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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

We've got a completepaddle here, taken from the bones itself, fully...

MOON:
We've got a complete
paddle here, taken from the bones itself, fully reconstructed,
rearticulated, so this is as close
as we can get to what it would've
looked like

Full Transcript

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MOON: We've got a complete paddle here,
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taken from the bones itself,
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fully reconstructed, rearticulated,
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so this is as close as we can get
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to what it would've looked like.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:39
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.
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
Looking at the muscles and where they attach, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Looking at the muscles and where they attach,
uses-its-paddles - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
uses-its-paddles
That animal usually lives in tropical waters, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
That animal usually lives in tropical waters,
they-wouldve-been-in-jurassic-times-around-britain - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
they-wouldve-been-in-jurassic-times-around-britain
And the animal in question - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
And the animal in question
[ Squeaking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
[ Squeaking ]
[ Clicking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
[ Clicking ]
[ Squeaking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
[ Squeaking ]
and-both-have-similar-dorsal-fins - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
and-both-have-similar-dorsal-fins
[ Squeaking ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:19
[ Squeaking ]
squeaking-that-once-lived-on-land - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:16
squeaking-that-once-lived-on-land
As they became adapted to life in water, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
As they became adapted to life in water,