documentary Archives | Eric R Olson

biology | documentary | film | natural world
Digging around inside nature’s giants
ByEric R. Olson January 16, 2012May 20, 2020
A sperm whale’s penis has no bones. This allows its flexible member to penetrate a female sperm whale from any number of directions; a necessity when two multi-ton animals are trying to line up tab A with slot B in an unsteady ocean environment. This and other interesting facts about sperm whales are the subject…
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documentary | environment | film
Discovery Channel and unsustainable nature filmmaking
ByEric R. Olson November 18, 2011May 20, 2020
On Tuesday the Daily Mail reported that the Discovery Channel will not broadcast the final episode of the popular Frozen Planet series in the U.S. Why? Because the show deals with climate change, an emerging threat to animals living in the subzero regions of our planet. Apparently, Discovery thinks this topic will offend the political…
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