Anytime I watch a nature documentary, I hope it will include my favorite type of scene: animals edited into an Old Western-style showdown sequence. Think of the iconic example of the baby marine iguana getting chased by a horde of snakes in
Planet Earth II. There’s something satisfying about the combination of serious (and often British-accented) narration, recognizable music tropes pulled from a chase scene, and high-definition footage of surprisingly expressive reptiles. A new entry into my personal canon comes from the newest David Attenborough-narrated nature film,
Life in Color, currently streaming on Netflix. The three-part series illuminates how animals see and use