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Rooted: The Hollow Heart

Rooted (2018)

Documentary | South Africa

Love Nature | Saturday, 15 January 2022 | 13:40

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User rating: 10/10

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 5 - The Hollow Heart

SYNOPSIS

Learn the story of the tree with the ‘Hollow Heart’. Baobabs have been around for eight hundred years and survive extreme drought by storing water in their trunks, which elephants break off to eat in drier seasons. Luckily, this tree can heal itself.

Writer: Henk Ekermans

Producer: Henk Ekermans, Beverly Joubert

Narrator: Fiona Ramsay

RUNTIME: 48 min

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