Teenage elephants need a father figure

The transition between childhood and adulthood is no easy feat
for humans and animals alike. These awkward years see creatures
evolving physically and socially, clumsily learning to fend for
themselves with all the pitfalls of being young, foolish and
free. This week we hear from producer-director Simon Blakeney as
he describes the dynamic teenage duo of Red and Tatu from
Dynasties’ Lions episode.


 


Learning from others is part of getting older and, hopefully,
wiser, but when there are no parental figures to help raise these
teenage elephants they become unruly. Also featured is the tale
of a jellyfish whose development stages occur in reverse and a
Blue Planet II Assistant Producer on her life growing up quite
literally on the ocean.


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