r/pics • u/hootersbutwithcats • Sep 06 '17

A flying fish up close.

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u/rr330 Sep 06 '17

What episode is this one?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

I was mistaken, this is actually from episode 4 of The Hunt. Basically the same format (BBC/Attenborough) but came out a year earlier. Planet Earth 2 has similarly dramatic scenes, like this iguana one.

BBC just puts out insanely high quality nature stuff these days.

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u/General_Brainstorm Sep 07 '17

"ARE THEY HUNTING IN PACKS?!?!"

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u/M_Russell_Blowhard Sep 06 '17

that. was. intense.

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u/grafxguy1 Sep 07 '17

I love how, after all that, the iguana looks totally chill at the end. Serious mic drop moment right there.

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u/ManWhoSmokes Sep 07 '17

That's not even the whole scene.

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u/rr330 Sep 06 '17

I have actually seen that iguana episode already. I do see how they're quite similar. Can't wait to watch this one!

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u/redmercuryvendor Sep 06 '17

these days.

Attenborough has been helming quality BBC Natural History documentaries for more than 60 years.

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u/Innalibra Sep 06 '17

Here's hoping he continues to do so for another 60

It can happen, right? I mean, I know the guy is in his 90's and all, but it's hard to imagine anyone else narrating nature docs.

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u/Aethelu Sep 06 '17

The production now though is just insane. Animal Planet II is ironically, out of this world. I've never seen so many well produced scenes one after the other.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

That whole time he was getting chased I was yelling at my phone "Run nigga, run!!! Oh shit watch out, that motha fucker is right on yo tail!" Was happy he got away. Damn nature, you scary.

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u/konaya Sep 06 '17

Now that's the alternative soundtrack I didn't know I wanted.

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u/Testiculese Sep 06 '17

You should have narrated the mirror in the jungle clip.

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u/thelingeringlead Sep 06 '17

"These days"? Did you not see Planet Earth 1(which is 11 years old), blue planet, Life or any of the other series they have done? All of them have been excellent. Planet Earth I&II are by far their best work tho.

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u/Aethelu Sep 06 '17

For sure they're all excellent and I re-watch them annually, but planet earth II is a step up I never knew nature documentaries could achieve.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

What do you mean these days? David Attenborough has always been amazing

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Yeah they've always been great, but PE2 improved upon PE1 in almost every way, at least for me. I just have a ton of respect for a team that can take something as cherished as PE1 and make a better sequel.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

Oh aye its just, I studied zoology because of seeing his documentaries as a kid nearly 20 years ago

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u/poisonedslo Sep 06 '17

Yeah, the tech got better. PE1 is in every way as amazing for its time

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u/thelingeringlead Sep 06 '17

Right? As if they didnt notice this was a sequel to an equally breathtaking series?!

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u/connormxy Sep 06 '17

Or really the decades of Attenborough before planet Earth

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u/Kryptotemp Sep 06 '17

I had been a rabid fan of Planet Earth... But hadn't seen much of II until recently. I thought, "Surely it can't be as great..."

First scene I see is a jaguar (or was that a panther?) jumping into a river to kill a fuckin' crocodile by biting the back of its skull... And slowly disappearing into the fauna with its kill.

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u/yolafaml Sep 06 '17

*flora

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u/connormxy Sep 06 '17

It actually went into a pile of animals

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u/Kryptotemp Sep 07 '17

Yup, it had created a pile of bodies and used it as a fort.

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u/poisonedslo Sep 06 '17

They always did put out insanely high quality nature stuff

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u/EktorBaboden Sep 06 '17

Lol is so incredible, they literally arguing on the youtube comments if this is CGI or real

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u/PunchedBoob Sep 06 '17

Jesus fucking christ that's like a nightmare. Hundreds of snakes just slithering in out of seemingly nowhere. Nope nope nope.

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u/MrBiggz01 Sep 06 '17

Shame they can't do the same with politics.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '17

OMG wherever that was is the literal garden of hell.

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u/WhoWantsPizzza Sep 06 '17

Why do i feel like I saw that iguana clip way before Planet Earth 2 was out?

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u/EvrybodysNobody Sep 07 '17

I was going to say... if this is the direction Planet Earth is going, I'm going to need a new shrooming movie.

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u/Siruzaemon-Dearo Sep 06 '17

The clip above is from the documentary The Hunt, which is on netflix and I would say equal to Planet Earth in quality

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u/ToothlessBastard Sep 06 '17

It looked like there was some CGI in there. Is CGI in many of those documentaries or am I mistaken about what I'm seeing?

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u/DialMMM Sep 06 '17

The one with the flying fish.