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

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

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:
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

2:40 Four-eyed Fish	02:50 Cave Fish	03:20 Sea Squirt
03:20 Sea Squirt larva	05:00 Lancelet	06:00 Lamprey
06:20 Hagfish	7:30 Jawless Fish fossil	8:20 Jawed Fish fossil
11:45 Hammerhead Shark	13:30 Wobbegong Shark	14:05 Dogfish
14:10 Angel Shark	14:20 Ray ?	15:05 Sawfish Shark
18:00 Manta Ray	16:35 Basking Shark	17:25 Paddlefish
17:45 Sturgeon	19:15 Polypterus	20:00 Trout
20:25 Pike	20:25 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	31:35 Stonefish	31:50 Anglerfish
32:15 Bearded Ghoul	32:40 Gurnard	36:25 Sleeper Shark ?
36:45 Red Prawn	37:00 Ostracod	37:30 Fangtooth
38:10 Anglerfish	38:20 Gulper Eel ?	39:00 Flashlight Fish
41:00 Electric fishes	44:15 Electric Eel	45:25 Lake Magadi Tilapia
47:25 Antarctic Ice Fish	47:55 Pacific Salmon	49:50 Pink Salmon spawning
52:55 Walking Catfish


Index	Jan 11, 2006	Peter Chen