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Nigel Marven trained in zoology and botany and is now one of the UK's leading wildlife television producers and presenters. He fronted the BBC's two Walking With Dinosaur specials, The Giant Claw and Land Of Giants.
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Sea Monsters is a fast moving extravaganza of big teeth and snapping jaws.
An ongoing theme is Nigel Marven's thrashing cattle prod, as he apprehends a giant squid or armoured fish. Often this is accompanied by a little squirt of watery blood, in case you have missed the point.
Sea Monsters is a fast moving extravaganza of big teeth and snapping jaws.
An ongoing theme is Nigel Marven's thrashing cattle prod, as he apprehends a giant squid or armoured fish. Often this is accompanied by a little squirt of watery blood, in case you have missed the point.
Sea Monsters is presented by Nigel Marven
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It is fun, unapologetic entertainment. Sea Monsters cost £3m to make, and it intends to be enjoyed by all the family. But woven into the action are some serious facts.
The programme makers want to show us a magical by-gone world, and teach us something about the weird and magnificent animals that lived there.
"We build up a picture about the animals from as many sources as possible," said Jasper James, the executive producer.
"We talked to palaeontologists and zoologists so that we could be as accurate as we possibly could. We didn't say anything unless there was some evidence for it.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Snapping teeth
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Nigel Marven trained in zoology and botany and is now one of the UK's leading wildlife television producers and presenters. He fronted the BBC's two Walking With Dinosaur specials, The Giant Claw and Land Of Giants.
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Sea Monsters is a fast moving extravaganza of big teeth and snapping jaws.
An ongoing theme is Nigel Marven's thrashing cattle prod, as he apprehends a giant squid or armoured fish. Often this is accompanied by a little squirt of watery blood, in case you have missed the point.
Sea Monsters is a fast moving extravaganza of big teeth and snapping jaws.
An ongoing theme is Nigel Marven's thrashing cattle prod, as he apprehends a giant squid or armoured fish. Often this is accompanied by a little squirt of watery blood, in case you have missed the point.
Sea Monsters is presented by Nigel Marven
Enlarge Image
It is fun, unapologetic entertainment. Sea Monsters cost £3m to make, and it intends to be enjoyed by all the family. But woven into the action are some serious facts.
The programme makers want to show us a magical by-gone world, and teach us something about the weird and magnificent animals that lived there.
"We build up a picture about the animals from as many sources as possible," said Jasper James, the executive producer.
"We talked to palaeontologists and zoologists so that we could be as accurate as we possibly could. We didn't say anything unless there was some evidence for it.
Sea Monsters
animatronic dinosaur being filmed on the ocean floor off Nassau, Bahamas
Sea Monsters dinosaur series. The animatronics were incredibly realistic and were used in situations when I had to get hands-on with the prehistoric creatures. At other times computer graphics were used.
Sea Monsters dinosaur series. The animatronics were incredibly realistic and were used in situations when I had to get hands-on with the prehistoric creatures. At other times computer graphics were used.