National Geographic's Wings Over the Serengeti [VHS]

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VHS Movie Reviews of National Geographic's Wings Over the Serengeti [VHS]

Movie Review: More Than Just Vultures
Summary: 4 Stars

Several other such sequences are included in the video, each beginning with a different kill - another lioness pulling down a zebra, hyenas hunting instead of scavenging, wild dogs chasing down their prey - each with a different set of scavengers joining the feast. Two different kinds of jackals and three different kinds of vultures fight for their shares. A raven flies ahead to the dogs' den to take advantage of scraps fed to the pups. Even the ants get their share.

In between these sequences, there are sections on others of nature's recyclers. Dung beetles, with their own small wings, have a huge job cleaning up after millions of wildebeest, while horn moth caterpillars take care of the horns on the skeletons after all the others have had their share. Vultures are shown nesting on cliffside ledges. Towards the end, the video covers a season when the rains fail and lions, crocodiles, and even baboons become scavengers as the dying herds provide more meat than can be eaten.

Vultures may not be as charismatic as lions and tigers, but they are still very interesting creatures - as are all the other scavengers and recyclers shown on this excellent video.

Movie Review: Excellent vulture video.
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: A wonderful Surprise.
Summary: 1 Stars

Summary of National Geographic's Wings Over the Serengeti [VHS]

While this film focuses primarily on the griffin vulture ("nature's undertaker"), it considers the role of all scavengers in this harsh ecosystem--generally despised as harbingers of death, they actually help maintain the health of the savanna by disposing of waste and returning nutrients to the soil. Insect larvae dissolve skeletons, and the bumbling dung beetle distributes its little nitrogen-rich packages evenly across the land. Lingering images of carnage are not for the faint of heart, but the film is an interesting study of the transformation from death to life. --Claire Campbell

General Video

• Genres > Documentary
• Special Interests > Nature & Wildlife > Animals
• Television > National Geographic > All Titles
• African Wildlife
• Wildlife