When you walk into the wrong neighbourhood - Racer Snakes

A reported 9 million viewers watched the opening of the BBCs flagship nature programme Planet Earth II. It has been highly anticipated since the announcement of its return and it did not disappoint.

With Sir David Attenborough narrating, the talking point must be the plight of the baby marine iguanas. The tense scenes took place on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, after newly hatched iguanas emerged from the sand and were clamouring to safety.

With talk of danger, I was wondering where it was to come from, the air and some predatory bird or alternatively, maybe a bit of cannibalism from older iguanas but no it was something I was not expecting.

It was snakes! Racer Snakes. They chased along the beach enthralling and terrifying the audience at home in equal measure hunting down the iguanas. Twitter went into meltdown with reaction to the scene of the iguanas may have had a good turn of speed but the snakes were everywhere.

My heart also went out to the penguins in another piece in the show. Walking miles to find food than jumping off a cliff in raging seas swimming 50 to 100 miles in search of food. Only on their return fighting their way up the same cliff while waves batter them with some receiving nasty injuries or death. My Sunday nights belong to Sir David Attenborough.