Monday, August 20, 2012

Nature Documentaries

Okay; so I missed a few days. So sue me. But I didn't really feel like writing.
Anyway, I'm writing today, right? so;
     Lately we were discussing how Owen used to like studying things like cephlapods and snakes. He used to latch on to a subject, then go out to the library and check out all the books he could find on it. So, in an attempt to rekindle this love of the natural world, i found a documentary on netflix.
"Blue Planet" was one I had watched before, and had not been disappointed. It's a documentary in chunks, about the ocean, it's inhabitants, and it's effect on the rest of the world.
I was worried, though, about showing it to Owen. At first glance, he doesn't seem like the type who would sit through a nature documentary. But he watched the whole thing. Even as we were learning about the breeding rituals of squids, even as we were watching a baby gray whale being killed by orcas, he didn't take his eyes of the screen.
     When prompted, he said about the movie; "I liked it, except for the part where they killed that baby whale." I can only imagine that he either liked watching the ocean scenes, or he could actually understand what the narrator was saying. Don't get me wrong; I do speak english. But most of what he was saying just couldn't seem to penetrate my brain. I suppose we have a young marine biologist in our midst.
     Come to think of it, the last time we took him to the boathouse he seemed engrossed in watching the baitfish jumping out of the water. He seemed to enjoy learning that the reason they jumped was that they were being chased by bass. And the last time he went on a learning spree, wasn't it cephlapods that so caught his attention? Does he not still pride himself on knowing the facts about blue-ringed octupi and flambouyant cuttlefish? I had thought, originally, that his young mind was geared toward engineering and architecture, being the fan of legos and minecraft he is. But he may be a naturalist yet.
    

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