The Pantanal, Brazil.
For
the past 4 months, I've been working the night-shift on a new BBC natural
history series called "The Dark". The
project took us all over South & Central America, in search of
never-before-filmed nocturnal animal behaviour. We explored rainforests, climbed deep into
caves, waded through swamps, endured blood-sucking insects and spent long,
bleary-eyed nights camped out in totally darkness, waiting for the right moment
to film.
We
discovered that creatures of the night have a whole range of techniques to
help them survive in their secret world. I
also learned that as an animal species, we're pretty useless at operating in the dark.
Often I would put something down only to misplace it seconds later. On
one occasion, whilst walking in complete
darkness through the Costa Rican rainforest, I fell into a hole. Nothing was broken, but it was a real
shock!
I
took this photo after a long night looking for giant anteaters. Howler monkeys announced the arrival of a new day and the sounds of night were replaced by a wonderful dawn chorus. A sight for sore eyes, and ears.
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