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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 11:07 pm
Well, at least I get to see the first two in HD, as we have TLC in HD. I watched parts of the first one as it was recording. Have to wait for WhosMom to get up so we can watch both of the first two episodes together. What parts I saw were great.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 3:57 am
All I know is that I will NEVER visit Manitoba, Canada! All those snakes.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 4:06 am
Could not watch, have a snake phobia. uggghhhhhhhh
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 5:40 am
This is another DVD set that I will be purchasing.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 6:15 am
Oh, Ginger, you missed the snakes having sex in the sea. (and I will leave it at that). I like where I live. No real snake problems around here.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 6:56 am
Ummm,ya know Grooch, I think I can take a pass on that <shudder>
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 7:17 am
I'm going to refrain from my sunflower story that GAL brought up the topic in another thread, I still shudder from it and I will save you the horror.
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Kellsma
Member
08-27-2002
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 9:33 am
Ginger if you don't like snakes, this would have been a tough episode. Too bad because some of the other animals were amazing. My mom is the same way, she can't even look at a snake at all. When they showed them all in Manitoba coming out of hibernation, OMG, gross, way too many. Funny though how all the males snakes were going for one female.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 12:04 pm
Next Sunday's episodes are Mammals and Fish.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 1:23 pm
Woo hoo, I'm looking forward to it. I liked the second hour, too (as long as a snake can't get to me I'm fine watching it on television), but I couldn't watch the last 5 minutes while the water buffalo were going down. The kimodos stalking them for three weeks while they were poisoned and encircling them while they were succumbing to the poison was too much for me to handle. Grooch, no horror story you tell about a sunflower could equal the horror of a 7 foot sunflower growing outside my front door. Bring it (Ginger don't look).
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 1:26 pm
Oh, and the antennae-eyed bugs that have eyeball showdowns? Hilarious.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 7:15 pm
Yeah, there's a lot more humor in Life than other nature docs, I think. I loved the stalk-eyed flies and the big fat bullfrog who makes the tunnel for the tadpoles. Oh and the small-as-your-fingernail red frog who brings her tadpoles up to the tops of the bromeliads, one by one.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, March 22, 2010 - 11:39 pm
yankee is this going to be showing up ON DEMAND? i'm not finding it other than the one sunday night broadcast on Discovery. SO MANY COMMERCIALS!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 4:05 pm
Don't forget - two new episodes tonight starting at 8:00 eastern. Replays of last week are showing right now on Discovery.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 5:21 pm
That chameleon last week was so cool (WhosMom and I finally watched last week's eps this afternoon). One thing I didn't realize is, I thought chameleons just had a sticky tongue. I didn't know the end of their tongue enveloped the prey like a second mouth. That was too cool.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:24 am
I got a kick out of the sarcastic fish last night - he was NOT. HAVING IT. And the mud fish were amazing. Gross but amazing. I'm glad they showed scenes of how they got the heat chase of the whales - I was confounded on how they went about filming something like that.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 11:03 am
GAL, I saw a segment on the TODA SHOW a few weeks ago. The photographers had to hold their breath when they went under the water to film it. Scuba diving gives off bubbles and that would have thrown the male whales off and stopped them. He said they are very sensititive to unknown bubbles.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 1:08 pm
Here's more on how they got the Humpback whale segment: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life/mammals/humpback-whale-heat-run-scene-analysis.html USA Today also did a story on it: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-03-16-discovery-life-nature_N.htm And, at the conclusion of the series, at 10P on April 18, Discovery is running a full hour called "The Making of LIFE."
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 1:27 pm
Amazing, Yanks, thank you. I'm looking forward to the "Making of LIFE" episode. My brother is tivo-ing this for his wife who is in Singapore right now working her butt off with no chance to watch television - she is an acute animal lover, and we're sure she's going to adore every minute of it.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 1:36 pm
Thanks, Yankee. I want to get the DVD of this. Amazing show.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 3:27 pm
for some reason TLC and Discovery in Canada didn't show new episodes on Sunday, nor are there are any listed in next week's schedule.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2010 - 4:00 pm
TLC, Discovery Health, etc., only simulcast the first night as a "special event." Discovery Channel Canada (which is programmed differently than the U.S. version primarily due to CRTC regulations), aired LIFE a few months ago -- so Canada got it before the US did.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 6:21 am
I wish Canada and the US could get on board and air shows at the same time so we can all discuss popular topics (shows) at the same time.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 6:46 pm
I believe there are some scuba gear that are called 'rebreathers' that don't emit bubbles. Yes, I was right: http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/adventures/4201815.html
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 11:05 pm
Grooch, as someone who's worked in tv in both Canada and the US, I can tell you that the answer lies with CRTC regulations, particularly related to Canadian content. Some networks, who were broadcasting in Canada before 1991, are grandfathered and not subject to the rules (TLC, CNN, etc). I agree, it'd be so much simpler, but I guess Canada is trying to protect its tv industry/culture.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, April 04, 2010 - 4:53 pm
Reminder - new episodes tonight!!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, April 05, 2010 - 11:10 am
The bone-cracking buzzards were fascinating in a gruesome sort of way. Invertebrates have always skeeved me out, I had a hard time watching that episode and the fried-egg jellyfish was just gross they should make cheesy horror flicks about it. "The Fried Egg Jellyfish that Tentacled Tokyo" or something.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Monday, April 05, 2010 - 5:07 pm
I loved the birds who decked out their love shacks. I was also amazed at the pelicans eating other birds young. The sea worms were icky.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 3:56 pm
Reminder - new episodes tonight. Tonight is "Hunters and Hunted" and "Insects."
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 1:43 am
Mom and I are watching the two eps from Sunday now, and still enjoying the series. Our pup Gidget had a very interesting (and nearly violent) reaction to the Ethiopian Wolves. First she was very interested in the pups. Then when the one wolf crouched into a hunting position/crawl, Gidget jumped up and literally raced over to the TV, jumped up (forepaws only) on the table, and even batted a paw at the TV (I was so scared she scratched it!). She even knocked a few things off the table, and moved that one side of the TV back about an inch! I think if she had been tall enough she'd have jumped up on the table with her full body and really gone after the wolf. So far, my only complaint in this series is the same one I had about Planet Earth. I don't really like the repeated scenes, meaning if they showed a segment in one episode, I don't really care to see it again in another episode. Actually, its not so much I don't want to see it again; I think its more like I feel "cheated" cause I'd rather that time be used to show me more awesome stuff I haven't seen yet. Does that make any sense?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Gee, what did I do, kill the thread? Nobody discussing the final week of installments?
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 12:54 pm
I haven't seen it yet, but will someday. It looks fabulous! I bought the Planet Earth series and will watch it someday too. (I need more time in my life to do these things!) (workin' toward that!) Who, didn't you get a new tv, your first HD tv, recently? If so, I bet you really enjoyed seeing this in HD!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 2:15 pm
I have recorded the entire season on my DVR. I'm waiting for a rainy weekend when I can veg out on the couch and have a Life marathon.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 3:57 pm
HappyMom, Yes, we did recently get a new HDTV. I was especially excited to see this show in HD, and was really looking forward to it. Alas, I only got to see the first two episodes in HD, as that weekend was the only weekend this show was simucast on other channels (that also have HD) other than Discovery. Comcast, in its infinite wisdom, has chosen not to offer the Discovery Channel in HD in my area. So I had to watch the rest of the series in standard. But, it was still spectacular!
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