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Dammit, does that mean we have to wait till the stupid Oprah version airs before we have a chance at the Blu Ray release of the non-Oprah version? Because that would fucking BLOW.
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'Life' the follow-up to Planet Earth, narrated by David Attenborough
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subzero9285 said:
I hope it's region free. I refuse to listen to Opera's voice. So Amazon UK doesn't ship to the US? Where else could I get it?
Puck said:
Couldn't agree more.
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xBerserker said:
They do as far as I know.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=11072991
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subzero9285 said:
Oh, nice. So do we know for sure if this Blu-ray is region free?
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I sent a e-mail to Amazon asking about the region free thing. I'll report back.
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You people are crazy wrong. Oprah has a great voice for this kind of thing.
Rentahamster
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Fucking Oprah??
It's amazing to me how some companies will spend money to actually make a product worse.
Do they think that Attenborough's godlike commentary isn't appealing to Americans or something? Good lord.
We could have this series broadcast much earlier if we didn't have to wait for the replacement narration.
It's amazing to me how some companies will spend money to actually make a product worse.
Do they think that Attenborough's godlike commentary isn't appealing to Americans or something? Good lord.
We could have this series broadcast much earlier if we didn't have to wait for the replacement narration.
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cramcakes said:
I would assume, can anyone confirm?
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There's no way they are releasing this in 1080i. That would be impossible.xBerserker said:
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Life of Mammals has one of my favourite scenes from any nature series; the persistence hunt by the Kalahari bushmen, featured in the the final episode. A wonderful, thought provoking scene.Pakkidis said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o
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You needn't worry, all of the nature series released by the BBC after Planet Earth have been 1080p.cramcakes said:
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subzero9285 said:
Very interesting to watch. I'll have to snag that series too.
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Here's a pretty hilarious clip from the same series; hedgehogs really know how to have a good time it seems.xBerserker said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btY-3ED__Vo
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BorkBork said:
Just finished watching the same episode (Discovery?), very awesome stuff.
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Episode 6 - Insects
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Halfway point of the series, and I think it's safe to say that the BBC have a hit on their hands.
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[B]Monday 9th November [/B]
[B]BBC1[/B]
20:30- Panorama: 2.8m (11.1%)
[B]21:00- Life: 4.3m (17.6%)[/B]
22:00- BBC News at Ten: 4.5m (22.3%)
[B]BBC2[/B]
20:00- University Challenge: 3.1m (13.0%)
20:30- Miranda: 2.5m (10.0%)
21:00- Starter for 10: 1.2m (5.4%)
[B]ITV1[/B]
20:30- Coronation Street: 9.1m (36.9%)
21:00- Collision: 7.5m (30.4%)
22:00- News at Ten and Weather: 3.3m (16.9%)
[B]C4[/B]
19:55- 3 Minute Wonder: Young Carers: 0.5m (2.3%)
20:00- Not Forgotten: 1.0m (4.0%)
21:00- The Execution of Gary Glitter: 1.2m (5.4%)
[B]Five[/B]
19:30- How Do They Do It?: 0.6m (2.7%)
20:00- The Gadget Show: 1.5m (6.3%)
21:00- FlashForward: 2.3m (9.4%)CurlySaysX
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Is there any global warming propaganda on this documentary like there was on planet earth?
I was enjoying
PE until the polar bear segment and the ice melting. I cringed and turned the thing off. True story
I was enjoying
PE until the polar bear segment and the ice melting. I cringed and turned the thing off. True story
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Placeholders are now up on Amazon.com (US) if it hasn't been noticed yet. Put on my Christmas list. 
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CurlySaysX said:
So you missed the part with the ostriches?
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So do we have a definite answer on importing it to us ??? Is pal compatible with us players ???
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what the hell, all these years i was thinking these shows were narrated by that old man from jurassic park
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That's his older brother, Richard Attenborough.big black woman said:
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The 'insects' episode was visually stunning, especially the Damselfly segment. Best episode of the series for me.
Edit: Bombardier beetles are awesome.
Edit: Bombardier beetles are awesome.
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ffffuuuuuuuuu I never realised they were brothers!subzero9285 said:
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OgTheClever said:
Yep.
A short clip on David's vanity(lack thereof), his brother chimes in at the 1:26 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjPEN4a9zs
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That shit was totally:Wes said:
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There isn't a nature thread on gaf, so I'll post this hear.
Insects could be as intelligent as larger animals
Incidentally, there's only 11 days left until Life's Blu-ray release.
Insects could be as intelligent as larger animals
SourceTiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.
"Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology at Queen Mary's Research Centre for Psychology and University of Cambridge colleague, Jeremy Niven. This begs the important question: what are they for?
Research repeatedly shows how insects are capable of some intelligent behaviours scientists previously thought was unique to larger animals. Honeybees, for example, can count, categorise similar objects like dogs or human faces, understand 'same' and 'different', and differentiate between shapes that are symmetrical and asymmetrical.
