Movie: The Secret of Life on Earth

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Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart

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    A breathtaking adventure across five continents and through time to reveal nature's most vital secret. Watch a flying fox gorge itself on a midnight snack of figs. Climb into the prickly jaws of insect-eating plants. Witness a mantis disguised as a flower petal lure its prey to doom.

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    1993-10-14

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