Polys on TV?
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have nat geo or any other animal station ever done a show on polys? Not that i have ever seen
ive never seen anything at all about polys on TV and im wonder'n y not .Contrary to popular belief in this forum bichirs/Polypterids are not that popular.And their native habitat is not real camera friendly-Anne
ive never seen anything at all about polys on TV and im wonder'n y not .Contrary to popular belief in this forum bichirs/Polypterids are not that popular.And their native habitat is not real camera friendly-Anne
Haven't seen any polypterus on any documentary shows, but there is a Polypterus breeding video in Japanese. Also a couple of other Japanese vids available that show Polys in aquarium tanks. 
(you can see a couple of endlis & congicus on the bottom, in these snapshots from one of the videos)
(you can see a couple of endlis & congicus on the bottom, in these snapshots from one of the videos)
there is a bichir bichir featured in bbc's: congo; river that swallows all rivers. i got it from a torrent site few months ago... there is a nicve lungfish section too!
Hello,
curious: I do know about this BBC documentary (i have to say - i own just every of their documentarie on DVD ... i don't know any better ones!) but hadn't seen it anywhere!
The Kongo region is a "white spot" - also for TV. The only documentary i'd seen about this region was a documentary about the great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Humboldt, working about epidemology - searching for the sources of the most dangerous infections the mankind is knowing up to date.
Needless to say that this project is self-financed ...
I learned one thing through this documentary: The central african region is just a forgotten region! When a town (with just over 1000 citizens!) dies out in a week caused by a haemorragic fever no-one will know about - not in Europe, not in the US and not in Asia ...
Greetings
Uwe
curious: I do know about this BBC documentary (i have to say - i own just every of their documentarie on DVD ... i don't know any better ones!) but hadn't seen it anywhere!
The Kongo region is a "white spot" - also for TV. The only documentary i'd seen about this region was a documentary about the great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Humboldt, working about epidemology - searching for the sources of the most dangerous infections the mankind is knowing up to date.
Needless to say that this project is self-financed ...
I learned one thing through this documentary: The central african region is just a forgotten region! When a town (with just over 1000 citizens!) dies out in a week caused by a haemorragic fever no-one will know about - not in Europe, not in the US and not in Asia ...
Greetings
Uwe
i think the most you'll see is some quick (like 20 seconds or less) footage of a bichir swimming past etc. i think i've seen one like that. i honestly don't think there's any documentary out there with any emphasis or extended coverage or footage on bichirs, for the reason that Anne said.
ermgravy: you sure that's not a congicus, since it's in congo?
ermgravy: you sure that's not a congicus, since it's in congo?
Infblue;2339526; said:
footage looks to be in one of the great lakes i think... lots of open water, clear deep blue water, large round rocks and bichir the size of my forearm.... swear its bichir bichir, but may be wrong.... the seen lasts a mn or two, few explanatory facts about bichir's in general... nout new but still one for the collection and as jess said it is very nice to see thwem in the wild for a change....
here download it: http://btjunkie.org/torrent/BBC-Con.../332393262e9f6fd109c5135802b15291fa2dc759c022