0:00:04 > 0:00:07As a wildlife cameraman, I have travelled the world
0:00:07 > 0:00:11trying to capture life's most intimate and dramatic moments.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17But wouldn't it be incredible if we could see the world
0:00:17 > 0:00:20from an animal's point of view?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Well, in this series, that is exactly what we're going to do,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28with the help of the animals themselves.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30They're going to be the ones that are doing the filming.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35They're going to take us to places that a cameraman like me
0:00:35 > 0:00:38simply cannot go,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and reveal a side of their lives like we have never seen before.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Working with scientists, we're going to design cameras small enough
0:00:54 > 0:00:57to take us into their hidden world for the first time.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- We're heading in.- Wow.- Some pups.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Our camera crew will be one of the most diverse teams
0:01:07 > 0:01:09to ever film a wildlife series.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14From 30cm-tall meerkats...
0:01:16 > 0:01:19..to 60mph cheetahs.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23From free-diving fur seals...
0:01:25 > 0:01:27..to nest-building chimps.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Our unconventional film crew will reveal surprising behaviour
0:01:33 > 0:01:37and give us a new insight into how they live their lives.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Wow.- That's really cool.- Instantly, you get a real chimp point of view.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47This is their world...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50..their footage.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Oh, yeah.- Oh, wow. ..their stories.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And we're going to see it... GROWLING
0:01:57 > 0:01:58..through their eyes.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02She's definitely got her game face on.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18In this programme, we'll see what our cameras can reveal
0:02:18 > 0:02:21about three of the world's most iconic species.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28In the forests of central Africa, we'll climb with chimpanzees...
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Good girl, Kimbang.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32..and witness their secret tree-top behaviour.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I want to be able to climb like that.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43In Argentina, we'll dive into the fascinating world of penguins...
0:02:46 > 0:02:49..and uncover their extraordinary hunting techniques.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07My journey starts here, in South Africa.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Funny, because as soon as I told people that I was coming here
0:03:12 > 0:03:15to film meerkats, everyone got excited.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19The kids got excited, my wife got excited.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Random people in the shop got excited.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27The Kalahari Desert is the best place
0:03:27 > 0:03:28to find these miniature mammals.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45For the last 25 years, scientists from Cambridge University
0:03:45 > 0:03:49have been studying meerkats' fascinating social lives.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55But they still know virtually nothing about
0:03:55 > 0:03:58what they get up to inside their burrow.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Our mission is to use many cameras to reveal the extent
0:04:02 > 0:04:04of their underground world -
0:04:04 > 0:04:07where they sleep, how they navigate.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12But most importantly, we want to see newborn pups below ground.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- Grab a pew.- I think I might have brought the wrong lens.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22We're meeting a family of 21,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26led by a dominant female who's mother to the pups.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29She wears a radio collar to help the scientists track
0:04:29 > 0:04:30the group's movements.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Project manager Laura Meldrum and her team weigh each member
0:04:37 > 0:04:40of the group daily as part of their study.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44This is our subordinate female, our older subordinate female, Eve.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46And is she a good camera candidate?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48She is, yeah. You can see she loves water...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51..and is also very receptive.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56I think, Eve, I could've gotten a little camera on you
0:04:56 > 0:04:57before you knew it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Eve is the dominant female's eldest daughter.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04She's ideally placed to film the pups.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11We're also keen to get our cameras on a carefree teenager.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Look at you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15It's like a job interview.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17What are your qualifications?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20You're a meerkat. Are you nine months old?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21- No.- No?- This one's six months old.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- OK, get out.- Next in line. - Next, please.- Come on. Yum, yum.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Thanks for coming. Sit down.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Just relax. How old?
0:05:29 > 0:05:30- Nine months.- OK.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31We'll get back to you.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Our cameras weigh less than a meerkat's radio collar,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41and it's over to the man who made them, Chris Watts, to get them on.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49First up is a lively teenager called Fat Boy.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55I think it's incredibly exciting that we might just be able to get
0:05:55 > 0:05:58one of our cameras right at the heart of this family.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04That is the goal, that's the dream.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Oh, come on.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Oh, well done, Chris. He's got it on.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Next up is Eve.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Unlike Fat Boy, the camera slips on the first time.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50It's reassuring to see our film crew so relaxed,
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and the test footage gives us our first glimpse of what it's like
0:06:54 > 0:06:56to be a meerkat.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I just love how crazily big we look.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- It's a tiny water bottle.- Yeah.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- Yeah.- It just looks huge.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Immediately, the cameras reveal remarkable behaviour.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Whoa.- Oh, wow.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- That's kind of like a grub of some kind.- Tasty.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Instead of wolfing it down, she generously gives it
0:07:21 > 0:07:23to one of the pups.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Now, that looked like quite a good meal, didn't it?- Yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Fat Boy's camera has recorded his favourite pastime -
0:07:33 > 0:07:34play fighting.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39So, I think we do enter their world.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- You're getting a big idea of what it is like to be a meerkat.- Yeah.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49That was just the start.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54We're now hoping to capture images from deep within their burrow...
