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Attenborough's Life in Colour

It lives close toa cleaning station - a place on the reef where large fishcome to get...

It lives close to
a cleaning station - a place on the reef where large fish
come to get their parasites picked off by smaller fish
that feed on what they remove

Full Transcript

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It lives close to a cleaning station -
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a place on the reef where large fish come to get their parasites
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picked off by smaller fish that feed on what they remove.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:05
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E01 But as light filters down through the water, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:11
But as light filters down through the water,
S01 • E01 So, as the harlequin swims downwards, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:08
So, as the harlequin swims downwards,
S01 • E02 This little wrasse is one of these cleaners. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
This little wrasse is one of these cleaners.
S01 • E02 It has a long-standing relationship that relies on trust. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
It has a long-standing relationship that relies on trust.
S01 • E02 The big fish get a health treatment and the little fish get a meal. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
The big fish get a health treatment and the little fish get ...
S01 • E01 Different colours are absorbed at different rates in the sea, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
Different colours are absorbed at different rates in the sea...
S01 • E02 But the blenny has learnt how to exploit this trusting relationship. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
But the blenny has learnt how to exploit this trusting relat...
S01 • E02 It leaves its hole and starts looking for a meal. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
It leaves its hole and starts looking for a meal.
S01 • E01 Yellow and blue travel farthest, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:08
Yellow and blue travel farthest,
S01 • E02 It's time for a change of costume. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
It's time for a change of costume.
S01 • E01 Most fish near the surface have good colour vision, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
Most fish near the surface have good colour vision,
S01 • E02 Filmed close up, under controlled conditions, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:08
Filmed close up, under controlled conditions,
S01 • E01 To us, these yellow damselfish all look very similar. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
To us, these yellow damselfish all look very similar.
S01 • E01 But using our ultraviolet camera, here in controlled conditions, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:12
But using our ultraviolet camera, here in controlled conditi...
S01 • E02 The pigment cells in its skin - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
The pigment cells in its skin
S01 • E01 And suddenly, it becomes clear - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
And suddenly, it becomes clear
S01 • E02 The blenny now looks very similar to a juvenile cleaner wrasse. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
The blenny now looks very similar to a juvenile cleaner wras...
S01 • E01 This lemon damselfish - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
This lemon damselfish
S01 • E02 It's a devious disguise and one that will help it - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
It's a devious disguise and one that will help it
S01 • E01 And this, an Ambon damsel, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
And this, an Ambon damsel,