Behind the Scenes - Black Roughneck Monitor in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand

This is the behind-the-scenes story of how I filmed the black roughneck monitor (Varanus rudicollis) in Kaeng Krachan National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจาน).
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This is the second day of a four-day trip in Kaeng Krachan National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจาน). I spent the first day and a half walking and looking for and filming birds and insects, but my gear is very heavy, and I really fancied finding a nice location where I could set up a hide and see if anything passed by. It is always risky doing that, because you might sit for days and see nothing, but on this day, I hit the jackpot!
I had only been sitting about 90 minutes when up the river came a wonderful and very rarely seen black roughneck monitor Varanus rudicollis (เห่าช้าง) - absolutely astonishing! And then to make it even more amazing it stopped to sunbathe for over 10 minutes right in front of my hide. This is the great advantage of being in a hide. When I do see something, there is a good chance that it won't see me, so I'll get some lovely natural behaviour.... which is priceless.
The main clip on this black roughnecked monitor:
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Species List
Black roughneck monitor - Varanus rudicollis (เห่าช้าง)
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Spotted Forest Skink - Spenomorphus maculatus (จิ้งเหลนภูเขาเกล็ดเรียบ)
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Location Details
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Equipment Used
Camera: Sony ɑ1
Lens: Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Microphone: Rode VideoMic Pro+
Tripod: Miller Sprinter with Arrow 25 head
Camouflage hide