By: Phalene
The trailer seemed to imply a lot of focus on men doing things in extreme environments. "Human Planet" is obviously going to be a lot about habitat interaction if it's anything like the first two...
View ArticleBy: Orange Pamplemousse
"Take it Off" by the Donnas fits the Girls judge Boys link too well.
View ArticleBy: Jilder
... there *must* be some kind of release mechanism for other fish to swim away and come back to spawn. I really want to know the specifics behind the Big Fish Catch. They're using basket nets. Anything...
View ArticleBy: Stagger Lee
I can't find a release schedule. Did anyone have more luck with that? I'd rather just wait till I can get them all at once. (DVD release perhaps.)
View ArticleBy: Stagger Lee
This is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. I'll need to add this to the list.
View ArticleBy: puny human
"Since when HAVEN'T we been savage animals?" This gets to the old debate as to who is the most dangerous animal of all, doesn't it? Contrary to what most people say, I think the most dangerous animal...
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
A more positive message than one of environmental destruction. Absolutely. Just goes to show, one shouldn't assume. Especially when considering unfamiliar cultures.
View ArticleBy: rory
Here's a photo gallery of the Lake Antogo ritual with more context. "All fish captured will be put together and given to the oldest man of Bamba, who will ensure proper distribution among all villages....
View ArticleBy: Liquidwolf
Since when HAVEN'T we been savage animals? Well yeah..of course. But humans aren't always featured in such an obvious animalistic way in these nature docs.
View ArticleBy: Liquidwolf
And I don't really understand the racism accusation above. Reemonster said this because half the comments on most youtube videos are racist remarks, and this clip could be prime material for those...
View ArticleBy: rodgerd
Serves to demonstrate how traditional societies have historically managed natural resources (often very scarce ones) better than we are able to do on a global scale. I guess that's why the record of...
View ArticleBy: The Mouthchew
Just watched the video about the diver. Guardian had an interesting story about the Bajau people a few months ago, The last of the sea nomads.
View ArticleBy: puny human
"wow, who let the crazies out?" Yikes, yeah I didn't see those. Sad. And smoke, I actually agree with you for the most part. But like pineapple mentioned above, I think these work perfectly as youtube...
View ArticleBy: porpoise
... there *must* be some kind of release mechanism for other fish to swim away and come back to spawn. I really want to know the specifics behind the Big Fish Catch. Doing that kind of thing in the...
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
Serves to demonstrate how traditional societies have historically managed natural resources (often very scarce ones) better than we are able to do on a global scale. Maybe it's cause you can see a...
View ArticleBy: pineapple
"On one day of the year the Dogon people of Mali can fish in the sacred water of Lake Antogo. It's every fisherman for himself as the lake is emptied in minutes." ~ BBC
View ArticleBy: Fiasco da Gama
maybe this pond is stocked, and there's a waiting period, and by agreement, on a certain day, when enough fish have reached maturity, they hold this event There are Aboriginal fish traps all over...
View ArticleBy: ReeMonster
Sorry guys.. to clarify.. when I clicked the link and scrolled down to the youtube comments, it was just like.. wow, who let the crazies out?
View ArticleBy: puny human
I'm pretty sure that's it flapjax. I can remember them stocking similar small ponds in Malaysia, and then draining them and people would walk in the mud grabbing up the fish. God, I can still smell it....
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
I see that video as only the most poignant, human-scale demonstration of the tragedy of the commons brought to its logical, horrendous climax by the industrial rape of the world's oceans by modern...
View ArticleBy: Dasein
Ouch.. The clip of the fisherman emptying the lake is NOT good material for YouRacism, I mean YouTube. Yeah, cause everyone's going to see that and think that it's Africans who really do a number on...
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
Watching that fishermen empty the lake.... it looks like humans are now the savage animals we're documenting. Savage? Nah. Now, a shot of futures traders, investment bankers, etc., peering into their...
View ArticleBy: ReeMonster
Watching that fishermen empty the lake.... it looks like humans are now the savage animals we're documenting. Since when HAVEN'T we been savage animals?
View ArticleBy: Liquidwolf
If it ain't Attenborough, it ain't the real thing. Watching that fishermen empty the lake.... it looks like humans are now the savage animals we're documenting.
View ArticleBy: ReeMonster
Ouch.. The clip of the fisherman emptying the lake is NOT good material for YouRacism, I mean YouTube.
View ArticleBy: pineapple
disregard, the clips are clearly made for YT for exactly this sort of dissemination. The Sea Bed Hunting on One Breath is really stunning.
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
why not link directly to the BBC site for each segment? Like so. (maybe not all available at Beeb?) Many of the videos there at the BBC site give me "Not available in your area. (I'm in Japan).
View ArticleBy: pineapple
Only asking because I don't know -- why not link directly to the BBC site for each segment? Like so. (maybe not all available at Beeb?)
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
Wow, the "Thousands of fishermen" link is amazing. Not to mention the one-breath diver. That guy is just effin cool. I hear upcoming episodes include: 1. man sells another man used car 2. mother picks...
View ArticleBy: smoke
This is from the same producer that did Blue Planet and Planet Earth. I have to say, his documentaries don't thrill me the way earlier Attenborough (trials of life, some of the "life ofs") series do....
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Human Planet the new nature series from the BBC: Thousands of fishermen empty lake in minutes :: Girls Judge Boys in Desert Sex Factor :: 3,000 Arctic Reindeer Face a Mighty River Crossing :: Sea Bed...
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