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Wild Isles

Even breaking through the surfaceis a challenge when you're just 2cm long

Even breaking through the surface
is a challenge when you're just 2cm long

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Even breaking through the surface is a challenge
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when you're just 2cm long.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:24
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the natural animals in the British Isles and Ireland.
S01 • E03 40 years ago, the Large Blue was extinct in Britain. - Wild Isles 00:06
40 years ago, the Large Blue was extinct in Britain.
S01 • E05 This minute two-centimetre-long male - Wild Isles 00:09
This minute two-centimetre-long male
S01 • E06 You've got to remember that the marine-protected area - Wild Isles 00:13
You've got to remember that the marine-protected area
S01 • E01 Here in Britain, we have one of the rarest habitats on Earth - - Wild Isles 00:10
Here in Britain, we have one of the rarest habitats on Earth...
S01 • E03 But once its extraordinary life cycle was understood, - Wild Isles 00:16
But once its extraordinary life cycle was understood,
S01 • E02 Some of the wasp larvae in the nest are hatching into adults... - Wild Isles 00:06
Some of the wasp larvae in the nest are hatching into adults...
S01 • E05 Hundreds of them are glued to the interior of a furbellow's stem... - Wild Isles 00:07
Hundreds of them are glued to the interior of a furbellow�...
S01 • E04 Finally, as its wings unfurl, - Wild Isles 00:11
Finally, as its wings unfurl,
S01 • E06 The changes that have occurred over time have been really good, - Wild Isles 00:08
The changes that have occurred over time have been really go...
S01 • E02 ..but overlapping feathers provide protection against possible stings. - Wild Isles 00:07
..but overlapping feathers provide protection against possib...
S01 • E01 There are only about 200 chalk streams in the world - Wild Isles 00:10
There are only about 200 chalk streams in the world
S01 • E06 I feel very hopeful about marine life and marine protection. - Wild Isles 00:05
I feel very hopeful about marine life and marine protection.
S01 • E02 And a third transparent eyelid, - Wild Isles 00:09
And a third transparent eyelid,
S01 • E04 He now has just a few short days to live, - Wild Isles 00:08
He now has just a few short days to live,
S01 • E06 The No Take Zone at Lundy is tiny, - Wild Isles 00:07
The No Take Zone at Lundy is tiny,
S01 • E01 Their waters, rising through chalk and flowing over it, - Wild Isles 00:08
Their waters, rising through chalk and flowing over it,
S01 • E03 Throughout the British Isles there are rugged uplands, - Wild Isles 00:09
Throughout the British Isles there are rugged uplands,
S01 • E05 All day long, he fans fresh, oxygen-rich sea water - Wild Isles 00:09
All day long, he fans fresh, oxygen-rich sea water
S01 • E06 And across the whole of the British Isles, - Wild Isles 00:10
And across the whole of the British Isles,
S01 • E02 It's fast approaching the time when the chicks - Wild Isles 00:08
It's fast approaching the time when the chicks