Last week, we got to take our two biggest kids to see One Life in the theater and we had a great time as a family!
I loved seeing the look on our big kids’ faces when they saw all of the neat animals the movie focused on. I think the part that actually hit home for me was the octopus who protected her unborn children. She actually starved to death to make sure her babies lived. As a mom, it was amazing to see how far even animal mothers will go to protect their babies.
At one point, Jeff said in his “this is awesome” voice, “How did they GET these shots?” It makes me happy to have something we can all enjoy together!
AFRICA DVD
Our little ones aren’t quite ready to sit through a movie in the theaters, so I was more than excited to have the AFRICA DVD for us to watch at home for a family movie night. It was just as amazing as watching One Life in the theater.
This movie was just available on February 26th and was a Discovery Channel/BBC Production that just finished airing on Discovery Channel.
BBC AFRICA took 4 years to make across 27 countries. The crew used 553 cameras, spent 100 days on horseback and 601 nights in tents, and consumed 6,526 anti-malarial tablets! Whoa! I can’t even imagine what that was like for them!
One of the most interesting things to mention is that of the 553 cameras used, only 8 were harmed in the making of AFRICA: 1 chargrilled, 2 eaten (by a lion and an elephant), 2 mini-helicam crashes, and 3 drowned!
Just like in the filming of One Life, AFRICA also had some “filming firsts” including the first footage of lizards hunting for flies on the backs of sleepings lions, as well as a new hunting behavior in chimpanzees (hunting for honey using 4 different tools).
The best part about all of this is BBC Earth is giving me 3 copies of AFRICA to giveaway to 3 of you! All you have to do is leave a comment telling me why you would like to win a copy for your family! This giveaway will end Wednesday, March 6th.
Copies of the DVD may also be purchased on Amazon or the BBC America Shop.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BBC Worldwide.
My daughter would be obsessed with this movie, she loves all things nature!
Twitter: juliakgarza
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My husband and I love watching documentaries. Haven’t seen this one yet!
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Love the picture of all your guys so into the movie!
What a great way to learn about nature. I’d love to win!
Brooklyn loves learning about animals! We recently got the Disney movie “Earth” as a gift & it’s one of her favorites!
We are animal fanatics around here!!! Our two favorite channels on Tv are animal planet and National Geographic!! For the little ones try a subscription to the “Kids National Geographic” magazine…. It’s a favorite of Haleigh’s!! We would love our name in the pot for a DVD!!!
Bennett loves animals! I recorded a Uverse promotional video that features 20 minutes of baby animals, and he says “hi” and “bye” to them all. His favorite seems to be the baby baboon — “bye bye, boom boom” over and over.
Thanks for the contest!
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My boys love animals and Alex has been on a geography kick so I am sure he would love to learn more about Africa!
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I’ve been in love with the continent of Africa for as long as I can remember. When I got to go on a safari during my semester abroad in Uganda a few years ago, it was a dream come true. You couldn’t find someone more into African wildlife than this girl
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I would love to be able to win a copy for my family, because we are huge fans of wildlife and nature and related documentary programs. And being able to watch and enjoy the DVD set at home would allow us the chance to be able to watch and learn, and go to amazing places that otherwise, we would never probably be able to visit in the real world. Me and my family would be very happy and thankful, if we were lucky enough to win this awesome DVD set! Thanks for the chance.