"We know that body size is the single best way to predict an animal's brain size," explains Chittka, writing in the journal Current Biology. "However, contrary to popular belief, we can't say that brain size predicts their capacity for intelligent behaviour."
Differences in brain size between animals is extreme: a whale's brain can weigh up to 9 kg (with over 200 billion nerve cells), and human brains vary between 1.25 kg and 1.45 kg (with an estimated 85 billion nerve cells). A honeybee's brain weighs only 1 milligram and contains fewer than a million nerve cells.
While some increases in brain size do affect an animal's capability for intelligent behaviour, many size differences only exist in a specific brain region. This is often seen in animals with highly developed senses (like sight or hearing) or an ability to make very precise movements. The size increase allows the brain to function in greater detail, finer resolution, higher sensitivity or greater precision: in other words, more of the same.
Research suggests that bigger animals may need bigger brains simply because there is more to control -- for example they need to move bigger muscles and therefore need more and bigger nerves to move them.
Chittka says: "In bigger brains we often don't find more complexity, just an endless repetition of the same neural circuits over and over. This might add detail to remembered images or sounds, but not add any degree of complexity. To use a computer analogy, bigger brains might in many cases be bigger hard drives, not necessarily better processors."
This must mean that much 'advanced' thinking can actually be done with very limited neuron numbers. Computer modelling shows that even consciousness can be generated with very small neural circuits, which could in theory easily fit into an insect brain.
In fact, the models suggest that counting could be achieved with only a few hundred nerve cells and only a few thousand could be enough to generate consciousness. Engineers hope that this kind of research will lead to smarter computing with the ability to recognise human facial expressions and emotions.
Incidentally, there's only 11 days left until Life's Blu-ray release.
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Stoat kills Rabbit ten times its size
From the upcoming "Hunters and Hunted" episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbqvqf3-14
Edit: General Woundwort would never have accepted such behaviour from a rabbit in his Owsla.
Stoats aren't dangerous!!!
From the upcoming "Hunters and Hunted" episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbqvqf3-14
Edit: General Woundwort would never have accepted such behaviour from a rabbit in his Owsla.
Stoats aren't dangerous!!!
Just watched the Birds and the Insects shows. Absolutely brilliant.
I can't wait for the next episodes, especially primates.
The next episode too with the Nubian ibex, which I've seen quite a few times in the Negev desert.
I've actually had a breathtaking experience where once we were walking on a not-too-narrow cliff and across from us was another group of people. Suddenly, an apparently frightened Ibex ran towards them trying to get away, and a person who didn't see it got startled and moved towards the edge of the cliff so the ibex was forced literally out of the edge of the cliff but it somehow managed to run on the almost-vertical cliff and ran through. It was quite cool.
I also worked for about six months in a wildlife reserve where we had two of them that were totally used to humans, I could only see their incredible agility and manoeuvrability in their afternoon jogs which you didn't want to be in the path of. I also happened to witness the almost frightening strength of a male after being accidentally trapped in a fenced area and trying to get out, only to eventually jump onto a nearby rock and out of the fence.
Another thing highlighting their relative majesticness was the domestic goats we had roaming around, the slow dimwits.
I can't wait for the next episodes, especially primates.
The next episode too with the Nubian ibex, which I've seen quite a few times in the Negev desert.
I've actually had a breathtaking experience where once we were walking on a not-too-narrow cliff and across from us was another group of people. Suddenly, an apparently frightened Ibex ran towards them trying to get away, and a person who didn't see it got startled and moved towards the edge of the cliff so the ibex was forced literally out of the edge of the cliff but it somehow managed to run on the almost-vertical cliff and ran through. It was quite cool.
I also worked for about six months in a wildlife reserve where we had two of them that were totally used to humans, I could only see their incredible agility and manoeuvrability in their afternoon jogs which you didn't want to be in the path of. I also happened to witness the almost frightening strength of a male after being accidentally trapped in a fenced area and trying to get out, only to eventually jump onto a nearby rock and out of the fence.
Another thing highlighting their relative majesticness was the domestic goats we had roaming around, the slow dimwits.
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A recommendation to any Attenborough fans.
This is great compilation of his musings on various subjects, it come as an audio CD, as well as a book. These are the subjects examined by him;
Here's a few uploaded to Youtube.
A nice little bonus to buy along with the Life box set.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408427443/
This is great compilation of his musings on various subjects, it come as an audio CD, as well as a book. These are the subjects examined by him;
- Adam's Face
- Amber
- Archaeopteryx
- Bird's-nest Soup
- Birds of Paradise
- Bower Birds
- Coelacanth
- Collecting
- Dragons
- Dodo
- Faking Fossils
- Giant Birds
- Large Blue
- Monstrous Flowers
- Platypus
- Salamander
- Serpent's Star
- Sloth
- Songsters
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Here's a few uploaded to Youtube.
A nice little bonus to buy along with the Life box set.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408427443/
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Here's the cover for the Planet Earth/Life box set.
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