0:07:57 > 0:08:01..and a side of meerkat life no-one has ever seen before.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09As the day draws to a close, our group heads for home.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18We need to deploy a new set of cameras
0:08:18 > 0:08:22just before the group goes below ground.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24It's the biggest crew that I've ever worked with.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25THEY LAUGH
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Chris has created an infrared camera that will allow us to film
0:08:36 > 0:08:37in total darkness.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The light's running, so that means we're all good to go.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Eve's camera goes on first.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Hey, Fat Boy.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Easy does it.- That's a good boy.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Nice one. All right, Fat Boy, it's over to you.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00As a cameraman, I kind of feel like I'm giving over a lot -
0:09:00 > 0:09:03not to someone else, but to a completely different species.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08I'm just putting all my faith in technology and in a meerkat.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13It looks great.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Just having a bit of fun before going to bed.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Looks like we might be heading in.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38- Wow.- Some pups.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45In the pitch-black, Eve relies entirely on her whiskers
0:09:45 > 0:09:48and sense of smell to find her way around the tunnels.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Wow, it feels quite grand in there.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Yeah.- It looks like the tunnel's dividing off, as well.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Meerkats aren't the only lodgers here.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- What's that?- Dung beetles. - Oh, wow, is it?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Yeah.- That's cool.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Meerkats don't eat dung beetles.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29They help clean up the meerkats' mess,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31so the family welcomes these helpful housemates.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38We can see every grain of sand down there, but the fact is
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- for those meerkats, they can't see a single thing.- Yeah.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53Every time I've been able to inspect a den or a tunnel system
0:10:53 > 0:10:58of any animal, it's always been a lot smaller than you'd ever expect.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- Whereas this is a lot bigger than I expected.- Yeah!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Eve's navigating her way through a labyrinth.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18We've scanned the burrow to create the first ever map
0:11:18 > 0:11:20of this underground world.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26There are over 100 metres of tunnels.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35It's a vast interconnected system with more than 20 entrances.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39A seriously impressive piece of engineering.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51You can see some scratch marks sort of even on the...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54It looks like the roof and the walls of the tunnel.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57It's like the inside of a polar bear's snow den.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01It's just like claw marks where they've been raking at the snow.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Eventually, Eve enters a large chamber
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and her camera reveals something new.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Above ground, the feisty leader often keeps lower ranking females,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24like Eve, at a distance.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28But down here, hierarchy is put to one side...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32..as the whole family shares the same bedroom.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43That is fantastic.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Yeah, it's really wonderful.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Our cameras have given us our first fascinating look
0:13:00 > 0:13:02inside a meerkat's burrow.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13But there's something even more remarkable we want to capture.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Newborn pups only emerge from the burrow when they're
0:13:19 > 0:13:21two to three weeks old.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Before that, they're hidden below ground.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27A stage of meerkat life that scientists are desperate
0:13:27 > 0:13:29to learn more about.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Over the coming weeks, the research team continues
0:13:39 > 0:13:41to deploy our cameras.
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Until finally...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58..a meerkat has given birth.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15We're taken right into the birthing chamber.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25At the centre are five new arrivals.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33These pups are less than a day old.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45One pup still has its umbilical cord attached.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Instinctively, the infants search for their mother's milk.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Their eyes are still closed,
0:15:01 > 0:15:05but, surprisingly, they're already communicating.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07CHIRPING
0:15:16 > 0:15:21In this maze of dark tunnels, their chirps help the adults find them...
