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Wild Isles

With strong front legs, featherygills and a stream-lined body, it's excellently adaptedto...

With strong front legs, feathery
gills and a stream-lined body, it's excellently adapted
to life underwater

Full Transcript

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With strong front legs, feathery gills and a stream-lined body,
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it's excellently adapted to life underwater.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:03
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 • E01 Across Britain and Ireland, - Wild Isles 00:09
Across Britain and Ireland,
S01 • E05 One type of kelp here, the furbellow, - Wild Isles 00:08
One type of kelp here, the furbellow,
S01 • E02 The males are mousy-brown - Wild Isles 00:08
The males are mousy-brown
S01 • E06 And once hatched, her larvae will disperse, - Wild Isles 00:07
And once hatched, her larvae will disperse,
S01 • E03 She emerges from the shroud of her chrysalis - Wild Isles 00:08
She emerges from the shroud of her chrysalis
S01 • E01 ..making us a vital refuge for these long-distance travellers. - Wild Isles 00:07
..making us a vital refuge for these long-distance traveller...
S01 • E05 Its hollow base is the favourite home of clingfish. - Wild Isles 00:07
Its hollow base is the favourite home of clingfish.
S01 • E04 But it's late May, and everything is about to change. - Wild Isles 00:06
But it's late May, and everything is about to change.
S01 • E06 Ben and the local fishing community have found their lobster catch - Wild Isles 00:09
Ben and the local fishing community have found their lobster...
S01 • E02 She usually dominates when it comes to squabbles over food. - Wild Isles 00:06
She usually dominates when it comes to squabbles over food.
S01 • E04 Even breaking through the surface is a challenge - Wild Isles 00:07
Even breaking through the surface is a challenge
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...