The "golden eagle hunters" of Kyrgyzstan. Riding horses on precarious ridgelines, hunters use trained golden eagles to catch foxes and wolves. The bond between man and bird is so strong that the eagle is treated as a family member, sleeping inside the tent. The slow-motion shots of the eagle diving in front of the snow-capped peaks are pure poetry.
The "fishing with kites" sequence. In far northern Canada, fishermen wait for minus 40-degree weather to freeze lakes solid. They cut a hole, then use a kite to drag a line hundreds of feet into the freezing wind to catch Arctic Char. It is an ancient form of engineering that looks like magic. HUMAN PLANET COMPLETE-Episodes 1-8
Grasslands offer no hiding. Everything is horizon. Survival here is about velocity and collaboration . The "golden eagle hunters" of Kyrgyzstan
Using 4-meter-long blowpipes and poison darts to hunt monkeys in the Amazon. The slow-motion shots of the eagle diving in