It's each to their own, of course, but I just don't agree that it's necessary to show animals being hunted, and eaten, with as much frequency, and almost revel, as these types of shows do. They gleefully show it as a form of entertainment. As if people should enjoy watching one animal hunt, kill, and rip apart it's carcass just as if they're watching a drama or comedy show. It's perfectly possible to show plenty of footage of positive and beautiful parts of nature, as all the different animals scurry about with their day. It's an incredibly sad reflection of humanity that they'd find that boring and tune out, but would find seeing animals fight and kill each other as a form of entertainment worth watching. Sadly, I think you're right. More people would tune out if it was like the former, and tune in to watch the latter. Which is, obviously, why so many shows feature so much of it. As an animal loving vegetarian, I'm not one of them, so it's just something I don't agree with and wish shows would give more / some thought to those who don't revel in watching the more violent and macabre sides of life.dsr wrote: ↑05 Oct 2022, 23:43I suppose in nature, between birth and death an animal's life essentially consists of eat, mate, sleep. If they restricted these programmes to just sleeping, they'd get a touch dull!Bertie wrote: ↑05 Oct 2022, 15:22 The polar bears is a perfect example, Boodi.
I keep seeing a current advert for a nature programme that shows Polar Bears fighting each other and all bloodied up. They're using that as a selling point for the show! Well, that's another that I certainly won't be watching.
I think it would be a mistake to gloss over how nature works. Children (and adults, I suppose) do need to know that individual animals die in their billions regardless of what humans do.
Anyway, as Boatbuilder mentioned, this thread has gone completely off the topic of the Adventure series so sorry for my part in that as well.