Introduction
In my opinion, the natural world is the greatest source of surging passion, the greatest source of visual beauty, and the greatest source of intellectual interest. She is the source of all rich and magnificent life, and because of this, she makes our life worth experiencing and not worth it.
—David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Today I want to introduce you to a Douban score of 9.9 "god-level" documentary - "Blue Planet Season 2", I spent a week to enjoy all 7 episodes, full of emotions, intoxicated, without hesitation on the Douban score of five stars - worthy of the name!
The narration of the documentary is david Attenborough, the "father of the world's nature documentary", the soundtrack is Hans Zimmer, with the participation of many biologists, oceanographers and other scientists, using today's most advanced shooting equipment and technology - such a luxurious lineup, which lasted 4 years, together to create this BBC's masterpiece: from the ice-covered polar sea to the colorful coral reefs, from the storm-torn Atlantic Ocean to the dark deep seabed full of strange species. The variety of novel landscapes is breathtaking!
At the beginning of each episode, whenever the magnificent music of Hans Zimmer is played, and when you hear the vicissitudes, loving and wise voice of David Attenborough, you will be full of expectations - follow the camera to a fascinating and wonderful adventure in a sea full of charm, mystery and wildness...
Theme music: the blue planet
Chimei pick-up
In fact, every frame of the film can be used as a beautiful wallpaper, and the story of every marine creature is amazingly beautiful. I'm just picking a few small shots from this part, without going too far as to explain, and the full scene is for you to see and discover in the film for yourself.
Ten thousand horses galloping is heart-wrenching, and the waves of a thousand dolphins are even more fascinating:
Magnificent waves, more powerful than the mighty:
The trevally crosses the sea and catches seabirds:
Octopus catches crabs, caught off guard:
Seductive but dangerous tube jellyfish, tentacles can grow longer than a blue whale:
A strange creature in the deep sea, the barrel-eyed fish, has a transparent soft-tissue head, like the control room of a spaceship:
The language of communication of various beings in the deep sea - the changing language of light:
Blue jellyfish in the deep sea, dreamy beauty:
It's about a different kind of forktail belt fish – others swim sideways, I swim vertically:
A group of dolphins chase a piece of wood, frolicking and playing, and they know how to enrich their lives:
The "ghost" in the fish mimics into the environment and instantly devours the poor little yellow fish:
Coral spawning:
Manta ray whirlwind with a wingspan of up to three meters:
Sperm whale breastfeeding:
Albatrosses nurture their offspring:
Exotic jellyfish and spectacular flocks of jellyfish:
The terrifying Portuguese warship jellyfish, with its sac-shaped body floating on the surface of the water, and the tentacles up to thirty meters underwater can kill people:
An unfortunate little fish is caught by a jellyfish, and waiting for it are countless terrible tentacles:
Starfish spawn and sprinkle:
The sea cucumber on the other side waved eight small tentacles, diligently collecting the eggs of the starfish:
Sea urchins devour seaweed like gluttony:
Animism
In this section, I will tell you about six short stories that have shocked me in the documentary, involving all kinds of strange marine creatures, some of which have extraordinary wisdom, some of which have extraordinary patience, some of which embody a touching sense of natural affection, some of which show the spirit of cooperation that makes people shoot, and some of which show a breathtaking process of perversion...
Story One: The Perseverance of the Pigtooth Fish
Don't underestimate this unassuming clownfish, the wisdom and patience it shows for a good meal is amazing!
Every morning, it wanders the edge of the reef, occasionally grabbing small sticks from its mouth and stirring the sand with its pectoral fins in search of prey, clams. As luck would have it, it quickly found one, but how could it open the hard shell?
It grabbed its prey and swam to its special kitchen, a bowl-shaped coral:
Inside the bowl-shaped coral there is a bulge – a natural cutting board, where the clownfish clutches the clam in its mouth and throws it hard against the cutting board in an attempt to smash it open. However, without hands, it is difficult to operate. The first time, the clam fell, it immediately picked up and bit down, the second, the third... Sometimes before it can hit, the clam slips out of its mouth, and it goes out of its way to pick it up and continue... Fourth, fifth...
