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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

That is a gharial crocodile from Indonesia

That is a gharial crocodile from Indonesia

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That is a gharial crocodile
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from Indonesia.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:43
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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.
Its jaws, as you can see, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:19
Its jaws, as you can see,
Ichthyosaurs must have fed in much the same way as that. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
Ichthyosaurs must have fed in much the same way as that.
Their jaws were very similar to those of the gharial. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
Their jaws were very similar to those of the gharial.
No need to chew it, because the jaws at the back - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
No need to chew it, because the jaws at the back
So it's likely that our ichthyosaur had teeth and jaws - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
So it's likely that our ichthyosaur had teeth and jaws
the-work-on-the-bones-has-taken-a-dramatic-turn - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
the-work-on-the-bones-has-taken-a-dramatic-turn
Chris has found that there is fossilized skin - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
Chris has found that there is fossilized skin
MOORE: It seems to be virtually covering the whole thing. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
MOORE: It seems to be virtually covering the whole thing.
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