A film by Kanit Prukprakarn and Peter Ringgaard

Thailand is a land of incredible beauty with more than 50 protected national parks accounting for nearly 10 percent of the country’s surface. But its stunning array of wildlife is forgotten and rarely seen. Filmed over five years, we follow the courtship and mating rituals of the Great-horn-bills; elephants digging strange holes in search of life giving salt; sambar deer fighting for dominance; pheasant-tailed polyandrous birds mating and giving birth to chicks; macaques playing and fighting in the rain forest; the long-tailed deer living in the hostile environment of the northern mountains; a black bear, dancing, digging and scratching; the vampire castle filled with waterfall climbing cave-fish, like ghosts, aliens on earth; and birds creating a symphony, while designing and building complicated, individual constructions.

Run time: 50 min.

WILD FILMS AT THE LIBRARY is a free series of award-winning international wildlife films selected from the International Wildlife Film Festival. The International Wildlife Film Festival was established in 1977 in Missoula, Montana with a mission to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film, television and other media.