Planet Earth

Today is swimming carnvial but most of the grade is probably at home sleeping, gaming, and doing other mindlessly, time wasting things. I woke up this morning and decided to watch a documentary series that my dad bought because it was cheap? It has around 10 or 11 episodes, each 40 minutes (give or take a few minutes) long. The series is called Planet Earth and it is absolutely amazing. It's different to other documentaries centralised around earth and it's environment because they use aerial shots for everything which means that the animals and ravishing landscapes can be seen in their natural context. The camera is attached to the bottom of the helicopter and it can zoom in from one kilometre away and it is truly amazing. It's the first time that this kind of technology has been used for a documentary. I can't even explain how mind-blowing the video capture is.

The content of the first episode is amazing. The first time that a mother polar bear has seen sun in four months in the arctic is so heart-warming (even though it is still -30 degrees). She is so happy that she just toboggans down the mountain side, absorbing the sun's rays for the first time after four months of total darkness. Following her are her two baby polar bear cubs which see the sun for the first time in their entire lives!! It's so cute and kejrhwkejhraksjra. That's just the first 5 minutes of the whole series. I'm so excited to watch the rest of it but it will probably take me ages with all the homework we have ):

It's funny also! There is a group of baboons in Africa and they have to tread through rivers and they walk like humans and they act exactly like prim, princesses that are scared of water, waving their hands around and everything. Their behaviours are almost identical to those of humans and it is super fascinating. UGH THE WHOLE EPISODE WAS AMAZING. I learnt so much!

It's funny how oceans touched by millions of animals remain so pristine and clear. They don't destroy the Earth like humans do and yet they are deemed inferior in terms of intelligence. I really don't believe so. They are much smarter than humans, they can hunt, keep themselves warm and they don't cause any damage to the physical state of the environment (not all that much anyways). But maybe they are just oblivious. Not knowing is better than knowing, right?