Product Details

• Actors: Dudley Moore
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: National Geographic Vid
• VHS Release Date: July 8, 1997
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304475675
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,925 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In this Really Wild Animals video, Spin, an animated globe voiced by Dudley Moore, leads viewers on an exploration of the varied continent of North America. Music videos such as the opening "I've Gotta Be Wild" are prevalent throughout and combine wonderful nature photography with themes like an animal's need to hunt and humans' effect on animals and their habitats. Spring's arrival inspires Spin to glance at the "meanest hombre of all," the ground squirrel. Chuckle as you will, then watch this clever critter outsmart a rattlesnake! Next is the first of several reoccurring "Meet the Beavers" segments and then a look at how woodpeckers and starlings survive the 105-degree temperatures of the Sonoran Desert. In a summer visit to the Okefenokee Swamp, Spin interviews a biologist who studies alligators by climbing right into the swamp! In stark contrast is the breathtaking footage of white wolf pups frolicking in the frozen tundra of Ellesmere Island. The onset of autumn finds polar bears making their annual visit to the East Coast town of Churchill. The townspeople's preparations are detailed, there's a music video featuring bears foraging in the dump, and we watch one photographer's daring attempts to get close-up shots of these amazing bears. As winter settles in, Spin focuses on a group of people helping an abandoned black bear cub find an adoptive mother. This fact-filled video features a combination of beautiful nature photography and appealing music videos that is sure to captivate your child. --Tami Horiuchi

Product Description

Get ready for a wild ride with Spin, National Geographic's animated globe-on-the-go, as he zips his way around North America! From the frozen arctic to the southern swamplands, you'll meet the amazing animals that make North America a continent of surprises. Watch polar bears and white wolves struggling for survival on the icy tundra; alligators patrolling the swampy waters of the Okefenokee; and ground squirrels battling rattlesnakes in the wild, wild West. Award-winning cinematography and rocking music videos make the proud spirit of North America's animals come alive. So let's go for a "spin"...around AMAZING NORTH AMERICA! It's just one of the many Really Wild Animals adventures in this series.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Amazing America, May 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Amazing North America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film has amazing footage and is perfect for animal lovers.The best part is the "Meet the Beavers" where beavers prepare for winter. The songs are good, too. I have seen all the videos in the series and thought they were all great, but this is fantastic!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars National Geo Really Wild Animals: Amazing North America, January 2, 2006

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Dave Rowe (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Amazing North America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

We own all of the tapes in this series and think that this and Swinging Safari are the two best. The photography is great, the music is wonderful, and Dudley Moore's narration is perfect. Great for kids of all ages and adults as well.

4.0 out of 5 stars North America is amazing!, May 13, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Amazing North America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love animals. And I own all the "Really Wild Animals" videos! I own all of them (except "Totally Tropical Rainforest"). This is my third favorite out of the series. I love the idea of Spin scratching North America, when he needs to think, the idea of them switching seasons throughout the video is interesting, and the songs are very catchy, too. Buy "Amazing North America" no matter what age you are. (Even though it says ages 4-10 on the box).