Wonders of the Ocean - The World Beneath. Dr Richard Smith

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Burford born award-winning underwater photographer, author and marine conservationist Dr Richard Smith will be providing a colourful introduction to the teeming life in the depths of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 

The colours are breathtaking, from the Cenderawasih fairy wrasse, with its fluorescent yellow streak, to the polka-dot longnose filefish and the multicolored sea dragon. There are scarlet corals, baby-blue sponges, daffodil crinoids, and life forms able to change color at the flip of a tail. Size is another remarkable variable: Watch for a gigantic whale shark as well as a pygmy seahorse almost too tiny to observe unless enlarged in a photo.   

Richard will show them indulging in the arts of seduction and deception. He describes how they eat, play, and care for one another and how some species are experts in using camouflage for self-protection. He also highlights newly found species, those facing extinction, and what we can do to help save them before it’s too late.