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Nature's Miracle Babies

Discussion in 'TV, Movies, Books about Zoos & Wildlife' started by kiang, 2 Sep 2011.

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    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A new 4 part series is beginning on BBC1 this Sunday (4/9) at 6.30pm.

    Presented by Martin Hughes-Games, it focuses on endangered species bred in captivity and the struggles they face.
    Species focused on include:

    Giant panda
    Pied tamarin
    Indian rhino
    Tasmanian devil
    Mountain chicken
    Aye-aye
    Koala
    Amur leopard
    African elephant
    Western lowland gorilla
    Barbary lion
    Waldrapp ibis.

    BBC - BBC One Programmes - Nature's Miracle Babies
     
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    Barbary lion? That really will be a miracle baby... ;)
     
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    I watched episode 2 last night .

    One of the featured stories was the gorillas at Regent's Park . It started with the 3 females being joined by Yeboah , how he and Mjuku immediately got on ( featuring film of him 'losing his virginity' ) . Then Yeboah's sad death - apparently from diabetes which I was not aware of . This was followed by the arrival of the Dublin male and the birth of Mjuku's baby with them being kept away from him . There was no mention of the subsequent death of the baby .

    The Barbary lion story featured the birth and hand-rearing of Lily at Belfast , then film of her with mate and cubs at Olomouc , showing that a hand-reared animal can make a good parent .
     
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    The baby's death was mentioned at the end of the programme, with the suggestion that the new male was involved
     
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    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I caught a small part of this programme- chiefly(and quite by chance) the part on the ZSL gorilla story. It was interesting to see Mjuku actually giving birth- this wasn't featured in the recent ITV series if I remember correctly. (Maybe the BBC got the rights to that part;) ).

    How did they 'present' the Barbary Lions i.e. did they mention the questionmarks about purity of the existing zoo Lions or gloss over that?
     
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    He most certainly was!
     
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    No mention of the purity of the Barbary lions that I picked up . I missed the bit at the end about the death of the baby gorilla .
     
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    They aren't at that sort of level I don't think- a bit shmaltzy...
     
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    If this has been mentioned elsewhere on this forum please forgive me but silly Billy Travers had a right go at this programme in the Daily Mail on Monday.I e-mailed the newspaper with what i thought was a very concise reply,but i doubt they will print it because Born Free has always been a favourite with this paper.I also sent Master Travers a much more strongly worded letter in which i challenged Born Free to match the IZES cash contribution to the Amphibian Ark for 2011.I will keep you posted.
     
    Tim Brown, 22 Sep 2011
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