When Whales Could Walk
2024•54m•Released
Documentary
In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the "Valley of the Whales." Now, paleontologists have unearthed a whole new species of ancient whale dating to 43 million years ago, and this predator wasn't just able to swim – it also had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to the winding evolutionary path of mammals that moved from the land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.
Director
Bella Falk
Languages
English
Studio
NOVA
Cast
Julia Montgomery Brown
Self - Narrator
Production
Company
NOVA
Company
Rezolution Pictures
Company
GBH
Company
Handel Productions
Company
CBC
Company
NHK
Producer
Philippe Chabot
Producer
Bella Falk
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