the area. let's find out how to tame a leopard and witness a battle between creatures of the deep in our special report. promote ski region in russia's far east nine thousand kilometers from moscow the natural environment here is like no other on the planet arctic an african animals lives side by side among the eight subgroups of leopards this animal is the most beautiful one of the most peaceful predator on the planet the left foot is more accustomed to sub-saharan africa but has adapted very easily to the harshness of the russian winter they have been known to attack domestic animals but have never charged to humans just going for. looks peter the great bad in the sea of japan is famous among divers around the world even veteran divers are amazed by some of its inhabitants but diving is

a journey dobby is always an adventure. local divers rarely visit to the seas the waters close to home a fall more diverse harvest so much interest than lifetimes can be spent exploring . for dmitri who just diving is more than a hobby it is his livelihood his video camera hardly ever leaves his side he scrutinizes it before a plunge even a few drops of salty sea water leaking into the protective housing could ruin the film. and those of you do a kind of this holy ghost writes my first experience with a video camera touring at dawn. and since there have been totally carried away by it all my soul it's my business i'm afraid saw i'm revolves around underwater photography. you don't get the full any dive getting

a team together is of utmost importance the lives dictate that at least three divers are present at any one time to move the underwater. to help the other in case of an emergency the third remains in the motor but half. of all of them want to do this don't have so much i've literally been counting down the days. i was one of the first to go into the water. this year i've been diving trail four times a week. the same goes for last year. for you this rate i'm going to start growing some kills that. peter the great day in the sea of japan most of the islands in the surrounding waters are protected areas dimitris keen on the wall to marvels his favorite diving

spot is in the far east moviemaker trees. i joke with how deep is it here five metres. ok let's get going quickly. the peculiar color and shape of flora and fauna on the shores of the bay are the result of evolution in a hotshot environment it is too cold for the natives of the southern seas but too hot for the plankton and fish coming from the north. quite a few local animals have an unusual appearance to such as this alligator fish a host of myths of sprung up around it fishermen believe that they have mystical

powers some believe an encounter with them portends a bountiful catch others think it signals an approaching storm but in reality they are useless and hombres creatures as far as humans are concerned they're no good as food and only feed on tiny crayfish and other invertebrates they locate them with the help of a long snout. you know every toy is unique in its own way and. when you dive you see something underwater. but a couple of days later it might be totally different. in this way you learn something new every time you discover something you didn't know anything about. any scientists at the far east marine nature reserve were not aware of its existence they asked him to show it to them if he ever saw it again unfortunately for dimitri it was a one off. divers can stay underwater between thirty minutes and an hour divers

have to surface afterwards to have a rest and change their air tanks cool. there are some three hundred species of fish in peta the great they alone they're the subject of several research institutes five hundred meters of the bays in the coastline is also part of the far east marine nature reserve the hills and thick forests of the territory of the kid there over pots nature reserve it was established in the early twentieth century after the region was subjected to deforestation the handsome inhabitants falling prey to poachers today many of the species are thought to be on the verge of extinction for example only forty far eastern leopards remain here. sergei atomy live works for the worldwide fund for nature each spring and summer he sets up so-called camera traps on trails where leopards look for prey this practice

dates back to two thousand and two but if you want to catch them in the act you need to get inside the mind of a leopard you need to imagine that you are the predator then you will know the leopards ways you will know that he will choose mountain ridges and ranges to have a good view of everything around him if you are in such a position he can sniff out his prey from the breeze that comes over the slopes. then he will go about planning his attack. the first camera traps were equipped with regular film now digital cameras are used to capture footage every leopard has a unique pattern of spots the markings help researchers identify leopards each animal caught on film is given a name. and you need two of these cameras to get snapshots of a leopard that is because the spots on one side differ from those on the other consequently you need to make sure that the leopard is in full view from every

angle. to camera traps are lined up on both sides of the trail special care is taken to make sure they're at the same level above ground so the guy knows of several instances of leopards taking a camera away therefore he uses steel wire to keep it in place. if. we're going to identify the leopard by most of the spots on its body. so what we're going to do is make sure that the cameras are placed at the right level i mean. if we were leopards on a trail we would realize that this twig stands in our way for me. these unique shots were taken by the world wide fund for nature before camera traps were installed emigrated from their african homeland thousands of years ago since then they have learned to live in snow and have become a species in their own right thick fur a bushy tail and gray eyes distinguish the