0:15:21 > 0:15:24CHIRPING
0:15:32 > 0:15:35..and also help the family build the strong bonds they'll need
0:15:35 > 0:15:37to survive above ground.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46These results are ground-breaking.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The whole scientific team gathers to watch the family's footage.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12For Laura, it's the film of the newborn pups that's most exciting.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19I would almost have expected them to be a lot more wobbly
0:16:19 > 0:16:22and it would take a while longer for them to be able
0:16:22 > 0:16:24to sort of be this active.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29It's nice to be able to see that they have this mobility about them
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and they can walk around the burrow and sort of find their way over
0:16:32 > 0:16:33to the nipple that they want.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39We know so much about their lives above ground,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42but it's then beginning to know things about their lives
0:16:42 > 0:16:45below ground that is really exciting for the future.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56The cameras have provided the missing piece of the puzzle.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08But miniature camera technology isn't just making breakthroughs
0:17:08 > 0:17:10below ground.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16In another part of Africa, it's helping scientists study
0:17:16 > 0:17:20an endangered animal in the very tops of the rainforest trees.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I've travelled deep into the jungles of Cameroon.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The forests here are home to an incredible variety of wildlife.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Including a species that I've always been fascinated by.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I'm on my way to meet a troop of chimpanzees,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10who we hope will take our cameras into their tree-top world.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20We've set up camp at Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Here, orphaned chimps are taught survival skills they need to join
0:18:27 > 0:18:29a chimpanzee family.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37The goal is to ultimately build well-bonded groups
0:18:37 > 0:18:40which can be released back into the wild.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50We're here to see if onboard cameras can help monitor
0:18:50 > 0:18:52and speed up that process.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02This bundle of energy is four-year-old Kimbang.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Like others here, she's had a difficult start in life.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Weak and traumatised, Kimbang arrived in a box.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Poachers had killed her mother for food.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Mimi Swift has been preparing the youngster for her first step
0:19:30 > 0:19:32towards a new life.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42As a surrogate mother, you want to be able to teach them everything
0:19:42 > 0:19:46that they need to know to be with an actual chimp group,
0:19:46 > 0:19:47because that's the end goal.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54The big question is whether this little one is ready
0:19:54 > 0:19:55to join a family group.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Mimi can't see Kimbang in the tree tops,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03so she's built her a camera harness.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Don't stamp on me.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08She's hoping we can improve her design and help deliver
0:20:08 > 0:20:09the footage she needs.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Easy now, easy now.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13No.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16What would you be most interested in finding out?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I'd like to know how she's moving through the forest,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23because she may be able to climb high, but she may not be confident.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Also, how she's choosing fruits.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28So any footage that we get from the cameras,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31will that help you kind of plan the next step for Kimbang?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Hopefully, if she's overcoming those milestones, then I'll
0:20:34 > 0:20:37feel more confident putting her into a group that she'll be able
0:20:37 > 0:20:38to protect herself.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Mimi's original design was built with car tyres and nuts and bolts.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Now Chris is going to try and make it even stronger.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02So, I'm trying to chimp test this.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm nowhere near as strong as a chimp, but if I can break it
0:21:05 > 0:21:06then we know that they can.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09So I'm just trying to break it!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12We're ready to give the camera a go.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16But we'll have to wait for Kimbang to settle down first.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Hey, no.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21What are you doing, you nutter?
0:21:25 > 0:21:26No, that's not...
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Do you need that? - It's my shopping list.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Kimbang's never seen the camera before,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43so a little encouragement is needed.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Kimbang.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57This is what everyone's wearing in London.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Yeah?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Kimbang. Kimbang.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Do you want it?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Come back.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Look! Whoa!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17For safety, the harness has been designed so Kimbang can remove it
0:22:17 > 0:22:19any time she wants.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23There we go. Special girl, there you go.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Good girl, Kimbang.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Eventually, she agrees to wear the camera like a belt.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Good girl.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33But our success is short-lived.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Within minutes, Kimbang has pulled the reinforced harness apart.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48You've broken it, Kimbang.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57We're going to have to seriously rethink our approach.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Work is under way on an even more industrial design.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13So how many hours do you reckon for one collar?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15It's kind of a two-day process.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- OK.- So...- OK.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18But it is a lot of work.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21To start with, you have the scratching and the gluing,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23then they get sent off to be stitched.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26But then these harnesses need boiling.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28And they get boiled, so they actually push back in on themselves.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- So it makes it easier for the chimps to put them back on.- Yeah.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Seeing how strong and how destructive they are,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38you realise actually it's the only way it can be done.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Absolutely, it's that deadly combination
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- of intelligence and strength.- Yeah.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Two days later, the new chimp camera is ready for action.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57All right, finished.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Yeah, I'm really happy with that.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02And everything is in place for Kimbang's tree-top test.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09The first test will be to see if Kimbang can find her own food.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17In the forest, young chimps need to learn which fruits are safe to eat.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Sometimes, when she comes down from the trees,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I can see around her mouth
