Animals in Deep Water

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. (KCTS) Kinescope.

More in In ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE

  1. ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS
  2. ANIMALS OF THE EXPOSED ROCKY BEACH
  3. ANIMALS OF THE EXPOSED SANDY BEACH
  4. ANIMALS OF THE PROTECTED ROCKY BEACH
  5. BASIC RESEARCH IN MARINE BIOLOGY
  6. CLASSIFICATION OF MARINE ANIMALS
  7. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE SHORE
  8. PLANKTON
  9. SEASHORE: ITS FEATURES AND INHABITANTS
  10. EMBRYOLOGY 1949
  11. Animals in Deep Water 1959
  12. Animals of Ships, Floats and Piles 1959
  13. Animals of the Muddy Beach 1959
  14. Animals of the Protected Sandy Beach 1959
  15. The Molding and Nature of the Shore 1959

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, description, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, catalog record