If you have yet to see any of Sir David Attenborough’s nature collections, then you have missed some of the rarest glimpses into our world’s environments. There is a very obvious reason that this Natural Sciences academic from Cambridge is world-renowned: He is one of the world’s foremost experts in his field.
Each of Attenborough’s BBC series take place in different kingdoms. Some of the series that my family has been able to enjoy are: The Life of Birds, The Life of Mammals, Life in the Undergrowth, Life in Cold Blood, Life in the Freezer (Antarctica).
Attenborough travels the entire planet so that we don’t have to. While “there” (wherever that might be!) he brings us truly remarkable sights. And, he is not without the youthful heart of a small boy at seeing something truly amazing. Attenborough’s sense of glee when he watches an elephant quite literally going bump in the night is infectious. His obvious enjoyment at watching an orangutan grab a cracked nut from him or his laughter at watching an albatross land is contagious. >>> Even those Grinches among us are not able to resist his enjoyment.
Did I mention the filming? The Attenborough series are simply spectacular. He has hiked through the hot, dry Sahara Dessert or the hot, humid Amazonian jungles so that we can enjoy the sights that he and his production crew have had to wait for… sights that we would most likely never have seen even if we had been in the dessert or jungle… sights that took enormous amounts of patience and time to capture on film.
I’m happy to let Attenborough and his production crews/experts do the work so that my family can enjoy these beautiful pieces of nature’s art work! The footage we see is absolutely incredible.
(As with most things in nature, some of these shows include scenes not suitable for young children.)
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Anne says
Glad to see you’re a fan of the Great Man. He’s well over 80 and still going strong. I think his “Life on Earth” series one of the most wonderful and profound films ever shown on t.v.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Anne, we absolutely love David Attenborough’s nature shows. Some of them can be a little brutal, since that’s how nature is, but I think everyone should see these films.
Anne says
David Attenborough is doing another series (at 89!) on , I think, the acidification of the seas and the threat to the coral reefs. There has been a little programme to publicise this – President Obama made a birthday tea for the great man at the White House and before that there was a bit of a “chat show” between them. They flattered each other no end, all in a good cause, the Earth.
Made by the Beeb, don’t know if you can get it outside the U.K. but it may be on DVD.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Anne, now that’s what I call staying active! My family absolutely love his “nature shows” >>> by far the very best! Thanks for telling us about this.