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2) Open Ocean
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The Open Ocean covers more than 360 million square kilometers. Much of this huge expanse of seawater is marine desert with virtually no sign of life. Yet somehow life survives out here. We follow the extraordinary path of the yellowfin tuna from its beginnings as a tiny egg until it becomes a 400 pound, voracious predatory giant.
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Sunlight is the vital source of energy used by the countless billions of plankton which live in the world's temperate sea. Forests of giant kelp harbor thousands of animals. Sharks, Sea otters, brilliantly colored anemones, squid and exquisite leafy dragons are just a few of the creatures that live in this cool, rich water.
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"Narwhal and Jelly are back and Narwhal has a new obsession...peanut butter! He's so obsessed he even wants to change his name to...that's right...Peanut Butter! Ever-sensible Jelly isn't so sure that's the best idea, but is all for Narwhal trying new things (instead of just eating waffles all the time, no matter how delicious waffles are). In this third book, Narwhal and Jelly star in three new stories about trying new things, favorite foods and...
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This program begins with spectacular scenery of the Galápagos islands, including a volcanic eruption. It introduces the idea of the archipelago being extremely dynamic geophysically and biologically, on both short and long time scales. It then illustrates the rich biodiversity of the archipelago with examples of plants, birds and insects from the small island of Daphne, and fish, sea-lions and sea birds in the marine environment nearby. The program...
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Learn all about the curiously shaped hammerhead shark. Young readers go under the sea to find out about this shark's physical characteristics, hunting habits, and young life. All information is presented in easy-to-understand text paired with full-color photographs. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
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Host Gordon Sivell takes in the colorful ANZAC parade in Melbourne and then visits the wine region of the Yarra Valley after touring a unique animal surgery facility designed to save indigenous wildlife. He takes a chopper flight over the 12 Apostles geological rock formations, cruises with the bottlenose dolphins, and learns about aboriginal customs in a Victoria state sanctuary.
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The Atlantic Ocean stretches 10,000 miles, including a 90 kilometer stretch of a warm current called the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream propels the migration of many different animal species, creating unique feeding frenzies for the predatory whales of the Atlantic Ocean. Jellyfish, sea turtles, fish, plankton, and people are also affected by the Gulf Stream that warms Northern Europe and keeps the Arctic Ocean from freezing. Learn about the symbiotic...
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Revolutionary technologies now make it possible to harness a completely renewable energy resource-the natural power of the sea. This program explores ways that electric power can be drawn from tidal forces or from fluctuations in ocean currents. Traveling the globe, the film highlights several innovations, including a tide-driven rotor off the coast of Cornwall in the U.K., a multi-rotor locks system in the English Channel, an OTEC-or ocean-thermal...
11) Dolphin song
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A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.
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"The enfant terrible of French letters, Jean-Nicholas-Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) was a defiant and precocious youth who wrote some of the most remarkable prose and poetry of the nineteenth century, all before leaving the world of verse by the age of twenty-one. More than a century after his death, the young rebel-poet continues to appeal to modern readers as much for his turbulent life as for his poetry; his stormy affair with fellow poet Paul Verlaine...