stems for nest building, and dusky maidens (it's rumored) roll them on their thighs to provide grandad with a fragrant cigar. But foliage fights back. Leaves struggle for survival in ice and in desert. They battle to the death for life-giving sunlight. Above all, they wage a relentless war against the animals who live on them. Above our heads, beneath our feet, the battle continues....
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