Ocean Stories

The Mediterranean, that popular holiday destination for Germans, is of course also the natural habitat of many sea creatures. But can be true that the biggest predator in the world, the sperm whale, lives in the Mediterranean? And where can monk seals, who once inhabited the Mediterranean beaches, be found today?

3 metres in diameter, weighing up to 2 tons - the sunfish or mola is one of the biggest and strangest bony fish in the sea. Underwater film-maker Thomas Behrend manages to track down this gigantic creature and capture unique footage of its behaviour.

Ute Margreff lives on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, while Florian Graner's home is in the fjord region of the north-west USA, two Germans united by their love for the ocean. Ute Margreff first met the female dolphin Mara about 10 years ago, and an extraordinary friendship has sprang up between them. Florian Graner has discovered his own paradise at Puget Sound.