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far from any humans we're a wild animals
rule is one of the most extreme
environments on earth the deadly dry
season gives way to an epic flood every
year two men risk their lives to film
this secret world in the heart of Brazil
they have a single youth to capture the
amazing array of species I got shots
that were far beyond my expectations
Lawrence chases the elusive Jaguar and
dives alongside one of the most
dangerous species under water the
Anaconda most people feel sorry for the
prey where I sympathize with the
predatory
I rolled Oh pursues predators on the
ground and in the air each day's a new
star in the Pantanal getting the shots
and surviving relies on skills honed
over decades everything was happening in
front of us
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there's one iconic animal that
symbolizes danger in the Pantanal it's
the legendary giant snake that haunts
the waters here
the Anaconda adrenaline pumps and it
gets really thrilled because you never
know what you're gonna get
I'm sailing on dry land
it's one of the most surreal things I
ever done searching for anaconda in the
middle of core plantations by both
anacondas like to hide on previous
expeditions it took Lawrence at least 10
days to find one
how do you believe me that there's a
river here we arrived for Mosel River
we've got the good chance of finding an
anaconda
this time lawrence brings along anaconda
dive expert Jukka to find just the right
spot
my god what child four distinct branches
before directed
look out
it's alright
Wow now the qualities flows right into
car
I need a match area here
now the community saw in a day's work
we're putting ourselves through all this
just to find a snake 22 feet long or
more to say such metric as I can swim
with you his greatest danger is that an
anaconda might mistake him for an animal
coming to drain anacondas are ambush
predators with a mouthful of needle
sharp teeth I can see an anaconda
but how long is it sugar - Aggron German
graduate 26 feet look how big its head
is time to get in the water no sudden
movements at times like this they also
coil around their prey like a Python if
it goes for Lawrence might not escape
alive it don't feel any fear while
filming I just looked through the
viewfinder and focus on my picture he's
still cautious since they can strike
fast
Lawrence can't believe how huge the
snake is
I believe how lucky minds is great
Masuku and an account as big as this
boat nearly 26 feet long a couple of
inches from my face what an amazing
feeling as well a favor advice but then
something even more amazing happens
on the way back Jukka spots a shadow in
the water
it's an incredible stroke of luck a
second snake nearly as large as the
first
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when an anaconda coils it's ready to
attack time to get out of the water I
came here live in my teens we've been
filming professionally here for 15 years
but I never never ever found two large
anacondas on the first day I feel
incredibly lucky that night when I
realized that a eight meter snake was
that close I could hardly sleep
our older heads north it's been a year
of exceptional drought the rains are
delayed which means the Caymans are
hurting for water the only way to find
these levels is to talk with people
around the people who leave them even if
you know the region you don't know all
the lagoons over there
Geraldo finds a record gathering this is
the first time I've ever seen a lagoon
with so many cameras I'm guessing there
are 10,000 here the Caymans have
devoured so many fish there are hardly
any left but the gathering has another
purpose mating
the Caymans vibrate in the water to show
off their size and strength to potential
mates creating sound waves too low for
human ears to hear our odo captures
another one of the remarkable secrets of
this remote wilderness it was a great
price to be dead exactly when everything
was happening in front of us
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laurens heads into jaguar territory his
goal is to capture rare behavior never
filmed before
the jabber is different is the most
challenging the most impressive animal
every time a spot one is as if it was
the first time
what makes me anxious to film Jaguars is
that we never know if we're gonna find
them and if we find them we don't know
if we're gonna be able to film he wants
to film a kill but has to make sure he's
not to pray when we focus in one job
where we must be aware because other one
can come from behind this is how we keep
the river between us we keep to the
opposite bank
I can swim right into his face
almost perfect perfect safety then
something catches his eye something
moving to the right to the Jaguar
a second big cat he's been tracking
these two males for the past three days
nice everything you read about the
jobless sees they're solitary creatures
but maybe these two never got the men's
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Lawrence and his camera just confirmed
one of scientists latest theories
Jaguars are neither loners nor as
aggressive to other Jaguars
as scientists used to think we're seeing
something different two of them together
this is truly amazing
bird expert aroldo is looking for the
pantanal's largest flying bird
the jabiru stork but first he has to
figure out how to rig a camera in their
nests all the W nests are very high more
than 15 meters above the ground and the
most difficult thing is to throw the
first line so it must try several
attempts if we had hunted birds as kids
we'd be good shots with our catapults
but we were too well behaved so now it's
hit or miss are all those searches for
nests that will soon Harbor a clutch of
eggs it's ready with a bed of drying
