Search for the Siamese Croc
Film Summary
26:00 mins
Adventure
/ Science & Nature
/ Wildlife
Asia
Brief Summary
In the summer of 2000, biologist Jenny Daltry was one of the first scientists to venture into the remote mountains of Cambodia, so long closed to the world by the Khmer Rouge guerrillas. There she made an astounding discovery. The Siamese crocodile, which had been thought to be virtually extinct in the wild, was surviving and breeding in reasonable numbers. Suddenly there was hope that this shy and littleknown member of the crocodile family might survive. The mountains are the last true wilderness remaining in mainland Southeast Asia and their isolation has allowed the Siamese crocodile to avoid the pressures and predations that have pushed the species towards extinction elsewhere. It is something of a miracle that a viable population has been located and the question is now, can we protect them and also use them to reestablish the species over a wider area? National Geographic Television & Film travels with a small group of conservationists in a race against time to gather blood and tissue samples from the crocs and information about their habitat. The team's ultimate goal is to not just preserve and breed the croc in captivity, but also introduce it back into the wild in places where it had long ago disappeared.""
Year Filmed: 2004
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