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« on: April 07, 2008, 08:14:11 PM » |
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Anyone caught this new Attenborough series yet, following Tiger cubs to adulthood via the mechanism of a camera attached to an elephant's trunk?
BBC1 Sundays 8pm
Astonishing stuff, well worth catching on IPlayer if you missed the first couple
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kinboshi
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« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2008, 08:16:22 PM » |
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Would it not have been better to attach the camera to the cub's mother's nose?  I didn't know this was on - will Sky+ it now  |
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2008, 05:16:55 AM » |
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Yep, I have been watching it. I love these kind of TV shows. Attenborough presents great show after great show. Sky is brilliant for showing his old series, I have Planet Earth saved and ready to watch again when I get a chance.
My other favorite TV show at the moment is presented by the Geologist Dr Ian Stewart , every week he looks at a different area of the Planet. It is worth having a look at and it keeps getting better . Last weeks episode was called '10 things you didn't know about volcanoes'. He also did another series called 'Earth: The Power of the Planet' last year. I am going up to Glasgow later today to buy the box set and book.
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2008, 08:18:19 AM » |
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I agree wholeheartedly with everyone. (except kinboshi)
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Graham C
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2008, 10:01:30 AM » |
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Saw it last week, missed this weeks and really enjoyed it.
Slightly related but not quite, did anyone see Louis Theroux in South Africas game reserves? That was interesting.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2008, 10:06:18 AM » |
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Saw it last week, missed this weeks and really enjoyed it.
Slightly related but not quite, did anyone see Louis Theroux in South Africas game reserves? That was interesting.
Yes, I saw that. Quite an interesting topic. IF all the killed animals were going to be used as meat for food (although they said it would be, I wasn't convinced this was actually the case), then I don't think I'd be in a position to have too much of an issue with it. |
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Graham C
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2008, 11:00:16 AM » |
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but not only that, I was very surprised to hear that if they didn't bread some animals to hunt, then the species would be extinct. Everyone involved in the industry seemed very professional and mature about it. I half expected some hill billy approach but it was completely opposite to that.
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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2008, 11:13:00 AM » |
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but not only that, I was very surprised to hear that if they didn't bread some animals to hunt, then the species would be extinct. Everyone involved in the industry seemed very professional and mature about it. I half expected some hill billy approach but it was completely opposite to that.
Still wasn't keen on any of those involved though. The 'it's such a beautiful animal' comments. Yes it was, until you shot the bloody thing. I'm not sure conservation is necessarily what they're concerned with though. I think that's more likely a pleasant side-effect that they can play on. Like I said though - it would be hypocritical of me to condemn their activities when I eat meat from animals that are bred for the purpose and tend to spend their lives in less than ideal conditions. At least the animals they were hunting didn't seem to suffer excessively. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2008, 11:17:28 AM » |
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as long as the animals have had a good life and don't suffer needlessly (like being ripped apart by dogs)...and the hunt is not grossly unfair (Like someone clipping a Quale's wings so it can't fly but can only hop when someone wants to shoot it) I have no problem with it. And most hunters I know have a tremendous respect for the wildlife and the environment which they hunt in. That seemed to come across fairly well in the Theroux thing (though I only watched part of it as it was on when it was past my bed time already).
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« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2008, 11:21:53 AM » |
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The hunt is grossly unfair. The hunters have high-powered rifles. The animals don't even have thumbs.
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« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2008, 11:27:10 AM » |
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The hunt is grossly unfair. The hunters have high-powered rifles. The animals don't even have thumbs.
lol..sigh not quite what I meant. The animal should have a way of escape in my opinion. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2008, 11:42:43 AM » |
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The hunt is grossly unfair. The hunters have high-powered rifles. The animals don't even have thumbs.
Even the baboons? |
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« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2008, 01:03:04 PM » |
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The hunt is grossly unfair. The hunters have high-powered rifles. The animals don't even have thumbs.
Even the baboons? They weren't hunting baboons, you bafoon. |
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« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2008, 01:04:08 PM » |
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The hunt is grossly unfair. The hunters have high-powered rifles. The animals don't even have thumbs.
Even the baboons? , you bafoon. why not?..what have the baboons ever done to them?..surely they too deserve to be hunted? |
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« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2008, 01:38:32 PM » |
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They did shoot some form of primate. One of the US guys came back with it.
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