Nature Documentaries

[J Riff]

I've always watched aminal documentaries. Unlike history programs, they are sometimes accurate n' educational. Pond life. Creatures of the deep sea. Bats.
YoToob is good for this... The Great Barrier Reef... Secrets of Orangutans...
Just watched a Shark special about the rash of attacks in W. Oztrailier. Very scary.
Scorpions! Only 25 of the 1400 species have a potentially deadly sting. You can gauge the degree of this by the size of the pincers, it turns out. The smaller the claws the stronger the toxin. And, they can go without food for a year. And stay underwater for weeks. And they are phosphorescent as all get-out. A million year old scorpion fossil is still phosphorescing, how weird is that.
There's a lot of not-so-good ones up there online.... what are people's favorites? Obviously David Attenborough is a solid choice, usually.
The inner workings of Dust-mite society. More entertaining, to me, than a stack of Marvel comic movies a mile high. *

 

[J Riff]

I agree, J Riff... what did you watch last night?
Well, I thought, enough SF and action and explosions for a while, so I watched a few long documentaries on Africa.
The Kalahari Desert... underneath which is, apparently - the largest underground lake in the world! Only discovered 30ish years ago?
Amazing. There's a few fish down there.... in 'Dragonsbreath Cavern' that are unique...
Lizards that jump on and off huge Lions, to get at flies. True daredevils.
The scene with the mother elephant having to abandon her child is sadder than any movie made, nevermind that part kids.
10 million Fruitbats migrate each year, everyone knows that I suppose, but it is mighty impressive from the air, and Eagles depend on the bats for
food for the chicks.