About Shamwari Untamed: Take an unforgettable journey into 25,000 hectares of pristine game reserve and get behind-the-scenes access to the dangerous daily activities of the Shamwari Wildlife Department as they take extreme action to protect the region’s famous wildlife.
This clip comes from Season 2, Episode 1: The Lethargic Hippo.
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00:00The reserve spans more than 25,000 hectares, and more land is yet to be added.
00:11This creates a vast wilderness area where the monitoring of specific animals can prove to be extremely challenging.
00:20Today, the team starts their AI Rhino Collaring program.
00:24But first, the rhinos need to be tracked and identified, and more importantly, in an area where it will be safe for them to be sedated.
00:34What did you find this morning, Alex?
00:36So we've got three cows that are walking together, and one or maybe two of them can get collars.
00:43Okay.
00:54Okay, it's the cow behind.
01:06Nice.
01:07I'm going to make up another dart in case they stick together.
01:11That was a good hit. It was right intramuscular.
01:21We don't want them to run because they need to work more effectively.
01:24We can't take the chance of darting two right and it's far apart, so we'll only dart the bull if they more or less stick together.
01:31You know what's happening? Let's just watch what's happening.
01:35Okay, I'm going to go closer. I don't want that bull to cause any trouble.
01:41Hey, hey!
01:45Hey, hey!
01:46Hey, hey!
01:53Hey!
01:54Hey!
02:00Hey, what's wrong here? This is all we want to stop, hey?
02:03Okay, hold on. I'm in the gap here now.
02:05Okay, I just need to stay here because it's not often that you see that, hey?
02:15No.
02:17Just watch him come...
02:19Okay, hold on. Stay, stay, stay, stay.
02:22I need you guys to help with that one bull that's causing trouble, please.
02:25That behavior with the bull giving her a hard time when she was affected, it's not unusual in animals because what they do is they see it as a weakness and it's a dominant thing.
02:40And it happens specifically with lions and that, but we don't see it very often in rhino.
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