The thing was just a tad out of sync - was surprised to see the animation and the drastically cut (read butchered) cave art segments side by side and thought I wasn’t remembering right but the other shortened bits and seemingly out of context remarks made me go look to see if it was the same production and it was.
Your explanation makes a lot of sense, thanks! Perhaps I’ll be able to watch the entire original three-part series on-line. We don’t have fast internet at home, but I was able to re-watch the first episode on PBS without any lagging, which was nice.
I enjoyed both parts… with a healthy helping of salt, as both were intended for a non-horsepeople audience.
Wish I had seen the longer version of the Yakut horses. along with the ones on Sable Island.
Somewhere I have seen a photoessay on the Sable Island horses along with a filmed version.
IIRC it was when the photos were shown in a NYC gallery.
Also saw a much longer special on the Blackfoot Relay.
Overall I thought Nature did a decent job & not too much eyerolly stuff for me.
And now I’m gonna see if I can stomach the Nature’s Giants episode.
I have watched the ones featuring a camel, whale & lion & found them fascinating.
ETA: Nope, couldn’t even get past the post-mortem opening shot of the 4yo on the gurney :no:
Color me HorseWimp. :o
2DogsFarm: I know someone who did a doc/photo essay on the horses of Sable Island. It may have been the one that showed in the NYC gallery. She lives in Italy and is currently working on a project in Dubai. If anyone is interested, I can shoot her an email to see if it’s available anywhere online.
Thanks, @TCA Arabians , but the one I saw was a male photographer.
I’d be interested in seeing the one you’re talking about if it’s online.
I want more info on how nature has modified the Yakut horses so they don’t get impaction colic. What is this standing hibernation?
I enjoyed the science behind the running and breathing. Interesting to consider that race horses survive on less oxygen when they’re racing like a sea mammal in a deep dive.
Some good stuff but also some head-scratching choices. Loved seeing the fossil of Eohippus, but then they glossed right over the evolution to the modern horse. Kind of made it seem like it happened directly, rather than including all the versions that have been found in the fossil record. I also thought the first part was a bit breathless about some of the “legendary” people. Loved the info about horses breathing at the run.
In the second part I would have liked more on the horse adaptations and less on the Blackfoot relay, which really didnt center on the horses. Thought “Nature” would concentrate more on that aspect. Enjoyed it anyway!
Okay, I may be wrong, so forgive me if that’s the case, but with regard to the Yakut horses - did you see any cattle for them to herd, do people pleasure ride in 40 below? They appear to have cars, so it’s not like they still wander on horseback like the Mongols from which the herdsman is descended. No question was every raised about what all those cute primitive horses were raised/used for. Now, I’ve read Farley Mowat’s the Siberians, and he visited the Yakut (then Yakut SSR), and um…the horses were raised for food, just like cattle. Now, that may, I suppose, no longer be the case, but ya gotta wonder, given the way that segment was presented with no discussion of their function.
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Cattle can’t dig through snow for grass, so the horses are used to herd the horses, which are used for food.
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I would assume the horses are used for food and for milk, like the mongols do.
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That’s what I thought, but since, aside from the mention of war horses, the show was very “warm and fuzzy” about horses, I thought it was interesting that they didn’t mention that fact.