green leaves
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he's making a gamble with the Pantanal
fierce winds and rain for the Pantanal
animals survival can be a lottery
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Lawrence wants to capture Jaguars
hunting and it won't be easy on the open
riverbanks the Jaguars success rate is
low hey good morning
when you see a man in west power with a
Jaguar
we imagine that it never fails but when
you start to follow them to get a
predation shot realize how hard is for
you to get afraid
biting insect swarm here to staggered
our vendor key we are here filming the
Pantanal sunset at Porto joffrey in July
it's beginning of the dry season and the
good thing about feeling now is that
there aren't many mosquitoes there are
loads when rains
just imagine what they are like they're
not true
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Braca let's go home
we've donated enough blood to the
mosquitoes already
but it will all be worth it if we end
the day with a few minutes of Jaguar
foolish
the floods recede the dry season kicks
in and the heat mounts to unbearable
levels as temperatures soar into the 90s
Heraldo is determined to film creatures
driven by thirst - one of the few
remaining oases I'm going to a lagoon
now to do the work I like most that is
to wait the whole day to see what's
going to happen in that specific Lagoon
so when you are there and you stay quiet
for a long period you become part of the
place the animals will come they accept
you and you get everything you want
Heraldo has to choose the right place to
set up otherwise he'll frighten off the
very wildlife is trying to film it's
hard to tell which way the animals will
come which is the best site to set up
with the best light to get good shots
and try it here they will probably come
from over there probably towards the
camera which is ideal now we just wait
and hope that they all show up today why
we are in position
Natural History filmmaking demands
patience and persistence
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oh macha
look a monkey drinking water look Jim
monkeys
Aroldis filming will be impossible if
the animals smell him if we were lucky
and we need what carry our scent and
they will definitely come a son better
at appear a deer whatever remains of the
water draws animals like a magnet
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when you run into an animal in nature
you must appreciate that moment very
much it might never happen again by
halfway through the year
Lawrence's mission to catch Jaguar
making a kill demands all his reserves
of patience I could never imagine that
filming Jaguars could be sometimes
boring
I've spent up to seven hours watching
the same animal taking a nap and what's
really worse is that we must be
absolutely ready because when it stand
up he can goes to action in a matter of
seconds
some days it's nearly four o'clock in
the afternoon today sending a day to
play with your kids having a barbeque
watching a game
I don't even know the scarf Santa's big
match
and we've been here since 8:30 this
morning waiting waiting
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Lawrence needs to move frequently to
have any chance to shoot to Jaguar kill
adding to the difficulty of filming
Jaguars often hunt as light fades Wow
with endless Rubio rights
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but it's 22:6 we've been waiting since
8:00 this morning
and it's been worth it for the marvelous
hour we've had with this Jaguar trying
to hunt in front of us
our aldo is also a deep in the forest
nearby after the legendary giant otters
that grow as big as a man
let's go free this shoot is about quiet
as much as patience the biggest otters
in the world live in families with new
young a Rodo takes care not to disturb
the Otters at their dead it's working
let's get really quiet
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if you don't pose a threat animals will
interact with you they will allow you to
film them and see them doing interesting
things but it doesn't happen every day
today an animal that's very shy is
allowing us to come close
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our old O's unthreatening approach means
the otter family soon behaves as though
he isn't there
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they keep the young hidden under them
the cups happened he had help of
swimming in the river or fishing or
hunting for a fish or even eating
efficient so far they all they have done
is sucked Prince is taking his share of
risks by getting close to animals that
could rip him to shreds we are about 45
feet from a Jaguar to a pair are mating
in there that twisted but we are
counting on the fact that they are made
sure that they are bound up in each
other and so will be safe if one of them
come toward this I will have to abandon
the camera and run for the point one box
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for his own safety
Lawrence works with expert trackers who
know the area and its dangers well while
he's working the camera his life is in
their hands in this case a guide named
Wonderland Jagger is hidden in the
underworld and I'm busy framing the shot
and getting ready to start following the
camera so it's important our guide is
switched on because from his angle he
can keep an eye on dad so when the lace
stays alert Keep Watch
Lawrence's next Jaguar hunt proves to be
no laughing matter one thing that I
learned about the Pantanal is to chat
with the locals and doing that we get
precious hints that's how I heard about
there is a pregnant female that was in a
specific area
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today's a and Lawrence I each other
