Pebble Toad: the Amazing... Pebble Toad

Remember how breathtaking Planet Earth was when it first aired on Discovery? Crazy ass press surrounding it, mostly about the cinematography and its near-impossibility of certain shots?

Well, the BBC is going to one-up that motherf**ker by showing their version called "Life". They released a snippet of the 10-episode series today and don't mess around. Watch this shit. It's about the Pebble Toad. I'm not going to mention much, but after watching this clip, I guarantee your socks will be blown right off your feet.

When you're done, ask yourself HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET THAT FOOTAGE?! That's nuts, dude. Check it out!

From the BBC:

"Filming the bouncing toad was very challenging; the remote mountain plateau is one mile high and 26 square miles in area, whilst the toad is one inch long and very elusive. The tarantulas which prey on them are also very hard to find. To give the crew the best chance of finding and filming them, the expert on these creatures came on the shoot. He searched for a week before the crew's arrival to find both species and a location where they could come together and where the toad would demonstrate its bouncing-ball method of escape. This allowed the cameraman to set up his slow-motion camera in the right place. The scientist was able to ensure that the toad was never in danger of being harmed by the tarantula as a result of us filming them. The technique was a total success - the toad tucked its legs in, rolled and bounced, allowing the crew to film its method of escape in slow-motion detail."