To hate it when the film crew don't intervene in wildlife documentaries?

[Sparklingbrook]

DH just flicked onto a David Attenborough thing. The turtle was wedged between some rocks and couldn't get free.
He has now changed channel saying he can't watch any more.

I know they can't and shouldn't intervene probably. But still.

Do you promise, Fanjo? did the baboon hang around with the leopard and his gang and live a long and happy life?

Yes alpaca..he grew up to be King of the Leopard village

Did the leopard do a Tesco online shop and get the baboon milk delivered later that day? Because I really can't imagine what else could have happened

The leopard went to his mate Mrs Baboon and asked if she had some spare milk. This is a kids book right here.

YY, I know they can't/ shouldn't help, but filming it's struggle just seemed awful.

I do voluntary work for an animal charity and there's horrible happenings a lot.
I saw a cat that had been run over, still twitching. I dashed it off to the vets to see if there was hope. There wasn't, but I couldn't do nothing.

Thank you. There was absolutely no need for the X rated version from earlier - this is Sunday evening where we do Downton if you don't mind, not dead baboon babies.

Sorry

S'alright - it worked out OK in the end. Mrs Baboon got a job as a wet nurse (the money paid for the new conservatory) and Baby Baboon got to be King of the Leopard Village where he approved the death warrant of the leopard who killed his mother.

Oh thank goodness.

I watched this programme earlier and my heart was in my mouth with the baby bison calf and the wolves. And that baby bird turfing out the other two eggs, little buggar!!

I was on a safari in South Africa and the game ranger (fit, I had khaki fever) said he intervenes to help animals if they are in trouble caused by man, eg buck caught in barbed wire fence or lion caught in poacher's snare. If its nature they just let it happen. He thought weaker animals more likely to die off so the strongest of the species pass on their genes.

Something like that anyway, I was on my 3rd gin for medicinal, quinine purposes.

I couldn't get over the psychotic chick pushing the other egg out of the best while its "mum" was out getting dinner. Then it came back and the chick was all, "wasn't me", asked for more grub, then hoofed the other remaining egg out just after she flew off. Mum comes back, didn't even say anything even though her kid is clearly a murderer.

This is why I hate birds.

i couldn't watch the one a few weeks ago where the goslings had to jump off a several hundred foot cliff.

i had to switch it off.. how could they film that :(

Craic it wasn't even her baby, it was a cuckoo, so it killed her babies while the mum was getting the food. When she realised (how do they know she did?) she kept feeding the wee bugger anyway!