Alien Planet

00:00:03 A spacecraft from another solar system invades the night sky.

00:01:46 Because here on Darwin, life is truly full of surprises

00:03:41 is cratered by collisions with space debris

00:05:33 So that when we put these probes down which can only explore a small fraction of the planet.

00:08:46 Leo's bird-like head is crammed with sensors

00:10:21 Next, the probe called Da Vinci explores a puddle and discovers a micro universe.

00:12:13 Darwin IV's atmosphere is drenched in water vapor

00:14:53 The saucers can be retrieved and recharged.

00:17:04 But Leo is about to discover that life on Darwin IV

00:19:01 on this planet from the very smallest animals up to largest

00:20:31 it may actually lead to a greater realization that we have to do more exploring

00:23:18 Possibly it's a form of communication on Darwin IV

00:26:09 Giant molds called Darwin tomatoes

00:28:05 Looking at the shoulder girdle and the, the hip girdle

00:29:33 If you look at the diversity of what species look like on this planet

00:32:38 looking for the strongest signal

00:35:16 where there is the evolution of sociality, social groups

00:36:50 That's because the predators have to zero in on the prey

00:40:06 Ike surveys three odd mounds covered with saplings

00:42:47 far exceeds the, the mass of any of our dinosaurs, that we've records of living on Earth

00:44:23 I think statistics would say life is a cosmic imperative.

00:46:20 Unlike the Earth where storms are fed by great oceans

00:49:12 A sonar ping throws a herd of Littoralopes into a panic

00:51:44 And Ike enters a deadly matrix