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DVD

When whales could walk

Call Number

  • DVD 599.5 W5674 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English audio description.

Performers

Narrated by Julia Montgomery Brown.

Publication Information

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2024]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 55 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Added Uniform Title

Nova (Television program)

Summary

In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the "Valley of the Whales." Now, paleontologists have unearthed a whole new species of ancient whale dating to 43 million years ago, and this predator wasn't just able to swim--it also had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to the winding evolutionary path of mammals that moved from the land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.

Notes

Originally broadcast as an episode of Nova on PBS in 2024.

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