wearily to Raisa circles to one side
watch out if she gets to her feet
we must went for the boats I'm gonna
lose sight of their stuff in the
foreground let's get out now she's
noticed the baby water for sexual stick
with the jabber for seven hours they set
up on the riverbank and fried in the
sand but we're almost there we're
getting so close so close to getting it
here the rains are beginning I won't be
able to film in the floods it will be a
huge achievement to get a kill as a
walleye filmmaker I think there is no
greater prize than filming a Jaguar
their real challenge very smart animals
beautiful and fascinating and we've been
graced with magical moments I've seen
some unforgettable sights let's get
serious bones
Lawrence still aims to be there when a
hunt succeeds
Heraldo is now on the trail of some of
the pantanal's most aggressive animals
white-lipped peccaries wild pigs native
to South America this is going to be a
complex trip we will have to use
different means of transportation to
locate the special animals he's after he
needs to call his network of spotters
did you see the animals themselves or
just their tracks
they're so ferocious people are afraid
of getting near them Heraldo needs to
travel further to find a herd the
animals he's after are feared as much as
the Jaguar yet they look deceptively
harmless the Private Reserve is more
than ten times the size of Manhattan
it's formally designated as a site of
international importance
if I roll dough is going to find an
undisturbed group anywhere it's here
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these animals are so hostile they're
very dangerous to approach on foot we
are planning to build a hide inside the
forest to work with the peccaries this
hide must be 2 or 3 metres above the
ground so we can stay out of the sight
of the peccaries once it's built he has
to wait two days for animals to return
among the amount of work it takes is
amazing animals come to this spot for a
special reason so it's a waiting game
here too
things don't go as planned
there is always a snag Killer Bee is the
whole time in the flowers this wretched
flies that crawl all over us it's no
good putting on repellant
I've got repellent they love repels you
put it on and it just attracts them even
more all day long they don't stink but
they are still very annoying big
question come on
at last our all those stars arrive
white-lipped peccaries so belligerent
they can't be tamed they eat almost
anything from small animals plants seeds
and roots they are very social and keep
together in gangs that can grow to over
a hundred strong
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they come to the spot for the salt in
the mud here
it keeps the bunch in front of the
camera for a long time Geraldo sweat
pays off
peering the Pantanal Streisand our first
day was a subsistence the Penguins were
here for at least an hour in half Ishod
maybe 30 40 of them for a good result
the amateur conseguimos Lawrence heads
even deeper into the interior he needs
clear water to film a particular
predator at the heart of the Pantanal
food chain piranhas it's hard to imagine
that in the 21st century there are still
uncharted areas and I found one with 15
metre visibility and I had the privilege
to be the first cameraman to film them
this is the lightweight heat to one day
sex orang snows the lens he leaves will
be the lens he needs and this cold
weather is that normal
here the fish are returning after the
drought in crystal clear streams
filtered by plants faraway conditions
for diving next day our promising
back to Porto San Pedro mr. Armando poet
of the Pantanal all right
the unique diving conditions make the
long track worthwhile
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I'm proceeding it's an enormous pleasure
to be back here at Sahara Millar with
the mountains behind us it's the best
dive spot in the whole Pantanal service
commence the rains have begun the water
has risen and now we are back with a
full crew side the mic assets I left my
place in San Paulo to go to the airport
at 4:00 a.m. now it's a p.m. it went on
our time 9 p.m. in San Paolo 17 hours
traveling to flight through both but
here we are ready to dive tomorrow
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the next day Lawrence and his crews
search for narrow channels full of fish
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the only complaint is the water itself
is too warm
packing wow it's hot wearing a wetsuit
in boiling water lawrence must pick just
the right moment before the rains once
the floods come the fish will scatter
wide into muddy marshes where filming is
impossible the piranhas are there but
luckily not hungry for him what made me
nervous in my first dives is that the
piranhas always came behind me
I even developed a technique facing my
camera backwards that could get from
those shots of them the murky water
lends itself to ambushes caimans can
make a meal of passing fish
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they don't usually attack humans Shire
no good it went away far more unpleasant
than Caymans or piranhas are leeches
then expected suddenly rears its ugly
head look what was in my wetsuit leeches
sugar look at this full finger my sphere
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the bloodsuckers attach themselves like
vampires look at all the mini leeches
coming out of the main body apart from
that it's been a perfect day
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there are only a few days left before
the fresh rains and mud will cloud the
water there won't be another chance
before the year ends Lawrence has a plan
to maximize diving time by staying
overnight at the dive site itself
hi there good morning I was thinking mr.
