TV Personality and Zoo Warden Johnny Morris was the origin of animal voice overs in the late 60s/70s educating children about animals on BBC Children's hour.
Hello Joel and pals. The thing about visiting US is all those prairie dogs shouting my name repeatedly! Zebras display camouflage, but you see colours and assume the predators do. Also the idea is to not give a simple outline, especially at a distance in a herd. Check out camouflage on WW1 ships.
This is from a show called Walk On The Wild Side, I think. The “Alan!” bit became a bit of an early meme. I love squirrels. They’re so cute with their nervous disposition.
We love our animal shows in the UK so give them voices and a sense of humour and your onto a winner. Creature comforts was animated talking animals but that was a funny show aswell.
Hi Lisa Smith, I absolutely agree. Creature Comforts was amazing! Filmed in claymation, stop and go. Like the wonderful Wallace and Gromet films. Creature Comforts took real life interviews and made puppets out of them. Just explaining for the US audience. Deff worth a watch! 😊 👍
😂 so true, British humour is what it is ... The BBC put these on as segments between programmes, we do love to laugh ! And our cherished comedians are all here.. Sarah Millican and Rhod Gilbert are my faves 😂❤
@@catshez I'm slowly learning that 'British' humour is not appreciated around some parts of the world (when I read comments). They think it is rude, harsh and mean. Who knew? I think we are fucking hilarious 😂🤣♥️
Just in case it hasn't been said already, when lions hunt they single out one prey and go for it. The stripes on a zebra make it difficult for lions to single one out (especially when the herd is in motion), making the hunt more difficult for the lion.
I think with Zebras, when there in a heard, the stripes makes it hard to differentiate an individual Zebra. So it looks like one big mass of stripes, so it’s a little harder for predators to pick of individuals.
@pauldenby878 I remember both - Johnny Morris was amazing. Nick Park's (Wallace and Gromit etc) animation for Creature Comforts was the best by far since J Morris.
Its sad but I don't think creature comforts was that long ago in my mind. Yep loved the henpecked, often literally, humour of Johnny Morris and his Welsh accent back in the day. Think we are showing our age I even remember AM in the days of B & W TV.
Zebras are no more horses than donkeys are, they do in fact belong to the species equine, but they each have distinct characteristics, it would go against the law of identity in logic, thus a horse is a horse and a zebra is a zebra they cannot be both at the same time. But I understand your sentiment
I remember seeing a pigeon crash into a building and fall maybe three or four storeies. He must have been hurt but the look on his face looked like he did it as a stunt to impress his friends. If he could could talk he might have said something like "Well, I did it, guys. Hope you enjoyed it cuz I'm not doing it again."
You must watch a movie from the 70s called animals are beautiful people it’s narrated it’s about African animals in the desert and the plains of Africa
Thermoregulation has long been suggested by scientists as the function of zebra stripes. The basic idea is that black stripes would absorb heat in the morning and warm up zebras, whereas white stripes reflect light more and could thus help cool zebras as they graze for hours in the blazing sun. Survival in the wild often hinges on the ability to evade predators. Zebra stripes serve as a form of anti-predator camouflage. The contrasting black and white patterns break up the zebra's outline, making it harder for predators to single them out from the surroundings.
Nobody even comes close to Tony Baker for animal voice overs. Good to see Stefan again, the three of you together just seems right. I hope his studies are going well, he deserves all success for his hard work. Also, in comparison I hope it doesn't mean that you and Arturo aren't studying as much as you need to.
“It’s like Piccadilly Circus” is a common saying which just means “it’s really busy”. Piccadilly Circus is a big road interchange (roundabout) in London. I don’t know why it is so often talked about as an idea of busy traffic. It was the location of the final scene in “An American Werewolf in London”.
