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They convinced him that the fossil was something special
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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

They convinced him that thefossil was something special

They convinced him that the
fossil was something special

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They convinced him that the fossil was something special.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:11:18
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.
You can see why when you compare them to the paddles - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
You can see why when you compare them to the paddles
MOORE: This is an adult and this is the paddle of this creature - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
MOORE: This is an adult and this is the paddle of this creat...
ATTENBOROUGH: There are half a dozen rows of digits there - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: There are half a dozen rows of digits there
MOORE: I think there's at least 9 or 10, crossways, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
MOORE: I think there's at least 9 or 10, crossways,
ATTENBOROUGH: So it's getting on for twice the number of digits. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
ATTENBOROUGH: So it's getting on for twice the number o...
It's extremely rare - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:07
It's extremely rare
Only nine have been discovered here - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
Only nine have been discovered here
But, can these strange paddles tell us something - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
But, can these strange paddles tell us something
To try and find out, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
To try and find out,
To do that, we first need to have the paddles scanned. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:05
To do that, we first need to have the paddles scanned.
as-rotates - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:14
as-rotates
its-not-long-before-the-first-images-appear - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
its-not-long-before-the-first-images-appear
You can even see the bones laying underneath the paddle. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:04
You can even see the bones laying underneath the paddle.
MOORE: Yeah. -MAVROGORDATO: We're going - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:08
MOORE: Yeah. -MAVROGORDATO: We're going
ATTENBOROUGH: The scans of the paddles are sent to Bristol University. - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
ATTENBOROUGH: The scans of the paddles are sent to Bristol U...
Here, scientists can isolate the image of each bone - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Here, scientists can isolate the image of each bone
of-these-paddles-and-ive-come-find-out-why - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:12
of-these-paddles-and-ive-come-find-out-why
MOON: We've got a complete paddle here, - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
MOON: We've got a complete paddle here,
We can actually start using this paddle - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:06
We can actually start using this paddle
Because of the size of the paddle - Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 00:10
Because of the size of the paddle