The Kelp Forest in Late Autumn
In The Kelp Forest in Late Autumn, narrator Sir David Attenborough describes what happens in a kelp forest in the late fall. Watch the birth of a dogfish shark. Watch a hooded sea slug find food. Watch what happens to kelp as the temperature drops. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history
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Q: What hatched from the pod?
A: A dogfish shark hatched from the pod.
Q: What can the dogfish shark do immediately when it’s born?
A: The dogfish shark is so developed that it can immediately start to hunt.
Q: What happens to the plankton and kelp as the weather changes?
A: The plankton disappears and the kelp dries up and rots away.
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