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  1. Plastic Whale, A (2017)

    aka: A Plastic Whale: The Documentary

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film

    This Sky News documentary shows the devastating effects of plastic on ocean life by following the case of a post-mortem examination of a Cuvier’s beaked whale. The procedure confirmed that its intestines...

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  2. Blackfish (2013)

    Director
    Gabriel Cowperthwaite
    Subject
    Biology; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £6.99

    BLACKFISH tells the story of Tilikum, a performing killer whale responsible for the deaths of three people while in captivity at the Sea World marine park in Orlando, Florida. Director-producer Gabriela...

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  3. Living Sea, The (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassettes. VHS. 3 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    1: THE WHITE DEATH Follows an expedition in the waters of South Australia studying the great white shark, which is responsible for more attacks on humans than perhaps all other sharks combined. ENCOUNTERS...

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  4. Deaf Whale, Dead Whale (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Martin Freeth
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The US Navy has released secret recordings of whales’ undersea sounds - a by-product of the Cold War hunt for Soviet submarines. The recordings reveal the acoustic abilities that whales and dolphins rely...

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  5. Breathing Deeply (1993)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    On a rain-swept Welsh mountainside members of the 1994 British Mount Everest Medical Expedition test their physiological monitoring equipment. Having retreated to the dry, the doctors describe the...

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  6. Mammals in Water (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Compares the physiological adaptations made by a variety of diving mammals (whales, seals, dolphins) to water. The adaptations are found mainly in the thermo-regulatory and circulatory systems. Compares the...

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  7. Deep Secrets (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Crilly
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Whales can dive to a depth of up to 2000 metres, and they can stay down on a single breath for over an hour. Looks at reseach into how whales solve the problem of diving so deeply. Most of the programme was...

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  8. Whalevolution

    Director
    Jordan Collver
    Subject
    Natural history

    Animation. This ten minute film shows the evolution of the sperm whale from the amphibious Pakicetus to its present form. After depicting six distinct points in evolutionary history, the film maker, a UK...

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