Respect to the cameraperson risking his life inside the plant.

So the last plant is basically a self sustaining toilet

I honestly don’t want to imagine a nature documentary not narrated by this guy… the fact that he is 97 and still doing what he loves to this day is amazing!

So crazy that there’s a plant that attracts a certain animal to sit and eat at a substance it secretes, which may contain a laxative, and that animal will then poop into the plant, giving it the nutrients it needs. Nature 🤯

I would freakout as well if I see a decaying body next to me.

David actually has a pitcher plant named after him, Nepenthes attenboroughii was found in 2007 on a mountain at the island of Palawan

I'm 49 and remember listening to his documentaries as a child. He is amazing.

I can listen to David all day! Such a soothing voice. Makes anything interesting

I wish he would live forever. The world will be a sadder place when he is no more. He is such a fantastic person.

Nature can create things that are straight out of a horror movie!

The poop eating plant ironically looks like a toilet

The most iconic narrator of documentary history imo. He seem just as passionate and amazed about life and Earth as we are and I like it

the nepenthes rafflesiana is actually smart, cuz the part that has the nectar is dry(not slippery) for a few hours each day and wet at other times, yet it catches 36% more ants than those that stay wet all day. why? the ants can leave the nepenthes safely and come back with more ants, resulting in more food for the nepenthes rafflesiana

For anyone who is really interested in these plants, I highly highly recommend visiting California Carnivores nursery in Sebastopol, CA. They have the largest collection of carnivorous plants in North America. Super nice knowledgeable staff too. I went with my grandkids a few years ago, it was AWESOME. ✌️

Love that the toilet plant is even mildly toilet shaped. Love Sir Attenborough for telling us about the shrew toilet. Love the directors and editors and cameramen for creating film of shrew poops in a leaf. 10/10

Flies in my house: litterally is so fast thinking thst dodges a object that goes super fast Flies in that video: *slips and dies*

I grew up watching and listening to Attenborough's documentaries. Very nostalgic to watch this short clip.

That is crazy and terrifying at the same time,but nature is amazing how it works. So intricate

When you say "VS", I expect no less than a kaiju fight between a giant evil plant and David Attenborough in a mech suit.

These wonderful videos never cease to amaze me!

that bug inside the trap: sup you new around here

OK but that moth looked like it had been dead for a while, then all of a sudden started moving! 😬

The best documentaries on nature by David Attenborough never fail to marvel.

Watching this fly struggle made me happy. I hate flys with a passion. And mosquitos, but that’s for another time

Before this vid I hadn't really thought about how being digested while still alive was a possible death. What a horrible way to go 😦

How does the fly fells down without flying? But they fly everytime you try to smack them..

This plant is absolutely terrifying and fascinating.

good morning sir for so many many many years i have watchs several programs where you do the voices over for the national geographic for the first time in more then 30 years i see you for the very first time on you tube but for last three decades ive been watching how dedicated you are to nature you one of a kind who bring that warmed relaxing feeling when we watchs you explaining how nature no can do a better job then you some people is just cut out for a job👏👏👏👏👏

First time seeing a living toilet :D

It's fascinating how nature always finds a way to survive

Really just amazing looking, great nature Observation and shootings.

David Attenborough, always making things more interesting 😂

Nice short film. I love Attenborough's 2 part "Plants Behaving Badly." Best documentary on carnivorous plants and orchids ever made.

Muito feliz de achar esses vídeos... muito show... natureza sempre me encanta...

I love watching him. So knowledgeable.

I love David Attenborough!! His voice is so relaxing 😌 bless him for his work 🙏

"The ridges are very slippery and difficult for a fly to hold onto." ...did it forget that it has wings and that it can fly?

Absolutely Amazing

I thank KZfaq's algorithm for showing me this video. It's amazing.

Awesome nature and a very good, calm explanation by Sir Attenborough

Attenborough is the Bob Ross of nature. So nice to watch and learn.

I saw this at an expedition as a child and was fascinated with it. Mainly because it looks like small container and children love things like that. I asked my parents for the name and they shrugged. "Kantung Semar" they said. It's a local name. That's the first time I've ever seen it. I saw it a lot of times growing up in many kind of events. It's always fascinating to look at. Just like any other exotic insectivore flowers down here.

All heart respect, I love these videos 💯❤️😊

I clicked this video hoping to see Sir David Attenborough in full knights armour fighting a gigantic fire breathing venus fly trap.

I'm looking at my pitcher plant right now like: "you're evil bro."

Imagine being in a family of meat eating plants that trap and digest their alive, then natural selection just turned around and said “screw that, your a toilet Harry!”

Excellent pic awesome photography

David Attenborough was a very incredible man. His work will be long remembered and appreciated.

One would definitely not wish to be reincarnated as that forest toilet. Geez lmao😂

The nature and it's evolution work so fascinating!