0:24:28 > 0:24:30the remnants of some wild fruits that she's eaten,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32or I can smell it on her breath, something sweet, but...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- You don't know what it is.- ..I don't know where she's got it, yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39The only way for us to monitor Kimbang up there
0:24:39 > 0:24:41is with our onboard camera.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Excellent.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Now that she's got the camera on,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51I hope she'll keep it on and then go off and find her own food.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And it'll be really interesting to find out
0:24:54 > 0:24:55if Kimbang has those skills.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- Right, shall we have a look at this? - Yep.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10What's she doing?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12SHE LAUGHS
0:25:12 > 0:25:14She's checking the camera. Yeah, it's still there.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20To begin with, we're getting a lot of selfies.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Our camera's lens is highly reflective.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34So Kimbang is having a good long look at herself
0:25:34 > 0:25:35for the first time.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41It's great.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Finally, she starts to focus on the task at hand.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50You actually get a real sense of how fast she's moving on the ground.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Yeah.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Chimpanzees have the amazing turn of speed.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I want to be able to climb like that.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01The strength in their limbs is incredible.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Gosh, how high is she?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- She looks really high.- Yeah.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11She should be able to go right to the top of the canopy.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15She's doing a great job actually wearing it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18At any point, she could just rip it off if she wants and throw it out of
0:26:18 > 0:26:22the tree, so it is amazing actually that she's cooperating like this.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I'm really encouraged by her climbing,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34how fast she's going through the vines or the spiky trees
0:26:34 > 0:26:36or the thicker trees. She's not falling at all,
0:26:36 > 0:26:40she's finding which branch she wants to go to and going straight for it
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and making those right decisions.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Yeah.- That's really important.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Yeah, she's doing really well.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- See, she grabbed something to eat.- Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- See that?- Yeah.- She just grabbed it from the bush,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54she's got it in her mouth.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55What is that?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57She smells it.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- Nope.- Nope, not good enough. SHE LAUGHS
0:27:00 > 0:27:02So are you encouraged when you see this?
0:27:02 > 0:27:07Yeah, that she's testing things, smelling it and making that decision
0:27:07 > 0:27:09that that's not something she wants to eat.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13It really kind of does build up a picture of exactly
0:27:13 > 0:27:14what's going on up there.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24From her traumatic start in life, Kimbang has come a very long way.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But before Mimi feels completely confident about releasing her into a
0:27:31 > 0:27:36family group, she wants to see if Kimbang can recognise and respond
0:27:36 > 0:27:38to danger.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43So we've come up with an experiment using a plastic predator.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00I've never seen her see a snake,
0:28:00 > 0:28:05so I hope that she doesn't get too close and that she lets us know that
0:28:05 > 0:28:10it's there. And will make a small noise like, "Ooh, ooh,"
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- so that we know that there's something she shouldn't go near.- OK.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20I'm really excited to find out exactly how she reacts to this.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Good girl, Kimbang.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- What's that?- Good girl.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Can you figure out what she's actually doing?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39She's stopped, so she must've seen it.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Is she looking at it? Yeah, she definitely knows
0:28:42 > 0:28:43something's not quite right.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Yeah, look, she's moved right around.- OK.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57But she hasn't gone actually near the snake,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59she's just checking it from every angle.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06This response is entirely based on instinct.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08There's a lot of snakes in this forest, so if she'd
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- just gone and grabbed it, then it'd be really worrying.- Yeah.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Did you see? She just touched the bush to see if it'll move.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Yeah, yeah.- Which is great.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Kimbang adopts a defensive strategy.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25She's even using the bush to make herself look even bigger.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Good girl.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35She's improvising, using every tool at her disposal.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Oh, that's good, she's trying to hit it with the camera.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41That's great.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46But will she make an alarm call to announce the danger?
0:29:48 > 0:29:49KIMBANG 'OOHS' SOFTLY
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Yes, that is brilliant.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57It's great that she's let us know that it's there.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- That is good.- So I think we should make an alarm call
0:30:00 > 0:30:05so she knows we've seen it, and then she'll leave with us.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06SHE CALLS LOUDLY
0:30:08 > 0:30:10It's the perfect response.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13One that could've saved her in a real life snake encounter.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Come, come.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Take the camera with you.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Good girl.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Kimbang is proving with every task that she's ready for the next step.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Like all chimps, Kimbang's future survival depends
0:30:33 > 0:30:35on being part of a family group.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Chimps are extremely social animals, even more than humans.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45They're so social and that's how they learn, that's how they survive,
0:30:45 > 0:30:47they help each other. If there's a disabled chimp,
0:30:47 > 0:30:51then sometimes the troop will carry it through that time and make sure
0:30:51 > 0:30:52that they look after it.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54They need the support of each other.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57They need it emotionally and they need it physically.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59They need to protect each other.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02A lone chimp by itself, especially a young one, is just so vulnerable,
0:31:02 > 0:31:03they'd never survive.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Mimi thinks there's a suitable group for Kimbang to join.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Like Kimbang, they were once orphans.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Could our cameras reveal how this newly formed family
0:31:22 > 0:31:24is adapting to life in the tree tops?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29They live in a large patch of rainforest, but they can
0:31:29 > 0:31:33be lured to the perimeter fence to pick up their cameras.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Guys!
