Thrill Of Victory / Agony Of Defeat

In early January, I wrote a post in which I mentioned leaving the WildEarth channel on overnight because Oreo likes having the TV on (yes, I know how mad that comes across). I have continued to do that across the previous weeks.

With the preface out of the way, I have a story from today's viewing of the channel.

I was sat on my bed having either my breakfast or putting my shoes on (I cannot recall which!) and looked up at the TV. I noticed they were filming a lake. There was a crocodile head slightly above the water. It was slowly resting along by the waterbed. I didn't think much of it at first. Not until I noticed there was a small bird finding food on the bank.

'Oh,' I thought 'he's going to catch the bird'

I sat there for a few moments hoping the bird would get away before it's prey made the move.

Then...

..out came the croc and then flew the bird.

'Ha, m**herf***er!' I exclaimed as I saw the underdog (underbird?) get away from the favourite.

Not so fast.

The camera panned to the right because it had lost the view of the crocodile. It was chewing. 

'Oh, s**t!' was my response to what I had seen. Or not seen. The camera must have missed a second attempt by the crocodile.

It was a case of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in two fell sweeps.

Here's a photo I was able to take of my TV shortly afterwards. It was after the croc had eaten its catch. 

A few minutes later, it - or another one - was eyeing up another bird along the bank. Then a shadow came alongside them. I surmised it was another croc, but it turned out to be a turtle.  The turtle managed to swim by the croc with ease.

As I wrote back in January, this is such a fascinating channel. To see all this going on live is brilliant. What a great idea. I wish I had things like this to educate me 24/7 (or close enough to 24/7) during my childhood.