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NEW Shark
Secrets
No other animal inspires such a range
of emotions as the shark. Underwater cinematographers
John McKenney and Marty Snyderman have traveled the
world’s oceans to film a wide variety of shark
species. Witness a rarely seen Horn Shark birth and
a stunning battle between Sea-Turtle and Tiger Shark.
This documentary reveals the shark's reproductive, feeding,
and survival behaviors.
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NEW Ocean
Dragons
Ancient
sea dragons, rivaling dinosaurs in size and ferocity,
once reined supreme in the ocean depths. Descendants
of these dragons, such as The mighty Komodo Dragon,
the Frill Neck Lizard , and the Anaconda have evolved
as no other species have. This programme reveals the
diverse, adaptable and resilient nature of these reptiles
in and out of the water, from the Galapagos Islands
to the Australian outback.
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NEW
Whales:
Sentinels of the Seas
From the dawn of time, man's
fascination with whales has created a complex relationship.
These warm-blooded leviathans are social, intelligent
and perfectly adapted to the ocean realm. While tribal
whale hunting and commercial fishing still exists, a
new industry has emerged: Wildlife Entertainment! Instead
of hunting these majestic creatures, they are now revered
at sea parks, aquariums, and on their migratory ocean
paths.
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NEW
Oceans 2000 Part 1
In the last hundred years, technological
and scientific discoveries have opened up the mysterious
oceans. With the various developments of underwater
breathing apparatus and cinematography, visionaries
Jacques Cousteau, Hans Hass and Louis Boutan brought
the splendors of the seas into millions of homes. Scientists
today are now exploring ever deeper, and discovering
new cures for diseases as a result of early ocean pioneers.
Travel through history and see some of the first images
to be filmed underwater!
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NEW Oceans
2000 Part 2
For
thousands of years man has fished the great oceans,
built port cities for trade, and cast his eye toward
uncharted waters. These activities have produced pollution,
oil spills, overfishing, and deforestation that threaten
the delicate balance of our ocean world. The ocean’s
vastness does have limits and this programme contemplates
man’s responsibility in protecting the oceans.
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Night
Moves
While
most of the planet thrives on sunlight, an undiscovered
world lives in darkness beneath the surface. There is
a changing of the guard when the sun goes down. Encounter
dozens of unique, almost mythical creatures in this
program as we learn of their marvelous nocturnal adaptations.
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Gardens
of Stone
Stunningly beautiful, coral
reefs are vibrant, undersea meeting grounds where the
hunter and hunted live side by side. Most people are unaware
that coral reefs are a living animal that grow continuously
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Ocean Dreamers
Man
has always felt a sense of kinship with mammals of the
sea. Warm-blooded, intelligent and friendly, they seem
to share a special bond with humans. How are mammals
of the oceans related to mammals on land? Join us as
we learn more about their highly specialized adaptations
and sophisticated social relationships.
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Ocean
Habitats
From
shallow, near-shore mangrove forests to the vast expanse
of the open sea, the world's oceans are a series of interconnected
undersea neighborhoods. Each habitat, from seagrass meadows
to kelp forests to underwater mountain ranges houses its
own ecosystem filled with its own cast of aquatic characters.
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The
Latin Seas
Mexico's
Sea of Cortez. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. The Caribbean
Sea. These names conjure up images of crystal blue waters
teeming with life. From hammerheads to tiger sharks, basketstars
to manta rays, the Latin Seas are filled with some of
the most beautiful and captivating animals in the world.
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Shipwreck
Graveyards
Moments in history are frozen
forever in shipwrecks that lay silent, but not forgotten.
Eternal monuments to nature's fury and mankind's folly,
shipwrecks hold priceless clues to our past. We explore
the ocean depths to discover this history revealing
carnage.
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