Explore the Wildlife Kingdom: Dolphins - Tribes of the Sea
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Actor: Grant GoodeveBrand: Repnet LLC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Reel Productions LLC
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DVD Review: The best dolphin DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
This is hands down the best DVD about dolphins I have seen. Grant Goodeve is a great narrator, and the information about dolphins you will get here is timely, in-depth, and well written. The only flaw, in my opinion, is a cute narrator goof in pronunciation at one point. I won't give it away, you have to find it for yourself. It is the only mistake I have ever heard Goodeve make in the huge amount of narration I have heard him do.
The video footage, while not the eye-popping stuff of Imax 70mm film, is still very, very good, and there is much more of it than on the Imax DVD, "Dolphins." (However, if you prefer your female dolphin researchers in a skimpy two-piece swim suit instead of a wetsuit, go for the shorter Imax DVD.) In fact, in some ways the footage on this DVD is better at showing the dolphins behavior in the wild, and the narration is less encumbered by the annoying academic patter that drones on about "trying to understand these seemingly intelligent animals," when their behavior is fairly obvious if you are actually trying to see them as real, intelligent beings. Scientist are actually deeply hindered by the blinders of their paradigms, and usually the last folks on the block to "get it."
To understand one of the differences between this DVD and the Imax DVD, where the Imax DVD shows a little of the dolphin language project in Hawaii, it seems to concentrate more on how the people feel about the research, and how excited the female researcher (having exchanged the skimpy red swim suit for regular clothes) is to get a hug and a kiss from a dolphin (she had never touched a dolphin in all her years of research).
On this DVD, in contrast, we are treated to a detailed example of the language experiments where it is clearly shown (not just suggested) exactly how brilliant dolphins are at language and cognition. Same location, much more information and lots more footage. It is a vastly more satisfying treatment of the topic. There is much more concentration on the dolphins than on the researchers in this DVD, and I like that.
The segment showing the dolphins creating spontaneous displays together will stun you right to the core. It shows such obvious and powerful intelligence that you will come away from this DVD wanting to back John Lilly's idea that dolphins (cetaceans in general, actually) should have representation at the U.N. It is very, very powerful, particularly if you have any knowledge at all about cognition and language in humans. It leaves no possible doubt as to their intelligence and communication abilities (which very probably greatly exceed our own).
Now, while I have needled the Imax folks a bit, I do put their DVD in second place just behind this one, and I absolutely recommend it also. These two DVDs together provide a great look at dolphins and the people who care about them (which ought to include you, by the way). Get them both. I did and I am very, very pleased..
Description of Explore the Wildlife Kingdom: Dolphins - Tribes of the Sea
Probably no other sea animal has captured our affection and attention like the dolphin. Its intelligence and athleticism has fascinated observers for years. Dolphins seem to exhibit a friendly willingness to co-operate with humans?something very rare in the wild animal kingdom. We think we know them - racing through aquariums and performing at marine parks. But dolphins are more complex animals, with the capacity for language and affection. In DOLPHINS: Tribes of the Sea we travel the world to see how dolphin groups in different locales interact with humans. And we visit researchers as they discover just how intelligent and clever and intuitive dolphins really are.Bestsellers in DVD
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