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Ordinarily in these housings, there's a button that switches
0:31:42 > 0:31:44the camera on and a button that starts the recording,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47stops the recording. But these chimpanzees are so clever,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51they will happily switch the cameras off, start re-recording,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54stop them recording. So we've had to actually deactivate
0:31:54 > 0:31:56all of the buttons, wire them shut...
0:31:58 > 0:32:01..and, hopefully, they'll just take them off into the forest to explore.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12We could get a whole new insight into this family
0:32:12 > 0:32:15and the secrets of their life up in the trees.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26But for that we'll have to wait
0:32:26 > 0:32:29because, for now, we're leaving the forests of Cameroon.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36On the other side of the world, in Argentina,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39another animal camera team is setting out
0:32:39 > 0:32:41to solve a very different mystery.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Cabo Dos Bahias, on the east coast of Patagonia,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50is home to thousands of Magellanic penguins.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58For the last 20 years, Dr Rory Wilson
0:32:58 > 0:33:01from the University of Swansea has been researching
0:33:01 > 0:33:03these charismatic characters.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12But last year, 60% of chicks died.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18This happens every few years, and Rory is desperate to understand why.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25He's hoping our cameras will show him how these parents
0:33:25 > 0:33:29are finding food far out at sea, and reveal what they're catching
0:33:29 > 0:33:30for their young.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36It's the key to their chicks' survival.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45There's an interesting time of year because the chicks, from being
0:33:45 > 0:33:47small and eating rather little food,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50have gotten bigger and suddenly both the parents have to go off to sea to
0:33:50 > 0:33:53get fish. They shuttle backwards and forwards delivering fish to these
0:33:53 > 0:33:55chicks that have to grow as fast as they can.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03They'll need a belly full of food every couple of days
0:34:03 > 0:34:04or they risk starvation.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Rory has already developed tech that records the birds' movements
0:34:14 > 0:34:17and calculates their diving depths.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25This year, our cameras will reveal the final piece of the puzzle,
0:34:25 > 0:34:29allowing Rory to watch them hunt far out in the Atlantic.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41The team have perfected the art of attaching their gadgets
0:34:41 > 0:34:43over many years.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Our cameras have been streamlined and are being placed
0:34:50 > 0:34:51on the lower back.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- OK.- OK. Ready.- Ready to roll? - Ready to roll.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Within a matter of minutes,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13parents are returned to their chicks, completely unfazed
0:35:13 > 0:35:15by their mini backpacks.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25One by one, our marine team set off to film their hunting trips.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40The complexity of the penguin life at sea is inconceivable to us.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42This is going to be critical for conservation,
0:35:42 > 0:35:46because you can't conserve anything unless you understand it properly.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Rory is hoping the footage will reveal why, in some years,
0:35:56 > 0:35:57so few chicks survive.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Our parents bravely swim out through the wild Atlantic surf.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29To find a feeding ground, they travel up to 300km
0:36:29 > 0:36:33on a gruelling round trip that can last three days.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Scientists suspect their sense of smell might guide them
0:36:47 > 0:36:50to areas that are rich in prey.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03They fluff an insulating layer of air into their feathers...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09..before diving down to the chilly depths.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Our parents will make up to 400 dives on a typical trip.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31The longer they search, the more energy they burn.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35And with hungry chicks waiting to be fed, the clock is ticking.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41So what our cameras film next is a real surprise.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- Oh, what?- Oh, my goodness, it's... - An inspection.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Do you see that?- Just had a look at it, said, "No, not for me."
0:37:50 > 0:37:54After hours at sea, our hungry penguins
0:37:54 > 0:37:56are ignoring perfectly edible prey.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Whoa, straight past the shrimps.
