BBC Life On Earth Disc 2: The Conquest of the Waters (1979)

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Backbones enable fish to grow large and move at speed. Today they rule the seas,from the sun-lit world of the coral reefs to the black near-freezing dpeths of the ocean where they communicate with luminous signals. Many undertake large annual journeys scross the coeans. Some even swim up into fresh water to spawn - and there to die.
Peter's DVD rating: 3.5 stars
David Attenborough explores the lives of fish. This is one of the weaker episodes in the series. Visually, the age of this series shows in some of the murky underwater footage. The content is also sub-par; most of the topics are familiar to elementary school children. Even the salmon scenes are mediocre; the electric eel is not even filmed underwater.
2:40 Four-eyed Fish has eyes above and below water 02:50 Cave Fish has no eyes 03:20 Sea Squirt adults and Sea Squirt larva
05:00 Lancelet 06:00 Lamprey has rasping sucker 06:20 Hagfish
7:30 Jawless Fish fossil (Severin, England) 8:20 Jawed Fish fossil (Kimberly Ranges, Australia) 11:45 Hammerhead Shark has keen senses and cartilage skeleton
13:30 Wobbegong Shark swims on sea floor 14:05 Dogfish 14:10 Angel Shark
14:20 Ray ? 15:05 Sawfish Shark 18:00 Manta Ray
16:35 Basking Shark filter feeds 17:25 Paddlefish has bony skeleton 17:45 Sturgeon has bony scales
19:15 Polypterus gulps air with modified swim bladder 20:00 Trout has lateral line 20:25 Pike hunts Roach
23:40 Cowfish 23:45 Triggerfish 23:50 Angelfish
24:05 Butterflyfish 24:50 Pufferfish 27:45 Barracuda
26:05 Flying Fish 29:55 Flatfish loses swim bladder to dwell on sea bottom 31:35 Stonefish
31:50 Anglerfish walks on pectoral and pelvic fins and uses dorsal fin as a lure 32:15 Bearded Ghoul uses spiny fins for defense 32:40 Gurnard walks on pectoral fiss to find food in the gravel
36:25 Sleeper Shark ? below thermocline 36:45 Red Prawn 37:00 Ostracod
37:30 Fangtooth 38:10 Anglerfish becomes distended after a meal 38:20 Gulper Eel ?
39:00 Flashlight Fish glow from bacteria in skin 41:00 Electric fishes 44:15 Electric Eel (South America)
45:25 Lake Magadi Tilapia in volcanic spring (Rift Valley, East Africa) 47:25 Antarctic Ice Fish 47:55 Pacific Salmon
49:50 Pink Salmon spawning 52:55 Walking Catfish   
Anableps.jpg
2:40 Four-eyed Fish
Astyanax_mexicanus.jpg
02:50 Cave Fish
Urochordata.jpg
03:20 Sea Squirt
Urochordata-larva.jpg
03:20 Sea Squirt larva
Cephalachordata.jpg
05:00 Lancelet
Petromyzontidae.jpg
06:00 Lamprey
Myxini.jpg
06:20 Hagfish
JAWLESS.JPG
7:30 Jawless Fish fossil
JAWED.JPG
8:20 Jawed Fish fossil
Sphyrna.jpg
11:45 Hammerhead Shark
Orectolobus.jpg
13:30 Wobbegong Shark
Squalidae.jpg
14:05 Dogfish
Squatina.jpg
14:10 Angel Shark
RAY.JPG
14:20 Ray ?
Pristiformes.jpg
15:05 Sawfish Shark
Manta_birostris.jpg
18:00 Manta Ray
Cetorhinus_maximus.jpg
16:35 Basking Shark
Polyodon_spathula.jpg
17:25 Paddlefish
Acipenser.jpg
17:45 Sturgeon
Polypterus.jpg
19:15 Polypterus
Salmoninae.jpg
20:00 Trout
Esocidae.jpg
20:25 Pike
Rutilus_rutilus.jpg
20:25 Roach
Acanthostracion.jpg
23:40 Cowfish
Balistidae.jpg
23:45 Triggerfish
Pomacanthidae.jpg
23:50 Angelfish
Chaetodontidae.jpg
24:05 Butterflyfish
Tetraodontidae.jpg
24:50 Pufferfish
Sphyraena.jpg
27:45 Barracuda
Exocoetus_volitans.jpg
26:05 Flying Fish
Soleidae.jpg
29:55 Flatfish
Synanceinae.jpg
31:35 Stonefish
Lophiiformes.jpg
31:50 Anglerfish
Inimicus_barbatus.jpg
32:15 Bearded Ghoul
Trigidae.jpg
32:40 Gurnard
Somniosus_pacificus.jpg
36:25 Sleeper Shark ?
Parhippolyte_uveae.jpg
36:45 Red Prawn
Ostracod.jpg
37:00 Ostracod
Anoplogastridae.jpg
37:30 Fangtooth
Lophiiformes-deep.jpg
38:10 Anglerfish
Eurypharynx_pelecanoides.jpg
38:20 Gulper Eel ?
Beryciformes_Anomalopidae.jpg
39:00 Flashlight Fish
EFISH.JPG
41:00 Electric fishes
Electrophorus_electricus.jpg
44:15 Electric Eel
Alcolapia_grahami.jpg
45:25 Lake Magadi Tilapia
Cryodraco_Dollo.jpg
47:25 Antarctic Ice Fish
Oncorhynchus.jpg
47:55 Pacific Salmon
Oncorhynchus_gorbuscha.jpg
49:50 Pink Salmon spawning
Clarias.jpg
52:55 Walking Catfish
   
Index Jan 11, 2006 copyleft Peter Chen