Sir David Attenborough's Seven Worlds, One Planet

Sir David Attenborough's Seven Worlds, One Planet

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Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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The albatross not recognising it's chick because it's not on its nest was bizarre. All that beak touching to bond and then nothing.

You'd think that's something evolution would've phased out for the survival of the species.

Edited by Gameface on Monday 28th October 09:36

Zirconia

36,010 posts

283 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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The bit about the Albatross though, I expect that since it worked this way for ages with slow climate changes, it was what it was. Now the climate is changing faster, it is risking the continuation faster than they can adapt to the changes.

Warby80

330 posts

91 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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RemyMartin81D said:
moanthebairns said:
petemurphy said:
Had to turn it off as not suitable for our 8 year old despite being on at 6pm
Really, how long do you shelter a kid about the food chain.
Lol.

Just send them out with a rifle down to the farm and tell them to make their own chicken nuggets. fks sake. 8 year olds are allowed to be sheltered, they are eight. Kids don't HAVE to be exposed to the brutalized world so soon. Let them be kids. I get that.

I'm an adult and I felt bad for the albatrosses frown lol.
I actually felt it would make a fairly good introduction to how things work, yes you saw the Orca(from a distance) and Seal catch a penguin, but there was no blood/tearing apart/eating shown. The Seal even caught the Penguin fairly gently!

The Albatross scene was bizarre, crazy to think there is no recognition unless the chick is actually sat on the nest.

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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Gameface said:
The albatross not recognising it's chick because it's not on its nest was bizarre. All that beak touching to bond and then nothing.

You'd think that's something evolution would've phased out for the survival of the species.

Edited by Gameface on Monday 28th October 09:36
Maybe it is, when we anthropomorphise less we'd perhaps see that it weeds out those unable to either stay or get back in...?

Great images as usual, but inevitably peppered with the climate change woes that are imbued into every programme now it seems. Do the BBC think there are still wild-life programme watchers that aren't already concerned/aware?

227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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Before it started I said to the OH you do wonder if there is anything else to show which hasn't been done before. A lot of it (especially the seal/penguin bit) had been done before.
It must have been hard for the camera crew to not put the chick back on the nest, but I remember on the last series they did help the penguins out.

Langweilig

4,301 posts

210 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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A very good programme. But I won't be posting any praise of Sir David Attenborough or the programme on the social media. It'll provoke the usual reaction. -

"But Greta Thunberg is better than him. She knows more about it, having researched it. You are a racist and a gammon."

Otispunkmeyer

12,557 posts

154 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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Langweilig said:
A very good programme. But I won't be posting any praise of Sir David Attenborough or the programme on the social media. It'll provoke the usual reaction. -

"But Greta Thunberg is better than him. She knows more about it, having researched it. You are a racist and a gammon."
I rather suspect that Attenborough has forgotten many times more stuff than Thunberg has ever known. By dint of being around nearly 5 times longer than she has. And as far as I can tell, Attenborough isn't being used as a political puppet either.

PositronicRay

26,957 posts

182 months

Monday 28th October 2019
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andy_s said:
Gameface said:
The albatross not recognising it's chick because it's not on its nest was bizarre. All that beak touching to bond and then nothing.

You'd think that's something evolution would've phased out for the survival of the species.

Edited by Gameface on Monday 28th October 09:36
Maybe it is, when we anthropomorphise less we'd perhaps see that it weeds out those unable to either stay or get back in...?

Great images as usual, but inevitably peppered with the climate change woes that are imbued into every programme now it seems. Do the BBC think there are still wild-life programme watchers that aren't already concerned/aware?
Climate change and its effects on the enviorment were mentioned, difficult not too. But didn't get preachy so a reasonable balance I thought.

SpeedBash

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2,318 posts

186 months

Zirconia

36,010 posts

283 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Brutal beginning

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Genuinely jumped at that snake!

Robertj21a

16,475 posts

104 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Brilliant photography, as always.

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Great series, brilliant photography but leaves me depressed frown

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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I learnt some new things tonight. Fantastic programme.

I'd love to feed whale sharks!

Zirconia

36,010 posts

283 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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I have been trying to cut out palm oil for a year or so now. Its in everything. Didn't realise there was ethical palm oil though.

Japveesix

4,476 posts

167 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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That was a pretty heavy episode. The walrus bit was genuinely quite shocking and I've watched hundreds of wildlife series and don't ever really feel that way.

And I remember being fascinated as a child by the Sumatran and Javan rhinos in my encyclopedia of animals. I've never seen footage of one before so that was amazing but it's dreadful to think that they were rare when I first read about them 30+ years ago yet there were still individual populations of up to 500 at that point.....now they're basically gone. frown

V8covin

7,213 posts

192 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Just watched episode 1 in 4k HDR on the iPlayer.Incredible picture quality and detail,could almost be mistaken for CGI.
I was thinking how do they get all this close up footage and then they show you at the end.Amazing how close the animals let the cameramen get to them.Obviously using drones too.
Great programme,shame it was half wildlife documentary and half extinction rebellion propoganda film

DoctorX

7,240 posts

166 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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V8covin said:
Just watched episode 1 in 4k HDR on the iPlayer.Incredible picture quality and detail,could almost be mistaken for CGI.
I was thinking how do they get all this close up footage and then they show you at the end.Amazing how close the animals let the cameramen get to them.Obviously using drones too.
Great programme,shame it was half wildlife documentary and half extinction rebellion propoganda film
Even the missus was impressed with the 4K stream which takes some doing. Stunning. Agree with your summary, but the message needs to be heard.

Gameface

16,565 posts

76 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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V8covin said:
Great programme,shame it was half wildlife documentary and half extinction rebellion propoganda film
I don't compare David Attenborough talking about what he's devoted his life to and concerns for the future, with ER bandwagon jumpers/troublemakers.

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Sunday 3rd November 2019
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Gameface said:
V8covin said:
Great programme,shame it was half wildlife documentary and half extinction rebellion propoganda film
I don't compare David Attenborough talking about what he's devoted his life to and concerns for the future, with ER bandwagon jumpers/troublemakers.
Nor me.