Big Pacific Behind The Scenes Filming Pufferfish Building A Nest
July 21, 2017 3:42 AM Subscribe
Take 15 minutes to watch "Chapter 1" of this Big Pacific episode "Behind The Scenes", wherein a film crew innovates ways to film a pufferfish building a nest to attract a female. I'm sorry there is no transcript, and I can't check for region blocking.
Also apologies that I cannot link directly to the episode but it is at the top of the PBS page for the show.
Also apologies that I cannot link directly to the episode but it is at the top of the PBS page for the show.
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Saw this on PBS the other night, and it is extremely cool all the way around -- interesting if you're interested in how they make nature documentaries OR if you're interested in animal behavior. I have been watching "Big Pacific" for the last few weeks, and it is really good. This segment was part of a complete episode about the adventures and misadventures of the production crew, and I would probably watch an entire documentary series just about how they make nature documentaries.
posted by briank at 5:47 AM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by briank at 5:47 AM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
This made me extremely happy and was a great way to start my morning. Such an intrepid craftsman, that little pufferfish.
posted by vverse23 at 8:53 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by vverse23 at 8:53 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Big Pacific was a great series. I loved that pufferfish.
posted by homunculus at 12:19 PM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by homunculus at 12:19 PM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Getting an any animal mating on camera is challenging! At the 'easy' end of the spectrum are the big cats, and that is not because they take their time. It's because of repeated, multiple tries. Fish are so quick! All that work for something you'd miss seeing if you blinked! Both on the part of the puffer fish and the camera crew.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 4:29 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 4:29 PM on July 21, 2017
Loved the puffers! Clicked off when birdies were gonna get eaten by snakes.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:01 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by kinnakeet at 5:01 PM on July 21, 2017
Great program!
posted by growabrain at 11:48 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by growabrain at 11:48 PM on July 21, 2017
This is very cool - especially nice to hear about the lighting aspect, so important for shots like this and something I rarely think about with nature docs.
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