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Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History

Chinese New Year is often celebratedaround the world with a traditionaldragon dance. In...

Chinese New Year is often celebrated
around the world with a traditional
dragon dance. [music continues] In the dance, the dragon represents
wisdom, power, and wealth. And it's believed
that performing the dance scares off evil spirits
and brings good luck. But why the dragon? What is it about this creature that so excites
and mesmerizes us?

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Chinese New Year
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is often celebrated around the world
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with a traditional dragon dance.
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[music continues]
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In the dance,
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the dragon represents wisdom, power, and wealth.
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And it's believed that performing the dance
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scares off evil spirits and brings good luck.
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But why the dragon?
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What is it about this creature
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that so excites and mesmerizes us?
Duration
35 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:22
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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Movie Summary

The connections between JK Rowling's mythical Fantastic Beasts creatures and real animals that have roamed Earth.
And perhaps that primal fear - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:14
And perhaps that primal fear
But there is another theory behind the legend of the dragon - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:16
But there is another theory behind the legend of the dragon
If you've ever wanted to dig up a dinosaur, - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:29
If you've ever wanted to dig up a dinosaur,
So, have they dug up anything here that can help us - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:17
So, have they dug up anything here that can help us
In the world of fantastic beasts, - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:10
In the world of fantastic beasts,
You know, there's one mythical creature - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:28
You know, there's one mythical creature
I'm on my way to a country which was once so convinced - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:12
I'm on my way to a country which was once so convinced
[horn tooting] - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 01:01
[horn tooting]
But there's another, rather different animal - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:12
But there's another, rather different animal
There they are, the little armored tanks. - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:06
There they are, the little armored tanks.
The rhinoceros, the rhino, - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:22
The rhinoceros, the rhino,
[chittering] - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:06
[chittering]
[chitters] - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:05
[chitters]
Wow, they are amazing. - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:19
Wow, they are amazing.
It's not hard to imagine, is it, how a sailor, - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:26
It's not hard to imagine, is it, how a sailor,
Fantastic beasts - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:30
Fantastic beasts
Perhaps, it's the very mysteriousness - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:19
Perhaps, it's the very mysteriousness
[squawks] - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:11
[squawks]
[Fry] Stories of fantastical beasts - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:07
[Fry] Stories of fantastical beasts
And there's one world-famous legend - Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History 00:47
And there's one world-famous legend