Film on Burmese Rock Python

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Film on Burmese Rock Python offers rare nesting footage

Debaprio D Choudhury

New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Rare Burmese Rock Pythons which took over 55 days to

hatch at the Manas National Park in Assam have been caught on film.

 

Noted wildlife filmmaker Gautam Saikia recently filmed the enchanting

step-by-step process beginning with a mother python laying eggs on a dead

tree bark and culminating in the release of the 87 baby pythons into the

wilderness.

 

" I removed the eggs from the mother python and devising a natural method

helped in the hatching of 87 young pythons before releasing them in the

wilderness, " Saikia told PTI.

 

The noted conservationist film captures the Rock Python laying over 100 eggs

in the Bhunapara range.

 

Using four cameras he took 55 days to document the rare views of what he

claims to be the first documentary on python in the wild. Saikia is

currently giving final touches to his documentary.

 

Meanwhile, the Guwahati centre of Doordarshan has telecast some excerpts

from Saikia's documentary following which The National Geography Society, an

international organisation, applauded him for his unique effort.

 

His 'The Jaws of Death,' a documentary on helpless animals mowed down by

vehicles near the Kaziranga National Park, has prompted the administration

to think of diverting the National Highway 37, which cuts through the

national park.

 

'The Jaws of Death' had a good impact as the government is considering at

the highest level to divert the National Highway 37, also called the

lifeline of Assam, for the safety of wild animals, " Saikia says. PTI