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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

It was an enormousmarine reptile that ruled the seasat the same time as the dinosaursruled...

It was an enormous
marine reptile that ruled the seas
at the same time as the dinosaurs
ruled the land

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It was an enormous marine reptile
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that ruled the seas at the same time
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as the dinosaurs ruled the land.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:21
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.
[ 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 ]