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ATTENBOROUGH: Two weeks after they started work
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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Two weeks after theystarted work, I go down againto check on progress

ATTENBOROUGH:
Two weeks after they
started work, I go down again
to check on progress

Full Transcript

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ATTENBOROUGH: Two weeks after they started work,
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I go down again to check on progress.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:34
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC

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Movie Summary

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.
MOORE: So, lots over here, with a bit of a wash. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
MOORE: So, lots over here, with a bit of a wash.
Here, you can see, glinting in the sunlight, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
Here, you can see, glinting in the sunlight,
MOORE: And these are the ribs that are still - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
MOORE: And these are the ribs that are still
MOORE: Most likely here, in this next slab. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
MOORE: Most likely here, in this next slab.
-MOORE: Not so far -ATTENBOROUGH: Oh boy. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
-MOORE: Not so far -ATTENBOROUGH: Oh boy.
MOORE: [Laughs] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
MOORE: [Laughs]
to-make-them-lighter - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:18
to-make-them-lighter
Even then, they're extremely heavy, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Even then, they're extremely heavy,
our-strange-ichthyosaur-once-again-takes-the-water - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:29
our-strange-ichthyosaur-once-again-takes-the-water
but-the-investigation-is-only-just-beginning - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:17
but-the-investigation-is-only-just-beginning
Now the work becomes more delicate, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Now the work becomes more delicate,
It's detailed work that will take months to complete. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
It's detailed work that will take months to complete.
work-patiently-expose-more-of-the-skeleton - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
work-patiently-expose-more-of-the-skeleton
And, as they do so, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
And, as they do so,
ive-come-down-chriss-workshop-take-a-look - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
ive-come-down-chriss-workshop-take-a-look
ATTENBOROUGH: It really is an Aladdin's cave. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
ATTENBOROUGH: It really is an Aladdin's cave.
After weeks of work, Chris has exposed the backbones and ribs. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
After weeks of work, Chris has exposed the backbones and rib...
And, in doing so, he's made a startling discovery. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
And, in doing so, he's made a startling discovery.
MOORE: It looks like it's been attacked. Gosh. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
MOORE: It looks like it's been attacked. Gosh.
If you follow one rib, you go along here, down to here, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
If you follow one rib, you go along here, down to here,