Breathtaking...and stunning...are two words that can describe the filmed images.David Attenborough's narrations are certainly good...and informative...but I find it tough to see him as some God-like genius as some do.
Of course others may disagree.
Me too when I got my first HD tv. After a while though I noticed a theme of lots of shots of animals eating other animals. Nature is cruel is the lesson I took away from it.
Agree with you. During my last year of teaching 7th grade biology I showed the kids the video of the flying penquins. Several of the kids fell for it until they remembered it was April 1st. If I remember correctly one of the guys from Monty Python player him.