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Marine-Inspired Documentaries To Watch On World Oceans Day


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Today is World Oceans Day; Happy World Oceans Day!


As it is World Oceans Day, it is a good time to watch a documentary or two which is about our oceans, marine environments and marine animals.


There are many good documentaries out there to watch.


Some of these are one-off documentaries that you can watch in one night. Others are documentaries that happen over several episodes.


These documentaries can help us appreciate nature more and the animals that we share this world with. They can also help us to learn about the worlds marine animals and appreciate them too. Others can help us learn about the challenges that marine animals face and, the challenges that marine environments face in the modern world.


You will find many of these documentaries on Netflix, or, BBC iPlayer.


Here are some great marine-inspired documentaries that you can watch this World Oceans Day!


Blackfish


Blackfish is a documentary about whales been stolen from the ocean and used as forms of 'entertainment' to perform tricks.


The documentary shows the cruelty involved in using animals for 'entertainment'.


Seaspiracy



Seaspiracy is an eye-opening documentary that has just been released.


It offers new insight into what is happening in our seas and to our marine wildlife today. This documentary is a follow-up documentary to Cowspiracy.


My Octopus Teacher


My Octopus Teacher is a documentary about a man who forms a friendship with an octopus and learns from the octopus. This documentary is cool and shows octopuses how friendly, intelligent and inquisitive octopuses can be.


You can watch this documentary on Netflix.


David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet

This isn't specifically a documentary that focuses on oceans and marine animals alone - though, that is within the documentary - it is, however, a documentary that focuses on all of nature and David Attenborough's journey.


It is another documentary that you can find on Netflix.


Marine-Inspired Documentaries


Marine-inspired documentaries are a great way to learn more about the oceans, sea, marine environments and marine animals.


They are also a great way to learn about marine animals.


This World Oceans Day, why not watch one, or maybe two of these marine-inspired documentaries? They are a good way to learn about the natural world.


Happy World Oceans Day!




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