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But some kelp forests here have unlikely guardians
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Oceans: Our Blue Planet

But some kelp forests herehave unlikely guardians

But some kelp forests here
have unlikely guardians

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But some kelp forests here have unlikely guardians.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:34
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, short
Production
OceanX Media,BBC Earth,BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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Embark on a global odyssey to discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. New ocean science and technology has allowed us to go further into the unknown than we ever thought possible.
Because they live their entire lives in such cold waters, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:10
Because they live their entire lives in such cold waters,
One of their favourite foods is sea urchin. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
One of their favourite foods is sea urchin.
By removing the urchins, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
By removing the urchins,
And with all this food, they're having a baby boom. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
And with all this food, they're having a baby boom.
Now, in a few remote areas, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:11
Now, in a few remote areas,
As we leave our coasts and head for the high seas, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
As we leave our coasts and head for the high seas,
Covering over half our planet's surface, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
Covering over half our planet's surface,
A vast empty void - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
A vast empty void
And, yet, it's home to vast numbers of dolphins. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:04
And, yet, it's home to vast numbers of dolphins.
They sweep this marine desert for food - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
They sweep this marine desert for food
And they're leading this research vessel to a rare feeding event. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
And they're leading this research vessel to a rare feed...
But to find it, they have to be fast. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:04
But to find it, they have to be fast.
Using echolocation, they lock on to their prey. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
Using echolocation, they lock on to their prey.
By pinning the school against the surface, - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:07
By pinning the school against the surface,
They rip through the lantern fish - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
They rip through the lantern fish
Finally, mobula rays - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
Finally, mobula rays
In just 15 minutes, all that's left is a silvery confetti of scales. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:06
In just 15 minutes, all that's left is a silvery confet...
These fleeting events are becoming rarer - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:08
These fleeting events are becoming rarer
The open ocean may be featureless - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:11
The open ocean may be featureless
The deep ocean is as challenging to explore as space. - Oceans: Our Blue Planet 00:05
The deep ocean is as challenging to explore as space.