A Life Among Elephants | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

60 years ago, almost nothing was known of elephants in the wild. But then one young Scottish biologist changed that fore | dG1fblQyTm1sNkU1bzA

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00:00This is the story of one man's obsession.

00:06An obsession with the lives of elephants.

00:13Habba was the first person to study

00:16the social behaviour of African elephants in the wild.

00:21He's contributed enormously.

00:23He's almost like the godfather of African elephant research.

00:31Ian Douglas-Hamilton has been immersed in the study

00:34of our largest land mammal for nearly six decades.

00:39Habba!

00:41Habba!

00:43Habba!

00:45Habba!

00:47Well, you know, Ian is an elephant, so that's his legacy.

00:51And I married an elephant,

00:54and the whole of our life has been elephants.

01:01But his journey has not been an easy one.

01:06Forced to shift from pioneering scientist

01:09to elephant protector.

01:12Poaching is completely out of hand,

01:14and the carcasses are littered everywhere.

01:16If you're talking about people, you'd call it genocide.

01:23In the eyes of many people,

01:25I think Ian has taken way too many risks.

01:28But I think in his own eyes, I think he's just tried his best.

01:32And I'm glad the guy has just kept pushing the pedal

01:35to what he wants to do and what he believes in.

01:39Did he seek out danger?

01:42Did he seek out danger?

01:44He's always been very adventurous,

01:46maybe occasionally reckless.

01:48I think he did what he felt had to be done

01:52to resolve what was a war against nature.