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Modern Dinosaurs

It's because they'rethe biggest species around, and they're not really subjectto much...

It's because they're
the biggest species around, and they're not really subject
to much predation pressures

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It's because they're the biggest species around,
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and they're not really subject to much predation pressures.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:32
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
Production
AB Filmcenter

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S01 • E05 The females can hang around and get very big. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
The females can hang around and get very big.
S01 • E05 And when they do that, they have a very large number of eggs. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
And when they do that, they have a very large number of eggs...
S01 • E05 A female eel of this size might have two or three million eggs. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
A female eel of this size might have two or three million eg...
S01 • E01 As the team clean the narrow strip, a dark band is revealed in the rock. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
As the team clean the narrow strip, a dark band is revealed ...
S01 • E05 But if it delays its migration to the sea - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
But if it delays its migration to the sea
S01 • E01 A rich seam of a mineral called Iridium. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
A rich seam of a mineral called Iridium.
S01 • E05 So, big, big benefits in hanging around, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
So, big, big benefits in hanging around,
S01 • E05 Any year now, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
Any year now,
S01 • E05 For now, she is safe in Lake Rotoiti and can afford to take her time. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
For now, she is safe in Lake Rotoiti and can afford to take ...
S01 • E05 She may wait for decades, slowly growling larger, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
She may wait for decades, slowly growling larger,
S01 • E01 As the dust from the meteor's impact settled, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
As the dust from the meteor's impact settled,
S01 • E05 An island giant, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
An island giant,
S01 • E01 Research conducted in Te Uri stream and similar sites around the world - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
Research conducted in Te Uri stream and similar sites around...
S01 • E01 Though they were located thousands of kilometres - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
Though they were located thousands of kilometres
S01 • E05 A thousand kilometres north, on Little Barrier Island, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
A thousand kilometres north, on Little Barrier Island,
S01 • E01 Each has a unique reptile survivor - - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Each has a unique reptile survivor -
S01 • E05 Rangers Leigh Joyce and Nicola Toki - Modern Dinosaurs 00:12
Rangers Leigh Joyce and Nicola Toki
S01 • E01 We know an asteroid hit the Earth, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
We know an asteroid hit the Earth,
S01 • E01 What we then discover is that at the time of the impact, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
What we then discover is that at the time of the impact,
S01 • E01 And for a brief moment in time, there's nothing. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
And for a brief moment in time, there's nothing.