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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

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Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.
Year
2017
Genre
documentary
Production
BBC
Homepage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m2kgl

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in-the-cliffs-on-the-south-coast-of-england - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
in-the-cliffs-on-the-south-coast-of-england
It was an enormous marine reptile - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
It was an enormous marine reptile
[ Suspenseful music plays ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
into-the-lives-of-these-remarkable-creatures - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
into-the-lives-of-these-remarkable-creatures
Together with a team of scientists, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
Together with a team of scientists,
[ Squeaking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
[ Squeaking ]
Could this be a completely new species of ichthyosaur? - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
Could this be a completely new species of ichthyosaur?
Our search for evidence will lead us - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
Our search for evidence will lead us
MOORE: I think you're lookin' at a 200 million-year-old - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
MOORE: I think you're lookin' at a 200 million-yea...
ATTENBOROUGH: Solving that mystery will throw light - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
ATTENBOROUGH: Solving that mystery will throw light
the-jurassic-coast - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:24
the-jurassic-coast
from-devon-dorset - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
from-devon-dorset
quite-unlike-anything-alive-on-earth-today - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
quite-unlike-anything-alive-on-earth-today
can-still-be-found-on-these-beaches - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
can-still-be-found-on-these-beaches
Fossil collectors have been coming here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
Fossil collectors have been coming here
I started looking for fossils when I was a boy - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
I started looking for fossils when I was a boy
The commonest fossils here are coiled shells called ammonites - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
The commonest fossils here are coiled shells called ammonite...
There's one here on this boulder. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
There's one here on this boulder.
You can see the whorls there, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
You can see the whorls there,
But sometimes, if you're lucky, you can find nodules like this - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
But sometimes, if you're lucky, you can find nodules li...
If I hit it, it should... - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
If I hit it, it should...
[ Laughing ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
[ Laughing ]
[ Laughing ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
[ Laughing ]
[ Whimsical tune plays ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:21
[ Whimsical tune plays ]
Chris Moore has been collecting fossils here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
Chris Moore has been collecting fossils here
Recently, he came across a boulder - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
Recently, he came across a boulder
Back in his workshop, he exposed a mosaic - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:14
Back in his workshop, he exposed a mosaic
But they were unlike any he had ever seen before. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
But they were unlike any he had ever seen before.
i-still-collect-fossils - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:14
i-still-collect-fossils
I even have the remains of an ichthyosaur, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
I even have the remains of an ichthyosaur,
This was collected by Chris about 10 years ago in Dorset. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
This was collected by Chris about 10 years ago in Dorset.
It's got jaws and it's got teeth and it's got paddles. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
It's got jaws and it's got teeth and it's got...
And Dorset was the very first place - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
And Dorset was the very first place
This is a picture of it, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
This is a picture of it,
People thought it was some kind of monster, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
People thought it was some kind of monster,
They thought it was a kind of cross - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:21
They thought it was a kind of cross
but-complete-skeletons-are-very-rare - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
but-complete-skeletons-are-very-rare
from-any-thats-ever-been-found-here-before - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
from-any-thats-ever-been-found-here-before
Chris shows me where he believes the rest - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Chris shows me where he believes the rest
It's in a limestone layer near the top of the cliff - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
It's in a limestone layer near the top of the cliff
in-jurassic-times-sea-covered-all-area - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
in-jurassic-times-sea-covered-all-area
On its floor, sediments washed down from the land - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
On its floor, sediments washed down from the land
The land rose, the sea retreated, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
The land rose, the sea retreated,
there-are-the-bones-of-fish-such-sharks - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
there-are-the-bones-of-fish-such-sharks
ichthyosaurs - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
ichthyosaurs
[ Creatures calling ] ♪♪ - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
[ Creatures calling ] ♪♪
[ Squeaking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:22
[ Squeaking ]
these-cliffs-occasionally-collapse-without-warning - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
these-cliffs-occasionally-collapse-without-warning
[ Rubble sliding ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:16
[ Rubble sliding ]
excavator-theres-just-loads-of-roots - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
excavator-theres-just-loads-of-roots
[ Laughter ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
[ Laughter ]
[ Laughter ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:14
[ Laughter ]
It was found by a self-taught fossil hunter - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
It was found by a self-taught fossil hunter
It was then, that the popular name sea dragon - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
It was then, that the popular name sea dragon
Scientists speculated on how they lived - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Scientists speculated on how they lived
but-havent-found-any-more-bones - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:19
but-havent-found-any-more-bones
MOORE: This is a massive piece, tomb stone. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
MOORE: This is a massive piece, tomb stone.
ATTENBOROUGH: Chris is convinced that the skeleton - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
ATTENBOROUGH: Chris is convinced that the skeleton
excavator-lovely - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
excavator-lovely
Nothing. -MOORE: [Laughs] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
Nothing. -MOORE: [Laughs]
moore-is-there-anything-showing - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
moore-is-there-anything-showing
i-hope-theres-something-here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
i-hope-theres-something-here
man-agh-moore-ah - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
man-agh-moore-ah
ATTENBOROUGH: At long last, the team's efforts are rewarded. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
ATTENBOROUGH: At long last, the team's efforts are rewa...
ATTENBOROUGH: But the bones are not in the position - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
ATTENBOROUGH: But the bones are not in the position
Instead of lying across the face of the cliff, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
Instead of lying across the face of the cliff,
MOORE: We're gonna have to go down through there. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
MOORE: We're gonna have to go down through there.
ATTENBOROUGH: It means much more work. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: It means much more work.
And, to make matters worse, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
And, to make matters worse,
MOORE: The rain's just starting, but, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
MOORE: The rain's just starting, but,
[ Rain striking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:19
[ Rain striking ]
[ Waves crashing ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
[ Waves crashing ]
They convinced him that the fossil was something special. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
They convinced him that the fossil was something special.
You can see why when you compare them to the paddles - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
You can see why when you compare them to the paddles
MOORE: This is an adult and this is the paddle of this creature - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
MOORE: This is an adult and this is the paddle of this creat...
ATTENBOROUGH: There are half a dozen rows of digits there - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: There are half a dozen rows of digits there
MOORE: I think there's at least 9 or 10, crossways, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
MOORE: I think there's at least 9 or 10, crossways,
ATTENBOROUGH: So it's getting on for twice the number of digits. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: So it's getting on for twice the number o...
It's extremely rare - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
It's extremely rare
Only nine have been discovered here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
Only nine have been discovered here
But, can these strange paddles tell us something - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
But, can these strange paddles tell us something
To try and find out, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
To try and find out,
To do that, we first need to have the paddles scanned. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
To do that, we first need to have the paddles scanned.
as-rotates - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:14
as-rotates
its-not-long-before-the-first-images-appear - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
its-not-long-before-the-first-images-appear
You can even see the bones laying underneath the paddle. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
You can even see the bones laying underneath the paddle.
MOORE: Yeah. -MAVROGORDATO: We're going - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
MOORE: Yeah. -MAVROGORDATO: We're going
ATTENBOROUGH: The scans of the paddles are sent to Bristol University. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
ATTENBOROUGH: The scans of the paddles are sent to Bristol U...
Here, scientists can isolate the image of each bone - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Here, scientists can isolate the image of each bone
of-these-paddles-and-ive-come-find-out-why - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
of-these-paddles-and-ive-come-find-out-why
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Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.

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