Life

[Shinny]

right, not seen this weeks yet... might watch it now.

Though I sorta want every episode to start with "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" just because my mum shouts over the top of it anyway, therefore I wouldn't miss anything if they started it that way.

[rabid]

She's such a girl my wife. Seriously. Day to day problems, life, she's strong, she knows what to do, what she wants, and how to get it. All good. Show her a picture of a f**king penquin getting attacked by a seal though, and she's all over the shop.

Madness.

I think it was on Planet Earth when the polar bear had to swim for miles looking for an ice-berg and then it got attacked? That upset her for a few hours. Rubbish!

[Purple Monkey]

The insects one was badass.

That alien-looking Insecticon thing with the telescopic eyes on stalks was like something from The Thing.

The way it shaped it's own eyes like molten glass - that was mad.

[rabid]

The insects one was badass.

That alien-looking Insecticon thing with the telescopic eyes on stalks was like something from The Thing.

The way it shaped it's own eyes like molten glass - that was mad.

[Paul ™]

Fish dominate the planet's waters through their astonishing variety of shape and behaviour.

The beautiful weedy sea dragon looks like a creature from a fairytale, and the male protects their eggs by carrying them on his tail for months. The sarcastic fringehead, meanwhile, appears to turn its head inside out when it fights.

Slow-motion cameras show the flying fish gliding through the air like a flock of birds and capture the world's fastest swimmer, the sailfish, plucking sardines from a shoal at 70 mph. And the tiny Hawaiian goby undertakes one of nature's most daunting journeys, climbing a massive waterfall to find safe pools for breeding.

[Paul ™]

Birds owe their global success to feathers - something no other animal has. They allow birds to do extraordinary things.

For the first time, a slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird as he flashes long, iridescent tail feathers in the gloomy undergrowth. Aerial photography takes us into the sky with an Ethiopian Lammergeier dropping bones to smash them into edible-sized bits. Thousands of pink flamingoes promenade in one of nature's greatest spectacles. The Sage Grouse rubs his feathers against his chest in a comic display to make popping noises that attract females. The Vogelkop Bowerbird makes up for his dull colour by building an intricate structure and decorating it with colourful beetles and snails.

[Paul ™]

There are 200 million insects for each of us. They are the most successful animal group ever. Their key is an armoured covering that takes on almost any shape.

Darwin's stag beetle fights in the tree tops with huge curved jaws. The camera flies with millions of monarch butterflies which migrate 2000 miles, navigating by the sun. Super-slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at enemies through a rotating nozzle. A honey bee army stings a raiding bear into submission. Grass cutter ants march like a Roman army, harvesting grass they cannot actually eat. They cultivate a fungus that breaks the grass down for them. Their giant colony is the closest thing in nature to the complexity of a human city.

[Paul ™]

Mammals' ability to learn new tricks is the key to survival in the knife-edge world of hunters and hunted. In a TV first, a killer whale off the Falklands does something unique: it sneaks into a pool where elephant seal pups learn to swim and snatches them, saving itself the trouble of hunting in the open sea.

Slow-motion cameras reveal the star-nosed mole's newly-discovered technique for smelling prey underwater: it exhales then inhales a bubble of air ten times per second. Young ibex soon learn the only way to escape a fox - run up an almost vertical cliff face - and young stoats fight mock battles, learning the skills that make them one of the world's most efficient predators.

[Kowalski]

I watch it every week.

The stoat killing the rabbit was quite something.

Methinks I've seen the Dolphins clip before though.

[Paul ™]

Few clips throughout the series have been used previously

[rollergirl]

I watch it every week.

The stoat killing the rabbit was quite something.

[Kowalski]

impressive but still

[rollergirl]

Not quite as scary as when Glenn Close did it though.

[bunique]

Few clips throughout the series have been used previously

[krisskross]

I think that's what's put me off this series a little bit.

Enjoyed the episode though!

[The Nal]

f**k, missed it again. Whens the repeat? Stoat killing the rabbit, if its the same one, is from Trials of Life I think.

[Cardboard Box City]

Plants?!

Who gives a f**k?!

[Kowalski]

Plants?!

Who gives a f**k?!

[bunique]

Plants?!

Who gives a f**k?!

[Paul ™]

Enjoyed it, can't believe it took 2 years to do that 60 second shot

[The Nal]

Kept missing it so I went out and bought the dvd.

[nightcrawler13]

cant believe how good the plant episode was?! my favourite episode of the series

the Alsomitra is the craziest creation of nature i have ever seen

[When Jokers Attack]

I keep meaning to watch it on BBCi player. Will just buy the Dvd boxset eventually.

[bunique]

Did anyone else think "Daaaaave, Daaaaaaave, you're my wife now" when the orange baby monkey things were on with their parents?

[Cardboard Box City]

I like monkeys