Giant Amazon Water Lily

Posted by Miss Cellania in Video Clips on April 14, 2008 at 11:20 am



(Daily Motion link)

The Giant Amazon Water Lily, or Victoria amazonica {wiki} is the largest water lily in the world. And it throws its weight around, too! Sir David Attenborough narrates this time-lapse video. -via Digg


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12 comments to "Giant Amazon Water Lily"

  1. Britt
    April 14th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    That is totally badass.

  2. Justin
    April 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Nice link. What program is this taken from?

  3. Alannah
    April 14th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    At first, I thought it was some sort of flesh eating animal. It *is* totally badass.

  4. Edu
    April 14th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    They should call it from the original name.
    repeat with me:

    VITORIA-REGIA.

    that's it.

  5. Christophe
    April 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    Neat. What else to say.

  6. oezicomix
    April 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    argh, and to think i was THIS close to seeing them, but our guide wanted to head back to the camp...

  7. Badjuk
    April 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    scarry to me ;)

  8. Ali S.
    April 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Awesome! I love David Attenborough and his works. Great stuff. I remember seeing a picture of a an Amazon Water Lily pad with a child sitting in it playing in it on National Geographic. It really blew my mind. 6 feet!

  9. Selvo
    April 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    Those things are huge. theyre like the big ones at the zoo you jump across. :)

  10. CheeseDuck
    April 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Sir David Attenborough voice is sooo awesome!

  11. LisaL
    April 14th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Did I hear him right? The leaves are 6ft across? Wow.. I can't even imagine that.
    It's kinda scary with the spiny leaves, but still interesting.

  12. Barbwire
    April 14th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Why can't we borrow Sir David for some documentaries? Most of the US-produced ones have narrators who sound as if they're presiding over the most boring (and pretentious) thing possible to imagine.


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