Synopsis
The strange environment of the shallow seas is one that sits remarkably close to shore. In the giant kelp forest, we join a female catshark as she lays an egg deep in the forest floor.
- Programme: Wonders of the Celtic Deep
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC One Wales
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography
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