A Perfect Planet

The Sun

10 Jan 2021


Species features in each Sequence

1
Yellow-cheeked gibbon
2
Fig wasp (Ceratosolen fusciceps), Ant sp.
3
Muskox, Arctic wolf, Arctic hare
4
Wood frog
5
Red-sided garter snake
6
Arctic fox, Lesser snow goose
7
Saharan silver ant
8
Hubei golden snub-nosed monkey
9
Sooty shearwater, Krill sp., Humpback whale

# Species by IUCN Conservation Status

1
Yellow-cheeked gibbon
Nomascus gabriellae
EN
Yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunYellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunYellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam

Book + Visual ID + moralcoral Instagram
2
Fig wasp
Ceratosolen fusciceps
NE
Fig wasp (Ceratosolen fusciceps) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunFig wasp (Ceratosolen fusciceps) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunFig wasp (Ceratosolen fusciceps) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
The Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens, Chiang Mai, Thailand

The fig wasps featured here are Ceratosolen fusciceps, which pollinates the fig Ficus racemosa. This is specified in a film produced as part of Dominique Vassie's MSc thesis uses footage from the filmmakers, filmed in the Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens, as detailed on figweb.com [1]: "The second episode of the BBC TV natural history series Perfect Planet included a short segment covering interactions between some Asian fig wasps and their host figs [...] with thanks to the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden". In the film, two figs (F. racemosa and F. hispida) and their two pollinators (C. fusciceps and C. solmsi) are featured, but essentailly every shot that made it into the final cut in the episode shows C. fusciceps, with the adult females distinguished from C. solmsi by their longer ovipositors and the larval males distinguished by their darker orange heads. The film is a great watch, going into far more detail about the extraordinary story of how these wasps pollinate figs, such as how female wasps eject the remaining liquid in their bodies in order to enter the narrow opening on the fig's skin, or how parasitic nematode worms inside the fig attempt to latch onto newly hatched females as they attempt to burrow out.
[Link 1]
2
Ant sp.
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?
Ant sp. () as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunAnt sp. () as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunAnt sp. () as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
The Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens, Chiang Mai, Thailand

3
Muskox
Ovibos moschatus
LC
Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunMuskox (Ovibos moschatus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunMuskox (Ovibos moschatus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

3
Arctic wolf
Canis lupus arctos
LC
Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunArctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunArctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

3
Arctic hare
Lepus arcticus monstrabilis
LC
Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus monstrabilis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunArctic hare (Lepus arcticus monstrabilis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunArctic hare (Lepus arcticus monstrabilis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

https://www.gov.nl.ca/ffa/files/wildlife-endangeredspecies-ssac-arctic-hare.pdf
4
Wood frog
Lithobates sylvaticus
LC
Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunWood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunWood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Ohio, USA

Filmed in Ohio according to filmmaker Nick Shoolingin-Jordan's Instagram [1]: "Filming this sequence for #aperfectplanet, Sarah Walsh @moralcoral and cameraman Richard Kirby travelled to Ohio to work with Dr Clara do Amaral"
[Link 1]
5
Red-sided garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
LC
Red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunRed-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunRed-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Narcissus, Manitoba, Canada

Filmed in Narcissus, Manitoba, according to filmmaker Nick Shoolingin-Jordan's Instagram [1]: "The annual emergence of red-sided garter snakes in Narcissus, Manitoba (Canada), is the largest gathering of snakes on the planet."
[Link 1]
6
Arctic fox
Vulpes lagopus lagopus
LC
Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus lagopus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunArctic fox (Vulpes lagopus lagopus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunArctic fox (Vulpes lagopus lagopus) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Karrak Lake, Nunavut, Canada

Assume to be the nominate subspecies given it is on the mainland and not on an island
6
Lesser snow goose
Anser caerulescens caerulescens
LC
Lesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunLesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunLesser snow goose (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Karrak Lake, Nunavut, Canada

Greater snow geese migrate to higher North in Canada than lesser snow geese [1].
[Link 1] [Link 2]
7
Saharan silver ant
Cataglyphis bombycina
NE
Saharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunSaharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunSaharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
The Sahara, Morocco

Filmed in Morocco according to Silverback Films Instagram [1]
[Link 1]
8
Hubei golden snub-nosed monkey
Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis
EN
Hubei golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunHubei golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunHubei golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei Province, China

Filmed in Shennongjia National Park according to media coverage [1] "This truly global series was filmed in 31 countries, including [...] Shennongjia National Park, China"
[Link 1]
9
Sooty shearwater
Ardenna grisea
NT
Sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunSooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunSooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
The Snares Islands, New Zealand

9
Krill sp.
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Krill sp. () as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunKrill sp. () as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunKrill sp. () as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

The exact species of krill is unclear. According to the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2009) [1], "Humpback whales have been observed foraging on euphausiids, including E. pacifica, T. raschii, T. longipes, and T. spinifera, from Southeast Alaska to Baja California"
[Link 1]
9
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
LC
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunHumpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The SunHumpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) as shown in A Perfect Planet - The Sun
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA