Living Fossils - Peripatus | Short Film | Wildlife Conservation | Velvet Worms

When the State Highway-1 in Dunedin, New Zealand expanded , a strange resident sprang into spotlight... Living Fossils follows Dave Randle on his efforts to protect an ancient crawling creature- the Peripatus- the first animals to walk on land. Produced on assignment for The Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago. Note: We acknowledge that “Peripatus“ is pronounced differently in this video. It is actually pronounced as pe·rip·a·tus| \ pə-ˈri-pə-təs“ Written, Filmed, Edited by - Karthic SS Narrated by - Imy Mahon Special Thanks to Neil Harraway Jeff Avery Steve Ting Oscar Reid Dr. Cynthia Winkworth Dan Barrett Camera Mentor Robert Brown Music Cases to Rest by Blue Dot Sessions CC BY NC 4.0 Sounds #weird #velvetworm #wildlife