Beautiful Animals, People and Happenings …

Some times nice little things happen to you – like finding this old nature documentary (in a streetshop in Bangkok for 79 Baht) “Animals are Beautiful People” by Jamie Uys. Dating back to 1974, it takes place in the Namib Desert, the Kalahari Desert, the Okavango River and Okavango River. The theme, so to speak, is that animals resemble us people a lot in the way they behave and to underline this the narration is quite humourous! Sad Bonus info: What is not so funny, is that a lot of these places and animals are probably gone now! Happy Bonus info: It won the Golden Globes in 1975 for Best Documentary!

Here is a (rather long) preview found on youtube. Enjoy …

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