A Container Ship of Rubber Duckies
In A Container Ship of Rubber Duckies, narrator Sir David Attenborough tells the story of a ship that fell into the Pacific Ocean, spilling 7,000 plastic ducks into the ocean. Ocean currents carried the toys across thousands of miles. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet II, a natural history series that explores the world's oceans, the animals that live in them, and the threats they face, using modern filming techniques and equipment to capture previously unseen areas of the ocean.
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Q: What happened in 1992?
A: A container ship that held bath toys sank, spilling 7,000 plastic ducks into the ocean.
Q: Where did the ducks end up?
A: The ducks reached Australia, Russia, the Arctic, and Scotland.
Q: How were the ducks carried so far?
A: They were carried by ocean currents that connect all of our oceans.
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