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Video excerpt from Planet Earth series:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy5b6x https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy5b6x text BBC coverage in non New Yorker

Video excerpt from Planet Earth series:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy5b6x https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gy5b6x text BBC coverage in non New Yorker style:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231130-the-scientists-flying-with-rare-birds https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231130-the-scientists-f... All of the Planet Earth series is worth watching, if a bit depressing sometimes IMHO, the making of bits at the end of most episodes is informative as well.

shermantanktop 2y ago
It’s so common. Amazing nature documentaries filled with the wonder of life, cute animals, interesting science…and a long parade of grim warnings about ecological destruction and catastrophe. I know why they do it, and I am already deeply concerned about that stuff, but outrage leads to fatigue.
- cruffle_duffle 2y ago
  It absolutely leads to fatigue and really keeps me from watching those shows. Like I get it… I do… but it is preachy and annoying. It feels like “buddy you are preaching to the choir but there absolutely nothing I can do” The issues surrounding almost all of that are incredibly complex and are deeply tied to socioeconomic, political, and god knows what other factors. In all honestly they are probably unsolvable. Show me the cute animals and let me form my own judgments. Don’t make me feel like an asshole for existing. I didn’t cause that shit and I am powerless to stop it. And even then, I don’t want to hear it in the context of that show.