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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

These scans will help the team to not only reconstructthe Temnodontosaurus' skull, but...

These scans will help the team to not only reconstruct
the Temnodontosaurus' skull, but also work out
the size of its jaw muscles

Full Transcript

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These scans will help the team
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to not only reconstruct the Temnodontosaurus' skull,
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but also work out the size of its jaw muscles.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:58
Uploaded
Jun 29, 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.
They can then assess the power of this huge predator's bite, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
They can then assess the power of this huge predator's ...
Temnodontosaurs are unusual - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
Temnodontosaurs are unusual
But how did other ichthyosaurs catch their prey? - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
But how did other ichthyosaurs catch their prey?
To get a clue I've come to see a modern day predator in action. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
To get a clue I've come to see a modern day predator in...
That is a gharial crocodile - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:09
That is a gharial crocodile
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
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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