Of course not all elephants have been trained, but a few of them have. The reason for this is that BBC was looking to film a documentary on tigers, and get a better understanding of how they live and hunt. The only problem was that tigers are very secretive animals that live in such dense jungles that it’s hard for a human film crew to get close. The reason that elephants were chosen to be the new film crew is because tigers were familiar with the elephants being around, thus they were able to get closer to the tigers than humans ever could!
The elephants were trained to use three different types of cameras! The first camera was picked up by an elephant and put its trunk when they were moving around. The second was a camera that was placed in the elephants tusks, and was easier to carry. The third and final cameras disguised as scenery that were put in place by the elephants, and were turned on by motion sensors. The elephants were so good at operating cameras that they were able to gather enough footage that researchers were able to see baby tigers’ progress into adulthood!
