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Documentary, Sea Monsters S01E03 - A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy- To Hell and Back
Sea Monsters (full title Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy), marketed as Chased by Sea Monsters in the United States, is a 2003 three-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the Discovery Channel and ProSieben. Following in the footsteps of The Giant Claw (2002) and Land of Giants (2003), special episodes of the nature documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters stars British wildlife presenter Nigel Marven as a "time-travelling zoologist" who travels to seven different periods of time in prehistory, diving in the "seven deadliest seas of all time" and encountering and interacting with the prehistoric creatures who inhabit them. The series is narrated by Karen Hayley.
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Sea Monsters (full title Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy), marketed as Chased by Sea Monsters in the United States, is a 2003 three-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the Discovery Channel and ProSieben. Following in the footsteps of The Giant Claw (2002) and Land of Giants (2003), special episodes of the nature documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters stars British wildlife presenter Nigel Marven as a "time-travelling zoologist" who travels to seven different periods of time in prehistory, diving in the "seven deadliest seas of all time" and encountering and interacting with the prehistoric creatures who inhabit them. The series is narrated by Karen Hayley.
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00:00Megalodon, the biggest carnivorous fish that's ever lived.
00:09And it would be so fantastic if I could get this camera onto his back.
00:15I'm going to try from the platform, keep the bait ball above, watch the shark until you get it in a line along here.
00:22This is Nigel Marvin.
00:24He's a zoologist and an expert in tackling dangerous animals.
00:28But his latest adventure is really testing his nerve.
00:32He's left the safety of the 21st century behind and traveled back to prehistory.
00:38His mission, to visit the seven deadliest seas of all time and to come face to face with the most terrifying sea creatures that the Earth has ever known.
00:46So far he has made it through four prehistoric oceans, but ahead lie the two most dangerous.
00:53Inhabited by the nastiest collection of predators that nature has yet assembled.
00:57And he still has to get past a 50-foot shark called Megalodon.
01:02Megalodon.
01:03You idiot, don't move that chump back till you can see the shark.
01:28Push it up quick!
01:58I'm sorry, I'm sorry I called you an idiot, I was scared when I fell in but thanks mate.
02:17Fantastic, well done, I hope we get some shots with that.
02:31The camera was designed to break away from the shark and pop up to the surface.
02:35After a couple of days we picked up the signal.
02:38There it is, look, just ahead of us.
02:40Come on, we should have a precious and unique cargo.
02:50The camera seems okay, there's no damage here, a bit of shark fin.
02:54So what's happened is I either rubbed this off on rocks on the bottom or something.
02:57I just hope it was on long enough to get some really great footage.
03:11This was so exciting, the camera had survived whatever ordeal the shark had put it through.
03:20We were in the Pliocene observing a day in the life of a megalodon and if that wasn't fantastic
03:25enough this happened.
03:27It's a silhouette there, look, whether it's an odobinosa tops or whatever, you'll see that.
03:34And this could be great if we got a kill.
03:37He's going down.
03:39He is attacking, look!
03:41Crikey!
03:42Wow!
03:43Whoa!
03:44Look!
03:45I see that again.
03:48The footage we got with the shark camp, it's better than I could have ever hoped.
03:52It is so unique.
03:54Just watch this.
03:55The shark, it's down below, there's a shape up there.
03:58It's not an odobinosa tops.
04:00It's actually a species of whale.
04:02The shark's gone down so it can get more momentum when it attacks.
04:06It's accelerating now.
04:08And the violence of this impact, look at that!
04:11A cloud of blood, that's what knocked the camera off.
04:14And megalodon, this is extraordinary.
04:16It's a species of shark that actually attacks living whales and pretty big ones at that.
04:22But even this, the ultimate shark will be unable to defend itself from the coming Ice Age.
04:29As the oceans turn colder, whales, with their high body fat, will adapt and thrive and move up to the icy polar regions.
04:37Meanwhile, megalodon will be forced to stay in the warmer water around the equator.
04:42Deprived of its prey, it will be starved into extinction.
04:46It's time for Nigel to leave this, the third most dangerous sea behind.
04:55Next lies the Jurassic.
04:57To reach it, he has to travel back from 4 million to 155 million years ago.
05:03The Jurassic is right in the middle of dinosaur time.
05:08And it's home to some of the most colossal animals ever to live on land.
05:12Outweighed only by the monsters that live in the water.
05:16I've come to the Jurassic because this is a land of monstrous creatures.
05:41On the land, there are giant dinosaurs.
05:44And here in the water, well look at that.
05:50That's a shoal of Leeds and Keys.
05:52And they are the biggest fish that have ever lived.
05:57As big as those fish are, there are predators nearly as large that attack them.
06:03And that's what I'm here for, to see some of the most massive marine reptiles that have ever lived.
06:10And they must be 75 or 80 feet long.
06:28These shoals of giants are sustained by the tiniest creatures that live in the sea.
06:51What they do is they filter out any tiny plants and any small animals floating in the ocean.
06:57At this time of year, though, they're living on their fat reserves.
07:04And that really sorts out the healthy fish from the sick ones.
07:10You can see over there, there's one that can't quite keep up with the shoal.
07:15It's just at the edge there.
07:17Already it's attracting some of the smaller predators in these Jurassic Seas.
07:22And there, over there, Metriorhynchus, you just wouldn't expect that.
07:32It's a kind of marine crocodile.
07:34It's totally adapted for life in the sea.
07:37Great paddle-like feet, nothing like modern crocs.
07:42Look at the tail, there's no armour plating there.
07:45This creature has sacrificed defence for speed.
07:49Wait, that's just a bit close.
07:52Look at that.
08:05Below me, it's a most bizarre shark called Hippodas.
08:09See those strange horns on the top of its head.
08:13And it's going in to feast now.
08:18Look at it, twisting.
08:20Twisting to get a chunk of flesh.
08:24And, oh, you feel sorry for the Lijek feast.
08:27They're actually eating it alive.
08:29It's pretty unnerving being here right next to the shoal.
08:40You've got to worry about sharks, marine crocodiles,
08:44and I haven't even seen the really massive reptile I've come here for.
08:50But I wouldn't have long to wait.
08:52No large predators on the first dive, but there's certainly potential prey.
08:59This is the injured Lijekthes that we saw.
09:02We're tracking it with an acoustic tracking device,
09:04sending sound into the water.
09:06It's bouncing back off the injured fish.
09:08Not moving very fast, but we need to move to starboard now.
09:11Okay.
09:12Captain.
09:13As we saw on the dive, the injured Lijekthes,
09:15it's already drawing in crocodiles and sharks.
09:17And before long, something much bigger is bound to come in.
09:22Yeah.
09:23This is it.
09:24That four flippers, that short, compact neck.
09:25It's approaching the Lijekthes.
09:26It's nearly as big.
09:27That is colossal, and I'm sure this is Lypleuragon.
09:42It's the biggest carnivorous reptile ever,
09:44and it is closing down on the Lijekthes.
09:47We've got to get this.
09:49Peter, can you get the Polk out of me?
09:51Quick as you can.
09:52It's pretty deep.
09:53I don't look on the monitor.
09:54See if I can guide you.
09:55Go to the left a bit, mate.
09:56Just a bit further, a bit deeper.
09:58Just as I thought.
09:59It's a Lypleuradon.
10:00Look at those flippers.
10:01It's really had a go at the Lijekthes.
10:02It's not moving a fin.
10:03It must be dead now.
10:04We've scared it.
10:05It's disappearing into the Merc, Pete.
10:06This is fantastic.
10:07Well done, mate.
10:08Well done, mate.
10:09Those Lypleuradon are awe-inspiring sea monsters.
10:10It'd be such a thrill.
10:11It'd be such a thrill.
10:12to see them under the water.
10:13It'd be such a thrill to see them under the water.
10:15It's a Lypleuradon.
10:16Look at those flippers.
10:17It's really had a go at the Lijekthes.
10:18It's not moving a fin.
10:19It must be dead now.
10:20We've scared it.
10:21It's disappearing into the Merc, Pete.
