Even if you ’re a huge lover of wildlife documentaries , you ’ve never seen a chetah hunt quite like this . For PBS ’s latestNatureminiseries , Animals With Cameras , animate being behaviorists strapped custom - made cameras on mierkat , seals , Acinonyx jubatus , and more to capture never - before - see footage .
" There ’s perfectly no agency we could see this any other way,“wildlifecameraman Gordon Buchanan says in the magazine below , which follow a hunt cheetah as she and her sibling hear to take down aneland , a type of antelope native to east and southerly Africa .
The custom - made tv camera was strapped to the top of the cheetah ’s promontory , allowing it to record footage from the fauna ’s point of view . The cameras were design by Chris Watts ofBritish Technical Films , a UK - found company that specialize in developing customs tv camera kits to catch wildlife and nature footage .
The Acinonyx jubatus - mounted cameras had to be extra - light , since the fast - moving predators were extremely sensitive to the gadget ’s weight . ( As you , too , might be if you had a camera on your promontory while sprinting . ) The straps that secure the camera had to allow enough airflow to keep the CT ’s oral sex cool and be flexible enough that the creature could get the machine off if it became too pesky . And since running across the Savannah River at 70 miles per hour can get a bit bumpy , the camera had to have stabilise sensors to make the footage smooth , so it would n’t make viewer sickish .
The result is a pretty spectacular scene following a Acinonyx jubatus from the moment it picks up the smell of its prey to the final stage of its hunt . see the full video recording below . We wo n’t spoil how it end .
The final episode ofAnimals With Camerasairs on February 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time .
