The Global Ocean

The episode is set in 1 massive super ocean in the world, 200 million years into the future. At this point in the future, there are no mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians. The episode focusses on four species: (1) Rainbow Squid, a massive squid which changes colour to hide and which did not take to the land unlike some cephalopods; (2) Flish, descendants of cod which have evolved to breathe out of water and have developed wings; (3) Sharkopath, a descendant of sharks that have bioluminescent patches on their sides to communicate with one another; (4) Silverswimmer, descendants of crustaceans that have grown in size and evolved to fill the roles that fish previously held. There are many different species and they have different ways of life. Some are predators, some are prey and some are scavengers. Since all the land is joined together, much like Pangea, there is only one ocean now as well. Some views from space show the Earth as just a blue circle now.

Writing:
  • Victoria Coules
  • Pierre de Lespinois

Stars:
Release Date: 2002-04-02
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 7.4/10
  • Country: CA, GB, US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 325

Other episodes for this season

Welcome to the Future
Episode 1 - Welcome to the Future
Return of the Ice
Episode 2 - Return of the Ice
The Vanished Sea
Episode 3 - The Vanished Sea
Prairies of Amazonia
Episode 4 - Prairies of Amazonia
Cold Kansas Desert
Episode 5 - Cold Kansas Desert
Waterland
Episode 6 - Waterland
Flooded World
Episode 7 - Flooded World
Tropical Antarctica
Episode 8 - Tropical Antarctica
The Great Plateau
Episode 9 - The Great Plateau
The Endless Desert
Episode 10 - The Endless Desert
The Global Ocean
Episode 11 - The Global Ocean
Graveyard Desert
Episode 12 - Graveyard Desert
The Tentacled Forest
Episode 13 - The Tentacled Forest