Monsters of the deep

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German title Monster of the Deep - In the realm of the primeval monsters
Original title Sea monsters
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2003
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Tim Haines
Jasper James
production Tim Haines
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Monster of the deep - In the realm of the primeval monsters (original title: Sea Monsters ) is a documentary of the English broadcaster BBC from the year 2003. These are cartoons in which computer-animated elements were integrated into real landscape shots.

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In Monster of the Deep , the zoologist Nigel Marven undertakes a fictional journey back in time to prehistoric times. There he wants to dive in the seven most dangerous seas of all time. The more dangerous a sea is, the higher it is in the ranking. The danger of a sea depends on how big the animals living in the water are and how many dangerous different predator species live in a sea at the same time. There is only one cephalopod in the first sea, but almost a handful of bloodthirsty predators in the last. Marven explains the scenery, and a speaker gives additional information.

The seventh most dangerous sea of ​​all time

Marven travels to the Ordovician 450 million years ago. There is no life outside of the water, and the air is very nitrogen and carbon dioxide heavy. There is much less oxygen than there is today, so Marven and his crew have oxygen devices with them. Marven wants to see a Cameroceras , the greatest robber of this era. To do this, he collects a bait, an isotelus , and prepares it with a camera. When a Cameroceras actually bites, Marven dives into the sea. He watches as the Cameroceras feed on Megalograptus , sea ​​scorpions .

The sixth most dangerous sea of ​​all time

In the Triassic 230 million years ago, Marven wanted to explore the sea. On land, the dinosaurs are just evolving, so Marven sees a Coelophysis as he goes to the sea. The first pterosaurs in the form of Peteinosaurus fly in the air . The seas are ruled by marine reptiles. Marven dives with a nothosaur , wants to catch a Tanystropheus and has an encounter with the cymbospondylus .

The fifth most dangerous sea of ​​all time

To see the Dunkleosteus , this time Nigel Marven travels to Devon 360 million years ago. In a round underwater cage he wants to observe the bony fish up close. To lure him, he kills a bothriolepis , an antiarchi . The bait is wrapped in chain mail, as Marven bet the crew that the Dunkleosteus would bite through the bonefish and chain mail. After the prehistoric shark Stethacanthus wants the bait, an adult Dunkleosteus actually appears . Marven wins his bet and sees how the Dunkleosteus eats a young conspecific.

The fourth most dangerous sea of ​​all time

The killer whale Basilosaurus lived 36 million years ago in the Eocene . Marven wants to swim with this one. After just barely surviving an encounter with an arsinoitherium on land , he follows a group of Dorudon with his ship , potential prey of the Basilosaurus . Only when Marven emits previously recorded Basilosaurus calls into the sea can he attract one of these whales.

The third most dangerous sea of ​​all time

Marven on land impressively presents the super predator of the sea in this epoch ( Pliocene 4 million years ago): He presents the jaws of the great white shark and then those of the Otodus megalodon . Marven wants to put a camera on the dorsal fin of a fully grown specimen. To do this, he must first research the megalodon's habits. He does this on young animals. He finds out that Odobenocetops belongs to the prey of the young sharks and builds a dummy. This is attacked by a shark and Nigel now knows how the young animals attack. Now he wants to see the big animals. With blood and dead fish, he actually lures a full-grown animal. Since he is unable to attach the camera to the round underwater cage, he ultimately tries to do so successfully from the ship. After a few days, the crew collects the self-releasing camera and evaluates the images. It then becomes clear that adult megalodons hunt whales - in this case a cetotherium .

The second most dangerous sea of ​​all time

Marven dived in the sea of ​​the Jura 155 million years ago in the shoal of Leedsichthys . One of these gigantic fish is attacked by a Metriorhynchus and a Hybodus . That's why Marven has to get out of the water. Later a Liopleurodon finally kills the Leedsichthys . In order to be able to dive with a Liopleurodon , a special scented diving suit was tested on young animals. In fact, there was a smell that put the animals off. In the evening Marven jumps into the sea again and watches a pair of Liopleurodon eat. When Marven is attacked by one of the two, the scent suit works.

The most dangerous sea ever

In the Cretaceous 75 million years ago there was not just one dangerous predator, but three. During this time Marven starts his journey in a colony of Hesperornis . Then he examines the sea from the boat and finds a wide variety of predators, such as the shark Squalicorax , Xiphactinus and the Mosasaur Halisaurus . However, Marven is certain that there is an even bigger predator. After feeding a pteranodon , Marven tries a ROV in a group of elasmosaurs . In doing so he discovers an Archelon that he really wants to ride. When he does so, he is attacked by a group of Tylosaurus . He barely escapes onto the ship. At night, the ship's radar shows how countless tylosaurs are heading for the ship ...

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