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Skagerrak - Europe's Unique Marine Animal Habitat | Nature Documentary The strait that connects the North Sea with the Baltic, with depths of over 700 meters, is notorious for its strong currents. But currents also mean food and therefore nourishment. The sea grass meadows are comparable with those off the Californian coast. Harbour seals, grey seals and orcas hunt here, as do the rare black mouth cat shark and porpoises. Close by, catfish mate, which has never been caught on film before. Lion's mane jellyfish with nettle threads of up to 30 meters in length make their way through the open sea. Skagerrak's coastal regions are amongst the most beautiful and varied in Europe and boast one of the world's great bird paradises. Oystercatchers, sandwich and arctic terns are more plentiful here than anywhere else in Europe. The infinitely long dune landscape of the Skagerrak, is Denmark's answer to the skerries of the Swedish and Norwegian coasts. Large seal colonies can be found in the isolation of the small, picturesque islands and one can come face to face with the

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