0:38:02 > 0:38:08Shrimp, squid and lobster krill are all passed up.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10The penguins are taking a massive gamble.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Their chicks will starve if they leave them for too long
0:38:14 > 0:38:15without a meal.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25But the penguin parents keep searching
0:38:25 > 0:38:27until they finally find what they're after.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Oh, look at that! Is that a school?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Anchovies.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40These oil-rich fish are penguin superfood.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Our cameras first show the penguins dropping beneath the fish.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01The air in their feathers makes them so buoyant
0:39:01 > 0:39:03that they shoot up into the shoal.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Anchovies are the highest-quality food these parents can feed
0:39:16 > 0:39:21their chicks, and that can mean the difference between life and death.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34All the penguin activity attracts other sea birds.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Long-winged shearwaters join the feast.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52But until a catch has been swallowed, it's up for grabs.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Our camera captures a gull snatching a fish
0:39:57 > 0:40:00straight from a penguin's beak.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09The footage has given Rory whole new understanding and shown just
0:40:09 > 0:40:12how important anchovies are to this population.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19This penguin's eye-view puts everything else
0:40:19 > 0:40:21we've got into perspective,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24in terms of the difficulties of finding food.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29An anchovy shortage last year may explain why
0:40:29 > 0:40:32so many young penguins died.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38When they're scarce, parents may have to spend longer at sea
0:40:38 > 0:40:41or return with food which isn't nutritious enough.
0:40:46 > 0:40:52Fortunately, our cameras indicate an abundance of anchovies this year.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Good news for Patagonia's penguins.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05I was always impressed with penguins.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Seeing their amazing capabilities on these cameras
0:41:09 > 0:41:11has just blown it away.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15I mean, they're more impressive than I thought they possibly could be.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21This is the start of an exciting new era in penguin research.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26The cameras will enable the team to study this population
0:41:26 > 0:41:28in a whole new way,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31and could even help protect this species in the future.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Back in the remote jungles of Cameroon,
0:41:41 > 0:41:45our cameras have played a key role in helping orphaned Kimbang
0:41:45 > 0:41:47on her journey to join a family.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Now we're about to discover what they can teach us about the troop
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Mimi hopes Kimbang will join.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03We've built a set of extra strong chimp cams.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08And Mimi has persuaded the family to take them deep
0:42:08 > 0:42:10into their forested enclosure.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22After a few hours of filming, all the cameras have been dropped.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Fortunately, we fitted the harnesses with a tracking device.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35WHISPERS: Back that way. Yes!
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- It's there.- Nice one.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40OK. Marvellous.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44What will the footage reveal?
0:42:53 > 0:42:55She's running through the bush.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57That's good, that's great, though. That is great.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03You can just almost hear her think, "Right, what am I going to do now?"
0:43:03 > 0:43:08- Yeah.- "I can go left, go right, go straight, climb a tree."
0:43:08 > 0:43:10It is amazing, really. I love it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- We've got wild fruit.- Oh, wow.
0:43:17 > 0:43:18She's dropped the camera.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Fortunately, she's left it pointing up.
0:43:26 > 0:43:32What we call a static shot, so she knows the lingo.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35- She might pick it up. - Come on, pick it up, Selma.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Oh, we barely got it.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Come on, come on, come on. Is she climbing?
0:43:39 > 0:43:43- Yeah.- She's got the camera in her hand as she climbs up.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46That's really cool.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51Instantly, you get this... a real chimp point of view.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52Wow.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58At the very tops of the trees, we get to see their world
0:43:58 > 0:44:00through her eyes.
0:44:01 > 0:44:02She would be quite high.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05And she's going higher.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08The cameras give a real sense of how confident the group are...
0:44:10 > 0:44:12..30 metres above the ground.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17- See another chimp in the background. - Oh, yeah.- See, now there are two.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Expert climbers, but how they're able to navigate around
0:44:22 > 0:44:23in the canopy...
0:44:26 > 0:44:27..it's amazing.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30I'm blown away by that.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43The cameras have also captured something surprising.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48One of the females has mud on her hand.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51At first, she tries to wipe it off with leaves.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55But when that doesn't work, she does something completely unexpected.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03She's lapping water from a hole in the tree trunk.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09She climbs higher to take a seat,
0:45:09 > 0:45:14then cleverly uses water held in her mouth to wash her hands.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22This family member is cleaning its teeth with a twig.
0:45:25 > 0:45:29Another camera has revealed a female delicately weaving herself the
0:45:29 > 0:45:31perfect tree-top nest.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42It's a rare and privileged glimpse into this family's world.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48A view a cameraman like me could never capture.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55I think we're so used to just looking up at animals in trees
0:45:55 > 0:45:58and you don't really get a sense of what it is truly like
0:45:58 > 0:46:01for them up there. And this... This gives you that sense.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07You know, I think every single frame, every second that we get,
0:46:07 > 0:46:10is showing us something that we've never seen before.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13I think it's wonderful.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Being able to see tiny little glimpses that you'd
0:46:19 > 0:46:24never normally see has taught me so much about chimps
0:46:24 > 0:46:27that I didn't know and what's going on up there.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35The cameras have revealed that the adults are thriving
0:46:35 > 0:46:37in their forest home.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45It's clear this family has a strong bond.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50It's exactly the sort of nurturing environment
0:46:50 > 0:46:52a young chimp like Kimbang needs.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01I go to say my final farewells,
0:47:01 > 0:47:05and this time Kimbang seems more interested in exploring
0:47:05 > 0:47:07her surroundings than playing with us.
