Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster - amazing

[malaise]

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/attenborough-and-the-giant-sea-monster#:~:text=Attenborough%20and%20the%20Giant%20Sea%20Monster%20follows%20Sir%20David%20Attenborough,Tyrannosaurus%20rex%20of%20the%20seas!&text=Watch%20Attenborough%20and%20the%20Giant,8pm%20on%20New%20Year%27s%20Day.

Video here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001txg2

[Kid Berwyn]

1. It was a sea monster-eat-sea monster world.

Wow! Spectacular find and story! Size of a London bus?

[malaise]

7. Really fascinating

[Kid Berwyn]

9. They remind me of time gone by...

…and the current day behavior of Der MAGAmental.

[lindysalsagal]

2. knr for later

[AllaN01Bear]

3. this man is a treasure and glad he is still having fun with what he is doing.

[spanone]

4. K&R

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. I recommend the doc - bound to be coming to a US channel soon

The little museum run by the guy who excavated it from the cliff has put the skull on public display today:

"It's going to be impressive, especially when children come, because they'll come in and see it face-on - which should have the required effect," he told BBC News.
...
It has features not seen on other pliosaurs, including a high head crest, which suggests it may be a species new to science.

And what about the rest of the pliosaur's body?

If the skeleton is still in the Kimmeridge cliff clay, with the coastline rapidly eroding, it really is a race against time.

Steve Etches wants to get it out, before it's lost to the sea forever.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67782416

Getting the majority of the skull out of the cliff was manageable by what was basically an amateur operation, but if they have to dig several metres into the cliff to see how much more of the skeleton they can get (they have a few vertebrae extracted along with the skull), I think it'll need mining specialists (would it be OK to just remove the cliff above it several metres back?).

[malaise]

6. Heard that on BBC

and went looking for more
Happy New Year.

[scipan]

8. Can't watch the video. "Only in UK"

Maybe I'll try incognito, or better, a VPN with a UK port?