Finally, the kung fu paid off, the shell of the clam was smashed, and the clownfish harvested a delicious meal with wisdom and patience!
Story two: Past lovers, now love enemies, such a wayward perversion, have you ever seen it?
This is a male golden protrusion, it is the only male in this area, is the "handsome guy" in the eyes of many females:
This is a female golden protruding frontal rump fish, is wandering around, suddenly saw the "handsome guy", fell in love at first sight, and swam straight towards the heart fish:
The two fish attracted each other and soon became lovers, playing together:
However, after a period of time, the female fish grows larger and larger, and the size is close to that of the male. When the male fish tried to mate with her, she was not interested, but left the fish in her heart and went into a hole to "retreat cultivation". The male was inexplicable, but soon relieved, as there were plenty of females to choose from.
For a few months, some of the enzymes in the female fish stopped working, male hormones were secreted and circulated in the body, her head was expanding, her jaw was getting longer, and when she was done, she turned into a male fish!
There is no room for two tigers in this mountain, and only one king is allowed to enjoy mating rights, so the former couple now turns into a fight and begins a duel, and finally only one male fish can stay:
The battle was extremely fierce, and as a result, the original "handsome guy" was bitten by his transgender "ex-girlfriend" and left:
However, the newly promoted Fish King is not to be taken lightly, and each of his "girlfriends" has a grumpy male lurking in his body, ready to challenge his throne – just to pass on his genes more.
Story Three: Magical cross-species collaboration
Coral bass and octopus are competitors, and they both feed on small fish. Sometimes, however, small fish will hide in caves formed by corals, which are so large that they cannot penetrate, and octopus tentacles can reach in but cannot see the location, so in order to catch their prey, they have an extraordinary cooperation.
First, the coral bass changes the color of its body to lighten the color of its body to attract the attention of the octopus, and then performs a handstand to indicate the hiding position of the octopus prey:
The octopus will understand, and will go deep into the position pointed by the coral bass, forcing out the small fish, and the coral bass that is waiting for the rabbit can easily catch the small fish:
Octopuses will also get their rightful prey in cooperation.
Story Four: The Mother Whale Who Refuses to Let Go
The shortfin giant whales live in the ocean as families and are an intimate group that has a carefree life.
However, due to the flood of marine litter (many people dump their garbage into the ocean), it has caused great pain to this happy family.
A baby whale died prematurely, and its mother held it, refusing to let go for days until the body decayed...
Scientists observed changes in the behavior of the entire family after the loss of this juvenile whale, and it was clear that the adult whales were very sad:
I can no longer play with my baby, I can't watch it grow...
According to the analysis of biologists, the death of young whales is caused by drinking the poisonous milk of the mother whale, which is caused by eating various fish and shrimp contaminated. Because the toxic and harmful chemicals produced when marine garbage decomposes enter the food chain, through enrichment, its concentration increases with the food chain, and as a whale at the top of the food chain, the concentration of poisons in the body is naturally the highest.
Humanity, it is time to reflect and act!
Story Five: Amazing Teamwork:
A group of sea lion bachelors live on a remote coastline who need to gain weight to increase their attractiveness in order to find a girlfriend, and for this, they must catch enough prey. And the protein-rich, small yellowfin tuna is their best choice.
But tuna, at 40 miles per hour, is hard to catch — it's whimsical to hunt in open seas.
The clever sea lions had their own way, and they worked together in groups of two or three to drive the tuna to the entrance of a small bay. One of them is responsible for catching up, and the other is responsible for blocking the narrow opening and blocking the exit, so that the tuna can only swim all the way to a dead end, a shallow small pond:
There, sea lions catch tuna like turtles in an urn.
Biologists were amazed by the forward-looking, planning, and cooperative abilities of the sea lions, who would not have thought that the sea lions looking so intelligent had they not seen them with their own eyes.
Nature never skimps on rewards for wisdom, and a giant tuna can make sea lions grow several pounds:
Story Six: For the sake of livelihood, toiling and running, fighting pirate puffins
Puffins are a bird with a strong sense of family. Monogamous, dedicated parenting of their own children. When the time is good, parents can catch small fish nearby, but sometimes they need to fly nearly 50 kilometers away from home to find food, about 3 hours round trip, often in vain.
