I am not a religious man but I do have sacred texts. Like the Christian Bible, my texts are comprised of chapters and help explain the origins of life. Unlike the Bible, though, my texts are produced by the BBC and are only available on DVD. They're the series of nature documentarties produced by the God-like David Attanborough: Blue Planet, Life of Birds, Life of Mammals, Life in Cold Blood and Life in the Undergrowth (there are others, too, but those are the ones sacred to me).
In all seriousness, I cannot understate how wonderful these documentaries are. They have absolutely shaped how I view the world. Frankly, it's another post for another time.
I am posting here because I believe there comes a time in every young person's life where be begins to question his beliefs. Perhaps the world he or she is experiencing simply isn't meshing with what is he reading in his or her particular religious text. Questions creep in, faith is tested.
I am not questioning the accuracy of these BBC documentaries, but something is undoubtedbly lost when you hear the ol' "Red-tailed Hawk Noise Used for an Eagle" trope. See the Vine below, for the exact moment.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Birds at Large: BBC's Life of Mammals
Labels: bald eagle, BBC, birds at large, life of mammals, red-tailed hawk
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Not bird related, but The Life of Mammals makes another glaring error in implying that hyenas are dogs in the episode on carnivorous mammals. That must have been the only time I completely stopped watching an Attenborough documentary partway through. Interestingly, the companion book to the series doesn't make the same mistake.
Still love the rest of the series to bits though.
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