Blue Planet 2 goes even deeper
The second series of Blue Planet promises to be even more breathtaking
THE location: the waters just off the coast of Cape Town. The star: an armoured octopus that, when threatened, picks up shells and stones from the seabed and wraps them around itself as camouflage against peckish sharks.
This is just one of the many mysterious sea creatures that have been filmed for the first time in Blue Planet 2, the second in the landmark BBC series that dives deep into the world’s oceans and is guaranteed to leave everyone who watches it breathless with awe and wonder.
When the first series aired 16 years ago, audiences’ jaws dropped in amazement at the richness, beauty and sheer weirdness of marine life on Earth – an estimated 95% of which still remains unexplored.
The new series – to be aired in South Africa on BBC Earth (DStv channel 174) in February next year – promises to take viewers deeper into the magic and marvel of the ocean than ever before.
It took four years to film and used cutting-edge technology to permit glimpses into a barely imaginable world. As the trailer advises, take a deep breath . . .