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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

It's extraordinary how muchyou can discover from one single fossil

It's extraordinary how much
you can discover from one single fossil

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It's extraordinary how much you can discover
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from one single fossil.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:07
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.
Digital reconstruction - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
Digital reconstruction
We've discovered for the first time - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
We've discovered for the first time
By analyzing its bones we've been able to work out - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
By analyzing its bones we've been able to work out
its-been-a-fascinating-journey-of-discovery - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
its-been-a-fascinating-journey-of-discovery
But for me the real wonder is the bones themselves -- - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
But for me the real wonder is the bones themselves --
on-the-fossil-of-our-ancient-sea-dragon - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:24
on-the-fossil-of-our-ancient-sea-dragon
And how many new species have been discovered - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
And how many new species have been discovered
MOORE: Very few, very, very few, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
MOORE: Very few, very, very few,
ATTENBOROUGH: Well, it's a long time spent - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:21
ATTENBOROUGH: Well, it's a long time spent
For Chris, this has been a labor of love, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:16
For Chris, this has been a labor of love,
It's extraordinary to think - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
It's extraordinary to think
And that's what I really love about fossils - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
And that's what I really love about fossils
It gives you an extraordinarily vivid insight - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
It gives you an extraordinarily vivid insight
ichthyosaurs-died-out-around-90-million-years-ago - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
ichthyosaurs-died-out-around-90-million-years-ago
No one knows why, but standing here, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
No one knows why, but standing here,