I think this movie was very interesting and explained different methods of survival very well. My favorite method was camouflage, and the sloth. Since the sloth moves extremely slowly,
algae grows on its skin. This makes it look like a tree trunk or a big leaf, so that animals don't hunt it.
There were also other survival techniques I found interesting. The Snapping turtle lies very still under water with its mouth open. Since its tongue is pink, it looks like a worm, and fish come and try to eat it. That's when the turtle closes its mouth and eats the fish inside!
Also, the bola spider spins a web that smells like female moth, so the male moth falls into the trap and the spider eats it up!
Before baby foxes go out on their first hunting trip, they practice fighting and hunting with their mothers. Then, they either go alone or hunt in packs and corner the pray. You have more chance of success when you hunt in a pack, but then you also get a smaller share of the victim. This means less food.
The African vulture can fly over 60 miles over a meal, forth and back. That's 96.5 km!
Another fascinating fish in the video was the puffer fish- it swells up when a predator attacks! That means that only fish with really huge mouths can eat it!
These are some interesting survival videos I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygh1-ul6E94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsDJ3JrnpOI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciu9xFTvELQ
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