5- Green Seas

Original air date: 26 November 2017

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Start timeTheme, ContentsMore detailed description (Filming location)
0’25 Introduction Life waking up from the dark winter
   1’30     Starfish spawning
  1’45     Sea cucumbers Speed up camera
    2’40     Sea pens
3’10-20’20 Kelp forest
    3’10-4’12 Kelp Kelp defined
    4’35-9’50     Kelp forest Cape – Southern Africa
    4’55     Octopus Preying on a crab
    7’05     Pyjama shark and octopus
    7’50-8’15 Octopus suffocating shark
    8’30-9’30     Octopus hiding Using shells picked from surroundings to hide
    10′     Kelp & garibaldi North America
    11’15     Garibaldi farming Seeing off intruders regardless of size – – rays (12’15)
    12’30     Sea urchins
    13’45     Night – predators Torpedo rays
    15’30     Sea urchins Leave behind barren ground – eat all the kelp
    16’25-19’50     Sea otters Feed on shellfish – like sea urchin, only otters at sea, rarely leave the sea
20’20-38’20 Sea grass
20’20     Sea grass Tiger sharks preying on green turtles, keeping them on the move – avoiding them overgrazing the grass —(Australia)
    23’20     Spider crabs March across sea grass planes, break out of old shell – growing (until 29′)
    23’20-29′     Sting rays Preying on the crabs
    29’45-34’35     Giant cuttlefish Breeding – Tricking the males into thinking he is a she so he can get near the female closest to him (33’30)
    34’35-38’20     Weedy sea dragon A male (seahorse) caring for young, shrimp is the favourite food
38’45-45′ Mangrove forests Those have the richest nurseries
    40’40     Zebra mantish shrimp Inside the hole (41’55-42’32), Leaves his burrow for a better one (43’25-44’05)
    43’40     Mantis shrimp ** Male leaves burrow for a larger female — the female being left behind sends a distress signal
45’10-50′ Phytoplankton
45′     Dolphins & sea lions
    46’50     Anchovies Feeding frenzy
47’40-49’55     Humpback whales
50′-57′ Into the blue
    50′ Time lapse equipment – The (undersea) forest floor
  51’15 Filming the common octopus
57′ Coming up The coasts

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