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 observing a group of Komodo dragons gets ripped apart by three randy 200lb lizards while filming a BBC wildlife documentary.
The spy pig managed to disguise itself and 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 vicious attack by the Komodo dragons, as the pig continues to film despite being knocked down and ripped apart.
A spy pig filmed Komodo dragons up close on Komodo Island in Indonesia as part of the BBC documentary Spy in the Wild
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 spy pig first 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 100kg, 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.
For the first time ever, the spy pig films inside a Komodo dragon’s mouth, which is laden with venom and toxic saliva dosed with 50 types of deadly bacteria.
But the reptiles quickly realise that the spy pig is not edible and abandon the fight to return to their mating rituals.
The reptiles weigh around 100kg, around ten times heavier than the defenceless spy pig, and measure at a massive three-metres in length
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
‘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
‘Spy pig’s days are well and truly over, while our friendly dragon survives unscathed,’ the narrator David Tennant says.
The video was taken from episode three of the BBC’s second series of 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, was first aired on February 12 at 9pm and is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.