![]() But we also were working quite a lot with people in each country, which would allow us obviously to minimize air travel, but also helped us so much when the pandemic hit. Todd: “We had 33 expeditions to 10 countries, five continents filming for over 1,500 days. On how long filming took and how many crews worked on the series James Honeyborne: “It's so exciting to share the idea that as well, just because we're staking out places with these cameras and these new technologies, we get to see things that haven't actually been recorded before.” A still from "Our Great National Parks." (Netflix) And it's just wonderful to look at this material.” And then after they've moved off after days, we can go back and pick the camera up and just see the underwater world that you'd never have the opportunity to see before. And it's the housing that allows the camera to stay underwater and be submerged for longer, which means animals can be habituated to the camera and they just ignore them. And we also filmed some hippos in Tsavo using new underwater cameras. But now, us to see the hippos taking to the surf and moving, using the currents to travel down the beach. ![]() … We wouldn't be able to physically walk there. Sophie Todd: “We have a whole range of new technology that's at our fingertips, everything from the latest drones which allow us to be up in the air for longer and capture images. On how the team filmed the animals up close “That's why protecting national parks and creating more of them are so important.” A still from "Our Great National Parks." (Netflix) Interview Highlights “There's so many solutions within the rainforest and so much potential that we haven’t yet uncovered, and yet we're losing these species at an exponential rate,” Todd says. The fungus produced by the sloth’s fur could help humans fight cancer, malaria and antibiotic superbugs, as Obama explains in the series. Algae grow on the sloth’s fur, along with 80 different microspecies. One episode of the series tells the story of sloths that live in the Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. Former President Barack Obama in "Our Great National Parks." (Pete Souza/Netflix © 2022) For producer Sophie Todd, that’s a significant achievement. Today, 15% of land and 8% of the world’s oceans are protected. Obama has called national parks “America’s best idea” - one that spread to countries around the world. Many of the locations featured in the series were selected because of Obama’s personal connection to the parks, Honeyborne says.
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