Overview
Sri Lanka, the tropical island lying off the southern coast of India, is home to its own special elephants. A sub species of the Asian elephant, they have their own unique characteristics. In this programme, award winning wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck of Echo of the Elephants fame travels to Sri Lanka to try and get to know them. Martyn has planned his arrival to coincide with the start of the monsoon, hoping it will be the best time to find and follow a new born calf. By drawing on local knowledge, Martyn begins to unravel the complex social world of Sri Lanka's elephants - he witnesses a fight over a calf, a battle between two bulls in musk and, at an elephant sanctuary, befriends an orphaned elephant who sadly lost a leg to a snare and is facing an uncertain future.
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33 - 1Leopards: 21st Century Cats May 17, 2013 -
33 - 2Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible July 13, 2013 -
33 - 3The Mating Game July 19, 2013 -
33 - 4Sri Lanka: Elephant Island August 09, 2013 -
33 - 5Meet the Monkeys September 06, 2013 -
33 - 6Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape October 04, 2013 -
33 - 7Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar October 11, 2013 -
33 - 8Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker October 18, 2013 -
33 - 9Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface October 25, 2013 -
33 - 10Vultures: Beauty in the Beast January 31, 2014