a more leopard from other species the first inventory of these animals was taken in one nine hundred seventy two there were some forty individuals at the time since then the situation has not improved more than fifty leopards are thought to be necessary for the survival of the species but with only forty thought to be left they continue to survive somehow. reserve staff regular lindy tours of the far east marine nature reserve one of them is valentino wysocki with every group she leads out of her a list of strict rules tourists are supposed to follow. the directions and was it when i landed it keeps us nobly i should remind you that this is a protected area it is strictly forbidden to take anything from this reserve or any

other reserve for that matter that it is also you are not to pick up anything from the sea this way tourists of the reserve have to take steep paths they are not supposed to leave the trail or seek detours but once they reach the top they are awarded with a spectacular sight these sculptures of the results of the wind and sea eroding the rocks over millions of years extraordinary trees have taken root here to this time with the typical of these japanese red fine is more commonly known as the gravesite pine. this is because it's also found in south korea where it's a symbol of mourning in the path of such trees are planted on grace there. unlike other trees if it prefers to grow on rocky coast so in many cases the roots of such trees stick out of the shale. by showing

perilous island ranger igor cotton stays here in the far east marine nature reserve a small outpost for months on end the bay near his makeshift home is an ideal place for monitoring fish. alexander mock care of each a marine biologist is a frequent visitor to peril as island. you hold it hold it i hold it in your tires. his diving gear travels with him wherever he goes but his workplace is the sea floor twice a day he goes underwater to study the behavior of fish in the natural environment. for years nickel i have befriended some of the fish according and i have regular contact with them. back with some of them

spawn here in mid september. sometimes a female fish sticks around here for several days. by truck or movements to see where she's bombs. alexander needs to locate and catch several fish species to carry out d.n.a. tests the results are incorporated in a single database under an international program me. during his first dive he has enough time to catch the fish he needs for analysis for the second he will do nothing but watch as he keeps still half a metre above the sea floor. alexander will be there for as long as the oxygen in his tanks lasts any way. i work with marine life in its own environment with i have to wreck contact with it much in the

same way as you all just so own land to you. but if the trouble though is that i can only stay underwater for short while. this exposes me to only a few fragments of the world underwater. other aspects elude me unless i spend years studying them. so i have to put the bit some bulbs of the mosaic together to try and form a complete picture. came. of the three hundred fish species in the primeau ski region some one hundred inhabit the southern seas and some of they migrate to the north like birds to waiting for them is a wealth of food and spawning grounds in winter the rain life in the peter the great bay is less active about one third of the marine mammals head south.

here. but not saying birds squirrels. what's going on here. eagle cotton is a ranger at the far east marine nature reserve he is famous for his knowledge of

common seals since he began studying them in one nine hundred ninety six the ego has defended a thesis and written many scientific papers on the subject he spends nearly all his time on tellus island. where we're on the lookout for possible intruders along the reserves perimeter of. the closest seal nursery can be clearly seen from here with this possible to monitor the twenty four hour movement of incoming and outgoing seals in the primeau skin lesion is the seals southern most habit scientists don't yet know how these optic sails coped with the summer heat most of them had to other seas for feeding but they always return here for breeding the common seals of peta the great they never make with seals from other regions eager caton made this discovery after monitoring the colonies for an entire year.

now we're going to see what's happening on the kin tavor islands. all three of them . does where we find a seal nursery with all the mothers and seal pups. as long as there are no stores to speak of cotton has to the nearby islands almost every day. when there are no seals on the beach because x. tufts of the fur and sends them to the bar a tree for genetic analysis when the mammals return he stays in a hideout taking pictures and filming from a follow up. to a cuckoo who of course they can't see me if i watch them from here so. they will act in their normal manner communicating and basing. a figure there are

at least two hundred seals here. because they were live. this is some of the eager cottons footage of a new born seal another discovery made by catton is that the common sales of the primeau ski region freedomland all other seal species breed on ice floes in the open sea winter researchers have spent years flying around over ice flows seeking out the local colonies as it turned out common seals give birth to their pups in secluded no under the overhanging cliffs i saw several hundred baby seals of all at once it was purely by chance even though i had intended on seeing such a thing anyway. we should behave as if we're scared out of our wits of the sight of these animals and usual. definitely the liberal in the eye if we can help it. if we live in the middle we should just steal it lots of akaka. if

a seal comes close to you just relax and keep still and i'll take pictures of you verse full face and haw face what you want. to me to you is a diver an amateur cameraman he often goes to the cliffs and islands inhabited by common seals they are highly organized and capricious animals. filming them can be a difficult task sometimes they approach divers to bite on their flippers more often than not they play hide and seek with the seals tease the divers darting away before picture can be taken. when you look into their eyes you can see how to gentle and straightforward they really are . just like children. i mean that's reason enough to.

