Sunday 11 November 2012

One life (BBC Earth)

Brilliant. The best animal/nature compilation I've come across. Good pace. Jumps animal/location every few minutes, enough to make the intended point and never too long to drag. I believe this feature is a condensed version of the larger 'Life' series, so maybe not worth buying if you've already got that.

Watching it and the closing conclusion in particular is thought-provoking. It's clear animals display intelligence, adaptability and ingenuity. So what is our edge? There's definitely something that differentiates humans from other animals. So what is it that makes us unique? Perhaps this ability to pose questions?...

3 comments:

Sy said...

Interesting post. If you haven't already read it, check out Life of Pi. It really changed the way I view animals and their very changeable behaviour

adil said...

Added this book to my ever expanding Amazon wishlist years back but looks it got pushed back and lost in the queue :( Just ordered it and will defo read it before watching the movie. Thanks for the suggestion :)

Sy said...

No worries.