“Shallow Seas” is the title of the next episode of BBC’s Planet Earth, about the seas surrounding the continents on the fringes of the tectonic plates, and which contain the vast majority of marine life. Naturally, I can only marvel at the superb satellite images of continental shore lines. But the true wonders are found under water: the countless shoals of colorful fish swimming through bountiful coral reefs; sea urchins, star fish, and minute pygmy seahorses butting heads to claim their territory; banded krait snakes teaming up with trevally and goat fish hunting for prey; turtles, sea lions, seals, dolphins, stingrays, and sharks; primordial sirenian sea cows herding on the sea grass meadows in Australia’s Shark Bay; most of all majestic humpback whales singing to each other on their journey from the equator to the arctic sea! Surely by now you’ve downloaded the series or got yourself the DVD set, because this really is a show you can’t afford to miss.
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