looks like there it goes I always stop
breathing it catches my breath because
it’s so exciting to watch this animal
leap so far really wonder if it’s going
to be safe and if it’s going to land and
if everything’s going to be okay but lo
and behold the tree kangaroo does this
normally and it lands and it’s fine when
we catch tree kangaroos the local
hunters climb up and disturb the animal
and tree kangaroos naturally to get away
from a predator their last line of
Defense’s to leap down to the ground we
call them the ghosts of the rainforests
and so it’s nearly impossible for us to
walk through this forest and actually
see the tree kangaroos
so cannot look bad I have been studying
tree kangaroos for over 20 years and I
have never been able to observe their
behaviors in the trees because tree
kangaroos are so elusive we started
working with national Geographics
Crittercam and that animal actually
videotapes itself where it goes what it
does what its behavior is okay oh yeah
cameras mm-hmm
tree kangaroos are endangered because of
overhunting and then also a lot of their
habitat has been destroyed okay and good
pen so we have worked hand in hand with
the local landowners and hunters to
create this conservation area which
serves as a wildlife bank in which there
are safe places for the tree kangaroos
so right now we have our group of
hunters who are out in the forest
looking for another tree kangaroo for us
to be able to put another Crittercam on
I am so incredibly elated this is
amazing we just watched the first piece
of the critter camp and it’s way beyond
my wildest imagination I actually
brought tears to my eyes one of the
hunters and landowners he already
pointed to the video and said oh my gosh
that’s one of the orchid species we’ve
never known that species before now we
can write that down as one of the
animals food plants it is like having a
window into their world and it’s very
exciting and we’ve only touched the
beginning of what we can understand
about tree kangaroos
breathing it catches my breath because
it’s so exciting to watch this animal
leap so far really wonder if it’s going
to be safe and if it’s going to land and
if everything’s going to be okay but lo
and behold the tree kangaroo does this
normally and it lands and it’s fine when
we catch tree kangaroos the local
hunters climb up and disturb the animal
and tree kangaroos naturally to get away
from a predator their last line of
Defense’s to leap down to the ground we
call them the ghosts of the rainforests
and so it’s nearly impossible for us to
walk through this forest and actually
see the tree kangaroos
so cannot look bad I have been studying
tree kangaroos for over 20 years and I
have never been able to observe their
behaviors in the trees because tree
kangaroos are so elusive we started
working with national Geographics
Crittercam and that animal actually
videotapes itself where it goes what it
does what its behavior is okay oh yeah
cameras mm-hmm
tree kangaroos are endangered because of
overhunting and then also a lot of their
habitat has been destroyed okay and good
pen so we have worked hand in hand with
the local landowners and hunters to
create this conservation area which
serves as a wildlife bank in which there
are safe places for the tree kangaroos
so right now we have our group of
hunters who are out in the forest
looking for another tree kangaroo for us
to be able to put another Crittercam on
I am so incredibly elated this is
amazing we just watched the first piece
of the critter camp and it’s way beyond
my wildest imagination I actually
brought tears to my eyes one of the
hunters and landowners he already
pointed to the video and said oh my gosh
that’s one of the orchid species we’ve
never known that species before now we
can write that down as one of the
animals food plants it is like having a
window into their world and it’s very
exciting and we’ve only touched the
beginning of what we can understand
about tree kangaroos
Please follow and like us: