Animals can be difficult to work with at the best of times: they hide, they dive and they can make a speedy escape if necessary.
- "The hatchlings' heads were completely separated from their bodies": Australia's ghostly turtle killer caught on camera
- "The hatchlings' heads were completely separated from their bodies": Australia's ghostly turtle killer caught on camera
So for the BBC Two TV series Animals with Cameras, scientists and the BBC’s Natural History Unit collaborated to capture unprecedented animal behaviour – by attaching cameras to them.
And in this clip, we get a turtles-eye view of its feeding habits, as well as a chilling reminder about our oceans.
Each camera used in the series was bespoke, considering the animal’s size and the best way to attach the camera, and only attached to the animal for a specified amount of time.
Top image: a loggerhead turtle (not depicted in the video). Credit: Roxana Caha/Getty
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