National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Awesome Animal Builders VHS

This documentary from '93 has some of the best nature footage (by David Parer) I've seen, and it's as entertaining as it's educational.It starts with the feeding on salmon off the British Columbia coast, includes mating habits and "pebble massages" that seem to give these majestic creatures much pleasure.It then moves on to Norway, where huge pods of up to 50 hunt for herring as a team, using sound to herd them, and swatting the fish with their massive tails.The best and most awesome part of this film takes place in the remote Crozet Islands in the South Indian Ocean, on the edge of the Antarctic. A large portion of this section is spent showing the seal population, from the birth of a pup, to the constant battle of eluding the hungry whales. There's also a colony of 40,000 King penguins who sometimes get snared. The topography of these islands is extraordinary and unique, and alone would make this documentary worthwhile, just to see this incredible part of the world.The last section takes place in Argentina, where there's spectacular footage of two brothers, "Mel" and "Bernard", catching seal pups for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.Narrated by David Attenborough, this is an hour of film I found fascinating, about these "magnificent animals that must kill to live".

I got this video on a lark since I found it for a penny with free shipping. Boy!!! Did I get my moneys worth! It is worth more than some of the other videos I actually sought out to buy and paid full price for. I am very pleased with this video and will be showing it to my earth science and intro geology students.It only gives brief basic general information on the formation and creation of volcanoes which is why it lost a star. I feel it could have been stronger in that respect. But I almost feel bad doing that because it was so good in everything else. It really zeros in on some of the bigger more recent eruptions and does a very good job of relating the human experience in them. It doesn't shy away from the deaths and devastation that has happened. It gives excellent video on the recent eruptions while giving solid narration to the surrounding events.Highly recommend this video, especially if you can find it for a penny like I did.

LotA is a great documentary. I bought it for my class room. I teach South American Social Studies at roughly the same time our building Science teacher is teaching a unit on biomes. This video connects the two in a very nice way. Not only does the video focus on the life of the anaconda, it focuses on the other animals and the features of the llanos itself. The animal footage can be quite graphic at times, but does a wonderul job displaying the harsh reality of animal life. National Geographic doesn't try to sugar-coat the reality of the animal kingdom, like some videos do. The snake footage is also very good. I recommend this video for anybody interested in anacondas, the wildlife of the llanos and the llanos itself.

I use this video in geology classes.

This is an exciting and attention grabbing video. It is full of information and actual footage of eruptions with first person accounts of the events. This video shows peaceful, predictable volcanic eruptions like some of the volcanoes in Hawaii as well as explosive, deadly volcanoes round the world. This is a few years old, but still informative and worthwhile.

Class Nat Geo documentary. Lives up to it's reputation. Our Son loves it.

I LOVE geography, and found this film incredibly educational! It did make me terrified of volcanoes, but I enjoyed learning about the unstable thing that is the Volcano! I never received this particular dvd from Goodwill (who I ordered it from), and found it for free on Netflix.

Very interesting. I bought it for the grandchildren, but they need to be much older to enjoy it. Lots of information in it that is too much for them to absorb. My husband and myself enjoyed it. Lots of information.