When was the last time you noticed an animal looking at you? For me, this happens all the time and I love seeing what personalities the animals have. Throughout our history the way that we have viewed animals has constantly changed #cumbriawildlifemedia
instagram.com/reel/CdYrFwUPt… For example, the French Philosopher Descartes stated that animals were merely machines, but then a couple hundred years later Darwin stepped in and completely changed this idea by theorising that animals can think and make their own decisions (but without language).

In all honesty, when I started reading this book I thought it was quite dull. Reading about someone's experience of riding through fields on a tractor didn't really pique my interest. However the further I got into the book, the more the information began to appeal to me.

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Rebanks goes on to talk about how our rural landscape has been scarred by our modern-day practices causing damage to the weather, community and wild things. This is a serious issue that I find quite depressing to think about. However, there is hope.

A lot of us dressed up as animals when we were younger for occasions such as Halloween and fancy dress parties. This book tells of Charles Foster taking pretending to be an animal to a whole new level and I personally can't tell if this approach is interesting or just weird. He tells about his attempts and being different animals such as swallows, foxes and badgers. Here he does some stuff that I think is disgusting such as eating insects and food out of bins. Is all this really necessary to get into the mind of an animal?

The wilderness is often described as inhospitable and disfavourable, however, how can this be the case when so many species of plants, animals and fungi thrive in these wild areas? The wilderness is full of life, it's just not human life. Even in places such as Antarctica, you can find life from seabirds to invertebrates. As well as this there is a whole host of life below the ice. In 2018, 300m below an ice shelf fragments of living organisms were found and 77 species were identified! livescience.com/antarctic-ice-…

Many dogs were used during the Yukon Goldrush as they were better adapted to the harsh conditions and could help transport goods and supplies. One of these dogs, called Baldy, belonged to a Scottish man called Scotty Allan and was exceptionally good at his job. In the early 1900s, Scotty Allan and his family moved to Nome. It was here that he met Baldy who was a mixed breed (husky-hound). Scotty became well known for his dog mushing abilities in even the harshest of weather. Unlike most people, he loved to go out in the storms and snow.

This documentary, The Grizzly Man, is definitely not what I expected. It doesn't follow the stereotypical documentary approach and uses lots of amature footage that was filmed by the main subject himself: Timothy Treadwell. But this makes it all the more unique and interesting. The film follows Treadwell from being a recovering addict to becoming a self-proclaimed protector of bears and to his death. This is told by family, friends, part rangers and partially by himself through video recordings he took of himself that he planned on turning into a movie.

Usually wildlife photographers and filmmakers are highly discouraged from interfering with wildlife. Whilst filming BBC's Dynasties the film crew found some penguins stuck in a gully and decided to dig a shallow ramp so that they could save themselves. 1/4 #cumbriawildlifemedia

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The penguins had most likely been blown into this gully in a storm and had become tapped as the sides were too steep to climb. Without the film makers help they would have starved to death however their actions caused some commotion. Were they right to interfere with nature? 2/4