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  1. zooboy28

    zooboy28 Well-Known Member

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    I just watched the first episode, Kalahari, which was absolutely awesome. I can't praise it enough. The giraffe scene was breathtaking. Wow.

    Plus we also got the 15 minute "filming of" featurette, which I've never seen on TV before, just on doco DVDs.

    So after that 75 minutes of Attenborough awesomeness, I'm very much looking forward to next week! :D
     
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I also think it was fantastic. Even the stock African animals (lions, rhinos, giraffes) were filmed in new ways. Pretty much everything about the episode was brilliant. I particularly liked the shot of the elephant surrounded by gazelles. And the baby ostriches. And...well, everything else.
     
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  3. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Best. Wildlife scene. Ever. :D
     
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    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Attenborough sounded just as surprised as me on the narration! :)
     
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  5. Buldeo

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    Man, how did I miss this? If it wasn't for Amazon's (the dot.com, not the forest) built-in stalker feature, I might have overlooked it for quite some time.

    Pre-ordered.
     
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    Steve Robinson Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Commencing February 16 on Southern Cross TEN in Queensland's wild and wicked west. Brought to you by some little known zoo on the Darling Downs!
     
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  7. nanoboy

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    I look forward to it reaching Melbourne eventually.
     
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  8. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Their advertising Feb 16 in Sydney too - 6:30PM.

    :p

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  9. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    what did I miss? I watched the Congo episode last night. At the end there was the beach scene with the elephants, red river hogs etc, and a couple of hippos in the surf. Was that it?
     
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  10. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    "Was that it?"?!?! There was a HIPPO in the SEA.

    The SEA.



    :D
     
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  11. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like another mermaid candidate.
     
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  12. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I would have thought the surfing hippos of Gabon would have been already well-known to Zoochatters of your and Brum's ilk. (I mean, I don't want to sound like a pillock going "oh I already knew all about that" but I was expecting something wierder). Hippos in the sea is still cool, but not what I expected in terms of a surprise.
     
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  13. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    Wait, you actually make an effort to NOT sound like a pillock? :D Oh dear. :D

    What has surprised you in recent years? I was surprised when I went to the zoo a couple years ago and saw a giraffe eating a dead sulphur crested cockatoo. In fact, I have a photo with him caught in the act (re: white feathers sticking out his mouth).
     

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  14. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I'll put it as "I don't (usually) deliberately try to sound like a pillock, but I believe in being forthright. If a person interprets that as being a pillock (or whichever word they choose to use) then that is their problem not mine."

    And seeing a giraffe eating a dead cockatoo would surprise me a great deal. (Although I have seen photos of wild giraffes eating bones for the marrow).
     
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  15. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I wonder if DavidBrown would be interested in your photo nanoboy....
     
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    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    Well phrased. :D

    The photo has been released into the wild for all and sundry, including DavidBrown. :) I do wonder, in retrospect, if the giraffe was merely tugging at the dead cockatoo to get the feathers to play with? Hmmm.... nah he was munching away I think. (Pic taken at Werribee Zoo in 2011.)
     
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  17. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    That's a new one on me aswell. Hippos in the ocean - looking forward to that one! Which episode is Congo?

    :p

    Hix
     
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  18. nanoboy

    nanoboy Well-Known Member

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    I read this article earlier today which referenced a 2004 Nat Geo article.
    BBC News - Gabon: Surfing hippos, lacking tourists

    I believe 'Congo' is the second episode.
     
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  19. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    third episode.

    The surfing hippo bit is brief.
     
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