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Their offspring start life as leaf-shaped larvae
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Modern Dinosaurs

Their offspring start lifeas leaf-shaped larvae called leptocephalus

Their offspring start life
as leaf-shaped larvae called leptocephalus

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Their offspring start life as leaf-shaped larvae
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called leptocephalus.
Duration
6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:01
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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Production
AB Filmcenter

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S01 • E01 The layers of rock on either side - Modern Dinosaurs 00:10
The layers of rock on either side
S01 • E05 No one has ever seen this stage in New Zealand's longfin eel. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
No one has ever seen this stage in New Zealand's longfi...
S01 • E05 The larvae then somehow find their way back to New Zealand - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
The larvae then somehow find their way back to New Zealand
S01 • E01 So, we've gone from a warm subtropical climate - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
So, we've gone from a warm subtropical climate
S01 • E05 Nobody knows how they navigate to their home islands, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
Nobody knows how they navigate to their home islands,
S01 • E01 Changes in temperature and humidity - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
Changes in temperature and humidity
S01 • E05 The leptocephali spends nine or ten months at sea, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:15
The leptocephali spends nine or ten months at sea,
S01 • E01 Conditions post extinction led to the formation - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
Conditions post extinction led to the formation
S01 • E01 Beneath this green sandstone - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Beneath this green sandstone
S01 • E05 They come into freshwater, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
They come into freshwater,
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The young eels can climb 40-metre obstacles.
S01 • E01 So, it can't be the dinosaur extinction layer. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
So, it can't be the dinosaur extinction layer.
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If you could have a look that way,
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Sometimes it takes several years for the eels to reach a loc...
S01 • E01 Yeah, this is one. There's no green sand at all. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
Yeah, this is one. There's no green sand at all.
S01 • E05 But once she's safe in a deep glacial lake like this, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
But once she's safe in a deep glacial lake like this,
S01 • E05 Don is convinced this is why New Zealand's female longfin eels - Modern Dinosaurs 00:12
Don is convinced this is why New Zealand's female longf...
S01 • E01 This is green sand. Well. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
This is green sand. Well.
S01 • E05 It's because they're the biggest species around, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
It's because they're the biggest species around,
S01 • E05 The females can hang around and get very big. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
The females can hang around and get very big.