NATURE: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encores Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

Sir David Attenborough unearths a once in a lifetime discovery: the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Follow a team of forensic experts on a perilous expedition to excavate the skull, uncover the predatory secrets lying deep inside the fossil, and unlock clues about the life of this giant sea beast.

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Sir David Attenborough holding an ammonite fossil in Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK.

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Sir David Attenborough with paleontologist Dr. Judyth Sassoon at the Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life in Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK.

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Sir David Attenborough holding a 3D-printed model of the Pliosaur snout fossil at Southampton University, Southampton, UK.

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Sir David Attenborough with the restored Pliosaur skull in the workshop of the Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life in Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK.

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Sir David Attenborough onboard a boat while filming near White Nothe cliffs on the Jurassic Coast, Dorset, UK.

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Sir David Attenborough with a Humboldt Penguin at London Zoo, London, UK.

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Rendering of a Pliosaur diving down towards an Ichthyosaur.

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Rendering of a Pliosaur about to attack an Ichthyosaur in the ocean, with small fish swimming close by.

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