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MOORE: It seems to be virtually covering the whole thing
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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

It seems to be virtuallycovering the whole thing

MOORE: It seems to be virtually
covering the whole thing

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MOORE: It seems to be virtually covering the whole thing.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:36:31
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
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documentary
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BBC

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Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a 200 million year old Ichthyosaur on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.
ATTENBOROUGH: It's rare to find any sign whatever - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
ATTENBOROUGH: It's rare to find any sign whatever
Fiann Smithwick, an expert on fossilized skin, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
Fiann Smithwick, an expert on fossilized skin,
SMITHWICK: We can look and see if there's any evidence - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
SMITHWICK: We can look and see if there's any evidence
ATTENBOROUGH: Fiann hopes that this remarkably preserved sample - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
ATTENBOROUGH: Fiann hopes that this remarkably preserved sam...
with-minute-particles-of-gold - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
with-minute-particles-of-gold
they-will-reflect-the-rays-of-a-scanning-electron-microscope - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:18
they-will-reflect-the-rays-of-a-scanning-electron-microscope
It's astonishing that you can actually see - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
It's astonishing that you can actually see
tens-of-thousands-of-times - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
tens-of-thousands-of-times
SMITHWICK: Here we have exceptional level - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
SMITHWICK: Here we have exceptional level
So the structures we're looking at here are around - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
So the structures we're looking at here are around
And a micro meter is one millionth of a meter, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
And a micro meter is one millionth of a meter,
Now, melanosomes contain the pigment - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
Now, melanosomes contain the pigment
There's a large abundance of these melanosomes, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
There's a large abundance of these melanosomes,
So it most likely had a much darker back than it did a belly - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
So it most likely had a much darker back than it did a belly
ATTENBOROUGH: You can see countershading - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
ATTENBOROUGH: You can see countershading
Both predators and prey are colored in this way. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
Both predators and prey are colored in this way.
It makes it more difficult to see both from above and below. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
It makes it more difficult to see both from above and below.
SMITHWICK: So this is the first time that we've actually seen evidence - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
SMITHWICK: So this is the first time that we've actuall...
ATTENBOROUGH: So that really is a step forward - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
ATTENBOROUGH: So that really is a step forward
SMITHWICK: It is, and it can tell us a huge amount - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
SMITHWICK: It is, and it can tell us a huge amount