The Shape of Life (2002)
Genres - Science & Technology, Nature |
Sub-Genres - Animals, Biological Sciences |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
"Life on the Move" (Part 2) explores how animal movement ("life's glorious dance," narrator Peter Coyote calls it) began. The world's first movers: ancient sea anemones, which developed "sensory tentacles that could reach out and touch the world" some 500-million years ago. Their primary contribution: nerve and muscle tissues. "They invented wiring," biologist Ian Lawn says. "This was an amazing leap for the animal world." And one anemone evolved into jellyfish, the world's first swimmers.
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animal, biology, evolution, origins, animal-behavior, genetics, movement [action], organisms, paleontology, sea-life
