BBC series uses robot creatures to document secret lives of animals

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Spy in the Wild uses camouflaged cameras to capture unprecedented footage of wildlife in five-part show
What does a newly hatched crocodile see while it is being transported to water between its mother’s jaws? How should a wild dog pup behave if it wants to be accepted by an approaching pack of adults?
These and other questions will be answered in a new BBC wildlife series screening this week, in which the stars of the show are not only the animals being filmed, but the animatronic “spy creatures” used to film them. Continue reading…