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60 Minutes Presents: Into the Wild

January 22, 2012 4:00 PM

In a special hour devoted to the natural world, Scott Pelley visits Kenya to witness the great wildebeest migration; then, Bob Simon listens to the secret language of elephants; lastly, Lara Logan visits with Jane Goodall in the forests of Tanzania.

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by Viper55555 July 9, 2012 7:36 AM EDT
I understand the people need to make a living, but at the cost of there land and the river and then the lost of wildlife is fatal. The world knowing that trees are the source of air quality, we need to really put our needs before the wars and other selfish needs before our material obsession completely envelopes our planets needs.
The days of immediate gratification over our future needs by thinking we'll just let our children deal with it is coming to a head.
The reason I only help non human charities is because the only problems wildlife have are which we Humans cause upon them, otherwise they'd be fine. While all we go through is usually caused upon ourselves.
Though we know better, we still cause havoc everywhere we can for selfish needs which we justify with all sorts of excuses to be able to sleep with ourselves.
If there were other intelligent life forms who witnessed our actions on this planet, I wouldn't blame them on concluding we are but a type of leech which is good for nothing like a cancer.
Our planet would flourish without us, but we wouldn't without it..............
Nature needs to create a better disease to wipe us or wake us up now, before its too late.
Morbid, but in the long run the best for our survival.
If it for sure would work, I'd offer up to be the first to suffer the sacrifice.........honestly.....
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by willfergus7 February 21, 2012 10:33 AM EST
Really enjoyed it, beautiful images, nice job guys... We have to take care of our planet and no longer take the nature has granted..

Camasino Team
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by bluyet January 26, 2012 12:35 PM EST
I just think we should respect our world as part of the species that inhabit it,thanks to all the people that care,that respect our world
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by NinthSt78 January 23, 2012 11:43 PM EST
Beautiful photography, beautiful stereo sound, and a beautiful story I enjoyed very much.
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by lowie23 January 23, 2012 7:55 PM EST
I was in Uganda in July 2011 and visited the Jane
Goodall Chimpanzee reserve in Uganda. If you are interested in my video, which is incredible, let me know. Also, I spent 17 days gorilla treking and spent an hour observing the largest silverback gorilla in the world. I have fantastic photos and videos. If you have an interest in seeing these photos and videos, let me know. My email is yolo@comcast.net. Phone number 2392181347.
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by gunshack1 January 23, 2012 10:48 AM EST
It is much cheeper to do a rerun than produce a new show. I sure do miss Andy.
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by maiingan January 23, 2012 12:41 AM EST
I did not like to have this show be a re-run. I especially didn't appreciate having to hear the error, 'wildebeests are related to antelopes.' In fact, wildebeests ARE a kind of antelope.
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by C2638EJ January 23, 2012 12:03 AM EST
There's a sadness in my heart for the last of the wild, but whence man has peered in, it is not within his nature to abstain.
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by Mr Alright January 22, 2012 10:33 PM EST
As a forest scientist I find it ironic that even in the face of the loss of forest (as depicted in the show) almost no schools teach reforestation any more. It has been a common theme for decades that the only time anyone cares about the animals is when the forest(s) are about to go. Deforestation is rampant everywhere on our planet.

It must be nice to do "journalistic vacations" to learn the obvious. My point is that "awareness" in my experience means nothing. Unfortunately, the research grant system pushes information on dying mammals, which results in tons of wasted money. The animals continue to die, the forests go on being lost, and more poor people turn more forest into charcoal. The "sick" aspect of Africa in particular is that it is rich in oil, while torn apart by tribalism.

Must be fun to sit around and wonder what an elephant is saying. I guess you'd better because the next generation will only see them on the Disney channel ...as cartoons characters voiced by Johnny Depp!
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by RESERVOIRS January 22, 2012 10:16 PM EST
Hey, it's fun and interesting enough stuff, but please, 60 Minutes, REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT! Why do you repeat so many shows in recent memory? These are all repeated segments and you routinely repeat one segment per week. And if you need a new curmudgeon to replace dear Andy, I'm pretty good at it and kindly offer myself. According to others, I'm a hybrid of Larry David and Andy, with solid investigative journalism affinities. I currently come with a beard.

Thanks
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