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Wild Isles

Just to stay alive, this female must eat over halfher body weight each day

Just to stay alive, this female must eat over half
her body weight each day

Full Transcript

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Just to stay alive,
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this female must eat over half her body weight each day.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
61
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:41
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E04 But here in England, every single river is polluted. - Wild Isles 00:06
But here in England, every single river is polluted.
S01 • E06 They've been specially grown from cuttings collected nearby - Wild Isles 00:08
They've been specially grown from cuttings collected ne...
S01 • E05 And this has an effect on the entire marine food chain, - Wild Isles 00:09
And this has an effect on the entire marine food chain,
S01 • E03 Rearing up as high as he can, - Wild Isles 00:09
Rearing up as high as he can,
S01 • E04 Run-off from farming and dumping of human waste - Wild Isles 00:08
Run-off from farming and dumping of human waste
S01 • E02 Some simply allow their spores to slip out of the gills - Wild Isles 00:07
Some simply allow their spores to slip out of the gills
S01 • E01 If they have chicks, a pair of kingfishers - Wild Isles 00:09
If they have chicks, a pair of kingfishers
S01 • E04 This reduces oxygen, chokes the plants, - Wild Isles 00:10
This reduces oxygen, chokes the plants,
S01 • E06 They won't all make it, - Wild Isles 00:08
They won't all make it,
S01 • E05 The largest fish in our waters is as long as a double-decker bus. - Wild Isles 00:08
The largest fish in our waters is as long as a double-decker...
S01 • E02 Others wait for a gust of wind to carry theirs into the air. - Wild Isles 00:06
Others wait for a gust of wind to carry theirs into the air.
S01 • E06 Each additional tree helps this remote glen - Wild Isles 00:08
Each additional tree helps this remote glen
S01 • E05 It uses special sieve-like structures on its gills - Wild Isles 00:08
It uses special sieve-like structures on its gills
S01 • E01 The coastline of Britain and Ireland is over 22,000 miles long - Wild Isles 00:12
The coastline of Britain and Ireland is over 22,000 miles lo...
S01 • E04 As rivers approach the end of their journeys, they slow, - Wild Isles 00:09
As rivers approach the end of their journeys, they slow,
S01 • E02 One droplet is enough to trigger the projection of a puffball's - Wild Isles 00:07
One droplet is enough to trigger the projection of a puffbal...
S01 • E03 Eventually, the challenger gives way. - Wild Isles 00:06
Eventually, the challenger gives way.
S01 • E06 They are just one small part - Wild Isles 00:08
They are just one small part
S01 • E04 Here in Suffolk, it's late winter. - Wild Isles 00:06
Here in Suffolk, it's late winter.
S01 • E05 In summer, these giants come close to the coast all around our isles. - Wild Isles 00:08
In summer, these giants come close to the coast all around o...