When I was little I went fishing with my dad, we found a lot of pitcher plant (nepenthes). My dad told me to pick about 100 of them, he said he would show me something great. We took it to my grandmother's house and he told me to give this plant to my grandmother. Apparently, after washing this semar bag, you give 1-2 tablespoons of rice inside and boil it until it's cooked, the taste is incredibly delicious. I grew up in South Kalimantan or S. Borneo, Indonesia. There are a lot of swamps there, this plant is often found in my area, but now it's starting to be rarely seen.

I love him sense I was a child he being doing great documentary s for years In I watch every one thank you for this experience I would not know half of the stuff I know now...

We call this "memang koksi" (ghost pot) it can be seen anywhere near riverside growing here in Northeast India, Meghalaya, Garohills.

This man's documentaries are breath taking his voice ooh my.

Pitcher plant ofcs, this is a part of our local cuisine here in Malaysia. We'd clean it with water, insert sticky rice and some other seasonings, fillings varies by own taste, and slow-steam/boil it to cooked. Very tasty.

This is all I grow in my greenhouse.

I think i have seen every thing David has done , thank you

Nature continues to amaze me

1:46 YOU GOT WINGS! FLY, MAN, FLY! You can still get outta this!

I think this is the first time I've felt sorry for a fly

I have a Nepenthes Ventrata and while not as exotic as these Nepenthes, it's still such a cool and rewarding plant to care for.

Bunga pemakan binatang ...terimakasih saudara...video yg sangat bagus👍

Doesn't matter what the video is about, but if it is Sir David Attenborough then I am into it ❤️💯

👀Sir David revealing what mother nature does💪I can't GATE enough of watching his videos🤔("watching from Africa in Kenya🇰🇪 at Kilifi county🙏")

Nice n informative clip

Dude… fucking haunting narration by this legend. Seeing the insects dead beside the struggling fly was fucking piercing

It’s always a pleasure to hear this man speak. 🥰

I thought David was gonna put his hand inside because of the title

This is just fascinating viewing!

Very informative.

Definitely could use those during summer

These things grow in abundance on the isolated tops of the plateaus in South America called; "Tepuis." (Where the world's largest waterfall "Angel Falls," is located.) Because the tops of the Tepuis are flat, separated by the Amazonian Jungle below by sheer cliffs nearly 1,000 meters high, they're subjected to almost continuous year-round rainfall, which washes almost all of the natural soil deposits away entirely. Leaving nothing behind for the plant life to cling on to besides rock. Because it's nearly impossible for the native vegetation to extract the necessary nutrients from rock, almost all of the plant life found atop the Tepuis are separate and distinct species of carnivorous plants, each Tepuis in the vast mountain range within the three Countries who's borders converge in the region having their own unique variations of plants and animal life. Each species found nowhere else in the World, and more closely related genetically to one another and the corresponding areas in sub-saharan Africa, (from the millions of years ago when the two continents were joined as one,) than any of the species living in the jungle 900 feet below the sheer cliffs surrounding the summits. It's incredibly fascinating. 👍

অসাধারণ একটি ভিডিও দেখলাম।

Fascinating!

Why didn’t it just fly out when it was trying to crawl up…

This brings me back about 30 years with my grandpa teaching about plants in Oregon.

Thank you for your documentary Sir David and everyone behind the making of the video, may God Bless you all and Grant you long live 🙂

4:33 It's litterally a toilet, lid and everything

This plant deserves a horror movie made about it.

Love this plant and the colours are beautiful which I had some.

Sir thank you for this information. You are doing great work.

Soundtrack is EVERYTHING.

Respect for the cameraman for going inside the pitcher leaf.

Imagine if these things one day grew huge and lured humans in with the scent of greasy cheeseburgers or pizza.

0:30 ITS A WEEPINGBELL AHHHH XD

Nice video uploading friend thanks for sharing 👍

I always wonder how nature has set mechanism so perfect for every creature on this planet ,you just need to go by the flow and you will live

I remember these things. I first saw them on a film called 'Journey to Dinosaur Island', but the ones there were about ten times the size. They also had vines they used to pull victims inside them. Until this video I wasn't even sure they were real.

I didn't know that the nature had toilets way before us. Incredible!

FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.. that why i love attenborough's vids.. NOBEL PRIZE TO THIS MAN PLEASE

5:07 so basically a toilet that provides food.

Just imagine the plants on other planets that can contain life gotta be terrifying

lol, the closed captions: "This bud will soon become a leaf." [Applause]

fly pitchers are so beautiful when this first aired I was 17 and it got me into the hobby of carnivorous plants 11 years later I do not have an extensive collection like this but I do have a few that are native to North America and a few Darseras from South America.

That last plant is the ultimate circle of life

2:35 "Some b!tches aren't content with just insects, this one eats mice." ... ... Oh he said pitchers.

Fascinating.

genuinely chilling

4:52 SO it is natures toilet XD

From the title of the video, I thought Sir Attenborough was going duke it out against a pitcher plant.