“Jungle Eagle” follows a group of daring (or fool-hardy) researchers on a
stint in Venezuela's Orinoco region, described by the narrator as an “eerie
place” similar to Jurassic Park. Their mission? To place a hidden camera in the
nest of a harpy eagle, a bird of prey so large that it habitually grabs and
kills monkeys. The mission succeeds, but only after the team members don riot
gear! The rest of this PBS documentary is filled with all the usual British
understatements: “I'm here to understand it, it's going to be so interesting”.
I'm sure staying close to an eagle nest in a jungle filled with army ants,
botflies or vultures with a penchant for non-dead meat could be called
“interesting”, but something tells me the insurance company will have a few
questions to ask about that riot gear thing…
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