AFRICAN CATS

I love me some animal footage; I honestly could watch Planet Earth all day. Disney has come out with some great features the last few years, usually chronicling multiple families of species and watching them do their thing. This time we're taken on the African plains to join a pride of lions and a coalition(*) of cheetahs as they hunt for food and generally attempt to survive the harsh elements and other predators.

(*)Who knew that a coalition was the correct term for a group of cheetahs? Other bizarre names for creatures include: a congress of ravens; a business of ferrets; a congregation of alligators; a crash of rhinos; a rafter of turkeys; a murder of crows. 

It's impossible not to marvel at the cameramen and women and their shots of these wild animals in their natural habitat. They are both the bravest and stupidest people in the world. It's funny that Vega4's song 'Life is Beautiful' is playing in the background. And it's true, life is beautiful. But life can also rip you to shreds and then feed your carcass to its young.