10:22This is fantastic.
10:23Well done, mate.
10:24Thanks, mate.
10:25Those Lypleuradon are awe-inspiring sea monsters.
10:27It'd be such a thrill to see them under the water.
10:29But of course, I'd need some protection.
10:30And the technicians and I have come up with this.
10:33This is a smell suit.
10:35Lypleuradon, they've got a really acute sensation.
10:37It's a smell suit.
10:38It's a smell suit.
10:39It's a smell suit.
10:40It's a smell suit.
10:41It's a smell suit.
10:42It's a smell suit.
10:43It's a smell suit.
10:44It's a smell suit.
10:45It's a smell suit.
10:46It's a smell suit.
10:47It's a smell suit.
10:48Lypleuradon, they've got a really acute sense of smell.
10:51And we're going to use that to protect me.
10:53What we do is put a bottle on here, a bottle of noxious chemical.
10:57And if the Lypleuradon get too close, if things get a little hairy, I'll switch on this valve.
11:02There'll be an explosion of chemicals into the water.
11:05The chemical we're using is called putrescine.
11:07That's basically essence of rotting reptile flesh.
11:11And hopefully, that will keep them away from me.
11:14So why did we decide on putrescine?
11:17Have a look at this.
11:18We did some field trials with young Lyopleuradon in shallow water.
11:22We put the smell suit around a dummy, weighted it down, put it on the bottom.
11:30And you can see they're putting squid right in the suit.
11:33And that's to actually get the Lypleuradon excited.
11:35Try to get a feeding frenzy and see how they'll react to the smell suit.
11:39And now it was a matter of waiting.
11:42In the first experiment, inside the smell suit, there was a chemical deterrent that keeps sharks away.
11:48And we wanted to see what would happen with these reptiles.
11:52They're very, very curious about these squid.
11:55See the release of the chemical there?
11:57Absolutely no effect at all.
11:59You'd have had your head bitten off if you'd been wearing that.
12:02The next experiment, we filled the smell suit with putrescine.
12:05And let's see what happens here.
12:07There's still squid on the dummy.
12:08They know it's not a danger to them.
12:10Here they come.
12:11Here come the Lyopleuradon.
12:12See that?
12:13The putrescine's released.
12:14Another one comes in, mouth open, just gives it a whack.
12:17I hope it doesn't whack me like that.
12:19But hopefully that will give me some protection when I go in with the adults.
12:32As I thought, a Lypleuradon, perhaps even a pair of them, have come back to the carcass.
12:37We've lost the light, but that doesn't matter to those animals.
12:40They live in a world of smell.
12:42We've got lights so we can see it's going to be spooky down there though.
12:46And I'm relying on the smell suit to protect me.
12:48The cameraman's got one too.
12:51I'm going to swing her out.
13:16Oh my goodness.
13:17That's enormous!
13:18Well I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:19Nobody would believe me back at home.
13:20I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:21Nobody would believe me back at home.
13:22I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:23I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:24Nobody would believe me back at home.
13:25I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:26I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:27Luke is next to another.
13:30I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:34I am so glad the film camera's in.
13:35I am so glad the film camera's there.
13:40The film cameras here, nobody would believe me back at home.
14:01That's a cracking view of those teeth, they are so distinctive.
14:05That rosette of really sharp teeth at the front of the jaws there.
14:09They are like knife blades.
14:12They are piling into that fish carcass.
14:15Slicing through the flesh of that leetic piece,
14:18and that short neck that helps them to be more powerful.
14:22That's why they can twist off those chunks of flesh.
14:34But what I'm going to do, they're not paying any attention to me.
14:37That food is really keeping them occupied.
14:43So I think I can take a calculated risk.
14:46If they do go for me, I've got the smell suit.
14:49So I'm going to move in as close as I dare.
14:53I am just 20 feet away from a feeding frenzy and some really ferocious sea reptiles.
15:08But I am petrified watching this.
15:19Wow, it's coming in so close!
15:21Ah!
15:25Thank heavens this smell suit works!
15:27But it's really time to get out of here!
15:38Hold on Nigel, you're not done yet.
