Documentaries you wished existed

What documentaries do you wish existed?
Either it does not exist, or you don't know it exists (you have not seen or heard of it).
(This thread may belong elsewhere, but I posted it here because I could not find another one suitable for this topic)

I wish there were documentaries that:
- Focus solely on Sumatran Rhinos (some documentaries show a bit about Sumatran Rhinos, but I have not seen them and would like to see more)
- Are about Small South-East Asian and Madagascan Carnivores like malay weasels, civets etc. (some footage does exist in documentaries about south-east Asian and Madagascan wildlife, however this footage is extremely short, just one of those bits at the beginning where they say the title.)
- Are only about the illegal pet trade (I have seen documentaries about illegal wildlife trade and about 20 seconds of it showed footage of caged lorises, the rest 59.40 minutes was mainly based on ivory and poaching)
- Talk about reintroducing animals to areas they became extinct.
- Focus on invasive species and the effects they have (had) on wildlife.
- Are about zoo enclosures and zoos in general.

I watch many documentaries (at least 3 a week, and all happen to be about wildlife) and I have not come across one that focuses only on the ones I listed above.

By the way, the documentaries you list do not have to be wildlife documentaries, they could be about historical events, geographical features, culture etc.

 

I don't think I've seen many paradise kingfishers on documentaries. Mainly because of that I've only learned relatively recently about their existance and it still surprises me they don't appear more often...

 

Beaked whales. I'd totally be down for a documentary about beaked whales.

The history of zoos.

Recently extinct species.

Marine mammals of the Gulf of Mexico.

 

I like your idea of recently extinct species.

I'd like to see a documentary on leopards (not lumped together with other African cats) or African wild dogs. They have such a fascinating social structure.

I'd also like to see one on Temminck's Golden Cat/Asian Golden Cat, which due to it's elusive nature has rarely been filmed before.

 

Yeah, I think a documentary on recently extinct species could do pretty well. There are lots of interesting ones that most people don't really know about.

African wild dogs are so fascinating, wish they'd get more attention in documentaries. And I'm always up for new footage of rare animals.

 

I suspect the video will be region-locked but this a great leopard story if you can find it elsewhere:

Africa's Fishing Leopards, 2015-2016, Natural World - BBC Two

 

I fully understand why you would like to see golden cats and wild dogs in documentaries, but I do believe there are many documentaries about leopard (especially African leopards) or at least on Nat. Geo. WILD. Having said that, I would love to see footage of Arabian, Caucasian and Javan leopards as they are rarely filmed.

 

Thanks for the link @Maguari, I will try find it.

Cheers @animalszoos, I obviously haven't been looking hard enough!

Do let me know if you find anything substantial on golden cats!

 

A positive view on animals society unnecessarily despises, such as spiders, snakes, hyenas, coyotes, vultures, etc. etc.

 

I'd go for that, especially coyotes. Coyotes are cool.

 

Coyotes are awesome, it's a shame they're demonized to the bone along with the other animals :/

 

A documentary on documentaries.

 

I'd like a fly-on-the-wall making-of documentary for this documentary.

 

The Secret Life of Lice
Narrated by Angelina Jolie

 

A documentary about obscure, often endangered wildlife that isn't birds or mammals, such as terror skinks, false gharials, river sharks, Lord Howe Island stick insects, freshwater sea snakes, glypheoid lobsters, and some not-quite-as-obscure things like tuatara, harlequin geckos and coelacanths.

 

I really want to see more documentaries on mongooses! I've seen some on banded mongoose.. But none on yellows, dwarfs or cusimanse! Or even one on the entire mongoose family would be great, there's so many species of them that I want to learn more about.

 

Hello Ashanti. I hope you enjoy this documentary: .

 

"Zoo Quest to Asia with Chlidonias"

It would be a lot longer than 13 parts but would be really interesting!



Hix

 

Ah thank you!! That was fantastic! Pity the mongoose portion only lasted 10 or so minutes.. Sign me up for a full-length David Attenborough-styled mongoose documentary!

 

I've never seen a documentary about birdkeeping, which obviously is such a marginal activity that nobody would watch it. Much.
Only once seen a documentary about a waterfowl species, Australian Shelduck back in the 1970s. Maybe it's only me that watched it.