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At first, it appears that the planet is completely desolate, but they look for signs of life anyway. They discover that it has life when they see a small plant growing in the desert. They pull it up -- go figure. "Where there's one, there must be more!" so, hope renewed, they keep looking. And, indeed, more hardy plants and grasses do appear and become larger and more numerous.
Eventually, they run into a line of "scarecrows" set on the top of a cliff. They climb to investigate, but their leader, Taylor (played by Charlton Heston), sees something much more interesting at the top -- life! In abundance! They find fresh water, [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen|go skinny dipping, and get their clothes stolen]] by wild, naked, mute humans, whom they chase after. The mute humans toss aside the remaining supplies, wrecking them.
Our crew is still mingling with the humans when a band of apes -- clothed, armed, and on horseback -- hunts and captures them. Neither they nor we can see who is attacking at first. One of the astronauts is killed; Taylor is shot in the throat, which renders him mute and bleeding profusely. He is among the captured, and taken back to the apes' mostly pre-industrial city.
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