The Marine Iguana | A Perfect Planet | BBC Earth

This sea-diving lizard only has 30 minutes to search for food before his muscles seize up.

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[christianhill]

Wow i thought this was a Godzilla trailer just from glancing at thumbnail lol

[knl]

The thumbnail looked like he was ready to fight King Kong.

[sammylee]

Always thrilling to hear sir David Attenborough.

[WeldonSirloin]

BBC Earth: The Marine Iguana
My brain: The Marijuana

[miyu]

When I was a kid I used to call them baby Godzilla’s. Still do actually lol

[channingdavis]

*Godzilla vs Kong trailer exists*
YouTube recommendations: wanna look at some iguanas?

[NocturnalCachalot]

Amazing little guys, the daring way they try to "steal" their food from the cormorants' nests reminds me of the brazenness my cat shows toward my food 😂

[EvripidouM]

Darwin was dead wrong. Marine iguanas are not"hideous-looking" and "most disgusting, clumsy lizards." They are super cute and cuddly!

[udaykaushal]

He's the same one who ran from the snakes earlier

[alitsuki]

They’re like mini Godzilla’s 😂 so cool! Satisfying!

[tharris]

1:38 shot of the iguana swimming is the same as the shot of Godzilla swimming underwater past the missiles in GvK. Its like the director watched this video.

[creeperjo]

0:46 Godzilla vs rodan movie looks pretty good

[derekparker]

godzilla: ripping off mutos heads and eating them
iguanas: ripping off seaweed heads and eating them

[silentgamer]

Stay out of the water : they die (starvation)
Stay to long in the water : they die. (To cold)
Sounds like fun

[jeremiahmatthew]

Marine Iguana : "I am Godzilla!"
Komodo Dragon : "Am i Joke to you?"

[ayejamie]

Ahh yes Godzilla as a baby. Viciously adorable

[Zikeal-dl]

Imagine if this was used as a reference to Godzilla: king of the monsters movie. The end credits would show a scene like this 0:20 as a bunch of Godzillas gathering around a huge ecosystem of monsters in an even more huge hidden island. That would be dope.

[FRPIZZABOY]

I love David Attenborough I lost my grandad yesterday he loved David Attenborough aswel I will always watch his channels and think of my grandad now rip and I'll see you when I gets there

[chrisholland]

Beautiful creatures and yes they do look like mini godzillas that can swim.

[kirbl]

1:25 The Godzilla version of the "Life could be a dream" meme