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In this film, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore revisits the Seychelles to talk to Nasreen Khan of the Island Conservation Society, who discusses the new giant tortoise sanctuary project at the Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort and Spa on Silhouette Island. The sanctuary is over 600 square metres in size and is surrounded by Indian Almond Trees … Read more
In another of our fantastic films from Fregate in the Seychelles, Geoff Moore meets Julie Pezin of Coralive.org to find out how conservationists and researchers on the island are growing coral to study its physiology and to replace lost reefs. In a one-year study, electricity has been harnessed on the ocean floor to create an … Read more
In the next of our films from Fregate, Geoff Moore speaks to Conservation Team Member Jessica Hodge about the fascinating Seychelles Giant Millipede, which is key to the whole eco-system on the island. Another species only found in the Seychelles, the millipede is one of the world’s largest but is currently endangered. Nocturnal in nature, … Read more
In one of our series of wildlife films from the beautiful Fregate Island in the Seychelles, Geoff Moore talks to Conservation Team Member Han Van Der Sandes about how he tracks the island’s famous Giant Tortoises, which numbered over 2,000 at the last count.
In the third of our films from Fregate Island in the Seychelles, we visit Grand Anse beach to see how the island’s conservation team helps turtle hatchlings on their way from the nest to the shore; each turtle can lay up to five nests a season, containing on average 150-180 eggs, but only one out of … Read more
In the second of our films from Fregate Island in the Seychelles, we meet the Magpie Robin, a native species that was on the brink of extinction, with only 12 left in the world. Conservation efforts have now succeeded in building the population back up, and the island’s Giant Tortoises have created a symbiotic relationship … Read more
In the first of a series of films on the wildlife of Fregate Island in the Seychelles, and following on from Discover Animals visit to ZSL London Zoo to find out more about the conservation of the world’s rarest beetle, our videographer Geoff Moore travelled to the only place on Earth where they can be found … Read more
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