0:47:09 > 0:47:14It's encouraging to see how confident and free-spirited
0:47:14 > 0:47:15she's become.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19From everything that we've seen, or everything that she's shown us,
0:47:19 > 0:47:22do you think that Kimbang is ready to join a group of chimps
0:47:22 > 0:47:24in the forest?
0:47:24 > 0:47:25Yeah, I'm confident.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28I think she'll flourish, actually, in a group.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32So really exciting next step for her.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35Not only that she can get by,
0:47:35 > 0:47:39but she can actually contribute to chimpanzee society, doing all of
0:47:39 > 0:47:42the things that chimpanzees should be doing.
0:47:42 > 0:47:43I'm really going to miss her. I really am.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46I've just absolutely loved spending time with her in the forest,
0:47:46 > 0:47:49and actually kind of watching her do what she does
0:47:49 > 0:47:51so, so wonderfully.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00From the chimpanzees' extraordinary tree-top world...
0:48:02 > 0:48:04..to the meerkats' secret life below ground...
0:48:07 > 0:48:10..and our penguin's epic underwater adventures...
0:48:11 > 0:48:16..our cameras have revealed more than we could ever have imagined.
0:48:19 > 0:48:20Thank you very much.
0:48:22 > 0:48:23You've all been wonderful.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42To make Animals With Cameras,
0:48:42 > 0:48:45we worked with the huge cast of animals from around the world.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47- Good girl.- Good girl.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Each required its own custom-built camera system...
0:48:56 > 0:48:59..carefully positioned so it didn't affect its natural behaviour.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08In this episode, it was the smallest of animals
0:49:08 > 0:49:11that presented the biggest challenges.
0:49:11 > 0:49:16We had to turn a family of meerkats into a wildlife film crew
0:49:16 > 0:49:18to reveal their underground secrets.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23But how on earth do you make a camera that's lightweight enough
0:49:23 > 0:49:27for a meerkat to wear, but capable of filming in the dark?
0:49:31 > 0:49:34We turned to the person with experience to take on this
0:49:34 > 0:49:37seemingly impossible challenge - Chris Watts -
0:49:37 > 0:49:39an expert in building miniature cameras.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Weeks before filming started,
0:49:43 > 0:49:47Chris hit the workshop to develop his first prototype,
0:49:47 > 0:49:50using specialist software and a 3D printer.
0:49:51 > 0:49:56This is not something that has been done, to my knowledge, before -
0:49:56 > 0:49:58putting a camera on a meerkat.
0:49:59 > 0:50:04There's a lot of unknowns going into this, but luckily
0:50:04 > 0:50:06we're not completely reinventing the wheel,
0:50:06 > 0:50:08because the meerkats do already wear collars.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11The scientists have VHF collars on the meerkats.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16As with any new design, it was important to fully test it.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21So Chris enlisted the help of a body double.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25Kosmima is a tamed meerkat used to educate schoolchildren.
0:50:27 > 0:50:31For Chris, it was important to make sure the collar fitted comfortably
0:50:31 > 0:50:34and the cameras were in the right position to film.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36- Yeah, great.- Yeah?
0:50:36 > 0:50:40- Let me check it's not too tight. - Yeah.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42I can freely move it all the way around.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Oh, that's perfect.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45It looks like it's hanging really well.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48I mean, one thing I was worried about is the camera dragging
0:50:48 > 0:50:50on the floor, because they're so small,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53but you want to get the camera as far away from the chin as possible.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Yeah, I was worried it would be scraping everywhere,
0:50:55 > 0:50:58but there seems to be quite a lot of room, which is good.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01Kosmima seemed perfectly content.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04But would wild meerkats take to Chris' camera?
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Our filming location was the Cambridge University study site
0:51:09 > 0:51:11in South Africa.
0:51:11 > 0:51:1625 years of research have made the meerkats here very relaxed.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21I love how they're just doing their own thing,
0:51:21 > 0:51:23they're not really paying us any attention.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25They're just being meerkats.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29This is the really good thing about having such a long-term project,
0:51:29 > 0:51:33is that the meerkats end up so used to us, so you couldn't
0:51:33 > 0:51:37- call them domesticated because they are still a wild animal.- Yeah.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40But they're habituated to us, they're used to us being here,
0:51:40 > 0:51:43which is really, really helpful.