15:41That was the second most dangerous sea.
15:44Which means time to enter Hell's Aquarium, the most dangerous sea ever.
15:49It's just a short hop forwards from the Jurassic to 75 million years BC.
15:55Not long before a massive meteor plows into the planet and marks the end of the dinosaurs.
16:04That same cataclysmic event will also be the end of most of the sea monsters that we're about to meet.
16:10A familiar sight on the coast of the Cretaceous, these birds are called Hesperonis.
16:36They are so vociferous it's deafening being right in the middle of a colony.
16:42They're flightless like penguins, but they're far from as cute.
16:46Look at those dagger-like bills, and inside there they've actually got teeth.
16:53But just to hold their own, Hesperonis, they have to be tough.
16:57They're around at a time when there are truly awe-inspiring predators.
17:00On the land there's T-Rex, and in the water, well every time Hesperonis go on a fishing trip,
17:07they have to enter the deadliest sea of all time.
17:10So why is this sea more deadly than the others?
17:22It's because there's not just one predator here, there's a whole suite of them.
17:26There's frightening sharks, terrifying sea reptiles, even the fish in here,
17:31you couldn't imagine them in your worst nightmares.
17:33I call this Hell's Aquarium, it's so jam-packed with killers.
17:39And this is where Hesperonis spend much of their life.
17:43They're amazingly well adapted for diving, with specially heavy bones to help them stay submerged.
17:49But few Hesperonis live to a ripe old age, because in this sea there are so many ways to get eaten.
17:55To the right a bit, to the right a bit.
18:06Oh my goodness.
18:11Keep going right.
18:13There's a real blood patch.
18:17Pass the periscope, please.
18:20With this I should be able to have a peek into this blood bar.
18:23Hard to see what's going on there.
18:26There is such a flurry of activity down there.
18:31There's a shark from right in the middle of the feeding frenzy.
18:35Don't know what species, there's many sharks in Cretaceous times.
18:38What?
18:40What is that?
18:42That is one grotesque fish.
18:44And that's more like a bulldog than a fish.
18:47If the devil kept fish, this would be one of them.
18:49Xiphactinus, a predatory fish over 20 feet long.
18:54There's a big one coming right at the periscope.
18:59It's got a Hesperonis in its mouth.
19:02Hesperonis there over six feet long.
19:04And it's swallowing it down in one go.
19:07But there was something else in there that looked familiar.
19:12The ominous shape of a mosasaur.
19:15These I'd read about.
19:17They're the ruling class of marine reptiles in the Cretaceous.
19:21Their serpentine shape is no accident, as they're closely related to snakes.
19:27But they're far more ferocious and way, way bigger.
19:29This species near the coast is just a tiddler.
19:40A mere ten feet long.
19:42But offshore lurks 60 foot giants.
19:45And that's where we were headed.
19:47We're going into deeper water on our mission to find giant mosasaurs.
20:01We're actually sailing right over the top of Kansas, which sounds weird.
20:06This is the map of the US that we're used to seeing.
20:09But now in the Cretaceous, it's totally different.
20:11Look at that.
20:12The central United States are covered by a vast inland sea.
20:16I can't dive in that sea.
20:18Mosasaurs are much too dangerous.
20:20And up here, to give us early warning, the acoustic tracking device.
20:25And we've got cameras on the prow of the boat.
20:28This is the view from the forward facing one.
20:31This is the view from the backward facing one.
20:33If a mosasaur comes anywhere near this ship, we'll get views on video.
20:37But this is something we are particularly proud of.
20:39This is a remote operated vehicle with a superb camera.
20:44It would be foolhardy for me to swim with mosasaurs.
20:47But we're hoping we can get this right alongside them.
21:00We soon had company.
21:02With its huge size and characteristic crest, this could only be one thing.
21:05Not a bird, but a flying reptile called Pteranodon.
21:15They catch fish in these waters.
21:17But this is Hell's Aquarium.
21:20So occasionally, the fish catch them.
21:22The next morning, we were in for a nasty surprise.
21:36What the heck was that?
21:37We hit something with a tremendous clunk.
