The Best Animal Documentaries on Netflix

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Check out our carefully selected list of the best animal documentaries available on Netflix

Be prepared to laugh, cry and have your perspective on life altered as we provide you with

a selection of some of the most critically-acclaimed documentaries to be listed on Netflix

Shark Week• Let’s start with the fish of the moment – the mighty shark

• Shark Week is a week dedicated to sharks, showcased by the Discovery Channel

• Since airing in 1988, there has been a new Shark Week every year

• Includes documentaries and specials, such as Mythbusters: Jaws Special and Survivorman

Wings of Life

• Looks at the many species that spend their life soaring around us

• Witness the life of bees, bats, birds and butterflies close up

• Watch the drama of nature unfold

• Beautifully and stylistically shot

Leave it to Beavers

• Includes discussion towards beavers’ handling of water and how humans could learn from this with regards to shortages and crises

• If that doesn’t tickle your tail; expect a ton of cute footage!

• Take a peek into the life of beavers

• Witness their engineering skills as they build their dams

Virunga• Oscar-nominated documentary about Virunga National Park

• Home to the last of the mountain gorillas as well as an area of outstanding beauty

• Looks at the daily battle the park rangers face against corporations encroaching on the park

• All while Virunga is under constant attack from poachers and rebels

Blackfish

• Blackfish has been attributed with single-handedly slashing SeaWorld’s profits

• Led to the cancellation of gigs from huge stars, such as Willie Nelson and The Beach Boys

• Blackfish looks at the birth of SeaWorld and its subsidiary companies

• Discusses how they controversially obtained their main attraction

• One of the best documentaries on Netflix

Animal Odd Couples• Let’s have a bit of light relief...

• This documentary looks at the unlikely pairings that nature throws together

• Ever wanted to see a chimpanzee bottle-feed a tiger?

• How about witness a crow act as an adopted parent to a meerkat?

• Ever even considered it? Well, get your eyes around this!

The Whale• Follows the life of Luna, a killer whale which lives off the coast of Vancouver

• Luna lost his family as a child and befriended the local community

• Despite legislation in place to prevent human contact with the beautiful creatures, the Muchalaht First Nations believed Luna to be their reincarnated chief

• An incredibly touching documentary; we would recommend you have some tissues ready for this one

Sir David Attenborough

• All make for excellent viewing, giving you an insight into every continent’s inhabitants

• Includes footage that can only have been painstaking to capture

• Also, you get to see Sir Dave saying “boo” to a slothCan’t wait for that? Oh go on then...

Planet Earth, Life of Mammals, Life of Birds, Blue Planet,

Africa

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