Bao we could sleep where the water was
so great last time we could camp there
for company - perfect
the dive trip turns into a serious
expedition they load stores and
equipment to survive for days
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listen to the of the
engine as we head for the heart of the
Pantanal
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come on come on grande hey this is our
home
right we'll set up camp here and the
guys have already made the fire
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mm I
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kabooms record ah we've just woken up
we're preparing to break camp and go off
for another day's die
today the diving is back on course the
waters are so shallow local boats rely
on extra long propeller shafts to
maneuver
strong currents and fish that have never
been seen by a diver before open up a
dream world
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a beautiful freshwater stingray leads
Lawrence to shoals of other Pantanal
species ate our diving days fond he adds
new species to his tally each day
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Lawrence Gamble's on finding what he
needs before the rains fill the waters
with mud his vet pays off it's time to
celebrate with other Brazilian
specialties there's a party atmosphere
after the successful dive expedition but
the crew can't relax yet the search is
not over
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that's what I call harmonica Lawrence
still has to capture a key Jaguar kill
as his year draws to a close it's a
battle against the clock in the north of
the Pantanal our old o2 is racing
against time he only has a few days to
reach his goal
the tractor was broken down it's got a
flat our audio finds what he's looking
for
deep in the undergrowth the female
caiman is guarding a raised area hidden
away from predators in the weather it's
her camouflage nest she's built her nest
at the very driest time and raised it
above the flood level where water can
trot her eggs
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she carries her yawn carefully down to
the water for their first swim for this
little game that have just been born
the great challenge begins now the
lagoon where they are going is full of
enemies
Lawrence makes a last dash to the north
of the Pantanal
I knew the rainy season was closing in
and my window of opportunity was about
to shut down that was my last chance to
get the kill the biggest cat in the
Americas versus the biggest rodent on
earth
one group of capybaras looks like prime
Jaguar prey hyper-alert
they have a clear view on the river bank
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but just lying there the Jaguar loads
them into a false sense of security
the big cat is killing a baby capybara
out of sight after six weeks of effort
lawrence finally documents another kill
offstage I can only say one thing how 39
days trying to get a kill producer today
we got two both in the bush
the jogger got within six feet from the
capybara these dozens of them we've been
following this Jaguar all day eight
hours you know gee trevally can you help
him down girlies with our guides Fabiano
they never let it out of their sight
this was the second animal skill out of
sight the feel desperate that's the word
check out that Jesus paid
each day is different each day is a new
star in the Pantanal no two days are
alike no two lagoons are alike nothing
is ever repeated here this is the great
thing having the opportunity to spend a
full year dedicating to understand the
water cycle of the Pantanal was one of
the main privileges in my life I truly
hope that this film brings to you a
little bit of the Pantanal this magic
place that must be preserved
Geraldo and Lawrence have succeeded in
unlocking the secrets of the Pantanal
capturing it at its most brutal but
beautiful
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