Animals in deep water

Animals in deep water is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Shows how marine animals living in deeper water offshore are adapted for survival in their particular environment. Uses film sequences to demonstrate the technique of dredging for better living animal...

Animals in deep water
Release date	1959

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Summary

Shows how marine animals living in deeper water offshore are adapted for survival in their particular environment. Uses film sequences to demonstrate the technique of dredging for better living animals. Presents film clips and live specimens from the studio aquarium to point out the physical characteristics and habitats of the basket star, cushion star, sponges, and cup corals. Features the escape mechanism used by scallops when endangered by an enemy. Concludes with a look at animals dredged from mud which includes a rare Rossia, a modified bottom living squid.

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IUL Genres

Educational;Nature

IUL Subject

Pelagic fishes;Dredging (Fisheries);Marine biology