Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
• VHS Release Date: July 8, 1997
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304475772
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,034 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This 39-minute nature video from National Geographic begins with a roar as African lions demonstrate the law of survival that rules the African continent (but without actual on-screen carnage). Narrator Spin--voiced by Dudley Moore--conducts a dizzying tour using techniques today's media-saturated young viewers will understand. Whether interrupting himself for a migration (traffic) report, listing the top 10 reasons why it's best to be at the top of the food chain, or introducing the four "music videos," the animated planet Earth makes the problems of crocodiles, rhinos, and meerkats relevant to kids from preschool age on up. Jane Goodall and her chimps make an appearance, as does a woman who cares for orphaned baby elephants. Parents not sold on the concept of evolution might want to note that the video draws direct parallels between apes and humans and the similarities are the subject of one of the songs. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Product Description

Come along on a wild African safari with Spin, National Geographic's animated globe-on-the-go. From the Serengeti Plain to the Kalahari Desert, experience the amazing ways that animals like cheetahs, crocodiles, rhinos and elephants survive. You'll learn about life in a lion pride, what it's like to be a chimp, and much more. It's the wild spirit of African animals as captured by the world's finest filmmakers - plus exciting music videos too! You're in for an exciting, fun-filled ride when you go on a SWINGING SAFARI - just one of the many Really Wild Animals adventures in this award-winning series.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Film. Great for the whole family., June 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Swinging Safari [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Spectacular photography and great music written by Alan O'Day. I watch this one over and over and I love it every time. It's really made for kids, but I think adults will like it also. It's worth buying. I love the opening song about Lions and "Stripes" written for the zebras. The closing song "The heart that beats in Africa" is awesome.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I agree with the first reviewer..., January 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Swinging Safari [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My 2 year old son really enjoys the tape for the variety of animals, but would probably be just as interested in a tape geared toward a more adult audience? He is not interested in the Spin character at all. Dudley Moore sounds like he's not getting paid enough to do the job! The information is not very well organized and the music (more than is necessary, in my opinion) is cheesy. The photography of the animals is great, but that's the only redeeming quality of this tape.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!, January 4, 2011

By 

Rachel Brooks (Staten Island New York City) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Swinging Safari [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is excellent for people young and old alike, who enjoy jokes, excerpts of classic movies, animals and excellent original music. High quality funny jokes by Dudley Moore make it a classic to be enjoyed, treasured and passed on to the next generation. I bought this for my two year old son in 1996 and now my four year old daughter in 2010. A classic and a treasure. A must have!