![]() I’ll leave you with one image that really stuck out for me, that epitomised our relationship to these animals and their environment. These scenes are only the ‘tip of the iceberg’, there is so much more out there for us to learn from the sea and it’s creatures. The suspected death of the calf due to raised chemical toxins in our seas. Emotional scenes highlighting the intelligence of these animals. The strong bond and emotions felt by a short finned pilot whale towards it’s dead calf in episode 4. Emotions Short finned pilot whale and her calf. The coral reef home of these fish also in peril due to warming seas. The turtles trip to ‘Turtle Rock’ in order to have parasites and algae nibble away by blenny and surgeonfish. Partnership Turtle, Blenny and Surgeonfish.Ī partnership that has mutual benefits for both parties. The grouper fish changes colour to attract the octopus and performs a headstand to point out where fish are hiding, the octopus then crawls into the space capturing it’s prey and flushing others out for the grouper to catch. The amazing cooperation of two absolutely different species, the reef octopus and the grouper fish in episode three. It’s habitat in peril due to overfishing.Ĭo-operation Reef Octopus and Grouper fish. The Venus’s Flower Basket Sponge creates a safe place for the Sponge Shrimp to live, feed and rear it’s young in the depths of the ocean. SymbiosisĪ beautiful relationship between two species living in a difficult situation in episode 2. It is thought that when they meet each other out in the ocean they actually remember individual members. Friendship False Killer Whale and Bottlenose Dolphin.įriendships between two separate species, the False Killer Whale and the Bottlenose Dolphin. Care Walrus and her calf.Ī mother walrus and her calf, held so tenderly, struggle to find a safe place to rest in the first episode due to ice melt. I’ve felt compelled this week to draw some of the amazing creatures featured and highlight those that touched me. Added to that the soothing, knowledgeable narration by Sir David Attenborough. I read it in Sir David Attenborough's voice, for the sake of consistency (and just because I love his tone and cadence).I have been overwhelmed, as I’m sure many others have been watching Blue Planet 2, (a BBC tv nature documentary centering on life in our oceans) and we’re only on episode 4! The beautiful imagery, close ups and footage of our oceans and it’s inhabitants are stunning. A must-have if you enjoyed the television series. I should think that ages 12+ would have no problem understanding the concepts presented here, and the younger ages would still be able to appreciate all of the fascinating pictures. Some of the information from the television series repeats here, but it is mostly broad concepts, and you don't feel like you're reading a movie novelization by and large, what repetition there is only serves to reinforce the information, and I wasn't annoyed by it. ![]() Or narwhals, with their meter-long tusks protruding from their heads like unicorns of the sea. Some of the underwater creatures are so bizarre that simply reading about them isn't enough take, for example, the angler fish species where the tiny males latch onto the larger females and fuse with them for life. Large, color photographs appear on every page and really help to stimulate the imagination. ![]() Although the book's layout and hefty proportions make it akin to a high school textbook, the pacing of the content is uniform and completely readable. ![]() Three members of the BBC's production crew for the television series, "The Blue Planet," form Voltron for this splendid companion book. ![]()
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