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MOORE: [Laughs] ATTENBOROUGH: [Laughs] MOORE: Only a few

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MOORE: [Laughs]
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ATTENBOROUGH: [Laughs]
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MOORE: Only a few.
Duration
10 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:39
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.
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Even then, they're extremely heavy, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Even then, they're extremely heavy,
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but-the-investigation-is-only-just-beginning - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:17
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Now the work becomes more delicate, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Now the work becomes more delicate,
It's detailed work that will take months to complete. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
It's detailed work that will take months to complete.
work-patiently-expose-more-of-the-skeleton - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
work-patiently-expose-more-of-the-skeleton
And, as they do so, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
And, as they do so,
ive-come-down-chriss-workshop-take-a-look - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
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ATTENBOROUGH: It really is an Aladdin's cave. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
ATTENBOROUGH: It really is an Aladdin's cave.
After weeks of work, Chris has exposed the backbones and ribs. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
After weeks of work, Chris has exposed the backbones and rib...
And, in doing so, he's made a startling discovery. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
And, in doing so, he's made a startling discovery.
MOORE: It looks like it's been attacked. Gosh. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
MOORE: It looks like it's been attacked. Gosh.
If you follow one rib, you go along here, down to here, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
If you follow one rib, you go along here, down to here,
-ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, there, yeah. -MOORE: ...one rib is now broken - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
-ATTENBOROUGH: Oh, there, yeah. -MOORE: ...one rib is now br...
MOORE: Here the vertebrae column has been actually pulled away. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
MOORE: Here the vertebrae column has been actually pulled aw...
But they're in a very odd position, aren't they? - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
But they're in a very odd position, aren't they?
MOORE: They should be, basically, in this position - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
MOORE: They should be, basically, in this position
ATTENBOROUGH: Gosh. Well, where was the head? - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: Gosh. Well, where was the head?
So the head's been torn off - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
So the head's been torn off