Can you solve the sea monster riddle? - Dan Finkel
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According to legend, once every thousand years a host of sea monsters emerges from the depths to demand tribute from the floating city of Atlantartica. As the ruler of the city, you’d always dismissed the stories… until today, when they rose out of the roiling waters, surrounded your city and demanded a ransom of pearls. Can you figure out which chest of pearls is the ransom? Dan Finkel shows how.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Daniel Finkel
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Animator Igor Coric
- Storyboard Artist Igor Coric
- Art Director Igor Coric
- Compositor Igor Coric
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma