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Wasp

This is the source image for the wasp in the image below

Wasp and Fire

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Yellow

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One more and I’ll let it rest.

This is about writing and opportunity. In the episode “Ice Worlds”, during the emperor penguin segment, spring has arrived in the Antarctic, chicks have hatched and are growing. Some were lost in a storm, some killed by females that had lost chicks and were over-enthusiastic to adopt an orphan, others die because the female or male doesn’t return with food and the remaining parent has to abandon the chick to survive.

The narration, talking about the young penguins: “Those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life”.

Certainly, those that survive their first year are better off than those that don’t. I think it goes without saying that the above statement applies to all new life on earth, not just penguins.

There’s something about this show in that the self-praising seems pompous and empty since, overall, the series dumbs down the relevance of the imagery. To be honest, educationally, Zoboomafoo is a more intelligently written show than Planet Earth. There is so much more potential with this mini-series and Discovery Channel botched it. I think they had to rush it in post. Had to quickly scramble to write something once the film was in. Editing also seems rushed, with some segments slopped together, starting and ending abruptly with little lead in or lead out.

I do like most of the aerial work, mainly because it’s a different point of view.

So, I’ll stop beating this series up. I’m disappointed. It looked promising, but like a bad movie, the best shots are in the trailer.

A good friend of mine is a nature cinematographer. Over the past few years we’ve bemoaned the fact that nature programming on television has become a joke, me from a content position, he from an income perspective. Nature just doesn’t seem to be as popular in the current realm of reality television, unless it’s reality nature I suppose. Gone are the days of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, even National Geographic. Now we have shows less about education wonderment and more about spectacle.

It really began with the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. As much as his knowledge, care and concern for the animals he profiled got back to the core values of what a nature show is supposed to be about, he did stray into the realm of spectacle with his antics and the “character” of the Crocodile Hunter. However, I think becuase of his background, he did do enormous benefit to educate and inspire people about nature and conservation. Many others followed, trying to capitalize on Steve Irwin’s personable approach, from recognized authorities and real biologists trying hard to create entertaining and educational content to guys dressed in loin cloths getting their nipples tweaked by monkeys. It takes a unique individual who can be both goofy and entertaining as well as a teacher. None of those who followed in Steve Irwin’s footsteps have been able to fill them. 

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