Planet Earth III (1 Viewer)

[jurek]

Another curious one was a Weasel and a mouse filmed separately moving through the same artificial "set" with flora, a drystone wall and so on. The footage didn't seem to work and eventually they realised their hoped for montage of a mouse being hunted by a Weasel was ruined by the desperate energy of the Weasel and the total nonchalance and confidence of the mouse - it looked like the latter was hunting the former! I forget how they got round that one.

Because it was real! The danger response of mice is to freeze, or jump several times and freeze. Long running chases are found in 'Tom and Jerry'.

 

[Farnboro John]

Because it was real! The danger response of mice is to freeze, or jump several times and freeze. Long running chases are found in 'Tom and Jerry'.

Absolutely. I've even seen a threatened Wood Mouse jump straight into a sapling trunk at full tilt and almost stun itself. Luckily the Brown Rat - which subsequently did nail a different mouse - didn't take advantage. But a Weasel will track a potential victim across terrain by scent, I've seen one try to catch a Common Dormouse by doing so (it failed, the Dormouse had gone back aloft). The Weasel does that quite quickly.

John

 

[Melanie]

The ZDF will show this series from 7 January 2024 in Germany. Unfortunately the episodes will be shorter than in the original series. (60 min vs 43 min) The complete series will be release on Blu-Ray/DVD on 23 February 2004 in Germany.

 

[Melanie]

There is a tie-in book by Jonny Keeling:

Planet Earth III: Our World at the Dawn of a New Age

Buy Planet Earth III (9781785948275): Our World at the Dawn of a New Age: NHBS - Matt Brandon, Mike Gunton, Jonny Keeling, BBC Books

www.nhbs.com

 

[Melanie]

Just saw the Heroes episode and I am very impressed. It reminded a bit on the film Racing Extinction but the engagement of the featured people was presented in a very emotional way.