0:51:45 > 0:51:49But ultimately, the success or failure of this mission
0:51:49 > 0:51:52would boil down to getting the technology just right.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58The scientists advise the camera should weigh less than 5%
0:51:58 > 0:52:00of the meerkat's weight.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03So Chris worked hard to shrink the battery, camera,
0:52:03 > 0:52:06and collar to the smallest possible size.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12His final version weighed in at less than one fifth
0:52:12 > 0:52:14of your average smartphone.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20But I think it's astounding that something as small as this...
0:52:20 > 0:52:24- Yeah, it's mad, isn't it? - ..can get moving images.
0:52:24 > 0:52:25It's minuscule.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29But we soon had a problem.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34Our test meerkat, Kosmima, had been happy with the prototype,
0:52:34 > 0:52:37but her wild cousins were less impressed.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39And Chris soon figured out why.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45The way we've been doing it is trying to get this around the back,
0:52:45 > 0:52:49carefully like so, and then just wrap that like that.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51And that's great, it stays on really well,
0:52:51 > 0:52:53and it doesn't make any noise. But when it comes to taking it off...
0:52:53 > 0:52:55VELCRO PEELS OFF
0:52:55 > 0:52:57..it's quite loud. And obviously, you can see how close
0:52:57 > 0:53:01to the ears it is. It's not very nice for the meerkats.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05It turns out that the sound of Velcro is the meerkat equivalent
0:53:05 > 0:53:08of nails down a blackboard.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11The new thought is, we have these magnets.
0:53:11 > 0:53:16We can keep the hands quite far away and it's just a case of getting it
0:53:16 > 0:53:19to there, and it clicks on really nicely.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22I think that could be a real move forward.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23Problem solved.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27But the biggest test for Chris was yet to come.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34To film inside the meerkats' burrow, we'd need lighting.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38And we had no idea of the size of the space to be lit.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49So we asked geophysicist Dr Adam Booth
0:53:49 > 0:53:53to scan our family's home with ground-penetrating radar.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56Something he usually uses on archaeological digs.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Here we go, ready?
0:54:04 > 0:54:05Whoa.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08So that's what the network looks like.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12I see something that resembles the London Underground tube map,
0:54:12 > 0:54:15you know - it's pretty interconnected.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18I think it's really exciting that we've got our
0:54:18 > 0:54:21meerkat camera operator who can go down there
0:54:21 > 0:54:22and give us their eye-view of it,
0:54:22 > 0:54:25and we can check that against what we see on the radar,
0:54:25 > 0:54:27and I think that's absolutely unique.
0:54:27 > 0:54:28- Yeah.- It's brilliant.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32One, I hope that the cameras don't fall off down there,
0:54:32 > 0:54:34because if they do, it's very unlikely we're going to get
0:54:34 > 0:54:35any of the cameras back.
0:54:37 > 0:54:42The burrow was far bigger and more complex than anyone expected.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Understanding the tunnel system helped Chris come up
0:54:46 > 0:54:48with the very best way to light it.
0:54:51 > 0:54:56He added infrared lights to the collar, pointing sideways.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58They can't be seen by the naked eye,
0:54:58 > 0:55:00but they'll still illuminate the whole burrow system.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02And we've got them on the collar,
0:55:02 > 0:55:05so actually it'll bounce off the walls around the meerkat's head.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11We've got another... one meerkat filming the other.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14- Yeah.- Multi-camera shoot.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18- Oh, that's cool. That's robo-meerkat!- Yeah!
0:55:20 > 0:55:22With the infrared lights working,
0:55:22 > 0:55:26our camera cat was ready to film his own home movie.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28That is fantastic.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35And after weeks of filming,
0:55:35 > 0:55:39we finally got to see the meerkats' best-kept secret...
0:55:40 > 0:55:42..newborn pups.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43CHIRPING
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Right at the start of this whole project,
0:55:47 > 0:55:50getting the pups underground was the big dream.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54And it's just really rewarding now to just watch this stuff back
0:55:54 > 0:55:56and see something which I think, you know,
0:55:56 > 0:55:58is a really privileged insight.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03Our cameras had ended a 25-year wait for the Kalahari research team.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09But, of course, meerkats were only the start.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15Next time, our cameras reveal the incredible hunting skills
0:56:15 > 0:56:18of Australian fur seals.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Oh, wow. Goodness me.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28We join a family of troublesome baboons in the South African bush.
0:56:31 > 0:56:32And in Namibia...
0:56:32 > 0:56:34That's perfect, look at you.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38..we hunt with the fastest mammal on Earth.