common sales have almost no animals in the wild the islands of peter the great day are inhabited by thousands of them seal hunting in the reserve is banned and even then scientists are anxious about the future of the population. of course they are so susceptible to any external influence that it is almost impossible to protect them for example if an oil tanker capsizes here right now we will clean the shores up but if this happens in february all the newborn seals will die obviously it is much easier to preserve the leopard as a species. alex a crusty area is a biologist he is one of the few people to have an official license to catch leopards. alexei's job is to set up special snares and measure leopard tracks to

determine the direction of their movements he hopes that several of the predators will end up in his traps in the autumn. we set up no more than twenty snares on two or three trails there is no point in placing more than that because we simply do not have the time and. since nine hundred ninety four such snus have been set up once every three or four years a leopard that gets caught is inspected and then set free this process is part of an international program for the protection of rare animals the loop is discussed with twigs around it arranged in such a way as to deceive the cautious animal into stepping on the snare. of the force of all the feline will always step over anything lying in its path it won't even step on such a fin little stick so i'm going to put a small block of wood across the path in such a way that

a leopard stepping over it with one paw gets the other caught in the snare. with will. a trap selected is shocked with a tranquilizer dart. once asleep scientists take skin samples draw blood and collect bits of fur the tests. then measure its blood pressure and pulse and carry out an ultrasound test before the leopard wakes up they also put a g.p.s. collar around its neck it will track its movements and send real time data via satellite. after fixing a collar around its neck we release the animal back into the wild. this tells environmental organizations how much territory these animals will need for their protection. also the color will let us track the animals whereabouts and how they

use their habitat. in this way we will know which places are more important than others. ten years of using camera traps have produced a wealth of archive footage scientists are quite familiar with a leopard named stamped. he has been caught on film on several occasions. this clip shows two leopards but the unique thing about this video is that the male is in front of the female apparently paying no attention to her the female is trailing behind she seems to be flirting with the male something that's not typical of predators for the male as well advanced in years he has earned the respect of his peers he has allowed the pick of the ladies for her part the female seems to have taken quite a liking to the male of. the natural environment of the primeau ski region

constantly surprises its explorers familiar and well documented animals act completely differently here local plans to not resemble the counterparts elsewhere guides always make a point of stressing the fact as they take tourists around the reserve this movie here we see a very old ash tree it's probably about eighty years old it looks quite young because of its many trunks and stocky appearance strong winds have changed the shape of the leaves a formalised that according to one theory there was a tropical climate here until the last ice age the ice compelled many species of animals and plants to move here from the north as a result local plants and animals adapted to the new living conditions by changing their appearance climactic conditions changed even the pattern of the coastline the so-called false island is one of the stops on the top one is

a fifteen kilometers speed of sand links least ten hector area to the mainland. but when there have a season downpours salty sea water floods it and this is so-called fun silent actually ans up as one. of. the marine reserve was established. nine hundred seventy two since then the underwater world of the day has become much richer and more diverse divers see it with their own eyes. in any. me. in. which. i think happiness is when you're able to do something that you really love you know and of course well it has

a purpose of the same time with the good with the stuff we're still material for other people to try and show them a whole new worlds are trying to open their eyes about diving. nobody but a diver can witness a battle between crabs and their predators. only a diver can appreciate the diversity of stuff fish and make friends with an octopus in. a really productive beautiful dive with some amazing impressions is a real success i'm so happy with the results of. the sea of japan is home to an enormous range of fish alice to me to me or does hopes that in the distant future he will be able to say that he has visited every single magoon on every island and peter the great bear but it may take in more than one

lifetime as he has barely seen a fraction of the wealth this land has to offer. the

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