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Basking Sharks, the gentle giants

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Production
2010, Germany
Original language
German
Running time
00:45:00
Genre
documentary
Topic
sea biology, zoology, discovery
Directed by
Florian Guthknecht
Written by
Florian Guthknecht
Produced by
Bayerischer Rundfunk

Their appearance is so horrific that they were still considered in the last century as sea monster. However the up to twelve-metre-long basking sharks are peaceful plankton eaters and near to extinction. Only 8000 –so estimated- swim as restless vagabonds through the oceans. Nobody knows where and when they appear!

The film accompanies the biologists Jackie and Graham Hall to the last places where the giants could still be found. Their research is a journey from the water surface to the the abyss on a very special place: the Isle of Man. The restless scientists want to find out, when and where the giants move on their feed search and where they mate. Only if theese secrets are disclosed they can be protected.

Pariscience

Selected at Pariscience 2010
See the showing : Friday 08th October 2010 from 10h00 to 11h30