21:49And look, it's the body of a turtle, like no turtle alive in the 21st century.
21:54It is huge.
21:55I think it's an archelon.
21:57And you can see, look, it has been bitten in two.
22:01And it's a shame.
22:02I'd love to see one of those of us alive.
22:05But it proves that we're in giant mosasaur country.
22:09Nothing else could have done damage like that.
22:10And on we sail through Hell's Aquarium, watching and waiting for giant mosasaurs.
22:25Nigel, this is interesting.
22:26Check this out.
22:27There's creatures.
22:28And they are going right under the boat.
22:29This could be it.
22:34Not a giant mosasaur.
22:36These are some of the most exciting of sea reptiles.
22:38I've always wanted to see these.
22:40Elasmosaurus.
22:41That was the front camera.
22:43And this is the camera facing backwards.
22:44Look what they're doing.
22:46They're riding our bow wave.
22:47They're saving energy, just like dolphins do.
22:49Maybe these are migrating or something.
22:53You stop the boat.
22:55We had to be quick.
22:57But this was a perfect way to do the boat.
22:59And it's not a giant mosasaur.
23:01These are some of the most exciting of sea reptiles.
23:04I've always wanted to see these.
23:05Elasmosaurus.
23:06That was the front camera.
23:07And this is the camera facing backwards.
23:08Look what they're doing.
23:09They're riding our bow wave.
23:10They're saving energy, just like dolphins do.
23:11It's a perfect opportunity to try out the ROV.
23:13With its remotely operated camera.
23:20Oh, Greg, they're not scared of it at all, are they?
23:22Right to the ROV.
23:23They're diving.
23:24Can you go deeper?
23:32They're coming really close.
23:34Look, this one's investigating.
23:37Look away.
23:39Those small heads on those long necks may be a way to deceive prey.
23:43Fish would be frightened by those big bodies.
23:45But what the Elasmosaurus can do, they can sneak those heads right in the middle of a shoal.
23:50And then strike.
23:52Gosh, a living arch along.
23:55One of those giant turtles.
23:58I said that I couldn't dive in this sea.
24:00It's just too dangerous.
24:02But I've got to get in with that.
24:03It's a bit risky going in here, but the ROV should be guarding me, keeping an eye out for any predators lurking around.
24:13And I just can't resist a ride on an arch along.
24:19And he must come up again for air soon.
24:43From here to the Bulls.
25:05Nigel, back peak.
25:06Better get him out of the water, there's something big on the cracker.
25:17Okay, we've just got to find him first.
25:19We're on our way out.
25:24We've got to find Nigel, there's something down there.
25:30Quickly.
25:36I'm so relieved.
25:59I'm back on here.
26:02I'll tell him we're coming back.
26:11Ancient Mariner.
26:12Ancient Mariner, Nigel here.
26:14How was the dive, Nigel?
26:16It was a thrill to be riding the turtle, but at the end, that was scary.
26:20We're on our way back now, Captain.
26:23Okay, Nigel.
26:24What?
26:25Can you see him on the ROV, Greg?
26:33The ROV had seen it all.
26:39We're on our way back now.
26:48Perhaps mistaking the boat for a turtle, the top predator of the Cretaceous had honed in
26:53on the crew.
26:54And if there's one thing worse than swimming with a 60-foot carnivorous reptile, it's swimming
27:00with its family.
27:02Giant Mosasaurs often travel in groups to protect their young.
27:09They will attack and eat virtually anything that moves.
27:11Sharks, turtles, giant squid, even other Mosasaurs.
27:16With three humans and an upturned boat in the water, they were spoiled for choice.
27:21So far, they were choosing the boat.
27:51Of the seven deadliest seas of all time, this was the worst.
28:08Thanks.
28:09Everyone okay?
28:10And the worst was over.
28:12Shut me up.
28:13There's still blood in the water there as well.
28:16Almost.
28:21No?
28:22No?
28:26Thank you again.
28:27Thank you again.
28:29Thank you very much, everybody.
28:31Why are we so happy?
28:32You know, We all gotㄹ and Japanese-你有
28:46done us many years ago.
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