Barely known and never seen, elephant shrews baffle even the zoologists. With their stilt-like legs and long mobile trunk, joined to the body of a large shrew with a golden bottom, they certainly deserve their name - though they are related to neither elephant not shrew! This shy, endangered creature has become the mascot of Kenya’s beautiful Arabuko National Park. The income they attract via tourism pays for the education of local children. The elephant shrew has truly become the Spirit of the Forest.
Cinematography
Somehow they filmed what scientists barely see.
Production
Tourism literally pays for school—narrative economy we love.
Director
Herbert Ostwald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Elephant shrews were reclassified in 2013 into their own order, Macroscelidea, making this doc slightly taxonomically outdated in the best way.
Arabuko Sokoke Forest is Kenya's last surviving coastal forest and home to six globally threatened species—this shrew is basically their influencer.
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