Forgive me for intruding into your forum. I actually joined just to see if someone knows if these plants really exist or not. My gut instinct says they are not real cause they just seem to alien-like. But I'll let you be the judge. Would you please watch this youtube video? (No gimmicks, honest.) If these are so obviously fake, then please accept my apologies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_Y1IXVSig

Some of these plants are recognisable e.g there's one which is the 'Venus' fly-trap' (but no Venus' fly -trap has the discs in its 'jaws', as shown) and another is, or is very much like, the 'honeydew',which is found in Britain and on mainland Europe. Both supplement the poor nutrition from the swampy land where they live by catching insects, the fly-trap by snapping its green, spike edged 'jaws' on the prey and the honeydew by having an upright sticky spike from which the insects can't escape.

It looks as though the film has used real plants but in most cases has tricked them up, by electronic means, with 'extras'.

Perhaps they only look alien because we can see them moving, and when we see them moving normally, they look completely normal. I guess a few extra blinks could've been added into for effect, too.

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Originally posted by FredPuli:
It looks as though the film has used real plants but in most cases has tricked them up, by electronic means, with 'extras'.

Yes, and in the post on YouTube, the clip is introduced as a "photorealistic anime video."

They are CGI plants created by a company called 1st Avenue Machines as part of a music video. Very clever.

Too late to edit, but here's a link to their site. If you scroll down on the left of the screen, you will see the finished product again, called "Sixes Last."

Ahhhhh, I had not noticed the introduction about it being animated. But thanks for the many replies.

Wonder if mum would like something like one of those, for Mother's Day?

Thanks again,
-Jeff