earth schmearth

I have one Blue Planet DVD, or at least I thought I did. Inside the case, I discovered a Planet Earth DVD. Probably this belongs to somebody else. So I think nature documentaries are probably one of the most relaxing things besides David Attenborough's voice, so it's nice that David Attenborough does nature documentaries. The PE disc I watched had segments on jungles, great plains, and shallow seas. The jungle was neat because I love timelapse video of things like mushrooms growing. One mushroom has a kind of net that looks like a honeycomb pattern skirt going to the ground. Other mushrooms grow, and they look great. I didn't love the part about all the monkeys eating figs. I might be more into plants, insects and marine life than I am into mammals. The great plains was shocking because of the brush fires. An entire herd of gazelles had to hightail it out of the plains because of a rapidly approaching fire. I know Sigourney Weaver narrates a US version. I'm glad I didn't have to watch that one. She's not bad but she's no this guy. And then the shallow seas was all about coral reefs and humpback whales. There are so many stories in this segments, and the footage is very beautiful and all in all, I feel not so much educated as relaxed. Maybe that's the point.