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Attenborough's Life in Colour

If the crabs detectthe slightest movement, they disappear into their burrows

If the crabs detect
the slightest movement, they disappear into their burrows

Full Transcript

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If the crabs detect the slightest movement,
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they disappear into their burrows.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:29
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Humble Bee Films,SeaLight Pictures

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Movie Summary

Exploring the many ways animals use colour throughout their lives.
S01 • E02 While a warming climate is causing problems in northern habitats... - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
While a warming climate is causing problems in northern habi...
S01 • E02 ..it's also driving colour changes in other parts of the world... - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
..it's also driving colour changes in other parts of th...
S01 • E01 I have to be really still, or they will not come out at all. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
I have to be really still, or they will not come out at all.
S01 • E02 ..including some of the most beautiful, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
..including some of the most beautiful,
S01 • E01 So, anything higher than me is just not tolerated by the fiddler crabs. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
So, anything higher than me is just not tolerated by the fid...
S01 • E01 But amazingly, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:15
But amazingly,
S01 • E02 Our Australian team spent months filming on the Great Barrier Reef. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
Our Australian team spent months filming on the Great Barrie...
S01 • E01 Light reflected from the crabs' bodies is unpolarised, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
Light reflected from the crabs' bodies is unpolarised,
S01 • E02 In these sunlit waters, colour is everywhere. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
In these sunlit waters, colour is everywhere.
S01 • E01 This makes them stand out against the mudflats, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
This makes them stand out against the mudflats,
S01 • E02 But this habitat is being subjected - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:12
But this habitat is being subjected
S01 • E01 When you look up and you see a bird fly over, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:14
When you look up and you see a bird fly over,
S01 • E02 The corals have suddenly turned into white skeletons. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
The corals have suddenly turned into white skeletons.
S01 • E01 And often I'm filming and they'll all bolt down their holes, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
And often I'm filming and they'll all bolt down th...
S01 • E02 It's called coral bleaching - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
It's called coral bleaching
S01 • E02 On the Great Barrier Reef, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
On the Great Barrier Reef,
S01 • E01 So, polarised light helps the crabs - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:11
So, polarised light helps the crabs
S01 • E01 And for Viktor, it was the first time - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
And for Viktor, it was the first time
S01 • E02 Professor Jorg Wiedenmann from the Coral Reef Laboratory - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:11
Professor Jorg Wiedenmann from the Coral Reef Laboratory
S01 • E01 It's an amazing footage you've captured, Mark. It's really amazing. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
It's an amazing footage you've captured, Mark. It&...