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there aren’t many predators as majestic
as the tiger and there may be none as
difficult to find in the wild there are
only five kinds of tigers left on the
planet down from eight just a century
ago and tiger populations continued to
decline when Tigers and humans meet the
results are often deadly for one or the
other the National Geographic
photographer Nick Nichols has a special
reverence for the big cats and Nick
hopes that by showing the world the
power and majesty of these beasts he can
help build a political will to protect
them we really wanted to just find a way
to get into their world at such a secret
world nick has settled on a novel
approach
he plans to capture a tiger on film by
taking himself out of the picture he
will set up a series of remote video and
still cameras in India’s band of gar
National Park this first challenge is
finding some Tigers for that Nick and
his assistant boy Tom are getting some
help from the local elephant population
and from their guide nan de Rana
and by the end of the first week there
are camera traps all over the park on
Tiger trails near water holes even in
some places you wouldn’t expect so we’re
going to set up a camera in this case
someone gets really hot he might come in
here to get out of the heat but the
camera will be here like six weeks and
if we get to two tigers we’ll be happy
one he’s coming down
when an animal crosses the infrared beam
it triggers the cameras Tigers can come
at all hours so they spend a lot of time
making sure the lighting will work 24
hours a day trying to find a way to pick
tricks those Tigers on their terms you
know actually the Tigers are taking
their own picture that’s what it gets
down to
while he’s waiting for the traps to work
Nick bills obliged in the hopes he’ll
capture a tiger in action
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I really want them to shun people on the
page or to glue them to the pager to
make the world they’re just like wow
look it des I didn’t know this they
might start to understand what it DAGs
from predator like mr. so alive but he
doesn’t get the shots he’s dreamed up he
has better luck tracking a mother tiger
from the back of an elephant when I see
her it just makes me shake there’s so
much adrenaline I can’t keep my camera
off of her she’s so beautiful when Nick
nearby she brings the kill to her
growing Cubs it’s an exhilarating moment
but what about the hidden cameras a few
weeks after setting them up Roy goes to
check the traps he’s on foot in tiger
country that can be risky he does you’re
a loud bitch right there but that is
there’s a deer in this area called
Cheadle and when they see a tiger that’s
what they scream now so so we listen for
alarm calls we know there’s a tiger in
the area it’s pretty close real close
unbeknownst to Roy but caught on film by
the hidden cameras
a tiger approaches a nearby pool for an
afternoon dip
boy finds evidence the tiger is close so
unbelievable is the last top kilometer
we’ve seen probably 15 to 20 scrape
markings of this tiger tiger
here’s the men approach took it to
target and runs off before they arrive
Roy never sees the tiger but believes
one may have been in the pool could have
been recently some lucky but this is a
lot of water so no no I would think he
was just in here not too long ago it’s a
lot of water out here whoa bingo
fifty-five triggers Tyrell yeah honey
it’s got video baby back at the 10th the
photographers savor their success come
on please maybe this whole go in oh my
god yes yes come on
Oh drinking oh man this is too cool the
Tigers caught by Nick straps appear to
ignore the cameras flashes and clicking
shutters
Nik hopes these unique images Tigers in
their natural state will convey the
beauty of these magnificent beasts and
help promote his call to protect them
and so you hope that the photographs
take might have something to do with the
continuation of wild tigers it’s not the
continuation of Tigers in the noise of
wild tigers
these are rare images of an even rarer
creature a tiger in the wash
[Music]
there aren’t many predators as majestic
as the tiger and there may be none as
difficult to find in the wild there are
only five kinds of tigers left on the
planet down from eight just a century
ago and tiger populations continued to
decline when Tigers and humans meet the
results are often deadly for one or the
other the National Geographic
photographer Nick Nichols has a special
reverence for the big cats and Nick
hopes that by showing the world the
power and majesty of these beasts he can
help build a political will to protect
them we really wanted to just find a way
to get into their world at such a secret
world nick has settled on a novel
approach
he plans to capture a tiger on film by
taking himself out of the picture he
will set up a series of remote video and
still cameras in India’s band of gar
National Park this first challenge is
finding some Tigers for that Nick and
his assistant boy Tom are getting some
help from the local elephant population
and from their guide nan de Rana
and by the end of the first week there
are camera traps all over the park on
Tiger trails near water holes even in
some places you wouldn’t expect so we’re
going to set up a camera in this case
someone gets really hot he might come in
here to get out of the heat but the
camera will be here like six weeks and
if we get to two tigers we’ll be happy
one he’s coming down
when an animal crosses the infrared beam
it triggers the cameras Tigers can come
at all hours so they spend a lot of time
making sure the lighting will work 24
hours a day trying to find a way to pick
tricks those Tigers on their terms you
know actually the Tigers are taking
their own picture that’s what it gets
down to
while he’s waiting for the traps to work
Nick bills obliged in the hopes he’ll
capture a tiger in action
[Music]
I really want them to shun people on the
page or to glue them to the pager to
make the world they’re just like wow
look it des I didn’t know this they
might start to understand what it DAGs
from predator like mr. so alive but he
doesn’t get the shots he’s dreamed up he
has better luck tracking a mother tiger
from the back of an elephant when I see
her it just makes me shake there’s so
much adrenaline I can’t keep my camera
off of her she’s so beautiful when Nick
nearby she brings the kill to her
growing Cubs it’s an exhilarating moment
but what about the hidden cameras a few
weeks after setting them up Roy goes to
check the traps he’s on foot in tiger
country that can be risky he does you’re
a loud bitch right there but that is
there’s a deer in this area called
Cheadle and when they see a tiger that’s
what they scream now so so we listen for
alarm calls we know there’s a tiger in
the area it’s pretty close real close
unbeknownst to Roy but caught on film by
the hidden cameras
a tiger approaches a nearby pool for an
afternoon dip
boy finds evidence the tiger is close so
unbelievable is the last top kilometer
we’ve seen probably 15 to 20 scrape
markings of this tiger tiger
here’s the men approach took it to
target and runs off before they arrive
Roy never sees the tiger but believes
one may have been in the pool could have
been recently some lucky but this is a
lot of water so no no I would think he
was just in here not too long ago it’s a
lot of water out here whoa bingo
fifty-five triggers Tyrell yeah honey
it’s got video baby back at the 10th the
photographers savor their success come
on please maybe this whole go in oh my
god yes yes come on
Oh drinking oh man this is too cool the
Tigers caught by Nick straps appear to
ignore the cameras flashes and clicking
shutters
Nik hopes these unique images Tigers in
their natural state will convey the
beauty of these magnificent beasts and
help promote his call to protect them
and so you hope that the photographs
take might have something to do with the
continuation of wild tigers it’s not the
continuation of Tigers in the noise of
wild tigers
these are rare images of an even rarer
creature a tiger in the wash
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