How are wildlife documentary shots taken?

Many of them come from camera traps, a well-established technology that's become essential for biodiversity research. Here’s why they’re so valuable: 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Camera traps allow researchers to study areas that are difficult or impossible to access regularly, capturing footage of elusive terrestrial mammals and behaviors we'd rarely observe otherwise. 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Once the cameras are set up, animals can go about their natural behaviour, while researchers collect critical data with virtually no impact on wildlife or their habitat. 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Every image becomes a geo-tagged and time-stamped data point. When you analyse thousands of these through statistical models, you can accurately map species distributions and estimate abundance with confidence intervals.