Today, we had a film crew at the preserve to get some Olympic footage. Each province and territory is responsible for a pre-medal ceremony production. This is a combination of live action and video and the Yukon will be on February 20th. (Mark your calendars).I am pretty sure they are sending half the territory to be in the show, and the other half is represented on film.
Today, the artist creating the video was at the preserve to interview Bou. There is a funny balance with animals that have been bottle raised. They are perfect in that they are not afraid of people and they will let you get quite close. Having said that, they get really, really, really close and it is nearly impossible to get any kind of shot when they
are nuzzling against you, the camera, the vehicle - anything.
Bou spent a great deal of time nuzzling Celia and seemingly smelling her boots, legs, coat, arms. She nuzzled and nuzzled and nuzzled and I can only imagine how the footage is going to turn out. At one point, Celia was lying on her back in the snow with Bou rubbing her head and antlers across her belly.
Fortunately, no one lost an eye, and despite some antler/sweater/coat/ arm/leg tangling, nothing got damaged. I also think, the crew had a lot of fun!
Being loved by a caribou, there ain't nothing like it.
(Here are some photos of me and Bou with Bou behaving a lot like she did today)
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