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A new documentary about the mountain hawk-eagle, Taiwan’s largest and rarest bird of prey, is now showing in theaters. Directed by Liang Chieh-te, the film "Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle" took nearly a dozen years to complete. The documentary explores the bird's ecological significance and its connection to the Rukai and Paiwan Indigenous peoples, who traditionally use its feathers for nobility. Liang hopes the film raises awareness for wildlife conservation, noting that collective public action has successfully saved other local species like the black-faced spoonbill from the brink of extinction.

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00:00So Director Liang, I'd like to ask, how did this whole documentary begin?
00:04The lion's tail is the largest size of the lion's tail, and the most rare.
00:10The lion's tail is about 1 kg, about 3 kg.
00:14The lion's tail is over 3 kg.
00:16It's a very heavy lion's tail.
00:19It's about 160 kg.
00:22I've learned that the indigenous people, the Lugai Paiwan's tail,
00:27they have used the lion's tail.
00:29So I always wanted to understand the lion's tail,
00:32and record the lion's tail.
00:35So at that time, because of Sun Yung and Sun Yung,
00:37they were able to communicate with the lion's tail.
00:42So I was very interested in doing the lion's tail.
00:47So as you mentioned, the indigenous people use their feathers.
00:51Can you tell me more about this?
00:52Why do they use the feathers?
00:54The Lugai Pai Paiwan group,
00:55they were only people who were born with the lion's tail.
00:57They would have been basically a pair of their tail.
00:59They were actually a tailor-shoulder for the lion's tail.
00:59But after that period of the lion's tail,
01:04they would also care about the lion's tail.
01:06And, when they were not treated,
01:08they would need to be a pair of tail.
01:10And the lion's tail,
01:13they could affect,
01:14they would want to buy it.
01:14If they got a pair of tail,
01:14So they would want to buy it.
01:16They'd just have a pair of tail.
01:19So it's also even worth another one,
01:24and they would want to kill it.
01:26of their traditional culture.
01:28So I just wanted to take a look at
01:30Sun Yen-xin teacher, he introduced
01:32this way to protect the animals.
01:34I think this way is possible to replace it.
01:37And if the inhabitants of the
01:39village leaders are willing to accept
01:40it, we can reduce
01:42the animals to kill the animals.
01:44You've spent so many years documenting
01:46Taiwan's ecology,
01:48especially bird species.
01:49So from what I can see here, it's all
01:52straight from the Lanrux Scopsell
01:53and then to the pheasant-tailed Jacarna,
01:56Chinese Chris de Tern,
01:57Black Kite, and now the Mountain Hawk Eagle.
02:01So over the years,
02:02have you seen any changes in Taiwan's
02:04Taiwanese people's
02:06awareness towards ecological conservation?
02:09Actually, we are hoping
02:10to let everyone know
02:11that in Taiwan there are many
02:12very special birds, such as
02:15the Red Sea Sea, or the
02:17now of the birds.
02:19If you understand these birds,
02:21you will be able to protect them.
02:24So we hope
02:25more people can go to
02:28see these birds
02:29and understand them
02:30and understand these animals
02:32in the wilderness.
02:34It's very easy.
02:36In 1992, I started to
02:38create a
02:38We know that
02:40we know that
02:40it was in 1992,
02:42and that
02:45many countries
02:46know
02:47many people
02:48in the world
02:49as well
02:50as well as
02:50as well.
02:52For this month,
02:56it's over
02:56over 100,000
02:57because her
02:57of her
02:58more than
02:58than
02:58she
02:59We will be able to protect our population
03:02We will be able to protect our population
03:03We will be able to protect our population
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