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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Fossil collectorshave been coming here for, literally, centuriesand these rapidly eroding...

Fossil collectors
have been coming here for, literally, centuries
and these rapidly eroding cliffs are providing them
with a continuous supply of exciting things to find

Full Transcript

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Fossil collectors have been coming here
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for, literally, centuries and these rapidly eroding cliffs
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are providing them with a continuous supply
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of exciting things to find.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:31
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.
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,