In the premiere episode of the stunningly beautiful National Geographic documentary series “America the Beautiful” on Disney+, the narration of the actor Michael B. Jordan accompanies some amazing footage of a caribou mother and its newborn calf, making their way through a valley in the mountains of Alaska.
“He’s the last-born youngster of this calving season,” says Jordan in the kind of soothing, friendly voice that would have the little ones paying rapt attention in class. “It’s going to take a heroic effort for Mom to keep him safe. [The calf is just] an hour old, [and] she pushes him to get moving. They’re vulnerable alone. Way ahead, the herd offers safety in numbers.”
