If you haven't checked out the recent 'Africa' TV series on the Discovery Channel, please do so. It is absolutely amazing! It's a 7 (45 min each) episode series that first aired in January 2013. The video footage is incredible!
My two favorite pieces of video footage were the giraffes fighting and the baby sea turtles making a mad dash to the sea. Before watching this series, I had no idea how quickly and violently a giraffe can swing its head and neck. Awesome video footage!
As for the baby sea turtles, I had no idea how few of them actually survive to adulthood. They hatch and leave their nests in the sand and make a several hundred yard mad dash across the beach to the ocean. At only 3 inches long, this is no easy task. Along the way they must battle predators that swoop down to carry them off to eat. Yikes! In the end, only 1 in 1,000 baby sea turtles reach adulthood. That's a 0.1% survival rate!!! Incredible!
My 5 year old watched part of the series with me. She really enjoyed watching some of the animals. This is probably one of the best documentary mini series that I've watched! Excellent show. Definitely check it out!
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