Animal Camera

With the help of the latest technology Steve Leonard teams up with the world's leading scientists to eavesdrop on animals lives and unveil astonishing new discoveries as they happen. The latest cameras are revolutionising the way we view the natural world. Miniature cameras take viewers on-board a golden eagle; Ultra-slow motion cameras discover that the fastest animals in the world are not what you would expect; and a big brother stakeout reveals the mysterious lives of cave baboons. In Animal Camera the whole planet is under surveillance as spy technology goes wild.

This week Steve Leonard infiltrates the most heavily scrutinised patch of rainforest on earth. In the ultimate jungle stake-out, undercover cameras reveal the secret lives of jungle cats; multi-flash photography exposes how bats catch fish; and scientists use miniature bugs to decipher a secret bee language of ‘buzz words’. Steve even scales one of the seven forty metre high radio towers that track ocelots, agoutis and sloths 24/7.

With the help of the latest technology, Steve Leonard gets airborne and teams up with scientists to start solving some of the mysteries of animal flight. From eagle cam to Bumble bee Radar and with Steve flying in a vertical wind tunnel, we find out just how birds and bees do it and as we do so, from de - formable wings to jets flying in convoy, we learn how the latest in aeronautical technology is moving into the future with a little help from our feathered friends.

This week, Steve Leonard goes on a desert stakeout, using the latest technology to find out how life survives in Africa's scorching Namib Desert. Heat sensitive cameras reveal an alien thermal world where lizards dance to keep their feet cool and elephants flap their ‘radiator’ ears. A network of infra-red cameras delves into the secret life of the desert night and spies on the illusive whiteladies spider. Special microphones tap into an underground world of sound where sand dunes roar like jumbo jets and we discover how the blind golden mole finds its way through the desert using nothing but its hearing.

This week Steve Leonard uncovers the mysteries of ocean life through underwater surveillance technology. Dive to the depths with seal-cam and find out how seals see with their whiskers; surf with Great White sharks as ‘Pingers’ expose their chill out zones; deploy mini black boxes to solve the mysteries of gannet flight paths and discover basking shark’s winter hide-out via GPS. What’s it like to live under the sea or confront the aliens of inner space? Join Steve for all this and more in another must-see episode of Animal Camera.

Last chance to marvel at Animal Camera's array of hi-tech gizmos and amazing animal behaviour. Steve Leonard reveals how the latest cameras see through clothes and create images out of sound; how the famous pigeon-cam and mini-GPS suggest that our motorways aren't just used by humans; how Camera-dogs find survivors in disaster zones and how Radar and GPS track animals hidden from view. Finally, the technology of the future may be determined by the animals themselves.