Papa Puffin is about to go out foraging and say goodbye to Mother Puffin:
There are thousands of other families in the same family, and parents are on their way to forage for their children:
Finally found a fish gathering place:
Puffins plunge into the water, really a full-fledged bird - the sky can fly, the sea can swim!
It's easy to catch a small fish, flap its wings and shake off the water, ready to return:
At home, mother puffins and baby puffins eagerly await their father's return:
However, the ferocious pirates, the Arctic Skua, wait for puffins on their way home, hoping to get something for nothing, and snatch the small fish:
Finally, in terms of flight speed and skill, the puffin is not a skua's opponent, not to mention that it still has a small fish in its mouth. This kind of contest requires wisdom and luck.
The situation is extremely critical, and the puffin mother at home is still looking forward to it:
The skua was about to chase the sea parrot, at this time the puffin braked sharply, quickly swooped, the skua pounced, the puffin landed on the surface of the sea, but fortunately the small fish was firmly in its mouth. It observed the situation for a while, saw that the skua did not pay attention to itself, immediately showed the kung fu of floating on the water, sneaked out, and then quickly took off, escaping the skua's attention range, it was really a thrill!
After nearly three hours of round-trip 100km, it finally returned home and saw a familiar companion:
Its children don't have to go hungry today either:
However, a few joys and a few sorrows, many puffins are not so lucky, fathers often return empty-handed, children also have to be hungry for a day...
Hopefully they'll have better luck tomorrow...
postscript
Last month (April), I saw an infuriating news:
Japan has long claimed the need for "scientific research" whaling activities to better understand whale migration, feeding habits, etc. In fact, this so-called scientific whaling is untenable, and animal conservationists continue to emphasize that there is no need to carry out research by hunting whales. In 2014, the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague also held that Japan's annual whaling in Antarctic waters was not for "scientific research purposes" and demanded that Japan stop this activity. But the Japanese government has even supported it with billions of yen in subsidies starting in 2016, despite opposition.
Japanese whaling under the guise of "scientific research" is actually for the benefit of government and business:
Japan is responsible for "investigating whaling" by the Japan Cetacean Research Institute and Kyoichi Shipping Co., Ltd. The former is responsible for "investigation" and the latter is responsible for whaling and selling whale meat. The two have a close interest in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and its subordinate department, the Fisheries Agency. The "Japan Cetacean Research Institute" receives subsidies from the Fisheries Agency every year and is also considered to be a safe place for Fisheries Agency officials to retire. Judging from the personnel of this organization in the past six years, many of the members are former officials of the Fisheries Agency, and their annual income is tens of millions of yen. In addition, 97% of the shares of Kyodo Shipping Co., Ltd. are owned by five foundations under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and many of the members originally worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Also in April, we saw an exciting news:
It is a tropical marine shellfish known as the "rose in the sea". At the same time, it is also a framework organism in the coral reef ecosystem and has high ecological value. However, due to ocean acidification and man-made poaching, the pot has become an endangered animal and urgently needs to restore population resources through artificial breeding.
In order to maintain the coral reef ecosystem in the South China Sea, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has carried out the breeding and stocking of potweed. Through the breeding and breeding of a large number of bricks, the coral reef ecosystem is more perfect and more stable. It can restore the resources of the South China Sea and the coral reef ecosystem.
An important reason why the earth has become a planet suitable for human survival among tens of millions of planets is the existence of oceans. The ocean not only gives birth to primitive life, but also assumes the important function of providing material energy, regulating the climate, and so on. Without the ocean, there would be no human beings, and shouldn't we protect her well?
Blue Planet Season 2 brings us to the oceans, to the magical creatures of the ocean that are beyond our imagination, smarter, more mysterious, more interesting, and more spiritual than we think. In the face of such a magnificent world, shouldn't we be in awe?
The ocean is the mother of mankind and the mother of all other beings, please be kind to her, and please be kind to all her children!