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Leopards: 21st Century Cats

Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible

The Mating Game

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Sri Lanka: Elephant Island

Meet the Monkeys

Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape

Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar

Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker

Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface

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Vultures: Beauty in the Beast

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Sri Lanka: Elephant Island

Season 33 · Episode 4 · Aug 9, 2013

Sri Lanka, the tropical island lying off the southern coast of India, is home to its own special elephants. A sub species of the Asian elephant, they have their own unique characteristics. In this programme, award winning wildlife cameraman Martyn Colbeck of Echo of the Elephants fame travels to Sri Lanka to try and get to know them. Martyn has planned his arrival to coincide with the start of the monsoon, hoping it will be the best time to find and follow a new born calf. By drawing on local knowledge, Martyn begins to unravel the complex social world of Sri Lanka's elephants - he witnesses a fight over a calf, a battle between two bulls in musk and, at an elephant sanctuary, befriends an orphaned elephant who sadly lost a leg to a snare and is facing an uncertain future.

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Natural World

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Sri Lanka: Elephant Island

Season 33 · Episode 4 · Aug 9, 2013

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