Life in Cold Blood

[Earniel]

We've had films, games and what-nots in this entertainment forum, so it's time we've got some good documentaries in here as well.

Life in Cold Blood is the last Life on Earth documentary series by the ever great sir David Attenborough, wild life documentary-maker and all-around English icon. This last series deals with reptiles and amphibians.

The series, besides being visually pretty stunning, has also managed to show some rare behaviour or behaviour that never was caught on camera before, such as the rare Panamanian golden frog communicating with waving, rather extreme parental care by caecilians and gecko's begging a meal off insects.

What else? There are frogs applying their own natural sun block, tiny cameleons smaller than your finger, wrestling cobras, crocodiles who can make water dance by vibrations and Lonesome George, last of his kind.

I think the Panamanian golden frog scene was probably my favourite. I sat there with open mouth, because I've never seen anything quite like it. Such intricate communication. The wrestling poison arrow frogs were just the cutest ever. The life-birth of those cameleons was pretty spectacular too.

The sea-snakes were creepy, but I've always thought they were. But I was surprised to see a non-poisonous vegetarian among them.

Soo, anyone else seen them?