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Flying with Spider Monkeys

 

Habitat encroachment and trafficking for the pet trade threaten the spider monkey population in Southern Mexico. Conservation scientist Denise Spaan and her team are exploring a new way to detect and count the monkeys using drones with thermal cameras. Through their research, they discover that algorithms used by astrophysicists will be a breakthrough for the conservation and preservation of the species.

 

 

CREDITS:

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Directed by: Luis Palomino and Molly Ferrill

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Executive Producers: Brandon Lewis, Molly Ferrill & Luis Palomino

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Cinematography by: 

Brandon Lewis

Cecilia Cahum Cahum

Molly Ferrill

Luis Palomino

Additional footage courtesy of Universidad Veracruzana

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Edited By:

Luis Palomino

Color Grading & Post-Production:

Farhan Umedaly (VoVo Productions)

Sound Design:

Alejandro Magaña

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Music By:

Moving Patterns by Philip Guyler

Sadness by David O’Brien

On the High Seas by Jerome Leroy

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This project was supported by:

National Geographic Society 

Pangaea World Foundation

The U.K. Science and Technology Facilities Council Global Challenges Research Fund (ST/R002673/1)

VoVo Productions

Los Arboles Tulúm

ConMonoMaya, A.C.

Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana

Liverpool John Moores University