Comments on: Introduction

By: mike

mike — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:00:02 +0000

it left me awed. i found a mystic quality coming from the film as i watched, and listened to the sounds and music. thank you to everyone involved.

By: John Perry

John Perry — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:29:18 +0000

Magnificent episode! I especially appreciate the illustration of the interdependencies of the many species. The plant-treehopper-ant relationship is remarkable. I’d love to know just how this evolved. One question is not addressed by the film, though it fairly begs to be asked: why are the high plateau so fertile? In most ranges, such high ground would be quite barren. One answer is clearly the eland themselves; their arrival brings with it significant, recurring deposits of fertilizer and carcasses. Less obvious are the droppings of the predators such as the vultures which follow the herd. Do any viewers have ideas on this topic? Or thoughts on what would become of the ecosystem if the herds were destroyed by human interference? I hope they are well-protected and that tourists will content themselves to gaze at the mountains from below rather than sending land rovers driving all over the hills or helicopters shattering the desolate beauty and disrupting the precarious struggles by which the native species manage to eke out just enough to survive in this unforgiving land.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:14:39 +0000

Having just returned from northern Tanzania, where we saw Elands, it was fabulous to watch an entire film dedicated to Elands. The film made me feel like I was back in Africa and including the brief footage of the Cerval cat was extra special! Keep on making these excellent, excellent films!

By: Chris Dietrich

Chris Dietrich — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:01:47 +0000

The Drakensberg program has some nice footage of ants tending some honeydew-producing insects misidentified as aphids by the narrator. Those are NOT aphids! They are TREEHOPPERS (Membracidae), which are only distantly related to aphids. Many treehopper species are gregarious and ant-mutualistic, like aphids, but they are quite different in other respects (see: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~dietrich/treehome.html for more info on treehoppers).

By: NATURE Online

NATURE Online — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:24:37 +0000

Air dates and times depend on your local station. The best way to find out is to click the “schedule” link in the main menu of this web site.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:31:11 +0000

You can check the TV Schedual and it says!
It’s Sunday: 8:00 PM
Monday: 12:00 AM
Monday: 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 AM

By: isaac pisors

isaac pisors — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:02:23 +0000

great, but what a stupid web page that doesn’t tell me what OTHER DATES AND TIMES it will be on, (except the ‘premiere’), which i don’t care about, as it’s already passed….

By: jeanne

jeanne — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:04:41 +0000

I loved this show , It is the best Sunday night entertainment Lions and Elephants are my favourite creatures to watch, and we appreciate all the effot everyone puts in to provide us with such wonders to watch. we don,t even have HD but the colours are still the best. Thanks Again

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:47:54 +0000

Sinyuwa! E Zulu!

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:40:27 +0000

The music was composed for this episode by the group “Insingizi”. You can learn more about their music at: http://www.insingizi.net/