We have really enjoyed watching Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel. The series was aboslutely brilliant! I was facinated by crystal caves created by acid, snow leopards on the hunt, land monkeys marching across the highplains, and bison asserting their dominance. However, one segmant not only stole my heart but has kept me laughing ever since.

In the Seasonal Forrest episode, a female mandarin duck emerges from her nest in a tree trunk. Her one-day old hatchlings have to jump from the nest to the forrest floor in order to journey to the water. Thanks to YouTube, here is the video and some appropriate Ben Folds music. Enjoy: