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Planet Earth III

Coasts

22 Oct 2023

Species features in each Sequence

Cape fur seal, Great white shark

Sea slug (Clione limacina), Sea butterfly (Limacina helicina)

Lion, Cormorant sp.

Southern right whale

American flamingo

Wandering garter snake

Banded archerfish

Green sea turtle

# Species by IUCN Conservation Status

Cape fur seal

Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus

Robberg Peninsula, South Africa

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Robberg Peninsula, South Africa

Location is based on media pack [1].
[Link 1]

Sea slug

Clione limacina

White Sea, Russia

Sea butterfly

Limacina helicina

White Sea, Russia

Lion

Panthera leo melanochaita

Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia

Cormorant sp.

[genus Phalacrocorax]

Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia

Southern right whale

Eubalaena australis

Peninsula Valdés, Argentina

American flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Río Lagartos, Yucatán, Mexico

Wandering garter snake

Thamnophis elegans vagrans

East Point, Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Banded archerfish

Toxotes jaculatrix

Raja Ampat, Indonesia

As noted by Yoland Bosiger, assistant producer: "The Planet Earth III team stayed [...] on the tiny island of Kri in Raja Ampat [...] Kri also provides access to a lesser-known habitat: blue water mangroves [...] a sanctuary for juvenile fish. One such fish, the archerfish, fascinated the Planet Earth III team because of their ability to dislodge insects from the mangroves leaves." [1] Note: It is possible that this species is the largescale archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), but that species tends to be sootier in colour vs. the silvery colour in the animals filmed. Moreover, banded archerfish are abundantly present in Raja Ampat, while photographic records of largescale archerfish, at least by my research, appear scant.
[Link 1]

Green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Raine Island, Queensland, Australia