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This documentary examines the seed, the earliest form of life for plants, and the journey a seed takes before settling in soil and growing roots. Sir David Attenborough narrates this and all installments of the series The Private Life of Plants, this episode depicting plants as highly savvy when it comes to seed transport -- utilizing animals, insects, water, and the wind. Learn how plants spread their population by using diverse methods to propel their seeds. The topics covered include aeronautical technology, the jet propulsion of the squirting cucumber, and the violent explosion of the Himalayan balsam.