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Attenborough's Life in Colour

Most fish near the surfacehave good colour vision, but some of the smaller speciescan also...

Most fish near the surface
have good colour vision, but some of the smaller species
can also see ultraviolet colours

Full Transcript

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Most fish near the surface have good colour vision,
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but some of the smaller species can also see ultraviolet colours.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:08
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 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,
S01 • E02 It's spotted a target, a butterflyfish. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
It's spotted a target, a butterflyfish.
S01 • E01 It's a code invisible to us - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
It's a code invisible to us
S01 • E02 The blenny hangs back, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
The blenny hangs back,
S01 • E01 ..without attracting the attention of large predators, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
..without attracting the attention of large predators,
S01 • E01 And it's on the seabed that you can find - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
And it's on the seabed that you can find
S01 • E02 Now the blenny slowly moves in, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
Now the blenny slowly moves in,
S01 • E01 This strange—looking creature's ancestry - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
This strange—looking creature's ancestry
S01 • E01 And it has one of the most versatile kinds of eyes - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
And it has one of the most versatile kinds of eyes
S01 • E02 Its razor-sharp teeth have removed not just dead skin - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
Its razor-sharp teeth have removed not just dead skin
S01 • E01 It can rotate its two huge eyes independently of each other - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:08
It can rotate its two huge eyes independently of each other
S01 • E02 This isn't the treatment the butterflyfish was expecting. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
This isn't the treatment the butterflyfish was expectin...