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It's not only able to detect polarisation
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Attenborough's Life in Colour

It's not only ableto detect polarisation, but has patches on its body thatreflect light in...

It's not only able
to detect polarisation, but has patches on its body that
reflect light in a polarised form, and it uses them to signal
to others of their own kind in ways that we cannot normally see

Full Transcript

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It's not only able to detect polarisation,
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but has patches on its body that reflect light in a polarised form,
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and it uses them to signal to others of their own kind
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in ways that we cannot normally see.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:57
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 This partnership was established during the time of the dinosaurs - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:12
This partnership was established during the time of the dino...
S01 • E01 Professor Justin Marshall of Queensland University - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:08
Professor Justin Marshall of Queensland University
S01 • E02 But warming seas are disrupting this system. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
But warming seas are disrupting this system.
S01 • E02 So, when the seawater temperatures rise above a critical threshold, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:11
So, when the seawater temperatures rise above a critical thr...
S01 • E01 Rory McGuiness, the team's underwater cameraman, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
Rory McGuiness, the team's underwater cameraman,
S01 • E02 They begin to produce toxic compounds which cause - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
They begin to produce toxic compounds which cause
S01 • E01 So, you've obviously done a lot of work to get this - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
So, you've obviously done a lot of work to get this
S01 • E02 Sometimes the bleached corals die, and then the entire ecosystem, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
Sometimes the bleached corals die, and then the entire ecosy...
S01 • E01 Taking the camera for its first test underwater was a tense moment. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
Taking the camera for its first test underwater was a tense ...
S01 • E01 Computers and salt water don't usually mix well. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
Computers and salt water don't usually mix well.
S01 • E02 Almost half of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
Almost half of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef
S01 • E01 Having found a suitable spot, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
Having found a suitable spot,
S01 • E02 But in the last decade, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
But in the last decade,
S01 • E02 We're just beginning to realise - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
We're just beginning to realise
S01 • E01 So, we're looking for a hole with coral around it. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
So, we're looking for a hole with coral around it.
S01 • E02 Jorg is studying how this works. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
Jorg is studying how this works.
S01 • E02 This coral has lost its algal symbionts, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
This coral has lost its algal symbionts,
S01 • E01 As the shrimp turns, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
As the shrimp turns,
S01 • E02 The coral produces these pigments to protect the remaining algae - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
The coral produces these pigments to protect the remaining a...
S01 • E02 So they act as a sort of sunscreen for the symbiont algae. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
So they act as a sort of sunscreen for the symbiont algae.