The Maldive Islands form a beautiful string of coral reefs, popular with divers all over the world. A disused ship forms an artificial reef and is home to the friendliest stingrays you’re ever likely to meet. Tempted by the fish the divers bring the stingrays sometimes get very cheeky and try to touch or catch the diver’s equipment. Their long whip-like tail, with it’s the poisonous spine, is designed to fend off potential predators but they do not need to worry about using it here.
Up Next in Season 1
-
NGM110 - Sharks!
Sharks are some of the most fascinating creatures to roam the ocean. There are many species of different shapes and sizes each adapted to its own way of life. Some sharks, like the silvertip and blacktip, prefer to hunt in the open ocean. Grey reef sharks hunt at the edges of the reef. Leopard sh...
-
NGM103 - Grinning Predators
The sand tiger, or ragged tooth shark, is a sinister-looking humped back creature with a mouthful of wicked teeth – the embodiment of nightmares. Yet it is hardly the vicious killer of our imagination and on a reef off the coast of South Africa divers have grown to love this ugly shark. In this e...
-
NGM102 - Sea Riders
The most endearing mammals in the world are the dolphins. We follow a family of bottlenose dolphins as they move in their home waters and over a reef of the southern Indian Ocean. We watch them play, fight, love and ‘cry’.
