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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

We'll try to understandhow it looked and how it survivedin the open ocean

[ Squeaking ] We'll try to understand
how it looked and how it survived
in the open ocean

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We'll try to understand how it looked
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and how it survived in the open ocean.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:55
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.
Could this be a completely new species of ichthyosaur? - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
Could this be a completely new species of ichthyosaur?
Our search for evidence will lead us - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
Our search for evidence will lead us
MOORE: I think you're lookin' at a 200 million-year-old - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
MOORE: I think you're lookin' at a 200 million-yea...
ATTENBOROUGH: Solving that mystery will throw light - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
ATTENBOROUGH: Solving that mystery will throw light
the-jurassic-coast - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:24
the-jurassic-coast
from-devon-dorset - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:11
from-devon-dorset
quite-unlike-anything-alive-on-earth-today - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
quite-unlike-anything-alive-on-earth-today
can-still-be-found-on-these-beaches - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
can-still-be-found-on-these-beaches
Fossil collectors have been coming here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:15
Fossil collectors have been coming here
I started looking for fossils when I was a boy - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
I started looking for fossils when I was a boy
The commonest fossils here are coiled shells called ammonites - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
The commonest fossils here are coiled shells called ammonite...
There's one here on this boulder. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
There's one here on this boulder.
You can see the whorls there, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
You can see the whorls there,
But sometimes, if you're lucky, you can find nodules like this - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:13
But sometimes, if you're lucky, you can find nodules li...
If I hit it, it should... - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
If I hit it, it should...
[ Laughing ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
[ Laughing ]
[ Laughing ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
[ Laughing ]
[ Whimsical tune plays ] - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:21
[ Whimsical tune plays ]
Chris Moore has been collecting fossils here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
Chris Moore has been collecting fossils here
Recently, he came across a boulder - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
Recently, he came across a boulder