Blue Planet 2

Glanza · 9 Nov 2017 at 09:37

Surprised me by how many animals they showed that I've never seen before, the noise of icebergs hitting each other whilst in the sub was louder than I'd imagined.

Kainz · 12 Nov 2017 at 21:17

That was a absolutely excellent. The best episode yet I thought. The section about the coral reefs dying out was quite an eye opener.

Westie · 13 Nov 2017 at 08:25

Think I forgot to blink for an hour... Brilliant episode.. some of those clown fish were massive.

Jono8 · 13 Nov 2017 at 12:41

That Hypno-Squid tho

elmuzzy66. · 13 Nov 2017 at 18:26

1m long bobit is the stuff of nightmares

Glanza · 13 Nov 2017 at 21:11

It wasn't until they showed the panning shots of the dead coral that I realised how big the areas that are dying now after reading about it.

PinkFloyd · 13 Nov 2017 at 21:21

Another amazing episode. Stunning shots, the Octopus and the Cuttlefish were both amazing to see. Terrible hearing about how badly coral is dying out, really hope it can be stopped from getting any worse...

easyrider · 13 Nov 2017 at 21:45

Great storytelling again! Brilliant.

The bobbit is one nasty mofo

Mobius 1 · 13 Nov 2017 at 22:36

Cuttlefish are amazing creatures. So cool.

And that bobbit, like something out of a sci-fi film. (Reminds me of a graboid)

DrToffnar · 14 Nov 2017 at 09:55

TV really doesn't;t get much better then that episode. Absolutely stunning!

That Coral bleaching though... Really hurls things into perspective...

MookJong · 14 Nov 2017 at 10:35

**** me I fell back to sleep after my first alarm this morning and had a dream about being trapped underground. I was squeezing though tight spaces and got stuck and started freaking out. Then a bobbit worm came up out of the floor and was biting my face and trying to crawl into my head through my ear!!!

Still upset about it now...

Spook187 · 14 Nov 2017 at 12:39

The correct name is Eunice worm I am surprised the BBC used the Bobbitt saying, you really don't want these in home reef but it happens they get through the dipping process i have lots of bristleworms in my Reef good clean up crew but look evil.

IvanDobskey · 15 Nov 2017 at 13:21

Fantastic series

I did wonder if the Bobbitt worm was related to Lorena

Colours on the last episode looked amazing on OLED TV.

Nitefly · 16 Nov 2017 at 00:11

I’ve only watched episode one...

...and I did lol heartily when the fish kept ‘roaring’ at each other. Lol - wut?! I know the sounds are dramatised but come on

Looking forward to the rest of it!

checjb · 16 Nov 2017 at 09:21

Tauren said:
Cuttlefish are amazing creatures. So cool.

And that bobbit, like something out of a sci-fi film. (Reminds me of a graboid)

It reminded me more of the tentacle beasts from "Deep Rising" (until you find out that they're extension of a single organism).

melmac · 16 Nov 2017 at 12:50

MookJong said:
**** me I fell back to sleep after my first alarm this morning and had a dream about being trapped underground. I was squeezing though tight spaces and got stuck and started freaking out. Then a bobbit worm came up out of the floor and was biting my face and trying to crawl into my head through my ear!!!

Still upset about it now...

This made me laugh. Sorry

Hope you are recovered by now!!

jpaul · 16 Nov 2017 at 21:39

in counterpoint - you saw this report

The study tested samples of crustaceans found in the ultra-deep trenches that span the entire Pacific Ocean – the Mariana, Japan, Izu-Bonin, Peru-Chile, New Hebrides and Kermadec trenches.
These range from seven to more than 10 kilometres deep, including the deepest point in the ocean, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.The team examined 90 individual animals and found ingestion of plastic ranged from 50% in the New Hebrides Trench to 100% at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The fragments identified include semi-synthetic cellulosic fibres, such as Rayon, Lyocell and Ramie, which are all microfibres used in products such as textiles, to plastic fibres that are likely to come from plastic bottles, fishing equipment or everyday packaging

gEd · 17 Nov 2017 at 02:40

AS with most of the Attenborough programmes in the last few years, I really struggle with the sounds balance through my Canton soundbar whereby the sounds effects are as loud (or louder) than his narration. Has anyone else had problems hearing what Attenborough is saying above the music and background sound?

easyrider · 19 Nov 2017 at 21:38

How do the Whale shark babies surface for air from 600m down if there are Sharks above?

I_M_Weasel · 19 Nov 2017 at 23:34

easyrider said:
How do the Whale shark babies surface for air from 600m down if there are Sharks above?

They probably use their gills, they're a shark not a whale.