Tiger: Spy in the Jungle by John Downer
Tiger: Spy in the Jungle
The film was only made possible after John Downer and his crew taught elephants to use specially adapted cameras fixed to their tusks or disguised as tree trunks.
[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=nFrgtSL4IZo[/video]
The BBC has revealed extraordinary footage of a tiger licking its cubs clean, in the first ever wildlife documentary to be shot by elephants. The intimate film shows a tiger grooming its babies whilst they are still just weeks old, & also shows the cubs mewing and taking their first steps in the Indian jungle.
“Tiger – Spy in the Jungle – Elephants carrying spy cameras tell the story of four tiger cubs growing up in the Indian Jungle. Over two years the cameras track their development from young cubs into adult hunters.”
BBC One – 30 Mar 2008 20:00 -21:00, Episode 1. The tigress has her paws full with the four 10-day-old cubs, her first litter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009smrg
hi do you know if and when this documentary did/will air in the US?