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What is our place in the natural world? How much are we humans part of nature and how much an animal apart? Wildlife film maker and writer, Brian Leith, has wondered about this during his many years of travel in the natural world, and in this series he looks for an answer.
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LISTEN AGAIN 30 min |
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Programme 3: Back to Nature
Ten women go on safari to get back in touch with nature. What is it that they are looking for? And can they find it from the back seat of a safari truck? Is it really a closeness to nature they are missing?
"There must be half one million quid's worth of camera gear in the back of this truck" says Brian as they chase across the Botswana bush hunting down a pack of wild dogs which are hunting down an impala.
Is this getting back to nature? There is a stark contrast between the peace and connection that the safari clientele are looking for, and the amount of time they spend being jolted around in a 4WD and looking at the world through a viewfinder. Are they here to experience raw Africa or collect memories and images for the photo album? And apart from their game drives no one is allowed to leave camp for fear of becoming prey. Wild nature is kept strictly at a distance.
Yet people come on these trips and have life-changing experiences. Even though they are clearly distanced from the reality of nature, there is something about the experience that really gets to people. Ultimately Brian concludes that this "getting back to nature" has far less to do with getting in touch with wild dogs, lions, or impala, and far more to do with an individual getting in touch with something primal, deep inside themselves.
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