To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
It's extremely rare
Please log in to add to collections.
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

It's extremely rare to find a new speciesof ichthyosaur, these days

It's extremely rare to find a new species
of ichthyosaur, these days

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.064
It's extremely rare
00:00:02.064 --> 00:00:06.006
to find a new species of ichthyosaur, these days.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:07
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.
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
MOON: We've got a complete paddle here, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
MOON: We've got a complete paddle here,
We can actually start using this paddle - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
We can actually start using this paddle
Because of the size of the paddle - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Because of the size of the paddle
ATTENBOROUGH: We won't know for sure until we find the rest of the body. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
ATTENBOROUGH: We won't know for sure until we find the ...
But can the paddles tell us something about the way - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
But can the paddles tell us something about the way
MOON: There are a lot of bones in this paddle, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
MOON: There are a lot of bones in this paddle,
ATTENBOROUGH: There would've been cartilage around that, wouldn't there, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: There would've been cartilage around that...
All of the gaps between the bones - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
All of the gaps between the bones
attenborough-could-fold-them-in-to-the-side - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
attenborough-could-fold-them-in-to-the-side