Frozen Planet
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its finally airing in the US. Planet Earth and Life are two of my favorite documentaries of all time. so inspiring and some of the most incredible photography ive ever seen. i sit in awe for the entire episode.
Any ways the first episode of Frozen Planet the new documentary series just aired last night.
Seems just as amazing as the first 2.
Watching that buffalo, get attacked by wolves and struggle to get away and then as the narrator said "whether by accident or on purpose" one of his fellow buffalo ran into him causing the first buffalo to fall and allowed the wolves to overpower him.
this made me wonder: do animals or mammals or any other living creature help out or try and rescue loved ones and friends from danger? i know mother and father bears for instance, if some predator was trying to take the cubs away the father and mother bears would protect the cub. but if some predator actually got the cubs would the parents attack the other predator to rescue their cubs?
i was sort of struck by the idea that none of the other buffalo tried to rescue their "friend". obviously they were trying to survive and stay alive, but still...
Any ways the first episode of Frozen Planet the new documentary series just aired last night.
Seems just as amazing as the first 2.
Watching that buffalo, get attacked by wolves and struggle to get away and then as the narrator said "whether by accident or on purpose" one of his fellow buffalo ran into him causing the first buffalo to fall and allowed the wolves to overpower him.
this made me wonder: do animals or mammals or any other living creature help out or try and rescue loved ones and friends from danger? i know mother and father bears for instance, if some predator was trying to take the cubs away the father and mother bears would protect the cub. but if some predator actually got the cubs would the parents attack the other predator to rescue their cubs?
i was sort of struck by the idea that none of the other buffalo tried to rescue their "friend". obviously they were trying to survive and stay alive, but still...
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Would have been so cool to witness in person.
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I thought it was amazing watching that in HD
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Survival of the fittest. Darwin's theory of Evolution. I can't answer your questions factually but I can only assume that it is the only way to survive in that situation. One animal is being targeted, put him down so the rest can escape and survive. Did you see how many wolves there were? If more buffalo had stopped to help, they surely would have been prey as well.
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but certainly survival of the fittest makes sense in these situations.
oh and the catapiller that lived for 14 years and "froze to death" every winter, then thawed out. That insane neon and changing color jellyfish type creature. or the norwhal and how they dealt with oncoming "traffic".
the penguins and trying to escape from the seal.
another thing that stuck out was that mother polar bear i think, or maybe mother seal, jumped in the water to escape the predator on the way, and she had her baby with her, she jumped right in and i thought she was just going to take off and leave the baby. i dont know what she could do in such a situation, it just struck me as odd, and crazy. Its as you said survival of the fittest, but its just shocking partly because we have no idea their thought process, and obviously humans would never do something like that, in fact, you'd expect the human to offer themselves, or throw themselves on their child so as to spare the child, and risk death or injury. I guess thats how i looked at the buffalo and wolf scene. If this is a human situation, human vs human and i saw a fellow man or woman attacked i'd jump in and help try and fend off the attacker or would hope someone else would, or would call for help etc... Certainly the options for animals in this situation differ greatly, but its still the same principle.
I always love the questions that form after seeing these documentaries. Very interesting and thought provoking show. I always learn so much from these shows.
I need to buy it on Blu Ray!
Looked like he was booking pretty fast and he just ran right through. I agree, survival of the fittest.
My favorite part was the story of the male Polar Bear following the female around for two weeks fighting any other males that came sniffing around. Wow, did he look beat to crap when they finally went their separate ways.
I would watch it again. Thought it was phenomenal.
I really pray they do not become extinct when the cap melts.
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Interesting this week about the i forget what they were, maybe they were musk oxen as well, but they were butting heads, and it looked like it would hurt like hell. I also was fascinated by the information about the snowy owls, and their babies. I was surprised at how brutal the seals could get when trying to prove who was alpha male. I dont picture seals as brutal and violent, but they seem pretty intense.
BTW, if you love this kind of stuff, Blue Planet is an absolute must see