1.0Socamomhttps://socamom.com/wEva Wilsonhttps://socamom.com/w/author/socasoca/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="umh8L50ZNh"><a href="https://socamom.com/w/opening-today-disney-nature-bears-2/">Opening Today: Disney Nature Bears</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://socamom.com/w/opening-today-disney-nature-bears-2/embed/#?secret=umh8L50ZNh" width="600" height="338" title="“Opening Today: Disney Nature Bears” — Socamom" data-secret="umh8L50ZNh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://socamom.com/w/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://socamom.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/disney_nature_bears_socamom.jpg400593I grew up watching Wild Kingdom and Wild America on PBS - not really because I loved watching it, at least not at first.  It was because we didn't have cable, and cartoons were over.  Once I got into it, I really enjoyed watching.  My favorite thing to do was to try to attribute human qualities to the animals' behaviors on screen.  I'd try to think of what that moose could be saying with that look, or what a particular flick of a deer's tail could mean, if he had the mind of a man. Once Disney Nature started doing films similar to the ones I grew up with, we made it an Earth Day tradition to go check out whatever was the latest one out.  I think I was more into it than the kids for those first few films.