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Modern Dinosaurs

Then, after possibly spendinga hundred yearsbuilding up to this one moment, they die

Then, after possibly spending
a hundred years
building up to this one moment, they die

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Then,
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after possibly spending a hundred years building up to this one moment,
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they die.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:51
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
Production
AB Filmcenter

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S01 • E01 Their target is a coloured band only a few centimetres wide. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
Their target is a coloured band only a few centimetres wide.
S01 • E05 Their offspring start life as leaf-shaped larvae - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Their offspring start life as leaf-shaped larvae
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,
S01 • E05 The young eels can climb 40-metre obstacles. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
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.
S01 • E01 If you could have a look that way, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
If you could have a look that way,
S01 • E05 Sometimes it takes several years for the eels to reach a location suited to them. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
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.