"In 2002, I had just finished the first year of my zoology degree at the University of Bristol. Desperate to get some field experience, I joined a six-week project in Borneo. Towards the end of the trip, as a reward for all our hard work, we visited Tanjung Puting national park in the south. We were travelling by boat one day to see some rehabilitated orangutans when our captain suddenly told us we had to stop."
"There was something blocking the river ahead. We were then told there was a man in a kayak paddling across the river. That blockage turned out to be David Attenborough filming a piece to camera for The Life of Mammals. As a group of enthusiastic zoologists, we could hardly believe what we were seeing. Was that really David Attenborough paddling a tiny wooden kayak just up ahead?"
"His film crew, realising they had a fanclub on their hands, let us stay and watch. The scene involved him delivering the same piece to camera about 10 times, all while controlling the kayak he was a true professional throughout. He delivered the same piece to camera about 10 times, all while controlling the kayak."
"Later that afternoon, we were lucky enough to sit with him and the crew while they filmed rehabilitated orangutans at a feeding platform. I know I should have been watching the orangutans, but I think I spent most of the time staring at David Attenborough, wondering whether I was in a dream. It was an incredible encounter that I will never forget meeting one of the wo"
A zoology student in 2002 traveled to Borneo for field experience and visited Tanjung Puting National Park. While traveling by boat to see rehabilitated orangutans, the group was stopped because something blocked the river ahead. A man in a kayak was paddling across the river, and the blockage turned out to be David Attenborough filming for The Life of Mammals. The film crew allowed the group to stay and watch as Attenborough delivered the same piece to camera about ten times while controlling the kayak. Later that afternoon, the group sat with him and the crew while rehabilitated orangutans were filmed at a feeding platform, leaving the student focused on Attenborough rather than the animals.
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