Down and snout! Robotic spy pig is ripped apart by three randy 200lb Komodo dragons while filming BBC wildlife documentary
- A spy pig was destroyed by three Komodo dragons on the hunt for female mates
- The robot was filming on Komodo Island in Indonesia for a BBC documentary
- The series, Spy in the Wild, uses animal lookalikes to film creatures up close
A robotic spy pig was ripped to pieces in a vicious attack by three randy 200lb Komodo dragons while filming for a BBC wildlife documentary.
The camera, disguised as a wild pig, manages to film male Komodo dragons on the hunt for female mates on Komodo Island in Indonesia.
But the robot ends up getting closer to the reptiles than anticipated when the three-metre long lizards decide to pick a fight with the small pig.
Footage taken by the spy pig shows the Komodo dragons attack the robot, with the sturdy camera continuing to record despite being knocked down and ripped apart.
A robotic spy pig was ripped to shreds by three Komodo dragons when filming the lizards for a BBC wildlife documentary on Komodo Island in Indonesia
The spy pig films inside the Komodo dragon’s mouth during the fight, which is laden with venom and toxic saliva dosed with 50 types of deadly bacteria
But the robot ends up getting closer to the dragons than anticipated when the lizards decide to pick a fight with the pig, ripping it apart with their teeth
The hidden camera even manages to film inside a Komodo dragon’s mouth for the first time ever during the scuffle.
The Komodo dragon latches onto the spy pig’s snout, allowing the camera to see the lizard’s mouth, which is laden with venom and toxic saliva dosed with 50 types of deadly bacteria.
The spy pig also films two male lizards fighting each other over a female as mating season is underway on the island.
The males show their strength by wrestling each other before the victorious lizard pins his rival to the ground, ending the battle and winning his female mate.
But as the Komodo dragons remain in a fighting mood, spy pig no longer goes unnoticed as the lizards turn their attention to him.
One reptile sizes up spy pig before knocking him to the ground with his tail.
The reptiles weigh around 200lb each, around ten times heavier than the defenceless spy pig.
The unlucky robot is ripped apart when two other dragons join in, but the robot remarkably keeps filming throughout the fight.
But the reptiles quickly realise that the spy pig is not edible and abandon the fight to return to their mating rituals.
‘Spy pig’s days are well and truly over’: The reptiles realise that the spy pig is not edible and abandon the fight, returning to their mating rituals without a scratch
The reptiles weigh around 200lb, around ten times heavier than the defenceless spy pig, and measure at a massive three-metres in length
‘Spy pig’s days are well and truly over, while our friendly dragon survives unscathed,’ the narrator David Tennant says.
The sequence occurs in the BBC series Spy in the Wild.
The programme deploys more than 50 ultra-realistic animatronics to go undercover across the world to film more than 40 extraordinary animals up close.
The robotic lookalikes observe behaviours never seen before as the animals gather, feed, fight and breed in their natural habitats, unaware they are being watched.
The spy robots not only look like the animals they are imitating but also behave like them, meaning they can interact with the creatures they are filming.
But unluckily for the spy pig, he was not able to keep the Komodo dragons at a distance and ended up filming them even closer than anticipated.
The episode, Islands, is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.