...above all the nightmare the snake presents to man.
The programme looks into the physical composition of the snake, its lifecycle, breeding, and the potency of its venom. There is a brief look into the venom harvesting and developing anti-venom.
The highlight of the programme is it being made in the most natural circumstance possible. The team have put in good amount of homework and time into trying to present the snake in its most natural surroundings. ... ...views on the snake. Local snake handlers are part of the team, which makes the tracking of snake easy and the Camera team have done some awesome work. The camerawork is excellent, given the discreet nature of the snake. A lot of thought has gone into the camerawork. It has a lot of unconventional filming. Especially one shot of the snake attacking the camera, captures the snakes mouth and the drawn fangs. The commentary is quite informative and covers ...
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Advantages: Great graphics and you're convinced the critters are actually there Disadvantages: Doesn't quite live up to Walking with Dinosaurs as a prequel and relatively short
...of both previous series - Walking with Dinosaurs followed by Walking with Beasts, I saw this in Woolies and didn't even know it had been on TV, quite a nice surprise. So I bought it at the fairly reasonable price of £12.99 and headed home with high expectations. Since then I have also noticed one called Walking with Cave Men, which is next on my list.
Rather than containing two discs, like the other series', this is only one, and I must say I was ... ...this series which I think Walking with Dinosaurs lacked, is a sense of time and it's effect. In these episodes they document the activities of a creature then focus in on it and show a time scale and as this moves along the creature evolves on screen into another species, evolved from the parent species, which is then documented as well. I thought this worked really effectively as i
