Tonight’s episode of Blue Planet was a particularly sad one. Alongside the usual awe-inspiring visuals, the key message was that essentially the coral reefs are dying, and we’re all terrible people and it’s our fault.
One scene that really gave viewers the feels was where a female fish looking for a place to lay her eggs toyed with a discarded plastic bottle.
Nothing can stop a family that works together 💙 The incredible saddleback clownfish#BluePlanet2 pic.twitter.com/ltsH2iQQ26
— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 10, 2017
did anyone else feel a great sadness when that plastic water bottle came drifting in? what are we doing to this world 🌎😔 #BluePlanet2
— ℂ𝕙𝕝𝕠𝕖 ℝemo (@ceeepr) November 12, 2017
The BBC Earth Twitter account – which tweets along with each episode, and well worth following – shared this little factoid:
The #BluePlanet2 team collected every piece of plastic they came across while filming.
— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 12, 2017
The series reportedly involved 6,000 hours of underwater film – you couldn’t really blame they did let the odd bottle float past while they got the perfect shot. But no, it seems they did the right thing.
