Planet Earth special

The Discovery Channel's "Planet Earth" special has been a joy to watch. The shows air from 8:00 to 10:00 on Sunday nights. So far, they have focused on things such as Deserts, Mountains, Seas, and climate zones from pole to pole. There are some awe-inspiring moments and very hilarious moments. One of my favorite scenes so far were these monkeys in (I think) Africa that walked across a recently flooded desert. They were goosestepping through the water in the most hysterical fashion, walking ever so gingerly with arms swaying around. They looked very humanlike. I had not seen an animal display such a "Eww, gross" kind of body language. There are a number of scenes like that, where you think, "That's almost entirely human!"

Another pretty dashing picture were these lizards acrobatically leaping into the air into a swarm of flies to catch their meal. With their bodies gyrating and the slowed down pictures, the overall effect was very dramatic and whimsical at the same time.

A particularly poignant segment was on a polar bear desperately attempting to take down a walrus for a meal which it required for survival. Eventually, the defeated polar bear lay down in a heap to die.

It's been a really remarkable show. The things that you are able to see and the wonders of this planet are really on display. It's such a marvelous window into the rapidly changing and radically diverse environments and habitats of this planet.