Hidden Kingdoms

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I'm just watching this on iplayer now. Please tell me they explain just how on earth they filmed this at the end! Some of it cannot be real.

Argh. Either my iplayer or my wifi has crashed. I may never know the answer!

Just caught the end last night - they did set up a track for the sengi and then crossed their fingers it would start to use it. It took a few goes before they could get the camera moving alongside at the same speed, but was much more effective than trying to keep up with the things as they ran around randomly!

They also built a table for the dung beetle, covered with plants and with a blue-screen behind, so they could get a low angle. (They collected up buckets of elephant poo to attract it.)

Ah. Neat. I did read online that they explain at the end how they got some of the shots & a guardian article did say some of it was cgi!